Slovakia likely to hand over MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine
20-07-2025, 04:30 PM
20-07-2025, 04:44 PM
Ukraine are using long-range drone, the FP-1, with striking range of 1,600 km (approximately 1,000 miles). Drone is designed for strikes deep into enemy territory and can carry a warhead of up to 120 kilograms. While there's no evidence of a drone with a 6,000 km range, But Ukraine has been actively developing newer upto 3,000 km range testing various long-range drones to Germany in join production (Joint venture) in Ukraine. Some has been fly beyond Moscow.
20-07-2025, 04:51 PM
(20-07-2025, 04:44 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: Ukraine are using long-range drone, the FP-1, with striking range of 1,600 km (approximately 1,000 miles). Drone is designed for strikes deep into enemy territory and can carry a warhead of up to 120 kilograms. While there's no evidence of a drone with a 6,000 km range, But Ukraine has been actively developing newer upto 3,000 km range testing various long-range drones to Germany in join production (Joint venture) in Ukraine. Some has been fly beyond Moscow.
For eg: A Tomahawk detonating above a jet during testing in 1986. A 5.5-meter-long missile is fitted with a warhead weighing nearly half a ton can fly around 1,600 kilometers. Here Is What Missiles Drone could >>>Do For Ukraine> https://share.google/fAbQ2OpKrhXU2UVXN
20-07-2025, 04:58 PM
(20-07-2025, 04:51 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: For eg: A Tomahawk detonating above a jet during testing in 1986. A 5.5-meter-long missile is fitted with a warhead weighing nearly half a ton can fly around 1,600 kilometers. Here Is What Missiles Drone could >>>Do For Ukraine> https://share.google/fAbQ2OpKrhXU2UVXN
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Ukraine can used, but all this can't fly beyond Moscow...

20-07-2025, 05:06 PM
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz signaled openness to lifting former Chancellor Olaf Scholz's ban on missiles. Stance now included join producing of long-range missiles resulted in a policy shift. As Ukraine already not only received long-range missiles — eg: ATACMS, but also Storm Shadow & SCALP from U.K. & France. Now Ukraine is making own drones missiles that can reach 3,000 km, reaching KAZAN).
20-07-2025, 05:14 PM
Currently Ukraine 7th Ukraine president
Zelensky is call for more weapons to stop Putin Ukraine/Russia war. He's 7th Ukrainian president. Will he be able to save his country from disaster,” but around year 2027 years later?.
(Baba Vanga) The late Baba is saying to have predicted peace talk would reach in 2027. Only 8th Ukrainian president can save Ukraine.
Zelensky is call for more weapons to stop Putin Ukraine/Russia war. He's 7th Ukrainian president. Will he be able to save his country from disaster,” but around year 2027 years later?.
(Baba Vanga) The late Baba is saying to have predicted peace talk would reach in 2027. Only 8th Ukrainian president can save Ukraine.

20-07-2025, 05:24 PM
(20-07-2025, 05:24 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: She prophesied that humans would come into contact with extraterrestrials in the year 2025, and that the event would likely coincide with a “major sporting event.” Though a few of the year’s most notable games and championships have already occurred — Wimbledon, the Super Bowl and the NBA playoffs, to name a few — the year is only halfway over, so there are still plenty of rowdy sporting events to draw extraterrestrial visitors in. Athos Salomé — also known as Living Nostradamus, after 15th-century French astrologer seer of the same name — also predicted humanity can cross alien contact off its bucket list at some point this year.
