Don's Weekly, 15 April 2024, Part 2
(…continued from Part 1…)
Avdiivka
Russians continued to assault Berdychi and for the first time moved to the north of the village before being eliminated. Still, they occupied the section of the village up to the river.
There’s been multiple reports that Russia is trying to cross the small river from Orlivka and establish a foothold on the other side. It’s possible that they crossed and were eliminated or crossed and some survivors are taking cover in the treelines, but there is no video evidence to support either case.
West of Tonenke, the Russians continued to make a heavy push with equipment and personnel. A Russian airstrike destroyed the bridge between northern and southern Umanske. Ukraine launched small counter-attacks and pushed them out of a treeline in the middle of the fields, but that success didn’t last. At a cost of at least 22 vehicles, the Russians advanced 3 kilometers through the fields and also occupied the rest of Pervomaiske.
The bridge connecting northern and southern Umanske was destroyed. Northern Umanske is in this direction and southern Umanske is in this direction.
91 vehicles were lost west of Tonenke. At least 85 were Russians destroyed in a four day span.…
https://twitter.com/AndrewPerpetua/status/1777370380514042062
Russian infantry and tanks are attacked west of Tonenke…
https://twitter.com/giK1893/status/1777408141744890016
Russian infantry advancing west of Tonenke. At 0:19 there is a Ukrainian gun and truck that were destroyed a long time ago…
https://twitter.com/giK1893/status/1778856052584317010
25 Russian armored vehicles were involved in two attacks in one day west of Tonenke. Ukraine said the attacks were repulsed without details on the vehicle losses. Russia has made some advances along the treelines…
https://twitter.com/Deepstate_UA/status/1778004245821661205
Two Russian infantry seek cover from drones…
https://twitter.com/GloOouD/status/1777201427934331301
The EW defenses on this BMP was effective against Ukrainian drones for a short while before Ukraine found a solution…
https://twitter.com/GloOouD/status/1778651906895720907
With the understanding that not all drones and bombs hit their targets, this is a really good shot…
https://twitter.com/GloOouD/status/1777409233257918466
A Desertcross destroys a Ukrainian drone by running over a mine…
https://twitter.com/moklasen/status/1778840851629609292
40 km short of the front lines, a FAB1500 UMPC bomb crashed into a shop in occupied Yenakiyevo. Fortunately for the Ukrainians there, it didn’t explode…
https://twitter.com/UKikaski/status/1777653610475598295
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Marinka
After suffering heavy casualties, Russia entered Krasnohorivka. The Ukrainians have been mortaring the southern edge of town and hitting the eastern edge with airstrikes for some days after the Russians have entered. They even launched a raid in HUMMWVs to attack a pair of houses but did not stay to reoccupy them.
The western half of Novomykhailivka is being heavily bombarded by both sides. There does not seem to be any change of territory, though.
Russia is suffering casualties moving into Krasnorhorivka but the survivors are not being expelled and they are massing their troops inside the village…
https://twitter.com/JulianRoepcke/status/1778406342622925048
Some more footage of artillery barrages and armored assaults on Krasnorhorivka…
https://twitter.com/Damien94475559/status/1778817294652596381
The effectiveness of Ukrainian drones and Russia’s use of tanks as transport changed the profile of this tank, which has been dubbed the “Turtle Tank”.…
https://twitter.com/NOELreports/status/1777443510053969927
A close look of the design. The turtle tank is more of an assault gun now since it cannot rotate its turret…
https://twitter.com/UKikaski/status/1777465727684935844
The assault with the turtle tank. Portions of the assault enter Krasnohorivka.…
https://twitter.com/UKikaski/status/1777469368076566654
The demise of the turtle tank in the same building where it was transformed…
https://twitter.com/GloOouD/status/1777675212462395750
A Russian mechanized assault on Novomykhailivka meets a traditional end…
https://twitter.com/GloOouD/status/1777027599593590987
18 Russian armored vehicles were destroyed outside Novomykhailivka in three days…
https://twitter.com/front_ukrainian/status/1777600957821362477
This is why it’s so hard to trust Russian footage: The Russian MoD released new footage of a Russian assault on Krasnohorivka. Participating in that assault was a tank that was destroyed on March 17…
https://twitter.com/moklasen/status/1777779507862073477
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Vuhledar
A Russian air defense system is destroyed 26 km south of the front lines…
https://twitter.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1779212229230891233
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Zaporozhye
There are reports that the Russians - once again - made it past the forward defence positions and entered Robotyne only to be eliminated by Ukrainian infantry.
A Russian missile hits what they claim is a UAV production facility in Zaporizhzhia…
https://twitter.com/UKikaski/status/1777454670077694134
A Russian jammer that uses Orlan drones to expand its range for hundreds of kilometers was destroyed with GMLRS…
https://twitter.com/UKikaski/status/1777302186453598228
A Russian assault with a truck is destroyed…
https://twitter.com/moklasen/status/1778408791370878984
Ukraine clears out a Russian trench south of Urozhaine…
https://twitter.com/GermanObserver1/status/1778441923071459721
15 km behind Russian lines, an air defense system is destroyed by GMLRS…
https://twitter.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1778735155026309346
A lot of effort and publicity surrounds the Ukrainian fortification that started four months ago. I don’t understand why that level of effort isn’t the norm and part of the Ukrainian army culture. It saves personnel and equipment…
https://twitter.com/CasualArtyFan/status/1778023255581835403
A tour of Russian vehicles stopped on the western edge of Robotyne back in mid-February…
https://twitter.com/lost_warinua/status/1777951587379425326
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Kherson
A Russian that was preparing drone munitions to kill Ukrainians lost two arms. His partner was concussed…
https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1778089706808336612
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Odesa
Several components of a Ukrainian S-300 air defense system are destroyed…
https://twitter.com/WarVehicle/status/1778385936734200265
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Occupied Ukraine
A machine shop used by the occupiers was hit…
https://twitter.com/aborealis940/status/1779128300729729456
(…to be continued…)
Thanks for #2 read and on to #3
That 'turtle tank: is a interesting solution to the FPV problem. While some may laugh, it shows the Russians are trying to adapt to the FPV threat. i understand it survived the assault, only to be destroyed later thanks to a Russian posting pictures that could be geolocated.