Cyberpunk War. The landscape near Bakhmut resembles the battles of the First World War
What is happening on the front line in Ukraine is somewhat reminiscent of a work in the cyberpunk genre. The definition of “the decline of human culture against the backdrop of technological /1
progress in the computer age” at least partially fits the description of a situation in which remotely controlled drones hang in the sky on both sides of the front, transmitting coordinates to launch missiles at the enemy forces, while soldiers have to squeeze in into /2
mud-filled trenches over which tree fragments protrude.
Pictures from under Bakhmut, which the Ukrainian media began to distribute over the weekend, are reminiscent of photographs from the battlefields of Passchendaele and other battles of the First World War, /3
writes The Telegraph.
The Russian army is trying to break through the Ukrainian defenses near Bakhmut in the Donetsk region. The most difficult battles are now taking place there, President Volodymyr Zelensky said the other day. [The Moscow Times]
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A seriously wounded man hid in the occupied territory for three months: the story of Hero Dmitry Chavalakh
Senior Lieutenant Dmitry Chavalakh never thought about a military career - after school at the local military registration and enlistment office in the Khmelnytsky region/1
he was offered to join the Military College of NCOs and the guy, after thinking, agreed.
He liked military affairs, Dima quickly mastered the profession of senior technician of the pontoon company of the pontoon-bridge regiment. /2
And then he himself began to ask the command to the East of the country - to the zone of the JFO.
I managed to apply my skills and knowledge in the Luhansk region - I fought for Novoaidar. And then he set out to become an officer and successfully graduated from the /3
Russia is preparing a new massive attack on Ukraine, pulling forces to the Engels-2 military airfield near Saratov, writes the German edition Der Spiegel, citing satellite images from Maxar Technologies and Planet Labs on November 28.
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In the photo you can see about two dozen Tu-95 and T-160 bombers. "Activity at the base is very high," military analyst Arda Mevlutoglu said. The footage also shows fuel tanks, ammunition crates, vehicles and repair materials, he said. In addition,/2
"many large cargo planes are parked on the pavement, indicating a recent large shipment of possibly cruise missiles."
The head of the Polish think tank Rochan Consulting, Konrad Muzyka, also speaks of the increased combat readiness at the airfield: /3
🪖The main points from the review of the General Staff:
🔺The number of Russian soldiers and military equipment in the settlement of Oleshki is decreasing. Enemy troops were withdrawn from certain settlements of the Kherson region and dispersed in forest strips along /1
the section of the Oleshka - Gola Prystan highway.
🔺The occupiers continue to use civilian objects in the temporarily occupied territories. The invaders set up a field hospital in a school in one of the settlements of the Zaporizhzhia region.
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🔺During November 28-29, the evacuation of wounded invaders by a convoy of trucks and buses moving towards Melitopol was recorded.
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🤬 Russia is going to disconnect Zaporizhzhya NPP from Ukraine
The occupiers intend to do this after creating "alternative transmission lines from Crimea"
This was stated by the adviser to the general director of "Rosenergoatom" Renat Karchaa, rosZMI reports. Thus, /1
answering the question of when the station will become independent of power transmission lines from Ukraine, he said: "when alternative transmission lines will be created" from Crimea news.obozrevatel.com/ukr/economics/…
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At the same time, Karchaa admitted that for this the Russians need the Ukrainian defenders to leave the station. Otherwise, the Russian Federation will not be able to disconnect the ZNPP from Ukraine. /3
Alexander Korpan, at the cost of his life, saved his brothers and Staro-Konstantinovites by taking the wrecked plane away from the airfield and the city
Sasha loved to fly since childhood. He grew up in a military family - his father was a flight engineer for 32 years. /1
Therefore, the future pilot studied at the Naval Lyceum of Sevastopol, then graduated from the Kharkiv National University of the Armed Forces of Ukraine named after Ivan Kozhedub. Alexander Korpan became a ground-attack pilot, an excellent pilot of the Su-25.
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The officer served in the 299th tactical aviation brigade, took part in the ATO. At the end of 2021, he became the best strike aircraft pilot.
His wife says that Sasha had a great sense of humor, he was very fond of joking. And mom remembers how dad told him: "
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Mellan Andriivka och Kurdiumivka har ryzzen rätat ut frontlinjen, dvs inbuktningen som vi senaste månad pressade ryzzarna ut ur har de nu lyckats återta över en sträcka på 3 km.
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Detta är nu det nya stället som Wagner försöker komma igenom försvarslinjen och gå mot Bakhmut. Deras framgång är inte någon panik för oss för fortfarande har de inte tillräckligt med resurser för att inta staden.
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Ja, det pågår väldigt hårda strider i området men orcerna är de som lider de högsta förlusterna. De första vadarbyxorna har redan anlänt, från våra polska FB vänner. De 5 första paren är redan i Bakhmut och mottagandet var som om en tidig julafton kommit.
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