https://youtu.be/SG2v2Y0wsp8?si=Mb_cT-PhmC5wxWdm
20-07-2025, 05:36 PM
At dawn on June 24, 2025, a Russian landing craft loaded with troops raced toward Kherson’s shore—completely unaware it had been tracked for 27 minutes by a Bayraktar TB2 drone orbiting 18,000 feet above. What followed wasn’t just another drone strike. It was a surgical elimination of a Russian special operations team, caught mid-mission and carrying demolition gear intended for targets deep in Ukrainian territory. Using a laser-guided MAM-L missile, the TB2 struck with pinpoint precision, destroying the vessel in seconds. But the real story came after the explosion. Debris revealed not only elite personnel but sabotage equipment. Within hours, Russian vessels retreated, missions were canceled, and encrypted orders flooded the airwaves. Ukraine’s drone operators didn’t just stop an amphibious assault—they shattered Russian confidence in their own secrecy. In this detailed breakdown, we cover the strike from first detection to final detonation, explore the strategic ripple effects, and show how one unmanned aircraft forced the Black Sea Fleet into full retreat. Subscribe for real-time combat analysis, modern drone warfare breakdowns, and the tactical edge defining today’s battle space.
20-07-2025, 05:42 PM
(20-07-2025, 05:36 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: At dawn on June 24, 2025, a Russian landing craft loaded with troops raced toward Kherson’s shore—completely unaware it had been tracked for 27 minutes by a Bayraktar TB2 drone orbiting 18,000 feet above. What followed wasn’t just another drone strike. It was a surgical elimination of a Russian special operations team, caught mid-mission and carrying demolition gear intended for targets deep in Ukrainian territory. Using a laser-guided MAM-L missile, the TB2 struck with pinpoint precision, destroying the vessel in seconds. But the real story came after the explosion. Debris revealed not only elite personnel but sabotage equipment. Within hours, Russian vessels retreated, missions were canceled, and encrypted orders flooded the airwaves. Ukraine’s drone operators didn’t just stop an amphibious assault—they shattered Russian confidence in their own secrecy. In this detailed breakdown, we cover the strike from first detection to final detonation, explore the strategic ripple effects, and show how one unmanned aircraft forced the Black Sea Fleet into full retreat. Subscribe for real-time combat analysis, modern drone warfare breakdowns, and the tactical edge defining today’s battle space.
https://youtube.com/shorts/xs8uw_x8LrY?s...j1TzPkQY4c
20-07-2025, 05:53 PM
(20-07-2025, 05:36 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: At dawn June 24, 2025, a landing craft loaded with troops raced toward Kherson’s shore—completely unaware it had been tracked for 27 minutes by a Bayraktar TB2 drone orbiting 18,000 feet above followed wasn’t just another drone strike. It was a surgical elimination at Russian special ops enemy team, caught mid-mission carrying demolition gear intended for targets deep in Ukrainian territory.
Using a laser-guided MAM-L missile, the TB2 struck with pinpoint precision, destroying vessel in seconds. A real story came afterboat explosion. Debris revealed not only elite soldiers
but sabotage equipment. Within hours, Russian vessels retreated, missions and encrypted orders flooded the airwaves. Ukraine’s drone operators didn’t just stop this amphibious assault—they shattered Russian confidence in their own secrecy. In this detailed breakdown, we cover strike from first detection to final detonation, explore the strategic ripple effects, & show how unmanned aircraft forced the enemy Black Sea Fleet into full retreat. Subscribe for real-time combat analysis, modern drone warfare breakdowns, & the tactical edge defining today’s battle space.
https://youtu.be/C5rAWfIjiiI?si=PRx7VJ9uUd0IK4K0
21-07-2025, 10:57 AM
Defence secretary to call for ‘50-day drive’ >>arm Kyiv & force Putin’s hand.
It comes after US president Donald Trump gave Putin a 50 day deadline to agree to a ceasefire...
It comes after US president Donald Trump gave Putin a 50 day deadline to agree to a ceasefire...

21-07-2025, 10:59 AM
(21-07-2025, 10:57 AM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: Defence secretary to call for ‘50-day drive’ >>arm Kyiv & force Putin’s hand.
It comes after US president Donald Trump gave Putin a 50 day deadline to agree to a ceasefire...![]()
The defence secretary will call for a 50-day drive to arm Ukraine when he chairs a meeting of Kyiv’s allies on Monday. Today is 21/7/2025...

