After ATACMS strikes, Russia relocates helicopters from southern Ukraine — a withdrawal that could limit deployment in front line action

by marketrent

6 comments

  1. Fucking good! If they really want to keep their helicopters safe they should really consider relocating them to all the way up Putins ass…. rotors ON preferably.

  2. OSINT analyst Brady Africk:^1

    >According to satellite images from Planet Labs, there were at least 21 Ka-52 and Mi-8 attack helicopters at the Taganrog air base close to the Ukrainian border as of 31 October.

    >According to Brady Africk, these were the same helicopters that the Russian army kept at the airport of occupied Berdiansk before Ukraine struck it with ATACMS missiles on 17 October 2023.

    >Russia relocated the helicopters from Berdiansk to Taganrog on 29 October, less than two weeks after the Ukrainian ATACMS strike.

    Strategic analyst Mykola Bielieskov:^2

    >“Russia has relied heavily on military helicopters in recent months to thwart Ukraine’s counteroffensive and prevent any breakthroughs.

    >If these helicopters are now pulled out of ATACMS range entirely, this will significantly limit the amount of time they can be deployed in front line action.”

    ^1 https://euromaidanpress.com/2023/11/01/atacms-strikes-force-russia-to-relocate-helicopters-from-southern-ukraine/

    ^2 https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/atacms-missiles-create-new-dilemmas-for-russian-army-in-ukraine/

  3. I guess its all meat charges now. Second greatest army pish-posh…..

  4. “there were at least 21 Ka-52 and Mi-8 attack helicopters at the Taganrog air base close to the Ukrainian border as of 31 October.”
    -please please please NATO/US etc forces, forget the slow war of attrition b/s and lift ATACMS restrictions… I also pray Ukraine has their own long range accurate innovative goods coming soon!! Slava Ukraini

  5. To loss planes through attrition or from air defense. What a dilemma for the russians. 😎

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