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[MeganC]

from r/UkraineWarVideoReport

https://www.reddit.com/r/UkraineWarVideoReport/comments/1k9apnh/another_russian_banzai_charge_on_quads_ends_up_in/

Stupid f***ing Russians! 

[mystery-ak]

Russia Claims It Will Observe Three-Day Ukraine ‘Truce’ To Mark End of Second World War

Putin unilaterally announced 72-hour truce, prompting Ukraine to question why they are still dragging its heels on a full 30-day ceasefire.

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2025/04/28/putin-three-day-ukraine-ceasefire-for-ww2-victory-day/

[BobfromWB]

Russia Claims It Will Observe Three-Day Ukraine ‘Truce’ To Mark End of Second World War

Putin unilaterally announced 72-hour truce, prompting Ukraine to question why they are still dragging its heels on a full 30-day ceasefire.

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2025/04/28/putin-three-day-ukraine-ceasefire-for-ww2-victory-day/

That statement assumes the commanders in the field get the message and that none of them ignore it. We'll see. Especially since Putin left an out in case some Ukrainian decides to fire off a few more rounds, then the cease fire is over.

[DefiantMassRINO]

WTF is Mad Vlad up to next that he wants to duplicitly lull the West into a false sense of security and peace?

If the the NVA and Viet Cong can launch an attack to Tet, Putin can launch an attack on V.E. day.

[BobfromWB]

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 27, 2025

Excerpts:

Ukrainian and Russian forces’ constant technological and tactical battlefield innovations continue to transform the character of warfare in Ukraine. ... An NCO in a Ukrainian unmanned systems battalion ... reported on April 27 that continuous technological innovations and battlefield adaptations have increasingly transformed the character of modern conventional warfare in Ukraine into a war that primarily features “long-range, remote combat” over meeting engagements between infantry and armored vehicles. The NCO noted that Ukrainian and Russian forces’ intensifying drone usage has expanded the area of contested gray zones and kill zones at the forward edge of the battle area. The NCO noted that in 2024, contested gray zones were roughly 500 meters to two kilometers in depth, but more intense drone usage since then has expanded the gray zone up to five to seven kilometers in some areas of the frontline. The NCO reported that Russian forces are improving and expanding their unmanned systems capabilities and emulating Ukrainian forces’ tactics of using drones to intercept enemy drones and conduct remote mining. Ukrainian forces have successfully leveraged superior drone capabilities to defend critical sectors of the frontline while also mitigating manpower and materiel constraints.

Ukraine maintains over 100 brigades that must defend a frontline (both within Ukraine and along Ukraine's international border with Russia) currently over 2,100 kilometers long ... Both Ukrainian and Russian forces have more regularly been using fiber-optic drones to strike each other's frontline positions and have successfully used first-person view (FPV) drones to intercept larger reconnaissance drones over the past several months ... Ukrainian and Russian forces field new adaptations over the course of months rather than years and are constantly experimenting, further driving the feedback loop of increased reliance on technology and tactical innovation to maintain battlefield advantages. The innovation and operational concepts being forged in Ukraine will set the stage for the future of warfare.

Russian forces are attempting to offset Ukrainian technological adaptations and drone operations by integrating motorcycles and civilian vehicles into offensive operations along the entire frontline ... A Ukrainian soldier operating in the Pokrovsk direction stated on April 27 that Russian forces have conducted 13 motorized assaults on motorcycles since March 20. A Ukrainian service member operating in the Pokrovsk direction stated on April 27 that Russian forces in the Pokrovsk direction cannot drive heavy armored vehicles to frontline positions due to disrupted Russian Ground Lines of Communication (GLOCs), resulting in Russian forces shifting tactics to prioritize daily infantry assaults supported by motorcycles ... The Ukrainian and Russian defense industrial bases (DIBs) continue to compete in the innovation of new, cost-effective systems that enhance assault and battlefield capabilities and counter each other's innovations. Russian forces likely see a tactical opportunity in leveraging motorcycles and civilian vehicles to advance and seize as much Ukrainian territory as possible despite Ukraine's drone defenses ... [ Are you listening, Harley? ]

