Ukraine shot down a Russian Su-25. When Russia sent a helicopter to rescue the pilot, Ukraine was there with drones to try to take out the Mi-8, which was damaged but managed to escape.
Ukraine reportedly hit this Russian HQ with a JDAM. Selydove is a town southeast of Pokrovsk on the highway to Donetsk.
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Footage of Ukrainian strike on Russian-occupied Ukrainian Selydove.A headquarters of the Russian 35 brigade was located there. "Z-bloggers" complained of huge losses among officers
It’s reported that the drone was launched by a lady,callsign "Ultra".She’s a geography teacher but joined the Army
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— Anton Gerashchenko (@antongerashchenko.bsky.social) February 8, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Russian assault group in a Chinese golf cart drives across flat, open terrain with no cover and no support.
I won’t spoil it by telling you the ending. But WARNING: Video shows Russians getting killed.
Progress near Pokrovsk.
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According to Russian channels, Ukrainian forces launched a counteroffensive, pushing Russian troops out of Kotlyne. Attacks also ongoing on Pishchane with mechanized units & infantry, backed by a swarm of FPV drones and 155mm artillery.
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— NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) February 8, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Another Highway of Death. This one has 90 blasted vehicles.
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A huge amount of destroyed Russian equipment of various types on the side of one of hundreds of "roads of death" in Donetsk region.The "graveyard of Russian scrap metal"was filmed by a Russian soldier. The total number of destroyed vehicles on this short stretch of road is 90 units
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— Anton Gerashchenko (@antongerashchenko.bsky.social) February 8, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Drones being shot down with lasers. This is Buck Rogers stuff.
Meanwhile, southeast of Sudzha in Kursk, Ukraine presses forward with its offensive.
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Russian sources report on AFU advances in the Kursk bridgehead toward Fanaseyevka. The AFU has gained a foothold in Cherkasskaya Konopelka and Fanaseyevka, unlike in past attacks. Russian forces struggle to hold ground due to weak entrenchment and premature success reports.
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— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) February 8, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Compared to the previous attack on the Berdin farmstead a month ago, the enemy has achieved somewhat greater success this time. Back then, the remnants of the Ukrainian assault troops that managed to reach the farmstead were quickly driven out of the tree lines, and the reinforcement groups heading their way never made it. Now, however, the enemy has managed to land infantry in the tree lines around Cherkasskay Konopelka
and Fangseyevka, as well as enter the settlements themselves.
So far, the enemy has not established a stable foothold there-artillery and drones are striking their infantry. However, if control over these positions is not quickly restored, the AFU may attempt another attack to build on their success. Clearly, the main objective here is to capture the village of Ulanok and then advance toward Plekhey in order to eliminate the serious threat that Russian forces pose to Sudzha from the southwest.
The primary reason for the AFU's current tactical success appears to be the insufficient entrenchment of Russian units in these settlements, as well as premature reports about supposed future successes. In fact, it seems that the Russian Armed Forces never had firm control over Cherkasskaya Konopelkg and Fangseyevka to begin with, yet reports claiming otherwise were sent up the chain-since it was assumed that control would be established soon. For the same reason, official recognition of the loss of control is being delayed-there's still a chance to quickly push the enemy out, avoiding the need to report any problems.
There is just one flaw in this approach, but it's a major one—if the enemy launches a counterattack in this supposedly well-planned operation, positions that were formally secured but lacked sufficient troops (or have none at all) are instantly lost, potentially catching nearby units unprepared.
At this moment the AFU is not engaging in serious offensive actions. Possibly, after losing a couple dozen armored vehicles, the enemy is assembling a new armored group to solidify its gains and establish a stronger foothold. If not, then Russian forces have a good chance of gradually wearing down the remaining Ukrainian infantry with drone strikes
and reclaiming the lost positions.
The situation is such that North Koreans are supposedly being sent back into the fray after having pulled back due to heavy losses.
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"We are winning... because I say so!" - Putin
A lot of UA sources mention that #DPRK forces were reactivated in the #Kursk AO. This is in direct response to the unexpected success of the AFU's ongoing counteroffensive and a critical shortage of Russian reserves.
#OSINT #Russia #UkraineWar
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— OSINT (Uri) (@urikikaski.bsky.social) February 8, 2025 at 6:32 AM
The Russians sacked Col. Pavel Filyev, the commander of the 11th Separate Guards Air Assault Brigade, the unit responsible for the area where Ukraine successfully attacked.
Russian blogger Romanov is not sorry to see him go.
