The War in the Ukraine
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Footage of a Russian FPV drone striking a Ukrainian naval drone of an unknown model. The video was filmed near the Kinburn Spit in the Black Sea, near Crimea. The Ukrainian naval drone is based on a boat and is armed with, presumably, six RPO-A Shmel flamethrowers. It also has the capability to launch FPV drones.
Scenes from Russian air defense operations during the repelling of a Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow and the Moscow region on May 17-18. Pantsir-S1/SM and Tor-M2 air defense systems were used to repel the attack. The air defenses performed well, but it was impossible to shoot down all the drones. Over the course of 24 hours, the Pantsir-S and Tor-M2 air defense systems shot down over 120 Ukrainian drones. It's worth noting that defending targets across Russia is impossible, as the country doesn't have that many air defense systems. This is currently considered the largest Ukrainian drone attack. The Ukrainian army used the Bars kamikaze jet drone, the FP-1 kamikaze UAV, the An-196 Lyuty, and other models in the attack.
A Ukrainian army Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft gun was struck for the first time by a Russian Geran-2 kamikaze drone. Previously, the Gepard air defense system had only been hit by Lancet drones. The Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft gun was developed and adopted by Germany in 1973. The Ukrainian Gepard air defense system was destroyed near the village of Khmelnytskyi, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine.
Rubicon has scored 500 successful strikes against Ukrainian barrel artillery. Artillery under 152/155mm now deemed under existential threat and drone range creep will eventually put all artillery under threat. Experience like this also reflects back on their own policies, probably why the Russians doesn't pursue any more new 120/122mm SPG projects anymore.
For this reason, Russian 152mm artillery work off at near maximum stand off ranges, using Krasnopol-M2 rounds, firing as few as possible, then move from site to site. The classic barrage and saturation tactics of the past now stay in the past.
Another Russian drone, the Merlin-VR, is now authorized to light up targets for Krasnopol-M2 strikes.
2S22 Bogdana gets taken out by KVN drones from the 50th Separate Brigade "Varyag", a drone specialist unit. The variation uses a Tata trailer which makes it look similar to Danish supplied Caesars in AFU service. The first strike took out the engine, and two other strikes took out the breech of the cannon. The cannon is a 155mm barrel adaption on a Hyacinth-B base and block.
Despite the range advantages of the 155mm, 155mm units are still being struck by fiberoptic FPV drones. This suggests two things that are not mutually exclusive of each other, meaning they could be both right at the same time. One is that the AFU artillery units tend to operate close to the front. The second is that Russian KVN drones operate as far as 50km and over, able to match the 155mm ranges and seek them even in their hideouts and escape places.
For this reason, Russian 152mm artillery work off at near maximum stand off ranges, using Krasnopol-M2 rounds, firing as few as possible, then move from site to site. The classic barrage and saturation tactics of the past now stay in the past.
Another Russian drone, the Merlin-VR, is now authorized to light up targets for Krasnopol-M2 strikes.
2S22 Bogdana gets taken out by KVN drones from the 50th Separate Brigade "Varyag", a drone specialist unit. The variation uses a Tata trailer which makes it look similar to Danish supplied Caesars in AFU service. The first strike took out the engine, and two other strikes took out the breech of the cannon. The cannon is a 155mm barrel adaption on a Hyacinth-B base and block.
Despite the range advantages of the 155mm, 155mm units are still being struck by fiberoptic FPV drones. This suggests two things that are not mutually exclusive of each other, meaning they could be both right at the same time. One is that the AFU artillery units tend to operate close to the front. The second is that Russian KVN drones operate as far as 50km and over, able to match the 155mm ranges and seek them even in their hideouts and escape places.
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Ukraine has a problem too:
Footage of Ukrainian AN-196 "Lyuty" kamikaze UAVs being destroyed by Russian air defense systems of an unknown type. Some speculate that the BM-30-D "Spitsa" combat module was used, previously shown on a KamAZ-43269 "Vystrel" armored vehicle. The design of the stationary version of the BM-30-D "Spitsa" module is shown on the screen. The AN-196 "Lyuty" UAV has been produced in Ukraine since 2022 and costs $200,000.
Karaganov explaining why Russia have (and he thinks will soon) to nuke Europe: