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Russia ‘using weapons smuggled by Iran from Iraq against Ukraine’

Iraqi militias and others say undercover networks being used to supply materiel such as RPGs and anti-tank missiles

www.theguardian.com

 

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Ammunition exploded on the missile cruiser "Moscow". According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, due to a fire on the missile cruiser "Moscow", a detonation of ammunition occurred, the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet was seriously damaged. Now the ship is afloat, the fire has been extinguished, the explosions of ammunition have stopped. The missile cruiser "Moscow" is planned to be towed to the port


A video of the combat departure of a group of attack helicopters was published by the Russian Defense Ministry. The group consisting of the leading Mi-24 helicopter and the Mi-28N and Ka-52 wingmen performed tasks to support the ground group of troops. During the mission, a Buk missile of Ukraine was fired at the leading Mi-24 helicopter. The Mi-24 dodged the missiles and went to the side, the return fire of the Mi-28N and Ka-52 helicopters, the Ukrainian Buk air defense system was destroyed.

 

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Movement of columns of Russian troops in Ukraine, Kharkiv region


The work of Russian electronic warfare systems in Ukraine. The video shows the Murmansk-BN electronic warfare system and the Krasukha-4 electronic warfare system. The company commander spoke about the use of the Krasukha-4 electronic warfare system in Ukraine. "The complex has proven itself very well, works flawlessly in all weather conditions. Our main task is to cover the grouping of troops from radar reconnaissance and targeted enemy air strikes. During the operation, 12 Bayraktar complexes were discovered, we suppressed them and the complexes could not make a targeted strike on our groups."

 

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Shooting by a professional Russian sniper in Mariupol at the Azovstal industrial zone. The soldier uses a powerful 12.7mm ASVK sniper rifle. Having fired, he immediately crawls away so as not to be hit by possible return fire, which begins after a few seconds.


Russia received a huge amount of captured Ukrainian equipment and weapons. Despite Ukraine's losses, the US and European armies are actively arming Ukraine. The Russian military showed grenade launchers of the Ukrainian army. The Polish RPG-76 "Komar" grenade launcher, the Czechoslovakian RPG-75 grenade launcher, the American M72 A5 grenade launcher, the good Swedish AT4 grenade launcher, are actively used by the Russian military. Swedish-British grenade launcher "NLAW", every second grenade launcher with a dead battery.

 

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The crew of the Russian T-80BV tank demonstrated mastery of the tank in Ukraine. The tankers showed a steep 360-degree drift of the tank.

 

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Russian assault units are leaving Mariupol, multiple sources report this. A small part of the Russian units remains to block the Azovstal plant, the rest are transferred to other sectors of the Ukrainian front to develop an offensive there. Where the troops are going is unknown, perhaps Kharkov, Nikolaev or Kherson.

 

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Tankers under fire were able to evacuate a padded Russian armored personnel carrier. A Russian armored personnel carrier was hit in the turret by an RPG shot from the APU fighters, who sat in the nearest five-story building. The crew evacuated and called for help, the Ukrainian military tried to finish off the armored personnel carrier and fired a second shot, the vehicle withstood the blow and did not catch fire. Despite the heavy fire, risking his life, one of the fighters hitched a wrecked armored personnel carrier to an approaching tank and the car was taken in tow.

 

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attack pitch-up by Ka-52 and Mi-28N helicopters. The attack in this mode is used by Russian helicopters in Ukraine. This mode allows you to launch an attack with unguided S-8 missiles without entering the air defense zone of Ukraine. Before launching an attack, the pilot increases the angle of elevation of the nose of the aircraft, simultaneously releasing unguided missiles. According to approximate calculations, two helicopters with a full set of missiles can hit an area the size of a football field.


On April 22, Ukraine attempted to break through to Russia with tanks in the Goptovka area, this is a checkpoint on the Ukrainian-Russian border in the Dergachev district of the Kharkov region. The equipment was moving from the village of Svetlichnoye towards Kazachya Lopan. The Russian armed forces recorded a column of about 15 armored vehicles. Fire was opened, as a result of which 6 units of Ukrainian equipment were hit and destroyed by anti-tank missile systems, the remaining ones were fired from MLRS. At the moment, the Russian border checkpoint Nekhoteevka is closed until further notice. This was reported by war correspondent Yuri Kotenok.


Ukrainian troops fired again at the Russian border checkpoint in the Kursk region. The governor of the Kursk region said that today from the side of Ukraine mortars fired again at the checkpoint on the border in the Glushkovsky district of the Kursk region. As a result, the premises of the Rosselkhoznadzor caught fire, and some sources also report damage to the customs post, mill and railway bridge. The shelling was carried out from the side of the Sumy region of Ukraine.

