The War in the Ukraine

Reliable NATO AEW Coverage tho can only be achieved in the western side of Ukraine and Black Sea. Despite high altitude, AEW will still be capped by horizon. Following is an example of possible AEW coverage flying above Moldova



This coverage however are only Horizon and not taking account of target RCS. Notice that Lugansk, Donetsk, considerable portion of Kharkiv oblast, some portion of Sumy is not covered. I assume idealistic E-3 Radar range (700 km) and typical ceiling of 9100 m. To make use the C-7 range the F-16 will also have to fly high, which in turn giving advantage to Russian radars and own AEW.

Russians also been quite happy throwing their R-37 long range AAM.

Big boom happens on Odessa port again as 15 Gerans arrive on their targets.


Strike at a Sumy train station points to a logistics train was hit. Geran with optical nose dives at a train.


Ukrainians blew the Sudja gas measuring station at the border as they retreated. Truce has no teeth.


Ukrainians still trying to breakthrough at Belgorod Demikovka. Ukrainian infantry groups stopped at where the dragons teeth are and are getting hit by Krasnopols and other artillery by the Anwar special forces. This is reminding me more of the failed Ukrainian offensives at Glushkovo, Rabotino and Verbove rather than the early days of Kursk. Ukrainians are also using ATVs this time. The big problem for the Ukrainians here is that they lost the element of surprise early, and trying to breakthrough with successive waves of commandos and vehicles are being met with more firepower.


Russians restore control of Shevchenko at the Pokrovsk region.


Without USAID, 51% of Ukrainian media will close.


Drone strikes along the Sumy Yunakivka road, the Road of Death, by the 83 'Ussuri' Brigade.


MSTA-S with the 'Hut' style of added protection.


Geran strikes on Slavyansk observed by another UAV. The new 90kg warheads of the Gerans are making themselves felt in one strike after another. The warheads are either HE-FRAG or thermobaric.

Footage from an archival battle filmed in November 2024 near the village of Zeleny Shlyakh in the Kursk region of Russia. In the video, two BMD-4M airborne combat vehicles of the 137th Guards Airborne Regiment of Russia break through to a Ukrainian army stronghold located in a forest belt. It is worth noting that there is very little video of the combat use of the BMD-4M. The BMD-4M has been produced since 2015. During the forced march, the BMD-4M is actively fired upon by Ukrainian artillery. Upon reaching the stronghold, the BMD-4M disembark the troops and return to their original positions. The battle at the stronghold itself is not shown; it is reported that it was captured.

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Big boom happens on Odessa port again as 15 Gerans arrive on their targets.

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It seems that Russia is now using an interesting new tactic from the Shahed/Geran operators.

There is no longer a dispersion of forces.

A major city is selected and a massive attack is launched against the necessary objectives.

Apparently, this approach is bearing fruit.

Peacekeeping forces in Ukraine will include AVIATION and FLEET of allies. Not just ground troops, – Bloomberg. British and French forces will be located in major cities, ports and critical infrastructure facilities of Ukraine; Patrol ships and minesweepers are planned to be deployed in the Black Sea; Aircraft and additional ground units will be based in Poland and Romania; The issue of placing aircraft, in particular Typhoon, their maintenance and refueling, and combination with resources offered by other allies is being discussed.

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What expeditionary forces will they do this with?

Over a thousand visually confirmed open source published vehicular kills against the AFU in the Kursk region and the number still grows.


Ukraine is burning everywhere from a wave of drone, aviation and missile strikes. The good news is no strikes on the energy infrastructure.


AN/TPQ-50 counterbattery radar gets taken out by a Lancet.


SBU building is burning and wrecked in Slavyansk. Iskander strike no doubt.


Drones spot AFU fortifications and UAV control sites, and mark them for target coordinates, which is passed to a Grad system. Grad MLRS take care all of them within a designated grid. Drones continue to loiter around for kill verification. The MLRS changes position to avoid enemy drones or return fire. Typical day for a Grad and its crew. Group North of Forces.


