The Ukraine war thread

[George K]

https://gur.gov.ua/content/100-hihabait-sekretiv-vartistiu-1-5-mlrd-hur-otrymalo-masyv-taiemnykh-danykh-pro-vpk-okupantiv.html

Translation:

100 gigabytes of secrets, worth $1.5 billion - GUR received an array of secret data about the military equipment of the occupiers
January 8, 2024
The Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine informs about the receipt of 100 gigabytes of classified data from the Russian company "Special Technology Center" ("STC").

This Russian company has been under sanctions since 2016. Its facilities produce military equipment and machinery used by the Russian army in the war against Ukraine.

In particular, "Orlan" UAVs of various modifications, a whole range of radio-electronic warfare and intelligence equipment, and other military products are manufactured at the "STC".

The array of information transferred to the GUR of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine contains documentation for 194 nomenclature units: drawings, specifications, patents, software, etc. - it is about both existing and promising military developments.

According to preliminary estimates, the value of the obtained data may amount to 1.5 billion dollars.

This is a significant blow to terrorist Moscow: the specified archive is already being used to strengthen Ukraine's defense capabilities and weaken the aggressor state.

It was possible to obtain closed information of one of the critically important enterprises of the Military Industry of the Russian Federation thanks to effective interaction with patriotic representatives of civil society and the media community.

[Renauda]

Announcement does not indicate when this intelligence was obtained. I suspect it was months ago and is only now being released to boost public morale.

[George K]

Unrelated to the war?

I doubt it.

[George K]

Two planes hit in the last 24 hours.

The second is, reportedly, friendly fire.

[Darth Putin]

[Renauda]

Don’t know if this for real but I’d sure hate to be a be crew member inside that Russian
T-90M:

https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/s/1leSWkWodP

[Mik]

It kept going there for quite a while. I guess until the Bradley hit the ammo.

[George K]

Oil depot/refinery near St. Petersburg:

[George K]

[Mik]

A happy note to start the day.

[Renauda]

Lying bastard…

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/01/27/putin-repeats-ukraine-nazi-claims-at-leningrad-siege-memorial-a83877

[George K]

The Russian submarine fleet in the Black Sea just got bigger.

[Jolly]

Russia has a huge Black Sea problem. Even if they could, Turkey won't let their navy through the straits to reenforce what they have.

So what they have, is what they have. And what they have, is dwindling...

[George K]

@Jolly said in The Ukraine war thread:

Turkey won't let their navy through the straits to reenforce what they have.

I'd forgotten about that. Yeah, that's a yuge issue.

[George K]

Interesting list - the Russian Navy

1 aircraft carrier
2 battlecruisers
2 cruisers
10 destroyers
11 frigates
80 corvettes
11 landing ship tanks
60 landing craft
18 special-purpose ships
4 patrol ships
56 patrol boats
45 mine countermeasures vessels
8 special-purpose submarines
65 active ballistic missile/cruise missile and attack submarines

The "IVanovets"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarantul-class_corvette

[George K]

@Jolly said in The Ukraine war thread:

Russia has a huge Black Sea problem.

[George K]

[George K]

[Wim]

A long read (on drones and Zelenski vs his top general), but worth it. https://stefankorshak.substack.com/p/feb-3-day-710-droning-on-about-drones?utm_medium=reader2

[George K]

@Wim very interesting stuff about the importance and effectiveness of drone warfare.

He claims that it makes artillery partially obsolete. I’m not sure how true that is, but it’s certainly an interesting claim.