Kyiv:UAF begin offensive ops in specific areas.

We have far more sophisticated electronic warfare, sensors of numerous types, competent sailors, and actual anti drone weapons. I think we'll do alright.

 

I guess the size of the explosion indicates something of the sort.

 

https://x.com/wartranslated/status/1757919262889685150?s=20

 

well....personally I think you're underestimating the challenge....

 

We have far more sophisticated electronic warfare, sensors of numerous types, competent sailors, and actual anti drone weapons
Please don't cut the quotes my dude. What I wrote is there for a reason.

 

France and Ukraine sign security agreement in Paris in the presence of Pres Zelenskyy
French President Emmanuel Macron will sign a bilateral security agreement with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Paris

By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press
February 15, 2024, 3:25 AM

PARIS -- French President Emmanuel Macron will sign a bilateral security agreement with his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, on Friday in Paris to provide “long-term support” to the war-ravaged country which has been battling Russia's full-scale invasion for nearly two years.

The French presidency said in a statement Thursday that Macron and Zelenskyy's bilateral meeting in late afternoon will be followed by a news conference and a working dinner at the Elysee presidential palace. It did not release specific details about the agreement.

Macron said earlier this year that France was negotiating a bilateral deal on the model the one Ukraine recently agreed with the United Kingdom, which covers 10 years and provides a package worth 2.5 billion pounds ($3.2 billion) over the next fiscal year. It is the largest the U.K. has given to Ukraine since the war began.

... https://abcnews.go.com/Internationa...-agreement-paris-presence-president-107254079​

It's always good to see national leaders stepping up. I sure wish our Congress wasn't being strangled in Putin's grip via the MAGA (which might as well be MARS - Make America Russia's Servant) wing of what used to be the Republican Party.

 

well....personally I think you're underestimating the challenge....

 

US wants to see increased European defense spending | DW News


Interesting, this training center reportedly being set up with Ukraine in Poland "to share intelligence on fighting the Russian army." This and production getting spun up to meet Ukraine's needs make for some very positive and encouraging news indeed. A lot more NATO members will also finally meet their 2% GDP spending goal, and those million drones for Ukraine should help too.

 

Update from Ukraine | There is a only one way to Secure Avdiivka for Ukraine | 3rd Assault Brigade


The Avdiivka situation is critical and the MARS (Make America Russia's Servant) party is to blame for that. Molodets, Trump and friends.

 

Anti-Ukraine Republicans own this.
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 15, 2024
Feb 15, 2024 - ISW Press



Russian forces are conducting a tactical turning movement through Avdiivka likely to create conditions that would force Ukrainian troops to withdraw from their positions in the settlement. Ukrainian forces have yet to fully withdraw from the settlement and continue to prevent Russian forces from making gains that are more significant than the current incremental Russian advances. Geolocated footage published on February 15 indicates that Russian forces recently advanced to the southern outskirts of the Avdiivka Coke Plant in northwestern Avdiivka. Additional geolocated footage published on February 15 indicates that Russian forces captured a Ukrainian fortified position south of Avdiivka that has long been a Russian sub-tactical objective, and Russian milbloggers widely claimed that Russian forces effectively encircled nearby Ukrainian positions south of Avdiivka.

 

Ebb and flow:
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 16, 2024
Feb 16, 2024 - ISW Press



Ukrainian forces have begun to withdraw from Avdiivka, and Russian forces appear to be focused on complicating or preventing a complete Ukrainian withdrawal. Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi stated early in the morning Ukrainian time on February 17 that he ordered Ukrainian forces within Avdiivka to withdraw to more favorable defensive positions in order to avoid encirclement and save the lives of Ukrainian personnel.

 

So....a " RuZzian speaking" town is leveled?....no inhabitants left?....how is this protecting Russian speakers again?

 

They're fighting imaginary Nazis with real ones.

 

This round to the Russians.
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 17, 2024
Feb 17, 2024 - ISW Press



Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu claimed that Russian forces have established “full control” over Avdiivka, Donetsk Oblast as Russian forces continued to advance in the settlement on February 17, and Ukrainian forces have likely withdrawn from Avdiivka. Shoigu reported to Russian President Vladimir Putin on the evening of February 17 that elements of the Russian Central Grouping of Forces are completing the capture of Avdiivka and clearing areas where Shoigu claimed Russian forces had trapped Ukrainian forces. Putin credited the 30th Motorized Rifle Brigade (2nd Combined Arms Army [CAA], Central Military District [CMD]); 35th, 55th, and 74th Motorized Rifle Brigades (all of the 41st CAA, CMD); 1st, 9th, and 114th Motorized Rifle Brigades and 1454th Motorized Rifle Regiment and 10th Tank Regiment (all of the 1st Donetsk People’s Republic [DNR] Army Corps [AC]); and the 6th, 80th, and 239th Tank Regiments (all of the 90th Tank Division, 41st CAA, CMD) for capturing Avdiivka under the leadership of Russian Center Group of Forces commander Colonel General Andrei Mordvichev.

 

Update from Ukraine | Ruzzians Lost one more jet| Z-Army failed near Robotine using T-55 tanks

 

Ohh...right...

T 55 tanks.....those are from the 50s??...aren't they?

My prediction may come true yet about T34s getting pulled from museums?

 

A T-55 on the modern battlefield might just as well be a T-34 for all the good it does. It's target practice.

I think he said F-16s are due to arrive in June, incidentally. I wonder if they'll be in combat that soon. I'd be pleasantly surprised if so.

 

The struggle continues.
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 18, 2024
Feb 18, 2024 - ISW Press



Ukrainian forces will likely be able to establish new defensive lines not far beyond Avdiivka, which will likely prompt the culmination of the Russian offensive in this area. The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) claimed on February 18 that elements of the Russian Central Grouping of Forces completely captured Avdiivka, advancing 8.6 kilometers in depth in the area, and that Russian forces continue offensive operations to capture additional territory in Donetsk Oblast. Several Russian milbloggers claimed on February 18 that Ukrainian forces lack well prepared defensive positions west of Avdiivka and that Russian forces will be able to advance further into western Donetsk Oblast behind “panicked” and “disorganized” Ukrainian forces withdrawing from Avdiivka. ISW has still not observed footage of disorderly Ukrainian withdrawals to support these Russian claims and would expect to observe such footage if the withdrawal was disorderly on a large scale given the normal patterns of Russian sources with access to such material. One Russian milblogger claimed that a large-scale collapse of the Avdiivka front is “unlikely” as Ukrainian forces withdraw to prepared defensive lines, however, indicating that the Russian understanding (or presentation) of Ukrainian defensive capabilities on this sector of the front differs from source to source.

 

Unprecedented access to Russia’s frontline | Sean Langan

 

What the fall of Avdiivka means for Ukraine, Russia and the war | DW News

 

Term of the day: "biological armor."

 

RUSSIA IS LOSING FIGHTER JETS EVERY DAY - MAKIIVKA ON FIRE Vlog 604: War in Ukraine

 

Russia Assassinates Soldier That Stole MI-8 Helicopter | Breaking News with the Enforcer


The terror regime strikes again, this time in Spain.

 

Update from Ukraine | Disaster for the Ruzzian Aviation Every day they lose their best jets

 

Yeah...saw that on UA Wire...Newsweek, Reuters...

He landed in Spain....something odd about this.

Maybe he was deep cover FSB?