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov reaffirmed Russia's long-standing position against making any form of territorial concessions, undermining US President Donald Trump's efforts to broker a lasting peace ... Lavrov and other Russian officials’ recent statements directly contradict the Trump administration's proposed peace framework which reportedly includes mutual territorial concessions, including Ukraine regaining territory in Kharkiv Oblast and the ZNPP. ISW continues to observe that Ukraine remains open to good-faith dialogue with Russia and is willing to consider territorial issues, while Russia fails to offer any concessions of its own and insists on terms tantamount to Ukraine's surrender.[

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-april-27-2025

[BobfromWB]

[BobfromWB]

[BobfromWB]

Кремлевская табакерка/Kremlin Secrets

“Nobody here wants to die for Seoul.” Officers fighting in Kursk Oblast speak out about fighters from the DPRK

We asked officers who liberated Kursk Oblast: what do they think about the military from North Korea, whose participation in the battles for the region is officially recognized? The opinions were mixed. “The Koreans certainly helped us, without them everything in Kursk Oblast would have lasted much longer. At first they fought so-so, but now they have learned a lot. I would not want to confront them on the battlefield. Plus, quite a lot of them died, so they saved the lives of some of our guys. Here, of course, they were also useful,” said one of the sources.

At the same time, he notes: “Now they talk so much about the Koreans that it seems like they liberated Kursk Oblast on their own. But this is not true, the main burden still fell on our army.” Another officer honestly admitted: many soldiers are afraid that they will now have to fight for the DPRK. And they do not really want it. “Nobody here wants to die in battles for Seoul or Pyongyang. It seems like no one is sending us there now, but there are rumors. People are nervous,” the channel's source explained.

https://t.me/kremlin_secrets/5597

[BobfromWB]

Кремлевская табакерка/Kremlin Secrets

The Church will begin special prayers for the military to boldly go into battle. And promises that those who join the army to “sit it out” and not fight will be punished by God

This was reported by a source in the Russian Orthodox Church close to Patriarch Kirill. “Recently, the Ministry of Defense contacted us. They complained that many random people come to the army on a contract, who want to get money and not fight, hoping that the SVO will end soon. And they asked us to pray that only those who are ready to fight and win get into the army. We will definitely hold special prayers for this. And we will strengthen the spirit of our soldiers. And those who join the army to earn money and sit it out somewhere, not fight, will be punished by God,” our interlocutor said.

He also said that the Church “at the level of the patriarch and several other hierarchies will pray separately for our military to boldly go into battle, so that their fighting spirit does not fall, and that there is always a desire to go to the end, to Victory.” Sources in the Ministry of Defense confirmed this information to us. And they explained: Andrei Belousov is confident that prayers will qualitatively strengthen the army and give results on the battlefield.

https://t.me/kremlin_secrets/5596

[BobfromWB]

Moscow will support Pyongyang, which already supplies half of the Russian army's artillery shells, with troops in accordance with the June agreement on strategic partnership between the two countries, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in response to a question on the matter.

“Of course. We have our treaty in effect, and under this treaty the parties have, in fact, committed to providing immediate assistance to each other if necessary,” he told reporters on Monday.

Already, the DPRK provides up to half of the artillery ammunition needed by the Russian army to wage war, Reuters reported after studying reports from units of the Russian Armed Forces participating in the aggression against Ukraine. Some units, according to calculations, depend on North Korean shells 100%.

https://www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/04/28/kreml-poobeschal-otpravit-rossiyan-voevat-za-kndr-v-obmen-na-pomosch-v-kurskoi-oblasti-a162216

[Hoodat]

Russia Claims It Will Observe Three-Day Ukraine ‘Truce’ To Mark End of Second World War

A war which it helped start.


Katyn massacre

[Hoodat]

Anton Gerashchenko
@Gerashchenko_en  ·  11h

Former United States Ambassador to NATO Ivo Daalder:

"President Putin doesn't want peace. He wants to control Ukraine. That's why he started this war back in 2014 when he took Crimea and started an uprising that he directly supported in eastern Ukraine and what he's wanted since the full-scale invasion in February of 2022.

