A short take on the latest developments on the situation in Ukraine from Southfront
Texas factory is geared up to churn out a monthly 100,000 155mm shells for ukraine by the end of 2025.
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The Ukraine proxy conflict continues to feed the insatiable US cycle of arms spending and production, with yet another newly-unveiled manufacturing facility joining its ranks.
A Texas factory that reportedly cost US$500 million to build is geared towards boosting the gravy train of
US warmongers.
NATO’s proxy conflict in Ukraine has an avid appetite for ammunition and has eaten its way into both US and EU stocks with lackluster results to show for it. The Pentagon is hoping the General Dynamics facility in Mesquite, Texas, will help satiate this
ammo craving.
American factories in Scranton and Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, together produce about 36,000
155mm shells per month. Managed by
General Dynamics Ordnance and
Tactical Systems (GD.N), the new
Universal Artillery Projectile Lines facility jam-packed with cutting-edge machinery can churn out
30,000 units per month for the Kiev regime.
The plant was bankrolled through
supplemental spending bills from FY 2022 and 2023, and boasts three production lines. Its novel equipment enables the manufacture of various shells and mortars on the same line. Empty shells made in Mesquite will be sent to a plant in Burlington, Iowa, for filling. The target goal is to churn out a monthly amount of 100,000 by the end of 2025.
Ukraine will not launch its own production of 155 mm caliber shells until the second half of 2024, The Washington Post has quoted sources as saying.
According to a source, there is a catastrophic shortage of these shells on the front line, but production will not begin until "the…
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The United States and European countries have shipped tens of billions-worth of sophisticated military hardware to Ukraine,
emptying their own armories of critical arms and ammunition stocks. None of the pricey hardware that taxpayers were fleeced over has helped Kiev, as the Zelensky regime racks up huge manpower losses in the face of consistent gains by Russia’s military. In the meantime, American weapons makers have been enjoying a
profit-making bonanza, fueled by the
“well-greased” machine of lobbying in the US Congress.
Andrey Belousov highlighted the danger of further escalation due to continued US weapons supplies to the Ukrainian armed forces
MOSCOW, June 26. /TASS/. Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov and Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin discussed the situation around Ukraine in a phone call initiated by Washington, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.
"A US-initiated phone call between Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov and US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin took place on June 25, 2024. The ministers exchanged views on the situation around Ukraine," the statement reads.
"Belousov highlighted the danger of further escalation due to continued US weapons supplies to the Ukrainian armed forces. The parties also discussed other issues," the ministry pointed out.
This was the first conversation between Belousov and Austin. The phone call took place after a Ukrainian attack on civilian infrastructure in the city of Sevastopol, which involved ATACMS missiles and killed four people, including two children, leaving over 150 injured.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday that US and Ukrainian involvement in the terrorist attack on Sevastopol was beyond doubt.
On May 28, Russian President Vladimir Putin pointed out that "the final target selection, the flight task, can only be formulated by highly qualified specialists on the basis of such intelligence, technical intelligence." He stressed that this could be done without the participation of the Ukrainian military at all, entirely by NATO personnel. NATO countries, "should be aware of what they are playing with," he warned.
Russia’s Battlegroup West gained better ground and inflicted about 445 casualties on the Ukrainian army over the past day, the Defense Ministry reported
MOSCOW, June 25. /TASS/. Russian troops destroyed two Ukrainian military hardware depots over the past day in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Tuesday.
"Operational/tactical aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile troops and artillery of the Russian groups of forces destroyed two military equipment depots of the Ukrainian army and a P-18 aerial target detection and tracking radar station and struck massed enemy manpower and military hardware in 128 locations," the ministry said in a statement.
Russian troops strike three Ukrainian brigades in Kharkov area over past day
Russian troops inflicted casualties on three Ukrainian army brigades in the Kharkov area over the past day, the ministry reported.
"Battlegroup North units conducted active combat operations and inflicted damage on manpower and equipment of the Ukrainian army’s 36th marine infantry, 57th motorized infantry and 71st jaeger brigades in areas near the settlements of Volchansk, Ternovaya and Tikhoye in the Kharkov Region. The enemy’s losses totaled as many as 235 personnel, two motor vehicles, a US-made 155mm M777 howitzer, two 152mm D-20 howitzers and a 122mm D-30 howitzer, it specified.
Russia’s Battlegroup West inflicts 445 casualties on Ukrainian army over past day
Russia’s Battlegroup West gained better ground and inflicted about 445 casualties on the Ukrainian army over the past day, the ministry reported.
