Civil war in Ukraine

[bhramos]

The long-awaited exchange of prisoners between the Donbas and Ukraine

 

[gadeshi]

Sorry, but I'm not stupid, especially from someone who believes that the T-72 is better than the T-64.

So, you actually are

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[bhramos]

Video from journalists of the Federal Academy of Sciences.

A warrior from the Dnieper who returned from Ukrainian captivity: I was tortured personally by Mosiychuk.Din Kirill, a warrior from the Dnieper, came to the Donbas from the territory of Ukraine as part of an exchange of prisoners, not only with the cat, but with the cat. "In a comment to the Federal News Agency, he briefly talked about the difficult fate of his and pet. According to Cyril, he had to cross with such an odious personality as the deputy from the Radical Party of Ukraine Igor Mosiychuk. The latter is known for its ultra-nationalist views.

"This is a cat of a Russian soldier, but he was not transferred today, he was left in a Kharkov prison ... He was not brought for an exchange. This is a cat from the Dnieper. She had to go with a fighter ... But they did not give it to us, "he said.

About himself Cyril managed to tell only briefly. As it is not difficult to guess, a man is happy after months of captivity to again be free.

"I'm from Mariupol, I was sentenced to 12 years. Mosiychuk personally [tortured] me, "- said Cyril.

Today, the largest exchange of prisoners between Kiev and the republics of Donbass took place. Initially, it was assumed that he would pass under the formula "306" to "74", but at the last moment the Kiev side for unknown reasons refused to exchange a number of prisoners.

According to lawyer Valentin Rybin, at least 9 people were harmed in this way. "

 

[Akim]

So, you actually are

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Yes, yes, yes
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[bhramos]

Video from the military commissars News Front.

"At large: The liberated People's Republic of DPRK are walking on their native land, as a result of the exchange of prisoners between the Donbass and Kiev republics, 165 prisoners are returning to the Dniester city." Voenkaorka was able to communicate with the released. "For 3.5 years he waited for release. in the bathroom, and then we'll see .This power (Ukrainian - prim.red.) will not be let loose. And yesterday we had provocations: Gerashchenko came in. Irina Gerashchenko, a representative of Kiev in the subgroup, commented that she would break everything our documents, all our pomolovki, that is, de ala sorts of provocations likely to disrupt the exchange, "said one of the freed" He was supposed to go with us on crutches, he had a broken leg, broken fingers "-.. continue to exempt the story of the road to freedom.

At large: The liberated people of the Dnieper go on their native land

 

[bhramos]

Darya Morozova commented on the exchange of prisoners

 

[bhramos]

In DNR the column with the Ukrainian prisoners has moved to the place of exchange

 

[pmaitra]

What pmaitra says is the bullshit of a gray mare. Indeed, the Bulat tanks did not justify themselves in combat and were withdrawn to the reserve. The project of their modernization was developed in the second half of the 90s, when the designers relied on the old Soviet doctrine and created a tank capable of resisting the western tanks. But it has had an effect that our enemy on the other hand and the character of tank combat are more maneuverable and at short distances. Do not need a new FSC, the old 1A33 is doing its job well. Bulat is expensive in modernization and operation. A new version of modernization has been developed and is entering the army. The tank is practically different not from T-64BV, but it has: new traks (as on T-80), thermal imagers, the ability to shoot new ATGMs, a digital radio station and JPS, which replaces many sensors that were installed on the Bulat

True.
But T-64BV will remain itself.
Nothing changed in transmission and engine design to make them reliable.
Nothing changed in armour scheme and materials - there were several issues in 1980-th when Malyshev directors had been withdrawn from duty and Party for using weak armour plating or non-armour construction steel plates to lighten the body for the sake of less stress to transmission and engine.

Those problems caused T-64 rework into T-72 on UVZ and T-80 on Kirovets with engine and transmission complete exchange and armour scheme rework.

Ukrainian army continues to rely on T-64 (as well as on mammuth crap old APCs) only due to their storage numbers.
Pre-maidaun times ukrainian mil and govt have put valid and running T-72s and T-80s on sale, leaving VSU with that T-64 crap.

