The War in the Ukraine

Ka-52M fires a LMUR missile.


Heavily covered up T-72B3 at work. The tank had survived multiple raids of FPVs thanks to the additions.


Russian special forces strike at a Ukrainian UAV command post in Bogoyavlenka. Antennas give away it's location and purpose.


Ukrainian construction crane building fortifications gets taken out by a Lancet.


Ukrainian APC runs into a mine at Glushkovsky. The Ukrainian offensive in that area has practically failed at this point.


Russian artillery striking at a Ukrainian position in Torestk.


KUB drone strikes a building used by AFU personnel in Kupyansk.


Russian artillery bombards Dobrovolye in the Ugledar sector as the Russian front in this area expands.


Ukrainians trying to break through the Korenovo cauldron, but are getting attacked and equipment destroyed.


Knocked out Abrams with Kontakt and BRAT.

Compilation of naval targets hit by Lancets. This is a promotion video by ZALA promoting export Lancets and Z-16E UAVs.


Ukrainian transport gets hit by a Lancet.


Knocked out CV-90 in the Sumy border region.


French AMX-10R hidden in a barn. Explains why the Russians blow up barns aka hangers.


Abandoned M113 finished off by drone.


Geran hits a power substation in the Sumy region.


Deployment point with Ukrainian command staff in Volchansk gets hit by a large FAB.


Destroyed Leopard 2A6 in the Kursk region.


A FAB-3000 lands on the temporary deployment point of the AFU 46th Mechanized Brigade in Kurakhovo.



The Russian flag is raised over Bohoaivlenka.


Russians raising the flag on the City Administration building in Selidovo.


Russians raising the flag in Vyshneve.


Krasnopol hits a deployment point and hanger. By Group North.


Rare BTR-90.


FAB-3000 hits Ukrainian position in Daryino in the Kursk region.

Those guided FAB-1500 and 3000 are sure nightmare on Ukrainian fortifications and trenches, also the ODAB's.

Ka-52M being used as air defense, armed with an Igla, one of the increasing applications of helicopters as an anti-UAV platform. We are also seeing Ukrainians using helicopters for this purpose also.


Krasnopols working on Ukrainian fortifications, fired from a MSTA-S of the 385th Artillery Brigade in the Pokrovsk direction.


The Russian 9th Brigade raises the Russian flag on Izmailovka.


FABs working on a village on the Ugledar sector.


Ukrainians retreating from Izmailovka in foot without cover. For some reason the Russians are not firing at them.


The enormous gas facility at Bilche-Volitsa in the Lviv region under attack by Gerans and cruise missiles.


Russian D-30 howitzer takes out a Western supplied Ukrainian howitzer in the Kursk region.


M113 taken out in the Kursk region.

Footage of a brief external inspection of a Ukrainian M1A1 SA Abrams tank of American manufacture, which was destroyed in the Pokrovsk direction. The tank was used by the 47th separate mechanized brigade "Magura" of the Ukrainian army. The M1A1 Abrams tank is equipped with protective grids, Soviet dynamic protection "Kontakt-1" and American BRAT protection. The tank was hit by an FPV drone, possibly an ATGM, after which the tank was abandoned by the crew. Reportedly, the tank was eventually evacuated by Russian units, but there is no footage of this. At the end, an insert is added showing the operation of the sighting system of the American M1A2 Abrams tank.

Russians raised the flag at Yasnaya Polyana after a breakthrough. This by units of the 5th Brigade.


Ukrainians trying to unblock encircled forces in the Kursk pocket. Here a Bradley gets hit after engaging Russian positions.


The 57th and 255th Regimentd of the Russian Army assaulted and raised the flag at Katerynivka.


Krasnopols from the 44th Army arrive on Ukrainian command points.


ODAB-1500 arrives on a Ukrainian temporary deployment point at Shyikivka.


Russian cruise missile flying somewhere over Ukraine.


Ukrainian FPV attempts to attack a Russian artillery piece gets shot down with good old small arms fire.


Leopard 1A5 with Kontakt found destroyed towards Kurakhovo. This was taken out by the Russian 5th Brigade.


TOS arrives on Ukrainian positions in Torestk.


Switchblade-600 attack on a Tor-M2. The Tor appears hit and damaged, the crew survived.


Paratroopers riding a BMP-3 took out a Ukrainian FPV drone with small arms fire.


UR-77 threw it's snake at Ukrainian positions.


FAB strikes on a Ukrainian deployed point in the Kupyansk region.

Rare footage of a Russian Ka-52 helicopter intercepting a Ukrainian PD-2 drone has been published. The video was filmed in Russia's Kaluga Region. The PD-2 kamikaze drone was developed by the Ukrainian company UkrSpecSystems in 2019. The Ka-52M helicopter launched an Igla-B air-to-air missile from the Strelets onboard complex. The Igla-B missile is capable of hitting targets at a range of up to 7,500 meters, depending on the missile's launch altitude.

What does it mean when the U.S. media starts publishing articles like this one?

Russia's Old T-72: Best Tank on Earth and Ukraine Knows It​

The Soviet-era T-72 Main Battle Tank (MBT) continues to prove its worth in the Ukraine War, showcasing its resilience and adaptability in ways that newer tanks, like the T-14 Armata or the American Abrams, struggle to match.​

It is a tank from the 1970s which has an autoloader while the almost a decade newer Abrams and Leopard 2 do not have it. Failed designs. Russia has been the world leader in tank design ever since the late 1930s.

I wouldn't reduce it down to just the autoloader. I think it's more of the old "Quantity has a quality of its own". The Russians, simply by having more tanks, can still use them in mechanized assaults (when the environment allows for it). Sure, they often pay a heavy price for it, but it still gets them results. On the other hand, the lack of tanks on the Ukrainian side means they're smeared all over the frontline, pretty much reverting to infantry support weapons, like in the west during the interwar period. When was the last time Ukrainians used their tanks properly? Probably June 2023, during the Zaporozhya attack? Since then it's all been individual tanks providing fire support.

And I'm sure the ease of repair plays a big part, too. Russians have been using T-72s since forever, so I'm betting they're not short on people who know them inside and out. How many Ukrainian technicians know Abramses, or Leopards, or Challengers well enough to fix them in the field? Or are they just being sent to Poland to get repaired by a team of skilled engineers every time they get a bluescreen?