The War in the Ukraine

Jaroslav

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Russians also captured Volchansk finally but that seems to be a forgotten city by now. Russians are engaging in street battles in Lyman, Stefnogersk (wrong spelling), Seversk, Konstantinovka, Myrnograd, Rodensky, Hrynske, Gulyaypole, and several other settlements at the same time. One third of Konstantinovka is claimed to be already taken.



The description said 'Geran' but it's likely to be a new type of smaller, more mobile, optically guided kamekaze drone. The impact from a Geran with a 90kg warhead would be far more substantial.




Howitzer gets it's maximum range around 45 degrees elevation. Over that and under that, the range tends to get less, with the higher elevations meant to lob the projectile over obstacles and irregular ground. Based on the footage and looking at the gun elevation, the guns are firing near their maximum range which is safe to stay away from enemy drones as much as possible. But even at far ranges, the SPG fires only a few shells before it quickly retreats or hides. The greater distance does allow a greater time margin of escape.


Footage of armored vehicle are getting rare, most assaults are via ATV. But in thick fog, armored vehicles are making their assaults. Here a BMP-3 is doing it's thing. We have more months when we can expect more fog blitz. Fog blitzkrieg goes all the way back to World War 2, it's not a new tactic.


Recently released but it's old footage as both opposing tanks are naked, not grilled as they should be in recent times. Here a Russian tank takes out a Ukrainian tank both T-72s. The Russian one is a -B3M, the recent variant which you can tell visually from it's ERA. The Ukrainian one is an old type, likely an -M1. The Russian tank nailed the Ukrainian one but this footage is honest enough to show it's entire length where the crew still managed to survive and got out, instead of clipping away the footage where the crew gets out to make it look like they didn't. So right to the final end, this tank still managed to protect the crew. I have seen enough footage to see disabled Soviet tanks with their hatches open. While some crews are unfortunate to not escape, and even the turrets gets blown up, I would say my overall impression is that these tanks are more survivable than what the blogosphere suggest you to think.
All three of them survived, by speed which they are running it seam that they are not injured at all after direct hit which destroyed their tank
 

Soldier30

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An attack by a Russian Su-34 fighter-bomber with a FAB-1500 bomb equipped with a UMPK module. The video was filmed in Myrnohrad. The ground floors and basement of the building housed the command and observation post of the 38th Separate Marine Brigade of the Ukrainian Army. The building also housed a UAV control center and monitored the villages of Balagan and Moskovske, as well as the southern part of Myrnohrad.

 

Soldier30

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Russian sappers showed off some of the Ukrainian mines and munitions discovered during demining operations in Russia's Kursk region. It's worth noting that soldiers from the Korean People's Army are currently assisting with the demining efforts.

 

Soldier30

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A scene depicts a Russian tank group storming Ukrainian positions near Kostyantynivka. The video shows several Russian tanks equipped with Mangal anti-tank missiles firing at Ukrainian army positions located in a forest belt. A Ukrainian drone, presumably, strikes one of the tanks. A group of soldiers can then be seen behind the tank. These could be paratroopers preparing to storm the position, or the crew abandoning the damaged tank. There are no details about the battle, and the tank models have not been disclosed.

 

Soldier30

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A Russian Kh-38 missile strikes the temporary deployment site of the 54th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Army, located in a building. The video was filmed near the village of Seversk in the Donbas. The attack was carried out by a Russian Su-34 fighter-bomber.

 

Tam

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Footage of a Russian Geran-2 kamikaze drone attacking a Ukrainian mobile air defense group. The video was filmed by Ukrainian servicemen on the Pavlohrad-Dnipropetrovsk highway. Judging by the video, the Ukrainian military unit was destroyed.


Gerbara drone. These are cheap decoy drones meant to mimic Gerans. Can be equipped with cameras to act as recon and damage verification. Is also equipped with a 5kg warhead; latest variant of Geran uses 90kg up from 50kg. With a relatively small warhead, the Gerbara can be used to expend itself on smaller targets, acting like a loitering munition or winged FPV drone.

A Russian Kh-38 missile strikes the temporary deployment site of the 54th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Army, located in a building. The video was filmed near the village of Seversk in the Donbas. The attack was carried out by a Russian Su-34 fighter-bomber.


For those not familiar with the Kh-38ML missile, it is a laser guided air to ground missile.

However it is not guided by a laser targeting pod on the plane. Rather there is a drone, an Orlan-10 or -30, that does it, using the same laser guidance system as the Krasnopol laser guided artillery shell. For the Su-34, this is fire and forget. The real time guidance and targeting is via the special forces on the ground handling the Orlan, which maybe a detachment from an artillery unit. The power of the strike is equivalent to a FAB-250 or a Tornado-S rocket.
 

Soldier30

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New footage of Russian FPV drones in action in Ukraine and Donbas. The FPV drones used in combat include VT-40, Prince Vandal Novgorodsky, and other models, including those controlled via fiber optic cable. Technical information about them is available on the channel. The exact filming location is not disclosed. The video shows drones striking various Ukrainian military equipment and structures. Information about some of the models is available on the channel.

 

Tam

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New footage of Russian FPV drones in action in Ukraine and Donbas. The FPV drones used in combat include VT-40, Prince Vandal Novgorodsky, and other models, including those controlled via fiber optic cable. Technical information about them is available on the channel. The exact filming location is not disclosed. The video shows drones striking various Ukrainian military equipment and structures. Information about some of the models is available on the channel.


RM-70 Vampire MLRS. Modernized version of the Grad. Range can be as far as 40km. For fiberoptic FPV to reach an MLRS that shoots and scoots, this might be a deep ranged attack.
 

Soldier30

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Russian military personnel have released footage of a massive attack by six Ukrainian FPV drones. Only small arms were used to destroy the drones. The drones were hit at long range, presumably using anti-drone ammunition. The location of the footage is not disclosed; the remains of the downed drones are shown at the end of the video.

 

Atomicfrog

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Russian military personnel have released footage of a massive attack by six Ukrainian FPV drones. Only small arms were used to destroy the drones. The drones were hit at long range, presumably using anti-drone ammunition. The location of the footage is not disclosed; the remains of the downed drones are shown at the end of the video.

Drone hunting is probably part of training now. Clay shooting and a couple of small drone toy could be used to train soldier with Saiga/Vepr-12 or other small arms. I cannot see training without that presently.

During day time, its probably easier to shot these overweighted drones than a duck with a simple hunting shotgun. Deafening from explosion is certainly not helping to hear them tho.
 
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