A Ukrainian ATACMS long-range missile strike reportedly killed over 100 Russian soldiers in Luhansk, showing the range of Ukraine's new missiles.
  • Ukrainian forces took out more than 100 Russian soldiers with an ATACMS missile, per OSINT analysts.
  • Four ATACMS were used to target the group, one analyst said.
  • The soldiers would have been out of reach of Ukraine’s shorter-range ATACMS missiles.

A Ukrainian ATACMS long-range missile strike killed more than 100 Russian soldiers in an occupied region 50 miles from the front line, according to OSINT and military analysts.

Ukrainian forces targeted a Russian military training area some 50 miles behind the front line in the occupied Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine, per an assessment by The Institute for the Study of War.

According to two aerial geolocated videos posted on Wednesday by X user Osinttechnical, an account affiliated with the Centre for Naval Analyses, Ukraine appeared to strike the training area with three US-supplied M39 ATACMS tactical ballistic missiles.

  • BombOmOm@lemmy.worldEnglish
    181·
    6 months ago

    Begin negotiations for a permanent peace settlement.

    Ukraine is willing to end the war today, unfortunately Russia actively rejects returning Ukrainian lands. Until Russia is prepared to accept peace, the only path forward is to destroy Russia’s ability to wage war.

    Ukrainians had that chance in 2022 and they choose counteroffensive. It failed and they lost territory.

    ??? In 2022, Ukraine pushed the invader away from Kiev, out of Kharkiv, and out of Kherson. Ukraine holds significantly more of their own land today than they did before their counteroffensives in 2022. The entirety of the green shaded area is land Russia once occupied that Ukraine liberated.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
      221·
      6 months ago

      Russia has rejected returning Ukrainian lands.

      All the more reason to call for a cease-fire and prevent them from taking any more.

      There is no peace settlement possible until Russia’s ability to wage war is destroyed.

      There is no end game for Ukraine that has them securing Vladivostok. They’ll be lucky if they can put boots back into Donetsk.

      Ukraine pushed Russia away from Kiev

      While giving up Khereon in the process.

      Ukraine holds significantly more of their own land today than they did before their counteroffensives in 2022.

      They contest more land, thanks to longer range munitions.

      And they never succeeded in ending bombardment of Kyiv or Western infrastructure. The Ukrainians power grid is poised to collapse and force millions more to flee westward.