[WhiskeyOutpost]

Continued local counteroffensives targeting the Russian regular army and Wagner on the southern salient south of Bakhmut. Some Wagner units are at risk of being encircled.

[Faust]

Ware the pentagon leaks real or fake btw?
Never saw them mentioned in any reports, but looks like some US patriots/ex army people were leaking them so could be real still

[Faust]

Can somebody help me geolocate these files? Asking for a friend

(Leopard 2 tanks in ukraine btw)

[SDI]

Originally Posted by Faust ↗

Ware the pentagon leaks real or fake btw?
Never saw them mentioned in any reports, but looks like some US patriots/ex army people were leaking them so could be real still

I'd tend to consider it as desinformation, but no one can be sure about that.

[SDI]

Originally Posted by Faust ↗

Can somebody help me geolocate these files? Asking for a friend

(Leopard 2 tanks in ukraine btw)

Challengers imho.

[WonderMomma]

"Britain has already supplied Ukraine with long-range (280 km) Storm Shadow cruise missiles ahead of an expected counteroffensive, — CNN

With the amendment that these missiles will be used only on the sovereign territory of Ukraine, including Crimea, and not on the territory of the Russian Federation."

British Defense Minister Ben Wallace confirmed that Britain has provided Ukraine with the missiles. They can be used from Ukraine's existing aircraft since the coordinates of targets are programed into the missile on the ground. The range is from 290-560 km, depending on the modification of the missile.

"The transfer of these weapons systems ( Storm Shadow ) gives Ukraine the best chance to defend itself against Russia's ongoing brutality, especially the deliberate attack on Ukrainian civilian infrastructure, which is contrary to international law," - UK Defense Secretary Ben Wallace.





"The adviser of the US Commission for Security in Europe showed on Twitter where the British missiles "Storm Shadow" can reach."


Oleksii Reznikov's thoughts on the situation:



Meanwhile:

[WonderMomma]

Screenshots from Russian sources about the current situation in Bakhmut today.

[WonderMomma]

President Zelenskyy regarding the counteroffensive.

[Roosta]

[QUOTE=WonderMomma;7925125]"Britain has already supplied Ukraine with long-range (280 km) Storm Shadow cruise missiles ahead of an expected counteroffensive, — CNN

With the amendment that these missiles will be used only on the sovereign territory of Ukraine, including Crimea, and not on the territory of the Russian Federation."

British Defense Minister Ben Wallace confirmed that Britain has provided Ukraine with the missiles. They can be used from Ukraine's existing aircraft since the coordinates of targets are programed into the missile on the ground. The range is from 290-560 km, depending on the modification of the missile.

"The transfer of these weapons systems ( Storm Shadow ) gives Ukraine the best chance to defend itself against Russia's ongoing brutality, especially the deliberate attack on Ukrainian civilian infrastructure, which is contrary to international law," - UK Defense Secretary Ben Wallace.

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Plane in the background is a British "Tornado".

The Ukrainian Air Force’s MiG-29 Fulcrum fighter jets and Su-25 Frogfoot attack jets are likely unable to carry the Storm Shadow. Each missile weighs around almost 2,900 pounds. The heaviest weapons routinely carried by the MiG-29 and Su-25 are only around 1,100 pounds each. The heaviest-lifting stores pylons on the Frogfoot can only accommodate weapons of 1,100 pounds, and heavier weapons are rarely ever seen on early-model MiG-29s.

This would seem to suggest that the Su-27 Flanker fighter jet and/or the Su-24 Fencer strike aircraft would be the likely candidates as Storm Shadow shooters. These larger aircraft have much greater payload capacities and the Su-24, in particular, can routinely carry weapons of over 3,300 pounds each.

To what degree work has been completed to integrate the Storm Shadow on the aircraft that will carry it into combat is unclear. In theory, however, the process shouldn’t be too onerous, with the Storm Shadow missile being preprogrammed with target coordinates before flight, meaning there is no need for an interface allowing the aircraft to feed data in before launch.

[WonderMomma]

1. "A team of surgeons from the US arrived to Ukraine to perform facial surgeries on wounded Ukrainian Defenders.

These are extremely complicated operations, sometimes lasting up to 15 hours. Thanks to them, our Warriors are able to eat independently and resolve other very complicated issues."

2. ""The enemy's flanks are weak, but the situation in Bakhmut itself is difficult" - Ukrainian Defender Taras Deiak, commander of Karpatska Sich special purpose unit.

He says that it is possible that the Ukrainian Army will surround the city, but it is too early to speak of that."