The War in the Ukraine

Russians hit the building next the Kharkhiv Armored Plant with an Iskander. The plant itself has been hit last year, but the Ukrainians set up two workshops in the complex which in turn has been hit recently. Now it appears the Ukrainians made new workshops on the adjacent building which is now destroyed by the missile. It is notable that the Russians have a UAV loitering over the city with sustained impunity.


On the Ukrainian city of Uman, Cherkasky region, warehouses are burned to the ground, hit by Gerans.


Warehouse used by the AFU gets struck in the night at the city of Druzhkivka.


Some channels say it's a Krasnopol, but the first scene is a cruise missile striking a building used by the AFU, and the second scene is a Krasnopol striking a warehouse used by the AFU. This at the city of Volchansk, Kharkhiv region.


Another Ukrainian bridge gets destroyed, assuming Kh-38s again. This one is over the Mokry Yaly river. This appears to be the fifth bridge destroyed of late.


AFU deployment point gets preempted at Avdiivka by the 9th MR Brigade.


Concentrations of Ukrainian DRGs in Pereyaslavsky Island in Kherson region gets treated with glide FABs.


An attempt by a recovery vehicle to recover a vehicle gets rudely interrupted by artillery of the 37th Guards MR Brigade in South Donetsk.


Road of Death to Kremenna. Ukrainian armored convoy falls under intense artillery from forces of Group O.

This morning, October 1, one of the Ukrainian drones attempted to attack the Russian airport in Sochi. The drone was reportedly intercepted by Russian air defenses, possibly using electronic warfare systems. A Ukrainian drone crashed in a deserted area.

Footage of Russian Iskander-M missile strikes in Ukraine has been published. In the first video, an Iskander-M missile strikes the loading point of the 38th separate brigade of the Ukrainian Marine Corps in the Nikolaev region. In the second video, an Iskander-M missile strikes the area where units of the 72nd separate mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Army are concentrated.

Looks like the Ukrainian offensive momentum is no more, the war is back to the slow brawl. If there is no cease fire, the slow grind should last well into next year.

tankphobia said:

Tbh there's no shortage of pilots since you can easily train basic competence in UAV flying in a few days, you're much more likely to run out of drones than pilot so I never really understood the AI argument. Only caveat is if you're using them for light AA/UAV duty which requires high speed tracking.

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Thats like saying you can easily learn the piano since the basics can be mastered in a few days.

Sure anyone can learn the basics quickly enough, but to be a top FPV pilot till take a lot of hours and a lot of drones to practice. All the while needing to be close to the frontline and being high value targets for the enemy.

Losing a top FPV drone pilot can be more damaging than lossing a top fighter jet pilot. And if you keep putting such pilots close to the front, statically it’s only a matter of time until you loose them.

Jammers are already widely used, and even things like terrain and range causes lots of issues. If you over-invest in them, then today’s FPV drone swarms are tomorrows Maginot Lines because the technology to counter FPV drones are basically off the shelf and will be widely distributed to armed forces world wide given enough time and budget.

The future is AI, because with AI, every drone can be flown better than the best human pilot. You don’t have to worry much about jamming, since there is no control signal to interrupt or trace back to the operator; range can be massively extended due to no longer being limited by transmitter range; you are also no limited by the number of pilots available and can launch true swarm level attacks, and with AI, all your drones can take on a vastly increased range of roles, for example, countering enemy drones, either with projectile weapons or ramming, or both depending on the circumstances. Indeed, drones are basically the only cost effective means to counter enemy drone swarms, and the only effective way drones can work effectively in defence is with AI.

The commercial DJIs and FPV suicide drones are like WWI first gen tanks. They are heralds for a revolution in combat, but they are far from their potential. The race is now on to truly and fully unlock and harness their potential.

TK3600 said:

Looks like the Ukrainian offensive momentum is no more, the war is back to the slow brawl. If there is no cease fire, the slow grind should last well into next year.

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ceasefire is political suicide for zelensky, he will have to ride this one to the end.

the slow grind will continue yes but eventually something will break, one way or another.

Glide FAB strike at the village of Malaya Tokmachka, Zaporozhye region against AFU concentrations.


