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Russia Hunting for Weapons System that Downed 3 Su-34 Strike Aircraft. After a devastating loss earlier week, Moscow’s forces have launched an operation to find the weapons responsible for taking out three of its most advanced planes.
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/25909

News on f-16s...
https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-...sia-2024-2

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Last month over territory controlled by Russia, three of its military aircraft were shot down or damaged. Ukraine’s ground-based air defenses showed their long reach. In another surprise, they have denied overall air superiority to Russia. An air defense revolution may be shaping how Ukraine and perhaps even NATO fight.

Since the Cold War, air defenses have ridden revolutions in microelectronics and computing. Radars detect aircraft at longer ranges. Surface-to-air missiles fly farther. High-value aircraft – such as airborne warning and control, and aerial refueling – retreat to safe distances. Modern aircraft need electronic warfare support to penetrate defended air space. Ukraine’s stealthy cruise missiles paired with radar-jamming MALD missiles have blinded Russian air defenses, but they are few in numbers.

Last month over territory controlled by Russia, three of its military aircraft were shot down or damaged. Ukraine’s ground-based air defenses showed their long reach. In another surprise, they have denied overall air superiority to Russia. An air defense revolution may be shaping how Ukraine and perhaps even NATO fight.

Since the Cold War, air defenses have ridden revolutions in microelectronics and computing. Radars detect aircraft at longer ranges. Surface-to-air missiles fly farther. High-value aircraft – such as airborne warning and control, and aerial refueling – retreat to safe distances. Modern aircraft need electronic warfare support to penetrate defended air space. Ukraine’s stealthy cruise missiles paired with radar-jamming MALD missiles have blinded Russian air defenses, but they are few in numbers.

Prior to the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, some observers foresaw that Russia’s air force would reign. Its best aircraft see and shoot farther than Ukraine’s and have countermeasures. It was not to be. Even Ukraine’s Soviet-era air defenses, including long-range S-300s, frighten off Russian aircraft. U.S.-supplied Patriots reach deep into Russian-controlled airspace, recently downing expensive A-50 early warning and battle management aircraft.

In Ukraine’s air war, neither side can overfly the other with impunity. Russian helicopter gunships provide some close air support to ground forces, but not enough to turn the tide. As a result, both sides are turning more to artillery and kamikaze drones to support ground operations. Offensive operations are undercut by the absence of air superiority.

Air defense has pushed manned combat aircraft to standoff distances that reduce their effectiveness and lethality. Partially as a result, ground fights may contest only hundreds of meters of territory. Engagement distances of maneuver forces can be below maximum ranges of their weapons systems. Some tank-on-tank skirmishes occur within a stone’s throw of one another.

Protected by an air defense shield, Russian forces in occupied territories have constructed the “most extensive” system of tank ditches, minefields, and other defensive works in Europe since World War II. Lacking close air support, Ukraine’s counter-offensive struggled to breach fortifications. Without it, the kind of sweeping gains Ukrainian ground forces sometimes made in the first year of fighting might be less likely.

Last winter large-scale Russian missile and drone strikes damaged over half of Ukraine’s power infrastructure, leaving many civilians without heat, water, or electricity. Now, Ukrainian forces down most Russian missiles and drones. But enough get through to wreak localized but severe hardships. While U.S.-origin Patriots are destroying some Kinzhal hypersonic missiles, some others might be hard to destroy.

High-end air defense interceptors like Patriot at $4 mil a copy, can cost more than civilian targets to protect or missiles can threaten them. Layered defenses are more cost-effective. They mixes of more or less expensive air defenses, of defenses with varying strengths. In future, innovative guns and directed energy weapons might offer lower costs per shot & higher probabilities of kill for short-range defense. Use of sophisticated Stinger interceptors to take down cheap drones is wasteful. 

Ukraine war can shine a brighter light on challenges facing NATO fighting in modernization has counted on local air superiority as precursor to ground operations. But capable, as Russian air defenses threaten non-stealth aircraft like F-16, Rafale, or Typhoon, designed in 1970s & 1980s, upgraded since. They maybe able to try penetrate defended airspace without assuming significant risk, as seen in some of Ukraine’s air operations. Air Defense Shapes Warfighting in Ukraine Is 
https://www.realcleardefense.com/article...13615.html

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Helensky no more solider boy got pilot meh?

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Helensky no more solider boy got pilot meh?

Maybe the US’ ‘help with Disruptive’ LongShot 6th-Gen Drone that Blinds Russia, plane. Could Be Behind A-50 AWACS Shootdown: Ex-IAF Pilot.

Russians are being blinded from monitoring Ukrainian air space after losing another A-50 AWACS. An Indian expert suggests that the footage of A-50 Beriev ‘flying radar’ being hit indicates that Ukrainians are targeting Russian assets flying at a distance of over 200 km by modifying a drone to receive targeting data from Western surveillance and launching a heat-seeking missile.

