Ukraine wiped out 100 Russian troops at once in a strike showcasing the range and power of its new US ATACMS
Ukraine wiped out 100 Russian troops at once in a strike showcasing the range and power of its new US ATACMS
A Ukrainian ATACMS long-range missile strike reportedly killed over 100 Russian soldiers in Luhansk, showing the range of Ukraine's new missiles.
- Ukrainian forces took out more than 100 Russian soldiers with an ATACMS missile, per OSINT analysts.
- Four ATACMS were used to target the group, one analyst said.
- The soldiers would have been out of reach of Ukraine's shorter-range ATACMS missiles.
A Ukrainian ATACMS long-range missile strike killed more than 100 Russian soldiers in an occupied region 50 miles from the front line, according to OSINT and military analysts.
Ukrainian forces targeted a Russian military training area some 50 miles behind the front line in the occupied Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine, per an assessment by The Institute for the Study of War.
According to two aerial geolocated videos posted on Wednesday by X user Osinttechnical, an account affiliated with the Centre for Naval Analyses, Ukraine appeared to strike the training area with three US-supplied M39 ATACMS tactical ballistic missiles.
I read ATACMS as Attack 'Ems
34That is the intention of the acronym, yes.
48And considering they aren't spelling it out, we may as well just take the bait.
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War is hell, at this rate Russians would have suffered less losses from forcefully removing Putin.
30I'm still amazed that Prigozhen lasted as long as he did after playing chicken with Putin like that...I don't think things would have gotten materially better if he'd finished his march but it's hard to imagine it getting worse (at least outside of Russia).
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Uh-oh. Russia might be running out of
prisoners...forced conscripts... patriotic warriors.27Good.
Guess @iAmTheTot is a #Putin fan.
26Being not a fan of someone saying "good" in regards to the death of 100 human beings is not equitable to being a fan of Putin. That is what we call a non sequitur; they do not relate to each other in a way that supports you making that conclusion.
3Caring for working class people dying is being a Putin fan?
@iAmTheTot comments:
- Nah I'll care about all humans now, thanks.
- I don't have a direct line to Putin to take it up with him.
2a. Valuing human life isn't coming across as approval of Putin's actions, is it? Cause that would be a weird conclusion to draw, imho.
- Yes, I think it is weird. Russia's invasion of Ukraine is unconscionable and tragic. This view does not conflict with expressing remorse that 100 human beings were killed in the blink of an eye. The fact that you think holding the latter opinion means the person must be making a political statement is sad.
Owner class will always make more wars for working class people to die, US does the same.
We must not forget humans are being killled due to more endless wars that are pushed by the owner class.
Owner class and their lackeys will always root for: Profit over people.
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Civil war between field slaves and house slaves.
Reminds me of this song:
Civil War (w/ lyrics) - Immortal Technique feat. Killer Mike, Brother Ali & Chuck D
Hawkeye: War isn't Hell. War is war, and Hell is Hell. And of the two, war is a lot worse.
Father Mulcahy: How do you figure, Hawkeye?
Hawkeye: Easy, Father. Tell me, who goes to Hell?
Father Mulcahy: Sinners, I believe.
Hawkeye: Exactly. There are no innocent bystanders in Hell. War is chock full of them - little kids, cripples, old ladies. In fact, except for some of the brass, almost everybody involved is an innocent bystander.
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I really hope we’re giving them Block 1A or later, because those have a max range of 170-186 miles, which is juuuuuust enough to reach the Kerch bridge from behind the front of battle.
18Trying to demolish a capital structure like a bridge with rockets would be incredibly wasteful, they're better spent for precision strikes on ammo depots, airports, vehicle storage, etc. The payload of the long-range ATACMS is only 214kg, somewhat on par with the FAB-500 bomb, which carries around 200kg with stated TNT equivalent of about 300kg. The truck explosion on that bridge last year was estimated at around 10 tons TNT equivalent, it barely shifted a couple slabs, and was fixed within weeks.
Using sea drones to take out supports might be a better idea, they're at least considerably cheaper.
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Is this actually is a good use of the ATACMS? I mean 100 troop isn't nothing, but oil refineries or, plane hangers, or tank garages, I think would be better suited for their use. Anybody have additional information on their usage?
16Do you realize how much effort and resources are expended in raising and training 100 human beings? That's thousands of rounds of ammo not being shot at Ukrainian soldiers, because dead men carry no guns, operate no equipment and don't pass on their experience to new soldiers.
It's all around horrible what's going on, but 100 soldiers are no laughing matter. Robotyne was defended by 4 soldiers at one point some weeks ago. Russia has been trying to retake that village since they lost it last year.
16I'm not convinced that Russia raises and trains.
8Not to diminish these 4 valiant Defenders.. but they where supported by a swarm of very angry drones
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The U.S. doesn’t allow Ukraine to use U.S. weapons inside Russian territory. England apparently does now but I don’t know if anyone else does. (That’s why Ukraine-built drones are used to attack oil refineries and the like.)
5I don't think these reach any refinery so that isn't an option. What is best is anything that sows confusion.
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The soldiers would have been out of reach of Ukraine's shorter-range ATACMS missiles
Shorter-range ATACMS still have a range of 165km (103 miles), why would a position 50 miles behind the front lines be unreachable for them? It's likely that Ukraine is currently expending their existing stock now that they know more is coming.
11They also have to keep their launchers at a safe enough distance from Russian weapon systems...so 50 miles behind Russian lines is likely at least 100 miles from the target...right at the edge of the range you mentioned.
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Call them attack 'ems, used to attack 'em.
6Missiles are dumb, war is dumb, killing 100 people is dumb
1They'd be alive today if Vladimir Putin didn't invade Ukraine.
52Vladimir Putin is dumb
38Sure. And they'd be alive today if they were slightly to the left or right of the blast zone. But their deaths won't bring us any closer to Putin not invading Ukraine.
We're going to see a hundred dead Ukrainians in a retaliation strike. And then another hundred dead Russians in a retaliation for the retaliation. Etc, etc, etc.
All this death isn't achieving its end goals. Its just piling up more and more corpses.
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34Armies and invasion are dumb
6a lot of these Russian soldiers don't want to fight. when you hear 100 soldiers dead, it's not 100 Putins. it's just 100 regular people like you and me in a fucked up situation. good for Ukraine for protecting themselves, but "wiped out 100 russian troops" sounds like you're killing ants. they're still people.
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sad how easily people can be made to celebrate the death of 100 people they know nothing about.
-13While I agree with your point in general, I too «celebrate» russian soldiers being eliminated.
The pure, evil brutality their countrymen have shown the world in the last two years is beyond comprehension.So I guess it’s more celebrating every Ukranian who gets to live because these men died, if that makes sense.
I’d much prefer they get to go home of course. I think most of us do.
13People are dumb
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So...send Zelensky to the gulag and instate a Lukashenko type puppet, give half of the territory to Russia (and the rest later when they feel like it), stay out of NATO and help Russia invade Moldova next. Great plan my guy
-13I don't think the post is necessarily a criticism of killing 100 people, sad as it is. Hopefully this sets the Russians thinking about what's being done to them by their leadership.
4Don't forget.. push all fighting age Ukranian men into service after bombarding them with propaganda "how the west never cared and abandoned them" and "how the evil west is actually at fault for razing their cities, killing their brothers and raping their women".
The NeoSoviet war machine will then be able to push even harder with a large contingent (>1million) of soldiers that are not True Russians and thus fully expendable.
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