22-07-2025, 08:27 AM
Here, the Russian armed forces ran out of tanks after months of reckless frontal assaults against fortified Ukrainian positions. The multi-layer Ukrainian defense destroyed thousands of Russian armored vehicles and depleted even the Soviet stockpiles that many thought were endless.
On July 8, the Ukrainian General Staff reported an extraordinary battlefield statistic: zero Russian tank losses. Rather than indicating a successful tactical shift, this unprecedented figure underscores Russia’s critical shortage of operational tanks. Russian units simply no longer possess enough tanks to risk losing them in frequent frontal assaults. Mechanized attacks, once the hallmark of Russian offensives, have nearly disappeared, replaced entirely by small-unit infantry actions and increasingly improvised tactics.
Months of relentless, suicidal assaults have decimated Russia’s armored capabilities. Especially in Donetsk and Toretsk, hundreds of Russian tanks have fallen easy prey to Ukrainian FPV drones, anti-tank guided missiles, artillery, and extensive minefields. This staggering attrition has far outpaced Russia's capacity to replace battlefield losses.
Uralvagonzavod, Russia’s main tank producer, can currently manufacture no more than 20 to 25 new T-90M tanks monthly. Even though Russia increased production slightly from about 17 tanks per month in 2023 to roughly 25 by 2025, this limited output remains negligible compared to ongoing combat losses. Additionally, Russia has historically relied heavily on refurbishing Soviet-era models from storage, such as T-72’s, T-80’s, and even older T-62’s and T-55’s. Yet refurbishment capabilities have dramatically declined as stocks of viable stored tanks dwindle. Previously able to restore about 80 to 100 tanks per month in 2023, this number has dropped significantly to approximately 30 to 35 per month by early 2025. As a result, Russian frontline units rarely deploy tanks unless it involves an isolated, high-priority operation.
In this new reality, Russia has shifted toward infantry-heavy assaults, often employing motorcycles, ATV’s, and improvised armored vehicles, sometimes mockingly termed "armored barns", to support infantry attacks. A recent example near Toretsk vividly demonstrates the futility of these desperate tactics: two such vehicles accompanied infantry attempting an assault but were swiftly neutralized by Ukrainian artillery and FPV drones, resulting in the complete annihilation of the attacking force. The dominant presence of Ukrainian drones and precision artillery fire has effectively rendered conventional mechanized warfare suicidal, compelling Russia to rely on these hazardous infantry-centric operations.
The few remaining Russian tanks are now treated as treasured commodities, rarely risked and repurposed into slow-moving, heavily armored mobile bunkers. These tanks are being outfitted with excessive improvised protection like multiple layers of metal cages, chains, slat armor, netting, mine plows, and even layers of scrap metal or wooden beams. While these alterations marginally improve survivability against drones and guided missiles, they severely diminish mobility, visibility, and offensive capability. The new "mega turtle tanks," as they have become sarcastically known, move sluggishly, are functionally blind, and extremely vulnerable to mines, even if it is somewhat harder to fully destroy with drones alone.
These desperate upgrades offer minimal strategic advantage. Although the mega turtle tanks survive slightly longer under drone attacks, their limited numbers and reduced combat effectiveness render them irrelevant for achieving operational breakthroughs especially being easily immobilized by mines. Footage of destroyed and abandoned "mega turtle" tanks clearly demonstrates that, despite absurd modifications, they fail to meaningfully shift battlefield dynamics.
Overall, Russia’s tank shortage, compounded by staggering losses and dwindling production, has fundamentally altered its battlefield strategy. The shift from mechanized assaults to infantry-focused operations and the use of makeshift armored vehicles highlights the extent of Russian desperation. Despite attempts at improvised tank upgrades, the lack of operational tanks and diminishing resources have crippled Russia’s offensive capabilities, making traditional warfare increasingly ineffective against Ukraine’s precision firepower and well-organized defense.
https://youtu.be/quifplfvngo?si=z8bQoqaNpPHd_Wcx
On July 8, the Ukrainian General Staff reported an extraordinary battlefield statistic: zero Russian tank losses. Rather than indicating a successful tactical shift, this unprecedented figure underscores Russia’s critical shortage of operational tanks. Russian units simply no longer possess enough tanks to risk losing them in frequent frontal assaults. Mechanized attacks, once the hallmark of Russian offensives, have nearly disappeared, replaced entirely by small-unit infantry actions and increasingly improvised tactics.
