Russian occupation officials say Russian units recently arrived from within the Russian Federation are now defending #Kupiansk, Ukraine from the approaching AFU counteroffensive👇
I've just retweeted posts claiming local Ukrainians in #Kupiansk are reporting intense artillery fire in/near the city.
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It is unclear to me whose heavy artillery fire is being reported.
My gut says locals are hearing both sides artillery impacting.
3/8
The one thing that is clear to me is #Kupiansk time as a supply hub for Izyum is over. It is well and truly both in range & under Ukrainian artillery fire.
That means no Russian truck convoys will go through #Kupiansk to Izyum for the foreseeable future. 4/8
Russia has the time to evacuate most of its troops and vehicles, but none of the deep stocks of fuel and ammo in Izyum.
However, It has to start now, now now, to achieve even that.
The longer it delays, the more men & material it will lose in this Ukrainian Kesselschlacht** 5/8
** Kesselschlacht is a german word that means "Kettle Battle" in English.
Any Russian delay gives Ukrainian artillery now near #Kupiansk the time to destroy Russian evacuation bridges & ferries.
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The slower the Russian High Command is in withdrawing from the Izyum salient.
The larger the number of Russian, LDR & DNR troops will get "cooked in the kettle."
We don't have long to wait for this Kesselschlacht to boil over. 7/8
It is getting close to kettle popcorn time.
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"1: Digging deep. At least 2 meters, minimum. If not 3 or 4. The problem becomes the slope of the trench. It is better to dig into a hill if possible to reduce the slope."
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Compare IJA Okinawa cave cover text & mortar position photo clips to this observation:
"2: Overhead cover. You must protect yourself against drones at a minimum. Protecting against artillery is likely impractical, but where possible it should be done."
As the end of this video details, the "Birds of Magyar" had a radio repeater drone right on top of that RuAF Drone unit occupied the building in order to be able to inspect its insides with an FPV drone.
It looks like the "Birds of Magyar" repeater drone was also relaying Russian drone analog video back to its drone operators.
The seamless integration of SIGINT within drone unit ops, without reference to any other organization, or higher command, is not Western practice with drones.
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In the US Army, SIGINT & Jamming belong to one Military Intelligence.
Drones belong, based on size, too the following: 1. The Division aviation brigade (Group 4 - MQ-1C Grey Eagle) 2. The Brigade combat team (Group 3 - RQ-7 Shadow) and, 3. Battalion & below (Group 1 - RQ-11B Raven)
A turtle tank is an obsolete tank without both traverse & elevation gear & a gun loader (perhaps w/o even a beach?) turned into a scrap steel MT-LB personnel carrier with a very low powered drone jammer on top.
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There are other, very vital, things missing from this T-62.
The copper cables for the tank intercom have been stripped while it was in storage, before refurbishment, and have not been replaced.
I'm beginning to think a Baba Yaga or some other compound helicopter mothership drone is taking Ukrainian FPV's to altitude for the interceptor role.
FPV's have a limited battery charge.
If they go to 5K or 10K feet height, they can't have much range at intercept altitude.
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FPV's berthed under the wing of something like AeroVironment’s JUMP 20 that has a 14 hour endurance and an FPV repeater can "delouse" Ukrainian rear areas of Russian Orlan-10/Zala ISR drones.