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    Rheinmetall, Germany’s largest arms manufacturer, is ready to produce enough artillery ammunition to fill Ukraine’s needs.https://t.co/iR52p5OntS
    The New Voice of Ukraine (@NewVoiceUkraine) March 15, 2023
    “Rheinmetall, Germany’s largest arms manufacturer, is ready to produce enough artillery ammunition to fill Ukraine’s needs – if European governments increase spending to double production capacity, Rheinmetall CEO Armin Papperger said in a recent interview, as reported by Bloomberg on March 14.

    “I need orders; without orders, I won’t produce anything,” Bloomberg quotes Papperger.


    “Any shortage of ammunition won’t be the defense industry’s fault. Industry can deliver what’s needed.”


    He lamented the fact that Rheinmetall is producing artillery shells using only two-thirds of its capacity, despite repeated warnings from Ukrainian and European officials that ammunition supply will be the decisive factor in the war.


    Earlier on March 14, the Council of the European Union announced a decision to funnel additional EUR 2 billion ($2,1 billion) into EU’s Peace Fund, which will be used by EU member states to jointly procure ammunition for Ukraine’s Armed Forces.


    On March 13, Bloomberg reported that next week the EU would approve joint purchases of ammunition for Ukraine. According to Estonia, on average, Ukraine uses 60,000 to 210,000 shells per month, while the European defense industry can only produce 25,000 shells per month. At the same time, Russia’s forces fire 20,000-60,000 artillery rounds per day.”

    I will report briefly.

    The road of life is under control. Pidars rush to the center of Bakhmut in groups of 5-7 people, killing whoever we can.

    Received a clear command to hold the city - there is not much time until April. We have to hold on, and it will get easier there.


    Source: Bakhmut Demon

    https://t.me/bakhmut_life/22498

    ➨ Battles southwest of Illinivka. The Armed Forces are counterattacking.


    ➨ Fighting continues in the center and west of AZOM. The enemy advanced a little.


    ➨ Very difficult and difficult battles to the center. At 9:30 p.m., the advance of Wagner PMC mercenaries was recorded in the districts of Kvadraty, Sobachivka, and Budyonivka.


    ✠ During the day, numerous artillery and missile strikes were recorded on the cities of Kostyantynivka and Chasiv Yar.

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    Source: @petrenko_IHS

    https://t.me/bakhmut_life/22514


    Bakhmut. Night.


    North - the enemy pressed against Bohdanivka, trying to storm from the front. They also try to bypass it with a maneuver west of Dubovo-Vasylivka. The second task is the expansion of the neck to Chasy Yaru. So far they have no success.

    South - in the Ivanovo area, the fighting does not subside. Our counterattack was carried out, the enemy was pushed back a couple of hundred meters from the T0504 highway.

    The enemy group operating between Stupochki and Ivanovsky is partially incapacitated, the orcs are urgently transferring reserves there, removing them from other directions.

    The occupiers are also trying to advance north of Soledar. They had quite a bit of success in the Rozdolivka-Vasyukivka area, and were later stopped.

    The enemy is actively sending DRGs to the center of Bakhmut in order to feel the weak points of our defense, as well as to provide cover for the crossings through Bakhmutka, which they are actively leading.

    General situation: the front line has undergone minimal changes over the past day. The threat to our garrison on the northern and southern flanks remains high.

    Bakhmut stands and continues to perform his task. The defenders of Bakhmut are real titans!

    Source: @myro_shnykov

    https://t.me/bakhmut_life/22518




    Bakhmut shade!

    Katsaps continue to press in the area of the E40 road, as a result of assault actions, the enemy occupied Zaliznyansk. Attempts by the enemy to enter Bohdanivka, to gain a foothold near Khromovoy, to enter Orihovo-Vasylivka, and to reach Hryhorivka are ongoing.

    Source: @DeepStateUA

    https://t.me/bakhmut_life/22519


    Analytical note.

    The situation in Bakhmut remains difficult. The loss of Zaliznyansky will also not improve the operational situation, since there are no other settlements for 4-5 km around it, and the pods will press hard on landings, they are good at it.


    In Bakhmut itself, the situation in the south is difficult, but so far there are no details. Katsaps made their way to AZOM (aka AZOKM). The construction of the plant will turn it into a breeding ground from which enemy groups will push into the city center. Enemy DRGs are already present in the area of the aircraft.

    Source: @DeepStateUA

    https://t.me/bakhmut_life/22520

    r/CombatFootage on Reddit: video from the Ukrainian 8th Separate Mountain Battalion showing them hitting russian soldiers/trench positions with drone drop grenades. [music from source]
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    r/CombatFootage on Reddit: Ukrainian BTR-4 "Bucephalus" survives ATGM hit, location unknown
    Posted by u/BlackMarine - 1,809 votes and 241 comments
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    General staff report-

    Operational information as of 06.00 15.03.2023 on the Russian invasion

    The video version, with the addition of general losses of the enemy, will be published at 10.00

    Glory to Ukraine! The three hundred eighty-fifth era of the Russian wide invasion lasts.

