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Short and very unusual thread for this page — about the enemy in Kursk area.

My friend showed me a map that he captured during the attack. It has been redrawn by @wildwildmapper

In this thread I will show you the amount of enemy forces before and one month after the invansion🧵 Image
My opinion as to this operation hasn’t changed. I am strongly negative as to that operation from the military point of view.
But in the same time I am a supporter from the political perspective.

If it’s a war two sides must suffer.

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Nevertheless, there are two reasons why I write this article.

1) I hope that in the future we will a high quality analysis as to that operation. I hate being an alive witness how people rewriting history.

The second reason I will say in the end of🧵 Image
Суджа direction. Day before the operation. Right flank.

Information that was drawn by the officers of 1434 regiment. Due to obvious reasons decided not to add info that the enemy had about our forces.

Quite interesting that 13 TR is not mentioned here but was deployed. Image
Суджа direction. Day before the operation. Centre (kinda).

They were covered quite not bad by their artillery. Including the fact that no one paid attention to the border line UAF could have only dreamed about this kind of amount of artillery forces. Image
Суджа. Day before the operation. The city.

Russian defence near the city was mostly based on 17 and 18 battalions of 488 regiment and 380 regiment (this regiment wasn’t a classic one with 3 infantry battalions, tb etc. I would rather say 2 infantry battalions). Image
Russian artillery in Kursk oblast. Day before the operation.

- BM-21 battalion;
- 98 artillery pieces;
- 71 mortars

A short conclusion: that’s huge. With a good coordination you make any breakthrough almost impossible to happen.

Firepower was on Russian side. Image
Глухів direction.

Mostly covered by Russian VDV:

- 1 battalion of 217 regiment;
- 3 battalion of 234 regiment;

That’s why we see here 2S9. Amount of MT-12 (here and at another two direction) surprises. Image
Теткіно direction.

The biggest amount of Russian artillery in Kursk oblast. Including heavy artillery such as 2A36 & 2A65. Image
Суджа direction.

Almost full artillery regiment (let me remind you that right it’s not very often that Russian artillery battalion has 18 guns. Quite often 12).

So, as you might’ve noticed they had more then enough firepower. Image
From Теткіно to Суджа they had:

- regiment: 3;
- airborne or mechanised battalions: 3;
- rifle battalions: 8;
- reserve: 3 battalions of infantry and 35 tanks;
- artillery pieces: 137 Image
One month later the situation changed a lot. The amount of Russian forces increased to 35 000 soldiers and, approximately, 90-100 tanks.

A lot of forces were moved from Kramatorsk, Vovchansk and Oskil directions.

Mostly elite forces. Image
Right flank. 10.09.24 (since then situation changed a lot).

Marines from 810 & 40 brigade, 83 brigade from Vovchansk direction, regiment from 44 AC with their tank battalions in reserve. Image
Centre. 10.09.24 (since then situation changed a lot).

Still 810 marines, airborne from 56 regiment (their full regiment arrived from Robotyne area), 51 and 137 regiments from Kramatorsk direction and other units. Image
Left flank. 10.09.24 (since then situation changed a lot).

Marines from 155 brigade, VDV and others. Right now 119 regiment from 106 division arrived there. Image
Obviously, Russians apart from elite infantry moved more artillery to that area. For example, artillery battalion (2S19 and 2S5) from 944 artillery regiment was moved from Pokrovsk direction to Kursk area.

They also used in that area newly formed 88 and 90 sapper regiments.
And the 6th sapper brigade from the 1th tank army (Kharkiv oblast).

Russians use there a lot of guided bombs. For example, at the 5th of September they used 89 guided bombs (67% of all bombs that were dropped at that day at whole frontline in Ukraine).
So the second reason why I write this thread 🧵 that my company needs a PSV-14 night vision and three antennas.

So I ask you to help! The whole price is 5000$:

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Jul 14
NOVOMYKHAILIVKA THREAD PART I

Russian strategic advance in Pokrovsk have started at 10.10.23. They deployed 3 CA to capture Avdiivka and all our attention was there.

But there was one more big battle. The Battle for Novomykhailivka that costed them 300 armed vehicles.

🧵👇
I need to figure out that there will be a couple of parts about that battle. Need to say that I will try to post only undocumented losses.

And this part will be about tanks.

The first recorded loss of T-54B tank. This tank was lost on December 2023. Image
Another destroyed T-62M.

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Jun 18
The only thing I can say about the battle for Vovchansk — that’s only the beginning.

I think we have here a new «record» — 13 guided bombs (KAB) for one hour.

It’s hard for them right now to stop our advance and they are deploying new forces. About that and more below🧵
Frankly speaking, the only reason I a writing this it’s Russian guided bombs.
Pain in the ass.

Yesterday from 21:00 to 22:00 they dropped 13 bombs. And from 22 to 23 6 more bombs.

If U are asking yourself whether it’s a lot or not — it’s huge.
This thread will be short and kinda more technical then the previous ones.

1) Russians are using only infantry without armed vehicles. Only a couple of tanks and AFV were destroyed here.

My company destroyed 2/5 BMP. Yes, I am showing off.

These were destroyed by 82 brigade. Image
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Jun 9
My friend Danylo, who serves in Ukrainian SOF, shared with me some footages from the part of the front where he is «working» every day as a part of a fire support unit.

Since April Russians have become more active at Southern part of D oblast and attack them almost every day🧵
That the tank that was destroyed at the video🔥

Danylo shared with some of his thoughts about Russian tactics, artillery and the enemy forces 👇 Image
Yeap, that pretty lady is a part of his group🫡 Unfortunately I cannot show you her face.

So. If we compare, for example, Vovchansk and the part where Danylo is it’s totally different. From one point of view. Image
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Jun 2
The battle for Vovchansk continues. And it feels like that this is only the beginning.

It’s totally clear that RUAF will use at this direction more reserves and will try to do that have been written here a couple of weeks ago — they will try to cut the logistics near Kypansk🧵


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They have started that advance at this direction mainly with 138 brigade and some assault companies from different regiment.

Right now they deployed at least one battalion of 25 mechanised brigade and one air assault battalion (also recon company, snipers company) of 83 VDV unit
From day to day the launch a different amount of guided bombs. The last time I had a task they used 17 guided bombs.

I don’t whether it’s a lot of not.

But we continue digging.

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May 26
Yesterday we had a task near Vovchansk and I have a couple words to say about Russian tactics, artillery ammo, some politician bullshit from the USA and others.

A short thread🧵👇 Image
My guys and I left our base at 4:00 in the morning. At 5:00 we were in Vovchansk.

Firstly it was calm. Even bugs didn’t fly a lot and weren’t disturbing me.

We had a task to find/prepare a normal place for our future recon operations.
A couple of places we have found were quite bad and dangerous so we moved forward.

Apart from my gun and ammo I carried approximately 35 kg on me. Firstly it was not bad.
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May 19
My company and I are involved in the battle for Vovchansk, Kharkiv oblast.

When I one month ago have «predicted» that RUAF will attack in Kharkiv oblast I didn’t expect to take part in this. I was sure about Donetsk oblast😵‍💫

Well, that’s my third time here🧵 Image
May 2022, Kharkiv oblast.

May 2024, Kharkiv oblast.

Again & again.
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Frankly speaking, it’s very painful to watch this. People just had no time to evacuate in a proper way. They had a supper at their tables.

Very unpleasant feelings.

«Papa’s kitty house» it is written. Image
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