AFU DRG gets hit by artillery at Svatovsky.


Sighting of a Nona-SVK. This is a BMP-2/3 chassis fitted with a 120mm mortar. It can fire drone adjusted laser guided Kitolov-2 shells, which is the 120mm/122mm version of the Krasnopol.


FPV drone strikes a Marder at the Orekhiv front.


Another strike at the Kharkhiv tank repair plant.



Artillery of the 72nd MR Brigade takes out a camouflaged howitzer and ammo depot of the AFU at the Klescheevka area.


Camouflaged radar of the AFU gets taken out by a Lancet of the VDV.


Kh-38 strikes at AFU concentrations at the right bank of the Dniepr at the Kherson region.


FAB strikes at AFU concentrations at Novomikhailovka in South Donetsk.


Burning AFU tank in the outskirts of Klescheevka.


Incendiaries falling on Ukrainian positions in Rabotino.


AFU vehicles carrying ammunition destroyed in the right flank of Artemovsk.


AFU assault groups faces heavy fire from the 42nd MR Division in Rabotino area.

Glide FABs hitting Ukrainian positions in Zaporozhye.


Village of Kolodezne, Kharkhiv region. Ukrainian deployment point gets hit, maybe by a FAB.


The Antonovsky Bridge doesn't look usable anymore.


Self inflicted. This M777 ruptured its own barrel. Overuse?


Another cemetery of AFU vehicles in Zaporozhye.


High rise demolition by the Russians on the buildings in Ugledar. Many of these buildings are now occupied by Ukrainians as defensive positions and observation posts.


Looks like northern front, probably Kremennaya. TOS-1A firing at Ukrainian positions.


Lancet strike on a heavily camouflaged Ukrainian SPG.


Consequences of the Geran strike on the headquarters or barracks of the Foreign Legion in Krasnyliman which saw a number of foreign mercenaries killed. Their vehicles are destroyed in the process.


One Russian Marine of the 40th Brigade ramboed five Ukrainian soldiers, who all retreated.


ATGM from the Osman special forces unit takes out an M113 near Verbove.


Krasnopol hits a hanger of AFU vehicles in the village of Chernovy Mayak in the Kherson region.


Missile strikes on Kharkhiv.


Destroyed Polish 155mm Krab SPG in Krasnoliman.

Missile attack on Ukrainian deployment point in Druzhkivka.


Stryker gets taken out by Lancet.


Russian artillery takes out AFU vehicles hiding in the forest line at Urozhayne.


Russian artillery takes out Ukrainian UAV crew.


ATGM from the 177th Marine Regiment of the Caspian Flotilla destroys an AFU tank in Zaporozhye. More new Russian units are in the front here.


FABs striking Ukrainian bases and hangers with vehicles.


FPV drone hits an AFU vehicle in the Southern Donetsk area.


Destroyed M109 SPGs.


Krasnopol strikes on a Ukrainian hideout. This from the 150th MR Division.


Road of Death in Zaporozhye includes a Challenger tank and various NATO supplied IFVs and pickups.


Uragan MLRS hits Ukrainian positions in Rabotino.


Lancet takes out an AFU vehicle hidden in the forest line.


Finnish XA-37 personnel carrier gets taken out by a Lancet.


Ukrainian counter battery radar gets knocked out by Lancet.

25mm naval gun mount 2M-3 on a Russian MT-LB. Despite the ad hoc creation, one operator of this system was awarded recently for shoot downs of UAVs.


Captured BTR-4 from the Ukrainians.


FABs landing on Novomikhailovka again.


Mine clearing robot invented in the LPR.


M777 gets knocked out by Russian artillery.


Tornado-S lands on targets at Druzhkovka.


Nepalese Gurkhas serving under contract with the VDV.


At least four destroyed MaxxPro on this Ukrainian POV footage.



Ukrainian shot footage. UMPK FAB landing on Ukrainian positions.


Another Ukrainian footage of a FAB-250 hitting it's target.


Stryker with mine trawl found destroyed.


Ukrainian force concentration falls under a Grad MLRS attack of the 9th MR Brigade.


FAB lands on a Ukrainian command post.