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(28-08-2025, 04:00 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]https://youtu.be/-YjngZTu4y4?si=lVzUSS6R_KKGNeT2

US approves $825 million military sale to Ukraine for ERAM missiles. The U.S Dept of State approved a military sale to Ukraine for Extended Range Attack Munition (ERAM) missiles & related equipment worth estimated $825 million, agency announced- Aug. 28.

"Up to 3,350 ERAM missiles and 3,350 navigation modules to counter spoofing will be procured," Presidential Office Chief of Staff Andriy Yermak wrote on social media, confirming deal.

According to official State Dept press release, the "proposed sale will support the foreign policy & national security objectives of U.S. by improving security of a partner country that is a force for political stability and economic progress in Europe."

Moreover, "sale will improve Ukraine's capability to meet current & future threats by further equipping it to conduct self-defense regional security missions."

(28-08-2025, 03:56 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]Two Ukrainian MiG-29 pilots launch a dare high-risk mission deep into Russian airspace. Their target: a hidden drone command post near Tyotkino. Russian are responsible for coordinating weeks of deadly UAV strikes. Using terrain masking and gaps in Russian radar coverage, they slip across the border at lower then 100 meters above only to trigger a chain reaction of escalating threats by Russia tracking soldiers.

The Russian started to used S-400 radars, Su-30 fighters, Tor-M2 and even Buk-M3 SAM batteries, plus even Tornets-E acoustic sensors begin their hunting on this two Mig-29 themselves. As the sky turns lethal hot, a Bayraktar TB2 drone provides real-time overwatch who has a max - altitude: 30,000ft+ has to distraction, luring enemy air defenses into revealing their positions. What then follows is a desperate aerial chess to match of enemy radar locks, missile ready to launches, Ukraine used evasive maneuvers, and even last-second countermeasures by flying up high with their Mig-29 flying right into the bright Sun straight to evasive coming missiles.

The two MiG-29s pilots then release & at right driving forward, then then fire their two U.S. AASM Hammer bombs under their care by striking hardened enemy drone control centers, crippling Russia’s enemy aerial reconnaissance ops in the region. As both flee with low fuel nearly gone and helicopters rising in their path, pilots exhausted, they dodge a final wall of S-400 missiles targeting them across in Russia territory & flee finally reaching friendly skies. - Mission, accomplished. This real story of this 2 Ukrainian pilots, how precision, deception, & sheer nerve combined with their ween of opinion, think or supposely, they strike a big blow where it hurt most.
https://youtu.be/-YjngZTu4y4?si=nxE8KV4WezExQ2bI

The press release noted "Ukraine will use funding from Denmark, the Netherlands, and Norway for this purchase," was also confirmed by Yermak on social media.

Earlier in July, the U.S. & North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) reached an agreement for alliance members to purchase American weapons through Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) initiative.

Since beginning of August, NATO allies such as Canada, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden have committed to funding PURL packages for Ukraine. International military support remains critical for Kyiv, as Russian continues to attack Ukrainian civilian targets on a regular basis.
https://kyivindependent.com/us-approves-...-missiles/

Russia launched large-scale aerial strike on Ukrainian cities overnight on Aug. 28, attacking Kyiv w/missiles & targeting regions far from front lines. At least 23 people were killed in attack on capital, including four children, authorities said. Three of them were aged 2, 14, and 17.
At least twelve fatalities were reported in Darnytskyi district, where a residential building was hit, at least one was killed in Shevchenkivskyi district, according to Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko. Sixty-three people including 11 children were injured, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said. Thirty of them were hospitalized. Air raid sirens sounded across Ukraine, and residents of nearly every region were urged to seek shelter as enemy launched
hypersonic missiles & multiple waves of drones throughout night. At least four MiG-31 aircraft jets armed w/Kinzhal missiles took off during attack.

Russia launched 598 drones overnight, including Shahed attack drones and decoys, as well as 31 missiles, among them two Kh-47 Kinzhal ballistic missiles, nine Iskander-M or North Korean KN-23 ballistic missiles, and 20 Kh-101 cruise missiles, Ukraine’s Air Force reported. Ukrainian air defenses intercepted 563 drones and 26 missiles, according to the statement.

