Latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in #Ukraine - 14 April 2023.
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The leader of an online group where a trove of classified documents was posted is a 21-year-old Air National Guardsman, The New York Times reports https://cnn.it/43nk9F4
Evacuation order in Japan warns millions to take cover from North Korean missile -- but is then withdrawn https://cnn.it/3KWoMyU
#Ukraine : Two very valuable assets- a Russian R-934BMV UHF jammer and R-330ZH Zhitel jamming and radio reconnaissance station- were destroyed by the Ukrainian 92nd Mechanized and 40th Artillery Brigades using GMLRS in Pokrovske, Luhansk Oblast.
Of course, they are - surely we all knew that!
Western special forces inside Ukraine, leak shows
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65245065
In the 1990's Ukraine sold 320 T-80UD tanks to Pakistan. As recently as 2017 Ukraine was still shipping parts and replacements for those tanks to Pakistan.
The ATGM (anti-tank guided missiles) mentioned in the article never made it to Pakistan. The entire production run was confiscated by the Ukrainian Army in 2021-2.
Not sure what the Chinese involvement is supposed to be, other than Pakistan may have sought Chinese approval for at least some of the weapons now being shipped to Ukraine.
Pakistan to ship 230 containers of arms to Ukraine (comments to follow)
Washington Post: Leaked US documents indicate Egypt secretly planned to supply rockets to Russia.
Egypt President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi recently ordered subordinates to produce up to 40,000 rockets to be covertly shipped to Russia, according to a document obtained by the WaPo.
"In the document, Sisi instructs the officials to keep the production and shipment of the rockets secret 'to avoid problems with the West,'" the Washington Post reports.
26 YO Andriy Vorobkalo with the call sign "Greek" died in the battles for Bakhmut.
The commander of the mortar unit was killed in Bakhmut. After February 24, 2022 he returned from Greece to defend #Ukraine
ISW report for 04-19-2023
"Wagner forces are reportedly continuing to commit war crimes by beheading Ukrainian servicemen in Bakhmut."
"Russian officials and occupation authorities continue to deport children to Russia under the guise of medical, rehabilitation, and voluntary evacuation schemes."
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-april-10-2023
Nashville council reappoints Justin Jones to the Tennessee House as an interim representative days after GOP lawmakers ousted him. https://cnn.it/3nVkKNX
Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter who is being held in Russia, has been designated as wrongfully detained by the US State Department
https://cnn.it/3ZXgU48
Valeriya and Andriy were defending Azovstal in Mariupol. They got married there with rings out of tin foil, 3 days later Andriy died
Valeria promised him that no matter what she will make it out. Today she was freed from captivity!
In order to boost their defense, Russians started deploying the minelaying vehicle GMZ-3. The vehicle is designed for anti-tank mining and can place mines in the ground with camouflage. Simultaneously, Ukrainians started testing American special equipment M58 Mine Clearing Line Charge. M58 is an explosive line charge which provides a lane 8 meters by 100 meters.