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Vitaly
@M0nstas
will publish maps here https://t.co/EHnEEtKZCl
Jun 16, 2023 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
#Thoughts
🇷🇺 "Lost" fortification section on the Volnovakha front.

There must be at least two lines.
Majority of 🇷🇺 fortifications are build on the hill behind the water stream and the link between those valleys.
For some reason second line is missing on the Vremiivskiy lendge. Image Without control of Vuhledar there was no chance to build anything along Kashlahach river.
The ledge made the area too deep to justify the construction 25km away from the front.
Incomplete uneven fronts complicates and hight expectations postponed the decision, So non were build. Image
Jun 16, 2023 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
#Map #Volnovakha
Reports about 🇺🇦 activities near Vuhledar opens another window of opportunity at Volnovakha.

The city is extremely important on that flank and for Mariupol liberation, there are no options to avoid the fight before any further movement.

Image Volnovakha is a watershed, all the rivers goes there so its a natural direction for the offense.
Defense is defined by
a1. main fortifications protected by the streams and lowlands
a2. the forest that protects the city from the North.
a3. 20km deep buffer. Image
Jun 9, 2023 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
#Map fortifications and roads
Probably under impression after previous 🇺🇦 operations 🇷🇺 decided to concentrate their efforts on the roads, ignoring underdeveloped direction of Azov Upland.

@Nrg8000 map Image @Nrg8000 Logic of 🇷🇺 fortifications is next
1. Protect hubs (crossroads and storages)
2. Protect the elevation (force the enemy to go always uphill)
3. Protect the Black Sea Lowland access (fast track) ImageImageImage
Jun 7, 2023 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Flooded areas of Kherson, Hola Prystan and Krynky.

Comparing to the topographic map. ImageImageImageImage Kherson main indicator is the roundabout in Korabel district.
Topography is not precise and show difference in 7-9m
Bohoroducka street is at 11m level

both are similarly flooded.

That show that elevation map isn't accurate for this but still useful.
https://t.co/TIpXbvRyWy twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Image
May 25, 2023 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
Another 20 destroyed artillery units reported.
For some reason no talks about the reported artillery position strikes.

The first such event was reported at Jan 11, the next in Jan 27, next Mar 7, it has never been a consistent event.
Everything has changed in May. ImageImage Other distinct categories in the reports are
S-300 - were reported several times
MLRS - there were only 3 cases, all in April
EW - 13 were hit in May 19,20 and reported constantly since April.

EW is a Special equipment category and it has spiked in March. Image
May 24, 2023 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
Lapin APC leader
@GeoConfirmed
50.453339, 35.630437
FJ3J+84Q Glotovo, Belgorod Oblast, Russia

https://t.co/EtHgEXMorm twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Image @GeoConfirmed Lapin the squadron commander
50.461037, 35.640967

@GeoConfirmed
ImageImage
May 23, 2023 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
As far as I understand young republic didn't last for long. The results would be clear tomorrow.
Russia should deploy more troops from their reserves on the border to avoid this in future, diverting resources away from the battlefield. Apparently russian isn’t concerned with the attack of BNR, so it will continue.
Image
May 12, 2023 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
#Map Bakhmut madness
The topography at the west of Bakhmutka river provides some advantage for SE offense but at the end it favors those who is uphill.
The whole battlefield is 30km wide and 9 km deep so no deployment will hide.

*It’s made for entertainment. Image 1. Berkhivka hill.
It could be a good place for defense but fully exposed to the downhill attacks from the West and there are no positions to cover the area without exposure to the counter artillery. Can be used to launch an attack to a low ground.
May 10, 2023 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
#Map #Klishchiivka pushback
First reported somewhat significant 🇺🇦 gain in a couple of months happens at the area where 🇷🇺 was struggling since capture of Kurdumivka.
The area is estimated from 2 to 8 km² and makes no difference.
What matters is momentum and positions.
0/X Image Bakhmut is more than just a city - it's a lowland area east of the Donbas canal and offense can't stop on any point until canal is reached.
So 🇷🇺 should hold positions along the canal whatever the cost or start trading South and regroup.
May 1, 2023 • 8 tweets • 7 min read
April in two pictures ImageImage April was the month of Bakhmut, there were some sparse attacks at Avdiivka and continues leveling of Mariinka, but AFU still keeps the presence in the city despite all the odds. ImageImage
Mar 24, 2023 • 8 tweets • 4 min read
#Map #Bakhmut
One month of last days. Western tanks are still no where near the front, 🇷🇺 has stuck on the outskirts of the city, but managed to capture 60km² around Bakhmut.
Let's take a look at quality of those kilometers. The funnel of Bakhmut
In order to capture the city you must avoid city fights.
There are couple of ways how to force a surrender:
Erase from a distance or encircle it.
🇷🇺 has no resources for any of that.
Mar 9, 2023 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
First time all the available missile titles were used in the combined strike.
Air-defence was not ready for that, or some missiles were guided around it.

