This bastard will be dead before years end.
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2/ Operational Terms. Here is a list of commonly used terms and their definitions to help you understand the thread’s graphics.
3/ Northeast Sudzha Lodgement: On January 5, 2025, Ukrainian forces initiated a series of assaults along the 38K-04 Highway in the direction of Bolshoe Soldatskoe. EWS and infantry supported armored columns led by tanks fitted with mine-rollers. EWS rendered most Russian drones useless (except fiber optic drones). Ukrainian forces managed to overwhelm the forward defensive positions of the 30th Motorized Rifle Regiment and quickly seized terrain between the villages of Berdin and Novosotnitskii.
On January 6, Ukrainian attacks to the south approached Biriukovka while forces holding terrain near Berdin advanced on Rozgrebli. By January 7, a Russian counterattack supported by DPRK infantry repelled the Ukrainian advance on Biriukovka, held Rozgrebli, secured Novosotnitskii, and pushed ZSU troops to the treelinessouth of Berdin, ending ZSU offensive action in this sector.
4/ Western Sudzha Lodgment: By January 06, 2025, elements of the 76thGuards Air Assault Division captured Leonidovo. Heavy ZSU mining of the area meant Russian troops had to assault in small detachments. To the immediate south, ZSU forces attempted to advance toward the critical choke point of Zelyonyi Shlyakh while also probing Russian defenses along the SnagostRiver; no ground was reported as being taken by the Ukrainians. Upon successful capture of LeonidovoVDV troops continued their assault towards Malaya Loknya.
5/ Southern Sudzha Lodgment:On January 05, 225, Russian forces supported by DPRK infantry successfully entered the southern outskirts of Makhnovka on the south edge of Sudzha. Despite fierce Ukrainian resistance and heavy use of FPVs, Russian troops managed to secure Makhnovka by January 08, but at the price of an estimated battalion’s worth of casualties. ZSU forces counterattacked on January 09, while Russian forces attempted to advance north into Zamoste. Fighting remains fierce for control of these villages.
6/ Although media outlets and milbloggers have characterized recent Ukrainian combat actions in the Sudzha lodgment as an offensive, it does not meet the criteria for such a classification. Combat actions were limited in scope and scale and remained at the small-unit level. It is clear Ukraine intends to hold its lodgment in Kursk; however, it is increasingly becoming apparent that the combat power required to hold the lodgment and make it operationally viable is having a detrimental effect on other critical fronts.
7/ This open-source operational summary of the Kursk OD is based on information from the ZSU and VSRF daily operations briefs, various Ukrainian and Russian Telegram channels, Western intelligence agencies’ public statements, military analysts, and my own professional experience. Any errors in the information and translation presented here are strictly my own, and they will be corrected in the following update.
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IN SEARCH OF OCCUPIERS. Fighters of the Azov recon platoon capture Russians, ruins of Donetsk region
Psyops
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I did hit the link, never mind this one worked just fine. At 1.40 an RU soldier jumps from a tank to an IFV just before it is hit by a drone. Boy, his timing sucked!
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Every ■■■■■■■ escalation becomes a nothingburger.
But that is not surprising. That is what war is.
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Bump!
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The Spanish Civil war was a proving ground for Nazi Germany’s weapons and tactics.
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Camouflage doesn’t seem to work properly when following a river!
And a " morning gents" bump.
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Weird how dudes who have barely seen cars are ill equipped for drone warfare
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All of this is partially true although somewhat over egged by western propaganda.
What is also true is that Russian capability is evolving, is battle tested, and is scaling at rates that nato isn’t keeping up with.
You can’t prepare for war against a battle hardened adversary in the classroom, in the test lab, or in drills.
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The Air Force glide bombs are a handful
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