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Ukraine 'obliterates Chechen special forces column with 56 tanks outside Kyiv and kills top general' as battle for capital enters third day: Russian airstrike hits radioactive waste disposal site and UN says 240 civilians are dead
2022-02-27
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • The group - likely to number in the hundreds - was blown to smithereens on their second day in the country

  • Those killed include Chechen general Magomed Tushaev - one of the regime's most highly-decorated soldiers

  • Vladimir Putin had green-lighted their deployment, with each fighter given a deck of cards to help them recognize Ukrainian leaders they were encouraged to capture and kill

  • But Ukrainian president Volodymr Zelensky is still reported to be alive - and is fast becoming a global hero - while Putin has faced scorn over his huge army's slow progress to capture the country

  • On Sunday morning, Ukrainian government ministers confirmed they'd managed to keep control of the capital city of Kyiv for the third night running

  • But Russian forces entered Kharkiv - Ukraine's second-largest city - around the same time, with street battles reported to be taking place

  • Russia has struck the State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine in Kyiv, which stores nuclear waste

  • The facility's radiation detector was also destroyed - although a preliminary inspection suggests there is no immediate danger to locals

  • First confirmed death toll has also emerged - UN says at least 240 Ukrainian citizens have been killed

  • Woman was killed in Kharkiv, in eastern Ukraine on Saturday, after Russian artillery shell struck nine-story residential apartment building

  • Two blasts went off in the south west of the Ukrainian capital shortly after midnight local time

  • A fuel depot in the city of Vasylkiv was targeted by Russian ballistic missiles, its mayor said

  • Russia also blew up a gas pipeline in Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine, which sits close to the Russian border

  • Vladimir Putin is said to be furious at his troops' apparent lack of progress, and is reportedly fuming in his heavily-guarded Russian mountain lair

  • An eerie orange glow filled the sky, CNN reports that a fuel depot may have been hit

  • Blast took place close to one of Kyiv's two airports - Boryspil International Airport, whose capture is vital to Russian takeover ambitions
Posted by:Skidmark

#11  Where ARE those F35 CAS units that were fluttering about?
Posted by: Skidmark   2022-02-27 19:07  

#10  e. Moving/Non-moving = apparently air engagement unlikely.
Posted by: Skidmark   2022-02-27 19:06  

#9  /\ Yes indeed.

a. Moving = A challenging JAV or RPG target.
b. Moving fast = Increasingly difficult target, limited engagement window.
c. Non-moving, Supported by dug-in infantry = Very challenging, heavy pucker factor target, very brief (single shot) engagement window.
d. Non-moving, unassisted by infantry = Little or no challenge, maximum engagement window.

Posted by: Besoeker   2022-02-27 16:01  

#8  ^ With any of those options Russian tank commanders might as well hold up a big sign saying "INSERT JAVELIN HERE!".
Posted by: Matt   2022-02-27 15:48  

#7  /\ Welcome to the empty world of the aging, helpless armchair quarterbacks. Here are some possibilities:

1. Dismounted, hiding in the woods.
2. Dismounted, to become POW's.
3. Dismounted, looking for Class-1 (food) or fuel
(Class-III)
4. Dismounted, caught a ride on another vehicle.
5. Hiding in vehciles.

I'm going with options 1 and 2.


Posted by: Besoeker   2022-02-27 15:28  

#6  #4 - B, I don't know nuthin', but I see pictures of Russian armor rolling along and I see pictures of Russian armor blown to pieces. But I don't see any dismounts, alive or otherwise. Are those 18-year old conscripts afraid to get out of their vehicles? (I would be.)
Posted by: Matt   2022-02-27 15:09  

#5  Prediction: Putin will likely soon make moves to shut down the lines of communication (LOC) between Poland and the Ukraine.

I can see a "highway of death" scenario unfolding.

Posted by: Besoeker   2022-02-27 05:56  

#4  Infantry-Armor combined arms tactics.... be hard. Harder still when the column has to stop 5 times per day for prayer.
Posted by: Besoeker   2022-02-27 05:41  

#3  Russian playbook hasn't changed much... "Send in the Cossacks!"
Posted by: Mercutio   2022-02-27 05:10  

#2  Ukrainian government statement:
"A unit of Kadyrov forces near Hostomel was destroyed. Commander of the 141st Regiment of the Chechen unit of the Russian Guard, Magomed Tushayev, was killed together with the group," the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine posted on Telegram.

The destruction delayed as the enemy were insidiously hiding behind civilian infrastructure.

Kadyrov forces units were also spotted in Kharkiv direction, with the Z mark on their vehicles. Currently, such vehicles are on their way from Sumy to Kyiv.
Posted by: Angaiper Ulavins1210   2022-02-27 04:41  

#1  

Chechen special forces in action
Posted by: Woodrow   2022-02-27 01:38  

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