Ukraine 2021(?)

[MarkSheppard]

You can find battle locations using NASA fire sensing satellites

https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov...;@32.8,50.0,8z

Set your static background to Topographic and set your timeline to 7 days and you can find battles.

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KHARKOV last 7 days:



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KIEV last 24 hours:

[Wdll]

Greece sent two C130 with ammo, AKs (no idea what models), AT weapons and "launchers". From what I understand the AKs are confiscated ones and some from former East German stock. What the launchers and the AT weapons are...no idea.

I also read today about two more C-130 with more military items in them, but not even the vague info of the previous shipment.

Not much info I know, but I thought to share it anyway.

[scorpio_rocks]

Is there a need / use to extend the Chechen OoB dates to the present, in order to use them for the troops of Ramzan Kadyrov supporting / participating in the invasion of Ukraine?

OR do Chechen formations need adding into the Russian OoB?

OR are they effectively no different in game terms to "standard" Russian troops?

[DRG]

.........no different in game terms to "standard" Russian troops

If used in a scenario they could be renamed and ID taged easily enough but we are not reactivating the Chechen OOB.

[blazejos]

This photo of them if you converting to lbm will be great. Now in scenerio editor is possible to attach individual lbm's without use them in OOB. They are sort of Special unit or OMON internal troops (equivalent of Praetorians in acient Rome)



BTW. is sad that Chechen OOB is finishing in 1999 country was conquered that true in 1999 and is now part of Russian Federation but oposing forces fight Kadyrov until 2009. Then was silent and since 2014 Checheen emigree fights on Ukrainian side and are also now involved in Kyiv defence.

Here is also famous "Parteitag" in Grozny 25 February https://twitter.com/cbatuhan36/statu...oORa0awc-zr3og
And tweets feed about Chechen in Ukraine from both sides https://twitter.com/hashtag/Chechen?src=hashtag_click

Chechen forces are small on both sides but are elite forces and in my opnion they play important role for both sides. They are with longest experience on battlefield since 1993.

And don't forgoten also about Belorusia. Lukaszenko today send his army to fight Ukraine and help Russia. He said that no Belorusian soliders are involved in that confilict but in 1 of March 2022 they were spoted in Czernichov oblast western Ukraine. So propably he lied (don't know english political correct word for ugly lie). But for Belorusian that start to be also a civil war there existing unit of Belorusian exiles which fight on Ukrainian side since begining of the war so here info about them
https://twitter.com/nexta_tv/status/...JxhxVZhPSkSWUA
https://konkret24.tvn24.pl/swiat,109...e,1097753.html

[wulfir]

Originally Posted by DRG

The quality of the equipment seems really sub par and " well used" . LINK

The Russian troops that went into Belarus were largely drawn from the Far East IIRC - which have been not had priority for new kit and have had to make do with older stuff. Think I saw T-72As the other day...

[DRG]

Originally Posted by wulfir

The Russian troops that went into Belarus were largely drawn from the Far East IIRC - which have been not had priority for new kit and have had to make do with older stuff. Think I saw T-72As the other day...

Makes sense if you want to ensure your troops don't have relatives in Ukraine.......

[DRG]

From NBC news

“And look at the pictures of the city of Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, from 20 years ago," he said. "They levelled it. You can imagine that kind of city fighting, mass bombardment, disregard for civilian casualties. That’s what’s bearing down on Kharkiv and Kyiv now.”

[wulfir]

Originally Posted by DRG

AT4/Pansarskott 86 is just a more capable M72.

News over here claims Canada will ship 100 Carl Gustaf RRs (Grg, or Granatgevär). If true Ukraine will field examples of all modern Swedish made inf-AT systems that exist in the game except the RBS-56 ATGM ...

[DRG]

Yes, I know and I have added them and MAYBE they might actually make it to Ukraine but I'm not optimistic. 100 Launchers and IIRC 2000 rockets