Morning Coffee - Combat Mission: Black Sea

June 2017
You have been given command of a small Russian mechanised combat reconnaissance patrol (CRP) made up of units from the 3rd Tactical Group, 20th Guards Motor Rifle Brigade.

You have been tasked with raiding a designated Area of Operations (AO) along the axis of the UKR Main Supply Route (UKR MSR). Several key targets have been identified in your AO including a battalion HQ, mortar battery and supply dump (located in the vicinity of the village of BUDARKY).

Other possible ‘targets of opportunity’ include a BMP unit’s base and associated repair facility (located in the small village of DEREVENSKOE).

In support of your mission and to prevent the enemy reacting quickly to your raid the enemy’s communications systems are currently being jammed by Electronic Warfare Systems (EWS).

Essentially your mission is ‘undercover’ as your unit has been issued equipment similar to that fielded by the UKR military. This is so that in the event of any casualties it will appear as if your force were UKR Separatists using captured equipment.

In the early hours of the morning, under cover of darkness and bad weather, your unit has slipped across the Russian/Ukrainian border. After a tense few hours driving cross country parallel to the UKR MSR, your small command is now approaching your AO. So far there are no indications your approach has been noticed. The thunderstorm appears to have kept any prying heads or eyes down.