Kyiv was rocked by explosions as Russia slammed the capital with drones and ballistic missiles, damaging homes, offices, and schools throughout the city. One five-story apartment building took a direct hit and was completely destroyed.
The city was attacked from multiple directions by Shahed-type drones, decoy drones, cruise missiles, and Kinzhal missiles, Kyiv City Military Admin head Tymur Tkachenko said. Info about casualties and damage is still being determined. A massive rescue effort is currently underway to clear rubble and retrieve victims who may be trapped under the debris, response involves around 500 rescuers & 1,000 emergency workers, Klymenko
https://kyivindependent.com/russia-drone...le-attack/

(29-08-2025, 03:41 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]The press release noted "Ukraine will use funding from Denmark, the Netherlands, and Norway for this purchase," was also confirmed by Yermak on social media.

Earlier in July, the U.S. & North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) reached an agreement for alliance members to purchase American weapons through Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) initiative.

Since beginning of August, NATO allies such as Canada, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden have committed to funding PURL packages for Ukraine. International military support remains critical for Kyiv, as Russian continues to attack Ukrainian civilian targets on a regular basis.
https://kyivindependent.com/us-approves-...-missiles/

Special Envoy for Ukraine Keith Kellogg condemend the attacks, describing them as "egregious." Last night Russia launched 2nd largest aerial attack of the war with 600 drones & 31 missiles. The targets? Not soldiers and weapons but residential areas in Kyiv—blasting civilian trains, the EU & British mission council offices, and innocent civilians. These egregious… pic.twitter.com/qulsiPlTy1
— Keith Kellogg (@generalkellogg) August 28, 2025. In post on X, Slovakia's Foreign Ministry condemned "attacks on civilians — whether in Ukraine, Gaza, or elsewhere," but failed to mention Russia by name.

In response to attack, Polish & NATO aircraft scrambled "to ensure safety of Polish airspace," Poland's military reported. Russia has increased the frequency & intensity of aerial attacks on Ukrainian cities since start of 2025. On July 29, Russia launched deadliest attack against Kyiv this year, killing 32 civilians in massive combined strike. As White House pushes for a peace deal to end war. Russia continues to exert additional pressure on Kyiv through constant attacks on cities and escalating ground offensives.

While death toll climbs, Kremlin rejects calls for a ceasefire and condemns European efforts to provide security guarantees for Ukraine. "These missiles & attack drones today are a clear response to everyone in the world who, for weeks and months, has been calling for a ceasefire & for real diplomacy," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

"Russia chooses ballistics instead of the negotiating table."vZelensky added that he expects a reaction from China, which "has repeatedly called for not expanding the war & for a ceasefire," as well as from Hungary. "We expect a response from everyone in this world who has called for peace now, more often stays silent rather than taking principled positions," the president said.
https://kyivindependent.com/russia-drone...le-attack/

(29-08-2025, 04:05 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]
Special Envoy for Ukraine Keith Kellogg condemend the attacks, describing them as "egregious." Last night Russia launched 2nd largest aerial attack of the war with 600 drones & 31 missiles. The targets? Not soldiers and weapons but residential areas in Kyiv—blasting civilian trains, the EU & British mission council offices, and innocent civilians. These egregious… pic.twitter.com/qulsiPlTy1
— Keith Kellogg (@generalkellogg) August 28, 2025. In post on X, Slovakia's Foreign Ministry condemned "attacks on civilians — whether in Ukraine, Gaza, or elsewhere," but failed to mention Russia by name.

In response to attack, Polish & NATO aircraft scrambled "to ensure safety of Polish airspace," Poland's military reported. Russia has increased the frequency & intensity of aerial attacks on Ukrainian cities since start of 2025. On July 29, Russia launched deadliest attack against Kyiv this year, killing 32 civilians in massive combined strike. As White House pushes for a peace deal to end war. Russia continues to exert additional pressure on Kyiv through constant attacks on cities and escalating ground offensives.

