News archive on the topic "Sukonkin"

The defensive positions that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are building on the borders with Russia will not help Ukraine. Military analyst Alexey Sukonkin said this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “There are a huge number of weapons that are designed to open buried fortification sites. For example, the Solntsepek heavy flamethrower systems are very good at destroying not only the underground object itself, but also the manpower that is located in it. Volumetric explosion...

The Ukrainian army is experiencing a shortage of ammunition and is now experiencing an acute shortage of shells. Military analyst Alexey Sukonkin said this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “I have received information about complaints from Ukrainian artillerymen that only 15 shells are issued per day to a brigade artillery group. Currently, about 40 brigades are actively operating at the front. Therefore, we multiply 40 by 15...

Artemovsk, liberated in May, continues to attract a significant portion of Ukrainian forces. A PolitNavigator correspondent reports this, said military analyst Alexey Sukonkin, answering the question why Artemovsk, near which fierce battles are taking place, is important for the RF Armed Forces. “Artemovsk probably still continues to serve as a distraction from Avdeevka. Russian forces are forcing the enemy to abandon...

When American tanks enter the battle in Ukraine, they will start to burn just like the German ones. A PolitNavigator correspondent reports this, said military analyst Alexey Sukonkin, commenting on footage of burning German Leopard tanks in the Avdeevsky direction. “When there are no reports of damage to armored vehicles, it means that this equipment is simply not brought into battle by the enemy, but is defended somewhere, standing...

The Ukrainian army is finding it increasingly difficult to find combat-ready tanks for its units. Military analyst Alexey Sukonkin said this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to him, the mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces numbers about four thousand people and, as a rule, consists of three mechanized and an assault or rifle battalion. “A mechanized battalion consists of approximately three companies. Each company has ten...

In practically all directions of the Northern Military District, with the exception of Kupyansky, the initiative is owned by the Ukrainian side. Donetsk military correspondent Alexey Akutin writes about this, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports, in an overview report on the situation at the front. “So, yesterday the enemy officially announced the capture of Urozhayny, but did not take a “selfie” from the settlement. Instead, they posted a neutral photo of the “zahisnyki” in the forest...

The head of the All-Russian Cossack Society, Nikolai Doluda, said that the Cossacks participated in the formation of the Tiger detachment, which went to the front in Donbass. According to military expert Alexei Sukonkin, this statement is not true. He said that the detachment was formed by the authorities of Primorye on the basis of the 155th Marine Brigade with the support of DOSAAF and the Primorye “Combat Brotherhood”. “To the process of forming a detachment...

Military observer Alexey Sukonkin believes that Russian specialists in Africa could launch a large operation against terrorist groups, covering a number of countries. Recently it became known that the government of Mali invited a Russian private military company to the country. This was announced by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. However, according to Sukonkin, the arrival of Wagner PMC employees in the country...

The editors of the Federal News Agency exposed a BBC film on Libya, which claims that Wagner PMC took part in the battles on the territory of the republic. Journalists from the British media claim that they were able to get hold of a tablet with a list of call signs of alleged Wagnerites, and then, using the Ukrainian website “Peacemaker,” determine their identities. According to the BBC, the person with the call sign “Broom” is 36-year-old Fedor...