Months of relentless, suicidal assaults have decimated Russia’s armored capabilities. Especially in Donetsk and Toretsk, hundreds of Russian tanks have fallen easy prey to Ukrainian FPV drones, anti-tank guided missiles, artillery, and extensive minefields. This staggering attrition has far outpaced Russia's capacity to replace battlefield losses.
Uralvagonzavod, Russia’s main tank producer, can currently manufacture no more than 20 to 25 new T-90M tanks monthly. Even though Russia increased production slightly from about 17 tanks per month in 2023 to roughly 25 by 2025, this limited output remains negligible compared to ongoing combat losses. Additionally, Russia has historically relied heavily on refurbishing Soviet-era models from storage, such as T-72’s, T-80’s, and even older T-62’s and T-55’s. Yet refurbishment capabilities have dramatically declined as stocks of viable stored tanks dwindle. Previously able to restore about 80 to 100 tanks per month in 2023, this number has dropped significantly to approximately 30 to 35 per month by early 2025. As a result, Russian frontline units rarely deploy tanks unless it involves an isolated, high-priority operation.
In this new reality, Russia has shifted toward infantry-heavy assaults, often employing motorcycles, ATV’s, and improvised armored vehicles, sometimes mockingly termed "armored barns", to support infantry attacks. A recent example near Toretsk vividly demonstrates the futility of these desperate tactics: two such vehicles accompanied infantry attempting an assault but were swiftly neutralized by Ukrainian artillery and FPV drones, resulting in the complete annihilation of the attacking force. The dominant presence of Ukrainian drones and precision artillery fire has effectively rendered conventional mechanized warfare suicidal, compelling Russia to rely on these hazardous infantry-centric operations.
The few remaining Russian tanks are now treated as treasured commodities, rarely risked and repurposed into slow-moving, heavily armored mobile bunkers. These tanks are being outfitted with excessive improvised protection like multiple layers of metal cages, chains, slat armor, netting, mine plows, and even layers of scrap metal or wooden beams. While these alterations marginally improve survivability against drones and guided missiles, they severely diminish mobility, visibility, and offensive capability. The new "mega turtle tanks," as they have become sarcastically known, move sluggishly, are functionally blind, and extremely vulnerable to mines, even if it is somewhat harder to fully destroy with drones alone.
These desperate upgrades offer minimal strategic advantage. Although the mega turtle tanks survive slightly longer under drone attacks, their limited numbers and reduced combat effectiveness render them irrelevant for achieving operational breakthroughs especially being easily immobilized by mines. Footage of destroyed and abandoned "mega turtle" tanks clearly demonstrates that, despite absurd modifications, they fail to meaningfully shift battlefield dynamics.
Overall, Russia’s tank shortage, compounded by staggering losses and dwindling production, has fundamentally altered its battlefield strategy. The shift from mechanized assaults to infantry-focused operations and the use of makeshift armored vehicles highlights the extent of Russian desperation. Despite attempts at improvised tank upgrades, the lack of operational tanks and diminishing resources have crippled Russia’s offensive capabilities, making traditional warfare increasingly ineffective against Ukraine’s precision firepower and well-organized defense.
