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World War 3: Russia digs in, flies old Soviet flag! Deploying its newest weapon systems into Donbas/Kiev Ukraine!

T-72B3 flying the old flag of the U.S.S.R.! Near the village of Rybinskoye. Notice this vehicle is marked with an ‘O’.

Perhaps because of the capture of documents revealing a massive offensive against Russia, Russia is now flooding the Donbas and Kiev Areas of Operations (AO) with more and newer military equipment.  What I found interesting is that one of the videos shows Russian BMP-2s carrying old Soviet Union flags!

This ‘V’ marked tank is the latest T-90M.

I think the ‘V’ indicates Kiev AO. Posted 09MAR2022, masses of BMP-2s, T-72B3s, BM-21 Grads, 2S3s:

‘V’ marked T-72B3.

Posted 07MAR2022, ‘V’ marked support vehicles pour into Kiev AO, Ukraine:

Posted on 06MAR2022, ‘V’ marked BMD-2s, T-72s, MTLBs:

‘V’ marked T-90M and BMP-2:

In the Donbas AO, ‘Z’ marked newer military gear is coming in. I think the ‘Z’ is from a new Russo-Ukrainian word ZaНАШИХ, or За НАШИХ (ZaNASHIKH), which means For Ours. This is a way of saying the Donbas area is Russian.  It could also mean For Victory, which is Зa ПОБЕДУ, or ZaПОБЕДУ (ZaPOBEDU).

 

Armored train.

An Armored train was used to evacuate foreign civilians from Kherson Oblast of Ukraine to the city of Armyansk of the Republic of Crimea.  The ‘silly-vilians’ are from Turkey, Ukraine, Egypt, Azerbaijan, Pakistan, Sweden, Italy, Brazil, Morocco and India.

BM-27 rocket launcher.

Donbas AO. Posted 08MAR2022, 2S19-M2 Msta-S and 2B26 (‘grad’ rockets on a Kamaz 5350 truck?):

‘Z’ marked Kamov 52 double rotary wing gunship in action, posted 09MAR2022:

World War 3: RUSSIA HAS PROOF BIDEN/NATO/UKRAINE PLANS TO ATTACK RUSSIA! PLANS ARE DATED JANUARY 2022!

WAR IN UKRAINE TO START IN MARCH? U.S. ARMY OFFERS BIG BONUS TO RECRUITS WHO CAN SHIP-OUT QUICK! IT’S ALL ABOUT THE GAS!

Ukraine Battle Damage 2022: Armor, abandoned or destroyed

Armored vehicle destruction from the end of February 2022 to 06MAR2022.

An abandoned British made Saxon armored car, that was being used as an ambulance by Ukrainians.

Ukrainian Azov militia T-72.

T-64 or T-72?

BTR-3DA, Kharkov Oblast.

Abandoned BTR-70.

BTR-80.

Destroyed BRDM-2, abandoned BTR-80.

BRDM-2.

Video of destroyed Donbas militia (indicated by the ‘Z’ on the hull skirts) T-64BV (which was probably captured from Ukrainian forces):

T-64BV, the identifier is the small steel rimmed road wheels.

What’s left of two Ukrainian T-64BV, near Volnovakha.

T-64BV turret, near Volnovakha.

The T-64BV turret ring seems to be suspended in mid-air.

T-64BV burns in the city of Melitopol.

Smoldering BMP.

BMP-1.

Near Volnovakha, Ukrainian BMP-1Ksh.

What’s left of a BMP(?) in the Mykolaiv/Nikolaev Oblast.

Abandoned BMP-1 near the village of Bogdanovka.

Video of abandoned trucks near Kherson:

A dead Ural truck with likewise human cargo in the bed.

BTR-80, the ‘digital’ camo is typical of that used on Ukrainian vehicles.

Video, abandoned Ukrainian BMP-2 getting stripped of weapons by the Donbas militias:

Burning 9K33 (NATO reporting name Gekko) anti-aircraft missile launcher on Ukraine’s Korotych air base.

Ukrainian 9K33 (Gekko).

Near Severodonetsk, Ukrainian T-72.

Abandoned Ukrainian BTR-60.

Video, abandoned Ukrainian BRDM-2 in the city of Shchastya:

Near Volnovakha, Ukrainian BRDM with 9P148 antitank missile launchers, looks like they fired-off three of the missiles before abandoning the vehicle.