"Battlegroup West units gained more advantageous positions and inflicted casualties on formations of the Ukrainian army’s 14th, 54th and 66th mechanized brigades in areas near the settlements of Petropavlovka and Sinkovka in the Kharkov Region, Platonovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic and Makeyevka in the Lugansk People’s Republic," the ministry said.
"The Ukrainian army lost as many as 445 personnel, two armored combat vehicles, five motor vehicles, a US-made 155mm M198 howitzer, a 152mm D-20 howitzer, a 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika motorized artillery system and a US-manufactured 105mm M119 artillery gun. Also, an ammunition depot of the Ukrainian army was destroyed," the ministry specified.
Russian troops improve frontline positions in Donetsk area over past day
Russian troops improved their frontline positions and inflicted more than 830 casualties on the Ukrainian army in the Donetsk area over the past day, the ministry reported.
"Southern Battlegroup units improved their forward edge positions and inflicted damage on manpower and equipment of the Ukrainian army’s 72nd mechanized, 46th and 81st airmobile brigades in areas near the settlements of Konstantinovka and Kurakhovo in the Donetsk People’s Republic," the ministry said.
The Ukrainian army’s losses in the Donetsk direction over the past 24 hours amounted to "more than 830 personnel, two armored personnel carriers, seven motor vehicles, two US-made 155mm M777 howitzers, a US-manufactured 155mm M198 howitzer, a 152mm Msta-B howitzer, a US-made 105mm M119 artillery gun and an electronic warfare station, it specified.
Russia’s Battlegroup Center inflicts 560 casualties on Ukrainian army over past day
Russia’s Battlegroup Center inflicted roughly 560 casualties on the Ukrainian army over the past day, the ministry reported.
"Battlegroup Center units gained more advantageous positions and inflicted casualties on formations of the Ukrainian army’s 24th mechanized and 2nd territorial defense brigades in areas near the settlements of Toretsk and Mikhailovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic. They repelled three counterattacks by Ukrainian army units," the ministry said.
The Ukrainian army’s losses in that frontline area over the past 24 hours amounted to 560 personnel, a tank, eight motor vehicles, three US-made 155mm M777 howitzers, three 152mm Msta-B howitzers, a 152mm D-20 howitzer and three 122mm D-30 howitzers, it specified.
Russia’s Battlegroup East improves tactical position over past day
Russia’s Battlegroup East improved its tactical position and inflicted more than 150 casualties on the Ukrainian army over the past day, the ministry reported.
"Battlegroup East units improved their tactical position and inflicted damage on manpower and equipment of the Ukrainian army’s 128th territorial defense brigade near the settlement of Velikaya Novosyolka in the Donetsk People’s Republic," the ministry said.
The Ukrainian army’s losses in that frontline area amounted to more than 150 personnel, two armored combat vehicles, four motor vehicles, a US-made 155mm M777 howitzer, a UK-made 155mm FH70 howitzer, a 152mm 2A65 Msta-B howitzer and a 122mm D-30 howitzer, it specified.
Russian troops inflict 125 casualties on Ukrainian army in Kherson area over past day
Russian troops inflicted roughly 125 casualties on the Ukrainian army in the Kherson area over the past day, the ministry reported.
"During the last 24-hour period, Battlegroup Dnepr units inflicted damage on manpower and equipment of formations from the Ukrainian 35th marine infantry brigade near the settlement of Ivanovka in the Kherson Region," the ministry said.
The Ukrainian army’s losses in the Kherson direction over the past 24 hours amounted to 125 personnel, five motor vehicles, a US-made 155mm M777 howitzer, a 152mm D-20 howitzer, a 122mm D-30 howitzer and a US-manufactured 155mm M109 artillery gun, it specified.
Russian air defenses destroy 79 Ukrainian UAVs, 4 HIMARS rockets over past day
Russian air defense forces shot down 79 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and four US-made HIMARS rockets over the past day, the ministry reported.
"Air defense capabilities shot down 79 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles and four rockets of the US-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket system," the ministry said.
In all, the Russian Armed Forces have destroyed 613 Ukrainian warplanes, 276 helicopters, 26,566 unmanned aerial vehicles, 533 surface-to-air missile systems, 16,423 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,348 multiple rocket launchers, 10,856 field artillery guns and mortars and 22,924 special military motor vehicles since the start of the special military operation, the ministry reported.
(Zajarova mentioned that they chose a religious holiday for the attack.) In any case, the Russians are totally taking it as an intended strike on civilian targets (i.e. terrorism by all sensible definitions) and are blaming Washington for it, since the missiles can't be fully operated by Ukranians (and some are saying they were directed by US drones). he thinks that Russia will likely retaliate against US bases via proxies, for example in the Middle East. And perhaps the trip to North Korea was related to this Russian move.