    During the day, the opponent fired 40 air strikes, 12 missile strikes and fired more than 100 shelling from battalion jet systems. One of the rocket strikes was caused in the city of Kramatorsk - damaged a three-story residential building, there are dead and wounded among the local population. Another missile strike took place in the city of the Bay of Odessa region - the wreckage of the rocket damaged one of the buildings of the Golden Fish children's educational institution. There are no casualties or losses among the local population. Also, the opponent made a missile strike on the object of the civil infrastructure of the settlement of Ivanivka Kherson region. There are victims among the local population and at least one private house was damaged.

    The probability of further missile strikes across Ukraine remains quite high.

    The main goal of the opponent during the past day, as before, remained attempts to exit the administrative borders of Donetsk and Luhansk regions. To do so, he focused his efforts on the offensive in the Limansky, Bakhmutsky, Avdiiv, Maryinsky and Shakhtar directions. Thanks to professional and coordinated actions, our defenders have repelled over 90 attacks of the opponent in the mentioned directions.

    In Volyn, Polísʹkomu, síversʹkomu and slobožansʹkomu directions operational environment without significant changes. The opponent maintains a military presence near the state border of Ukraine, but the formation of offensive groups has not been detected. At the same time, the enemy continued the engineering equipment of the area in the border areas of Bryansk and Kursk regions. During the past day, the enemy fired at the districts of Arkhipivka, Mikhalchina Sloboda, Kolos and Yeliny in Chernihiv region; 9 settlements of Sumy region: Ukrainian, Znob-Novgorodsk, Seredina-Buda, Romashkov, Bachivsk, Starikove, Wolfine, Grabovske and Porozok, as well as 15 settlements of Kharkiv region. Among them - gurív kozačok, kozaca lopanʹ, granív, deep, red and bologívka.

    On the Kupyan and Limansky directions, the opponent maintains his military presence in the regions bordering with Ukraine to prevent the transfer of our units to other directions. Also, during the previous day, the enemy has unsuccessfully attempted to break through the defenses of our troops. The occupants carried out artillery shelling of 4 settlements along the line of combat in the Kharkiv region (Dvorichna, Gryanikivka, Masyutivka and Krokhmalne); 7 settlements of Luhansk region: Novoselívsʹke, Makíivka, Nevske, Díbrova, Bílogorivka, Zolotarivka and Chervonopovka. Also under the fire influence torvpili spírne and fedorívka in donetsk region.

    In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy does not abandon an attempt to capture the city of Bakhmut, where constant position battles are ongoing. At the same time, our defenders have repelled the enemy's attacks in the areas of Yagídne, Hromove and Orikhovo-Vasilívka. 15 settlements of Donetsk region near the collision line were under attack. Among them are Nikiforívka, Vas вкаkívka, Minkívka, Dubovo-Vasilívka, Bakhmut, Ivanívske and Konstantinívka.

    In Avdiiv, Maryinsky and Shakhtar directions, the opponent made unsuccessful offensive actions towards the settlements of Kamianka, Nevelske, Novokalynov, Severne, Pervomaisk, Novomykhaylivka, Pobeda and Vodyanne of Donetsk region. Enemy shelling suffered areas of 16 settlements of donetsk region: Berdyčí, Kamyanka, Avdííí стріvka, Vodâne, Netajlove, Krasnogorívka, Nevelsʹke, marínka, Georgíííívka, vugledar, paraskovíí роvk, očeretyne, orlívka, victory, prečistívka and neskučne.

    In Zaporizhzhia and Kherson directions, the opponent led defense actions. 17 settlements of Zaporizhzhia region, near which combat is underway. In particular, olgívsʹke, gulâjpole, bílogirâ, small tokmachka, novodanilívka and stepnogírsʹk. The fire impact was also experienced by the Suburban of Dnipropetrovsk region; Ochakov - Mykolaiv, as well as 20 settlements of Kherson region. Among them are Golden Beam, Mikhailivka, Kachkarivka, Merry, Ivanivka, Mykilske, Antonivka, Zelenivka, Dniprovsk and Kherson.

    In Horlivka, which is located in the territory of the temporarily occupied Donetsk region, about 90 soldiers of the Russian army who are under treatment in the medical institutions of the city will soon be headed to the city of Urzuf to undergo the VLK to determine the suitability for further military service. In parallel with this, the occupants in Horlivka received orders to conduct another wave of mobilization in the city to replenish the composition of units that were temporarily removed from the combat zone due to the loss of combat ability. It is planned to mobilize about 500 people from those categories who previously received reservations for limited or complete unfit for military service.