https://youtu.be/quifplfvngo?si=z8bQoqaNpPHd_Wcx
Yesterday, 08:51 AM
(20-07-2025, 05:36 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: At dawn on June 24, 2025, a Russian landing craft loaded with troops raced toward Kherson’s shore—completely unaware it had been tracked for 27 minutes by a Bayraktar TB2 drone orbiting 18,000 feet above. What followed wasn’t just another drone strike. It was a surgical elimination of a Russian special operations team, caught mid-mission and carrying demolition gear intended for targets deep in Ukrainian territory. Using a laser-guided MAM-L missile, the TB2 struck with pinpoint precision, destroying the vessel in seconds. But the real story came after the explosion. Debris revealed not only elite personnel but sabotage equipment. Within hours, Russian vessels retreated, missions were canceled, and encrypted orders flooded the airwaves. Ukraine’s drone operators didn’t just stop an amphibious assault—they shattered Russian confidence in their own secrecy. In this detailed breakdown, we cover the strike from first detection to final detonation, explore the strategic ripple effects, and show how one unmanned aircraft forced the Black Sea Fleet into full retreat. Subscribe for real-time combat analysis, modern drone warfare breakdowns, and the tactical edge defining today’s battle space.
At dawn on June 24, 2025, a Russian landing craft loaded with troops raced toward Kherson’s shore—completely unaware it had been tracked for 27 minutes by a Bayraktar TB2 drone orbiting 18,000 feet above followed wasn’t just another drone strike. It was a surgical elimination of a Russian special ops team, caught mid-mission carrying demolition gear intended for targets deep in Ukrainian territory.

Using a laser-guided MAM-L missile, the


https://youtu.be/DTtjyH6O0pg?si=ROpg7eRXs7Lo5Uc8
Yesterday, 10:20 PM
Zelensky signed the bill into law on the evening of July 22, as shown on the Parliament's website.
Last week, we warned of a coming anti-democratic backslide. Now, we see it happening. A parliamentary vote, led by President Volodymyr Zelensky’s lawmakers, today took away the independence of Ukraine’s key anti-corruption bodies, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO). He signed it into law the same day. Under new law, prosecutor general, a notoriously non-independent figure, will now oversee anti-corruption investigations — in a complete overturn of the system was set up ne independent from other law enforcement bodies.
In reality, it means that Zelensky’s office will be able to stop investigations with a phone call, move isn’t isolated incident, it part of a massive crackdown. The vote in parliament followed unprecedented wave of raids on dozens of NABU officers’ homes the day be4, where pretexts for searches ranged from drug trafficking accusations to car accidents from four years ago. The NABU chief said some searches got violent. A local media outlet reported officers forced open a NABU detective’s eyes to unlock his phone, set on face recognition. It also closely follows an escalated prosecution of Ukraine’s best-known anti-corruption activist, an outspoken critic of Zelensky.
This crackdown is being carried out by law enforcement agencies, lawmakers, and people controlled by President Zelensky. There is no second-guessing who is responsible for this.
President Zelensky is making a choice to undermine Ukrainian democratic institutions in pursuit of expanding his personal power. Why do it now?. The attacked anti-corruption agencies have been a nuisance for political elite — as they should be. They have investigated Zelensky’s party’s lawmakers & the president’s close associates, just weeks ago, they went after his personal friend, then-Deputy Prime Minister Oleksiy Chernyshov, making him a suspect in a land grab case. There is talk other close associates of Zelensky that detectives were investigating. In other words, they were doing exactly what they were set up for: independently investigating top-level corruption. It’s worth remembering that Ukraine’s anti-corruption infrastructure was set up in the years following the 2013-2014 EuroMaidan Revolution. It was one of the wins of democratic, pro-Western movement that overthrew the corrupt pro-Russian president. Over 100 protesters were killed before the revolution prevailed.
It took lives of those protesters, & years of work followed, to set up independent anti-corruption infrastructure in Ukraine — a major achievement for the young democracy. Now, President Zelensky is seeking to dismantle it to protect his associates and expand his power. The backdrop of the war is hugely helpful for this matter. Under martial law, there are no elections, and perhaps more importantly, there have been no mass street protests. Many of the most politically active Ukrainians, patriotic & uncompromising, are serving on the front lines or have been killed fighting. (The first anti-govt protests since the start of the war are taking place right now, as we are running this editorial — they are a reaction to today’s vote, & have likely slowed down Zelensky’s signing of the bill.)
