(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Russian stuff blowing up: Ukraine strikes bomber base deep in Russia's Arctic [1] ['This Content Is Not Subject To Review Daily Kos Staff Prior To Publication.'] Date: 2024-07-27 Ukraine launched one of its longest-range missions yesterday, striking Russia’s airbase 1,800 km away in Murmansk Oblast, above the Arctic Circle. The base is 92 km south of the city of Murmansk, which was a key port during World War II for Allied military convoys supplying the Red Army. The drone attack is reported to have hit a TU-22M3 strategic bomber at the Olenya Air Base. These planes have been used to launch missiles at Ukraine. How does a relatively slow and lumbering drone travel 1,800 km over Russian territory unmolested and then penetrate whatever defenses are in place at Olenya? x #Ukrainian drones hit #ruZZian TU-22M3 at the #Olenya airfield - Ukrainska Pravda with reference to the #DIU 1800 km from our borders 👀 pic.twitter.com/cwu0uPdzuY — Aurora Borealis 🤫 (@aborealis940) July 27, 2024 Ukraine also launched drone attacks on other Russian targets. Ryazan is about 200 km southeast of Moscow. x Russian Telegram channels report a drone attack on Dyagilevo military airfield and a local oil refinery in Ryazan region of Russia. In Russian Urengoi, a complex gas treatment plant at a gas production facility exploded, causes unknown. pic.twitter.com/fEKQ4tOYO3 — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) July 27, 2024 x #NovyUrengoy, good UAVs attacked a gas preparation facility 🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/i7YmDy6XFF — Aurora Borealis 🤫 (@aborealis940) July 27, 2024 One less Su-34 in Russia’s inventory. x 🔥🇷🇺Russian Su-34 fighter-bomber crashed during training flight in Volgograd region. The cause of the crash was a technical malfunction. Unfortunately pilots were able to eject and their lives were not in danger. pic.twitter.com/mOV6bMk96q — Cloooud |🇺🇦 (@GloOouD) July 27, 2024 And fewer helicopters. x DIU hits three #ruZZian Mi-28 and Ka-226 helicopters in Russia - RBC-Ukraine sources The enemy Mi-28 and Ka-226 helicopters were hit on the territory of the National Center for Helicopter Construction Mil and Kamov (#Tomilino, #Moscow region, #ruZZia) — Aurora Borealis 🤫 (@aborealis940) July 27, 2024 x As claimed by the Main Directorate of Intelligence of Ukraine: “On July 24, 2024, Russian Mi-8 military helicopter was burned down at the airfield "Kryaz" in Samara, Russia.” Also a low resolution satellite imagery of what appears to be remainings of a burned helicopter was… pic.twitter.com/ITC545vjoe — Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) July 27, 2024 Ukrainian drone flies into a Russian artillery emplacement, sees a stack of shells and blows it all up. x 🔥 MASTERFULLY destruction of 🇷🇺Russian 120mm artillery gun 2B16 «Nona-K» and BTR-82AT with FPV drones. 📍Kharkiv and Donetsk region pic.twitter.com/VOk8eLkApk — Cloooud |🇺🇦 (@GloOouD) July 26, 2024 More Bradley porn — a Russian armored vehicle gets chewed up by the Bradley’s 25mm gun. x Donetsk Oblast, a Ukrainian M2A2 Bradley IFV engages a Russian BMP, sending dozens of 25mm shells tearing into the Russian armored vehicle with its Bushmaster chaingun. pic.twitter.com/ebgNlck7LR — OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) July 27, 2024 Ukraine has taken out 51 turtle tanks. x 1) Russia has now lost a total of 51 Tanks that can very badly be defined as 'Turtal Tanks' and they use a range of tank types to make them. 'Turtal tank' is a nickname that I am using, but there is not a universally recognised description. A Thread: pic.twitter.com/TzCu3qA7jt — Richard Vereker (@verekerrichard1) July 26, 2024 x 6) How common are they? Well as a share of the total tanks, They look like this: So still under 20% but increasing. pic.twitter.com/4zHYmyCpdy — Richard Vereker (@verekerrichard1) July 26, 2024 Deep shit is not a technical military term but it describes the situation near Pokrovsk, which is west of Avdiivka. The bottom line of this thread on Bradleys is that Ukraine doesn’t have enough of them, doesn’t have enough spare parts. The US needs to step up on this. x I spent a week for @thetimes with Ukraine’s elite 47th Mechanised Brigade, equipped with M1 Abrams, M2 Bradleys and Paladin artillery. They told me they’re in “deep shit” in the Pokrovsk sector, where the Russians have advanced 6km towards the Donbas town in just over a week. pic.twitter.com/UpmimUuf9p — Maxim Tucker (@MaxRTucker) July 27, 2024 Gulf War era US Bradleys have proved perhaps the most effective fighting vehicle of the war, their armour saving hundreds, if not thousands of lives, and chewing up Russian BMPs and infantry with their Bushmaster 25mm