Three battlefield news, sad, excited, ridiculous.
First of all, a sad news, Ukrainian journalist Ilya Ponomarenko said on the "X" that the 73rd Special Operations Center of the Armed Forces of Ukraine had a sad day, as a result of the failure of a mission in the Tendra Spit of the Russian-occupied Kherson region, 4 people died and 1 was captured.
The command of the special forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed the information that "during the evacuation of the main forces of the brigade after completing a special task, the fighters fought the last battle and remained in the ranks forever." Eternal memory and glory to the fallen heroes! ”
At present, we have not seen specific information about this battle, and even the specific losses of the Ukrainian special forces have different accounts, however, the failure of this operation seems to be related to the leakage of intelligence, and the Ukrainian special forces participating in the battle were ambushed by the Russian army.
We can't confirm whether there was an intelligence leak, but two years after the outbreak of the full-scale war, there have been Russian "moles" operating in the Ukrainian army, even at the highest levels. At the "Ukraine 2024 Forum" held on February 25, Ukraine's ** Zelensky admitted that the Ukrainian army's summer ** plan last year had been leaked before it was implemented, "I will disclose to you our ** operation last autumn, which was placed on the Kremlin's table before the ** operation began." Lieutenant General Budanov, head of the Ukrainian Military Intelligence Service, also revealed similar information, "The Russians learned about Ukraine's ** plan last year, this is a serious problem, and we are taking measures." ”
We don't know exactly how the classified summer ** plan was leaked, and whether the Russian "mole" has been caught, but some analysts speculate that this may be related to the dismissal of the former commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Zaluzhny, who is likely guilty of negligence.
Let's talk about the exciting news, in fact, there are so many such news that the excitement is not enough. This news was first broken by Russian military bloggers, and then the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine confirmed that at present, the relevant scene ** has appeared on the Internet.
At around 19 o'clock local time on February 27, the 155th Separate Brigade of the Russian Marine Corps was again attacked by the Ukrainian army's "Hippocampus" rocket artillery when it was lined up in Olenivka, the occupied Donetsk Oblast, and the M30 series of satellite-guided rockets "sprayed" the Russian army.
As a result of the attack, 19 people were killed and 12 wounded in the 155th Separate Brigade of the Russian Marine Corps, including the deputy commander of the brigade, Lieutenant Colonel Roman Kozhukhov, and two other officers: Major Alexander Abbilov and Captain Neil Shakhmanov, and the commander of the 155th Separate Brigade, Colonel Mikhailo Gudkov, escaped but was wounded and became cargo "No. 300".
It is reported that at that time, the assembly of the department was to award meritorious officers and soldiers, and the senior commander of the brigade headquarters personally attended, and before the assembly, it was discovered that the drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were active, but they did not care, and as a result, they were attacked by the "Hippocampus" rocket artillery.
found that the Ukrainian drone is active, and I don't care, then there is no way, on the battlefield in Ukraine, the Russian army has made too many such mistakes, but it seems that it is not a long memory, but the Ukrainian army will not engage in this kind of thing such as the commander's lecture and reward after being bombed once.
Finally, one more ridiculous, ** is "defense blogs, etc."
On February 18, local time, in order to shoot a military propaganda film, under the escort of two Su-35 fighters, the Russian Aerospace Forces once again used their most advanced Su-57 stealth fighter in the "special military operation", and launched the Kh-69 stealth air-to-ground missile specially designed for Su-57 fighters to attack the positions of the Ukrainian army in eastern Ukraine, but unfortunately, the missile had a technical failure, did not hit the target, crashed in the field, and once again plowed the land for the Ukrainian fellows.
At the moment, we have not seen any response from the Russian Ministry of Defense to this news, but it is ridiculous to think about this matter carefully: Su-57 fighters with stealth capabilities launch Kh-69 cruise missiles with stealth capabilities at Ukrainian positions, and Su-35 fighters are still needed to escort them, and there are two! We don't see that the Su-34 front-line bombers need Su-35 fighters to escort them every time they attack.
The Kh-69 stealth cruise missile, developed by the Russian Tactical Missile Corporation (KTRV) on the basis of the Kh-59MK2 missile, was first unveiled at the "Army 2022" forum, and is currently the most advanced tactical air-to-surface missile in Russia, if not one of them. The missile is specially designed for the Su-57 fighter and can be mounted in the bomb bay of the Su-57 fighter, with an official maximum range of 300 kilometers, far exceeding the Russian bomb with a gliding guidance kit, which is currently being dropped in large quantities by advanced Russian fighters such as the Su-34.
If the news is true, then it is very interesting, the stealth ability of the Su-57 fighter seems to be very problematic, so that the Su-35 fighter is needed to escort it, we have not heard that the F-22 or F-35 needs the F-15 fighter escort in the ground attack mission, and even the F-117 stealth fighter that has long been retired is single-handedly deep behind enemy lines when performing missions. In this war, the Russian army has already shot down many Kh-101 stealth cruise missiles, and it seems that Russia's stealth technology is not very good, at least in actual combat, even the Russian army itself is not very trusted.
And the most advanced KH-69 stealth cruise missile, crashed halfway, tsk, it can only be said that in high-end precision equipment, it is difficult for Russia to create such a reliable ** as the AK-47 assault rifle, which is not only related to technology.