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To Keep Open Its Supply Line Into Bakhmut, The Ukrainian Army Rolled In One Of Its Armored Bridgelayers

Barbara2 years ago05 mins

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A U.S. Army bridgelayer in 1985.

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Ukraine’s foreign allies have pledged to the war effort potentially dozens of armored bridgelayers. And the ongoing battle for Bakhmut has illustrated why these vehicles and their fast-deploying bridges are so important.

Video that a soldier from the Ukrainian army’s 93rd Mechanized Brigade shot on or around Wednesday depicts Ukrainian troops

Take A Captured Russian Turret, Add It To Any Spare Chassis

Barbara2 years ago05 mins

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2S17.

Via social media

After a year of hard fighting, the Ukraine war zone is a scrapyard for more than 10,000 wrecked armored vehicles, both Russian and Ukrainian. The sheer scale of the losses helps to explain why both sides are getting a little desperate for replacement vehicles.

This desperation justifies a lot of creative—some might say “bizarre”—choices. The

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Are Slovakia And Poland Finally Serious About Giving Ukraine Their Old MiG-29s?

Barbara2 years ago05 mins

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A Slovakian air force MiG-29.

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Here we go again.

For at least the third time since Russia widened its war on Ukraine in February last year, the government of Slovakia has proposed donating to the government of Ukraine most of its 11 aging Mikoyan MiG-29 fighters.

Hopefully for Ukraine, things are different this time around.

“I think

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6 Ukrainian Civilians Dead After Russian Missile Strikes—Europe’s Largest Nuclear Power Plant Now On Emergency Power

Barbara2 years ago05 mins

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At least six Ukrainian civilians are dead following overnight missile strikes across Ukraine Thursday, with the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant—Europe’s largest—shifting to emergency power as a result, according to officials, as Russia says the attacks were a “massive retaliation strike” in response to an alleged attack by Ukraine on a Russian village last week.

At least six Ukrainian

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Swedish Missiles. Emirati Armored Trucks. The Ukrainian Army’s Newest Mechanized Brigade Has A Weird Mix Of Weapons.

Barbara2 years ago07 mins

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An 88th Mechanized Brigade Panthera F9 armored truck.

88th Mechanized Brigade photo

The Ukrainian army has been forming new mechanized brigades as fast as it can recruit, train and equip the troops. It’s a sometimes messy process as the government in Kyiv struggles to fight the war with forces it already has, while also preparing new forces for the

‘Unjustified Losses.’ A Regiment Of Demoralized Russian Draftees Begs Vladimir Putin For Mercy—But Putin Isn’t Listening.

Barbara2 years ago06 mins

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1st Slavic Brigade in 2022.

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As Russian losses in Ukraine deepened last year, the Kremlin drafted hundreds of unfit, middle-age men in Irkutsk Oblast in southern Siberia, gave them a month of cursory training and formed a new army unit—the 1439th Regiment.

In a series of disastrous assaults on Ukrainian positions in Avdiivka—in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas