[WhiskeyOutpost]

Found out what those "green can" things being dropped from drones are. Thermobaric hand grenade RGT-27S2

[WonderMomma]

Originally Posted by WhiskeyOutpost ↗

Found out what those "green can" things being dropped from drones are. Thermobaric hand grenade RGT-27S2

Found this from the thermobaric weapons Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermo...apon#Ukraine_2

"In 2017 Ukroboronprom's Scientific Research Institute for Chemical Products in conjunction with Artem State Enterprise (aka Artem Holding Company) announced to the market its new product the RGT-27S2. These can be combined with the RPO-16 grenade launcher, a demonstration of which was witnessed by Oleksandr Turchynov. The grenades, of approximately 600 grams, "create a two second fire cloud with a volume of not less than 13 m³, inside of which the temperature reaches 2,500 degrees. This temperature allows not only for the destruction of the enemy, but are also able to disable lightly armored vehicles."[61][62] The firm showed them at the Azerbaijan International Defense Exhibition in 2018.[63]"

[WonderMomma]

"In 2025, Ukraine will receive two minesweepers from the Netherlands to protect shipping lanes in the Black Sea, Defense Minister Keesa Ollongren announced during a visit to Odesa.

In the second half of 2023, the Netherlands will begin training the Ukrainian military to use these ships.

In addition, Ollongren announced the transfer of a military amphibious vehicle to create a temporary crossing, as well as a radar system to detect drones."

[WonderMomma]

"Training of Ukrainian units on the personnel carrier M2A3 / M2A4 "Bradley" at the training ground in Germany, they are trained directly on equipment from the US Army"

[Roosta]

Originally Posted by WonderMomma ↗

More about this:

BBC Article:

US drone crash: A moment fraught with danger
22:00 UTC 14 March 2023

The encounter between Russian jets and a US drone, which resulted in the drone crashing into the Black Sea, appears to be the most significant publicly acknowledged US-Russia confrontation since Russia's all-out invasion of Ukraine more than a year ago.

As such, it raises a lot of questions and represents a moment fraught with danger.

The United States' National Security Council's (NSC) John Kirby says there have been other intercepts "even in recent weeks", but that this one was different.

Could it have been an accident?

"Based on the actions of the Russian pilots, it's clear that it was unsafe, unprofessional," was the verdict of the Pentagon's Press Secretary, Air Force Brigadier General Pat Ryder.

"I think the actions speak for themselves."

Does the behaviour of Russia's pilots - allegedly dumping fuel in the path of the drone and then colliding with it - represent a significant escalation?

According to the Pentagon, the whole incident lasted about 30-40 minutes.

During that time, Brig Gen Ryder said there was no direct communication between the Russian and American militaries.

US officials say they believe the Russian Su-27 jets involved "likely" suffered some damage, indicating that a collision was not deliberate.

"I do know that the State Department is raising our concerns about the incident directly with the Russian government," he added.

What, if anything, does the episode mean for the future of American drone operations over the Black Sea, and for the vital surveillance such operations provide to Ukraine?

"If the message is that they want to deter or dissuade us from flying or operating in international airspace over the Black Sea," Mr Kirby told broadcaster VOA, "then that message will fail because that is not going to happen".

Not surprisingly, Russia would like to make it as hard as possible for Ukraine's allies to carry out such work.

Washington is being tight lipped about what has happened to the drone.

After the collision, US remote pilots were forced to bring it down in the Black Sea.

Brig Gen Ryder would not say where it landed or whether the Russian navy was trying to recover it.

Audio recordings circulating on social media seem to indicate some kind of Russian recovery operation was under way. But this has not been confirmed.

Clearly, Washington would not be happy if such sensitive surveillance technology fell into Russian hands.

For Joe Biden, determined to support Ukraine for "as long as it takes", this is a delicate moment.

It's not just Western weaponry that's helping Ukraine to withstand Russia's invasion.

It's also a vast quantity of real-time intelligence on every aspect of Russia's military operations, including the movement of vessels in the Black Sea and the launch of missiles aimed at targets across Ukraine.

From defending Ukraine's critical national infrastructure to planning its own offensive operations, Kyiv depends heavily on the steady flow of information.

For obvious reasons, US officials won't be drawn into what, if any, additional precautions its surveillance operations will now involve.

Washington wants to keep them going, but is anxious to avoid using force, and risk getting drawn into a more direct confrontation with Moscow.

Deliberate hit.

[WonderMomma]

Originally Posted by WonderMomma ↗

US drone crash: A moment fraught with danger
22:00 UTC 14 March 2023

The encounter between Russian jets and a US drone, which resulted in the drone crashing into the Black Sea, appears to be the most significant publicly acknowledged US-Russia confrontation since Russia's all-out invasion of Ukraine more than a year ago.

Found this animation about this incident.

[WhiskeyOutpost]

Originally Posted by Roosta ↗

Deliberate hit.

Denis Davydov on youtube said today that the US stated they are releasing video footage of the incident at some point soon

[WonderMomma]

Recent related post: https://www.documentingreality.com/f...ml#post7863020

The fiancee of the deceased "Da Vinci", paramedic Alina Mykhaylova, gave his personal combat chevron to President Zelensky.

[WonderMomma]

"The National Security and Defense Council denies The Washington Post's report that the quality of the Ukrainian army is deteriorating due to the loss of qualified soldiers, which jeopardizes the spring counteroffensive.

"Yes, there is a difficult situation. We have been waging a war against a country that is large in size but not in intelligence for a year now. But it's not a good thing to undermine the situation by providing information that is not true," Danilov said."

Bolded part... ouch.

[WonderMomma]

Originally Posted by WonderMomma ↗

Ukraine trolling Belarus... again.



"Ukrainian border guards put up a Belarusian flag next to the Ukrainian one. But there is a nuance here.

Ukrainian border guards posted the historical Belarusian white-red-white flag near the border, not the one that is now official in Belarus.

By the way, Lukashenka banned the white-red-white flag."

"And it's not funny! Belarusian border guards complain that the Ukrainians are trolling them - they hung a stuffed animal of a Russian soldier on a tree and named him Valera

▪️To make it even scarier, Belarusian border guards say, Ukrainians tell them terrible stories about Valera by radio. Allegedly, this is a Russian soldier who died near Kyiv"

#govtroll