Video, burning Ukrainian BTR-4E:

Burned-out BTR-4E, abandoned Kozak-2 armored car.

World War 3: UKRAINE ABANDONS THEIR BTR-4ES WITHOUT A FIGHT!

Battle Damage: IRAQ 2003

Vehicle I-D: Ukraine’s BTR-3DA

Vehicle I-D: More abandoned vehicles, more ‘V’s & ‘Z’s, white/red arm bands, and Hinds with invasion stripes?

Russian Defense Ministry video, posted 05MAR2022, showing an abandoned Ukrainian army camp near the village of Radensk, Kherson Oblast. The capturing force vehicles are marked with ‘Z‘ indicating Donbas Area of Operation (AO). The troops are wearing white arm bands on their left arms. The intact Ukrainian vehicles now in the hands of the Donbas are BMP-1s, BTRs, BRDMS and T-64BV, plus crates and crates of various ammo:

Video report posted on 05MAR2022, the liberation of the town of Trekhizbenka by Russians who are wearing white bands on their left arms and Russian ‘liberation’ armbands on their right shoulder. Some soldiers are wearing white bands around their right leg.  Video shows packages of 12.7mm ammo and RPG rounds left behind by Ukrainians. Villagers tell the reporter the Ukrainians took military control of their town in 2014.  It appears the Ukrainians gave-up the town without a fight:

Yet another abandoned Ukrainian BTR-4E, along the Kharkiv-Poltava highway, 04MAR2022.

Video posted 04MAR2022, Russian vehicles (BTRs, BMP-1, 2S3 SP guns) marked with ‘V‘ indicating Kiev AO (apparently near the cities of Bucha, Gostomel [Hostomel?] and Irpin’):

A Donetsk militiaman (indicated by his red arm band) with a NATO Javelin antitank missile, abandoned by retreating Ukrainians, 04MAR2022.

Video posted 03MAR2022, ‘Z‘ marked Donbas AO 2S1 self propelled artillery guns:

‘Z’ marked 2S1.

Invasion stripes? This Hind rotary wing gunship is marked with a ‘Z’, indicating Donbas AO.

This video, posted 01MAR2022, shows Donetsk militia (Donbas AO) wearing red bands on their left arms, their vehicles are marked with ‘Z‘ and some have red cloth tied to them. They have just overran a Ukrainian checkpoint, which includes an abandoned T-64BV:

Vehicle I-D: WHAT HAPPENS WHEN BOTH SIDES USE THE SAME WEAPONS? Operational markings of Russia/Donbas militias.

World War 3: NATO Response Force deploys, but not for Ukraine?

NATO has deployed its Response Force for the first time.  Keep in mind that members of NATO are officially called “member states” indicating that NATO is not just a ‘defensive’ military pact, but is a pseudo-government!

NATO press conference, 04MAR2022, in which it is clear NATO is not going to fight for Ukraine, saying “We are not part of this conflict, and we have a responsibility to ensure it does not escalate and spread beyond Ukraine.”:

On 03MAR2022, NATO Canada updated its laundry list of military stuff Canadian taxpayers are going to give to Ukraine (now approaching hundreds of millions of Canadian dollars).

NATO video by Elodie Romain, 03MAR2022, Ukrainian Antonov 124 lands in NATO Romania loaded with NATO French AMX-10RC wheeled tanks and supplies, while French troops arrive on an French Armed Forces Airbus built airliner:

Photo via French Armed Forces, 03MAR2022.

On 03MAR2022, NATO France reported that for the first time C-130J cargo planes crewed by both French and NATO German crews began flying missions to NATO Romania.

NATO France’s Response Force deployments.

On 03MAR2022, Germany posted a video hyping-up its part in the NATO Response Force:

U.S. Army photo of Stock-2 Site in Mannheim, Germany, 01MAR2022.

On 01MAR2022, the NATO U.S. Army reported that for the first time they have activated their Army Prepositioned Stock-2 sites (open-area warehouses of military vehicles and weapons), at several locations in Western Europe, to equip the masses of troops being sent in from NATO United States!

U.S. Army video by Gertrud Zach, vehicles shipped out of a Stock-2 site arrive on Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, 02MAR2022:

NATO’s Boeing E-3A Airborne Warning & Control System (AWACS) based on NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen, NATO Germany, now patrolling Eastern Europe, video released 01MAR2022, includes interviews with AWACS crew who believe they are preventing aggression “towards NATO”:

French Armed Forces photo.

