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Ukraine acquiring cluster bombs from Turkey; life and death in Bakhmut [1]
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Date: 2023-01-11
A deminer checks the site of a Russian cluster bomb attack in Kharkiv in August.
Russia has been using cluster munitions against Ukraine since the start of the war. The bombs, which release a cluster of many smaller bombs that detonate over a wide area, are controversial and banned because of the problems caused by unexploded munitions that are spread everywhere.
Ukraine has wanted these weapons to use against Russia but the US has declined to supply them. Turkey agreed recently to supply them instead.
x After months of fruitless attempts to get the weapons from USA, Ukraine has managed to convince Ankara to sell Kyiv artillery-fired cluster bombs (DPICM).
Turkey has been providing Ukraine with the powerful—but controversial—weapon since November according to Foreign Policy. pic.twitter.com/occaJg3Apg — Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) January 11, 2023
x Report:
🇹🇷#Turkey sends artillery cluster ammo (DPICM 105 & 155mm with high kill rate) to 🇺🇦#Ukraine
https://t.co/AsGzmyWyTL — C4H10FO2P (@markito0171) January 11, 2023
The Russians shelled a maternity hospital in Kherson today.
x Russians have just shelled a maternity hospital in Kherson.
(46.6337355, 32.6154041) pic.twitter.com/9pxLoNnP1V — Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) January 11, 2023
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This video shows an attack on a Russian trench in Bakhmut. Be warned, however.
This video is very explicit and shows soldiers dying.
x Warning: Very explicit video.
Bakhmut, four soldiers of the Ukrainian SOF with the help of a night drone listen to the commander of the tactical group "Adam", throw grenades and finish off at point-blank range a whole unit of Russian soldiers - 15 killed and 6 prisoners. pic.twitter.com/niPh0m8WkN — Dmitri (@wartranslated) January 10, 2023
The road to Bakhmut, a living hell.
x This is how entering Bakhmut looks like. pic.twitter.com/JvJacNFNAb — Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) January 11, 2023
Imagine living in Bakhmut and not knowing when a shell might strike. The entire city should be evacuated. This link goes to a photo of a woman and her dog killed by Russian artillery as she was about to take the dog for a walk. It’s a powerful photo but it might disturb some, so I’m not embedding it.
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Bakhmut is truly a killing field.
x A few days ago a guy in Bakhmut told me he calls the Russians "death clowns" because they just run straight into machine guns to die one after the other. — Andrew Perpetua (@AndrewPerpetua) January 10, 2023
It’s probably best not to know.
x I don't even want to know.
https://t.co/rOZVwMsDXM — Def Mon (@DefMon3) January 10, 2023
Combat video from Soledar:
x Battle for Soledar. pic.twitter.com/SzZkiZyjYh — Paul Jawin (@PaulJawin) January 10, 2023
x Battle for Soledar. pic.twitter.com/sqooRhQ89v — Paul Jawin (@PaulJawin) January 10, 2023
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This is from an attack that apparently happened in mid-December in Luhansk Oblast.
x The strike on Lantrativka happened on Dec. 16th, at 3-4 AM. 3 GMRLS rockets nearly destroyed the building. "LPR" authorities reported 11 civilian casualties.
https://t.co/VLDijW61BR The village is 20 km from the Russian border and 30 km from Ukrainian positions. pic.twitter.com/YHAhcCiYYP — Mark Krutov (@kromark) January 10, 2023
When I see stuff like this I know it will be a very, very long time before Russia can be part of the peaceful world community again.
x "Kill the fascist scum forever!" - Russian children recite propagandist poems.
A horrible sight. pic.twitter.com/3qOQTMy82Y — Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) January 10, 2023
I know where these weapons can be put to good use.
x #Yemen: The USS Chinook of the @US5thFleet captured no less than 2,116 AKs being sent from Iran to Yemen via the Gulf of Oman.
As usual, most of them are shiny T56-1, but we also see hundreds of VEPR VPO-158N-06 (AKS20U), which are civilian carbines made by Molot of Russia. pic.twitter.com/eVpLdocymd — Cᴀʟɪʙʀᴇ Oʙsᴄᴜʀᴀ (@CalibreObscura) January 10, 2023
More air defense on its way to Ukraine. These are especially suited for taking down drones.
x L3Harris has received a $40 million DOD contract to deliver 14 Vehicle Agnostic Modular Palletized ISR Rocket Equipment #VAMPIRE multi-purpose weapons system to Ukraine. The contract calls for L3Harris to deliver 4 VAMPIRE systems by mid-2023 and the final 10 by the end of 2023. pic.twitter.com/K6OOOFsKce — Air Power (@MIL_STD) January 10, 2023
There has been much speculation for many months that this war would lead to a breakup of the Russian Federation. This might be a first step of that in Ingushetia, a region in the Caucasus near Georgia and Chechnya.
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