Thread by @OSINTua

03.11.24

Photos from Ukrainian paratroopers from 79 brigade (we help them) from Kurakhove direction. Burning Russian MTLB.

This brigade is under massive enemy push since October 23. Right now the situation is close to critical because of the flanks of this brigade 🧵

In front of 79 brigade there is 20 division. And here it’s very unusual structure:

- 10 tank regiment;
- SPR;
- 1219 infantry regiment;
- 255 mechanised regiment;
- 33 mechanised regiment;
- 242 mechanised regiment;
- 57 mechanised regiment.

Divisions from SMD received a lot of new BMP-3 from the factories. Due to the info from a company commander from 79 airborne brigade, Russians used BMP-3 and modernised BMP-2 for almost 3 months.

Right now they use «Tigers» and MTLBs (firstly for a long time):

And while we loose so much ground in Donetsk area I am asking myself what I am doing in Kursk area?

Since the first day of operation I was strongly against it. My opinion hasn’t changed.

Destroyed BMP-3:

I remember how ironically Ukrainians (especially) have been asking those people who were against this operation «how it’s going?» meaning that it appeared as successful movements (it is).

But I have a question too: how it’s going now? Especially in Donetsk area?

Sure, you might be supportive or negative as to that operation. I accept two points of view. I truly do.

But it’s very hard to accept and understand the advantage of being here in the fields of Kursk oblast while loosing cities with basements and full of cement.