At the beginning of March, NATO France deployed some of its Rafale jets to help patrol over NATO Poland.

At the end of February, NATO United Kingdom began ‘forward deploying’ its Royal Welsh armor units in NATO Germany into NATO Estonia.  Royal Air Force jets based in Cyprus are now patrolling over NATO Poland and NATO Romania.  The Royal Navy is sending ships from NATO U.K. to patrol the Baltic Sea.

NATO video showing NATO French C-130J and Ukrainian An-124 landing in NATO Romanian with VAB armored cars, troops and equipment, 28FEB2022:

NATO video, 27FEB2022, NATO Norway delivers CV90 tanks to NATO Lithuania, using the An-124 Ruslan:

25FEB2022 NATO video explaining their Response Force:

NATO video from 11FEB2022, a look at some of the NATO troops in NATO Romania:

Don’t forget the extra troops Biden has already sent!

Biden’s War: FEBRUARY ARMY/AIR FORCE DEPLOYMENTS & REDEPLOYMENTS!

JANUARY ARMY/AIR FORCE DEPLOYMENTS

Vehicle I-D: WHAT HAPPENS WHEN BOTH SIDES USE THE SAME WEAPONS?

NATO Latvia’s (LATVISKI) M109A5Ö (THE Ö IS FOR ÖSTERREICH)

UKRAINIAN AN-124 IN U.S. military SERVICE!

RUSSIAN AN-124 DELIVERS KC-130J SIMULATOR TO U.S. MARINES IN JAPAN!

World War 3: CHINA WARNS that UKRAINE CRISIS IS A DIVERSION, TRUE GOAL OF Australia-United-Kingdom-United-States (AUKUS) IS WAR WITH CHINA!

 

Vehicle I-D: What happens when both sides use the same weapons?

Ukraine is the birthplace of Russia.  Today’s larger Russia expanded out of Ukraine.  In the 20th Century the new Union of Soviet Socialist Republics allowed the creation of a separate Soviet Republic of Ukraine. It was during the time of the Soviet Union that Ukraine became a major manufacturer of weapon systems for the U.S.S.R.  In 1991, Ukraine lead the collapse of the Soviet Union by declaring independence.  Then there was the creation of the European Union (EU).  Both the EU and NATO have been actively involved in ‘behind-the-scenes’ influence of the Ukrainian government, for decades now.  Despite that, even today Russia and Ukraine use the same type of major weapon systems.  How do you tell them apart during combat?

This T-64BV is not marked, but carries large Russian and Donbas militia flags.

Russia has obviously thought about that because their ground vehicles, along with the military ground vehicles of Donetsk Republic and Lugansk (Luhansk) Republic have been given unique operational markings.  They look like Latin alphabet letters but are not.  They also indicate the Area of Operation (AO); North in Kiev Oblast, or South in Donbas.

Video from the end of February 2022, Donbas-Lugansk Republic militia and their trucks, BMP-1s and 2S1 SP Guns, all marked with ‘Z’, waiting for orders to move-out:

Somewhere in Donbas.

In the Southern, Donbas area of operation (AO), Russian, Lugansk and Donetsk tracked and wheeled vehicles are marked with a ‘Z’.

Ukrainian made KrAZ armored car, in use by local Donbas forces.

Video of Russians meeting with Lugansk Republic troops, 03MAR2022:

T-64BV somewhere in Donbas.

Video report, posted on 03MAR2022, Ukrainian Ground Forces abandoned a T-64BV, Lugansk Republic forces quickly claimed it by spraying ‘Z‘ symbols on it, and working to repair it for their own use (it was one of two abandoned T-64BVs, the video also shows an abandoned BRDM-2):

Abandoned Ukrainian T-64BV, now in the hands of the Donbas militias as indicated by the ‘Z’ painted on the skirts.

In the Northern Kiev Oblast AO the vehicles are marked with a ‘V’. Video of ‘V‘ marked Russian BMPs, BRTs and T-72B3s entering the Kiev Oblast of Ukraine from Belarus, the road sign gives the location away as the Gomel (Homiel) Oblast, Belarus-Kiev Oblast, Ukraine border crossing (heading towards Chernobyl Exclusion Zone?), 03MAR2022:

When you see a Western news report about Russian activities, if they are talking about Kiev AO (Area of Operation), but the images show vehicles with ‘Z‘ on them then the images are actually from the Donbas AO.

