The War in the Ukraine

Strange that they still haven't sent in the greatest warriors at their disposal - politicians.

Episodes of combat work in Ukraine, the Russian tank T-72 with protection type "Tsar-mangal" have been published. In addition to protection, the tank is also equipped with electronic warfare systems. The T-72 is used by the 4th motorized rifle brigade of the Armed Forces of Russia. During the military operations in Ukraine, the tank is also used to deliver supplies and land troops. According to the crew of the T-72 tank, their version of the "Tsar-mangal" protection can withstand up to 20 attacks by Ukrainian FPV drones. Judging by the video, the tank's protection really copes with many attacks by Ukrainian drones.

Patrick Lancaster report from Kursk frontline with akhmat Forces

More Koksans appear in Russian territory.


ODAB-1500 arrival in Volchansk.


A Geran hit a Kharkhiv substation. Power problems reported in Kharkhiv.


CAESAR SPG found knocked out.


Russian artillery working on the Svatovo sector.


Russians have begun storming Andreevka and Dachnoye.


Russian flag raised on the southern encircled part of Velikaya Novoselka. Looks drone planted. Mopping up operations going on.


Russian and St. George's Flag raised in Velikaya Novoselka by the 40th Marine Brigade with a compilation of attacks and assaults.


Critical Ukrainian infrastructure on Cherkasy on fire after a Geran attack.


Russians appeared to have taken Kotlino, but still need to await MoD confirmation.


Drone attacks by the Shaman unit of the Russian 1455th Regiment in the Orekhiv sector. Attacks include taking out Ukrainian drone repeaters.


Russian missile strike on AFU temporary deployment point in Zhuravka. Could be Iskander or Tornado-S missile.


Ukrainian pontoon bridge near Konstantinopol gets hit by multiple FABs followed by a Grad MLRS saturation of the area.


Orlan-10s and D-30 howitzers working on Ukrainian positions in a forest belt.


Lancet takes out a 2S1 Gvozdika in the Kharkhiv region.


M198 howitzer hit by a Lancet in the Zaporozhye region.

Russian Ministry of Defense confirms the "liberation" of Velikaya Novoselka. That went down fast enough. The situation changes every few hours. Credit goes to the 5th Tank Brigade and the 40th Marine Brigade.


Russian FPV drones are now reaching Konstantinopol and Ulakly.


Captured or knocked out rare T-64BM Bulat. At least 20 of these tanks has been lost.


A TOS strike followed by artillery strikes on Ukrainian positions in Pogrebki, Kursk region.


TOS strikes on Ukrainian forces trapped on Velikaya Novoselka encirclement. Flags are raised on the northwest sector of the city by the 40th Marine Brigade.


Ukrainians desperately throw Baba Yaga and Vampire heavy drones into Velikaya Novoselka but are intercepted by FPV drones.


Kotlino almost captured by the Russians, Russian Army ready to break out west of Pokrovsk.


Battle for Toretsk. Ukrainians sent a tank to take out Russian positions point blank, a tactic we have seen Ukrainians do over and over again. However these heroic but suicidal rushes are often met with FPV drones.


Novoyegorovka is captured by Russian forces.


Artillery of Group Center hitting Ukrainian positions towards Pokrovsk.


FPV drone strikes a Ukrainian BMP-2 in Zarechnoye.


TOS arrives on Ukrainian positions in Chasiv Yar.


FAB strikes on Ukrainian positions in Malaya Loknya.

Footage of the attack of the Russian FPV drone "Prince Vandal Novgorodsky" on a rare Ukrainian Bärgningsbandvagn 90 ARV. The Bgbv 90 repair and recovery vehicle was created on the basis of the CV-90 IFV in Sweden in the first half of the 90s. The Bgbv 90 ARV is valued by the troops, as it is capable of evacuating not only Leopard 2 tanks but also Abrams tanks. The Bgbv 90 ARV is equipped with a crane, a rotating winch, welding and other repair equipment. A 7.62 mm M / 39S machine gun is used for protection. The Bgbv 90 crew is four people. The video was filmed during an attempt to break through the Ukrainian Bgbv 90 ARV from the Sumy region of Ukraine to the Kursk region of Russia. External filming was not carried out.