autocannon. But Ukraine doesn’t have enough, so relies on the brigade that lead the summer counteroffensive and held defensive lines at Avdiivka to hold at Pokrovsk. They are thinned out by casualties and exhausted, and they keep having to pull back when flanks held by weaker units collapse. The Russians changed tactics to fight smarter, using intel to attack weak units rather than weak fortifications. They began the offensive by bringing in highly 100s of trained FPV drone operators using a new frequency Ukrainian ECM was not designed to jam and hitting logistics. They attack in small groups of 3-4 infantry, using treelines to hide from drones, probe positions and call in artillery or drone strikes. If they can sneak a platoon size forward, the infantry assault Ukrainian positions. They have taken several villages this way. x Dzvinka’s vehicle has been hit six times by Lancets, FPVs and a mortar. She says the Bradley saved her life and the troops inside. Last hit set the vehicle ablaze and shrapnel through her arm. She was trapped in the burning vehicle and said her life flashed in front of her eyes… pic.twitter.com/riQBiJGb1m — Maxim Tucker (@MaxRTucker) July 27, 2024 The US has given 300+ M2A2 Bradleys to Ukraine, mostly ahead for its counteroffensive last summer. Yet after more than a year of intense combat, many have had to be cannibalised to repair others. 93 have been counted lost. The Bradleys are now being used in surgical fire missions and troop rotations to try to hold the Russians back. You can read my full dispatch from the Donbas with the 47th here: US combat vehicles keep the Russians at bay — but for how long? Ukrainian soldiers talk about what it’s like in Vovchansk. Another post pointed out that this video is the first appearance of German-made MK556 assault rifles among Ukrainian troops. x Battle for Vovchansk: heroes of the 82nd Air Assault Brigade speak about the attack on the city where invaders encountered fierce resistance and failed to produce meaningful results while taking enormous losses. pic.twitter.com/DtuMxc9pnd — WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated) July 27, 2024 We’re up to at least 4,468 dead Russian officers. These are only confirmed deaths, so the actual number is going to be higher. x At least 4 468 Russian officers have been eliminated in Ukraine since 24 February 2022. Weekly update: +38 newly registered. Each name is confirmed by a Russian source via funeral notices, obituaries, graves etc. pic.twitter.com/lKmdlmFWp8 — KIU ✪ Russian Officers killed in Ukraine 🇨🇿🇺🇦 (@KilledInUkraine) July 27, 2024 Wearing Jesus on his sleeve didn’t help him. x Senior Lieutenant Беляев Иван Иосифович (Belyaev Ivan Iosifovich), commander of a reconnaissance platoon, probably of the 503th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment, 19th Motor Rifle Division, was eliminated in Ukraine on 10 July ’24.https://t.co/iL820KVMdu pic.twitter.com/0lOelNfoo3 — KIU ✪ Russian Officers killed in Ukraine 🇨🇿🇺🇦 (@KilledInUkraine) July 27, 2024 Russia has lost 30k troops in July alone. These are Ukraine’s numbers and include wounded. x The number of invaders killed and seriously injured reaches 30,000 in this month alone.#Russia's daily losses are high today, and July has also now seen over 500 APCs and almost 1,800 vehicles/fuel tanks destroyed.#RussiansGOHOME pic.twitter.com/WMEhvtRzP1 — Tim White (@TWMCLtd) July 27, 2024 In democratic countries when you have a serious problem with something like water or electric service, you go down to city hall and raise hell. And if there are enough of you, you often get results. In Russia, you make a video appeal to Putin. x "In our khutor, the water was cut off on July 9. We are sitting without water. I have a cow bought with grant money. But no one provides me with the necessary amount of water every day. I am afraid that the cattle will start to die." There has been no water supply in Vesyoly… https://t.co/olQ9BjjkDa pic.twitter.com/Yq4JSNDSW3 — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) July 27, 2024 Another dam collapses in Russia. This isn’t in the war AFAIK. I include it because it looks kind of cool in a steampunk sort of way. They need to work on that choreography. x Cheerful morning dance. pic.twitter.com/Jtx6O15Xsy — In Ukraine (@InUKRofficial) July 27, 2024 Dogs don’t forget. x After two years in russian captivity, Andriy, a border guard officer, finally meets his best friend Rem. pic.twitter.com/n9D9bplj5U — In Ukraine (@InUKRofficial) July 26, 2024 Needs syrup. x Pancakes for breakfast. pic.twitter.com/9W4BoQN45P — In Ukraine (@InUKRofficial) July 27, 2024 Wake him up when it’s time to blow up more Russian stuff. 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