 

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A powerful blow from the Russian UR-77 in Ukraine. The Russian military, in the battles in Ukraine, began to use installations for demining, for strikes against the enemy. The UR-77 "Meteorite" mine-clearing installation, also known as the "Snake Gorynych", was created on the basis of the 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer and is designed to make moves in anti-tank minefields during the battle. The UR-77 "Meteorite" installation, with the help of rockets, fires powder charges placed in hoses at a distance of about 500 meters. After that, the car drives back, the hose with the charge is stretched and it is activated. One of the episodes of the combat use of the UR-77 in Ukraine was caught on video

 

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A video of the Ukrainian control ship "Donbass" sunk in the port of Mariupol has been published. The former Soviet repair ship PM-9, converted into a command ship of the Ukrainian Navy project 304, was built in Poland in 1969 as a Floating workshop and passed a glorious path in the ranks of the Soviet Navy. The ship's misadventures began after the partition of the Black Sea Fleet of the USSR, when the PM-9 was transferred to the Fleet of Ukraine and renamed Krasnodon, and then in 2001 to Donbass. The ship "Donbass" ended its journey in the port of Mariupol, having burned down and sunk during the battles for the city

 

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Russian troops launched a missile attack on the railway bridge in Zatoka, Odessa region. As a result of the missile strike, the bridge from Zatoka towards Belgorod-Dnestrovsky was closed. The bridge was used to supply fuel from Moldova to the Ukrainian army. Also, warships of the Russian Navy launched a series of strikes on targets on the coast of the Odessa region.


The units of the Russian Armed Forces took control of a large base for the storage and repair of equipment left by the Ukrainian army. A large amount of Ukrainian military equipment was captured, about 100 units in total. Among the trophies of the air defense "Tunguska", air defense "Shilka", radar stations, means for servicing military equipment. In the hangar there were workshops for the repair and restoration of damaged Ukrainian equipment.

 

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Today, Russian air defense worked again over the Belgorod region, one of the local residents became a witness to this


The work of the Russian portable ground reconnaissance radar station "Fara-VR" in combat conditions in Mariupol. The video shows how the operator on the remote control marks the targets and directs the tankers and the crew of the BMP at him, who alternately fire at the targets. The radar is intended for reconnaissance of moving ground targets and transmission of target designation. Detected targets are displayed on the screen, you can even notice when a person just leaned out of the window.


The latest Russian jumping anti-tank mines PTKM-1R appeared in Ukraine. The mine is designed to destroy armored vehicles in the upper hemisphere. When the target approaches 50 m, the seismic sensor of the mine issues a command to shoot the combat element. The combat element moves along a ballistic trajectory, its sensors, thermal and radar, begin to scan the earth's surface. After detecting the target, the warhead is undermined and hits enemy equipment from above in the most vulnerable parts - the roof, turret and hull.

 

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Video of the battle on the borders of Russia and Ukraine near the Sevsky district of the Bryansk region. On the evening of April 25, a Ukrainian group in two cars drove up to the checkpoint and tried to break through into Russia, failing to achieve this, shelling Russian territory from mortars began. The fighters of the Russian army from Tuva suppressed the firing point and destroyed the Ukrainian car with return fire, later a Russian helicopter came to the rescue, the remnants of the Ukrainian soldiers retreated.

 

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Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie arrived in Ukraine. She was noticed in one of the local cafes in the city of Lviv. Apparently, the actress visited Ukraine as part of a program to help the people of Ukraine together with the UN Ambassador for Refugees.

 

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The destruction of the Ukrainian radar for illumination and guidance of the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system by the Russian operational-tactical complex "Iskander-K" was published by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation


Deliveries of Western weapons to Ukraine continue. At the railway station in Stuttgart, Germany, a batch of military equipment sent to Ukraine was found. A German Pzh 2000 SPG equipped with a 155-mm cannon and an American MLRS m270 multiple launch rocket system were spotted on the platform. The Pzh 2000 self-propelled guns are considered one of the best, but there is one problem, the installation has a NATO caliber, so Ukraine will have to look for shells for this weapon in other countries, it does not produce such a caliber. With the MLRS m270 multiple launch rocket system adopted in 1983, the same problem, there are no missiles that are located in rechargeable containers in Ukraine.


Tank battle of a Russian tank with the T-64 of Ukraine. As reported, the Ukrainian tank T-64BV decided to support the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who took up defense in the hangars with fire. Having advanced to the battlefield, he fired several shots at the Russian tank and, having missed, decided to retreat. By return fire from a Russian tank, the T-64 of Ukraine was hit,
two crew members left the burning tank, which is unknown with the third.