Last week, we warned of a coming anti-democratic backslide. Now, we see it happening. A parliamentary vote, led by President Volodymyr Zelensky’s lawmakers, today took away the independence of Ukraine’s key anti-corruption bodies, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and Special Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO). He signed it into law the same day. Under new law, prosecutor general, a notoriously non-independent figure, will now oversee anti-corruption investigations — in a complete overturn of the system was set up ne independent from other law enforcement bodies.
In reality, it means that Zelensky’s office will be able to stop investigations with a phone call, move isn’t isolated incident, it part of a massive crackdown. The vote in parliament followed unprecedented wave of raids on dozens of NABU officers’ homes the day be4, where pretexts for searches ranged from drug trafficking accusations to car accidents from four years ago. The NABU chief said some searches got violent. A local media outlet reported officers forced open a NABU detective’s eyes to unlock his phone, set on face recognition. It also closely follows an escalated prosecution of Ukraine’s best-known anti-corruption activist, an outspoken critic of Zelensky.
This crackdown is being carried out by law enforcement agencies, lawmakers, and people controlled by President Zelensky. There is no second-guessing who is responsible for this.
President Zelensky is making a choice to undermine Ukrainian democratic institutions in pursuit of expanding his personal power. Why do it now?. The attacked anti-corruption agencies have been a nuisance for political elite — as they should be. They have investigated Zelensky’s party’s lawmakers & the president’s close associates, just weeks ago, they went after his personal friend, then-Deputy Prime Minister Oleksiy Chernyshov, making him a suspect in a land grab case. There is talk other close associates of Zelensky that detectives were investigating. In other words, they were doing exactly what they were set up for: independently investigating top-level corruption. It’s worth remembering that Ukraine’s anti-corruption infrastructure was set up in the years following the 2013-2014 EuroMaidan Revolution. It was one of the wins of democratic, pro-Western movement that overthrew the corrupt pro-Russian president. Over 100 protesters were killed before the revolution prevailed.
It took lives of those protesters, & years of work followed, to set up independent anti-corruption infrastructure in Ukraine — a major achievement for the young democracy. Now, President Zelensky is seeking to dismantle it to protect his associates and expand his power. The backdrop of the war is hugely helpful for this matter. Under martial law, there are no elections, and perhaps more importantly, there have been no mass street protests. Many of the most politically active Ukrainians, patriotic & uncompromising, are serving on the front lines or have been killed fighting. (The first anti-govt protests since the start of the war are taking place right now, as we are running this editorial — they are a reaction to today’s vote, & have likely slowed down Zelensky’s signing of the bill.)
Today, 07:37 AM
Today, 07:41 AM
Hudson Institute ·6 hours ago
Ukraine Military Situation Report | July 23
The situation in Pokrovsk, a key location for Ukraine’s defense of the eastern front, is particularly worrying for Kyiv. Some field reports claim that Russian assault...
Ukraine Military Situation Report | July 23
The situation in Pokrovsk, a key location for Ukraine’s defense of the eastern front, is particularly worrying for Kyiv. Some field reports claim that Russian assault...
Today, 08:22 AM
(20-07-2025, 04:44 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: Ukraine are using long-range drone, the FP-1, with striking range of 1,600 km (approximately 1,000 miles). Drone is designed for strikes deep into enemy territory and can carry a warhead of up to 120 kilograms. While there's no evidence of a drone with a 6,000 km range, But Ukraine has been actively developing newer upto 3,000 km range testing various long-range drones to Germany in join production (Joint venture) in Ukraine. Some has been fly beyond Moscow.
* Ukraine has managed to achieve a real wartime wonder by increasing its drone production by 900% within just one year. Combines perfectly w/appointment of Ukraine’s most successful drone unit commander, Magyar, >>lead country’s new drone forces group has resulted in bloodiest summer of the war to date for the Russians.

In June alone, this unified drone formation engaged over 19,600 Russian targets, destroying 5,024 including 88 tanks, 129 armored vehicles, 427 artillery pieces, and 31 MLRS units, eliminating nearly 5,000 Russian soldiers.
