🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (Twitter)

#Ukraine: North-West of Sofiivka, #Luhansk Oblast, another Russian 2S19 Msta-S 152mm self-propelled howitzer was destroyed by a FPV loitering munition strike of the 14th Mechanized Brigade, which led to the detonation of ammo onboard.

Def Mon (Twitter)

@gino_bos1 @KARASAWAMnn @stahlgrau330 @IhateTrenches: 5 villages? Can you name them?

Def Mon (Twitter)

RT @solonko1648: Verbove. ru occupiers, why are you so sad?

The Lookout (Twitter)

RT @Capt_Navy: @MikiAV8BHarrier @RoyalNavy @WarshipsIFR @NavyLookout @Capt_Navy @alessionaval @AncientSubHunt @r116440 @blog_naval @podernaval @The_Lookout_N @militaryhistori: #ColdWar #SovietNavy h/t @pjmvandepol

The Lookout (Twitter)

RT @MT_Anderson: Occupied Crimea
10M📷 from 29 August 2023 shows increased patrols off the western coast of Crimea, north of Sevastopol up to Mayak. Given the recent 🇺🇦assaults, it would seem the 🇷🇺navy is increasing their patrols.

Def Mon (Twitter)

RT @Teoyaomiquu: FPV work of the fantastic 46th Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

The accuracy of their strikes right inside the bunkers is something to be reckoned with.

Ukraine Battle Map (Twitter)

@BTudbubble: It’s the Tokmak Front for 3 reasons

1. It is the Tokmak Region that you see on that map. Just like the Zaporizhzhia Front isn’t Zaporizhzhia City

2. It is the most recognizable name for that direction, so people can easily locate the region

3. That’s the focus of the offensive

Def Mon (Twitter)

Very good points regarding the defensive lines.

4emberlen (Twitter)

RT @Tatarigami_UA: Impressive thread was done by the @Black_BirdGroup about defenses in the south. In relation to this subject, I'd like to add additional insights and context. My intention is not to critique their presented report, but to emphasize crucial details that need to be added. 🧵Thread

The Lookout (Twitter)

@MT_Anderson @Varsevan: That at least some could be FSB Coast Guard patrol boats is a possibility too. They have a relatively large number of these in the Black Sea.

Status-6 (Twitter)

The Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to target valuable Russian military equipment.

This time, destroyed was a 9S36M illumination and guidance radar of the modern Buk-M3 SAM system.

Notice the green material on vehicle's antenna mast serving as a camouflage. It's intended to make the radar blend more into the terrain surrounded by trees.

Necro Mancer (Twitter)

@korovovirus: Не помню уже точно, но он съебался году эдак в 2015 или ненамного позже

Necro Mancer (Twitter)

Российская САУ "Мста-С" встретилась с дроном #14омбр #всу и красиво бумкнула t.me/CinCAFU/566

‌Def Mon (Twitter)

I'm posting this because it might be interesting and create more discussions. I have no opinion on how much of it is true or how close it is to reality yet. This has been translated by google translate.

The 108th Airborne Regiment of the RF Armed Forces lost from a third to a half of its personnel in two weeks of fighting in the Rabotino area

The 108th Guards Cossack Regiment of the Airborne Forces is based in Novorossiysk. Since the beginning of the Russian invasion, he fought in the Kherson region, where in the fall of 2022 he suffered heavy losses, then the commander of the regiment Vitaly Sukuev died (ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukuev…).

In early August 2023, due to the lack of reserves in the Kopani-Rabotino-Verbovo area of the Russian Armed Forces, the 108th was transferred from the Kherson region to Melitopol, and from there near Rabotino-Verbovo. Z-propaganda told (t.me/swodki/292742) then about the heroic combat path of the paratroopers and their great success in destroying the Ukrainian army. In fact, the heroic path ended as soon as it began.

According to sources in neighboring units and in the 108th itself, during the transfer from the Kherson region, from 30 to 50 soldiers of the regiment deserted, not wanting to go to the front line, where heavy fighting was going on.

On the way from Tokmak to Novopokrovka (a village northeast of Verbovo), the regiment's column was spotted by Ukrainian observers and came under heavy fire from HIMARS and artillery. As a result, according to various sources, from a third to a half of the personnel were killed and wounded - from 230 to 350 people, including officers. As the Russian military from other units say, the regiment is practically incompetent. The remnants of the 108th are now occupying positions in the Novopokrovka area.

The 108th Regiment is part of the 7th Air Assault Division. The 56th regiment, which is part of the division, is fighting in a neighboring sector, closer to Verbovo, which is still under the control of the RF Armed Forces.

As staff officers say, great hopes were pinned on the 108th regiment, the unit was supposed to counterattack in the Rabotino-Verbovo area, return the positions lost by motorized rifles and BARS, for this the regiment was given a lot of armored vehicles. Hopes were shattered by HIMARS and shells during another attempt by Russian generals to push troops in a column to the front line without camouflage and cover.

Russian troops are regularly exposed to such attacks. The biggest defeat was the defeat (bbc.com/russian/features-646…) of a large column near Ugledar this winter. Then the Armed Forces of Ukraine let the tank columns and trucks go deep into the mines, made along the roadsides and in the fields, and then began a powerful shelling. As a result, tanks in an attempt to escape crushed trucks and were blown up by mines in the fields. The exact number of those who died during the defeat of that column has not been established so far. According to various estimates, then up to 33 tanks and up to 100 vehicles and armored vehicles were destroyed. Human losses ranged from 400 to 700 people killed and wounded.

The covert transfer of troops to the front line still remains one of the weakest points in the RF Armed Forces. “Because the transfer at night is now useless, everyone has thermal cameras (thermal imagers that detect heat emitters), drones see everything around the clock. It is too long and expensive to transfer in small groups and under the cover of artillery, under barrage fire, the father commanders need it right now and quickly, ”comments an officer of one of the units of the RF Armed Forces that fell under the Vuglodar rout.
Source: t.me/volyamedia/750

Status-6 (Twitter)

🇺🇸🇺🇦 The US announced a new security assistance package for Ukraine, valued at $250 million. Its content includes:

- AIM-9M missiles for air defense systems;
- Ammunition for M142 HIMARS (and M270 MLRS);
- 155mm and 105mm artillery ammunition;
- Mine-clearing equipment;
- Javelin and other anti-armor systems and rockets (presumably meant missiles);
- 3 million rounds of small arms ammunition;

And more.

state.gov/new-package-of-add…