In short, we can now say that Makhnovka, which was taken with such a fight and losses, is now again under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. New attempts are underway to enter this settlement, more assaults with the same losses. So, Makhnovka was abandoned by the 11th separate guards airborne assault brigade under the command of Colonel Pavel Filyaev, about whom we asked yesterday. Once again, there are no questions for the fighters. They took Makhnovka, dug in. As a result, they were sitting in basements without any support. It seems that they were simply forgotten. Without ammunition, without food and most importantly without water. How did they hold out for so long? It's a feat! This is about the willpower and courage of a Russian soldier! We talked to a fighter who managed to roll back from Makhnovka - the stories are not for tke faint of heart. But what he talked about with particular trepidation was thirst. Sometimes, some kind soul remembered that our people were in Makhnovka and tried to pass water by drone, but three hundred grams for ten people did not really save the situation. There is information that in Makhnovka the khokhols took a lot of prisoners from the 11th brigade, we must be prepared for a new wave in the Telegram channels with our prisoners. Physiognomy is a pseudoscience. But when you look at Filyaev's face - the impression that this is the face of a degenerate does not leave. We asked you to write something good about him. Nothing good was answered. And, of course, we can say that this post is about discrediting the Army, but no one discredits it more than people like Filyaev. Nikolayevo-Daryino is definitely and 100% ours. And Makhnovka will be ours. But here again we will have to start all over again.
Join the Russian Army. Or else.
You have to admit that Russia has a very effective way to enforce compliance — do what we say or you go on a suicide assault.
Another 1,210 Russians and 6 tanks.
A car full of Russians meets a Russian tank. Tank wins.
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"Our tank drove over the guys and got the fu*k out of there! Guys are 200 [killed]!"
In Russian-occupied Selydove a Russian tank crushed a car with Russian soldiers for no reason whatsoever and drove away.
No wonder Russia is "running out" of North Koreans and not just them.
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— Anton Gerashchenko (@antongerashchenko.bsky.social) February 8, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Are people really this gullible? Of course they are.
Clever.
When your armor has been all blown to shit and all you have is a Chinese golf cart, barbed wire becomes a formidable obstacle.
When Switzerland isn’t neutral enough, you aren’t being serious about peace talks.
The Baltic states pulled the plug on electricity from Russia and that has implications for Russian-occupied Kaliningrad.
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Lithuania released footage of the literal cutting of powerlines transporting electricity from Russia.
Russia-occupied Kaliningrad exclave is now on its own. There's still a gas pipeline going from Russia to Kaliningrad through Lithuania. Hopefully that's next.
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— Igor Sushko (@igorsushko.bsky.social) February 8, 2025 at 12:08 AM
If there is such a thing as karma, this guy broke his foot while kicking in the door and later will be sent on a meat wave assault with his crutches.
Good riddance.
Captain Konstantin Nagaiko, involved in ballistic missile strikes on the territory of Ukraine, in particular the murder of 59 Ukrainian civilians in the village of #Groza in the #Kharkiv region, has died." - UA Media
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1/2: What has red hair, no children and cries a lot?
"War criminal, battery commander of the 112th Division of the Missile Brigade of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (military unit 03333), Captain Konstantin Nagaiko, involved in ballistic...
#OSINT #Russia #UkraineWar
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— OSINT (Uri) (@urikikaski.bsky.social) February 8, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Zelenskyy is also offering US businesses priority in rebuilding Ukraine. He clearly knows what buttons to push with Trump.
She seems nice.
He’s hoping to get back out in the field and start filming again.
And finally, we leave you with Russia’s most recent contribution to culture, aka “Sigma Boy.”
It’s catchy, but it’s no "All Your Base Are Belong To Us."
The performers behind Sigma Boy are 11-year-old “Betsy” (Svetlana Chertishcheva) and 12-year-old Maria Yankovskaya. This isn’t Betsy’s first rodeo; she scored her first viral hit three years earlier with Simple Dimple Pop It Squish, another bubbly earworm with more than 8 million views on YouTube. Her Sigma Boy costar, Yankovskaya, also has an impressive entertainment resume, hosting a show on Russia’s STS Kids channel while also blogging and singing.
Sigma Boy appeared on YouTube on October 4, 2024, and within a few months, it had amassed nearly 70 million views. It’s not even a proper music video; all you see are 2D cutouts of Betsy and Maria swaying under fake snowflakes.
The song belongs to the Internet’s growing supply of “brainrot content,” a universe of trash memes, perhaps most infamously Alexey Gerasimov’s Skibidi Toilet series.