Former Ambassador to the USSR James Matlock and Henry Kissinger discussing NATO expansion. Archive footage.

Russian MoD confirms control of Nikolaevo-Daryino in the Kursk region.


Three Geran drones struck a major oil and fuel facility used by the AFU in Dnepropetrovsk.


Russian MoD confirms 'liberation' of Zelenoye.


Destroyed Bogdan SPG somewhere in the front.


Maxxpro under drone attack in the Tyotkino area of the Kursk region.


Ukrainian artillery gun hit by the Rubicon Center unit in the Kursk region. This is an official MoD unit.


Ukrainian deployment point in Zelenoye hit by Russian artillery. The village is now considered taken by the Russians.


Uragan MLRS hit a Ukrainian position towards Pokrovsk.


Ukrainian tank firing at Russian positions hit by an FPV drone.


T-72B3 of the 98th VDV working on Ukrainian positions in the industrial sector of Chasiv Yar where fierce fighting continues.


ADM-160B MALD found shot down in the Lugansk region. These are used to support Storm Shadow attacks as decoys.


A Tunguska-M with Group Dniepr.


Hyacinth-B working with Group Dniepr.


Ukrainian tank hit by a Lancet from Group Seversk.


Some notes:

Some 18+ not postable footage of dead bodies all along the Mokre Yaly river west and north of Velikaya Novoselka. Soldiers from the AFU 110th Mechanized Brigade tried to retreat across the water, swamp and marshes but the area is highly open to Russian drones and artillery as you try to slog and swim your way through. They don't call it an operational encirclement for nothing. You don't hold on to an encircled position with a river behind your back. It reminds me of Krynki. It reminds me of a proverb that goes, "If you wait along the river long enough, you will see the bodies of your enemies will float by."

An episode of a battle by Russian Special Operations Forces (SSO), presumably in one of the rear areas of Ukraine, has been published. The video shows the storming of a stronghold of the Ukrainian army. The Russian Special Operations Forces detachment used several subgroups. One "attack" subgroup made a passage in the barriers, snipers worked to protect the perimeter. The second "capture" subgroup carries out a direct assault on the stronghold. The third "support" subgroup cuts off possible routes of assistance from enemy reserves and ensures the withdrawal of the assault group to the assembly point after completing the task. As a result of the SSO operation, the stronghold was captured, an unknown Ukrainian unit was captured, the video has been shortened.

Krasnopol kills by the 238th Artillery Brigade in the hottest sections of the front.

Two M119 taken out in Dachnoe and one at Ulakly.

Ukrainian 120mm mortar in Dachnoe.

'Police Department' in Dachnoe.

M113 in Dachnoe. Sorry this was with an antique D-74 gun. This Brigade loves antique guns.

Lancet strikes by the 238th.

M119 in Dachnoe

M777 in Andreevka by

MSTA-S SPGs from Group Vostok working on Ukrainian positions.


Russian gun and rocket artillery of Group Yug strike Ukrainian positions in the Kurakhovo front. Allegedly up to 100 were killed in these strikes.


Hyacinth-B operated by Russian paratroopers takes out a Ukrainian UAV control center in the Kursk region.


Attempts of Ukrainian troop rotation falls under fire from Russian Grad MLRS.


Swedish CV-90 IFVs being hunted down by KVN drones in the Kursk region.


Dvurechnaya reported falls to the Russians according to the MoD. Big capture so far in the Kupyansk region.


Italian Puma APC of the AFU 81st Brigade hit by Russian drone in the village of Grigorovka.


FABs arrive on AFU positions in the Kursk region.


Lancet strikes at a Ukrainian 2S1 Gvozdika.