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Full Front Update 21/03/23 | Quick Rundown Of Latest Developments

Ukrainian 155mm Howitzer Hit by Russian UAV, Zelensky Soldiers Run in Fright!

https://twitter.com/_/status/1638171170582458371

No wonder we are getting an Emergency Alert next month

Ukraine Russian War Update, Rybar Map, for March 20, 2023, One last big push for Ukraine

Wagner captured 70% of Bakhmut while training the bravest auxiliary troops

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Wagner brings 70% Bakhmut under control; Putin’s ‘Chef’ warns Russian Army of ‘enemy plot’

Can’t wait for all these Wunderwaffen western battle tanks to arrive

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Especially the British Challengers!

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No joy in sharing this
(S) elections have consequences

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De-dollarization and internationalization of Yuan. Putin heralds the death of petrodollar and the birth of petroyuan.

Already 2/3rd of Russia-China trade happens with Yuan and Ruble.

Russia will use Chinese Yuan to trade with Asia, Africa and Latin America.

The enormous hubris and ignorance in the Washington bubble is astounding.

All the sanctions and warmongering are just accelerating the death of dollar hegemony, which underpins American power and prosperity.

Last Edited by Dodger007 on 03/21/2023 12:12 PM

to keep it alive

Video of the strike the Ukes claimed targeted a train carrying Kalibr missiles in Crimea

Single explosion

Draw your own conclusions

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Hungary blocks joint EU statement on Putin's arrest warrant" - Bloomberg

"Hungary did not allow the EU countries to publish a joint statement on the decision of the ICC to issue a warrant for the arrest of the President of Russia."

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T72 joins into the fray, reportedly to help comrades in a pickle

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Cope and Seethe, Western intelligence

Last Edited by Dodger007 on 03/21/2023 12:41 PM

Sergei Shoigu – about the supply of depleted uranium ammunition by Great Britain to Ukraine: "Well, this moves us to serious thoughts about the further course of events and what we can answer."

Sep thread here
Thread: Sergei Shoigu – about the supply of depleted uranium ammunition by Great Britain to Ukraine!

Any country that sends depleted Uranium ammo to Ukraine, really really doesn’t like Ukrainians

Health effects

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What is depleted uranium?
What remains of the natural uranium is called "depleted" uranium (DU). DU has 60 percent of the radioactivity of natural uranium (hence, the word “depleted”), and since it is a heavy metal, it has the same chemical toxicity as natural uranium.

Warning: graphic
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current situation in Bakhmut, AFU, contested, and Wagner

Stick a fork in it. April 1st official Bakhmut liberation day

Just about. We'll see if there is an offensive on the 24th.

OP, good job! how'd you do that? this thread has really taken off. nice work!!

Can we get tibits out of jail? I don't understand the problem.

kinda interesting on the difference of Ukrainians who went West vs those who went East. I posted the short for a quick glance but here is a full video below if interested


watching the full version now and its pretty good

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Seems like a mild-mannered reporter to me!

Yeah, what the hell? Explanation please...

A pretty good overview of the ongoing ops in Avdiivka

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Some highlights

Avdiivka (Ukrainian) is a city of regional significance in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. The city is located in the center of the oblast, just north of the city of Donetsk. The large Avdiivka Coke Plant is located in Avdiivka. The city had a pre-war population of 31,392 (2022 est.); in August 2022, its population was estimated at 2,500.

Avdiivka was within the claimed boundaries of the separatist Donetsk People's Republic, before Russia declared its annexation of the entire region in September 2022. During the war in Donbas, Avdiivka became a frontline city and saw a battle in 2017. During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, heavy fighting led to Avdiivka being largely destroyed and most of its population having fled.

Avdiivka is strongly fortified. Its coke plant is a strong-point. The Ukrainian army used the city to lob artillery into Donetsk city. But attempts to seize it were largely unsuccessful.

Two week ago the situation suddenly changed. The Russian airforce started to bomb Avdiivka with heavy glide bombs. At the same time an operations was launched to envelope the city from two directions.

The distance between the Russian positions in the southwest and in the northwest of Avdiivka is 8 kilometer (5 miles). That is sufficiently narrow for Russian artillery to interdict road traffic that goes through the area in between.

The landscape around Avdiivka is mostly featureless. There are a few slag hills that rise about 50 meter above their surrounding flatland. But they can be easily covered by artillery and are thus not really helpful for either side.

This is now the second Ukrainian held area on the Donetsk front that is in operational encirclement. In both areas the Russian follow Sun Tzu's advice to not completely close off an encirclement but to leave a route out. This prevents fanatical defenses by encircled troops or it may even lead the enemy to push more forces into a hopeless position.

If the Ukrainian military had plans to relieve Bakhmut with a counterattack it now has to think of the additional problem that the encirclement of Avdiivka brings. Should it start there? Should it split the forces it had accumulated and planned to use for the counterattack in Bakhmut and start a parallel one in Avdiivka? Should it give up on one or both cities? Those are difficult decisions.

( Over the last 3 days fighting in Bakhmut has largely stopped)
…..likely that the Russian attacks on Bakhmut were halted after the Avdiivka development succeeded to give the Ukraine military enough time to make an error.

Time is on Russia's side while the Ukrainian military needs to show action and success to keep its 'western' support going.

Last Edited by Dodger007 on 03/21/2023 03:07 PM

"The only thing more dangerous than ignorance is arrogance." — Albert Einstein.

The Russians played this well. The Ukes are in even more no-win situation

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Iran and Iraq sign security agreement that will stop cia-supported Kurdish ops vs Iran

( moar cope and seethe)

155mm NATO shell hits Russian soldier, while administering first aid to a comrade, in the trenches of the Zaporozhye front.
The protection equipment saved them and both survived the attack.



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