#sea of azov

[sonyaheaneyauthor]

Ukrainian philosopher Valery Alekseievich Bosenko (1927-2007). Photographed in Mariupol. Date unknown.

[vintage-ukraine]

Sea of Azov by Mykhailo Kupriianov, 1956

[rrrauschen]

Hryhoriy Krykun, {1957} Девушка с маяка (A Girl from the Lighthouse)

[tomorrowusa]

Ukraine just put two key Russian military aircraft out of commission. It will now be more difficult for Russia to direct operations against Ukraine.

The Ukrainian Air Force shot down a Russian A-50M/U intelligence gathering plane – somewhat similar to US Air Force E-3 Sentry (AWACS) aircraft. And it severely damaged an Il-22M11 command and control aircraft which was able to land but is beyond repair.

It’s official. Russian and Ukrainian sources have confirmed that Ukrainian air-defenses on Sunday hit, over southern Ukraine and the Sea of Azov, two of Russia’s rarest and most valuable support planes: a Beriev A-50 radar early-warning plane and an Ilyushin Il-22 airborne command post. “Who did this?” the Ukrainian air force quipped. The answer, it seems, is the air arm’s 90-mile-range Patriot PAC-2 air-defense missiles. The jet-propelled A-50—one of nine A-50M/Us in service—fell into the Sea of Azov in flames, likely killing everyone on board: potentially 15 people including high-ranking officers and highly-trained radar specialists. The propeller-driven Il-22, with up to 10 people aboard, managed to land in Anapa on the Russian side of the Sea of Azov’s southern coast. “Urgently requesting ambulance and fire crew,” the crew radioed as they wrestled their shrapnel-holed plane toward the air base. Photos of the damaged Il-22, snapped after it landed, illustrate the extent of the damage—a mangled tail fin and fuselage—and also reveal the plane’s exact variant. It’s an Il-22M11, and it might be a total write-off. This version of the 1950s-vintage Ilyushin turboprop is rare. The Russian air force has maybe 12 Il-22Ms after mutinous Wagner Group mercenaries shot down one of the planes over western Russia back in June. While the Russians could modify an old Ilyushin airframe into a replacement Il-22M, they probably can’t do so quickly—or cheaply. An A-50 or Il-22M might cost hundreds of millions of dollars.

Russia had only about ten of the A-50 planes. One was blown up by Belarusian partisans 11 months ago south of Minsk. And now one is sleeping with the fishes in the Sea of Azov.

Here are pictures of the Il-22M11 which was able to make an emergency landing at Anapa in Russia.

Just to rub it in to Putin, here's a graphic from Ukraine's military announcing its hits on the two Russian planes.

ЗНИЩЕНО = destroyed Повітряні Сили = Air Force

The two planes together would cost Russia over half a billion dollars to replace. 😁😎

[davidaugust]

Russian army Captain Vasily Dandykin says about the Russian response to Ukraine invading Russia near Kursk, “it should be a consolidated strike - air, sea, land.”

Should we tell Captain Dandy that Kursk is landlocked? Should we tell this active duty Captain in the Russian army that? I kinda want him to find out the hard way that Kursk is closer to Moscow Oblast than it is to the Sea of Azov (the nearest large body of water). 😉

[gesiona]

This is home. Who knows if I'm home any time soon. Mariupol is forever Ukraine 💖

[helga-ackerman]

[arthropooda]

WASHINGTON — For years, the United States has insisted that Crimea is still part of Ukraine. Yet the Biden administration has held to a hard line since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, refusing to provide Kyiv with the weapons it needs to target the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia has been using as a base for launching devastating strikes. Now that line is starting to soften.

After months of discussions with Ukrainian officials, the Biden administration is finally starting to concede that Kyiv may need the power to strike the Russian sanctuary, even if such a move increases the risk of escalation, according to several U.S. officials who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive debate. Crimea, between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, is home to tens of thousands of dug-in Russian troops and numerous Russian military bases.

White House officials insist there is no change in position. Crimea, they say, belongs to Ukraine.

[demiurgeua]

У складі ВМС України вперше сформовано бригаду морських дронів

У складі Військово-морських Сил Збройних Сил України вперше в історії сформовано окрему бригаду морських безпілотних комплексів спеціального призначення. Про створення нового військового з’єднання стало відомо під час урочистостей з нагоди Дня Незалежності України 24 серпня 2023 року. _________ As part of the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, for the first time in history, a separate…

[faultfalha]

The Ukrainian government's recent flaunting of a Russian Mi-8 helicopter hijacked in a Mossad-inspired op caused international uproar. Though the aftermath was predictably chaotic, with both the Ukrainian and Russian governments refusing to take responsibility, there were those who found something remarkable in the circumstances surrounding the event. It appeared that a clandestine organization had orchestrated the hijacking and had been successful in doing so without a single shot being fired. To some, it seemed it had been the collective will of a greater power that had made this feat possible. To others, a ghostly orchestration of events too subtle for the human eye to detect had been at play. Whatever the truth, the effects of this daring mission lingered in the minds of all who had witnessed it, for such a feat seemed to exist beyond the realm of possibility.

[cyberworldwon]

[sonyaheaneyauthor]

Old image of Mariupol, Ukraine.

[alexxx-malev]

Russia. Taganrog. Yacht club Таганрог. Яхт-клуб

[tomorrowusa]

Members of the puppet government which Russia set up in the occupied city of Tokmak are apparently leaving as the Ukrainian military advanced to within 20 km of town.

That’s according to the information of locals reported by Ivan Fedorov, the mayor of Melitopol, which is the next occupied Ukrainian city in the area. “The occupiers are being smoked out of Tokmak. Almost daily explosions and the liberation of settlements in the Melitopol direction transform Tokmak, which is still occupied, to a completely front-line city,” Fedorov said. While the initial distance from the Russian-occupied city of Tokmak to the frontline was about 31 km, it is now less than 20 km as the Ukrainian army advanced, taking Robotyne and areas around it. The Ukrainian army has reached the second line of Russian defense in the area.

A few days ago Ukraine liberated the village of Robotyne. Ukraine's goal is to reach the Sea of Azov and thereby cut the Russian-occupied territories in two.

As was reported, following the liberation of Robotyne, Ukrainian troops are continuing their offensive in Melitopol direction in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, bypassing minefields and advancing towards the second line of defense of the Russian Army.

In other news, Ukrainian drones damaged four large Russian Il-76 transport planes in the city of Pskov near the border with Estonia.

Drone strike damages four Il-76 aircraft deep in Russian territory

[tchaikovskaya]

although it is often inaccurately used as a kind of shorthand description, the term "proxy war" does not actually apply to the war in ukraine. but i do think you have to have your head entirely inside your ass to reject the idea that the conflict at its heart is about spheres of influence.

[art8code]

Calder Moore ArtStation

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