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Thank you for your clarifications, gentlemen.

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Sorry, but I'm not stupid, especially from someone who believes that the T-72 is better than the T-64.

So, you actually are

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Okay, this by no means is the final word, but one might as well counter the points in the exerpts below:

Preamble (for lack of a better word):

Once considered a premium tank by the Russian military establishment, T-80s suffered savage losses to lightly armed guerrillas during the First Chechen War. The tank’s reputation never recovered.

The praises:

This made the standard T-80B one of the most nimble tanks to come out of the 1980s.

The Chechen rebels’ combat prowess–and poor Russian tactics–was more responsible for the T-80’s losses than the inherent design. Though, it did have one major flaw. But in the end, it was too expensive and guzzled too much fuel. The Russian military grew to favor the more economical T-72 series instead.

The T-80 was an evolution over its predecessor, the T-64. As the most modern tank design of the late 1960s and early 1970s, the T-64 was a departure from the Soviet penchant for simple armored vehicle designs, such as the T-54/55 and T-62.

For instance, the T-64 was the first Soviet tank to replace human loaders with mechanical autoloaders, reducing the crew from four to three. The T-64’s second trend-setting innovation was the introduction of composite armor, which layered ceramics and steel together to provide superior resistance compared to only steel.

Further, the T-64 had lightweight, small diameter all-steel road wheels in contrast to the large, rubber rimmed ones on the T-55 and T-62.

The first mass produced variant, the T-64A, mounted the huge 125-millimeter 2A46 Rapira main gun, which was so popular that it came included on all subsequent Russian tanks … up to the T-90. Remarkably, the T-64A packed all of this potential into a petite 37-ton package–relatively light for a tank of this size.

The criticisms:

But as marvelous as these innovations were, the T-64 had a sensitive 5TDF engine and unusual suspension–both prone to breaking down. As a result, the Soviet army deliberately assigned the tanks to units stationed close to its manufacturing plant in Kharkov.

Even worse, rumors circulated that the T-64’s new autoloader chomped off the arms of crew members who strayed too close. It’s a plausible scenario given the T-64’s tiny internal space.

While fixing the T-64A’s automotive maladies, the Soviets developed an interest in developing a new tank with a gas turbine engine. Gas turbines have high acceleration and an efficient power-to-weight ratio, can start quickly in cold weather without prior warm-up–a necessity in Russia’s frigid winters–and they’re lightweight.

On the downside, gas turbines guzzle fuel and have higher susceptibility to dirt and dust owing to their voracious air intake compared to conventional diesels.

The original base model T-80 didn’t enter active service until 1976–much later than planned. The Soviet tank industry had its hands full working out the T-64A’s kinks and gearing up for producing the T-72 as a cheaper backup option.

Source: This is Why Russia's T-80 Tank Is a Total Disaster

 

[bhramos]

A note from journalists.


"Ukraine suffocates under the weight of heavy debts: next year, the Ukrainian commercial sector needs to pay 51 billion dollars of external debts." Such figure at the press conference in Kiev, the correspondent of "Political Navigator", was voiced by former Minister of Economy Viktor Suslov, who noted that 10 months of 2017, the country's foreign debt increased by $ 3.8 billion

"It is pertinent to recall that the external debt of the commercial sector, which is overdue, has increased by 20.7 billion dollars in the last two years. This means that a huge number of our commercial banks, industrial enterprises are not only unable to pay debts, but also overdue them by 20 billion. This creates a potential huge demand for currency, which has led and will continue to lead to large corporate defaults in the Ukrainian economy, "the economist said.

He also drew attention to the fact that the volume of short-term debt, which must be paid before the end of the third quarter of next year, remains at the level of 51 billion dollars.

"They can not be paid at all, we have no reserves. It is clear that this amount has the debts of the FIGs to its offshore companies, there are other debts, but still the data I gave earlier show that the problem with debts becomes catastrophic. And in this regard, the devaluation of the hryvnia is inevitable, it has already begun and will continue. References to the fact that this is a seasonal devaluation look quite naive. Seasonally autumn, the leaves fell from the trees. But to say that seasonally so began to build up debts - no, this is the result of all previous policies, "Suslov summed up."

