French army AMX-10RCs in the Middle East in 1990 or 1991. Wikimedia Commons Back in January, France pledged to Ukraine an unspecified number—perhaps 50—of the French army’s soon-to-be-surplus AMX-10RC...
Tag: counteroffensive
Ukraine Deradicalized Its Extremist Troops. Now They Might Be Preparing A Counteroffensive.
A 98th Azov Battalion M-113. Via social media The narrative the Kremlin advances to justify its brutal war on the Ukrainian people—that Ukraine is a far-right Nazi regime bent on destroying Russia—is ...
Ukrainian Territorials Are Wearing Down Russian Defenses In Zaporizhzhia. Are They Preparing For A Counteroffensive?
A 110th Territorial Brigade trooper. 110th Territorial Brigade A few videos circulating online and depicting the goings-on in one Ukrainian army reserve brigade are not definitive evidence of a coming...
The Dnipro River Poses A Large Challenge For The Ukrainian Counter-Offensive
Last week, the Russian military decided to abandon the city of Kherson and retreat to the east bank of the Dnipro River. As part of the operation, they destroyed or damaged every major river crossing ...
Russia’s Desperate Fort-Building In Eastern Ukraine Won’t Stop The Ukrainian Counteroffensive
Russian defenses outside Hirske. Via social media A Russian mercenary firm is building a line of anti-tank obstacles across eastern Ukraine. The Wagner Group earlier this month began laying parallel l...
Russia Urges Kherson Evacuation Amid Warnings Of Imminent Ukrainian Counteroffensive
Topline Russian-installed authorities in Kherson ordered residents to “immediately” evacuate the area as Ukrainian forces close in on the eastern Ukrainian city—captured by Russian forces in the early...
Ukraine’s Ex-German Air-Defense Guns Are In Action, Supporting The Counteroffensive
A Ukrainian Gepard near Kharkiv. Via social media We’ve gotten our first glimpse of ex-German Gepard anti-aircraft guns in Ukrainian service. And there’s a surprise. The Ukrainians appear to be deploy...
A Ukrainian Bomber Makes A Surprise Appearance—Streaking Low Over The Front Line
A Ukrainian Su-24 appears on Sept. 15, 2022. Via social media The Ukrainian air force’s aging Su-24 bomber crews continue to defy the odds. Despite heavy losses early in the war, the air force’s singl...
How Does Ukraine Define Victory?
Participation of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the annual meeting of the Yalta … [+] European Strategy, September 9, 2022. Kyiv, Ukraine. Office of the President of Ukraine As ...
Russia’s Air Force Goes Missing At The Worst Possible Time—During Ukraine’s Counteroffensive
A Ukrainian air force Su-25 attack jet at low level. Via social media Ukrainian troops are on the move—rolling along wide highways and across open fields as they counterattack in eastern and southern ...
The Ukrainian Army Is Surrounding 10,000 Russian Troops In The East
A Ukrainian soldier with an abandoned Russian BTR-80 armored vehicle in Kharkiv Oblast. Via social media Two days after punching through Russian defenses outside the city of Kharkiv, Ukrainian forces ...
Ukrainian Brigades Have Punched Through Russian Lines Around Kharkiv
Ukrainian troops assault a Russian position in the east. Via social media Eight days after Ukrainian forces counterattacked in southern Ukraine on Aug. 30, advancing miles toward Russian-occupied Kher...
Ukraine’s Drones Are Back—And Blowing Up Russian Artillery In The South
A Ukrainian TB-2. Photo via Wikimedia Commons Ukraine’s Turkish-made drones are blowing up Russian equipment in southern Ukraine, helping to clear a path for Ukrainian battalions as they fight their w...
Confusion Deepens As The Ukrainian Army Rolls South Toward Kherson
Ukrainian forces advancing in Kherson Oblast. Via social media After more than three months of preparation, the Ukrainian army on Monday launched its highly-anticipated counteroffensive in southern Uk...
Ukraine’s Southern Counteroffensive, Long Rumored, Might Finally Have Begun
Ukrainian forces reportedly in Kherson Oblast. Via social media With a flurry of rockets from American-made launchers, Ukrainian forces in southern Ukraine attacked toward Russian-occupied Kherson on ...
Ukrainian Troops Counterattack In The South And East
Ukrainian troops with an ex-Norwegian M-109 howitzer. Ukrainian army photo After retreating from northern Ukraine in late March and early April, the battered Russian army—having lost as many as 15,000...
Ukraine Has Launched Its Southern Counteroffensive
Ukrainian army M-777 gunners in action near Kherson. Social media capture A Ukrainian air force MiG-29 fighter shot down one of the Russian air force’s best jets—an Su-35—near Russian-occupied Kherson...
Will Ukraine’s Army Invade Russia?
Ukrainian main battle tank near Bakhmut, eastern Ukraine, on May 15, 2022. (Photo by YASUYOSHI … [+] CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images With Ukrainian forces now on the Russian bor...
Which Ukrainian Troops Are Getting American Howitzers? The Ones Preparing For A Major Counteroffensive.
Ukrainian troops with an M777. Ukrainian defense ministry photo Ukrainian army brigades have begun shooting their new American howitzers at Russian invaders. And not just any brigades. Ukrainian comma...
Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Has Broken Russia’s Siege Of Kharkiv
Russian infantry mobility vehicles GAZ Tigr destroyed as a result of fight in Kharkiv, located some … [+] 50 km from Ukrainian-Russian border, on February 28, 2022. – (Photo by SERGEY BOBO...
The Ukrainian Army Is On The Attack. This Is How The War With Russia Could End.
Ex-Russian T-80 tanks, captured by the Ukrainian army and delivered to the 93rd Mechanized Brigade, … [+] fire on Russian forces near Kharkiv. 93rd Mechanized Brigade photo The Ukrainian army re...
Ukraine Has Launched Counteroffensives, Reportedly Surrounding 10,000 Russian Troops
Ukrainian defense ministry photo The claims of Ukrainian counteroffensives in the area surrounding Kyiv began more than a week ago. Now we have our first objective observations confirming that, yes, t...
Ukraine Pushes Some Russian Troops Away From Kyiv, U.S. Says
Topline Ukrainian forces mounted a counteroffensive east of Kyiv and pushed Russia away from the capital city, an unnamed U.S. official told reporters Wednesday, the latest display of resistance in th...