Ukraine used Storm Shadow – Russian losses

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Ukraine’s Air Force used Storm Shadow missiles when they attacked Russian positions according to Kyiv Independent.
Nice to see that Ukraine still has access to them. Storm Shadow has a range of between 250 and 560 kilometers and can fly low to avoid being shot down and has a warhead weighing 450 kg.

Russian losses

  • 1010 KWIA
  • 1 Tank
  • 7 AFVs
  • 64 Artillery systems
  • 2 MLRS
  • 1 Air defense system
  • 1790 UAVs
  • 10 UGVs
  • 374 Vehicles and Fuel tanks
  • 3 Special equipment

General Staff report

  • 267 combat clashes
  • 79 air strikes
  • 254 KAB/CAB
  • 8,684 kamikaze drones
  • 2,848 shells (54 from MLRS)

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69 thoughts on “Ukraine used Storm Shadow – Russian losses”

  1. fedtmule

    I wonder if the Stormshadow drones were ones that Ukraine had “saved” from before or if they have received a new batch.
    I hope the British and the French have ramped up production significantly by now.
    Does anyone know how the production of Taurus is going, or have the Germans chosen to focus on currywurst and sauerkraut instead?
    In any case, it will be exciting to follow Ukraine’s intensified air campaign.

    1. Lasse W

      UA’s ability to carry out target strikes and eliminate rear Russian resources such as concentrations of personnel, weapons, ammunition, fuel, and communication equipment, among others, is probably a slowly working success factor. We are keeping our fingers crossed!

    2. MXT

      Hope, of course, that they have received new ones.

      When it comes to Storm Shadows, they have chosen to invest in production. They have upgraded the production lines to be able to increase production, and it has been mentioned that this will create 300 new jobs.

      https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-storm-shadow-and-missile-cooperation-to-boost-jobs-as-uk-and-france-reboot-defence-relationship

      Regarding Taurus, there is no information other than that they have ordered upgrades for the ones they already have. It has been discussed that they want to purchase an additional 600 units and that they have planned production of a NEO version in 2029. The war will probably be over before then; moreover, it seems (despite having promised it at one point) that they still do not intend to give any to Ukraine.

      https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/german-defence-minister-seeks-buy-more-taurus-cruise-missiles-spiegel-reports-2024-10-25/

    3. Umlaut

      Guess that German politicians are no longer afraid of the Russians. I rather think they are afraid of the people, in the sense that Germany has become “peace damaged” deluxe after the Second World War for understandable reasons. We have AfD, equivalent left-wing parties, but also a large portion of social democrats who are “peace advocates.” And certainly an unhealthy share in the other parties as well. Giving away Taurus would probably lower the German social democrats as a party, and usually one looks out for oneself first. But I would have preferred to be remembered as someone who was willing to go down with the ship and have done the right thing. Being a party bureaucrat is still a “created” job. One can find other gainful employment, within or outside politics.

    4. johan No.1

      Taurus is a disappointment.

      A few years ago, the manufacturer promised large volume much cheaper but zero orders – why not?

      UA would have gladly bought.

      Probably the German bastards.

      SS increased but it won’t be thousands.

      Then the map service was American so the goals were limited, was it 2023-2024?

      Surely Trump will continue with Biden’s strategy

  4. 205

    Right now, a massive Ukrainian air attack is taking place on Donetsk and Melitopol, according to Finnish-Swedish Gregg who is based in Ukraine.

    3. johan No.1

      I believe that UA is not taking any chances.

      They know just like us that escalation is coming.

      Prepare for everything + warn the Balts

  6. MXT

    Off-Topic

    “The Esrange Space Center in Kiruna is scheduled to launch a research rocket with twelve different experiments on board during the day, writes TT. The project with the Suborbital Express 5 rocket has been planned for over three years.

    The purpose of the research is to investigate physical, biological, and medical processes in weightlessness. Among other contributors, the nation of Saint Kitts and Nevis has provided an experiment.

    – This is their first space mission. It is fantastic to be able to support emerging space nations, says Stefan Krämer, program manager for Suborbital Express at the Swedish space company SSC.

    The tests will be conducted while the rocket is in weightlessness for more than six minutes.”
    https://omni.se/raket-skjuts-upp-fran-kiruna-innehaller-tolv-experiment/a/M7Pjyr

  8. MXT

    **❗️Since the beginning of May, Ukrainian drone strikes on vehicles transporting cargo to the occupied Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions and Crimea have significantly intensified.

