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@tom_bullock_
Aug 18, 2022 • 8 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X
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3rd Army Corps, Mulino
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not sure what to make of this but, 3rd Army Corps troops with T-90M (missing armoured skirts) Image
lots of (early model -- @JakOSpades?) AK-12 ImageImageImage

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Sep 9, 2022
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Aug 27, 2022
At this point I’d say it’s fairly clear that Russia’s leadership intends for the 3rd Army Corps (3AC) to be used offensively. Russia has held back a lot of high end kit including BMP-3, T-80BVM, T-90M, and even the latest AK-12 models (h/t @JakOSpades)
This is in pretty stark difference to other volunteer units (like this Ossetian one) which Russia flung into Ukraine with minimal training and very outdated kit (T-62, BMP-1, MT-LB etc.) This is probably an indicator of how bad Russia’s manpower situation was at the time.
It’s going to interesting to how/if the volunteers making up the 3AC can fulfil their offensive goals. For the most part the unit is manned by old, often out of shape, men. One of the units making up the 3AC is this volunteer battalion from Bashkortostan.
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Apr 12, 2022
Some pretty interesting training, with a focus on using and mitigating the use small commercial UAVs — can’t think why…
2 PARA practiced using small UAVs to provide 81 mm mortar teams with target acquisition.
They also practiced disguising their firing positions as car crashes and building sites — this implies they were attempting to spot their positions using small UAVs. The Russians often claimed to have used their own UAVs to red-team their camouflage efforts.
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Jan 19, 2022
pretty rare to see one ZS-88 - let alone two - in the wild ImageImage
another rare spot, 1B77 Ulybka-M ImageImage
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Dec 3, 2021
Thread to keep track of recent reporting on Russian activity in Donbass from Ukraine's Main Intelligence Directorate.

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23 Nov: 1st and 2nd Army Corps begin large-scale command and staff exercises involving the mobilization reserve, law enforcement agencies, and occupation administrations.

Exercises conducted under the leadership of the 8CAA.

facebook.com/DefenceIntelli…

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26 Nov: A contingent of Russian troops deployed to Donbass to bolster Russian-backed forces' recce, sabotage, and engineering capabilities.

facebook.com/DefenceIntelli…

/3
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Aug 16, 2021
Brief thread attempting to add some where and when to events in Kabul today (16 AUG).

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First, it's almost certain these people were killed at the airport. Likely attempting to enter from the south east. I'm not certain exactly where but the terrain matches that overlooking this section of airport.

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It's very likely much of the activity seen today comes from the southern (civilian) sector of the airport and up to the runway.

This is where civilian aircraft were attempting to embark passengers.

3/
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