New Cold War 2022: RUSSIAN T-72B3M LIVE FIRE CRIMEA!

UKRAINE ABANDONS THEIR BTR-4ES WITHOUT A FIGHT!

Vehicle I-D:

2S1, FROM COLD WAR TO UKRAINIAN BORDER CRISIS!

Biden’s War: February Army/Air Force deployments & redeployments!

U.S. Army photo by Specialist Xuyang Zhao, 01FEB2022.

Smiling NATO medics from the U.S. Army, and the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy, pose for a photo inside Norwegian Role 2 medical facility, in Norway, as they prep for casualties caused by ‘near-peer’ threats, 01FEB2022.

(from 2017, “NEAR PEER THREATS”, CODE FOR RUSSIA & CHINA AND THE COMING 3RD WORLD WAR?)

Ämari Air Base, Estonia, U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sergeant Megan M. Beatty, 01FEB2022.

On 01FEB2022, F-15E Strike Eagles from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, are now in Estonia for NATO ‘air policing’ operations.

U.S. Air Force video of F-15s in Estonia, by Staff Sergeant Megan M. Beatty, 03FEB2022:

Pope Army Airfield, North Carolina, U.S. Army photo by Sergeant Jillian G. Hix, 03FEB2022.

On 03FEB2022, U.S. Army paratroopers with 82nd Airborne began boarding U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemasters for Biden’s anti-Russia operation Global Defender, which will deploy 2-thousand additional active duty U.S. Army personnel to NATO Europe.

Pope Army Airfield, North Carolina, USA photo by Corporal Maxine Baen, 04FEB2022.

It isn’t just the 82nd Airborne, but by 04FEB2022 the 18th Airborne Corps began boarding C-17s bound for NATO Europe.

18th Airborne Corps material gets off-loaded on Wiesbaden, Germany. USA photo by Sergeant Stephen P. Perez, 04FEB2022.

USAF photo by Staff Sergeant Dawn M. Weber, 04FEB2022.

On 04FEB2022, the crews of U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemasters, on Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, prepared for flights to Ukraine.

USAF photo by Senior Airman Thomas Karol, 04FEB2022.

On 04FEB2022, the crews of USAF C-130Js on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, loaded supplies to support NATO units in Europe.

Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport, Poland. Puerto Rico Army National Guard photo by Staff Sergeant Angel D. Martinez-Navedo, 06FEB2022.

On 06FEB2022, additional U.S. Army 82nd Airborne paratroopers arrived in Poland, as part of Biden’s operation Global Defender.

U.S. Army photo by Staff Sergeant David Lietz.

On 07FEB2022, Tennessee Army National Guard militia were on Fort Bliss, Texas, completing hastened deployment training to an undisclosed location.  The military police militia from Tennessee recently found out that their original deployment location was suddenly changed, and for some reason their training has been rushed: “A week ago we found out we are going to a different location. The Soldiers took it in stride. They are very resilient.”-First Lieutenant Timothy Sanders, Company Commander, 268th Military Police Company, Tennessee Army National Guard

“This upcoming mission is very unique. Every single Soldier going on this mission volunteered for it. They want to be here. They are excited. We are the first members of the Tennessee National Guard to do this mission. We accelerated the training and are already validated 100% across the board.”-First Sergeant R.J. Phelps, 268th Military Police Company, Tennessee Army National Guard

U.S. Army photo by Staff Sergeant Edwin J. Pierce.

Also on 07FEB2022, the Virginia Army National Guard’s 2nd Battalion, 224th Aviation Regiment, 29th Combat Aviation Brigade, completed their deployment training on Fort Bliss. They are flying to Kosovo.

U.S. Army photo by Gertrud Zach, 09FEB2022.

On 09FEB2022, it was announced that the U.S. Army’s 2nd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment will deploy from its home base in Germany to Romania, as part of Biden’s operation Global Defender.

On 10FEB2022, USAF F-22 Raptor 1st Fighter Wing aircrews on Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, prepped for deployment to United Arab Emirates (UAE). USAF video by Senior Airman Anthony Nin Leclere:

On 11FEB2022, the U.S. Army Recruiting Command announced new bonuses for recruits who can quickly ship-out for basic training: $5-thousand if you can ship-out within 90 days, $9-thousand if you can ship-out within 30 days, and somewhere in-between for those who can ship-out within 60 days! 

