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☆ North Korean ammunition could offer Russian troops flawed but useful support
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Josh Smith | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in Russia on Tuesday for meetings with President Vladimir Putin, where U.S. officials say they expect both sides to pursue an arms deal. The White House has said Russia wants to buy "literally millions" of artillery shells and rockets from North Korea. Hinton told Reuters the question of quality in North Korean artillery shells could have an impact if flaws fall outside accepted tolerances. The performance of North Korea's artillery and crews has been suspect since the North Korean army fired around 170 shells at the South Korean island of Yeonpyeong in 2010, killing four people. "However, it would matter if Korean ammunition is of such poor quality that it is just unsafe to use for Russian soldiers - there have been indications that such quality issues play with Korean ammunition," he added.

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While China has sent a delegation led by Vice Premier Liu Guozhong to the North Korea's anniversary celebrations, Russia sent a military song and dance group. KCNA said Kim received letters from Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping on the anniversary, where both leaders said that their countries’ strengthening ties with North Korea would contribute to the region’s peace and stability. State media did not mention whether Kim made a speech during the parade, indicating that he likely didn't. A day before the parade, Kim took Shoigu on a tour of a domestic arms exhibition, which demonstrated North Korea’s support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and added to suspicions the North was willing to supply arms to Russia. In exchange for providing Russia with artillery shells and other ammunition, North Korea could seek badly needed energy and food aid and advanced weapons technologies, analysts say.

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☆ The war in Ukraine is pushing Russia away from its WWII-style artillery strategy, and experts say it's 'a concerning trend'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Michael Peck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Russia and Ukraine have relied heavily on artillery to batter each other's forces. AdvertisementAdvertisement"This is a concerning trend, as over time it will likely significantly improve Russian artillery," write the report's authors, Jack Watling and Nick Reynolds. Russian artillery doctrine is still largely based on extensive analysis of World War II data to determine how many shells were needed to achieve a specific effect. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev"First, Russian forces lack the ammunition to sustain this volume of fire," the RUSI report said. According to the RUSI report, Russia continues "to rely heavily" on multiple-launch rockets, 120-mm mortars, and "other imprecise systems," and "corner-cutting in the production of its munitions is becoming apparent."

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☆ Russia's front line defenses are so dangerous that Ukraine has to clear a path up to 10 miles wide to shatter them
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Russia's extensive defenses are forcing Ukraine to clear a path 10 miles wide for full-scale attack. Ukraine needs the space to protect its Western-made tanks and vehicles, The Wall Street Journal reported. Get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in business, from Wall Street to Silicon Valley — delivered daily. But that route will need to be at least 10 miles wide to protect prized Western-made tanks and armored vehicles from powerful Russian artillery. Now, Ukraine will need to clear that 10-mile path in order to successfully breach past Russian defenses.

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☆ Ukrainian forces have pushed into the main line of Russian defenses, where they face a maelstrom of threats
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ukrainian forces have pushed into the main line of Russian defenses south of Zaporizhzhia. Ukraine launched its counteroffensive operations roughly three months ago, and efforts to break through Russian defenses and regain occupied territory have been relatively slow. On Monday, Ukraine's defense minister Oleksii Reznikov said that Ukraine's forces "broke the first line," adding that they are expanding their foothold. In both cases, Ukraine faces tough defenses as they attempt to push forward into the main line. For now, Ukraine will have to take the small wins and continue to pressure Russian defenses, which remain formidable.

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☆ With Multiple Battles, Russia and Ukraine Puzzle Over Where to Put Troops
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Constant Méheut | More About Constant Méheut | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Russian forces have drawn closer to Kupiansk, in northeastern Ukraine, prompting stepped-up calls for civilians to flee and reflecting the hard choices both sides must make about where to send reinforcements along a front that stretches for hundreds of miles. Kupiansk, a small city about 25 miles from the border with Russia, has been under regular Russian artillery bombardment for months, and a 45-year-old civilian was killed on Tuesday when the meat processing plant where he worked as a security guard was struck, officials said. Russia’s military has put Kupiansk, already battered and mostly depopulated, in its cross hairs, hoping to prompt Ukraine to come to the city’s defense by siphoning soldiers away from its own counteroffensive in the South and Southeast. Ukrainian commanders, in turn, hope that the slow gains they are making in that counteroffensive will force the Russians to redeploy forces from Kupiansk to those battlefields.

