🚨The United States Strategic Command: Global Thunder 2023 kicks off tomorrow. GT23 is an annual enterprise-wide nuclear command & control exercise, not held in response to actions by any nation or other actors. It enhances nuclear readiness, ensuring a safe, secure & reliable strategic force.
💢Centcom: An ineffective rocket attack targeted coalition forces, at Mission Support Site Conoco, northeast Syria, today at 10:51 AM Eastern Standard Time (approximately 5:51 PM local time in Syria). One rocket struck in vicinity of the coalition outpost and an additional rocket was found at the attack's point of origin, the attack resulted in no injuries or damage to the base or coalition property.
💢British ministry of defence: As of 03 April 2023, Russian media reported the transfer of TOS-1A thermobaric multiple launch rocket systems to Russian airborne forces (VDV). The highly destructive TOS-1A, which Russia designates as a 'heavy flamethrower, is typically operated by Russia's specialist Chemical, Biological and Radiological Protection Troops in Ukraine, and has not previously been formally associated with the VDV. The transfer likely indicates a future role for the VDV in offensive operations in Ukraine. It is likely part of efforts to reconstitute the VDV after it suffered heavy casualties in the first nine months of the war.
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🚨Russia's Defense Ministry announces launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile
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🚨Russia's Defense Ministry announces launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile
💢Ukrainian army annonced that armed forces repels 72 Russia attacks over past day. Russian forces are concentrating their efforts on conducting offensives toward Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, and Marinka in Donetsk oblast
💢Russian State Duma adopted a bill to create a digital unified register of Russian citizens eligible for military service on April 11, according to report Institute for the Study of War. The register will use data from other Russian entities to include medical, educational, and residence history, among other factors.
💢British ministry of defence: Over recent weeks, Russia has continued to develop extensive linear defences in Zaporizhzhia Oblast in southern Ukraine. The area is highly likely the responsibility of Russia's Southern Grouping of Forces (SGF). Russia has now completed three layers of defensive zones across approximately 120km of this sector. These consist of a front line of forward' combat positions, and then two zones of nearly continuous, more elaborate defences. Each zone is approximately 10-20km behind the one in front. Russia has probably put significant effort into these defensive works because it is convinced Ukraine is considering an assault towards the city of Melitopol. The defences have the potential to be formidable obstacles, but their utility almost entirely depends on them being supported by sufficient artillery and personnel. It remains unclear if the SGF can currently muster these resources.
💢Centcom: US Central Command forces conducted a helicopter raid in eastern Syria late on the evening of April 8, capturing Hudayfah al Yemeni, an ISIS attack facilitator, and two of his associates. No civilians were killed or injured. The capture of Hudayfah al Yemeni and his associates will disrupt the organization's ability to plot and carry out operations.Operations against ISIS are important for the security and stability of the region, said Col. Joe Buccino, a CENTCOM spokesperson. ISIS remains a threat to the region and beyond - the group retains the capability to conduct operations in Iraq and Syria with a desire to strike beyond the Middle East, and its vile ideology remains a threat. Operations such as this one reaffirms our commitment to the enduring defeat of ISIS.
💢British ministry of defence: Leaders of several Russian regions bordering Ukraine, as well as occupied Crimea, have announced that their usually high-profile 9 May Victory Day military parades will be cancelled. Some Russian cities further away from Ukraine have confirmed they plan to go ahead with Victory Day. The cancelled events have likely primarily been called off because of security concerns near the border, as officials have claimed. However, the different approaches highlight a sensitive communications challenge for the Kremlin. Putin couches the 'special military operation' in the spirit of the Soviet experience in World War Two. The message risks sitting increasingly uneasily with the many Russians who have immediate insights into the mismanaged and failing campaign in Ukraine. Honouring the fallen of previous generations could easily blur into exposing the scope of the recent losses, which the Kremlin attempts to cover up.