‼️ There are reports that two bombs actually fell on Belgorod...

The second went underground in a neighboring block, but it did not explode. Now access there is closed, explosive experts are working on the spot.

According to Belgorod journalist Nikita Parmenov, the Belgorod administration does not admit to it.

Originally Posted By Prime:
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1/ Despite PMC Wagner's reputation for heinous crimes and brutal tactics, certain aspects of their activities have received limited coverage. This thread illuminates the far-reaching influence of PMC Wagner and the significant security risks it poses to the global community pic.twitter.com/XQ4PlDWtCU

— Tatarigami_UA (@Tatarigami_UA) April 21, 2023

Originally Posted By RockNwood:


Good article but can the entire US military/admin be this stupid?  If you want it over this year then give UA the long range weapons to enable taking back 100% of its territory. Fence sitters piss off both sides. Compromise is not leadership, it is lazy like a plea deal.

Originally Posted By Prime:
Desert gear heading somewhere.

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bamr  (@bamr69) April 21, 2023

 What’s Perfectly Round, Made Of Metal, And Keeping Russia From Replacing the 2,000 Tanks It’s Lost In Ukraine?

A shortage of modern optics is throttling Russia’s ability to manufacture new T-72BM3 and T-90M tanks, and restore older T-72s, T-80s and T-90s, to make good the thousands of tanks it’s lost its wider war on Ukraine.

But optics aren’t the only thing in short supply in the Russian armored vehicle industry. The Russians also are desperately short of ball-bearings, which they used to get from the United States and Europe before the United States and Europe tightened their sanctions on Russian industry.

A new study from the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C. confirmed what independent analysts have been saying for months. Tanks and other modern armored vehicles need a lot of ball-bearings. And Russia doesn’t have enough bearings to maintain steady production of new vehicles.  

Originally Posted By AlmightyTallest:

Trouble in BRICS world.

Russia has cut off weapons sales to India over unpaid bills.

Sarah Ashton-Cirillo  (@SarahAshtonLV) April 21, 2023

The Federal Government supports the Ukrainian military in close coordination with its partners and allies. This list provides an overview of lethal and non-lethal German military support for Ukraine. It includes deliveries from the Federal Armed Forces, as well as supplies from German industry financed from the Federal Government’s funds for so-called security capacity building.

Funding for the security capacity building initiative amounts to a total of 2.2 billion Euros for the year 2023 (after 2 billion Euros for 2022). The funds are to be used primarily to support Ukraine. At the same time, they will be used to finance Germany’s increased mandatory contributions to the European Peace Facility (EPF), which in turn goes towards reimbursing EU member states for costs incurred to them in providing support for Ukraine.

Delivered military support to Ukraine:

(Changes compared to the previous week in bold)

