[WhiskeyOutpost]

Recently a shorter clip of this interview was posted, here is the full version with English subtitles. Captured Russian Pavlo Tolkachyov tells his tale, a very interesting watch.

[WonderMomma]

Originally Posted by WhiskeyOutpost ↗

Recently a shorter clip of this interview was posted, here is the full version with English subtitles. Captured Russian Pavlo Tolkachyov tells his tale, a very interesting watch.

Heartbreaking.


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"Bulgaria's new pro-European government confirms it will help Ukraine with weapons

Newly appointed Defense Minister Todor Tagarev says he supports military assistance to Ukraine amid its counteroffensive against Russian forces"

[ljubodrag]

■ Russian engineers are preparing a new batch of "Greetings" (Privet in Russian) for the enemy — kamikaze drones are sent to the front.

■ This device has already been tested in the DPR and LPR, developers from the Oko design bureau report.

■ Now the first drones are equipped with a warhead - an 82-mm mine. 12 of them are already in use by the RF Armed Forces.

■ You can send "Greetings" to the enemy in manual mode and according to the coordinates of the GLONASS or GPS satellite systems.

■ It's cost is 110 thousand rubles.

■ The developer claims that he is ready to produce about 100 kamikaze aircraft type "Privet-82" per day.

[WhiskeyOutpost]

A chunk of Berkivka (just north of Bakhmut) now contested and being attacked on the ground by UA forces. PMC Wagner Prigozhin first started talking about this, it appears it is true.

DeepState map images here are 4 June and 6 June. Imagine an encirclement being encircled.

[ljubodrag]

SpN ambushed the ambushers from Kraken.

Got their hands on some nice toys. Nano-UAV Black Hornet.

[WhiskeyOutpost]

DeepState map update this morning. UA forces continue to retake territory in the Bakhmut area (blue areas). UA forces are close to taking Berkhivka - Prigozhin was right.

South of Bakhmut, a section of land was liberated by UA forces west of Andriivka.

[Roosta]

Retired Australian F/A-18 Hornet jets a step closer to joining Ukraine's war effort.

Story by defence correspondent Andrew Greene • 2h ago

The RAAF retired its F/A-18 Classic Hornet fleet in 2021.

Kyiv has assured the White House that it would not deploy second-hand Australian warplanes into Russian airspace if dozens of the retired F/A-18s are transferred to Ukraine.

High-level international negotiations are continuing between Australia, Ukraine, and the United States over the fate of the decommissioned fighter aircraft, in what could become this country's largest-ever single transfer of military equipment to a foreign power.

The Royal Australian Air Force's fleet of Boeing "Classic" Hornets were retired in late 2021 after almost 40 years of service, which included bombing missions in the Middle East against Islamic State.

After the FA/18s were retired, Texas-based company RAVN Aerospace paid a deposit to purchase 41 of the multi-role fighters currently housed at RAAF Base Williamtown in varying states of airworthiness.

Sources familiar with the negotiations say RAVN Aerospace is willing to "on-sell" the Hornets to Ukraine but first requires approval from the White House given the fourth-generation fighters have American intellectual property (IP).

Australia's defence department would also have to formally change its contract with RAVN given the end user is currently listed as being in the United States, not Ukraine.

Defence had been scheduled to soon begin dismantling some of the ageing Hornets for spare parts while other remaining aircraft were expected to go to the United States for training purposes.

Last month, US President Joe Biden raised Kyiv's hopes of securing fourth-generation warplanes when he told allies he was approving plans to train Ukrainian pilots on US-made F-16 fighter jets.

Next month, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is expected to unveil a new package of military support for Ukraine, but a senior government official played down suggestions the F/A-18s would be part of the announcement.

"There are still many hurdles to clear before the F/A-18s can be sent to Ukraine," the official told the ABC, pointing to a shortage of appropriate personnel, training and a lack of spare parts.

A figure familiar with the negotiations on Australia's possible transfer of F/A-18s said Ukraine had now formally assured the White House the warplanes would only be used to defend its own territorial airspace and not be sent on missions into Russian airspace.

Frustrations are growing inside the Ukrainian community over the how long it has taken the Albanese government to unveil further support with this year's budget containing no new measures.

In a letter to Defence Minister Richard Marles and Foreign Minister Penny Wong, the opposition has urged the government to "urgently deliver a new and comprehensive package of support to the people of Ukraine in their defence against Russia's illegal and immoral invasion".

"Australia's commitments have failed to keep pace with our partners. Other non-NATO contributors now increasingly overshadow Australia's support," Coalition frontbenchers Simon Birmingham and Andrew Hastie wrote.

[Roosta]

Originally Posted by Guns N' Coffee ↗

https://www.businessinsider.com/wagn...fiction-2023-6

Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin, who spent months on the ground in Bakhmut, said the Kremlin's claims about inflicting heavy losses on Ukraine are 'wild and absurd science fiction'

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the Russian mercenary company that fought in Bakhmut, said he wasn't buying Moscow's claims that it inflicted heavy losses on Ukrainian troops in Donetsk.

Russia's defense ministry said on Monday that it had quashed a major offensive by Ukraine, wiping out 1,500 enemy soldiers, 109 armored vehicles, and 28 tanks — including eight Leopard tanks provided by Germany and three AMX-10 reconnaissance vehicles from France.

But in a Monday statement from his press service, Prigozhin said the Kremlin's tally was "wild and absurd science fiction."

To kill 1,500 soldiers, the Wagner Group boss said Russia would have to advance 93 miles every day.

"Therefore, I believe that this is simply wild and absurd science fiction," Prigozhin said.

The numbers the defense ministry's spokesperson gave would mean that Russia's army would have "just destroyed the entire planet Earth five times over" and "reached the aliens," he added.

Prigozhin, who was on the ground for months with his troops in a region devastated by war, didn't give detail on how he drew these conclusions.

But his latest criticism of the Kremlin further intensifies the existing animosity between the mercenary boss and Moscow's top military leaders.

The Wagner leader recently attacked Russia's defense minister, Sergei Shoigu, saying in May that Shoigu's children and the Russian elite lived in luxury while ordinary citizens were dying in Ukraine.

Earlier that month, he screamed insults and curses at Shoigu and Valery Gerasimov, the Russian army's chief of the general staff, in an expletive-filled video where he raged about ammo shortages and heavy casualties.

On Friday, he accused the Kremlin of leaving landmines in the way of his withdrawing troops and questioned why they were placed in their way. With the mines so far in the rear, they could neither have been planted by Ukraine nor laid with the intention of destroying Ukrainian forces, Prigozhin said.

He released an hour-long interview on Monday in which he asked the Kremlin's top leaders to visit the war zone and be with their troops.

Ukraine's and Russia's Defense Ministries did not immediately respond to requests for comment sent outside regular business hours.

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I see a window on the horizon for this monster !

[Roosta]

Originally Posted by SDI ↗

You know, this has been even debunked by russian Telegram channels. The proofs are mainly old footage from last year and some of the juicy kills are in some cases civilian and military tractors and similar stuff. The footage has been analyzed by russian milbloggers. Also Mr. Prigoshin, head of the Wagner Mercenary Force, clarified that these claims are made off.

Why are you always posting this kind of fake bullshit?

That's drag to the core, just shit, nothing else !

[marekparek]

Few cats seen in Slovakia heading east