[kellyhound]

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[WonderMomma]

13 March 2023

[kellyhound]

Broken leg russ alone.

[WonderMomma]

1. "Night hunting by marines 36 OBMP and 503 OBMP for occupiers in Donetsk region." Thermal compilation

2. Thermal drone drops on RU soldiers and aftermath.

[kellyhound]

Drone group attacks russ.
Location

[jkesil]

Originally Posted by WonderMomma ↗

1. "Night hunting by marines 36 OBMP and 503 OBMP for occupiers in Donetsk region." Thermal compilation

2. Thermal drone drops on RU soldiers and aftermath.

1. Video - accuracy 100%
2. Video - accuracy 30% and seems like even when hitting close it doesn’t affect anybody

[dandroid]

Originally Posted by kellyhound ↗

Broken leg russ alone.

Oof. That guy is fucked.

[ScottUK]

Originally Posted by dandroid ↗

Oof. That guy is fucked.

Broken left femor and losing blood, doesn't look good for him

[kellyhound]

trench tension, spotting russ hiding.

russ tank burning.

[kellyhound]

Bakhmut.
South west part of the city.
Location


Russia has committed hordes of soldiers and mercenaries to capturing Bakhmut. Those fighters have pushed Ukrainian troops to the city’s western edge and, like an alligator’s maw, are closing in from the south and north, aiming to encircle and annihilate them.

The maneuver has cut off virtually all roads — except Highway T0504, a two-lane hardball that connects to Bakhmut’s southwestern edge and is so vital that troops have branded it “the highway of life.”

“It’s the only road left in which we can evacuate the wounded, evacuate the dead,” said Maj. Oleksandr Pantsernyi, the commander of the 24th Separate Assault Battalion, one of the units responsible for defending the corridor. Just as important is the road’s role in sustaining the fight, he said, by enabling the movement of ammunition, water and fresh troops east.

“If we don’t do our job, the defense of Bakhmut will last for a day or two,” said Pantsernyi, 26. “And all people who are there will stay there forever.”

Russia’s forces also know the road’s importance, Ukrainian soldiers said, and have tried to shred it with artillery and force their enemy into the mud.

Although there is another pathway that branches off from T0504 and curves northwest out of the city, soldiers said that road hems too close to enemy lines and indirect fire. Using it, they said without irony, is “Russian roulette.”

The 24th has pummeled Russian positions with aging Soviet howitzers and fought soldiers inside trenches at fisticuff range. The unit also trains at nearly every available moment. It helped support a massive operation involving thousands of soldiers Thursday and Friday, as machine-gun fire and howitzer shell explosions rolled across the coal-packed hills in service of a crucial objective: to pry the alligator’s jaw open.

The laser focus on Bakhmut has drawn skepticism on both sides. Russia is intent on taking it to claim a victory after a row of setbacks, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has turned the stubborn defense of the city into a rallying cry.

While Bakhmut sits along key roads and railways in the Donbas region, control of the city is unlikely to tip the war’s outcome. The benefit to Ukraine of killing waves of Wagner mercenaries and Russian soldiers may not outweigh the cost of its own steep losses, given that Kyiv needs resources for an anticipated spring offensive.