air defence system PATRIOT with missiles
76 trucks Zetros* (before: 60)
124 border protection vehicles* (before: 122)
4 armoured engineer vehicles DACHS* (before: 3)
42 mobile antenna mast systems* (before: 34)
34 reconnaissance drones* (before: 26)
83,520 rounds ammunition 40mm* (before: 60.000)
18 LEOPARD 2 A 6 main battle tanks with ammunition (joint project with further LEOPARD 2 operators)
40 infantry fighting vehicles MARDER with ammunition (from Bundeswehr and industry stocks*)
2 armoured recovery vehicles Bergepanzer 3
2 mine clearing tanks WISENT 1*
160,000 first aid kits*
103.000 tourniquets
100 MG3 for LEOPARD 2, MARDER and DACHS
Spare parts for LEOPARD 2 and MARDER
90 drone detection systems*
500 pistols SFP9*
2 hangar tents*
23,500 projectiles 155mm
155mm precision guided ammunition*
ammunition for multiple rocket launchers MARS II
8 lift trucks*
295 generators
34 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns GEPARD including circa 6.000 rounds of ammunition*
6 bridge-laying tanks BEAVER*
10 winter camouflage nets
26 load-handling trucks 15t*
32 frequency range extensions for anti-drone devices*
10 roll off containers
Iris-T SLM missiles*
3 mobile, remote controlled and protected mine clearing systems*
40 laser target designators* (before: 20)
12 truck tractor trains and 4 semi-trailers*
145 Pick-ups*
8 mobile and protected mine clearing systems*
168 mobile heating systems*
20 rocket launchers 70mm on pick-up trucks with rockets*
15 armoured recovery vehicles Bergepanzer 2*
12 tank transporter tractor M1070 Oshkosh*
7 tracked and remote controlled infantry vehicles for support tasks*
35 load-handling trucks 8x8
36 ambulances*
36.400 wool blankets
12 heavy duty trailer trucks*
55 anti-drone sensors and jammers*
50 MRAP vehicles DINGO
10 unmanned surface vessels*
14,000 sleeping bags
Mi-24 spare parts*
spare parts for heavy machine gun M2
17 heavy and medium bridge systems*
5 multiple rocket launchers MARS II with ammunition
14 self-propelled howitzers Panzerhaubitze 2000 (joint project with the Netherlands)
air defence system Iris-T SLM*
200 tents
116.000 winter jackets
80.000 winter trousers
240.000 winter hats
405,000 pre-packaged military Meals Ready
67 fridges for medical material*
counter battery radar system COBRA*
4,000 rounds practice ammunitions for self-propelled anti-aircraft guns
54 M113 armoured personnel carriers (systems of Denmark, upgrades financed by Germany)*
53,000 rounds ammunitions for self-propelled anti-aircraft guns
3,000 anti-tank weapons Panzerfaust 3 with 900 firing devices
14,900 anti-tank mines (9,300* from industry stocks)
500 Man Portable Air Defense Systems STINGER
2,700 Man Portable Air Defense Systems STRELA
22 million rounds of ammunition for fire arms
50 bunker buster missiles
100 machine gun MG3 with 500 spare barrels and breechblocks
100,000 hand grenades
5,300 explosive charges
100,000 m detonating cord and 100.000 detonators
350,000 detonators
10 anti-drone guns*
100 auto-injector devices
28,000 combat helmets
15 palettes military clothing
280 vehicles (trucks, minibuses, all-terrain vehicles)
6 palettes material for explosive ordnance disposal
125 binoculars
1,200 hospital beds
18 palettes medical material, 60 surgical lights
protective clothing, surgical masks
600 safety glasses
1 radio frequency system
3,000 field telephones with 5.000 cable reels and carrying straps
1 field hospital (joint project with Estonia)*
353 night vision goggles*
12 electronic anti-drone devices*
165 field glasses*
medical material (inter alia back packs, compression bandages)
38 laser range finders*
Diesel and gasoline (ongoing deliveries)*
10 tons AdBlue*
500 medical gauzes*
MiG-29 spare parts*
30 protected vehicles*
7,944 man-portable anti-tank weapons RGW 90 Matador*
6 mobile decontamination vehicles HEP 70 including decontamination material
10 HMMWV (8x ground radar capability, 2x jamming/anti drone capability)*
7 radio jammers*
8 mobile ground surveillance radars and thermal imaging cameras*
1 high frequency unit with equipment*
Military support to Ukraine in planning/in execution

(due to security concerns, the Federal Government abstains from providing details on transportation modalities and dates until after handover)