USAF video by Staff Sergeant Gabriel Macdonald, 1st Fighter Wing personnel deploy for UAE on 11FEB2022:

Illinois Army National Guard photo by Lieutenant Colonel Bradford Leighton, 13FEB2022.

On 13FEB2022, Illinois Army National Guard’s 6th Battalion, 54th Security Force Assistance Brigade conducted a deployment ceremony, they are being deployed to Mongolia, along with the U.S. Army’s 5th Security Force Assistance Brigade based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.

Family members of deploying 934th AW Airmen watch as a
934th Airlift Wing’s C-130H3 departs from Minneapolis Saint Paul Air Reserve Station. U.S. Air Force photo by Chris Farley, 16FEB2022.

On 15FEB2022, it was revealed that the week prior the USAF-Reserve mobilized its 934th Airlift Wing, in Minnesota, to use its C-130H3s to conduct troop and cargo transport operations between the United States and Europe.

Georgia Air National Guard photo by Technical Sergeant Caila Arahood, 16FEB2022.

On 16FEB2022, the Georgia Air National Guard’s 165th Airlift Wing deployed its upgraded C-130H transports to to support U.S. Air Forces Europe.

Vermont Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sergeant Michael Davis, 16FEB2022.

On 16FEB2022, several F-35A Lightning-2s based out of Hill Air Force Base, Utah, blasted off from the Vermont Air National Guard Base in South Burlington, Vermont, on their way to Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany.  Apparently it caused such a commotion that the Vermont Air National Guard was flooded with inquiries from local civilians (silly-vilians) wanting to know what was going on, causing the Vermont Air Guard to issue a statement referring concerned taxpayers to a press release from the U.S. Air Force.

USAF photo by Cynthia Griggs, 16FEB2022.

Also on 16FEB2022, Airmen from active duty 388th and Reserve 419th Fighter Wing depart Hill Air Force Base, Utah, to Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany.

U.S. Army video, by Specialist John Simpson, Fort Campbell, Kentucky, 101st Airborne personnel depart for NATO Europe as part of Joint Task Force Dragon:

Puerto Rico Army National Guard photo by Captain Mario Rotgers, 09FEB2022.

It was revealed on 17FEB2022, that personnel of the Puerto Rico Army National Guard’s 191st Regional Support Group have been in Poland providing logistical support for the U.S. Army’s 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions. Not just in Poland, the 191st RSG is conducting operations in 14 Forward Operating Sites spread around Poland, Lithuania and Latvia: “The Group work is expanding all over Poland to support efforts in response to current situations. We are setting up new forward operating sites to uphold the incoming waves of U.S. Soldiers and continue to provide combat-credible support to allied land forces.”-Colonel Paul Dahlen, 191st Regional Support Group commander

USA photo by Sergeant Amouris Coss, 17FEB2022.

On 17FEB2022, the 547th Medical Company (Area Support) of the 62nd Medical Brigade (which is based on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, in Washington) conducted mass-casualty training on Hohenfels, Germany.

On 23FEB2022, the Vermont Army National Guard announced that 1-hundred personnel will be deploying, no not to Europe, but to Washington DC! There are still 6-hundred National Guard personnel from across the U.S. patrolling the streets of the nation’s capital city!

On 23FEB2022, the West Virginia National Guard announced that at least 80 personnel will deploy to Washington DC! There are still 6-hundred National Guard personnel from across the U.S. patrolling the streets of the nation’s capital city!

Is the deployment of more National Guard personnel to Washington DC about the anti-Pandemic mandate Freedom Convoy?

Idaho National Guard photo by Master Sergeant Becky Vanshur, 23FEB2022.

Also on 23FEB2022, Idaho Army National Guard deployed C-12 Huron crews to somewhere in Africa: “The Idaho National Guard always answers the call when we are needed. The Africa mission is a noble example of this. I’m proud of the exemplary work the unit has accomplished when called upon in the past and I know their professionalism during this mission will fall in line with the Idaho National Guard’s high standards.”-Chief Warrant Officer 4 Spencer Widman, Detachment 35 State Aviation Group

(Idaho already has troops in The Middle East, as part of a multi-state deployment at the end of 2021!)