Magyar’s new drone formation was particularly crucial in halting Russia’s major push towards Pokrovsk. When many anticipated the town's fall, Ukrainian drones dismantled Russian assault groups one by one. They relentlessly targeted supply lines, effectively turning roads into killing zones and leaving Russian forces immobile, isolated, and unable to advance.
A drone-driven strategy, Ukraine has skyrocketed its domestic drone production by an unprecedented 900% over the past year. Monthly drone output surged from 20,000 units in mid-2024 to over 200,000 now, or more than 6,600 drones daily. Airlogix, a leading Ukrainian drone manufacturer, noted this tenfold increase, underscoring Ukraine’s resolve to win a war of attrition by constantly innovating battlefield technology. This explosive growth ensures a steady stream of affordable and versatile drones for frontline deployment.
At the heart of Ukraine’s drone warfare revolution is President Volodymyr Zelensky’s "Drone Line" initiative, launched in February 2025. Strategic program unifies Ukraine’s top drone units under a centralized command, aiming to create a lethal 10 to 15-kilometer "kill zone" along frontline sectors. The unified command structure allows drones to be deployed rapidly and strategically, maximizing impact while minimizing risk to Ukrainian personnel. A Ukrainian drone unit commander commented that the project will provide the capability for echeloned detection of the enemy and the timely destruction of Russian forces as they approach Ukrainian positions, significantly strengthening both Ukrainian reconnaissance and strike capabilities. It aims to create a wall of drones that the Russians will find either impossible to breach or extremely difficult to penetrate in certain sections.
The impact on Russian operations has been severe. Russian soldiers complain of losing supplies and munitions at positions even 15 kilometers behind the frontline, despite dense forests and tree lines providing natural cover. Despite the vast front line, Russian supply lines is heavily dependent on a limited number of paved roads narrow choice of routes dramatically increases Ukrainian drone efficiency, often approaching a nearly 100% strike rate against Russian supply columns. Russian engineering units have notably failed to create alternate dirt roads, leaving critical supply convoys exposed. Vehicles frequently depart under assurances of safety but within minutes are reduced to burning wrecks, as conditions rapidly shift on the ground due to relentless drone activity. In 1 eg noted by a Russian analyst, Russian soldiers are increasingly forced to send ammunition to frontline mortar positions manually, with soldiers carrying shells by hand as they move forward.
Any vehicle transport, whether cars, trucks, or vans, is quickly identified and eliminated by Ukrainian drones. Overall, reform of Ukraine’s drone forces under Magyar, combined with the dramatic increase in drone production, has proven transformative on battlefield. Magyar, already a legendary figure among Ukrainian forces, has now scaled his crucial approach across the entire drone army...

Today, 08:30 AM
In June alone, this unified drone formation engaged over 19,600 Russian targets, destroying 5,024 including 88 tanks, 129 armored vehicles, 427 artillery pieces, and 31 MLRS units, eliminating nearly 5,000 Russian soldiers. Magyar’s new drone formation particularly crucial in halting Russia’s major push towards Pokrovsk.
Today, 08:31 AM
(Today, 08:30 AM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: In June alone, this unified drone formation engaged over 19,600 Russian targets, destroying 5,024 including 88 tanks, 129 armored vehicles, 427 artillery pieces, and 31 MLRS units, eliminating nearly 5,000 Russian soldiers. Magyar’s new drone formation particularly crucial in halting Russia’s major push towards Pokrovsk.
https://youtu.be/Wo7BhBmlCqA?si=Kjowvhfh82HCZ2Yf
59 minutes ago
Ukrainian Air Force has received a fleet of new vehicles to help it ops & maintain its Western-supplied F-16 Viper fighters at dispersed locations around country. Underscores challenges Ukraine faces in generating air combat power under the constant threat of Russian attacks. Ukraine’s experiences in this regard are already deeply influencing the U.S. military, which is planning to ops crewed & uncrewed aircraft from distributed forward locations in future high-end fights, such as one against China in the Pacific. These concepts of ops would also be relevant in event of a major conflict elsewhere in Europe. Come Back Alive, a charitable foundation in Ukraine, announced the delivery of two sets of vehicles primarily intended to help with munitions handling & maintenance of F-16s, as well as a mobile command post to support mission planning tasks. Come Back Alive worked together on the project w/Office 61, a component of Ukraine’s state-run defense industrial complex, and state-owned oil & natural gas company Ukrnafta. At least 85 F-16s have been pledged to Ukraine from multiple countries, how many have been delivered is unclear. Ukrainian Air Force has also lost at least four of the Vipers it has received.