Also with Group North, an Uragan MLRS hits opposing fortifications hard. Kursk region.


Tor air defense of Group Vostok gets busy on enemy drones.


Strela-10 of Group Center takes out a Ukrainian 'Shark' UAV towards Pokrovsk.


Mi-28MN works on retreating AFU units from the. Kursk region.


Two Leopard 1A5 and two Gvozdikas among those taken out by fiberoptic drones of the Baikal unit of the 40th Marine Brigade.


Hyacinth-B takes out a Ukrainian UAV control point in Kherson. If you have noticed, artillery plays an important part in the drone wars.


MSTA-S of Group West performing a fire mission.


There appears to be a green bush walking away from the Kursk region to the Sumy region.


Europe is short in gunpowder and TNT to produce shells. - Bloomberg.


An Agriculture machine at work in the Kharkhiv region. This machine lays fields of remote jumping mines behind enemy lines and logistics pathways.


More people are walking from Konstantinopol to Ulakly. This time some military escorts are walking with them.


This time, this is a TOS-2 shooting at a Ukrainian position towards Pokrovsk.


Times are getting lively again at the Seversk front. D-30 howitzers of Group South working on PVDs and UAV control points of the AFU.


AFU command center in Kramatorsk treated with an Iskander strike.


Multiple FAB strikes on Ukrainian positions in Gulyaypole.


An AFU vehicle gets stuck and tied up on used fiberoptic threads, which has become an environmental menace.


Three Ukrainian ATVs were struck by an X-UAV from an Orion UAV on the Belgorod border.


Ukrainian AFV hit by a Lancet near the Belgorod border.

Despite the ongoing fighting in the Kursk region, the Russian army has begun to remove abandoned military equipment from the Ukrainian army. There is quite a lot of equipment, we are publishing some footage of it. Some of the captured equipment was destroyed, some was damaged, some are fully operational. For example, two abandoned Ukrainian M2A2 Bradley ODS-SA and an HMMWV armored vehicle with a mileage of 14 thousand kilometers are operational. The HMMWV armored vehicle even had fuel, and is already being used by Russian units. The video also shows an abandoned Ukrainian Aqaba Petra Hunter APC armored vehicle with electronic warfare systems, an International MaxxPro armored personnel carrier, an IMR-2 engineering vehicle, an M1A1 SA Abrams tank, and other military equipment. The captured armored vehicles are sent for study, to firing ranges, to exhibitions, and to some combat units.

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What expeditionary forces will they do this with?

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more target practice for the russians

Ukrainian winged UAVs with Starlink antenna tried to strike the Crimea again but this time Russian EW has adapted and took them down. Now the Russians have intact samples to study.


A 2S22 Bogdana in the Sumy region gets struck by a Russian Forpost-R UAV. This might be an X-UAV missile.


ZALA released a promotional video of Lancets taking out Krab SPGs. Sometimes the Lancets would hit the SPGs 30-40kms behind the front lines. Personally I have not seen videos or footages of Krabs lately which suggest Ukraine may already have ran out of them.


M1A1 Abrams and M1150 IMR posing with Russian paratroopers in the Kursk region.


M577 left behind in the Kursk region.


Russian drones dropping nets and bombs over Baba Yagas and other Ukrainian drones over the Shakhtarsky direction.


It appears the obvious was confirmed on Engels airfield. The Ukrainian drone strike took out an ammo depot which might have some missiles on it.


R-73 AAMs mounted on a Humvee.


Kalashnikov RPL-20 machine gun will enter production this year.


Destroyed Bradley.


Pantsyr-S in service in the Kursk border regions.


Russian reconnaissance spotted a Ukrainian D-30 howitzer firing point and UAV launch points. Grad fires rockets onto their positions marked on a grid.


Baba Yaga carrying four remote mines, gets shot down.


FAB strike on SBU building in Kherson. Allegedly 37 killed here.


Swarm of Gerans strike Zaporozhye city. This appears another concentrated strike with dozens.


FAB strike on Berestok.


Lancet and drone strikes continue against Ukrainian assault on the Belgorod border region.