 

[Akim]

Thank you for your clarifications, gentlemen.

If you ask me: Which tank is better-the Russian T-72B3 or the new Ukrainian modernization T-64BV, then I will answer that Russian tank. But this is if we compare the figures. Ukrainian designers tried to squeeze the maximum out of the minimum. The Russian tank uses the Sosna-U sight, where there is a digital Fire-control system. Because the T-72 does not have it at all. Fire-control system is expensive, so we decided not to change it, but new sight with thermal imaging channel was installed in place of old sights. Why did leave the night searchlight "Luna (Moon)" no one knows. It is possible that the enemy could not distinguish between modernized and not modernized tanks. By the way, little is known about modernization itself. There are only indirect confirmations. Probably it has a 5TDFM engine (the same as Bulat 850 hp). The maneuverability of the tank surprised foreign military at the "Strong Europe Tank Challenge".
There is still confirmation. The tank platoon on the modernized T-64BV won competitions between the Ukrainian crews. Among them was a tank platoon of the VDV(now they are called landing-assault troops (DShV)) which had a T-80BV with an engine capacity of 1100 hp.

 

[bhramos]

BTR-4E at the exercises of the APU.

 

[bhramos]

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[bhramos]

American Santa Claus Gives Poroshenko Present Early - Brand New Weapons For Donbass War

 

[Akim]

American Santa Claus Gives Poroshenko Present Early - Brand New Weapons For Donbass War

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[Hindustani78]

http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/473951.html
Russian-supported militants have violated the New Year and Christmas ceasefire six times over the past 24 hours, killing one Ukrainian serviceman and wounding two more, the press center of the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) headquarters has reported.

"Over the past day, the enemy made six targeted shelling attacks on the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. In one case, Ukrainian servicemen were forced to open fire from grenade launchers and machineguns... Two soldiers were wounded as a result of enemy shelling, and, unfortunately, Ukraine lost one defender," reads a report posted on the Facebook page of the ATO HQ's press center early on Saturday.

In the Luhansk sector, militants used 82mm mortars, grenade launchers and heavy machineguns near Luhanske.

In the Donetsk sector, illegal armed groups repeatedly fired from 82mm mortars, grenade launchers, machineguns and small arms at Ukrainian positions near the Butivka mine. They also used grenade launchers and light infantry weapons near Kamianka and Verkhniotoretske.

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http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/473891.html

U.S. sanctions against Russia over the non-compliance with the Minsk agreements would have been lifted if Ukrainian sovereignty had been restored and Minsk agreements had been implemented, U.S. State Department spokesman Kurt Volker has said.

The most severe sanctions were imposed on Russia for non-compliance with the Minsk agreements, and if Russia had withdrawn its forces from Donbas and the provisions of the Minsk agreements had been observed, and we would see the restoration of Ukraine's sovereignty, then these sanctions would have been lifted, he said in an interview with the 'Echo of Moscow' radio station.

According to Volker, different groups of sanctions were applied to Russia. There are sanctions imposed for the annexation of Crimea, there are sanctions imposed later for the invasion of Donbas, there are sanctions under the Magnitsky law. There are sanctions for Russia's interference in the U.S. elections, and these are all different groups of sanctions, he explained.

Volker clarified that the military operation in Donbas costs Russia sanctions, international reputation, military costs, human losses.

Washington really wants Russia to change the assessment of the situation and leave eastern Ukraine. The U.S. would like to see peace and security in the region, so that people start live a normal life and forced migrants return home. This would be the best outcome for all, the diplomat added.

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http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/473938.html

U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis has said that the role and strength of U.S. troops in Ukraine will remain unchanged.

"Right now, we have some trainers there helping to train their army to NATO standards, and that has a lot to do with making certain it serves the needs of the Ukrainian people, in the way democracies' armies do, so the U.S. military role remains the same," he told reporters on Friday.