    According to the Russian Z-blogger Rybar, these attacks create a serious threat to the supply of goods and fuel to the peninsula, directly impact the combat effectiveness of Russian troops in the southern direction, and complicate the logistics of reinforcements to Vasylivka, Tokmak, Berdiansk, and Mariupol.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ **

    https://bsky.app/profile/militarynewsua.bsky.social/post/3mmqnaaotp22p

  9. Pehr

    The Russian bastards will lure with debt forgiveness.
    “Russia’s president Vladimir Putin offers debt forgiveness to new soldiers in Ukraine, reports AFP.
    According to a decree from the Kremlin, those who sign army contracts after May 1 this year, as well as their spouses, can have debts of up to 10 million rubles forgiven. That corresponds to around 1.3 million Swedish kronor.
    The measure is the latest in a series of economic incentives to attract more people to participate in the war. For more than four years, Russia has offered high salaries to men who join the fighting.”
    https://omni.se/a/PdPjK0

  10. johan No.1

    It hasn’t increased that much from May 8-12, it’s just that everyone has started writing, you see the same map 100 times.

    RU is seriously having problems on the southern front, now everyone is talking about crossing the Dnieper.

    They can’t do anything.

    There you probably have the reason for the upcoming terror bombing.

    2022 again if only Europe can keep quiet this time. 

  11. johan No.1

    If you want to tinker with the page, you can add a function to have just one click so you can add an image from the pictures on your phone to your comment 😀

    Did you have a poll above about problems?

    2. MXT

      I have already added that feature on a trial basis and use it myself now and then.
      I haven’t released it to everyone yet, but if you look in the editor, there should be a button/text: “Upload image” to the right of the regular image icon: 

      Let me know if it doesn’t appear or if you have trouble getting it to work.

      1. MXT

        205 has also been given the honor of receiving the Upload Image button (but as far as I know, he has not used it yet).

        Would like to hear if it works as it should for others and not just for me.

  12. johan No.1

    Seems like RU will mobilize this fall?

    That would then give them a low point now and until this fall depending on when they mobilize.

     

    1. CB500four

      Wonder what people think about that. It might be that they feel it is starting to go too far with the fight against Putin’s imaginary Nazis.

      Could part of the plan be to provoke a response from Europe/NATO in order to be able to say that NATO’s Nazis are attacking Mother Russia. All so that Putin can survive…

  13. johan No.1

    Considering the drone coverage, RU probably already has supplies for the brigades at a distance, so that route behind the southern front is critical

  14. johan No.1

    Taurus is a disappointment.

    A few years ago, the manufacturer promised large volumes much cheaper but zero orders – why not?

    UA would have gladly bought.

    Probably the German bastards.

    SS increased but it won’t be thousands.

    Then the map service was American so the goals were limited, was it 2023-2024?

    Surely Trump will continue with Biden’s strategy

    2. CB500four

      Seems almost like Taurus is a bit like oreshnik, there’s a lot of talk about how very efficient it is, but there are only a couple of specimens.

  15. johan No.1

    Work visa + lower wage requirement than average is quite interesting.

    No one employed today likes it.

    Do you think the Moderates expect to lose the election and are trying to push through all the services to the business sector now?

     

  16. johan No.1

    What we now see behind the southern front is pre-combat with an end date.

    If RU pools all drone capability there, efficiency decreases.

    So it can only be part of a bigger plan for the area this summer 😀

    Do you think the USA will enter Crimea soon?

    1. Lasse W

      The southern front is probably down towards places like Tokmak and Melitopol and Crimea. I can imagine that there are plenty of minefields, anti-tank ditches, and bunkers down towards Melitopol. Maybe even before Tokmak. They are also in Dzhankoj at the geographical midpoint of northern Crimea. This is well known. Nothing will come easily, but it can go quickly if the Russians lose their will.

        2. CB500four

          I would probably be surprised if the USA were to put boots on the ground in Crimea, but there might be some harsh words from Orangetangen. There are quite a few natural resources in the Black Sea off Crimea, so he would certainly want to lay claim to them.

  17. johan No.1

    It’s starting to become summer in Ukraine – how do you think the brigades will manage without water?

    This is what UA already achieved in 2022 with HIMARS but were stopped, this year it should be safe?

    The EU is still talking about negotiations and in a few months Putin will reasonably declare a ceasefire?

    How we act then will determine our future

  18. johan No.1

    It’s probably the medium drones against the “road of hell”?

    Means that the FPV units are working against the brigades at the Dnieper and the southern front.

    Road of hell is an additional capability.

  19. johan No.1

    LEVEL MEDIUM in the Baltics.

    The terrain north of the Daugava.

    Considering how Lithuania is being reinforced and the proximity to Poland, it is too big a chunk now – not even with a cut Suwalki can RU practically manage it ever.