U.S. Army video, by Sergeant Meleesa Gutierrez, 173rd Airborne redeploys from NATO Italy to NATO Latvia, 23-24FEB2022:

NATO Channel video, U.S. Army Apache ‘Longbow’ gunships ‘forward deployed’ from Katterbach Army Airfield, Germany, to Lielvārde Air Base, Latvia, 24FEB2022:

USAF photo by Senior Airman John R. Wright, 26FEB2022.

On 26FEB2022, the F-35 unit out of Hill AFB, Utah, was ‘forward deployed’ (or redeployed) from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, to Siauliai Air Base, Lithuania.

USAF photo by Airman First Class Edgar Grimaldo, 26FEB2022.

On 26FEB2022, it was revealed that the USAF’s 100th Aerial Refueling Wing ‘deployed forward’ from their base on Royal Air Force Mildenhall, United Kingdom, to Ramstein Air Base, Germany, providing 24-hour aerial refueling for NATO aircraft.

USAF photo by Senior Airman John R. Wright, 27FEB2022.

On 27FEB2022, USAF 48th Fighter Wing F-35s, based on United Kingdom’s RAF Lakenheath, were forward deployed to Siauliai Air Base in Lithuania.

48th FW F-35s were also forward deployed to Ämari Air Base in Estonia.  USAF video of their arrival on 27FEB2022, by Staff Sergeant Megan Beatty:

USA photo by Captain John D. Howard Junior, 27FEB2022.

On 27FEB2022, approximately 3-thousand-8-hundred personnel with the U.S. Army’s  1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, deployed from Fort Stewart in Georgia, to somewhere in the U.S. Africa/Europe command area.

The U.S. Navy-Marine Corps routinely deploy as the Department of the Navy is the only Constitutionally authorized branch of the U.S. military to project U.S. power overseas.

Biden’s War, so far for 2022:

A load of 1,250 M4A1 assault rifles arrived in Dakar, Senegal 21JAN2022. It’s part of a larger contract for 5,000 M4A1 ARs and accessories over the next two years.

MORE U.S. ASSAULT RIFLES GOING TO AFRICA!

IS NATO EUROPE UN-ASSING AFRICA TO PREP FOR WAR WITH RUSSIA? WHY IS RUSSIA SO INTERESTED IN AFRICA?

WAR with Russia TO START IN MARCH?  IT’S ALL ABOUT THE GAS!

JANUARY ARMY/AIR FORCE DEPLOYMENTS

World War 3: Russian food aid for Donbas refugees, preps war refugee centers in Rostov!

“Six administration entities of the Russian Federation are involved in the work with refugees, but the situation will only expand. 44 regions are already ready to join this work, where temporary accommodation centers have been prepared.”-Russian Emergency Ministry

Photo via Russian Emergency Ministry, 22FEB2022.

228 metric tons of food aid was sent to ‘rescue centers’ in the Rostov Oblast of Russia, for refugees from Donetsk and Luhansk (Lugansk), on 22FEB2022.

Russian Emergency Ministry also said that more rescue/accommodation centers are being prepared in Rostov Oblast. Already more than 8-thousand psychologists, doctors, nurses, etc, are involved, as well as 1-thousand volunteers.  As of 22FEB2022 there are two vehicle checkpoints and 37 accommodation centers prepared.

Biden’s War: MORE U.S. ASSAULT RIFLES GOING TO AFRICA

World War 3: IDAHO TRAINS KOREAN ANTI-NUCLEAR COMBAT TEAMS!

Germany destroys U.S. bombers in Ukraine!

During the night, the German Luftwaffe destroyed several U.S. bombers on the ground of Poltava Airbase in Ukraine.  The U.S. bombers, of the 452nd Bomb Group, had arrived from United Kingdom as part of a ‘shuttle’ mission (aka Shuttle Raid).

The attack took place on 21JUN1944.  Interestingly, the U.S. Army’s  8th Air Force claims they did not receive the photo negatives until December 1945, the photos of the destroyed B-17s were not even released in the United States until 22JUL1949, kept secret years after the war ended by the U.S. Air Force Historical Office!

The 8th Air Force was using Poltava Airbase as a rest & recovery area for its bombers and crews, after conducting bombing missions against Germany, and other targets in Eastern Europe, during the Second World War.