15 minutes ago
(59 minutes ago)Tee tiong huat Wrote: Ukrainian Air Force has received a fleet of new vehicles to help it ops & maintain its Western-supplied F-16 Viper fighters at dispersed locations around country. Underscores challenges Ukraine faces in generating air combat power under the constant threat of Russian attacks. Ukraine’s experiences in this regard are already deeply influencing the U.S. military, which is planning to ops crewed & uncrewed aircraft from distributed forward locations in future high-end fights, such as one against China in the Pacific. These concepts of ops would also be relevant in event of a major conflict elsewhere in Europe. Come Back Alive, a charitable foundation in Ukraine, announced the delivery of two sets of vehicles primarily intended to help with munitions handling & maintenance of F-16s, as well as a mobile command post to support mission planning tasks. Come Back Alive worked together on the project w/Office 61, a component of Ukraine’s state-run defense industrial complex, and state-owned oil & natural gas company Ukrnafta. At least 85 F-16s have been pledged to Ukraine from multiple countries, how many have been delivered is unclear. Ukrainian Air Force has also lost at least four of the Vipers it has received.
To date, Ukraine’s F-16s have been observed with air-to-air and air-to-ground loadouts that include AIM-120 and AIM-9 air-to-air missiles, as well as GBU-39/B Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) precision-guided glide bombs. Vipers delivered to Ukraine also notably have relatively advanced electronic warfare suites. All this highlights the challenges Ukrainian Air Force continues to face in adapting its existing playbook to its new fleet of 2nd-hand F-16s, issues could also apply to other Western-supplied aircraft now & in future. It is worth noting here Sweden’s Gripen fighter, which been discussed in past as a possible option for Ukraine, designed around distributed ops under wartime conditions including older Soviet-designed types built more operating locations in mind, take off & land at different bases with standard operating procedure to reduce vulnerability to Russian attacks. Jet fighters also trained in past to make use of highways as alternatives to traditional runway vulnerable modern aircraft are on the ground, if parked on open flight lines. jet themselves be targeted by drone attacks, as well as commando raids. In June, Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) launched an unprecedented covert drone attack ops on multiple Russian air bases from within their country, destroyed a number of prized strategic bombers and other aircraft.
Expanding total number of airfields F-16s can ops only improve effectiveness of shell game, vehicles that Come Back Alive and its partners have now delivered allow for prepositioning & repositioning of ground support assets to new locations simply by driving there. They could even be on move from location to another while Vipers are flying their missions to help maximize their utility.
Ukrainian Air Force faces unique challenges with F-16 after years of flying Soviet-era aircraft with significantly different ops, sustenance requirements, the complexities of generating combat airpower under attack are more broadly applicable to armed forces see ability to conduct distributed air operations from far-flung locations as key to not just success, it survival in future high-end fights. Air Force drawing lessons learned already from observations of conflict in Ukraine, feeding into still-evolving concepts of ops referred to collectively as Agile Combat Employment (ACE).
“I have opportunity to talk to Ukrainian air chief once every 2 weeks & been very successful getting not hit on the ground,” retired Air Force Gen. James Hecker, then-head of U.S. discussion @Air & Space Forces Assocation Warfare Symposiu & I ask him, I said, ‘How's that? What do you do?’, he goes, ‘Well, never take off & land at same airfield. I’m like, ok, you know for job, pretty good. Keeps Russians on their toes, problem is I can only protect a few of them,” there’s delivery of new trucks to Ukrainian Air Force seem like a relatively small development, service sees their arrival as offering important boost in capability & capacity for generating F-16 sorties.
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