The War in the Ukraine

Stealthflanker said:

Or maybe asking just how many drones are there. as EW is a statistical thing, it cannot be scored in exact manner as one can never repeat the condition in testing range all the time. Thus why EW capability are scored statistically and ranged from "Fragile" to "Robust".

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There's been a lot of drone bombardment in Kherson area. I think I even remember seeing a Leer-2 EW vehicle getting artied with help from a UAV spotter.

Comparatively, I really haven't seen anywhere near as much Ukrainian drone footage around Avdiivka relative to the amount of action there. To be fair, this is all just me spitballing, but I do think that there is a critical shortage of EW assets in the Dnieper grouping. Considering the likelihood of any strategically consequential outcome in Kherson, I can understand why high-value systems wouldn't be deployed there.

What's the point? It's not like anything will come out of Ukraine continuing to camp in Krynki. Might as well take a few extra casualties and save EW systems for more important areas.

Rare sighting of a Ukrainian T-84 Oplot. No other meaning inferred, just a rare sighting.


Combat footage of 9K57 Uragan and 9P149 Shturm S in Ugledar.


2C43 Malva undergoing experimental but actual combat situation in the SMO and has successfully proved itself.


Novomikhailovka getting FABed again.


M109 taken out by Lancet with autolocking somewhere in the Dniepr.


57mm S-60 AA guns are antique but these 57mm shells are made in 2022.


Vikhr from Ka-52 hits a rare Ukrainian MT-LB S (modified) near Novomikhailovka.


Artillery from the 30th Brigade takes out this Ukrainian transport, which given the intensity of explosion, may have been transporting ammo.


Captured EOS VTOL drone supplied by Lithuania to Ukraine.


Ukrainian column of 9 vehicles advancing in Zaporozhye discovered in the air and hit with a hail of firepower. Three vehicles were left knocked out.


There's a story developing about a Ukrainian Su-27 that defected to Russia.


Su-34 using high precision bombing on AFU accomodation centers in Kherson.


Lancet hits a Ukrainian landing barge in Dniepr.


Destroyed Ukrainian MT-LB with Zu-23-2.


FPV drone takes out a Ukrainian communication tower in the Dniepr.


Lancet takes out a howitzer in Kherson.

Tam said:

Rare sighting of a Ukrainian T-84 Oplot. No other meaning inferred, just a rare sighting.

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Kinda surprising US havent asked Thailland and Pakistan for transfering their Oplots.

Stealthflanker said:

Kinda surprising US havent asked Thailland and Pakistan for transfering their Oplots.

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Could have bought them with hard currency.


Some notable footage.

Battle of Avdiika. Drone operator guides Russian tank and directs firing to Ukrainian hideout. I think there's Ukrainian tank on the other side. This footage is remarkably long as war footage goes.


The moment a missile, either a Tornado-S but most likely an Iskander, hits the regional headquarters of the Ukrainian National Guard in Zaporozhye. What's remarkable is that it's caught in real time by a Russian UAV.


Russians observing a Ukrainian vehicle unloading supplies to this house used as a hideout, then hit the house with a Kornet ATGM.


The moment a Russian FPV drone goes inside a Ukrainian dugout while closely watched by another drone.


Russian truck with S-60 and ZPU-4 in action.

I wonder if soon, people will revisit the "Giraffe Tank" platform after seeing this



There used to be cold war program at least in Germany to have that kind of ATGM platform.

Stealthflanker said:

I wonder if soon, people will revisit the "Giraffe Tank" platform after seeing this

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1725921739996086321

There used to be cold war program at least in Germany to have that kind of ATGM platform.

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Anywhere within atgm range even if elevated is well within FPV drone's reach, they might just mistake you for a radar mast and set you as a high priority target.

Stealthflanker said:

I wonder if soon, people will revisit the "Giraffe Tank" platform after seeing this

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1725921739996086321

There used to be cold war program at least in Germany to have that kind of ATGM platform.

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Anything that can of some use is utilized.... the amount of equipment thrown everywhere is astonishing.