    The Defense Force aviation in a day struck 9 strikes on occupiers' focus areas, 3 strikes on enemy's deployment sites and 3 strikes - on other important occupiers' objects.

    Missile troops and artillery units hit 3 areas of focus of enemy personnel, 3 control points of the Russian army units and the deployment of the enemy's air defense position.


    Support the armed forces! Bringing victory closer together!

    Glory to Ukraine!

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    Ukraine accused 2 Russian soldiers of sexually assaulting 4yo girl & gang raping her mother at gunpoint, acc to\uD83C\uDDFA\uD83C\uDDE6prosecution files seen by Reuters

    The father was beaten w/ metal pot then forced to kneel to watch. The soldiers aged 32 and 28 returned to\uD83C\uDDF7\uD83C\uDDFA https://t.co/7VhEmqSqbZ pic.twitter.com/zCzmDwjbDC

    Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) March 14, 2023


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    This is a pro-Russian source, acknowledged up front. It paints a much more competent picture of the 155th than recent results would imply.

    It is also selectively edited.

    War translated version at the end reveals "one seriously wounded" and the POV guy going through the family photo album and commenting on someone.


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    I think it’s the same group and location …



    2/ https://t.co/CTUKgrK6Bx
    Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) March 9, 2023

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    I found the prelude …https://t.co/IRUdxAp0fZ pic.twitter.com/m7eea0UCzP
    Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) March 1, 2023


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    Video from the other side: Intense footage shows a group of Russian soldiers from the 155th Brigade pinned down by tank and artillery fire in one of the buildings in the Vuhledar dachas (allegedly).



    It appears that the Ukrainian attack came very close with soldiers reporting a… https://t.co/SWMGm2Cpve pic.twitter.com/l2nevUxJiR
    Dmitri (@wartranslated) March 14, 2023

    Same source, just more footage.

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    It's that special time of year when the annual inspection report on the shortcomings of the German armed forces comes out.

    I read all 171 pages so you don't have to.

    So: come with me / and we'll be / in a world of Bundeswehr frustration ...

    \uD83E\uDDF5(1/x) pic.twitter.com/qsPkA3zMia

    Oliver Moody (@olivernmoody) March 15, 2023


    Two sentences from the annual report of Eva Högl, the \uD83C\uDDE9\uD83C\uDDEAArmed Forces' Military Commissioner:

    "There is nothing the Bundeswehr has enough of."

    "Not a cent of last year's special investment fund has reached the Armed Forces yet".https://t.co/IYD3E7hO3A

    Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff (@KleineBrockhoff) March 14, 2023

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    Drone view of a CQB trench fight. At 1:28 a Russian oopski's his buddy.


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    Funny/not funny watching the dude that was wounded and on the South part of that engagement (top of screen being North), wave and flap his arm at the pinhead who lit him up afterwards. "Bad Comrade, you give bonus ball after I already smoke checked by enemy devils". "They are that way...that way!!!". Those trenches look a real nightmare to both be in as your fighting position trying to defend them, as well as assaulting them. Want to pack lots of frags and have a belt fed weapon for that gig.

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    Funny/not funny watching the dude that was wounded and on the South part of that engagement (top of screen being North), wave and flap his arm at the pinhead who lit him up afterwards. "Bad Comrade, you give bonus ball after I already smoke checked by enemy devils". "They are that way...that way!!!". Those trenches look a real nightmare to both be in as your fighting position trying to defend them, as well as assaulting them. Want to pack lots of frags and have a belt fed weapon for that gig.

    It is amazing footage of a clusterfuck. Even with such a tight restriction on both sides releasing footage there is a ton of stuff released each day. I only post up a little bit of the daily haul. After this is over there will be an amazing amount with so many wearing go pros and other cams.


    There was some more info and footage released of this yesterday. The Ukes interviewed say the guy wounded was shot by his own commander who then asked the Ukes for a cease fire to get his guys and retreat. He then fragged the Ukes on the way out.


    You can't have enough frags for trench cqb. It's a bit of a toss on belt fed as you lose some agility if you are on point.

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    Ukraine’s Military Intelligence Chief Predicts How War Will End



    Ukraine's Military Intelligence Chief Predicts How War Will End
    Ukrainian Major General Kyrylo Budanov predicts how the war will end in an interview with The Cipher Brief near Kyiv
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    Budanov predicts that the coming months will see decisive battles that will significantly impact how this war ends. And his prediction about the end leads right back to Crimea, the area of Ukraine that was taken by Russian force in 2014, with no real cost imposed by the rest of the world.

    “It all started there, and it will end there, with the return of Crimea,”