6,350 projectiles 155mm*
Iris-T SLM missiles*
20 bridge-laying tanks BEAVER*
300.000 rounds of GEPARD ammunition
2 air surveillance radars*
78 truck tractor trains and 86 semi-trailers*
8 mobile antenna mast systems*
40,000 first aid kits*
108 reconnaissance drones*
1 tank transporter tractor M1070 Oshkosh*
17 mobile heating systems*
18 wheeled self-propelled howitzers RCH 155*
7 load-handling trucks 8x6 with 18 roll of containers*
3 self-propelled anti-aircraft guns GEPARD*
7 tracked and remote controlled infantry vehicles for support tasks*
6 mobile and protected mine clearing systems*
40 mine clearing tanks WISENT 1*
5 mobile reconnaissance systems (on vehicles) *
376 border protection vehicles*
132,480 rounds ammunition 40mm*
1 armoured engineer vehicles DACHS*  
3 heavy and medium bridge systems*
16 self-propelled howitzer Zuzana 2* (joint project with Denmark and Norway)
78 heavy duty trailer trucks*
3 air defence system IRIS-T SLM*
12 communications electronic scanner/jammer systems*
field hospital (role 2)*
8 frequency range extensions for anti-drone devices*
2 tractors and 4 trailers*
10 protected vehicles*
vehicle decontamination system
5,032 man-portable anti-tank weapons*
124 trucks*
The total value of individual licenses issued by the Federal Government for the export of military goods in the period from January 1, 2022 to April 17, 2023 amounts to 2.748.163.254 Euro. The total license value includes the goods listed above insofar as their export is subject to licensing requirements under German foreign trade laws. This is not the case for all of the goods listed above. In order to speed up the processing of certain deliveries, the Federal Government has also eased certain licensing processes, e.g. with regard to military protective goods. These deliveries are also not included in the total license value. The values stated for used material from the German Armed Forces are also based on current values which can be significantly lower than the corresponding values for new or replacement goods. The total license value includes the goods regardless of how their procurement and delivery were financed. For security reasons, the Federal Government does not provide further details until the goods have been delivered.

* Deliveries from industry stocks financed by German funds for security capacity building. Some of the deliveries require upgrades or productions is ongoing; also training measures take place.

“The Russians are using more precise weapons and causing a lot of damage,” she said. “Ukraine has old weapons.” Ukraine only has enough air defense to cover a few cities and has been trying to stopgap the arrival of U.S.-made Patriot batteries, which began arriving this week, with Soviet-era Buk missiles and the medium-range Hawk missile system, which the U.S. Army stopped using in the 1990s and arrived in Ukraine without radars.

Originally Posted By AlmightyTallest:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2023/04/19/whats-perfectly-round-made-of-metal-and-keeping-russia-from-replacing-the-2000-tanks-its-lost-in-ukraine/?sh=32de6e7e23f2





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Originally Posted By AlmightyTallest:

Trouble in BRICS world.

Russia has cut off weapons sales to India over unpaid bills.

Sarah Ashton-Cirillo  (@SarahAshtonLV) April 21, 2023

Originally Posted By Easterner:


Is the US equipment the only ones in desert colors?

Just curious what tanks are in those colors....

Originally Posted By AlmightyTallest:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2023/04/19/whats-perfectly-round-made-of-metal-and-keeping-russia-from-replacing-the-2000-tanks-its-lost-in-ukraine/?sh=32de6e7e23f2





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Originally Posted By Prime:
Desert gear heading somewhere.

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bamr  (@bamr69) April 21, 2023

BREAKING:

At Ramstein, Latvia announced that it will transfer all of its remaining Stinger MANPADS to Ukraine.

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— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) April 21, 2023

Monster truck @georgian_legion pic.twitter.com/avpUqLNWwv

— Mamuka Mamulashvili (@Mamulashvili_M) April 21, 2023

Originally Posted By Hate_Work:

I don't deny what you or anyone else has to say, negatively about Russia. But to put it into context, does anyone really expect most the people of the US to stand up to the Government machine? They haven't so far and keep on just being lemmings. Russia is just a few decades ahead of the US. And at the rate at which the world spins now, I wonder how long before I will need to move from the Washington DC area (family is all here), to somewhere more conservative, or to take up arms if the entire nations turns to shit and I am defending my family from the roaches from the cities. But back to Russia. Don't many of the people just want to be left alone and live their life? Christ, they don't even have the means to stand up to their government. Just like the Dem's dream in the US.

Originally Posted By Prime:

"After the dismissal of Wagner, it is better to go to work as watchmen than in the army of the Russian Federation."

Prigozhin again undertook to criticize the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and the mass creation of PMCs that look like homeless people. According to… pic.twitter.com/LClpMeyXKz

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Prigozhin talks a lot, and talked a lot again today. To be precise, responding to the questions about the Rammstein-11 summit and how worrying its results are for Russia. Prigozhin does not appear to be delusional and says there are no good news for Russia in the decisions made… pic.twitter.com/AEvFNJEEEP

Dmitri  (@wartranslated) April 21, 2023

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