While death toll climbs, Kremlin rejects calls for a ceasefire and condemns European efforts to provide security guarantees for Ukraine. "These missiles & attack drones today are a clear response to everyone in the world who, for weeks and months, has been calling for a ceasefire & for real diplomacy," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

"Russia chooses ballistics instead of the negotiating table."vZelensky added that he expects a reaction from China, which "has repeatedly called for not expanding the war & for a ceasefire," as well as from Hungary. "We expect a response from everyone in this world who has called for peace now, more often stays silent rather than taking principled positions," the president said.
https://kyivindependent.com/russia-drone...le-attack/

https://kyivindependent.com/russia-drone...le-attack/

(29-08-2025, 03:41 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]A press release noted "Ukraine will use funding from Denmark, the Netherlands, & Norway for this purchase," also confirmed by Yermak on social media. Earlier July, U.S. & North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) reached an agreement for alliance members to purchase U S. weapons through Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List (PURL) initiative.
Since beginning of August, NATO allies like Canada, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden 
committed funding PURL packages for Ukraine. International military support remains critical for Kyiv, as Russian continues to attack Ukrainian civilian targets on a regular basis.
https://kyivindependent.com/us-approves-...-missiles/

On August 22nd, 2025, near Kurakhove, world witnessed one of the most brutal clashes of war. Russia Attacks Ukraine with 45 Tanks – Kurakhove Turns to Fire, within 36 hours, offensive collapsed and over 650 Russian soldiers were lost what became known as Kurakhove Massacre. Ukraine’s elastic defense—kill zones, Stugna-P, Javelin missiles, Leopard 2A6 tanks, and swarms of FPV drones—proved devastating. Decisive moment came when HIMARS, guided by reconnaissance drones, obliterated Russian command posts, leaving enemy forces blind & leaderless. The Ukrainian counterstrike then crushed the retreat. This battle redefined modern warfare, proving that networks, drones, and precision coordination now outweigh sheer numbers on the battlefield.
https://youtu.be/myrqUauxbPE?si=AaS8OnfcgZaYrgGa

(29-08-2025, 04:38 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]On August 22nd, 2025, near Kurakhove, world witnessed one of the most brutal clashes of war. Russia Attacks Ukraine with 45 Tanks – Kurakhove Turns to Fire, within 36 hours, offensive collapsed and over 650 Russian soldiers were lost what became known as Kurakhove Massacre. Ukraine’s elastic defense—kill zones, Stugna-P, Javelin missiles, Leopard 2A6 tanks, and swarms of FPV drones—proved devastating. Decisive moment came when HIMARS, guided by reconnaissance drones, obliterated Russian command posts, leaving enemy forces blind & leaderless. The Ukrainian counterstrike then crushed the retreat. This battle redefined modern warfare, proving that networks, drones, and precision coordination now outweigh sheer numbers on the battlefield.
https://youtu.be/myrqUauxbPE?si=AaS8OnfcgZaYrgGa

https://youtu.be/myrqUauxbPE?si=wqb9nSvHEbVDNW72

In August 2025, Russia Attacks Ukraine with 90 Tanks and 12,000 more Troops  — Kurakhove Burns. A massive artillery barrage and armored assault with advanced Russia Tanks aimed to crush Ukrainian defenses. But Ukraine countered with elastic defense, ambush tactics, and swarms of FPV drones. The turning point came when HIMARS strikes destroyed Russian thermobaric artillery and command centers. After 68 hours, the offensive collapsed into retreat, leaving burning Russia Tanks and a decisive Ukrainian defensive victory at Kurakhove.
https://youtu.be/nnBUfx_ERi8?si=d8OzDGPlIJmTIEVO

(29-08-2025, 05:26 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]In August 2025, Russia Attacks Ukraine with 90 Tanks and 12,000 more Troops  — Kurakhove Burns. A massive artillery barrage and armored assault with advanced Russia Tanks aimed to crush Ukrainian defenses. But Ukraine countered with elastic defense, ambush tactics, and swarms of FPV drones. The turning point came when HIMARS strikes destroyed Russian thermobaric artillery and command centers. After 68 hours, the offensive collapsed into retreat, leaving burning Russia Tanks and a decisive Ukrainian defensive victory at Kurakhove.
https://youtu.be/nnBUfx_ERi8?si=d8OzDGPlIJmTIEVO

https://youtu.be/nnBUfx_ERi8?si=Ls2nLVhrckBQKAHp

(29-08-2025, 05:46 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]July 2nd, 2025, Russia launched a major offensive against Ukraine's eastern front near Kurakov and Donetsk, initiating with missile strikes & an armored spearhead of tanks and infantry carriers. Initially, Russian forces advanced three km, inflicting heavy casualties and damage. However, US responded by providing Ukraine w/HIMARS, ATACMS missiles, &  Switchblade drones, enabling targeted strikes on Russian command, armor, and artillery positions. Ukrainian forces, equipped w/NATO armor and advanced sensors, launched a counterattack, disrupting Russian advance & inflicting significant losses, marking a turning point in the battle due to superior technology, integrated intelligence, and coordinated tactics.

