1/11 thread on the changed logistics of the 🇷🇺 forces in S-Kherson after the retreat. unloading/storing of ammo within HIMARS range was prohibited by Surovikin. causing them to abbandon HUB's like Myrne (hit nov. 11th) & Chaplynka (heli base & c2 centre) animation by @bradyafrtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
2/11 This so-called 100 km rule made them look for alternatives, because of their dependance on railtransport their options in S-Kherson were limited to towns along the Crimea-Melitopol railway lines, which enters Ukraine at Chonhar.Along this line only 4 towns had the facilities
3/11 to function as large supply Hubs. Novooleksiivka (which also connects with rail to Henichesk), Rykove, Sokolohirne and Yakimivka in Zaporizhia. Novooleksiivka as first town on the line also has a important road connection to Nova Khakova & rail connection to Heniche'sk.
4/11 the first indications Novooleksiivka was used as railway hub were images posted by @bayraktar_1love on 16 okt. Which were geolocated to the trainstation & showed troops & trucks at the trainstation. However due to deteriorating weather conditions no sat. imagery
5/11 was available till the first week of Jan. However on low-res imagery, large defensive works around all of these towns could be seen. On the Hi-res imagery a large number of military trucks unloading box & fuel cars can be seen, also a number of dumptrucks can be seen
6/11 most likely loading building materials for the defensive works still being build by 🇷🇺 forces. To still be able to supply the frontlines, a supply hub for trucks was established just 25 km's north in the town of Novotroit'ske multiple warehouses along the road are used
7/11 to store ammunitions & other critical supplies before being transported toward the frontlines along the Dnipro river. My big friend @Tatarigami_UA has a very nice post about the next town on this railway line Sokolohirne, so give him a follow 😁
8/11 as can be seen on the map below,Russian forces are intentionally placing their C2 & logistics hubs just outside of HIMARS range,giving 🇺🇦 longer range cap. would stretch the 🇷🇺 supply lines further and create grave problems in their supply chain & lead to defeat in Kherson.
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Small 🧵 about the attack probably by a suicide drone @ engels AFB, near Saratov, Russia. Facts we know are an attack on the AFB happend at 12-05 @ 06.00, which is exactly the right time to strike such a target, between 6 & 7 in the morning, AD crews would normally be changing
Shifts around this time, which would definitly means a well planned operation, distance to the target assuming it was launched somewhere in the Kharkiv region would be +- 700KM. Indications are a TU-141 drone might have been used which would mean a flight time of approx. 1 hour.
🧵 by @Euan_MacDonald ⬇️ confirms the speed matches with a TU-141 drone, which could have been adapted by 🇺🇦 to be gps guided onto its target, and fitted with a 75 kg warhead, also possible is it might have been fitted with a downed 🇷🇺 planes transponder
1/11 With the fighting intensified over the last month in Bakhmut & Wagner & Mobniks pushing forward with a heavy toll, there is a 2nd thing going on in this area. 🇷🇺 forces have been constructing a large line of defenses along the Donetsk/Luhansk border.
2/11 The brunt of these defensive structures seem to be build around the T0504 Hwy between Popasna & Bakhmut.These defense resemble alot the defenses created in Kherson and seem to consist of a large AT-wall, minefield, dragonteeth obstacles and trenches.
3/11 as can be see on 🛰 images, a large trench system is being created in this area, the lack of heavy machinery in the imagery & the shape of the trenches likely means that most of the work is being done by manual labour, large stockpiles of building material can be seen
1/11 As some of my followers know we have been tracking the traffic @ the town of Myrne in south Kherson for quite some time, ever since we discovered the 🇷🇺 forces had been using it as their main supply hub since September. After their previous hub in Brylivka was destroyed
2/11 🇷🇺 forces were using different area's around town to store and distribute ammo & other supply's to forces on the Kherson front, also this was the main supply hub for Chaplynka airbase,(main forward helicopter base) & Kairka(main vehicle repair base)
3/11 after the "goodwill gesture" or collapse of the N-Kherson front, all these places came into HIMARS range making them un-useable and places the 🇷🇺 needed to evacuate as soon as possible. One of the first places to evacuate was Chaplynka airbase. As can be seen on imagery⬇️
🧵 1/10 From early on in the war Skadovs'k has been a hotspot for 🇷🇺 officials. For example on 19th of may, this was the spot of an organised tour for western chronies to show how wonderfull live was in the occupied territories. ⬇️
2/10 The local governement working for the occupier is located at Alexandrovskaya str. near the local police station. An extensive publication about the collaborators active in Skadosv'k was done by partizans on 13-06-2022 ⬇️
3/10After the "goodwill gesture" of leaving the right side of the Dnipro river,the Regional governement of the occupier moved to Skadovs'k and needed an office of their own, so according to local sources they took up residence in resort Slava on the edge on the east side of town