The mechanism with which Ukraine has been able to shoot down the second Russian ‘flying radar’ based on the Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft within just over a month has been carefully kept under the wrap.

The video points at Ukraine operationalizing something akin to the American Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA)’s “Project Longshot.” In 2023, the Longshot project reached its third and final demonstration and test phase.

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Maybe the US’ ‘help with Disruptive’ LongShot 6th-Gen Drone that Blinds Russia, plane. Could Be Behind A-50 AWACS Shootdown: Ex-IAF Pilot.

Russians are being blinded from monitoring Ukrainian air space after losing another A-50 AWACS. An Indian expert suggests that the footage of A-50 Beriev ‘flying radar’ being hit indicates that Ukrainians are targeting Russian assets flying at a distance of over 200 km by modifying a drone to receive targeting data from Western surveillance and launching a heat-seeking missile.

The mechanism with which Ukraine has been able to shoot down the second Russian ‘flying radar’ based on the Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft within just over a month has been carefully kept under the wrap.

The video points at Ukraine operationalizing something akin to the American Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA)’s “Project Longshot.” In 2023, the Longshot project reached its third and final demonstration and test phase.

Are Russians or such big fools to continue targeting their vital air assets in a blue-on-blue deal, or do the Ukrainians now have a drone modified to interdict 200 km plus near Russian air assets, clinically cued steered with targeting data from Western LR (long range) surveillance, launch a heat-seeking Stinger or an ASRAAM with deadly accuracy,” The Ukrainian Longshot concept may be a reality IMO. 

The EurAsian Times will help create robotic component on manned platforms, collaboration UAVs with a advanced autonomy AI piloting will compete with uncrewed platforms & human fighter pilots in real-time.” CEO NewSpace Research Technologies, a pte firm will be supplying drones, project will increase survivability of manned platforms by allowing ranges far away from enemy threats while air-launched UAVs efficiently close gap to take more effective missile shots.

Crimea peninsula, beside knocking out several ground-based radars and forced ordered one of their A-50Us to get airborne to cover gap in their radar coverage. Aircraft 1st & 2nd had insufficient space for airborne command accompanied it. Also, b'cos of short radar range A-50U operate close to frontline (as close as 80-90 k/m) to detect incoming Ukrainian aircraft and missiles. 

(It's a fat duck).
After shooting this duck, a first for Ukiaine, A-50 in Jan-2024, Russian was reported to have been left with two (2) A-50Us, four others needed upgrades or overhauls. It's thought Russia unlikely to risk its last two A-50s to provide radar coverage over Crimea. However, the bringing down of the second ‘Flying Radar’ suggests otherwise.

Blinding The Bear
Can accidental a possibility thought in shoot down of A-50U 1st & 2nd aircraft near Sea of Azov on Feb-2024..

Over 40 A50s were built (1980s-1990s), but as of 2022, only about 16 remained, with nine to eleven being in flyable condition. Since late 2022, reports have indicated that only three of these aircraft are still “fully mission capable” (FMC), meaning all its equipment is completely functioning. This is because they were used extensively in the early months of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

A-50 is similar to the American E-3 that flies along the front line to scan sky for enemy aircraft missiles, aircraft can perch itself high above ground, a better picture of the aerial battlefront.

Since 2023, Ukrainians has meticulously targeting Russian AirForce in Russian-occupied Crimea peninsula, knocking out several ground-based radars. Russians’ were forced by ordered for one of their A-50Us to get airborne to cover gap in their radar coverage had “insufficient” space for Il-22M airborne command accompanied, also, b'cos of short range of the A-50U has to operate close to frontline (close as 80-90 kilometers) to detect incoming Ukrainian aircraft & missiles. And after 1st shoot at first A-50 in Jan-2024, Russian Air Force was reported to have been left with (only) two A-50Us, 4-others needed upgrades / overhauls. It was thought Russia was unlikely to risk its last two A-50s radar coverage over Crimea, bringing down of 2nd ‘Flying Radar’ suggests  someting. Rybar, a leading Kremlin-affiliated military analysis forum, while propounding theory of a friendly fire, the “Russian air defense crew may have been misled by enemy missiles, leading to accidental targeting of the A-50U.”

“It's impossible to rule out deliberate launch of anti-aircraft missiles enemy (such as a modified S-200 Vega) towards aircraft to provoke Russian defense into returning fire,” Rybar added. Russian defense crew “mistakenly identified A-50U as an enemy target & engaged it,” adding there have been “past cases of misidentification.” Ukraine maintains shootdown is result of joint operation conducted by Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) & Main Directorate of Intelligence (GUR). Ukraine has claimed it destroyed those “A-50 radar detection aircraft worth $330 million, it also released maps approximate location of the shootdown.
https://www.eurasiantimes.com/us-disrupt...iaf-pilot/

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Hot News:  From French President Emmanuel Macron has sparks a debate on globel news about troops by refusing to rule out sending Western ground troops to Ukraine. Mounting for a greater NATO response, this marks a shift If war is coming. 
https://youtu.be/Qjf9pxx-RaQ?si=9sN_9hEkEn4a91_N

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Hot news just out. Germany's Scholz rules out Western troops for Ukraine.

BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday ruled out suggestions. European countries or NATO alliance members would send ground troops to Ukraine, day after French President Emmanuel Macron had raised prospect that might do so.

German lawmakers spoke out against the idea, which Macron floated at a hastily arranged meeting of European leaders in Paris on Monday. The Kremlin warned it would mark a major escalation.

"Once again, in a very good debate, it was discussed that what was agreed from the outset among ourselves and with each other also applies to the future, namely that there will be no ground troops, no soldiers on Ukrainian soil sent there by European countries or NATO states," Scholz said on the sidelines of an event.

Scholz did, however, say that European leaders now appeared willing to procure weapons from third countries outside Europe as a way of speeding up military aid to Ukraine. The Germany has become Ukraine's second-biggest supplier of military aid since the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 but is extremely wary of steps that would draw the NATO alliance into direct conflict with Russia.

Scholz was reluctant to supply Ukraine with long-range Taurus missiles, which have a reach of 500 km (310 miles), facing down calls from within his own coalition to send them. Germany's Scholz rules out Western ground troops for Ukraine for a start. But...Such missiles at this stage would likely require German troops to help operate them for precision targeting - a red line for Scholz.

It was not immediately clear how many other countries supported Macron's suggestion, though the French leader had anyway emphasised that there was no consensus at this stage, even as allies agreed to boost efforts to supply munitions to Kyiv.

Some 20 European leaders gathered in Paris on Monday to send Russian President Vladimir Putin a message of European resolve on Ukraine and counter the Kremlin's narrative that Russia is bound to win a war now in its third year.

The Kremlin warned on Tuesday that conflict between Russia and NATO would become inevitable if European members of NATO sent troops to fight in Ukraine.

Omid Nouripour, a Greens member of Scholz's coalition, also said the idea of sending troops was not being discussed within Germany or with allies. REUTERS

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attends a groundbreaking ceremony at the new Freiburg-Dietenbach development in Freiburg, Germany February 27, 2024.

UPDATED BERLIN - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday ruled out suggestions that European countries and NATO alliance members would send ground troops to Ukraine, a day after French President Emmanuel Macron had raised the prospect that some might do so.

German lawmakers spoke out against the idea, which Macron floated at a hastily arranged meeting of European leaders in Paris on Monday. The Kremlin warned it would mark a major escalation.

"Once again, in a very good debate, it was discussed that what was agreed from the outset among ourselves and with each other also applies to the future, namely that there will be no ground troops, no soldiers on Ukrainian soil sent there by European countries or NATO states," Scholz said on the sidelines of an event.

Scholz did, however, say European leaders now appeared willing to procure weapons from third countries outside Europe as a way of speeding up military aid to Ukraine.

Germany has become Ukraine's second-biggest supplier of military aid since full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, is extremely wary of steps would draw NATO alliance into direct conflict with Russia.

Scholz was already reluctant to supply Ukraine with long-range Taurus missiles, which have a reach of 500 km (310 miles), facing down calls from within his own coalition to send them.

Such missiles at this stage would likely require German troops to help operate them for precision targeting - a red line for Scholz.

It was not immediately clear how many other countries supported Macron's suggestion, though the French leader had anyway emphasised that there was no consensus at this stage, even as allies agreed to boost efforts to supply munitions to Kyiv.

Some 20 European leaders gathered in Paris on Monday to send Russian President Vladimir Putin a message of European resolve on Ukraine and counter the Kremlin's narrative that Russia is bound to win a war now in its third year.

The Kremlin warned on Tuesday that conflict between Russia and NATO would become inevitable if European members of NATO sent troops to fight in Ukraine.

Omid Nouripour, a Greens member of Scholz's coalition, also said the idea of sending troops was not being discussed within Germany or with allies. REUTERS
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/german...or-ukraine

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday ruled out suggestions sending long-range Taurus missiles, which have a reach of 500 km (310 miles), facing down calls from within his own coalition to send them. Germany's Scholz rules out Western ground troops for Ukraine for a start. But...Such missiles at this stage would likely require German troops to help operate them for precision targeting - a red line for Scholz. But!,!, Scholz did, however, say European leaders now appeared willing to procure weapons from third countries outside Europe as a way of speeding up military aid to Ukraine.
https://youtu.be/6-V8DunZyUM?si=wJnXPC0HW1PDqVqN

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Germany’s Scholz explains his reluctance to send Taurus long-range missiles to Ukraine.

BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz made clear Monday that he remains reluctant to send Taurus long-range cruise missiles to Ukraine, pointing to a risk of his country becoming directly involved in the war.

