Counter-offensive begins?

This post has been edited by MilitaryMadness: Jun 6 2023, 12:05 PM

As in the article: "near the Town of Novodarivka in the Zaporizhia Region"

Meanwhile, Russia also claimed some advances north in Kharkiv oblast

Also Pro-russian sources say another axis of attack have been launched by Ukraine

For now the Russian lines still hold firm. We'll see how it goes in the next day or two I guess.

Vids/pics of losses start to trickle in

Huh? wtf?

"Goddamit Gerasimov, you're the Chief-of-Staff of the Armed Forces, not a lieutenant!"

Anyway, whoever ordered these MRAPs to go off-road deserves to be shot.

Rumors abound in pro-russian circles that two Ukrainian Leopard tanks have already been destroyed, 1 by artillery and 1 ran over an AT mine.

The dam supplies the water used for supply water to Crimea and Southern Ukraine and also water for cooling the reactors of the Zhaporizhia nuclear powerplant. Previous tweets have said that due to neglected maintenance, the dam is currently on a 30-year high water level.

This could cause huge problems.



This post has been edited by MilitaryMadness: Jun 6 2023, 12:02 PM

Russian MOD claim they destroyed EIGHT already

Even I have huge problem believing that

This post has been edited by MilitaryMadness: Jun 6 2023, 02:23 PM

Not only does this action severely endanger the Zhaporizhia nuclear powerplant, the hydro powerplant housed inside the dam also would be practically useless, making the power grid in Ukraine even more fragile.

Possible effect of the destroyed dam:

1) Flooding of Russian initial defensive lines and minefileds near the river areas downstream

2) Drop in water supply to Crimea via the Crimean canal

3) May disrupt inflow of reactor coolant water to Zhaporizhia nuclear powerplant

4) More frequent disturbances to regional power grid and brownouts

5) Drop in water level upstream, easier for Ukraine to do amphibious invasion across the Dniepr?




This post has been edited by MilitaryMadness: Jun 6 2023, 02:42 PM

Russia already control the dam and the water locks tho. If they want to do something like that it would probably be in a controlled manner, not by blowing the dam.

Plus according to topography maps, the Russian side of the river is lower in elevation so flooding would affect the Russian defence line more, which the Russians have invested considerable time preparing up to now.

This would also reduce flow to the Crimean canal which was blocked by Ukraine in 2014 and was recently restored by Russia.

As I stated above, Russia has a lot more to lose in the destruction of the dam.

This post has been edited by MilitaryMadness: Jun 6 2023, 03:04 PM

Looks like the Russians took out a good number of Ukrainian tanks and other armored vehicles, I see around 10-11 either destroyed or abandoned