https://youtu.be/HAy-YS1rBp0?si=RgAWC5CXiGH_8KqT

(28-08-2025, 03:56 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]Two Ukrainian MiG-29 pilots launch a dare high-risk mission deep into Russian airspace. Their target: a hidden drone command post near Tyotkino. Russian are responsible for coordinating weeks of deadly UAV strikes. Using terrain masking and gaps in Russian radar coverage, they slip across the border at lower then 100 meters above only to trigger a chain reaction of escalating threats by Russia tracking soldiers.

The Russian started to used S-400 radars, Su-30 fighters, Tor-M2 and even Buk-M3 SAM batteries, plus even Tornets-E acoustic sensors begin their hunting on this two Mig-29 themselves. As the sky turns lethal hot, a Bayraktar TB2 drone provides real-time overwatch who has a max - altitude: 30,000ft+ has to distraction, luring enemy air defenses into revealing their positions. What then follows is a desperate aerial chess to match of enemy radar locks, missile ready to launches, Ukraine used evasive maneuvers, and even last-second countermeasures by flying up high with their Mig-29 flying right into the bright Sun straight to evasive coming missiles.

The two MiG-29s pilots then release & at right driving forward, then then fire their two U.S. AASM Hammer bombs under their care by striking hardened enemy drone control centers, crippling Russia’s enemy aerial reconnaissance ops in the region. As both flee with low fuel nearly gone and helicopters rising in their path, pilots exhausted, they dodge a final wall of S-400 missiles targeting them across in Russia territory & flee finally reaching friendly skies. - Mission, accomplished. This real story of this 2 Ukrainian pilots, how precision, deception, & sheer nerve combined with their ween of opinion, think or supposely, they strike a big blow where it hurt most.
https://youtu.be/-YjngZTu4y4?si=nxE8KV4WezExQ2bI

Zelensky. Ukrainian President rejected proposals for any buffer zone arguing it does not reflect the realities of modern warfare. Only those like Putin do not understand technological state of today's war propose a buffer zone, he told Friday reporters on his comments followed a report suggesting European leaders were considering a 40km (25-mile) buffer zone as part of either a ceasefire or longer-term agreement. The Ukraine has evolved into a conflict driven by drone technology, & he suggested buffer zone of sorts already existed b4 the threat of drone strikes close on front line. Buffer zones can create demilitarised zones between warring countries, such as North and South Korea, and physical boundaries such as the Iron Curtain - which separated the Soviet bloc and the West following World War Two.

Report in Politico, European diplomats the proposal is a military & civilian was for strip of land in Ukraine to be blocked off between two forces. Zelensky said already an area on either side of the front line where heavy artillery was unable to operate b'cos of risk of drone-fire. "Today, our heavy weapons are located at a distance of more than 10km from each other, as everything is hit by drones, " he said. This buffer I is a dead zone, grey zone already exists." Any deal mean Ukraine giving up some territory within, a no no for Zelensky, he rejected: "If Russia wants to have greater distance from us, they can retreat deep into their own occupied territories, not Ukraine. He add Russia was not ready for diplomacy but seek ways to postpone ending war.

(30-08-2025, 12:55 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]Zelensky. Ukrainian President rejected proposals for any buffer zone arguing it does not reflect the realities of modern warfare. Only those like Putin do not understand technological state of today's war propose a buffer zone, he told Friday reporters on his comments followed a report suggesting European leaders were considering a 40km (25-mile) buffer zone as part of either a ceasefire or longer-term agreement. The Ukraine has evolved into a conflict driven by drone technology, & he suggested buffer zone of sorts already existed b4 the threat of drone strikes close on front line. Buffer zones can create demilitarised zones between warring countries, such as North and South Korea, and physical boundaries such as the Iron Curtain - which separated the Soviet bloc and the West following World War Two.