Germany is now the second-biggest supplier of military aid to Ukraine after the United States and is further stepping up its support this year. But Scholz has stalled for months on Ukraine’s desire for Taurus missiles, which have a range of up to 500 kilometers (310 miles) and could in theory be used against targets far into Russian territory.

He hasn’t stated definitively that they won’t be delivered but offered the clearest explanation yet of his hesitancy — which has annoyed both Germany’s conservative opposition and some in his own three-party coalition — at an editorial conference of German news agency dpa.

https://apnews.com/article/germany-russi...6af18ab037

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Macron says Russian defeat in Ukraine vital for security in Europe. Ukraine says its forces are currently outgunned by Russian troops, asking allies for urgent weapons supplies. French President Emmanuel Macron has said it is key for Europe's security to defeat Russia in Ukraine, amid urgent pleas for more weapons from Kyiv.

He was speaking in Paris where he said that European leaders had agreed to set up a coalition to give Ukraine medium- and long-range missiles and bombs. He added that there was "no consensus" on sending Western troops to Ukraine, but that "nothing should be excluded".

Russian troops have recently made gains in Ukraine which faces arms shortages. Kyiv is critically dependent on modern armoury supplies from its Western allies, particularly the US, to be able to continue fighting Russia - a far bigger military force with an abundance of artillery ammunition. North Korea is supplying Russia with munitions.

A full-scale invasion of Ukraine launched by Russian President Vladimir Putin is now in its third year, with no signs that the biggest war in Europe since World War Two could end soon. Zelensky says 31,000 troops killed in war in Ukraine. Two years into Russia's invasion, exhausted Ukrainians refuse to give up

Monday's crisis meeting in support of Ukraine was attended by heads of European states, including German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, and top government officials like UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron. Delegations from the US and Canada were also present.

President Macron said: "We are convinced that the defeat of Russia is indispensable to security and stability in Europe."


Describing Russia as the "sole aggressor", he said, "We are not at war with the Russian people. We just don't want to let them win.".

Mr Macron announced that a coalition would provide Ukraine with "missiles and bombs of medium and long range to carry out deep strikes". He did not say when such weapons would be delivered.

And he did not rule out sending Western ground troops to Ukraine but acknowledged that differences remained among the allies.

"There was no consensus today to send troops on to the ground in an manner that's official, assumed and endorsed," he said. "But on the dynamic, nothing should be excluded. We will do everything so that Russia cannot win this war."

"We should not exclude that there might be a need for security that then justifies some elements of deployment," he added. "But I've told you very clearly what France maintains as its position, which is a strategic ambiguity that I stand by."

Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala earlier said his country had no intention of deploying its forces to fight in Ukraine.

He was reacting to comments by his Slovak counterpart Robert Fico, who was quoted by Reuters news agency as saying: "I can confirm there are countries that are prepared to send their own troops to Ukraine, there are countries that say never, among which Slovakia belongs, and there are countries that say this proposal needs to be considered."

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who also took part in Monday's meeting by video link, said that "everything we do together to defend against Russian aggression adds real security to our nations for decades to come".

Russia has repeatedly warned that any Western troop deployment in Ukraine would trigger a direct conflict between Moscow and the Nato military alliance.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68410219

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Situation in Avdiivka is very complex; as Russians are actively conducting offensive operations both during day and at night. Source: Maksym Zhorin, Deputy Commander of the 3rd Assault Brigade.

Zhorin stated that main front where Russians are currently exerting pressure is the line of settlements Berdychiv-Orlivka & there are intense battles around Krasnohorivka. The Russians are attempting to gain foothold in captured territories with a lot of infantry.
At same time, military emphasised that both the 3rd Assault Brigade & some other Ukrainian units are not just on defensive, but are also implementing counterattack measures.

Background:: On night 16-17 February, Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander-in-Chief of Armed Forces, announced withdrawal of Ukrainian units from Avdiivka. At time time, Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, Commander of Tavria Operational & Strategic Group of Forces (OSGF), claimed Ukrainian troops had consolidated their positions on new defensive lines on Avdiivka front in Donetsk. Armed Forces suffered losses, with some of the soldiers going missing or being captured. On 24 Feb, DeepState reported that Russian troops had occupied the village of Lastochkyne.

On 25 February, Dmytro Lykhovii, the spokesman for the Tavriia Operational Strategic Group, said that Ukraine's Armed Forces had withdrawn to the western outskirts of Lastochkyne, where they took up "prepared defensive positions", but on 26 February, he confirmed their withdrawal from Lastochkyne to mount a defence along the Orlivka-Tonenke-Berdychi line.

On 26 February, DeepState analysts reported that Russian troops were advancing west and northwest of Avdiivka in Donetsk Oblast, having captured the villages of Stepove and Sieverne after Lastochkyne.
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/02/27/7443957/

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German officials hold secret talks with India on purchase of artillery shells for Ukraine. German publication Spiegel reported on this possibility of purchasing ammunition through intermediaries is being considered.

