A Russian soldier with an anti-drone gun is targeted by a drone-dropped grenade. After taking what looks like an arm wound, he gets up and walks away without the EW gun, which is subsequently blown up by another drone grenade.
So much for that shiny new radar.
Tank bavovna with bonus turret toss. The post says it was a drone but other posts say it was a Javelin.
That turtle shell didn’t help much.
Another 1,280 Russians go down for Putin’s imperialistic delusions.
Things are not going well for the Russians at Vovchansk as the skies are filled with Ukrainian drones.
I am writing from the North. My unit has now left Volchansk for a temporary respite. From what I saw, I can confidently say that the enemy's drones and artillery on this section of the front are very significant. Unfortunately, our counter-battery cannot fully work against the enemy. In some places it is simply impossible to move to a position due to the density of drones, and some vehicles have severely worn barrels.
As a result, they are trying to solve this problem with KABs, but there are not enough of them for everyone. The birds fly non-stop from the airfield to the positions and back. The situation with drones is stalemate, just hide. We suppress Mavics easily, but almost nothing works against FPV.
Has Russia escalated yet?
Escalation? Who said anything about escalation?
I don’t know WTF he was trying to do.
WARNING: Video shows Russian soldier getting blown up.
Whatever he was trying to do suddenly didn’t seem so important.
The fraggings will continue until morale improves.
This unit could use a morale boost … or maybe just a few fraggings.
I don't know how much longer these goats will mock us. They appointed to command the assaults on Kharkiv of some dogs that do not consider us to be people. I'm already silent about how many people they put every day. We are bending in the trenches without water and food. The caravanners should bring the provisions, but they stupidly refuse to go, because the dill cover us with drones day and night. Food and water don't reach us stupidly. Caravaners die there in packs.
In eight days in this grave, ours threw us a loaf of bread and a piece of stinking lard with a drone. For four. And the next time it will be, he doesn't know. The hardest thing is without water. We put a zinc bucket to collect rainwater. I think a couple of days - and the hallucinations from thirst will begin. I'm already thinking about going out and meeting a quick death, because I can't do it anymore.
Russian official suggests nuking the Netherlands. Says Europe will be brought to its knees in one day.
“What’s to be afraid of?” he asks.
I look forward to his arrest.
He’s literally riding shotgun.
Because they need to be prepared to defend themselves against Ukraine’s flaming log drones.
An interesting story talking to Russian soldiers on a train in southern Russia on their way to the front.
The soldiers describe the front line as hell on earth. The losses on the Russian side are enormous: hundreds each day, some of the men say. Drones sow death from the sky, finishing off wounded soldiers on the battlefield where they lay.
Dima always keeps a grenade hanging from his belt. He would rather blow himself up than be captured and face torture.
“Many young guys I knew are dead, they weren’t even 30,” says Yegor, a family man from the republic of Tatarstan, in one of the passenger compartments.
He was called up to fight during the “partial” mobilization of 2022. “Only a few among us who were mobilized are left,” he says.
Last December, Yegor and his comrades were hiding inside a house on the Vuhledar front in the Donetsk region when a tank discovered them and opened fire, wounding him in the leg. For the injury, he was compensated 3 million rubles ($33,500), which he used to buy a new house.
Despite having shrapnel still lodged in his leg and being diagnosed with PTSD, Yegor was deemed fit for service and is heading back to the front.
“If I didn’t risk five years in prison for desertion, I would get off the train now and go home, even by foot,” he confesses. “This war is pointless.”
Back in the dining car, another soldier smiles bitterly as he explains that he is heading to the front.
“I probably won’t make it this time,” he says, pointing to the gunshot wound on his chest, which has not yet fully healed.
The lowly Loaf, aka Scooby Doo van, has no armor and exposed side fuel tanks, yet it has become the backbone of Russian logistics.
3. The suspension is prehistoric. It has solid axels with leaf spring front and rear. Although it has a sway bar, this vehicle is unlikely to be good for high speeds. The Loaf is easy prey for Ukraine’s FPV drones.
4. An FPV drone knocked this Loaf onto its right side. This view of its underside shows the central engine along with the front and rear solid axels. There are no skid plates. More relevant, there is an unprotected fuel tank on each side.
5. The russians use Loaves to supply front lines and to escape from shelling. Hitting a fuel tank with an FPV drone will burn the Loaf. More importantly, it will burn what the Loaf is transporting including personnel, equipment, ammunition and weapons.
6. Why is russia using antiquated vans in a war? Fortunately, russian sources are exceptionally forthcoming when discussing Loaves because these vehicles are bought using donations and delivered by volunteers.
7. Russians state, “The delivery of ammunition and the removal of the wounded is simply impossible now without such vehicles. Large military vehicles are instantly attacked by FPV drones, which fly in swarms and fly 10-20 km from the LBS to our rear.”
8. Life of a Loaf is short. One group was happy their Loaf made 3 trips before being burned. Another says, “A year ago we made a purchase of vehicles for fighters - and now there is not a single one left. They do not last long in combat conditions.”
9. Ukrainians talk about Bukhankocide. “One of the roads of death for Russian logistics. Almost all transportation is on loaves and golf carts. Thanks to the good work of drones & artillery all the field roads and woods are littered with burned-out cars.”
10. Russia soldiers are burning through these vehicles, “The highest priority is the supply of vehicles - their shortage is now felt most acutely.” But this demand is driving up prices. A new Loaf is 1.5M rubles (about US$15k).
Rest in peace.
Don’t these “farmers” ever do any farming?
It takes guts to pull over a tank full of drunk Russians.
Life goes on in Kyiv.
Why does this video make me start humming an old O’Jays tune?
Nice.
Combat kittens.