    North of the Daugava is undefended up to approximately Tartu and then the Estonians are trapped without being able to be reinforced around the NW part of the country which gives RU time.

    Both the Swedes and the Canadian brigade are located just on the northern side of the Daugava towards Riga as well.

    The threat from Belarus guarantees that a lot of capability is locked up against them – probably as intended?

    Belarus has already openly declared mobilization, closed forest areas towards the border, acquired nuclear weapons and says war in every other sentence – surely no one believes they are joining the war now?

    New Kaliningrad becomes Saarema?

    RU sacrifices Kaliningrad and the Baltic Fleet which are both threatened anyway without them being able to do anything as long as the war in UA is ongoing.

    USA and China say that since Europe took Kaliningrad, we have to solve it ourselves.

    1. johan No.1

      This was brought up before but the discussion always ends up being about little green men or the entire Baltic region, which is misleading.

      The time – driving time from the border to the coast through undefended areas in summer when you can drive across the fields

    3. MacMelmac

      Does Luktaskinka really have a population behind this? Or is RU going to come dragging the Spritexpress and force them to mobilize?
      I have the impression that the BR population is not subdued in the same way as RU but will go crazy and burn the whole thing down before attacking their neighbors.

      2. Lynx

        I think something along those lines as well. If the barbarians try to drag Belarus into active hostilities, there will be a backlash, but not as Putin expected. This probably also applies if Belarus becomes an anchor in a barbarian invasion of one of the Baltic states.

  20. johan No.1

    RU then declares peace in Ukraine and initially withdraws to the old ATO line which they have mined again and is manned by GRU, FSB, Rosgvardia, and NK units.

    Then they want to discuss.

     

      2. CB500four

        Hardly, Putin has locked himself into this war after he did not back down when he saw the resistance they faced in Ukraine. When the war ends, Putin will disappear in one way or another.

        However, the war is now starting to become unpopular in Russia as well, so then he increases the stakes and begins talking about mobilization to tighten control. However, it may happen that Ukraine alone is not enough for a mobilization, and then Johan’s scenario may become relevant.

         

  22. Pehr

    Off topic

    “Iran’s judiciary overturns President Masoud Pezeshkian’s decision to restore internet connectivity in the country. This is reported by TT.
    It was yesterday that Pezeshkian issued directives to restore access to the international internet, according to state media. The internet was first shut down on January 8 this year in connection with widespread protests.”

    https://omni.se/a/n1vm3o

  28. MXT

    “Almost 50 countries condemn Russia after the call for diplomats and other foreign nationals to leave Kyiv ahead of planned attacks. This is stated in a joint statement at the UN, reports AFP.

    The EU and several countries also summoned Russia’s ambassadors on Tuesday to protest against the threat, according to Reuters. The EU spokesperson Anitta Hipper writes on X that the threat constitutes an “unacceptable escalation” and promises that the union’s diplomatic representation will remain in Kyiv.”
    https://omni.se/50-lander-fordomer-ryska-hotet-mot-diplomater-i-kyiv/a/e75OzO

  30. MXT

    **🇺🇦Slavic direction: Around Rai-Oleksandrivka, there is a noticeable increase in the activity of enemy artillery. The enemy systematically targets green areas, bunkers, camouflaged positions, and any shelters where our soldiers might be located.

    In parallel, FPV drones are actively operating, and the Russians are trying to keep the area under aerial control at all times, searching for the movements of personnel, equipment, and logistics.

    🇺🇦As of now, there is no direct advance by the enemy in this area, but everything indicates a preparatory phase before further pressure.

    Their tactics are standard – first, they maximally disassemble the area with artillery and drones, destroy shelters, eliminate defensive nodes, & turn the settlement into ruins, so that it will be easier to push through with infantry afterwards. In fact, the enemy is now trying to create conditions where the defense will be exhausted before the start of active assault actions.

    🇺🇦Separately, it’s worth noting Mykolaivka, which is east of Sloviansk. It is there that the Russians are now shifting the main focus. Enemy FPV crews and reconnaissance drones are constantly operating in the area, literally hunting for transport, logistics, and means of communication. The main goal is to disrupt movement between positions, complicate the delivery of ammunition, and any kind of movement.

    🇺🇦Essentially, the Russians are trying to gradually isolate the area with drone control.

    Any movement on open roads becomes a risk, as the enemy is already tracking routes and accumulating information on logistics. That’s why the key danger in this direction now is not just artillery, but constant aerial control, which gives the enemy the opportunity to quickly respond to any movement and keep the entire front line under pressure. 🌚We’re holding on! 🇺🇦Muchnoy ✙ Jugend |**

    https://bsky.app/profile/babayagafella.bsky.social/post/3mmrkzjsh2c2v

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