According to newspaper’s sources, India has several hundred thousand artillery munitions in storage. However, Indian govt is reluctant to openly sell its missiles b'cos Delhi still maintains friendly relations with Moscow. Therefore, covert negotiations are underway on how to obtain ammunition through intermediaries. It's possible such agreements are possible with Arab countries, some of which have large reserves.

To experts interviewed by journalists the German edition, there are states in Balkans & Africa have stockpiles of shells &can produce ammunition Ukraine needs. Recently, German govt approved €1.13 billion military aid & aid package will include 36 self-propelled tracked & wheeled howitzers, air defense systems and ammunition.

As German govt approved €1.13-bil military aid, 36 self-propelled tracked wheeled howitzers, air defense systems with ammunition for the Ukraine army to defence their territory against Russia federation.
https://mil.in.ua/en/news/spiegel-german...r-ukraine/

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In U.S.A. House GOP’s defense against hardliners is about to get weaker, if Republicans can hold majority, they’ll likely have to wrangle a bloc of even more emboldened conservatives who made their name by fighting their own party.

House Republicans are facing a growing exodus of experienced and talented members that adds up to an alarming political maturity drain.

A growing nos of well-respected members are fleeing Congress as conference pulls further to right & departures are starting to spark worries about further erosion of GOP lawmakers’ for the basic tasks of governing after a brutal year of party’s shaky stewardship of the House GOP. Some

21 House GOP lawmakers have already announced plans to retire year’s end — including five committee chairs. Many departing members share a common trait: They’re part of a loose coalition of governing-minded Republicans who are still willing to generally back leadership, support bipartisan deals & even defy old Donald Trump at this times.

Some Republicans has cited personal or health leaving office, others are blunt, lament party’s inflated expectations what’s achievable when GOP controls just one half of one branch of govt.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/27...s-00142908

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A Look @The Fleet Of The Ukraine Air Force. Thanks to a tip-off from NATO and new advanced weapons, the Ukrainian Air Force has survived two years of war with Russia. 2-years ago, on February 24th, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his troops to invade Ukraine to remove the leadership in Kyiv and supposedly de-nazify the nation. At the time of the invasion, Ukrainian Air Force was vastly outnumbered by Russian forces, with experts saying it would probably only last for a few days before being defeated.

In the early weeks of the so-called "Russian Special Operation," the Ukrainian Air Force had around 128 former Soviet Union aircraft that could help defend Ukraine's territory aircraft included following planes:

50 x Mikoyan MiG-29 NATO reporting name: Fulcrum, a twin-engine fighter aircraft designed in the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union developed the plane during the 1970s to be an air superiority fighter capable of matching the American McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle and the General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon. The MiG 29 entered service with the Soviet Air Force in 1983.
https://simpleflying.com/ukraine-air-for...-analysis/

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Ukraine's Air Force downs another Russian Su-34 jet, the 11th aircraft downed in February 2024. On morning of 27 February, Armed Forces of Ukraine downed a Russian Su-34 fighter-bomber on the eastern front. 

Another Su-34 aircraft was downed that same afternoon. Forbes suggested that success of the Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed a Russian Su-34 fighter jet news on downing of the second Su-34 emerged in shooting down Russian aircraft was due to tuse of valuable Patriot NASAMS missiles, as Russian blind spots after the loss of a third of their A-50 long-range radar detection aircraft.

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German officials hold secret talks with India on purchase of artillery shells for Ukraine. German publication Spiegel reported on this possibility of purchasing ammunition through intermediaries is being considered.

According to newspaper’s sources, India has several hundred thousand artillery munitions in storage. However, Indian govt is reluctant to openly sell its missiles b'cos Delhi still maintains friendly relations with Moscow. Therefore, covert negotiations are underway on how to obtain ammunition through intermediaries. It's possible such agreements are possible with Arab countries, some of which have large reserves.

To experts interviewed by journalists the German edition, there are states in Balkans & Africa have stockpiles of shells &can produce ammunition Ukraine needs. Recently, German govt approved €1.13 billion military aid & aid package will include 36 self-propelled tracked & wheeled howitzers, air defense systems and ammunition.

As German govt approved €1.13-bil military aid, 36 self-propelled tracked wheeled howitzers, air defense systems with ammunition for the Ukraine army to defence their territory against Russia federation.
https://mil.in.ua/en/news/spiegel-german...r-ukraine/

Ukraine’s military is set to receive the first of what may be hundreds of thousands of 155mm artillery shells as part of an international effort to forage foreign stockpiles as US efforts to send more aid remain hung up in Congress.

Ukraine could see the first shells arrive within weeks under the initiative, which has the Czech Republic serving as the middleman to link governments willing to finance the purchase of excess 155mm shells in third countries, Jan Jires, the country’s director general for defense policy and strategy, said in an interview in Washington.

Ukraine Enters Third Year of War as Stalled Aid Dims Outlook. While - Canada Gives Ukraine $2.2 Billion Lifeline as Kyiv Awaits US Aid and EU Looks at Weapons Purchases Outside Bloc to Help Ukraine.

