🇺🇦 War on Ukraine

 UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres:

"This war must end. The people of Ukraine cannot bear the violence being inflicted on them and the most vulnerable people around the world cannot become collateral damage for which they bear no responsibility."

🇺🇦 I've been following the war in Ukraine, the shows what has happened since February, 2022, in reverse order. Flight Radar shows the air traffic.


JANUARY









DECEMBER

OCTOBER

The bombings and notices began to slow down in October. 


That is, until Hamas bombed Israel.  

Then things picked up, again.




Oct. 12th, Canada flew Canadians out of the area and took them to Athens.

Oct. 18th Hospital bombing in Gaza has risen threat levels, anger and retaliation.



SEPTEMBER







August 2023

 

Plane shot down in Russia, including Wagner Group people.




Aug. 26 - 28


JULY 2023

July 7

July 12

July 13

July 15 – NATO was there




JUNE 2023

June 6th, the tragic bombing of the dam flooded so many.


PM Trudeau is in Ukraine June 10th


 







JUNE 24 – WAGNER Group on the move

They turned around.The Russians fired on the Wagners, called betrayal and treason, by the Kremlin. Thing is, it's not that the Wagners think they should stop their war on Ukraine, 

Not enough weapons. Russian troops targeted Wagner. BBC has a lot of good coverageThe Live Map shows what is going on:







MAY 2023

It is awful, the bombings in Ukraine, and now Sudan has a war. My only problem today is getting the garbage out in the pouring rain. I cannot complain.

Look at the absence of air traffic...





✈Today, Russia celebrated Victory Day, an annual holiday marking the defeat of the Nazis, amid mounting anxiety following a series of attacks and over a looming Ukrainian counteroffensive. It was a watered down event. They were busy going after Ukrainian civilians.






May 22
Russia is claiming that they've taken Bakhmut.


May 28/9
As Ukraine sends messages that they are preparing for more action, they had to shoot down more air fire.


Ukrainian air defense shot down 11 Russian ballistic and cruise missiles Iskander in the 2nd attack of the day.



Complaints from Moscow!

APRIL 2023

FlightRadar24 is watching the air space around Ukraine, especially after the US drone was pissed on by a Russian jet. They have changed the way the UN countries watch air space, as the blog post demonstrates. The US Navy has been circling, keeping an eye on them. 


This was interesting. There were aircraft protecting the RAF, according to itamilradar. NATO assets are active in the area. JAKE11, ZZ664, ZZ338, PERSE071.


 MARCH

A timelapse of the situation around Bakhmut each week over the past 2 months. pic.twitter.com/rAlIl5XG89

— War Mapper (@War_Mapper) March 11, 2023







 

March was sadly eventful, with Russian jets dumping fuel on a drone, then attacking it. Ukrainian military are shooting down Chinese cluster bombs. 



March 17th – good to see other UN countries there





20 dead, 5 missing,
Ukraine shot down 16 of 21 drones

Since the Russians went after the US drone, UN isn't stationing them over the Black Sea.



 

February

Feb. 28


Drone strikes, power outages...



Feb. 26 – It has been a year.



Feb. 23
Feb. 21

Feb. 19


Feb. 18 


Feb. 10







January

NATO has a plane up (Jan. 17), looking for trouble.







December
 
 



Nov.
 


Oct. 31


Oct. 17



Oct. 11

Oct. 10


Oct. 9th

There seems to be retribution from the bridge explosions.

Oct. 8th

The Crimean bridge was blown up by what appears to be a truck loaded with munitions.

Marine traffic halted. 

Russia is bombing in retribution.


Oct. 7



Oct. 6



Oct 4


Oct. 3



Sept. 29



Sept. 27




Sept. 24



Sept. 23



Putin announced calling in reserves

Many are from the poorer east in the country. The richer Russians in the west are taking off to other countries.
Sept. 21




Sept. 19



Sept. 15

President Zelenskyy was in a car accident. 
There has been a big shove by Ukraine, moving Russia out of the more northern areas. 



Sept. 11




September 10



September 9
Sept. 8








Sept. 7




Sept. 5


Sept. 2




September 1



August 31 – IAEI



August 30
Note that people are leaving a Russian town as things near Ukraine get hairy!


