Zitat:1/ Ukrainian TVD Day 1121: March 17-18, 2025, was marked by a significant escalation in ground and air operations across multiple fronts. In the north, Ukrainian forces have largely withdrawn from the Kursk region while simultaneously launching a surprise offensive in Russia's Belgorod Oblast.

The Donbas Strategic Direction, particularly in the Donetsk and Luhansk Fronts, remains heavily contested, with the largest concentration of Russian and Ukrainian forces. In the Southern Strategic Direction, the Russian buildup of forces, which started in December 2024, has now transitioned into a renewed offensive push to the west of Orikhiv. This push is likely to isolate the city and force a Ukrainian withdrawal to the Stepnohirsk-Novopavlivka line.

Air operations have intensified, with Ukraine launching a major drone attack on Russia's Engels airbase, involving 54 drones, while Russia retaliated with massive drone and missile strikes across Ukrainian cities. The naval theater remains relatively quiet.

Diplomatically, discussions around a temporary ceasefire focusing on energy and infrastructure targets are ongoing without concrete resolutions. The conflict continues to have significant economic impacts, exacerbating inflationary pressures and trade disruptions. The situation remains highly dynamic and volatile, with both sides engaged in intense combat operations and strategic maneuvers across multiple regions.

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2/ Operational Terms: Here is a list of commonly used terms and their definitions to help you understand the thread's graphics.

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3/ Operational Direction Orikhiv: From February 25 to March 20, 2025, intense combat operations took place in Operational Direction Orikhiv. Russian forces made gradual gains along the Lobkove-Stepove-Mali Shcherbaky line at a significant cost in personnel and equipment. However, Ukrainian troops demonstrated resilience and tactical effectiveness in their defense of the region, successfully thwarting many Russian advances.

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4/ Northern Strategic Direction: Ukrainian operations in the Belgorod area are ongoing. On March 19, a Russian source reported that Ukrainian troops attempted to breach the Belgorod section of the Russian state border at the Demidovka-Grafovka-Priles'e border, using armored vehicles, tanks, and engineering demolition vehicles. Russian forces successfully halted the offensive, and the UAF could not advance further. Meanwhile, the AFU continued to mine the roads remotely. Additionally, a Ukrainian soldier stated on Tuesday, March 18, that a Russian sabotage and reconnaissance group attempted to enter Ukraine from the Belgorod region, prompting Ukrainian soldiers to cross into Russian territory to repel the attack. The soldier noted that there was no breakthrough along the Russian border.

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5/ Luhansk Front: Geolocated footage indicates that Russian troops are deploying north of the Nevske settlement. Additionally, Deep State has verified Russian advancements in the vicinity of Nevske.

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6/ Donetsk Front: According to a Russian source, Russian forces have regained control of Kotlyne and are continuing their advance to the northeast and east within the settlement. Ukrainian sources did not report the loss of the village. The source also stated that Russian units had expanded their control zone near Zvirove, attempting to reach the spoil tip.

7/ Operational Outlook: In Sumy Oblast, the Ukrainian Armed Forces will continue transitioning to a defensive posture as they reconstitute OTU Siversk forces. Operations will likely continue in Belgorod Oblast to prevent the deployment of Russian forces from Kursk to other fronts. In the Pokrovsk and Toretskareas, the UAF will continue localized counterattacks to improve tactical positioning. Further gains are possible.

Russian forces in Kursk Oblast will transition to reconstitution activities, while some will be shifted to repeal Ukrainian forces out of Belgorod Oblast. In Luhansk, the 6CAA and 1GTA will seek to expand the OskilSalient north of Kupyansk. In the Pokrovsk and Toretsk areas, Russian forces will continue to seek opportunities to reverse Ukrainian gains. Russian advances in Zaporizhzhia are likely but not certain.

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Russian forces have fully liberated Vesele after several days of heavy fighting. The breakthrough opens the way toward Dnipropetrovsk Oblast as Ukraine’s media avoids confirming the loss.

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Russian forces advance near Lobkove on the Zaporizhzhia front. VDV troops push north, capturing Ukrainian soldiers, while motor rifle units approach Kamyanske. The initiative is clearly shifting.

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Russian forces stabilize the front near Krasnaya Yaruga. Ukrainian troops dig in around Demidovka and Popovka, but no major breakthroughs observed. Positional battles continue.

Zitat:“Russia has built a multi-layered defense system that is hindering Ukraine’s use of naval drones, Ukrainian Navy Commander Oleksiy Neizhpapa said in an interview with RFE/RL on April 7.

‘In the past, we could easily enter Sevastopol Bay with our drones,’ said Neizhpapa.

‘Now it’s not so simple because the enemy has established a tiered defense system. It starts with a layered detection network—with long-, medium- and short-range zones designed to pick up our unmanned systems, followed by a protocol for their destruction.’”

