Its not what Ukraine is doing with Drones that is concerning, its a lack of equivalent Russian attack that shows Russian lack of similar drone stockpile or lack of Air Defences compared to Ukraine. At this point Russia is losing the strategic air war and strategic naval war. The only war they are not losing is the ground war.
The War in the Ukraine
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There are only large explorations when there are large combined formations in maneuver, something the Russians have never been able to do, and nor the Ukrainians. Both sides were unable to perform combined attacks on the size of a battalion or brigade, both sides tried to do this and have suffered numerous losses, because the risk of reward is high, but the risk of losses is too.
What kind of news are you following! Because even western media talks about how Russia has been pounding Ukraine from east to west with drone & missile strikes on weekly or even sometimes daily bases.
Ukraine says Russia’s attacks are threatening energy security
March 30, 2024 2:20 AMRussia fired dozens of missiles and 60 drones at Ukraine’s energy infrastructure Friday, damaging three power plants and causing massive blackouts, according to Ukrainian authorities.
The attack was the latest in a series of intensified Russian strikes in March. Last week, Russia launched over 190 missiles and 140 Shahed drones against Ukraine, Zelenskyy said.
Russia continues airstrikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure
March 31, 2024 1:51 PMRussia launched 16 missiles and 11 drones across Ukraine in overnight air attacks, Ukraine's air force said Sunday morning.
Ukraine’s largest private electricity operator, DTEK, said Saturday that five of its six plants had been damaged or destroyed with 80% of its generating capacity lost, and that repairs could take up to 18 months.
Russian overnight drone attack damages energy infrastructure in Odesa region
APR 05, 2024, 07:08 PMKYIV - A Russian drone attack overnight damaged equipment at energy facilities in Ukraine's southern Odesa region, the national grid company Ukrenergo said on Friday via the Telegram messaging app.
I have heard that Russia is building up their forces for a large summer offensive, and the reason they are waiting is because they foresee having a large numerical advantage by then, as more Russians are signing up to be contract soldiers per month than Ukraine can drag into conscription
Building concrete hangars would have been a good thing to do, even metal shed would diminish damage... They had two years to do it.
"The Ministry of Defense reports the destruction of 44 drones while repelling a massive attack in the Rostov region, in particular in Morozovsk, where the airfield is located. As a result of the attack, the electrical substation was damaged.
The enemy also launched an attack on the Engels airfields in the Saratov region (one drone was shot down) and Yeisk in the Krasnodar region (six drones were shot down). One drone was shot down in the Belgorod and Kursk regions."
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The 238th Brigade hits a Ukrainian Grad and a fire control vehicle.
TOS hits Ukrainian positions in Umanske.
FABs striking at Urozhayne.
Ukrainian UAV control center at Orekhiv bombed.
Krasnopol hits base of Ukrainian UAV operators in Heorivka.
TOS hits a Ukrainian mortar point and UAV launch and control point near Kleeshevka.
Ukrainian ammo depot in Chasiv Yar gets hit. By the 98th VDV. The 98th and Russian aviation also continues to work on Ukrainian positions in the area.
Russians bomb Ukrainian positions in Vodyne.
Russians bomb Ukrainian positions in ...
FABs arrive in Ugledar. This place will get ugly soon. The mine near it also gets bombed again, this time by an ODAB-1500.
Ukrainian EW station gets taken out by precise artillery likely Krasnopol from the 238th.
FABs arriving in Niu York, which has been relatively peaceful during the entire SMO.
Another Ukrainian EW system gets destroyed by Krasnopol.
"Building concrete hangars would have been a good thing to do, even metal shed would diminish damage... They had two years to do it."
Russians are known to put decoys and even paint pictures of aircraft at airfields. Hence I don't trust reports or images of nicely laid out aircraft in airfields.
Another P-18 radar gets knocked out by Lancet. 7th radar of this type taken out this year.
Russians struck a gas storage facility in Lviv region.
ODAB-1500 lands where a Ukrainian command post is operating.
House used as a shelter by Ukrainian troops gets hit by a MSTA-B. Such houses are also used by drone operators.
Ukrainian ammo depot gets hit. Secondary explosions indicate MLRS stored there.
More ODABs launching. ODABs are more terrifying than FABs, because these are thermobaric.
Another new batch of BMP-3 being delivered to the RF.
New batch Su-34s being delivered to the VKS.
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Common sense left Russia's military a long time ago. The more you realise this, the less surprised you get when they screw up for the X time
I will never forget how they "protected" their planes with tires.... From that day on I understood that the Russians and common sense are a little far from each other.