When you are using working MTLB for demining or for suicide drone clearly show the value of vehicules on the front, they are disposable asset. Are they sure of their stockpiles depth ?

New special forces volunteer unit 'Night Wolves' and international brigade Pyatnashka fighting Ukrainian infantry and hitting vehicles via ATVs and using FPV drones Upyr which allow you to hit targets despite strong EW opposition.


The number of published videos attacking M777s have reached 150. 220 of these howitzers were shipped to Ukraine. 71 are confirmed kills, about 45 appear damaged. 23 is into probable but not sure category. One was captured. 10 misses. 92 attacks were from Lancet, 2 were from Kub, 38 were from artillery, mostly from Krasnopol.


FAB-1500 arrives on a Ukrainian position in the Krynok area in Kherson.


Ukrainian assault towards Novoprokovpivka results in a retreat and vehicles hit by ATGMs.


Beaver hits another pickup using FPV drone in the Orekhiv front.


Ukrainian APC carrying ammo hit by the 30th Brigade with the assistance of a drone operator call sign Molot. The APC was transferring munitions to a field ammo depot when the Krasnopol hit. This is the second video of this collaboration.


Autolocking Lancet hits a howitzer in the Ukrainian side of the Dniepr.


This one is interesting. This time we are seeing the RBC-500 cluster bombs in action ripping across forest lines and against Ukrainian positions in Staromayorsky.


D-20 howitzer of the Seversk-Z volunteer group hits an M777 with the help of the 200th Brigade.


Desertcross 1000 ATVs already in operation in the left side of the Dniepr at the Krynok front.


Kh-38ML hits a building used by the AFU, using an Orlan-30 doing the laser targeting.


Ukrainian Tochka-U rocket shot down by Russian AD towards the Belgorod area.


Fake Russian S-300 sighted by Ukrainian drone.


M109 taken out by Lancet at Tyaginka in Kherson region. The M109 was situated in a pit.


FABs hit Ukrainian deployment points in Konstantinovka.

Vikhr from a Ka-52 takes out a Ukrainian vehicle. It's noteworthy that as the ATGM flies to its target, another vehicle is burning from a previous attack.


BARS-11 recovered a Ukrainian rocket in Rabotino. The rocket hit the ground and failed to explode, and the unit sent men to retrieve it intact. The Ukrainians tried their best to stop the unit and destroy the rocket with FPV drones and cluster munitions but failed. The retrieval of the rocket was successful and it's guidance and propulsion section was sent for study while the warhead is gutted for explosive to make FPV drones. The article didn't mention what the rocket was, but I personally suspect it was a HIMARS.


Geran hits in the Kiev region.


Burning oil depot in the Odessa area after Geran hit.


Another Ukrainian attack towards Novoprokopovka was thwarted leaving burning vehicles by the 42nd Division.


Vehicle parking lot in Tauriky in the Orekhiv sector gets hit by Russian artillery.


Zu-23-2 of the AFU gets knocked out by artillery. Kherson region.


The Wall Street Journal: It's time to end Magical Thinking about Russia's defeat.


Kozak got stuck in the mud and a Motolyga tried to pull it out. The Russians sent their own assistance in the form of artillery however. This in Synkovka.


2S1 Gvozdika of the AFU gets destroyed in the Svatovo direction.


Ukrainian howitzer in Kherson gets hit by a Lancet.


Ukrainian ammo depot got hit.


AFU base with equipment spotted and destroyed with artillery from the 200th Brigade in the flanks of Artemovosk.

Tam said:

BARS-11 recovered a Ukrainian rocket in Rabotino. The rocket hit the ground and failed to explode, and the unit sent men to retrieve it intact. The Ukrainians tried their best to stop the unit and destroy the rocket with FPV drones and cluster munitions but failed. The retrieval of the rocket was successful and it's guidance and propulsion section was sent for study while the warhead is gutted for explosive to make FPV drones. The article didn't mention what the rocket was, but I personally suspect it was a HIMARS.

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I would say it looks like a Buk missile:



It would still be useful to analyze the guidance section to see if they modified it in any way since the original Soviet design.