Russia's Invasion of Ukraine (Official Thread)

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What happened to them give me a rundown.

One of the barracks In western Ukraine got hit with a cruise missile. It killed some of the foreign volunteers.

It works as a pipeline. They cross over after meeting reps, the kind of interview what they can do, the get moved forward to train a little (that’s why everyone prefers volunteers with some experience), they stage a little while until a unit needs them or they can find a slot with an organization staffed with people with a similar national background, then they move forward to their units/organizations.

There a a LOT and they’re everywhere, so it was a big hit but not the end all be all. It also taught people not to post pictures/videos with clues to their location.

Everyone moved on and volunteers look to still be pouring in.
 

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That's what I always thought. So what are they talking about in that article? How can they be revealing movement of troops if the data is months behind? :jbhmm:


Not so much movements just the bases themselves which will always be there and show what’s on them.

It makes it easier for someone far away, using grids to adjust fires. The only other option would be drones or getting close enough to physically observe and guide rounds on target with grids or polar adjustments.

By knowing how a base is oriented, and where certain things are parked, you can adjust on specific places or pre plot targets instead of trying to randomly pound a big chunk out of a grid square and hope for the best.
 
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Not so much movements just the bases themselves which will always be there and show what’s on them.

It makes it easier for someone far away, using grids to adjust fires. The only other option would be drones or getting close enough to physically observe and guide rounds on target with grids or polar adjustments.

By knowing how a base is oriented, and where certain things are parked, you can adjust on specific places or pre plot targets instead of trying to randomly pound a big chunk out of a grid square and hope for the best.




Got it. Thank you for this explanation, bro. That makes perfect sense.
 

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That's what I always thought. So what are they talking about in that article? How can they be revealing movement of troops if the data is months behind? :jbhmm:
the article is claiming that this will help "open source intelligence analysts" calculate russian losses because some of these satellite images show military vehicles. the estimates of russian armor and aircraft losses that have been posted in here by people like napoleon are usually coming from these OSINT twitter accounts that use stuff from multiple internet sources to make claims. this has nothing to do with movements or any other time sensitive information. it is all after the fact, so they will get pics of a destroyed tank with a z on it in a particular city and then they will find a pic of a happy russian soldier sitting on the tank with a z on a road to that city, and then they will use some kind of distinct markings or something to then claim that particular tank is the same one in several photos. when they create a profile of individual destroyed vehicles, they add them up and come up with a number estimating russian losses. those photos show the types and number of airplanes can be at that base and some of those specific ones may have been shot down since the war started. if there are pics of the wreckage, these OSINT people can try to do some internet sleuthing to prove that is the one in the google satellite photo.

this all seems to have more propaganda and journalism value than military value, but as 987654321 said, you can use the layout to better attack with artillery or even help plan a spec ops mission.
 

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the article is claiming that this will help "open source intelligence analysts" calculate russian losses because some of these satellite images show military vehicles. the estimates of russian armor and aircraft losses that have been posted in here by people like napoleon are usually coming from these OSINT twitter accounts that use stuff from multiple internet sources to make claims. this has nothing to do with movements or any other time sensitive information. it is all after the fact, so they will get pics of a destroyed tank with a z on it in a particular city and then they will find a pic of a happy russian soldier sitting on the tank with a z on a road to that city, and then they will use some kind of distinct markings or something to then claim that particular tank is the same one in several photos. when they create a profile of individual destroyed vehicles, they add them up and come up with a number estimating russian losses. those photos show the types and number of airplanes can be at that base and some of those specific ones may have been shot down since the war started. if there are pics of the wreckage, these OSINT people can try to do some internet sleuthing to prove that is the one in the google satellite photo.

this all seems to have more propaganda and journalism value than military value, but as 987654321 said, you can use the layout to better attack with artillery or even help plan a spec ops mission.

Great points I almost forgot to mention that professional intel analysts have satellites, global hawks, etc. it’s the guys who don’t that need access to imagery
 
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Google Maps Live Traffic Showed the Russian Invasion of Ukraine

there was a brief moment in the beginning of the war where google traffic maps did reveal troop movement, but that was because they blocked roads and prevented regular russian drivers from moving in order to cross the border and invade ukraine. now that they are already in ukraine and the streets are usually light in traffic, this isnt going to give much information.
 
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