Report in Politico, European diplomats the proposal is a military & civilian was for strip of land in Ukraine to be blocked off between two forces. Zelensky said already an area on either side of the front line where heavy artillery was unable to operate b'cos of risk of drone-fire. "Today, our heavy weapons are located at a distance of more than 10km from each other, as everything is hit by drones, " he said. This buffer I is a dead zone, grey zone already exists." Any deal mean Ukraine giving up some territory within, a no no for Zelensky, he rejected: "If Russia wants to have greater distance from us, they can retreat deep into their own occupied territories, not Ukraine. He add Russia was not ready for diplomacy but seek ways to postpone ending war.

Ukraine war: Volodymyr Zelensky rejects proposals for buffer zone to end fighting https://share.google/daBhuXRjRRHRHGTop

(30-08-2025, 01:15 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]Eighty-seven North Korean tanks rolled into Ukraine, trying to break defensive in a bold show of force. But instead of advancing, they drove straight into a carefully prepared kill zone. Ukrainian forces unleashed precision artillery, drone-guided strikes, & hidden anti-tank units turned battlefield into a fiery trap. Columns of armor were destroyed within minutes, leaving burning wrecks scattered across open ground. Meant to display strength quickly became one of the most devastating losses of armor in war — raising ??? questions on strategy, coordination, &
future of North Korea’s involvement

https://youtu.be/Tjkea1KCu_E?si=2t478mq1B527wjWK

(04-03-2023, 08:12 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]Putin Miscalculated is not only a self-inflicted, it also to kill Ukraine
https://youtu.be/8YkGrKQXZxE

At 5:42 a.m. August 18, 2025, a Ukrainian tank ambushed a Russian armored column on the outskirts of Pokrovsk. What appeared to be a limited attack morphed into a chain of coordinated ops involving precision artillery, kamikaze drones, ground rescue robots, and vehicles set on fire in a matter of seconds. This ambush, executed with state-of-the-art technology & synchronized tactics, unleashed a chain reaction across multiple sectors of the front. What began as Russian assault ended as a brutal display of Ukrainian power. Video, we analyze step by step how operation unfolded, & tactical and strategic implications mark a new turning point.

🔹 Preparation and ambush at Pokrovsk: how the PS brigade set the trap with artillery and crossfire from multiple camouflaged positions.
🔹 Drones & precision fire: the destruction of the Russian howitzer in the forest and the coordinated offensive against motorcycles and armored vehicles.
🔹 Chaos @Bakhmut: arrival FPV drones, HIMARS impacting flank, & collapse of an entire column of Russian vehicles.
🔹 Unmanned warfare: use of K2 robots to rescue a wounded soldier under crossfire & pursuit by enemy troops kamikaze drones.
🔹 Russian attrition in abandoned villages: synchronized ambushes, crossfire from hills, thermal drones detecting soldiers behind walls.
🔹 Technology & Surgical Precision: How Ukraine combining real-time intelligence with pinpoint strikes to neutralize every Russian advance.
🔹 Tactical Air Dominance: Deploying the Strela-10, shooting down reconnaissance drones, and analyzing debris to anticipate future enemy movements.

📈 Warfare changing, & Ukraine appears to be ahead of curve with tactics combine with intelligence, precision, technological mastery.

(30-08-2025, 01:58 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ] At 5:42 a.m. August 18, 2025, a Ukrainian tank ambushed a Russian armored column on the outskirts of Pokrovsk. What appeared to be a limited attack morphed into a chain of coordinated ops involving precision artillery, kamikaze drones, ground rescue robots, and vehicles set on fire in a matter of seconds. This ambush, executed with state-of-the-art technology & synchronized tactics, unleashed a chain reaction across multiple sectors of the front. What began as Russian assault ended as a brutal display of Ukrainian power. Video, we analyze step by step how operation unfolded, & tactical and strategic implications mark a new turning point.

🔹 Preparation and ambush at Pokrovsk: how the PS brigade set the trap with artillery and crossfire from multiple camouflaged positions.
🔹 Drones & precision fire: the destruction of the Russian howitzer in the forest and the coordinated offensive against motorcycles and armored vehicles.
🔹 Chaos @Bakhmut: arrival FPV drones, HIMARS impacting flank, & collapse of an entire column of Russian vehicles.
🔹 Unmanned warfare: use of K2 robots to rescue a wounded soldier under crossfire & pursuit by enemy troops kamikaze drones.
🔹 Russian attrition in abandoned villages: synchronized ambushes, crossfire from hills, thermal drones detecting soldiers behind walls.
🔹 Technology & Surgical Precision: How Ukraine combining real-time intelligence with pinpoint strikes to neutralize every Russian advance.
🔹 Tactical Air Dominance: Deploying the Strela-10, shooting down reconnaissance drones, and analyzing debris to anticipate future enemy movements.

