Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Ukraine War Update: привет мои маленькие друзья, лягушачий!


This is drone footage by the Dnpr-1 battalion on two different dates two weeks apart.  They reconned a Donnie Reb base and then returned.  There seems to be at least a company of tanks and very prepared positions two weeks later on the second visit.  The base has been geolocated to 2.3km south of Sontseve.

As if we needed more evidence of the Russians being actually in Ukraine rather than only their proxies, jamming equipment of Russian origin is very present and IDed.

Over all, the contact line is the quietest it has ever been.  However!  clashes are still taking place: Shirokyne remains at the fore.  

There is a rather frightening rumor running around the the Donbass...on the rebel side of the contact line: the offensive will begin on July 15th.  Rumor runs wild in Ukraine.  I've written about my own experiences.  OTOH, OpSec in the Donbass War has been terrible on Donnie Reb's side and I can believe some soldier told someone he cared about to make themselves gone on a certain date.

In other joyous news, after the Russians determined the transfer of Crimea from Russia to Ukraine during the Soviet Union was illegal, they are now considering whether or not the independence of the Baltic States is considered legal either at the end of the Soviet Union.  This is obvioisly meant to yank the chain of the United States and NATO.  However, you can almost see the Russians stating the dissolution of the Soviet Union was illegal and, therefore...

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