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☆ Ukraine Steps Up Evacuation Calls as Russia Attacks in Northeast
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Constant Méheut | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Ukrainian forces retook it in a lightning counteroffensive in the Kharkiv region last September. But since then, Russian forces have constantly pounded the area with artillery, making it practically impossible to go back to everyday life. Farther south, in the eastern Donetsk region, Ukrainian officials said on Tuesday that five people died in Russian strikes. The prosecutor’s office of the Donetsk region said on Telegram that Russian forces had most likely used cluster munitions in their attack. Both Russia and Ukraine have used the controversial weapons, which are known to cause indiscriminate harm to civilians.

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☆ A massive Iranian missile attack on a US base offered a glimpse of the long-lasting injuries US troops will face in a war with Russia or China
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Paul Iddon | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

In January 2020, Iran fired nearly a dozen ballistic missiles at an Iraqi base housing US troops. The hundreds of US troops at the base experienced what has been described as "the largest ballistic attack against Americans in history." The troops only received a few hours of warning, and the base had no air defenses capable of intercepting the missiles. US soldiers inspect damage from Iranian missiles at Al Asad air base on January 13, 2020. The Al Asad attack was a relatively small-scale demonstration of the lethal dangers that US troops will face on the battlefields of the future.

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☆ Russia's ruthless minefields aren't just handcuffing Western tanks. Each day the war drags on the mines get more buried — and are likely to haunt Ukraine for many years to come.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-26 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Ukraine is now believed to be one of the most mined country in the world since the Russia invasion. Some of the worst injuries coming out of the war have been amputations, many caused by the countless land mines Russia placed across broad swaths of Ukraine. Despite having signed the treaty, Ukraine has been accused by Human Rights Watch of using banned "butterfly" mines against Russia. Epstein said that the mines are only going to get more and more buried under dirt and snow. While Epstein said Ukraine has a good medical system, the demand for care will likely be overwhelming.

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☆ HIMARS changed the game in Ukraine, but a former US artillery officer says what they need now is a firepower boost with M26 cluster rockets
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

HIMARS rockets proved to be a game-changing weapon for Ukraine when they arrived last year. Now they need is a firepower boost from M26 cluster rockets, a former US artillery officer says. For this reason, HIMARS rockets aren't used against individual Russian artillery pieces and are instead fired sporadically at higher-value targets, Rice said. A top Pentagon official said last month that Russia's cluster munitions, by comparison, have a dud rate of up to 40%. AdvertisementAdvertisementLike he first did with the 155 millimeter cluster munitions, Rice is currently lobbying for Washington to provide the M26 rockets to Ukraine.

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☆ Russian troops are running out of equipment and feel 'at war' with their own commanders: experts
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Citing Russian military bloggers, an important source of independent information about the Russian military, US think tank The Institute for the Study of War said that the problems extend "along the entire front line." It reported that in one area, Russian forces lacked light vehicles essential for moving equipment around quickly. In the Kherson region in south Ukraine, Russian military requests for boats have not been met, the ISW said, as Ukraine launches attacks across the Dnipro River on Russian defensive positions. Russian forces began experiencing artillery systems shortages and claimed that Russian forces began to receive "outdated" types of long-range gun, it said. But it is facing strong Russian defenses protected by miles of minefields and is experiencing ammunition and equipment shortages of its own.

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☆ Deep strike drone attack on key Russian bomber highlights Ukraine's 'psychological' reach within Russia's own borders, experts say
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A drone attack destroyed a Russian bomber at an airbase in the country over the weekend. A Ukrainian news outlet said agents working with Ukrainian intelligence were responsible. The supersonic bomber was likely destroyed in an attack over the weekend, the UK Ministry of Defense said in a Tuesday intelligence update. #BREAKING A flagship Russian long-range bomber has been destroyed in a Ukrainian drone strike. Ukrainian news outlet New Voice of Ukraine reported that agents operating with Ukrainian intelligence were responsible for the attack, claiming two additional aircraft were also destroyed in the strike.

