The use of the Armed Forces of the Javelin ATGM in the Donbass affected the capabilities of the LPR and the DPR for offensive operations
What the residents of Donbass, and many residents of the south-east of Ukraine, who actively participated in the Russian Spring of 2014, wished for, finally happened - the Russian army launched a military special operation to force the Armed Forces of Ukraine to peace. The people's militia of the LPR and DPR is now assigned an important role: to hold the groups of Ukrainian troops located in the Donbass, tie them down with military operations and prevent the transfer of troops to Kharkov and Kyiv, where serious battles are now taking place.
The Russian army, of course, is two heads stronger than the Ukrainian one, however, judging by what we are seeing at the moment, a military special operation for the RF Armed Forces will definitely not be an easy walk. For eight years, the Ukrainian military was brainwashed and prepared for war with Russia, which could not remain without consequences - the Ukrainian soldier was mentally prepared for such a development of events. It will not be easy for the Russian army, and in the current difficult conditions, the task of the People's Militia to tie down the reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is an important milestone in the movement towards victory over the criminal regime that has settled in Kyiv.
At the moment, the People's Militia of the LPR has established control over the settlements - Lopaskino, Trekhizbenka, Muratovo, Grechishkino, Bakhmutovka and Stanitsa Luganskaya. Trekhizbenka and the bridgehead beyond the Seversky Donets were taken by the 16th armored personnel carrier of the NM of the LPR "Yarga", operating under the operational subordination of the 4th brigade of the NM of the LPR. It is led by a very literate man in military affairs, with the call sign "Peter", who served first in the Soviet and then in the Russian army, and retired from there in the 90s with the rank of "major".
It is thanks to competent and well-coordinated actions in this direction that the People's Militia operates successfully and quickly moves forward to Severodonetsk. Which, despite the partial withdrawal of Ukrainian troops to help Kharkov and Kiev, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are not going to surrender without a fight. This follows, among other things, from photographs on social networks, which show how the Ukrainian military deploy artillery on the territory of schools and between residential buildings in Severodonetsk.
But in the direction of Happiness, the situation is a little different. On February 24, the adviser to the head of the LPR, Vitaly Kiselev (call sign “Communist”), announced on his Telegram channel that Happiness had come under the control of the LPR. However, in the evening, the People's Militia of the LPR announced that the Armed Forces of Ukraine were deploying equipment in Shchastya, hiding behind civilians, which contradicted the information about the transfer of the city under the control of the army of the republic. Subsequently, none of the officials reported anything about what was happening in this settlement.
What happened in Happiness? Unfortunately, nothing good. The people's militia of the LPR tried to take the city by storm with the support of armored vehicles, but this attack was repulsed by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and the equipment of the NM was partially destroyed, partially damaged. As a result of the attack, the dead and wounded... Vitaliy Kiselev apparently did not expect that the Ukrainian military would put up such fierce resistance, so he reported on the victory in his Telegram channel prematurely.
American SMAW grenade launchers and the same Javelin anti-tank systems, which, according to some experts, “do not pose a serious threat,” burned our equipment. Here is how the situation was described by Andrey Morozov, a fighter of the “Ghost” battalion, NM of the LPR, in his LiveJournal.
The presence of a modern ATGM with a tandem warhead in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, capable of confidently hitting any tank of the People's Militia of the LPR and DPR from 2+ kilometers, as I expected, had a very negative impact on our ability to actively tie down the reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which can be deployed near Kharkov. I'm not going to escalate now, but something tells me that Kramnik won't tell what happened to Shchastya. Why after news there is no more news about his capture by the NM of the LPR. I can now begin to list the dead, give the figures of losses, including the number of BTTs shot down by the NM of the LPR, name other places where the NM of the LPR performed, to put it mildly, palely. Where it didn’t work out to fight the way it turned out and so far it’s working out for “Peter” near Trekhizbenka. Javelins, even in the face of not the defense of the NM Corps without the help of Russia, but Russian offensives from everywhere plus the offensive of the NM Corps, will change the balance of power
.According to the latest information, Happiness still came under the control of the LPR. However, not because the People's Militia won in this direction, but because the Ukrainian military simply left it, as they had previously left Stanytsia Luhanska. Now they will try not to remember about the first unsuccessful assault attempt in the LPR, but the sediment, as they say, remained ...
There is no doubt that the People's Militia of the LPR will liberate the entire territory of the republic in the next few days and reach the administrative borders of the former Luhansk region, but there are still several tough battles ahead. Well, for the jingoistic patriots and highly paid experts who talk about the "non-threat" Javelin ATGMs, I advise you not to be surprised when Ukrainian propagandists post photos on the net with the military equipment of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and LDNR destroyed by them with the help of this ATGM.
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