📈 Warfare changing, & Ukraine appears to be ahead of curve with tactics combine with intelligence, precision, technological mastery.

https://youtu.be/4c9unEibqdc?si=zdmWsYu7JmYWgxqH

(29-08-2025, 04:38 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]On August 22nd, 2025, near Kurakhove, world witnessed one of the most brutal clashes of war. Russia Attacks Ukraine with 45 Tanks – Kurakhove Turns to Fire, within 36 hours, offensive collapsed & over 650 Russian soldiers were lost what became known as Kurakhove Massacre. Ukraine’s elastic defense—kill zones, Stugna-P, Javelin missiles, Leopard 2A6 tanks, & swarms of FPV drones proved devastating. Decisive moment came when HIMARS, guided by reconnaissance drones, obliterated Russian command posts, leaving enemy forces blind & leaderless. The Ukrainian counterstrike then crushed the retreat. This battle redefined modern warfare, proving that networks, drones, and precision coordination now outweigh sheer numbers on the battlefield.
https://youtu.be/myrqUauxbPE?si=AaS8OnfcgZaYrgGa

Ukraine, together with international partners — particular United Kingdom & U.S — has developed a strategic vision for the return of all temporarily occupied territories, including the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. First Deputy Defense Minister Ivan Havryliuk announced this during Fourth International Forum of the Expert Network of the Crimea Platform, a Ukrinform correspondent reports.

“We have directions, we have a vision of how to return all temporarily occupied territories back to Ukraine. Together with our partners — the British and the Americans — we conducted a series of ‘war games’ where different scenarios were modeled, and we now have a 10–15-year outlook on where to move and how to develop.” 

Havryliuk said. He also commented on situation on Black Sea: “Regarding superiority in the Black Sea — let’s stay grounded and be realistic. Superiority in the Black Sea must be achieved and maintained.” Havryliuk added that Crimea has now been turned into a powerful Russian military base with a high concentration of troops.

Read also: Ukraine preparing for 5th Crimea Platform summit – deputy foreign minister. As reported, President Volodymyr Zelensky has repeatedly emphasized that Ukraine cannot legally recognize any occupied territory as Russian and that Crimea should be returned through diplomatic means.

(30-08-2025, 01:15 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]Eighty-seven North Korean tanks rolled into Ukraine, trying to break through defensive in a bold show of force. But instead of advancing, they drove straight into a carefully prepared kill zone. Ukrainian forces unleashed precision artillery, drone-guided strikes, & hidden anti-tank units turned battlefield into a fiery trap. Columns of armor were destroyed within minutes, leaving burning wrecks scattered across open ground. What was meant to be a display of strength quickly became one of the most devastating losses of armor in the war — raising questions about strategy, coordination, and the future of North Korea’s involvement

North Korea leader Kim promises 'beautiful life' for families of 'Martyrs' killed in Russia. North Korean leader Kim Jong pays homage to soldiers killed during ops, a national commendation ceremony for commanders and fighters of the Korean People's Army's overseas ops unit, at HQ of the Central Committee of Korean Workers' Party in Pyongyang, North Korea photo released on Aug 22, 2025 by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). (REUTERS)

SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un promised "a beautiful life" for the families of "martyrs" who perished fighting for Russia in the war against Ukraine, state media said on Saturday (Aug 30), praising the bereaved for the heroism of their sons and husbands.

Kim on Friday hosted the families of soldiers and expressed "grief at having failed to save the precious lives" of the fallen men who sacrificed their lives to defend the country's honour, KCNA state news agency reported. The heroic feats of the soldiers and officers were possible because of the strength and courage given to them by families who are "the most tenacious, patriotic and just people in the world", Kim told the parents, wives and children, KCNA said.

"They did not write even a short letter to me, but I think they must have entrusted their families, including those beloved children, to me," Kim was quoted as saying, The country will "provide you with a beautiful life in the country defended at the cost of the lives of the martyrs," he said. North Korea's state television showed Kim bowing deeply to family members who appeared overcome w/emotion at the event.