He wants to control Ukraine, and, in fact, he wants to change the European post-Cold War security order. And as long as he's not stopped from doing that, he will continue to push. So I think what the president said, the time may be to recognize that Vladimir Putin doesn't want peace and that we need to put more pressure on him. That time, I hope, has now finally come."

https://x.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1916867137408241955

[Hoodat]

https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1916877140584178125

[Hoodat]

https://twitter.com/Tendar/status/1916950983411990914

[Hoodat]

https://twitter.com/Maks_NAFO_FELLA/status/1916950397278978237

[Hoodat]

from r/UkraineWarVideoReport

https://www.reddit.com/r/UkraineWarVideoReport/comments/1k9wsts/the_woman_in_the_top_video_lives_in_moscow_this/

[Hoodat]

from r/UkraineWarVideoReport

https://www.reddit.com/r/UkraineWarVideoReport/comments/1ka397n/special_smoking_operation_on_a_russian_ammunition/

[jafo2010]

My wife was talking to a friend back in Stavropol, which is in southern Russia, and her friend indicated that the graveyards are bursting with dead men from the war in Ukraine.  She expressed thoughts of great pride for their heroism in dying for such a noble cause.

That is how truly ******** they are in Russia.  They have no thoughts of their own, it is all manufactured propaganda from Putin himself.

So, you want to genuinely end this war President Trump, increase the number of Russians dying in Russia by 1,000 fold.  Attack every city with military manufacturing.   And target civilians as Putin has done in Ukraine.  Until Russians genuinely suffer the vagaries of war, they will be sending their sons to fight what they believe to be a just cause.

So far, Trump has not influenced Putin whatsoever.  Time to drag out the big big stick.

If Trump wants to get tough, he simply tells all the countries receiving oil/gas from Russia, cease receiving their oil/gas, or the USA cuts off all trade.  Give them one week to affect such impact, and begin cutting off trade with these nations.  China loses trade with the USA, the country economically collapses. 

The time for being nice to Vlad is over.  I say kick him in the *****!!!

[Timber Rattler]

The time for being nice to Vlad is over.  I say kick him in the *****!!!

Now you're talking, @jafo2010 !

 

[BobfromWB]

Кремлевская табакерка/Kremlin Secrets

Putin was urged to decide on the date of mobilization. This will solve two problems at once

According to our sources in the Ministry of Defense, several high-ranking military officials have made a corresponding appeal to the president. “ We know that Vladimir Vladimirovich plans to decide in May whether there will be a new serious mobilization. We ask him to make a decision as soon as possible. With the help of your channel, we once again urge you to do this. It is also very important to name the date of mobilization; there is no point in delaying it,” noted a source close to Andrei Belousov, speaking to us. According to another representative of the Ministry of Defense, the president can solve two problems at once.

“Firstly, mobilization will dispel the illusions of all those who think that the SVO will soon end, that a truce or negotiations will help this. The whole society will remember that we are at war. Because many have begun to forget . Plus, some of the military can be demobilized and sent to their families. It would be nice to announce this, for example, on Victory Day.

Secondly, we can declare mobilization, recruit the necessary army of several hundred thousand people and shut the mouths of all those who shout about the total mobilization of millions (the philosopher Alexandr Dugin recently called for it, - ed.). Their manipulations and horror stories are very harmful for Russia,” our source believes.

The Kremlin responded to this request as follows: “Vladimir Vladimirovich is analyzing the situation and thinking about whether we need a large-scale mobilization.” They refused to predict what Putin's decision might be.

https://t.me/kremlin_secrets/5598

[BobfromWB]

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 28, 2025

Excerpts:

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced another unilateral ceasefire in Ukraine, this time in honor of a major Soviet and Russian milit 13859ary holiday, while continuing to reject the March 2025 US-Ukrainian 30-day general ceasefire proposal. Putin continues to refuse any ceasefire other than on terms that advantage his war effort ... Putin's proposed Victory Day ceasefire does not include any additional monitoring mechanisms, and Russian sources will likely leverage the lack of such mechanisms to again flood the information space with unsubstantiated claims of Ukrainian ceasefire violations. Russian officials appear disinterested in establishing meaningful monitoring mechanisms or a general public basis for these ceasefires, likely because Russia benefits from weaponizing the vague and unclear conditions of the ceasefires against Ukraine ...