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Russia's advantage on the battlefield could prompt Ukraine's backers to give it more of what it wants, and needs, to win the war. Defense analysts call this irony of conflict the "escalation paradox." 

French President Macron's controversial comments!, on possibility of NATO ground troops in Ukraine demonstrated a paradox. Ukraine's on the battlefield prompted warnings from analysts that Moscow with its back against wall militarily — could lash out, using a nuclear weapon on Ukrainian soil.
Defense analysts says the more successes Ukraine saw, the more dangerous and unpredictable its opponent Russia could become as it sought to regain the initiative.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/01/ukraines...ussia.html

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Update from Ulraine 01/03/2024 kn video.
https://youtu.be/59rf9xDRoUY?si=cov3vnCyYmr1Zr5B

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Germany has admitted the apparent hack by Russia of a military meeting where officers discussed giving Ukraine long-range missiles - and possible targets.

Audio of the video-conference meeting was posted to social media by the head of Russia's state-run RT channel.

The officers discuss how the missiles could hit the Kerch Bridge, which links Russia to the illegally annexed Crimea. Russian politicians said the audio proved that its "sworn enemy" was planning attacks.
ON purposely one...
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68457087

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Germany to investigate Russia’s interception of military talks on Ukraine. Chancellor Olaf Scholz describes as ‘very serious’ the circulation of a recording purportedly showing German officials discussing delivery of long-range missiles to Kyiv

Recording purportedly of confidential army talks on the Ukraine war was circulated on Russian social media, in a huge embarrassment for Berlin.

A German defence ministry spokesperson confirmed to Agence France-Presse that the ministry believed a conversation in the air force division was “intercepted”. “We are currently unable to say for certain whether changes were made to the recorded or transcribed version that is circulating on social media,” they said.

recording purportedly of confidential army talks on the Ukraine war was circulated on Russian social media, in a huge embarrassment for Berlin.

A German defence ministry confirmed to Agence France-Presse, it ministry believed a conversation in air force division was “intercepted”. “We currently unable to say for certain whether changes were made to the recorded or transcribed version that is circulating on social media."
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/m...terception

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Ukrainian Air Force Use Rare Soviet Kh-25 Missiles With Su-24M Aircraft

Such missiles are suitable for striking targets near frontline. A video that has been posted on Ukrainian channel, shows Ukrainian tactical aviation allegedly still using rare Soviet Kh-25 air-to-ground missiles. They are carried by Su-24M tactical bomber. In footage, Ukrainian Su-24M bomber launches two Kh-25 missiles from a pitch-up, to increase range of these weapons, b'cos it involves short-range cruise missiles for tactical aviation.

Read more: Ukraine’s Air Force Shot Down Another russian Su-34: Currently No Enemy Aircraft Is Observed Near Frontline

It is known that this was only secondly recorded case when Ukrainian tactical aviation had used the Kh-25 missiles since russian full-scale invasion.

Earlier Ukrainian Su-24M aircraft with cruise missiles of this type were spotted only in Aug 2022. It's also worth mentioning for first time, Ukrainian aviators demonstrated launch of the Kh-25 missiles from Su-24M bombers only in fall of 2021.
https://en.defence-ua.com/news/ukrainian...-9712.html

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The reality is Kremlin understands this war as an existential threat – by its own warped definition. Putin is acutely aware of his regime is now in grave danger, with all the world’s powers either against it – like U.S. and EU – or unwilling to explicitly ally themselves with Moscow – such as India and China. It is only Putin’s regime Russia will survive It’s huge and spreads across 11 time zones. Trying to destroy it would be a fool’s errand, and neither Ukraine nor NATO has any intention of doing so.

But Putin’s own power over Russia, his “Russian world” ideology, & fantasy of a Great Russia regaining its erstwhile influence over much of Euro & Asia are rehearsing their last gasps.

MiG-29: Did USAF Give Soviet Fighter Jets To Ukraine?, it air superiority fighter had its first flight in 1977. Is used by Russia, Ukraine, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Bangladesh, Cuba, Egypt, Eritrea, India, North Korea, Mongolia, Myanmar, Peru, Poland, Serbia, Sudan, Syria, Libya, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan, and was previously used the air forces of Kyrgyzstan, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Moldova, Malaysia, Iraq, Slovakia, and Yugoslavia.

This is MiG-29 continue ised by above nations.

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MiG-29: Did USAF Give Soviet Fighter Jets To Ukraine?, it air superiority fighter had its first flight in 1977. Is used by Russia, Ukraine, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bulgaria, Bangladesh, Cuba, Egypt, Eritrea, India, North Korea, Mongolia, Myanmar, Peru, Poland, Serbia, Sudan, Syria, Libya, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan, and was previously used the air forces of Kyrgyzstan, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Moldova, Malaysia, Iraq, Slovakia, and Yugoslavia.