North Korea leader Kim promises 'beautiful life' for families of 'martyrs' killed in Russia - CNA https://share.google/7pk35uW9xmkPrja0E

The ops began with Ukrainian special operations forces clearing out Russian infiltrators in settlement of Andriivka-Klevtsove, raising flag of their unit & laying groundwork for following ops. Ukrainian forces next targeted Russian positions along approach to Tolstoy, with FPV drones & artillery softening up Russian defenses restricting Russian maneuverability. Then, assault units advanced from south clearing village in close combat, under command of Fifth Separate Heavy Mechanized Brigade. Immediately Ukrainian troops advanced northward and eastward, recapturing near by settlement of Zelenyi Hai. Footage shows Ukrainian marines raising national flag there, indicating full control suggested Russian forces either withdrew under pressure or were neutralized during the clearing phase. Here attack continued toward Piddubne & Novokhatske & fighting is still ongoing, Ukrainian drone teams has been eliminating Russian infantry targeting ammunition caches near Zirka and Tovste, two villages just behind initial line. Strikes  intent not only to disrupt current Russian positions but to reduce their ability to counterattack & coordination across units indicates presence of a broader operational plan to regain control over sector & impose attrition on Russian battalions through sustained small-unit maneuvers.

Overall, Ukraine’s counterattack in western Donetsk demo how limited offensive action, based on precise reconnaissance & strong tactical planning, yield meaningful battlefield shifts without requiring a large-scale breakthrough exploiting weaknesses in Russian training, unit cohesion, drone denial capabilities, Ukrainian forces...
https://youtu.be/ZvwbWokmepE?si=JonUWtnbgVdtnOLC

(31-08-2025, 03:28 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]The ops began with Ukrainian special operations forces clearing out Russian infiltrators in settlement of Andriivka-Klevtsove, raising flag of their unit & laying groundwork for following ops. Ukrainian forces next targeted Russian positions along approach to Tolstoy, with FPV drones & artillery softening up Russian defenses restricting Russian maneuverability. Then, assault units advanced from south clearing village in close combat, under command of Fifth Separate Heavy Mechanized Brigade. Immediately Ukrainian troops advanced northward and eastward, recapturing near by settlement of Zelenyi Hai. Footage shows Ukrainian marines raising national flag there, indicating full control suggested Russian forces either withdrew under pressure or were neutralized during the clearing phase. Here attack continued toward Piddubne & Novokhatske & fighting is still ongoing, Ukrainian drone teams has been eliminating Russian infantry targeting ammunition caches near Zirka and Tovste, two villages just behind initial line. Strikes  intent not only to disrupt current Russian positions but to reduce their ability to counterattack & coordination across units indicates presence of a broader operational plan to regain control over sector & impose attrition on Russian battalions through sustained small-unit maneuvers.

Overall, Ukraine’s counterattack in western Donetsk demo how limited offensive action, based on precise reconnaissance & strong tactical planning, yield meaningful battlefield shifts without requiring a large-scale breakthrough exploiting weaknesses in Russian training, unit cohesion, drone denial capabilities, Ukrainian forces...
https://youtu.be/ZvwbWokmepE?si=JonUWtnbgVdtnOLC

https://youtu.be/ZvwbWokmepE?si=qohf2qnKnFBS-1gh

Kremlin is in a death spiral, turning on itself in explosive internal crisis far worse than any battlefield setback. Kyiv national security strategist Jason Jay Smart said 
according to him, isn't just military failure for Putin but a vicious civil war erupting within security & military factions of the Russian govt. “A new phase war unfolding in Moscow, state security service is directly at war with the military internal conflict is a direct result of Russia's failing war effort and a shrinking budget, which starves the front lines and corrupt systems that fund the regime. Fighting between FSB & Russia military is intensifying. Both sides have damaging info on the other. This deep-seated corruption, centralized and controlled by Vladimir Putin, is now devouring his own regime from the inside out. As Russia's economy in freefall, even major state enterprises can't pay their staff. Putin himself seems unaware of the true gravity of this internal struggle, which is far more dangerous to his rule than any external enemy. The corruption served him is becoming the very weapon lead to end of the Putin regime”, said Jason Jay Smart.