According to the Historical Museum of the U.S. Air Force, 21JUN1944 was also the first time B-17s were used for Shuttle Raids.  I did find a photo dated April 1944 showing a B-17 on Poltava, but it doesn’t indicate if it was taking part in a Shuttle Raid.

U.S. Army Air Force crewmen stand next to a Soviet soldier, the day after the German airstrike.

During World War Two, Ukraine was one of the dozens of republics who were part of the Soviet Union, as was Russia.

U.S. Army Air Force personnel gaze at a portrait of Stalin, 04JUN1944.

Joseph Stalin was the leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and at the beginning of 1944 U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt convinced Stalin to allow U.S. combat aircraft to land in the Soviet Union.

A Soviet solder, based on Poltava, painted portraits of Stalin and Roosevelt, completed on 28DEC1944.

 

1939 V 2019; GERMANY INVADES POLAND AGAIN, THIS TIME WITH THE HELP OF NATO!

Recovery Ops: DKM PRINZ EUGEN 2018, OR THE NINE ANCHORS

New Cold War 2022: Russian T-72B3M live fire Crimea!

“The crews of T-72B3 tanks operating as part of armored units of the Southern Military District’s army corps have kicked off a firing exercise at the Angarsky training ground in the Republic of Crimea. The firing exercise is being held under a combat training plan of armored units of a coastal defense formation. The tank crews are live-firing guns both from the halt by direct fire and on the move across rough terrain in a mock encounter battle.”-Russian Black Sea Fleet press release, 25JAN2022

Russian units began getting upgraded T-72B3s in 2017. They have more powerful motors, new targeting systems, rear facing camera, and ‘Relikt’ reactive armor. Russian Western Military District photo, September 2017.

TASS Russian News Agency reported that the current wargame in Crimea involves the “upgraded” T-72B3, but did not specifically say it was the robotized/autonomous upgrade.  Currently Russia is using the T-72B3-2016 version, aka T-72B3M, identified by its Relikt reactive armor.

Russian Western Military District photo, June 2017.

Crimea is a peninsula jutting into the Black Sea, and for several hundred years has been a disputed territory.  Russia took control from the Ottoman Empire in the 1780s, following the Russo-Turkish War of 1768-74.  In 1954, during the time of the Soviet Union, it was decided to allow Ukraine to have control.  After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Ukraine leased Crimea’s ports to the Russian Military Maritime Fleet (navy).  During the 2013-14 Western backed (openly, by U.S. politicians who actually went to Ukraine to call for revolution, like John McCain in December 2013) Ukrainian insurgency, Russia decided to invade Crimea to protect what it believes are its naval ports.  Crimea is now part of the Russian Southern Military District.

Southern Military District T-72B3M, September 2020. You can see what I assume are the upgraded gunner’s sights.

In September 2020, the Southern Military District held a wargame called Kavkaz 2020.  It involved not only Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, Caspian Flotilla, the naval forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran, but also army units from Armenia, Belarus, China, Myanmar, and Pakistan.  As many as 80-thousand personnel participated.  One of the goals of Kavkaz-2020 was to apply lessons learned fighting insurgents in Syria.

Southern Military District video of T-72B3M kicking up a lot of dust during Kavkaz-2020:

Southern Military District video of T-72B3 live fire during Kavkaz-2020:

From a wargame in the Western Military District, April 2021. Notice one of the Relikt panels are missing.

Vehicle I-D: RUSSIA’S ‘NEW’ AUTOMATED T-72B3, “HELLO, ANYBODY IN THERE?”

Vehicle I-D: IRAQI T-72, LIVE FIRE BESMAYA GUNNERY RANGE

New Cold War 2022: RUSSIA DEPLOYS TO BELARUS, PREPS FOR INVASION BY NATO! “So will there be a war or not? Yes, there will be, but only in two cases: if Belarus suffers a direct aggression, if a hot war is unleashed against our Belarus. We will stand united as one – even those who don’t want to – to defend our land and our homeland.  And the second possibility, when a war may happen and Belarus will take part in it: if our ally Russia suffers a direct attack, if such aggression is committed against the Russian Federation. The grounds for that are our allied agreements.”-Alexander Lukashenko, President of Belarus

New Cold War 2017: CALIFORNIA CELEBRATES 20 YEARS OF NATIONAL GUARD OPS IN UKRAINE!