This is MiG-29 continue ised by above nations.

This's MiG-29 continue used by above nations.
https://simpleflying.com/usaf-mig-29-sov...-analysis/

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Putin enjoys boasting...
As new weaponry putin enjoys boasting about in public appearances, it appears the fantasy has come to an end: he not come up with new names for the wunderwaffe.

French Mirage 2000D Fighter-Bomber to Ukraine Shrouded in Mystery?. France has invested its own resources & adapted MiG-29 & Su-27 for AASM Hammer guided air-to-surface missiles. However, France asserts there cannot even be a consideration of transferring specialized Mirage 2000D fighter-bombers to Ukraine yet.

French Mirage 2000D aircraft however, "no" from French Minister of Defense regarding Mirage 2000D for Ukraine does not necessarily signify Paris's categorical refusal to provide such aircraft at this moment.

CV9040 is the Deadliest IFV Against russians: Soldiers of Ukrainian 21st Mech Brigade. About Swedish Combat Vehicle, the best qualities about this Combat Vehicle 90 is its firepower & level of protection ensures to crew. Ukrainian forces also use their CV90s as armored recovery vehicles.

The servicemen of the 21st Mechanized Brigade of Ukrainian Armed Forces describe their overall experience working with this weapon as positive.
https://en.defence-ua.com/analysis/defen...-9715.html

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ICC issues arrest warrants for Russian commanders accused of planning strikes on Ukraine energy grid – as it happened

Arrest warrants issued for Lt Gen Sergei Ivanovich Kobylash of the Russian armed forces and Adm Viktor Kinolayevich Sokolov of the Russian nav.

The international criminal court in The Hague has issued arrest warrants for two senior Russian military figures who are accused of being responsible for a missile campaign targeting Ukrainian energy infrastructure between October 2022 and March 2023.

The arrest warrants are for Lt Gen Sergei Ivanovich Kobylash of the Russian armed forces, and Adm Viktor Kinolayevich Sokolov of the Russian navy.

In a statement, the court said it “considered that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the two suspects bear responsibility for missile strikes carried out by the forces under their command against the Ukrainian electric infrastructure from at least 10 October 2022 until at least 9 March 2023.”

It continued: “During this time-frame, there was an alleged campaign of strikes against numerous electric power plants and sub-stations, which were carried out by the Russian armed forces in multiple locations in Ukraine.”

The court added it “considered alleged campaign of strikes qualifies as a course of conduct involving the multiple commission of acts against a civilian population” “there are reasonable grounds to believe that the suspects also bear responsibility for the crime against humanity of ‘other inhumane acts.

Russia does not recognise the court. It signed the Rome statute, which governs the ICC, in 2000 but never ratified the agreement to become a member. It formally withheld its signature from the founding statute of the ICC in 2016.

The court also issued arrest warrants for on Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and Russia’s commissioner for children’s rights, Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova in relation to the forced deportation of children from Ukraine to Russia,
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...-destroyed

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German officials hold secret talks with India on purchase of artillery shells for Ukraine. German publication Spiegel reported on this possibility of purchasing ammunition through intermediaries is being considered.

According to newspaper’s sources, India has several hundred thousand artillery munitions in storage. However, Indian govt is reluctant to openly sell its missiles b'cos Delhi still maintains friendly relations with Moscow. Therefore, covert negotiations are underway on how to obtain ammunition through intermediaries. It's possible such agreements are possible with Arab countries, some of which have large reserves.

To experts interviewed by journalists the German edition, there are states in Balkans & Africa have stockpiles of shells &can produce ammunition Ukraine needs. Recently, German govt approved €1.13 billion military aid & aid package will include 36 self-propelled tracked & wheeled howitzers, air defense systems and ammunition.

As German govt approved €1.13-bil military aid, 36 self-propelled tracked wheeled howitzers, air defense systems with ammunition for the Ukraine army to defence their territory against Russia federation.
https://mil.in.ua/en/news/spiegel-german...r-ukraine/

Germany has reportedly announced its intention to participate in the purchase of artillery ammunition for Ukraine, a project led by the Czech Republic. The German Ministry of Defense allegedly told ARD that Germany wishes to commit financially, covering a "significant portion" of the total costs associated with the initiative.

Germany can make significant contribution to this project.


Czech project represents a coordinated European initiative aimed at providing military support in the form of artillery ammunition to Ukraine. 

This strategy was established in response to Ukraine's urgent call for additional military aid in the face of the Russian invasion. 

By taking lead in this movement, Czech Republic has facilitated a mechanism whereby participating countries can contribute financially to the purchase of necessary artillery ammunition for Ukraine.

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Germany has reportedly announced its intention to participate in the purchase of artillery ammunition for Ukraine, a project led by the Czech Republic. The German Ministry of Defense allegedly told ARD that Germany wishes to commit financially, covering a "significant portion" of the total costs associated with the initiative.