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☆ Ukrainians torn by evacuation calls as Russian shells fall in northeast
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-20 | by ( Maria Starkova | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/4] Red Cross volunteers help local residents to evacuate from the city of Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi in Kharkiv region, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine August 15, 2023. Regional authorities announced a mandatory evacuation of civilians from near the Kupiansk front earlier this month due to daily Russian shelling. At 1:20 p.m., the second shelling of the city center injured three civilian men, including an emergency medical assistant, and a 20-year-old woman. Russia denies deliberately targeting civilians in its invasion of Ukraine, which has killed thousands, uprooted millions, and destroyed cities. Reporting by Maria Starkova in Lviv, Ukraine; Writing by Elaine Monaghan in Washington; Editing by Paul SimaoOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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☆ Ukrainian soldiers reject criticism that their counteroffensive is too slow: 'You need to move slowly, but always'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Sinéad Baker | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Two Ukrainian soldiers pushed back against those claiming Ukraine's counteroffensive is too slow. The soldiers told Insider they're making progress despite Russia's better weapons and deep defenses. Two soldiers with units on the front lines of Ukraine's fight told Insider that any such criticism was unfair and ill-informed. Drone footage of the area Ukraine's troops moved through near Bakhmut in July, marked by artillery hits. But experts say they see Ukraine making progress in its fight all the same, and that it appears to have ramped up in the last two weeks.

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☆ Ukrainians are testing out a jerry-rigged mine-clearing machine made from a farm vehicle with spinning metal chains
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-16 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Ukrainian engineer is trying a novel method of mine-clearance: adapting a farm excavator. Video shows whirling chains strike the ground as the digger moves forward, blasting hidden mines. The design takes inspiration from the WWII-era Sherman Tank, some of which were also kitted out with spinning chains to clear mines, Reuters reported. A commander speaking to The Post also said that Western-supplied mine-clearing equipment has proved a disappointingly easy target for Russian artillery to strike. On Monday, the US announced a new $200 million aid package to Ukraine, which includes de-mining equipment.

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☆ 4 key types of landmines, how they work, and their impact on the Russia-Ukraine war
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-13 | by ( Nathan Rennolds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Here are the four main types of mines, how they work, and how they've impacted the war. Insider has looked at the four key types of landmines — broken down into two major groups — being used in the war, how they work, and the impact they've had on the conflict in Ukraine. In July, HRW said it had unearthed more evidence that Ukraine used the banned mines and has informed the Ukrainian government. Fragmentation minesFragmentation mines can be either bounding mines or ground mines. The Russia-Ukraine war has seen a variety of anti-tank mines used, including the PTM-1 and the TM-62M.

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☆ Ukraine banks on vintage Soviet rocket launchers to support the counteroffensive against Putin's invasion, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-12 | by ( Ella Hopkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Ukrainian troops are using a Soviet-era rocket launcher, the BM-21 Grad, to hit Putin's forces. The BM-21 Grad, which was first developed in 1963, is one of many Soviet weapons that make up two-thirds of Ukraine's artillery arsenal, the outlet said. He said although it often breaks down, the BM-21 Grad can fire many rockets over a short period, per the outlet. Operators within the 60th brigade told the Journal that they had few Western-donated weapons, and would like a HIMARS. At the start of the war, Ukraine held 260 BM-21 Grads, compared with Russia's 500, according to Janes, via the outlet.

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☆ Ukraine has captured so many weapons that Russia is 'competing with Western countries' to supply it with arms, Ukrainian colonel says
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

That includes 800 pieces of artillery, tanks, and other vehicles, Deutsche Welle reports. "Russia is competing with Western countries to supply weapons to Ukraine," Col. Oleksandr Saruba told Deutsche Welle. Ukraine has been making use of captured weapons and armor since the outset of the war — in March 2022 it announced that it had captured 24 Uragan missiles and had aimed them back at the enemy. Despite the constant work of Ukrainian repair shops, some captured vehicles use modern parts that aren't manufactured in Ukraine, which still relies heavily on Soviet-era tanks. This has caused the loss of a sizable chunk of the Western-supplied vehicles Ukraine has deployed, leading to a shift in tactics, multiple reports say.

