Drones for one aren't really made at factories. Rather, over 150 different firms have hand made manufacture locations where drones are assembled from imported components. So the system is very distributed and destroyed locations can be replaced with new ones. And locations themselves are probsbly harder to be found than sprawling factories as they could be established in any commercial or even civilian residential building, if needed.
The War in the Ukraine
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Footage of Ukrainian FPV drones attacking a Russian M1989 Koksan self-propelled howitzer. The video was filmed in the Kursk region of Russia, according to some media, it was filmed in Donbass. The 170-mm M1989 Koksan self-propelled howitzer is produced in North Korea. There is still no footage of the M1989 self-propelled howitzer in action in Russia. The M1989 Koksan self-propelled howitzer was attacked by three drones while being towed. Judging by the video, the howitzer was confirmed to have been destroyed for the first time. The Russian tank with Tsar-Mangal protection was not attacked by drones.
Russian FPV drone operators have published footage of the destruction of a camouflaged Ukrainian DANA vz. 77 self-propelled howitzer. The video was filmed in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine. The 152 mm DANA vz. 77 self-propelled howitzer was developed in 1977 in Czechoslovakia and has a firing range of up to 20 kilometers. The Ukrainian army also has a modernized version of the Dana-M2 self-propelled howitzer. As a result of the attack by the Russian FPV drone, the Ukrainian DANA vz. 77 self-propelled howitzer was completely destroyed. This is the third confirmed loss of this type of self-propelled howitzer by the Ukrainian army.
Ukrainian channel Legitimniy writes:
The Ukrainian President’s Office has already denied claims that 100,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in the war — despite that number being mentioned by President Zelensky himself during an interview with CNBC. [Note: It was CBS]
It appears the statement was a test balloon to gauge public reaction, only to be quickly walked back — a familiar tactic from Zelensky’s administration.
But the reality is no secret anymore. Based on our sources, Ukrainian losses far exceed 100,000. In fact, the number of killed soldiers is believed to be over 300,000, with more than half a million wounded or permanently disabled.
And these figures may still be conservative. Some sources speak of even more alarming losses.
What’s becoming increasingly certain among analysts is this: unless there’s some kind of miracle or drastic shift, the Ukrainian army could face total collapse within a year if Zelensky chooses to prolong the war.
The Ukrainian President’s Office has already denied claims that 100,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in the war — despite that number being mentioned by President Zelensky himself during an interview with CNBC. [Note: It was CBS]
It appears the statement was a test balloon to gauge public reaction, only to be quickly walked back — a familiar tactic from Zelensky’s administration.
But the reality is no secret anymore. Based on our sources, Ukrainian losses far exceed 100,000. In fact, the number of killed soldiers is believed to be over 300,000, with more than half a million wounded or permanently disabled.
And these figures may still be conservative. Some sources speak of even more alarming losses.
What’s becoming increasingly certain among analysts is this: unless there’s some kind of miracle or drastic shift, the Ukrainian army could face total collapse within a year if Zelensky chooses to prolong the war.
A lot of them are in densely populated areas so it might not be worth the trade off, unlike hitting a concentration of troops/officers in a target of oportunity.
Man those Brit is sure have face thicker than Great Wall. Look how those Challenger challenge a Russian end up, lol.
The real winner of the East vs West tank show off is —
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FPV drones and loitering munition!
Zuzuna-2 SPG of the AFU gets taken out by a Hyacinth-B 2A36 152mm howitzer in the Belgorod direction.
Gerans working on Odessa.
Territory training airbase hit by Gerans. Rodnikovka, Cherkasy region.
Odessa Cable Plant, probably making fiberoptic cables for drones, hit by Gerans.
FAB strikes towards the Pokrovosk direction.
UAV kills. M777, French Caesar SPG And two M113 fall victim to Orion and Forpost-R UAVs in the Kursk border and Sumy regions.
The awarding event for the AFU 117th that was party crashed by an Iskander-M in the Sumy University was visited by the who and who of the Ukrainian Seversk OTG, including commanders of at least four brigades.
PVD of the 116th Brigade gets hit by a FAB-500 in the Kupyansk direction.
Ukrainian L119 howitzer gets taken out by the D-20 howitzer of the 381st Artillery Regiment in Dyleevka.
M109 SPG gets taken out by. Lancet from the 238th Artillery.
D-30 howitzer of the Group Dniepr takes out a Ukrainian UAV control point in the right bank of Kherson.
Sumy Iskander strike took out the deputy commander of the AFU 26th Artillery Brigade's A 1476 unit, which is armed with HIMARS units. Correction. He is, or was, brigade commander of the 27th Artillery Brigade of the AFU. At least seven brigade commanders perished in that strike by a list from @lost_armour.
S-400 missiles are fired.
TOS, not TOS-1A in the description but TOS-2, fired on Ukrainian positions towards Pokrovsk. The TOS-2 fires in a different way than the TOS-1A.
Tracking a pickup led to the discovery of. Ukrainian PVD, which is dealt with artillery.
Leopard, VAB and YPR-765, among those attacked by FPV drones towards the Pokrovsk direction.
Ukrainian IFV gets taken out by an Orion UAV strike over the Kursk border region.
Ukrainian forces still in Chasiv Yar are supplied by air using heavy hexacopter drones, and such drones are also attacking Russian positions. Fighters of the 98th VDV use MANPADs and interceptor FPV drones to deal with these hexacopters.