Germany can make significant contribution to this project.
Czech project represents a coordinated European initiative aimed at providing military support in the form of artillery ammunition to Ukraine. 

This strategy was established in response to Ukraine's urgent call for additional military aid in the face of the Russian invasion. 

By taking lead in this movement, Czech Republic has facilitated a mechanism whereby participating countries can contribute financially to the purchase of necessary artillery ammunition for Ukraine.

Czech project represents a coordinated European initiative aimed at providing military support in the form of artillery ammunition to Ukraine.

Deadly Russian missile struck 500 meters from Zelensky and Greek leader’s convoy. A Russian missile exploded just 500 meters from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis during a deadly attack on the Black Sea port city of Odesa on Wednesday, a source familiar with the situation told CNN.

A convoy carrying the leaders on a visit to the city felt the impact of the strike and the group saw a “mushroom cloud” of smoke, source said.

5-people were killed in the strike and more were wounded, spokesperson for Ukrainian Navy, Dmytro Pletenchuk, told CNN, though neither Zelensky or Mitsotakis were injured.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/06/europe/ru...index.html

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Ukrainian forces announced withdrawal of its forces from Avdiivka, a town recent became one of most fiercely contested battles on eastern front an intensification of Moscow’s attacks pummeled with airstrikes, artillery & sent wave after wave of ground assaults armored vehicles & soldiers, town’s strategic significance is limited, marks biggest gain for Moscow since they captured Bakhmut last year & is indication of temp war turned to Putin’s favor meanwhile renewed pressure across the eastern front, compounded by ammunition and manpower shortages.

At Munich Security Conference Sat, Zelensky said decision to pull back from Avdiivka was made to “save soldiers’ lives, it does not mean retreated in k/m & let Russia captured more, they did not capture anything, he  added. Avdiivka has been on front lines since Russian-backed fighters seized portions including nearby city of Donetsk, in 2014. It since the Putin launched full-scale invasion in Feb 2022.

Withdrawing from town, to northwest of Donetsk was “only correct solution,” commander of southern forces said on Friday, adding some Ukrainian troops had been captured by Russia during process where enemy advancing on corpses of their own soldiers with a 10-to-1 shell advantage, under constant bombardment, the Russian troops are “numerically superior in personnel, artillery & aviation,” Tarnavskyi added. Russians were “practically erasing city from face of the earth.”

Decision comes days after Ukraine’s new military chief Syrskyi & Defense Minister Rustem Umerov visited front lines in Avdiivka, pledging to send reinforcements to “prevent enemy advancing deeper into our territory, by Thurs, Ukrainian forces hold were describing hellish in conditions, enemy in “coming from all sides”.

They don't spare their Russian,as assault was similar to “meat-grinder” tactics used to capture Bakhmut last yr, NATO estimated every Ukrainian soldier killed defending Bakhmut, Russia lost is 5-1 Oleh Sentsov, formerly a famous filmmaker, filmed a 5-hr battle on helmet & body cameras in Avdiivka, illustrating cruelty of war & horrors of the trenches. He and his men found themselves fighting from all sides, caught in a pincer movement by Russian troops.

“Our assault group had to hold a trench 150-meters wide. We went in, took 50 meters, and could not push further because there was strong resistance by a lot of enemy infantry there,” Sentsov said in a rare interview with CNN.  Oleh Sentsov, formerly a famous filmmaker, filmed a 5-hour battle on helmet and body cameras in Avdiivka.. Our assault group had to hold a trench 150-meters wide. We went in, took 50 meters & could not push further b'cos there was strong resistance by lot of enemy infantry in  there,” Sentsov said in a rare interview with CNN.

The recent flurry of Russian offensives on Ukraine has also is facing critical shortages of ammunition, essential for its battlefield troops rising concerns US lifeline to help is hanging by a thinning thread.
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/02/16/europ...index.html

Hyderabad Man, Duped Into Fighting Ukraine War, Dies In Russia. Mohammed Afsan is allegedly one of nearly two dozen Indian men who have been forced into fighting for Russia's war against Ukraine.

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Russia-Ukraine war: Moscow ignores arrest warrants for Putin commanders. Russia has said it does not recognise arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for two top Russian commanders over alleged war crimes in Ukraine.

The court named Sergei Kobylash and Viktor Sokolov on Tuesday.

"We are not parties to the [Rome] statute - we do not recognise this," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

This is the second time warrants have been issued for Russians over the war in Ukraine.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68489266

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Czech Billionaire Wants to Help Ukraine Produce More Ammunition. 

Bloomberg) -- One of Europe’s biggest arms manufacturers is offering to help Ukraine ramp up its own production of heavy ammunition as the country struggles to repel the Russian invasion amid dwindling western aid.

Czechoslovak Group AS would like to invest “hundreds of millions of euros” in Ukraine, its billionaire owner and Chief Executive Officer Michal Strnad told reporters in Prague on Wednesday.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/...ammunition