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During a week spent with troops around the town of Orikhiv, CNN saw a palpable improvement in morale as some advances appeared to be made. Destroyed buildings in the city of Orikhiv in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region, which has been pummelled for months by Russian bombardment. Russian air superiority is taking Ukrainian lives daily, with half-ton bombs landing frequently – sometimes 20 in as many minutes. Ukrainian troops constantly relocate and hide their vehicles at every opportunity to frustrate Russian targeting. Brice Lane/CNNA Ukrainian tank fires from a treeline towards Russian forces on the country's southern frontline.

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☆ Russia's army has learned to plug its frontline defenses in Ukraine with convicts, marines, and special-ops troops
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-06 | by ( Michael Peck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The Russian military has spent months digging in and fortifying its positions in eastern and southern Ukraine. Russian marines during combined exercises with Ukraine's military near Sevastopol in May 2011. "In many cases when they counterattack, this is fundamentally a battle of tree lines," Lee said of Ukraine's advance. "If Ukrainian forces advance and take a tree line, Russian armor moves out and begins to engage that entire tree line at the range of a couple of kilometers. Russian "units are fighting," Lee said.

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☆ Fact Check-Treasures from Kyiv monastery not going ‘under the hammer’ in France on Oct. 1
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

False information about a non-existent auction of artefacts belonging to a Ukrainian Orthodox monastery is being circulated online by people who believe it to be real. According to a public billboard seen in an image on social media, French auction house Osenat is planning an Oct. 1 event to sell off “treasures” from the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, a 980-year-old monastery in the Ukrainian capital. The billboard uses the auction house’s logo, Orthodox imagery, and includes the date, time, and description of the alleged event. Reuters also found that the billboard image is fabricated. There is no record of such an event on the Osenat website and the auction house told Reuters it is false.

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☆ Ukraine's offensive is bearing down on Russian forces, but Chinese artillery could still bail Moscow out
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Michael Peck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The Russian military relies on artillery to compensate for other battlefield shortcomings. But its heavy use of artillery in Ukraine could outstrip its ability to make new shells and cannons. The commander of Russia's 58th Army in Ukraine was recently relieved after complaining about the state of Russian artillery, including "the lack of counter-battery fire" and "lack of artillery reconnaissance stations." Chinese artillery troops during a live-fire test in Anhui Province in October 2021. Chinese support could mean the difference between victory and defeat for Russia, but salvation from Beijing may be a long time coming.

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☆ Russian land mines pose a persistent and deadly threat in Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +16 min

What lies beneath Land mines left by Russian forces in Ukraine pose a deadly threat to Kyiv's military - and civilians in liberated territory. On average, anti-vehicle mines caused more incidents with multiple fatalities than anti-personnel mines did. GICHD has documented at least 12 types of anti-personnel mines and nine types of anti-vehicle mines in use in Ukraine. Formerly occupied towns in Kyiv; Sumy, Chernihiv, Mykolaiv and Kharkiv oblasts all saw a large number of mines, especially anti-personnel mines, left in place, Mathewson said. Ukraine is a signatory to the 1997 Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction, and had been destroying its anti-personnel mines when the war began.

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☆ Video captures an anti-tank ditch swallowing a vehicle, showing one of the dangers complicating Ukraine's assault
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Ryan Pickrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A video has surfaced showing a vehicle following into an anti-tank ditch. The apparent drone footage shows an anti-tank ditch along what may be the first line of Russia's extensive layered defense swallow a military vehicle that is driven into it. Anti-tank trenches have a history that goes back to World War I and the introduction of the tank. Unlike infantry trenches, these traps have to be wide enough and deep enough to consume an advancing vehicle. A picture taken on July 2, 2015 shows an anti-tank ditch on the Senkivka border post, around 200 kilometres (125 miles) north of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv.

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☆ Ukraine had to execute its offensive 'flawlessly' to break Russia's defenses, but mistakes cost it in the opening round, war experts say
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Ryan Pickrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Ukraine's opening move in the counteroffensive was unsuccessful, experts just back from a trip there assert. Part of the problem is that it relied on newer, less experienced units that made mistakes at a critical moment. That does not "mean that the offensive has failed," he said, adding important context to his assessment of the first round. And that assessment is supported by Lee's account of Ukrainian assault forces advancing against Russian defenses without suppressing artillery fire. Combined arms warfare is not something most countries do effectively, and Ukraine lacks both equipment and experience with this kind of fighting.

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