He also said that "there are no plans to change that number at all."

According to him, the number of trainers can grow only in the event of an increase in the number of servicemen who will need to be trained.

"I don't think our number has fluctuated in six months, and it's not planned to be now," he said.

 

[bhramos]

Ukrainian general: Crimean bridge is vulnerable to aviation and missiles.


The publication "Glavred" publishes an interview with the ex-deputy chief of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Lieutenant-General Igor Romanenko. The candidate of military sciences, who is also a doctor of technical sciences, the professor commented on the construction of a bridge connecting the mainland with the peninsula Crimea. The conversation went about the "risks" for the Crimean bridge. One of these risks, the Ukrainian general called ... missiles.

From the statement of Romanenko:

"The bridge represents a strategic artery that can provide the appropriate Crimean grouping of the enemy, as well as contribute to the economic growth of the Crimea, although from the military point of view, it is sufficiently vulnerable to aviation, land-based and sea-based missiles."

https://topwar.ru/133100-ukrainskiy-general-krymskiy-most-uyazvim-pered-aviaciey-i-raketami.html

 

[Akim]

U.S. sanctions against Russia over the non-compliance with the Minsk agreements would have been lifted if Ukrainian sovereignty had been restored and Minsk agreements had been implemented, U.S. State Department spokesman Kurt Volker has said.

The most severe sanctions were imposed on Russia for non-compliance with the Minsk agreements, and if Russia had withdrawn its forces from Donbas and the provisions of the Minsk agreements had been observed, and we would see the restoration of Ukraine's sovereignty, then these sanctions would have been lifted, he said in an interview with the 'Echo of Moscow' radio station.

According to Volker, different groups of sanctions were applied to Russia. There are sanctions imposed for the annexation of Crimea, there are sanctions imposed later for the invasion of Donbas, there are sanctions under the Magnitsky law. There are sanctions for Russia's interference in the U.S. elections, and these are all different groups of sanctions, he explained.

Volker clarified that the military operation in Donbas costs Russia sanctions, international reputation, military costs, human losses.

Washington really wants Russia to change the assessment of the situation and leave eastern Ukraine. The U.S. would like to see peace and security in the region, so that people start live a normal life and forced migrants return home. This would be the best outcome for all, the diplomat added.

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http://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/473938.html

Full text https://echo.msk.ru/programs/beseda/2119648-echo/
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[Akim]

War technologies" (final). There are English subtitles

 

[gadeshi]

Ukrainian general: Crimean bridge is vulnerable to aviation and missiles.


The publication "Glavred" publishes an interview with the ex-deputy chief of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Lieutenant-General Igor Romanenko. The candidate of military sciences, who is also a doctor of technical sciences, the professor commented on the construction of a bridge connecting the mainland with the peninsula Crimea. The conversation went about the "risks" for the Crimean bridge. One of these risks, the Ukrainian general called ... missiles.

From the statement of Romanenko:

"The bridge represents a strategic artery that can provide the appropriate Crimean grouping of the enemy, as well as contribute to the economic growth of the Crimea, although from the military point of view, it is sufficiently vulnerable to aviation, land-based and sea-based missiles."

https://topwar.ru/133100-ukrainskiy-general-krymskiy-most-uyazvim-pered-aviaciey-i-raketami.html

Ukrainian general is so general
And so Ukrainian

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[bhramos]

Note from Mikhail Polynkov.

"The Soldier's Truth" of Virgil. "

In this issue of Soldatskaya Pravda, the conductor of Pravor, according to the purgatory of one of the foremost frontiers of the Donbass defense, became his namesake, a guy from Shakhtorsk named Zhenya, while his peers hang out in nightclubs or" "Zhenya practically lives on the front line." Fourth year of the war, Ilovaysk and Shakhtersk and many other hot spots on the map of the fighting for Novorossiia were wounded twice, but who knows about him except his colleagues. A humble guy. "One of the hundreds" is not glossy s "heroes, about the everyday feat, which was the last issue of" Soldiers' Truth ""