Uragan MLRS takes out Ukrainian equipment in Nova Poltava. Compared to a Grad, the rocket arrivals are much more clustered together and with a larger blast radius, anything within that grid would be taken out. Many Uragan units with the Russians have upgraded fragmentation resistant tractors.
Ukrainian tank hit by an FPV drone in Torske.
Ukrainian Dana or Archer SPG, and a Bogdana SPG gets targeted and hit by Lancets in Oleksandrohad.
Ukrainian UAV control point hit by a Russian missile. This one is a LMUR. Location Drobysheve.
Russian missile arrived on a Ukrainian PVD near Kupyansk. I'm calling this a Tornado-S.
Russian FPV drone maneuvers deftly as exactly the same time the fire of a Russian Grad MLRS arrives at the target location.
Gerans working on Odessa.
Territory training airbase hit by Gerans. Rodnikovka, Cherkasy region.
Odessa Cable Plant, probably making fiberoptic cables for drones, hit by Gerans.
FAB strikes towards the Pokrovosk direction.
UAV kills. M777, French Caesar SPG And two M113 fall victim to Orion and Forpost-R UAVs in the Kursk border and Sumy regions.
The awarding event for the AFU 117th that was party crashed by an Iskander-M in the Sumy University was visited by the who and who of the Ukrainian Seversk OTG, including commanders of at least four brigades.
PVD of the 116th Brigade gets hit by a FAB-500 in the Kupyansk direction.
Ukrainian L119 howitzer gets taken out by the D-20 howitzer of the 381st Artillery Regiment in Dyleevka.
M109 SPG gets taken out by. Lancet from the 238th Artillery.
D-30 howitzer of the Group Dniepr takes out a Ukrainian UAV control point in the right bank of Kherson.
Sumy Iskander strike took out the deputy commander of the AFU 26th Artillery Brigade's A 1476 unit, which is armed with HIMARS units. Correction. He is, or was, brigade commander of the 27th Artillery Brigade of the AFU. At least seven brigade commanders perished in that strike by a list from @lost_armour.
S-400 missiles are fired.
TOS, not TOS-1A in the description but TOS-2, fired on Ukrainian positions towards Pokrovsk. The TOS-2 fires in a different way than the TOS-1A.
Tracking a pickup led to the discovery of. Ukrainian PVD, which is dealt with artillery.
Leopard, VAB and YPR-765, among those attacked by FPV drones towards the Pokrovsk direction.
Ukrainian IFV gets taken out by an Orion UAV strike over the Kursk border region.
Ukrainian forces still in Chasiv Yar are supplied by air using heavy hexacopter drones, and such drones are also attacking Russian positions. Fighters of the 98th VDV use MANPADs and interceptor FPV drones to deal with these hexacopters.
Uragan MLRS takes out Ukrainian equipment in Nova Poltava. Compared to a Grad, the rocket arrivals are much more clustered together and with a larger blast radius, anything within that grid would be taken out. Many Uragan units with the Russians have upgraded fragmentation resistant tractors.
Ukrainian tank hit by an FPV drone in Torske.
Ukrainian Dana or Archer SPG, and a Bogdana SPG gets targeted and hit by Lancets in Oleksandrohad.
Ukrainian UAV control point hit by a Russian missile. This one is a LMUR. Location Drobysheve.
Russian missile arrived on a Ukrainian PVD near Kupyansk. I'm calling this a Tornado-S.
Russian FPV drone maneuvers deftly as exactly the same time the fire of a Russian Grad MLRS arrives at the target location.
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List of AFU brigade commander killed in Sumy strike.
To quote:
"As a result of a high-precision missile strike on April 13, 2025, a war criminal, brigade commander of the 27th ReABr of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Yuri Yula, was eliminated in Sumy.
The 27th Rocket Artillery Brigade (stationed in Sumy) took part in terrorist attacks from MLRS on the territory of the Russian Federation, including during the invasion of the Kursk region.
, this is at least the seventh brigade commander of the Ukrainian Armed Forces eliminated during the SVO.
Previous:
• Oleg Zenchenko – 25 OPDBr (until March 17, 2022)
• Mikhail Matyushenko – 40 BrTA (June 26, 2022)
• Vitaly Gulyaev – 28 OMBr (23 July 2022)
• Oleg Degtyarev – 66 OMBR (4 August 2022)
• Victor Polyvany – 160 ZRBr (September 1, 2024)
• Yaroslav Akimenko – 58 OMPBr (December 4, 2024)"
To quote:
"As a result of a high-precision missile strike on April 13, 2025, a war criminal, brigade commander of the 27th ReABr of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Yuri Yula, was eliminated in Sumy.
The 27th Rocket Artillery Brigade (stationed in Sumy) took part in terrorist attacks from MLRS on the territory of the Russian Federation, including during the invasion of the Kursk region.
, this is at least the seventh brigade commander of the Ukrainian Armed Forces eliminated during the SVO.
Previous:
• Oleg Zenchenko – 25 OPDBr (until March 17, 2022)
• Mikhail Matyushenko – 40 BrTA (June 26, 2022)
• Vitaly Gulyaev – 28 OMBr (23 July 2022)
• Oleg Degtyarev – 66 OMBR (4 August 2022)
• Victor Polyvany – 160 ZRBr (September 1, 2024)
• Yaroslav Akimenko – 58 OMPBr (December 4, 2024)"
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