Putin is leveraging unilateral ceasefires to achieve informational and battlefield advantages in Ukraine, counter to US President Donald Trump's goal of using a general ceasefire as a stepping stone towards an enduring and sustainable peace agreement in Ukraine ... Putin likely views the Victory Day ceasefire as a chance for Russian forces to rest ahead of future frontline activity in Ukraine and as a way to ensure that Ukraine does not conduct any significant long-range strikes against Russia during Victory Day celebrations. Putin likely does not view the Victory Day ceasefire as a serious step towards lasting peace in Ukraine ... Putin's continued efforts to obfuscate his previous rejections of US and Ukrainian ceasefire proposals run counter to Trump's stated approach of first establishing a ceasefire and then negotiating a broader peace agreement, and to Trump's goal of achieving a lasting peace in Ukraine ...The Kremlin's abrupt rhetorical shift suggests that Russia is no longer concerned about the possibility of Western retaliation for involving North Korean forces directly in its war against Ukraine.


Russia is reportedly expanding its military infrastructure along its border with Finland and stockpiling new tanks, likely in preparation for future aggression against NATO ... Russia is expanding military bases near Petrozavodsk, Republic of Karelia, and upgrading railway lines and other infrastructure along Russia's western border with NATO ... Russia intends to form new divisions on the basis of existing brigades in the Leningrad Military District (LMD) in the coming years and that Russia is constructing new barracks and training grounds and upgrading warehouses and railways near Petrozavodsk to accommodate the future influx of personnel. A senior Finnish military official stated that Russia is sending “almost none” of its newly produced tanks to the frontline in Ukraine, but is stockpiling the tanks for “later use.” ISW previously assessed that Russia's restoration of the MMD and LMD is part of a long-term restructuring effort to prepare for a potential future large-scale conventional war against NATO.

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-april-28-2025

[BobfromWB]

[FtrPilot]

https://twitter.com/Maks_NAFO_FELLA/status/1917194464445239466

[BobfromWB]

Reporting From Ukraine:
https://www.youtube.com/@RFU/videos

Excerpts from the video transcript:

Russians Lost Air Superiority. Biggest Swedish Military Aid Package Changes The Game!

Today [ Apr 28, 8 pm ], there is an interesting update concerning the defense of Ukrainian skies. Here, the Ukrainian air defense got one of the biggest boosts as reports emerged that a new powerful flying radar from Sweden had probably already arrived in Ukraine. This system will help the Ukrainian air defenses not only in their offensive operations but will also significantly support their ability to defend the Ukrainian rear from constant Russian missile and drone attacks. Sweden has pledged to deliver two ASC-890 airborne warning and control system planes to Ukraine as part of its largest military aid package to date, valued at approximately 1.16 billion euros. Sweden's decision marks a significant enhancement in Ukraine's air defense capabilities. These aircraft, equipped with advanced Erieye radar systems, are designed to provide long-range surveillance and target identification ...

The ASC-890, based on the Saab 340 airframe, is an airborne early warning and control aircraft. It features the Erieye radar, a fixed, active electronically scanned array mounted atop the fuselage. This radar system offers a detection range of up to 450 km and can track multiple targets simultaneously, including aircraft, missiles, and drones ... Ukraine's existing radar systems are primarily ground-based, and even though some of them have a range of around 350 to 400 km, their immobility limits their range and makes them vulnerable to terrain obstructions. The ASC 890's airborne platform overcomes these limitations, offering a broader and more flexible surveillance capability ...

The integration of the ASC-890 is particularly significant in light of Ukraine's acquisition of Western fighter jets, notably the F-16s. After the manufacturer, SAAB, made some updates to improve the interoperability between the 2 systems, the ASC-890 can now provide these aircraft with comprehensive situational awareness, guiding them to targets and alerting them to potential threats. As a result, these awacs will significantly improve the engagement range of the F-16s, allowing them to use their modern air-to-air missiles at their maximum ranges, as well as providing a significant improvement to the limited radar detection range of the F-16 ...

Additionally, the ASC-890's data can even support Soviet-era Ukrainian fighter jets, extending their operational capabilities despite technological disparities ... Russia's equivalent platform, the Beriev A-50, has faced significant challenges.  [ Now grounded. ] ... the arrival of Sweden's ASC-890 aircraft is a strategic boon for Ukraine, especially amid uncertainties regarding continued American intelligence support ... As the war continues the ASC890 will fill in gaps as a critical asset in safeguarding Ukrainian airspace and enhancing the effectiveness of its aerial operations.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWyhob-p3wU

[Hoodat]

https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1917163405913587982