There were
58 possible targets and only 34 were shot down.
Kh-47, Kh-22 and S300 missiles are out of reach still. Image That would be the first massive strike in a month
Feb 16 attempt can be ignored but...
🇷🇺 launched 12 Kh-101 then and in 3 weeks after that 28 Kh-101 missiles were launched.
Same for Kalibr missiles 8/20
that looks like it's a production ceiling.
Image
Feb 12, 2023 • 7 tweets • 5 min read
#TalkingPoint #Losses
Watch the strong trend on increased losses since December.
But the growth started back in September.
Kharkiv and Kherson operations added to the overall trend, but that half year trend is obvious. Those increased losses aren’t believable on their own.
One of the best explanation of them is increased number of troops and @Kartinamaslom5 did a great description of it.
Increased losses are correlated with increased number of deployed forces.
Jan 15, 2023 • 8 tweets • 5 min read
#TalkingPoint #mobilization
There are rising talks about Belarus involvement into the war.
My expectations ~100K would be added to 🇷🇺 forces.

With all the current forces it should make ~1M army.

The main question where all of them could be deployed. Where 1M army can be deployed?

There are 5 major directions
1 main objective to fully capture annexed territories🤯
Ignoring Kherson front as impossible for a full-scale invasion over the Dnipro (1M is not enough for that)

Let's explore those directions.
Dec 9, 2022 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
🇷🇺 has switched their attention to the Soledar area.

Seems like they are changing their directions every 2 weeks.

it doesn’t mean that tension around Bakhmut would be decreased, only force distribution would change. This behavior is some sort of pattern, that is repeated by 🇷🇺 army with different frequency on different directions.
Similar swings can be observed near Avdiivka, where both flanks aren’t attacked at the same time.
🇷🇺 is faking the might.
Dec 7, 2022 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
#Map Troitske
🇷🇺 fully abandoned Kharkiv region except a small area on the left bank of the Oskil river and there is a geographic reason for that.
With more talks about full liberation of Kharkiv region appears, let’s take a brief look at the area.
1. Troitske belongs to the Oskil river basin and placed on Urazova river, that merges with the Oskil in Urazovo. The village is placed close to 3 water sheds and surrounded by curved terrain of western, steeper, slopes of Krasna and Aidar rivers.
Nov 27, 2022 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
#TalkingPoint Holodomor
Was it a disaster - yes.
Was it intentional - 100%.
Was it nation specific - No.
Does it matter - No.

Genocide was a class based and 🇺🇦 were in the wrong one.

Demographic pyramid of 1939 census can show how deep was the cut. Current war is a 4th heavy strike on Ukraine population since 1900
Ukraine went through
- WWI and Red Terror
- Holodomor
- WWII
- Russian invasion
Each will leave a deep marks in the generations.

Census of 1959 shows that Ukraine has newer recover after the Holodomor.
Nov 27, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
#Thoughts
Since the beginning of the war there were only 6 cities 🇷🇺 captured by force:
Volnovakha, Popasna, Izum, Mariupol, Lyman, Severodonetsk.
All the cities were captured with overwhelmed advantage in gears.

There were no major gains since June. 🇷🇺 has lost ~50k personal since Severodonetsk, 30k came in last 2 months.
All the recent activities were handled purely by the infantry.
It looks like most of gears were replaced by the infantry. There might be different reasons for that, but 🇷🇺 is no longer losing stuff.
Nov 26, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
NYT

Ukraine used Caesars on barges to shoot over the Snake island. To shell Russian positions at Snake Island, for instance, the Ukrainians put Caesars, with a 40-kilometer range, on barges and towed them out 10 kilometers to hit the island, which was 50 kilometers away, astonishing the French

nytimes.com/2022/11/26/wor…
Nov 18, 2022 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
#TalkingPoint
🇷🇺 missiles are targeting 🇺🇦 heavy industry.
🇷🇺 wants to destroy the future of 🇺🇦, sending it into a stone age.

This will allow 🇷🇺 to get over 🇺🇦 even in case of loosing the war, swallowing nonexistent economy. Targets for 🇷🇺 has changed, once again.
First they were targeting storage facilities and military targets
Then they have switched to power generation and distribution
Now they are going for strategic factories.

This is planned crime world all can observe in real time.
Nov 17, 2022 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
#Map
Tension round Avdiivka is rising once again.
🇷🇺 has managed to take over Opytne and advancing towards Vodiane on the South.
🇷🇺 have occupied the valley East of the city with no chance to leave it since April. With main goal to pass by the city from the North. ImageImage There are at least 2 independent 🇷🇺 groups at the South and East that were acting independently for last couple of months.
After the fall of Pisky direction of 🇷🇺 offense has turned north beyond M04.
🇺🇦 defense at Opytne was erased so they were forsed to withdraw.