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#4421 Post by Boac » Thu Jun 01, 2023 10:06 am

Zelenskyi used a French AF A330 to visit China....
Unlikely, I think - this one is at 27k in a left-hand racetrack.

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#4422 Post by Woody » Thu Jun 01, 2023 10:10 am

Wonder who’s using this one?

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#4423 Post by Fox3WheresMyBanana » Thu Jun 01, 2023 10:19 am

Zelenskyy has arrived at the Castel Mimi in the village of Bulboaca, where the European Political Community summit is taking place. Zelenskyy is the first to do so after Moldovan President Maia Sandu, the host of the meeting.

Nearly fifty European presidents and heads of government are expected to attend the summit.
So, perhaps some US Army General who has been invited to make a presentation.

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/06/1/7404774/

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#4424 Post by Boac » Thu Jun 01, 2023 10:37 am

Lots of racetracking by all now. Interesting.

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#4425 Post by Fox3WheresMyBanana » Thu Jun 01, 2023 11:18 am

What's with the two RJs on patrol at the same time?
Cross-bearings for realtime location, or just a bit of overlap in coverage?
Looks like the centre of attention is the Zaporizhzhia front line, around Polohy.

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#4426 Post by Fox3WheresMyBanana » Thu Jun 01, 2023 11:36 am

“The terrorists of the Kyiv regime were driven back, having suffered significant losses, no violations of the state border were allowed,” the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reports. They claim 30 insurgents were killed

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#4427 Post by Boac » Thu Jun 01, 2023 12:27 pm

The FAF A330 (F-UJCH) is shown as a tanker capable airframe and it is still on a racetrack.

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#4428 Post by Fox3WheresMyBanana » Thu Jun 01, 2023 1:04 pm

So, maybe motion lotion for a fighter escort for the HVAAs that are only mil-squawking?

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#4429 Post by Fox3WheresMyBanana » Thu Jun 01, 2023 1:19 pm



The second video finishes at this position (my geolocation).
https://www.google.com/maps/place/50%C2 ... ?entry=ttu

If so, then they are heading south for the Ukrainian border.
This road has no formal exit, but by following forest roads and cutting the fence, I think they penetrated the border here: 50.31320573928162, 36.833387867477164
although almost anywhere 3 miles either side of here seems reasonable.

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#4430 Post by Fox3WheresMyBanana » Thu Jun 01, 2023 1:40 pm

Cracking construction work, Grommit!


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#4431 Post by tango15 » Thu Jun 01, 2023 2:54 pm

Sorry, I can't resist. 'Not all it's cracked up to be, then?'

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#4432 Post by Fox3WheresMyBanana » Thu Jun 01, 2023 3:08 pm



and this...


Below, someone has translated this as
"According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Shebekino, the “Fortress” plan was announced. The "valiant" defenders of Putin's gang, following the protocol, gathered in the administration building. We let them gather and “covered” them with packages of GRADS." - RVC
It would appear that the two are connected.

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#4433 Post by Fox3WheresMyBanana » Thu Jun 01, 2023 3:14 pm

The Russians currently have tanks turning up in Shebekino on transporters*.

Which might explain why the RVC / RFL have beat feet (if they have).

Since the OODA loop time for the Russians appears to be half a day, it would seem like a good idea to hit somewhere else tonight.
Then keep darting across in different places, occasionally revisiting a place hit earlier, until the Russians are forced into defending the entire border.

*That is, they aren't because officially the Russians stopped anyone crossing the border and there was no damage. Just ignore the big plumes of smoke. And the fleeing reporters, etc :D

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#4434 Post by Fox3WheresMyBanana » Thu Jun 01, 2023 11:38 pm

Sleepless in Kursk



You've got drones....

Bonfire of the Vladimirs

It's '90's Tom Hanks 'B' movies revival week =))

Vlad's days are like a box of chocolates..he never knows what he's gonna get.

..other than P!ssed Off, and More Unpopular. :))

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#4435 Post by Fox3WheresMyBanana » Fri Jun 02, 2023 9:59 am

What I suggested yesterday might happen appears to be the case today. There are assorted reports that the Russian insurgents are shelling Sushany (Bryansk) and Kozinka, and are possibly on the ground in Urazovo.
Places all along the border, including one previously visited.
Urazovo is the last Russian stop on the last rail line leading into Luhansk from the north. It passes through Starobilsk before reaching Luhansk.
If the insurgents can drop the bridge over the border river, that would be a big help to Ukraine.

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#4436 Post by Fox3WheresMyBanana » Fri Jun 02, 2023 10:35 am

Big strike in the port of Berdyansk.


Two viewpoints allows triangulation, and the strike appears to me to beUpdate: (have a third view), IS in the main storage yard for the port, here
https://www.google.com/maps/place/46%C2 ... ?entry=ttu

Reports of a strike in Heniches'k also.
This was made the regional admin centre by the Russians, and they converted the airport for attack helicopters. Likely there's an HQ there too, plus the bridges for the eastern isthmus leading to Crimea.

Both of these are outside HIMARS range, so I'd guess at Storm Shadow again.

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#4437 Post by Fox3WheresMyBanana » Fri Jun 02, 2023 11:28 am

Difficult to be sure, but I think the rebels are back in Shebekino also. They appear to have hit something big in the woods behind the city admin building they burned yesterday.
I've seen some video, and I can't quite pin it down, but it's definitely not the same building as yesterday on fire, and it's definitely not the hospital beyond. It's possible the Russian troops that arrived yesterday set up a depot in the woods. This would be behind the smaller city admin building, which appears to be where the bosses work, and likely where the commanding officer of the arriving troops was located.

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#4438 Post by Fox3WheresMyBanana » Fri Jun 02, 2023 5:56 pm

The NASA fire satellite website is down.
This may be deliberate, of course.

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#4439 Post by Karearea » Fri Jun 02, 2023 6:01 pm

Fox3WheresMyBanana wrote:
Fri Jun 02, 2023 5:56 pm
The NASA fire satellite website is down.
This may be deliberate, of course.
About twelve hours ago I happened to notice a lot of 'fires' around the location of the railway marshalling yards in Alchevsk.
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#4440 Post by Fox3WheresMyBanana » Fri Jun 02, 2023 6:09 pm

The yards are surrounded by a metalworks. There are almost always hotspots here, due to the industrial works.
There were more than usual yesterday, but there were also more than usual at the other industrial hotspots around Ukraine, so I think this may be due to summer temperatures rather than any change in the industrial activity, or any missile strikes.

I could be wrong, but that's my guess.

Several quarries and stoneworks also generate hotspots.

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