NATO - The Ukraine

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Ukraine: Where is Russia's Navy and what is it doing?

Since the start of the invasion, there's been little sign of Russia’s naval might appearing – as many predicted – on Ukraine's coastline.

Experts have explained to Forces News exactly how Ukraine has caused such caution from Moscow despite having a comparably tiny naval force since 2014.

Russia has a significant fleet of vessels based in the Black Sea, but so far they've mostly limited their use to firing cruise missiles from near their Crimea base.

See video at - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xiqa52GmFTA

Link from Tim.

Also see - https://www.forces.net/ukraine/where-russias-navy

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Ukraine reveals name of its first Milgem-class corvette

See - https://www.navaltoday.com/2022/08/19/u ... -corvette/

Link from Tim.

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Russia Making Floating Bridge After HIMARS Strikes, Still Vulnerable: U.K.
https://www.newsweek.com/russia-making- ... uk-1735888

Ukraine Situation Report: Russia Building Pontoon Bridge Into Kherson
With the Antonovsky Bridge still out of action due to HIMARS strikes, Russia appears to be creating a pontoon bridge across the Dnipro River.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/u ... to-kherson

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Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Tomorrow is Ukraine's Independence Day and marks six months since Putin’s invasion.
Together with our allies, the UK stands in solidarity with the Ukrainian people as they continue to defend their country and independence.

See videos at - https://twitter.com/FCDOGovUK/status/15 ... 8292729856
And - https://twitter.com/MFA_Ukraine/status/ ... 3791543296

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Military aircraft

And this is how they did it!
The most exciting news these few days, involves the question of how the Ukrainians managed to employ American supplied AGM-88 High-speed Anti Radiation Missile (HARM) against Russian radar equipment when they don't have any Western aircraft capable of using the Air-Launched HARM which requires special avionics to be integrated into the aircraft using it.
It has now been revealed that the Ukrainian Air Force managed to integrate the AGM-88 HARM onto their Mikoyan-Gurevich Mig-29 Fulcrum's with the help of technicians from Raytheon. Raytheon is the American company that manufactures the AGM-88 HARM.
But, the deeper question of HOW the American technicians managed to put it off? To integrate Western weaponry into a 1980's vintage Soviet era design is no walk in the park. The answer? The Americans had prior experience with the Mig-29 Fulcrum and deep technical knowledge of the aircraft that helped them to develop a way to integrate the AGM-88 HARM onto it within a short time and with apparently little effort.
Back in 1997, the Americans acquired 21 units of Mig-29 Fulcrum-A, the newer Fulcrum-C and a single twin-seater Fulcrum-B conversion trainer, seen here being loaded into a USAF Boeing C-17 Globemaster III, from Moldova. The acquired aircraft were literally studied to the last bolt by the USAF's National Air and Space Intelligence Centre (NASIC) formerly and perhaps better known as the Foreign Technology Division (FTD).
These early model Mig-29 Fulcrum-A and Fulcrum-C are similar, if not identical, to the models that the Ukrainian Air Force is flying today. Hence, any information that the Americans gained from the Moldovian units 25 years ago is still relevant and useful. It is this technical knowledge gained from the exploitation of enemy equipment that gives the Americans their edge.

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Ministry of Defence

NEW: The UK is providing the Armed Forces of Ukraine with a £54 million package of 2,000 state-of-the-art drones and loitering munitions.

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Ukraine war: Russia railway station strike kills 25, injures dozens

A Russian rocket strike on a train station killed 25 people, Ukraine says, on the day marking six months since Moscow's invasion began.
Five of the victims of the attack in the eastern town of Chaplyne burnt to death in a vehicle, officials said. Two boys aged six and 11 were also killed.
President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the strike in the middle of a UN Security Council meeting. A further 31 people were wounded.
See - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-62666188

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Latest updates on the war in Ukraine ~ See - https://twitter.com/i/events/1483255084750282753

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UK donating undersea minehunter drones to help Ukraine clear coastline

Dozens of Ukrainian personnel will be taught to use the autonomous minehunting vehicles by the Royal Navy and our US partners over the coming months
Continues, including photo, at - https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-d ... -coastline



How Britain is helping Ukraine clear Russian sea mines from Odesa

Black Sea grain exports have been hampered by explosives, with devastating consequences for the world’s poorest people as food prices rise
The UK will donate six submersibles to help Ukraine clear its coastline of Russian mines to allow the safe passage of civilian ships carrying grain. See attached photo.
From Daily Telegraph.

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Perhaps Sergei should return to the M.o.E.?