(08.04.2025, 21:41)Quintus Fabius schrieb: Die Russen haben sich anscheinend an die ukrainischen Marinedrohnen angepasst und inzwischen recht brauchbare Abwehr dagegen:

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Das ist wie mit den TB2. Am Anfang des Krieges noch extrem erfolgreich - heute völlig vom Schlachtfeld verschwunden. Die Russen passen sich ständig an, lernen dazu, langsam aber sehr beharrlich.


Wie es ein Russe mal vor kurzem bei Telegram geschrieben hat:

Lernen durch Sterben. Und das was dann übrig bleibt ist gehärtet bis ins letzte.

Zitat:Türkische Drohnen weiterhin Schlüsselakteure im Ukraine-Konflikt
Artikel von Norbert Garbarek • 2Mon. • 2 Minuten Lesezeit

Die türkischen Drohnen Bayraktar TB2, die zu Beginn des Krieges in der Ukraine den russischen Truppen erheblichen Schaden zufügten, werden mittlerweile in den Frontberichten seltener erwähnt. Das bedeutet jedoch nicht, dass sie vollständig vom Schlachtfeld verschwunden sind. Im Gegenteil berichten türkische Medien, dass der Hersteller diese Waffe weiterhin weiterentwickelt. Ein Beweis dafür sind die erfolgreich abgeschlossenen Tests der ANTIDOT 2-U/S-Technologie auf der Bayraktar TB2-Drohne.


ANTIDOT 2-U/S ist ein moderner elektronischer Unterstützungspod, der von ASELSAN entwickelt und erfolgreich auf der Bayraktar TB2 getestet wurde. Diese Tests stellen einen weiteren Schritt zur Stärkung der technologischen Unabhängigkeit der Türkei dar. Die Zusammenarbeit von ASELSAN und Baykar zeigt, dass die Bayraktar-Drohnen kontinuierlich weiterentwickelt werden. Zudem ist bekannt, dass diese Maschinen derzeit in der Ukraine zur Durchführung von Aufklärung und Steuerung des Artilleriefeuers eingesetzt werden.

Zitat:Dazu zählen MAM-T Munition mit Wing Kit für eine größere Reichweite

(08.04.2025, 22:33)Quintus Fabius schrieb: Das sind übrigens keine TB2 mehr, sondern sogenannte TB2S, dass ist eine Weiterentwicklung. Einer der wesentlichsten Unterschiede ist, dass die S Variante über Satelliten gesteuert wird (was bei der ursprünglichen TB2 so nicht der Fall war) und bessere Sensoren verbaut hat mit denen sie aus größerem Abstand aufklären kann.

Die werden von den Ukrainern tatsächlich noch zur Aufklärung verwendet. Darüber hinaus testet die Türkei natürlich alles mögliche in der Ukraine. Telegram-Gerüchteweise soll beispielsweise vor kurzem mal eine TB3 in der Ukraine gesehen worden sein.


Das ist ohnehin eine hervorragende Munition ! Ein Meisterwerk der Türkei von dem ich rein persönlich sehr viel halte.

https://www.asianmilitaryreview.com/2019/03/roketsans-smart-micro-guided-munitions-boost-effectiveness-of-uavs/

Zitat:I think it’s important to remind everybody that the Ukraine war is a terrible thing, but it’s not our war. We didn’t start it. The United States has been helping Ukraine for over the last three years, and we want it to end. But it’s not our war. I wanted everyone to understand that. And the reason why I make that point is the President has spent 87 days at the highest level of this government repeatedly taking efforts to bring this war to an end.

We are now reaching a point where we need to decide and determine whether this is even possible or not, which is why we’re engaging both sides. As you know, Ambassador Witkoff has had not one, not two, but three meetings with Vladimir Putin to determine the Russian perspective on this and understand what it would take for them to end it. We – General Kellogg, myself, and others – have had repeated engagements with the Ukrainians.

So we came here yesterday to sort of begin to talk about more specific outlines of what it might take to end the war, to try to figure out very soon – and I’m talking about a matter of days, not a matter of weeks – whether or not this is a war that can be ended. If it can, we’re prepared to do whatever we can to facilitate that and make sure that it happens, that it ends in a durable and just way.

If it’s not possible – if we’re so far apart that this is not going to happen – then I think the President’s probably at a point where he’s going to say, well, we’re done. We’ll do what we can on the margins. We’ll be ready to help whenever you’re ready to have peace. But we’re not going to continue with this endeavor for weeks and months on end.

So, we need to determine very quickly now – and I’m talking about a matter of days – whether or not this is doable in the – over the next few weeks. If it is, we’re in. If it’s not, then we’ll have to – we have other priorities to focus on as well.

Zitat:I think we have bigger challenges that we need to figure out whether it’s even possible within the short term. I can tell you this: This war has no military solution to it. It really doesn’t. It’s not going to be decided with – neither side has some strategic capability to end this war quickly. And so what we’re talking about here is avoiding thousands and thousands of people from dying over the next year. We’re trying to avoid that. We saw what happened last weekend with a missile strike in Sumy, where people died on Palm Sunday. We’re just going to see more like that. On both sides we’re going to see more of that, and we’re trying to prevent it.