August 28



August 23/24




August 21 & 22



August 17





August 16




August 13


August 12
 


August 10




August 8 – Russia blames Ukraine for bombing the nuclear power station








August 7






August 4

August 1




July 31





July 28




July 27




July 26





July 25




July 24

July 23



July 22






July 21


July 19



July 18



July 16/17





July 15




July 12




July 11



July 9

 
July 8



July 7



July 6



July 5




July 2nd

July 1st



June 30




June 29









June 27/28


June 26



June 23


June 22



June 18




June 16, 2022




June 14




June 11



June 9




June 7th





June 5th





June 5th



June 4th






June 3rd



June 2nd




June 1st



May 30


May 28


May 25


May 24 – we had power outages here. I cannot imagine what they are going through there.




May 19


May 18




May 16





May 14






May 13


May 12




May 11



May 9






May 8



May 7




May 6 – rumours of another Russian ship on fire





May 5 –






May 4 – 'No Call Sign', FORTE10, RAF ( RRR7234), Romanian Air Force (ROF1104)

"US air force deployed six F-16 Fighting Falcon
 fighter jets to Borcea air base in southeastern Romania." 





May 3





May 2nd


FORTE12 - Northrop Grumman 
RQ-4B Global Hawk 
REDEYE6 - Boeing E-8C 
NATO11 - Boeing E-3A Sentry 
NO CALLSIGN - Most likely a Boeing P-8 Poseidon:
Image







May 1st









April 30




April 29


April 28



April 27






April 26 – talk of war, and threats by Russia





April 25

The red between Moldova and Ukraine is Transnistria.





April 24th




Saturday, April 23rd, the Russians are bombing Ukraine

Friday, April 22

Wednesday, April 20

Monday, April 18th



Sunday, April 17th


Saturday, April 16th



Friday

Thursday, April 14th




Wednesday, April 13th


Monday, April 11th




Sunday, April 10th



Saturday, April 9th




Friday, April 8th





Thursday, April 7th

They've moved out of the northern areas near Kyiv, for now.



Wed., April 6th



April 5 – Tuesday, Bucha happened



FORTE10







April 3 – Sunday, after horrible incidents of mass murder in Ukraine.

There was an RAF KAYAK.

There were three DUKEs:

The US was flying two Stratocasters at 25,000'. These beasts are tankers. 



April 2



April 1, 2022

Both the US and NATO 01 were very close to Moldova, as well as one another. The US LAGR250 was at 24,975', and NATO01 was at 35,000'. Of course they are in feet, as the US controls the system.

6:10 a.m. Sat., April 16th



March 31

March 29/30








March 28






March 27










March 26



March 25

During the appalling Russian war on Ukraine, many are watching the skies. Canada and the US have jets near there.


March 25th – Russians are traveling all around Ukraine. President Biden is in Poland re: Ukraine. 



NATO 01





2024

Aug. 7 and Aug. 8th


Aug. 10, 2024


 

Sept. 1st, Ukraine is fighting back


Nov. 

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Flight Radar published a post about the air traffic overseas. They found some interest in the military air traffic, as did I! You can track planes by their ICAO codes. [P.S. I've moved my local 🛫Ontario flight page here. Also, websites that follow by sea or air.] I made a new page: 🚢 Marine Traffic.

Also, @simon_huwiler has create a map (US War Data) showing all the Russian troop placements. This page of mine explains itThe Live UA Map shows incursions into Ukraine.  Flight Radar has published an interesting piece about the different planes, drone, and surveillance tools, in NATO support in the air.

Here’s the list of aircraft ICAO codes I find interesting:

  • 6285 – Russian Air Force
  • FORTE 11 and 12 belong to the US. 
  • LAGR 221 – US Stratotanker <= specs.
  • DUKE 50, 51, 73 – Sikorsky Blackhawk, US. (DUKE 73 is a Cessna.)
  • NATO 01 – Nato Boeing Sentry
  • KC-135: K35A – for refueling in the air, mostly USA. Also, KC–10A
  • RC-135: R135
  • UH-60M Blackhawk: H60
  • C 17 
  • CL35
  • An-124: A124
  • IL-76: IL76

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