The T-72B3 is an upgraded version of the T-72 main battle tank, designed and developed in Russia. The tank features modernized armor protection, upgraded fire control and targeting systems, and enhanced operational capability in low-visibility conditions.
The Russian Defense Ministry has released a video of a T-72B3 tank crew fighting on the front line against a group of enemy infantry sneaking through the woods.
The video shows the tank being loaded with ammunition and then moving for a long time through seemingly impassable mud to a firing position. The tank crew can be seen aiming at a group of enemy infantry hiding in the woods.
The T-72B3 is armed with a 125mm cannon and a coaxial 7.62mm machine gun for engaging ground targets, as well as a 12.7mm heavy machine gun.
Over 170 Enemy Targets Hit in Krasny Liman Direction - Russian Defense Ministry
Russian forces have inflicted fire damage on more than 170 enemy targets in the past 24 hours, including over 150 locations with accumulations of manpower and firepower of Ukrainian troops, a Russian Defense Ministry spokesperson told Sputnik.
"In the Krasny Liman direction, units of the 'Tsentr' Group of Forces inflicted fire damage on more than 170 targets within one day, including with the use of over 150 artillery units in areas where enemy manpower and firepower were concentrated," the spokesperson said.
The spokesperson added that about 20 artillery positions and more than 10 mortar crews of nationalists were discovered and suppressed. In addition, Russian air defense systems destroyed High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS)-type rockets in the areas close to Kreminna and Severodonetsk.
Russia’s Battlegroup West destroys four Ukrainian subversive groups in Kupyansk area
Soldiers from Russia’s Battlegroup West eliminated four groups of Ukrainian saboteurs over the past day, said Battlegroup Spokesman Sergey Zybinsky.
"In operational activity in the Kupyansk area, Battlegroup West soldiers uncovered and destroyed four groups of enemy saboteurs from the 14th and 92nd separate mechanized brigades over the past day," Zybinsky said in a video posted on the Russian Defense Ministry’s Telegram channel.
According to Zybinsky, the Russian forces disrupted two attempts at rotation by Ukrainian units on the front lines near the localities of Novomlynsk and Novoseleovskoye.
"The crews of Ka-52 and Mi-28 helicopters of the group's army aviation hit the areas of concentration of personnel, weapons and military equipment of the 101st separate mechanized territorial defense brigade near the village of Gorki," the head of the press center added.
He also said that artillery fire from Msta-B howitzers destroyed an enemy ammunition depot in the Bochkovo area.
"In the area of the settlement of Ogurtsovo and Ivanovka, fire from D-20 and Msta-S howitzers destroyed two enemy mortar squads," Zybinsky concluded.
New Russian Kamikaze Drones to Be Sent to Front Line From Single Hub
New Russian kamikaze drones "Privet-82" will fly to the front line from rear hubs that can accommodate multiple devices and operators will connect to their control already at the front line and then aim at enemy targets, the developer told Sputnik.
"Since our drone has a long range, about 30 kilometers [18.6 miles], it can be based not on the line of contact, but in the rear. That is, the launch of the UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) is carried out 15-20 kilometers from the front line from a launch point that can serve several units at the same time. Thus, within the front line units themselves, there is no need to keep drones and a catapult, you only need goggles, a control panel and an operator, who will connect to the drone in flight and use it on the selected target," Vadim Zhernov, the co-owner and general director of the Oko design bureau, explained.
Zhernov added that it is possible to transfer control of the Privet-82 drone from one operator to another when the UAV arrives in the area of its intended operation.
"But a change of course in flight from the launch point to the front line is not possible: the drone travels this section of the route in complete radio silence, it does not emit anything, and goes with the video transmitter turned off so that it cannot be intercepted by the enemy," Zhernov told.
According to the developer, the tests of the new kamikaze drones have already been completed, and the first batch of about ten Privet-82 UAVs will be sent to the front line within a month.
Ukraine’s forces bring 400-600 people to Artemovsk every day — Wagner PMC founder
Ukraine’s armed forces bring from 400 to 600 people to Artemovsk (the Ukrainian name is Bakhmut) every day and lose the same number every day. This was stated by the founder of PMC Wagner Yevgeny Prigozhin. The corresponding video was posted on Saturday in the Telegram channel of his press service.
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"Behind us is Bakhmut, it remains approximately 2.5 km to take - and the city will be taken," he said. "The enemy pulls up daily from 400 to 600 people, they lose approximately the same number daily. The units of PMC Wagner work in lockstep. The enemy does not spare artillery ammunition.
A sufficient number of various foreign-made armored vehicles have appeared, a large number of drones. The enemy is well equipped, well trained, acts as one and resists with dignity, so we move on," he said.
Wagner boss announces ‘withdrawal from Bakhmut’. Evgeny Prigozhin says his troops need time to recover and has asked the regular Russian Army to take over their positions, read full news click here.
Over 126,000 Donbass Residents Recognized as Victims Since 2014 - Investigative Committee
Russian investigators have established that over 126,000 residents of the Donbass region became victims of the crimes committed by Kiev since 2014, with the damage to the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics surpassing 228 billion rubles ($2.9 billion), the head of the Russian Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, said.
"More than 9,500 civilians were injured in the armed conflict, and over 5,000 civilians were killed. Over the entire period of the investigation in this criminal case, more than 259,000 people were interrogated, and over 126,000 people were recognized as victims, including about 24,000 minors," Bastrykin said.
Bastrykin also said that the investigation analyzed the destruction in the cities of Mariupol, Rubezhnoe, Schastie, Krasnyi Luch, Stakhanov, Kirovsk, Alchevsk, Lisichansk and others, adding that the damage assessment in other cities was underway.
Russia launched its special military operation in Ukraine in February 2022, after the DPR and LPR appealed for help in defending themselves against Ukrainian provocations. In response to Russia's operation, Western countries have rolled out a comprehensive sanctions campaign against Moscow and have been supplying weapons to Ukraine.
On September 30, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin and the heads of the DPR and LPR, as well as the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, signed agreements on the accession of these territories to Russia, following referendums that showed that an overwhelming majority of the local population supported becoming part of Russia.
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