Russian forces captured a Ukrainian munitions warehouse outside of Chernihiv. Looks like there were still some grad rockets and 155mm artillery shells, note manufacture dates of 1984 and 1989
Just realized that the shells are 152mm
Its the "newer" cold war stock items
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Senior Defense Official Holds a Background Briefing thread for 3/25
"So nothing really significant to talk about with respect to Kyiv. The Russians -- we still hold them no closer than they were the last time we talked. They're in defensive positions. It looks like they have stopped really any interest in terms of ground movement towards Kyiv...
...but obviously air attacks, bombardment and long-range strikes continue to occur."
Russian Duma member Vladimir Zhirinovsky has died. Back on December 27th he basically openly said that Russia would invade Ukraine, he got the hour right, but was 2 days off (a delay that likely occurred after his statement).
Senior US defense official background briefing thread-
"Not a whole lot of changes today either... no real changes by the Russians on the ground near Kyiv; still hold them to be about 15 kilometers to the northwest, and still about 30 to the east."
"one reason why think they're so interested in Mariupol, so they can come up from the south, down from the north from Izyum. (We assessed) that the Russians had taken Izyum, and what we're seeing is some significant fighting there by the Ukrainians in an effort to take it back."
"Down in the south, you know, now that we're talking about Mariupol, no -- no real changes from yesterday to talk about with the exception of a couple of things... lots of continued bombardment, artillery and long-range fires in the Mariupol. "