Russian Sources have released Drone Images that reportedly show the Ukrainian Offensive yesterday near the City of Orikhiv in the Zaporizhzhia Region, in the Photos there appears to be at least 2 German-Produced Leopard 2 Tanks alongside a number of APCs including American M113 Armored Personnel Carriers that come “Under Fire” from Russian Artillery with multiple pieces of Equipment seeming to have been Destroyed. These Photos if True are the 1st Visual Confirmation that Leopard 2s are being used by Ukrainian Forces in Frontline Combat though nothing in the Photos show that either of the Tanks were Damaged or Destroyed with the Equipment that was hit by Russian Artillery seeming to be APCs or IFVs.
I have Analyzed all of the Photos in AI and Photoshop Checkers and none of them appear to be Edited and/or Altered in anyway besides the Watermark added by a Russian Channel.
Additional Photos from the Russian Artillery Attack on the Ukrainian Advance near the City of Orikhiv yesterday; again there is No Evidence to suggest that the Equipment on Fire are Leopard 2s although it is a possibility.
I have been saying for a couple of weeks now that I would not consider the Upcoming-Major Offensive by the Ukrainian Armed Forces underway until we had seen Modern Western Equipment such as German-Produced Leopard 2 Tanks or American-Produced Bradley and Stryker AFVs on the Frontline in a Combat Role; so if these Photos that were released by Russian Forces in the Zaporizhzhia Region from yesterday are True and Leopard 2s are seeing Combat, than I would more than likely say that the Offensive is indeed underway.
Russian Forces are currently Shelling the Evacuation Sites and Routes in the Flooded-City of Kherson after Ukrainian President Zelensky was seen at an Evacuation Point in the City earlier today speaking with Evacuees and Rescuers; there have been multiple reports of Civilian Casualties as a result of the Shelling since the Residents have nowhere to go, to prevent this Evacuations have been Halted until further notice.
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Severe Damage is being reported to Buildings in the City of Kherson as a result of the Shelling with Fire and Rescue Crews unable to reach those Sites due to the continued Flooding.
Multiple Ukrainian Officials have told the Washington Post that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have begun their Long-Anticipated Offensive against the Occupying Russian Forces in the East of the Country, with NATO-Equipped and Trained Units being used as the “Tip of the Spear” to break through their Defensive-Lines.
The Russian Ministry of Defense has announced that a Advance in the Zaporizhzhia Region yesterday by the 47th Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces was Halted with Ukrainian Forces suffering “Significant Losses” including up to 1,500 Servicemembers and 150 Armored Vehicles consisting of 30 Tanks and 11 IFVs.
While there were definitely Losses by the Ukrainian Forces who attempted to Advance near the City of Orikhiv in the Zaporizhzhia Region yesterday, the number of Losses that the Russian MoD states they suffered are more than likely “Highly Exaggerated.”
While there were definitely Losses by the Ukrainian Forces who attempted to Advance near the City of Orikhiv in the Zaporizhzhia Region yesterday, the number of Losses that the Russian MoD states they suffered are more than likely “Highly Exaggerated.”
The Russian Ministry of Defense has released almost the Full-Drone Footage from the Pictures that were released earlier today Confirming the First Use and Destruction of a Leopard 2A4 Tank of the Ukrainian Armed Forces during an Assault near the City of Orikhiv in the Zaporizhzhia Region yesterday.
Initial Reports that 6 Russian Tu-95MS Strategic Bombers over the Caspian Sea have launched Kh-55, Kh-101, and Kh-555 Cruise Missiles towards Ukraine with them expected to enter Ukrainian Airspace in roughly 1 hour.