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Trenches in Bakhmut

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Top Zelensky officials are considering a potential ‘strategic pullback’ from the beleaguered eastern city of Bakhmut. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has admitted that he is not prepared to order the continued defense of the city at all costs. Both Ukraine and Russia are suffering tremendous casualties in the fight for the city, but Russia has superior artillery fire, which it has been using nonstop around the clock. The city is almost completely surrounded by Russian troops.

Australia expects to use on-order UH-60M Black Hawks to provide dedicated support for special forces operations. (Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation)
The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has decided against acquiring 16 light helicopters to support special forces operations, Major General Stephen Jobson, the commander of the Australian Army’s Aviation Command, has disclosed.
Speaking to journalists at the Avalon 2023 international airshow on 1 March, Maj Gen Jobson said that project Land 2097 Phase 4 had been cancelled owing to forthcoming overlapping capabilities.

Brad Dress, The Hill
A Ukrainian presidential adviser on Tuesday said troops may “strategically pull back” from the town of Bakhmut, the focus of intense and brutal fighting for the past few…

Robert Peters, RealClearDefense

The War Zone
Though produced in small numbers, the Vilkha-M can reach targets 68-miles away with a much larger warhead than the M31s fired by HIMARS.

George Friedman, Geopolitical Futures
There has been a great deal of discussion about Chinese military aid to Russia.

Newsweek
Dmitry Peskov, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s press secretary, spoke with reporters on Tuesday about potential peace talks with Ukraine and specified a few conditions that are…

By Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans
  

Russia’s one year anniversary of its special military operation in Ukraine marks a pivotal point not just for its symbolic significance, but also because it coincides with a sudden realisation on our part. That being that keeping track of the types of armoured fighting vehicles (AFVs) in use by the Russian Armed Forces that have been destroyed has become considerably harder than listing those that haven’t been, and subtracting from that list as time progresses. Hence, the list that follows.

The S-400 consists of a regimental command-and-control vehicle, regimental search radar to provide search-and-tracking functions for the S-400 system as a whole, transporter-erector-launcher (pictured above), and tracking and fire-control radar. (Janes/Peter Felstead)
Russia has delivered the third S-400 Triumf self-propelled surface-to-air missile (SAM) system to the Indian Air Force (IAF), a senior defence official told Janes on 2 March.
The official added that the system will be deployed at the western border with Pakistan. India signed a USD5.

AeroVironment’s Jump 20 medium uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) has been selected for the US Army’s Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (FTUAS) Programme Increment (Inc) 2.
The company announced its selection via a media release on 1 March.
Following its selection, AeroVironment will compete with four other vendors, including Northrop Grumman Systems, Sierra Nevada, Textron Systems, and Griffon Aerospace, for the programme.

The multi-phased FTUAS programme will allow the army to select the best possible solution for the Brigade Combat Teams (BCTs).