Recall, Federal Security Service or FSB, Russian internal security counter intelligence service created in 1994 one of the successor agencies of Soviet-era KGB. responsible for counterintelligence, antiterrorism, surveillance of military. The FSB occupies former HQ of KGB Lubyanka Sq in downtown Moscow. FSB, largest security service in Europe, is extremely effective at counterintelligence. Human rights activists, have claimed has been slow to shed its KGB heritage, and there allegations has manufactured cases against suspected dissidents used threats to recruit agents. At the end of the 1990s, critics charged FSB had attempted to frame Russian academics involved joint research with Western arms-control experts. Since Moscow’s full-scale war in Ukraine, officers Russia’s Federal Security Service have killed at least 65 people during arrest ops in Russia & 4 more in occupied part of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, according to journalists. At least 44 of those killed in Russia were Russian citizens. 9 identified by FSB as nationals of unspecified Central Asian countries, two were Kazakhstani citizens, 1 Ukrainian, & 1 Belarusian.

(31-08-2025, 04:02 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]Kremlin is in a death spiral, turning on itself in explosive internal crisis far worse than any battlefield setback. Kyiv national security strategist Jason Jay Smart said 
according to him, isn't just military failure for Putin but a vicious civil war erupting within security & military factions of the Russian govt. “A new phase war unfolding in Moscow, state security service is directly at war with the military internal conflict is a direct result of Russia's failing war effort and a shrinking budget, which starves the front lines and corrupt systems that fund the regime. Fighting between FSB & Russia military is intensifying. Both sides have damaging info on the other. This deep-seated corruption, centralized and controlled by Vladimir Putin, is now devouring his own regime from the inside out. As Russia's economy in freefall, even major state enterprises can't pay their staff. Putin himself seems unaware of the true gravity of this internal struggle, which is far more dangerous to his rule than any external enemy. The corruption served him is becoming the very weapon lead to end of the Putin regime”, said Jason Jay Smart.

Recall, Federal Security Service or FSB, Russian internal security counter intelligence service created in 1994 one of the successor agencies of Soviet-era KGB. responsible for counterintelligence, antiterrorism, surveillance of military. The FSB occupies former HQ of KGB Lubyanka Sq in downtown Moscow. FSB, largest security service in Europe, is extremely effective at counterintelligence. Human rights activists, have claimed has been slow to shed its KGB heritage, and there allegations has manufactured cases against suspected dissidents used threats to recruit agents. At the end of the 1990s, critics charged FSB had attempted to frame Russian academics involved joint research with Western arms-control experts. Since Moscow’s full-scale war in Ukraine, officers Russia’s Federal Security Service have killed at least 65 people during arrest ops in Russia & 4 more in occupied part of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, according to journalists. At least 44 of those killed in Russia were Russian citizens. 9 identified by FSB as nationals of unspecified Central Asian countries, two were Kazakhstani citizens, 1 Ukrainian, & 1 Belarusian.

https://youtu.be/qiHAzoWxnSc?si=y1rUHkQ7I7kMTIw6

Russians moving methodically to high levels of aggression, Ukrainians cleared out even pockets of Russian resistance, but finally Ukrainian take some prisoners of war as many refuse to surrender or try to try, but their bridge commander seek to link back up with their cut off forces in Dobropillia spearhead, hoping to salvage situation or exploit breakthrough behind Ukrainian lines. However, as the Azov army corps wasted no time, the encircled Russian forces were already being destroyed, as two of Ukraine’s most effective drone & ground units worked together to defeat Russian hoard as they approaching from the south.

After the Azov corps redeployed and executed a pincer maneuver on the Russian spearhead toward Dobropillia, a large number of Russian soldiers had been driven out of the Ukrainian New Donbas Defense Line and encircled. The 93rd mechanized brigade shared footage of how they were cleaning up scattered remnants of Russian soldiers, using tight drone surveillance and strikes to prevent them from moving out in the open, before dealing with the now isolated pockets one by one. After Russian soldiers were forced into hiding, they conducted a concentrated barrage with Grad artillery systems integrated into the brigade’s fire support network; the aim was to target the most concentrated pockets of Russian forces and saturate them as much as possible before a ground assault was made possible. The unit even shared footage of a ground drone mounted with a high-caliber machine gun driving through the streets after Russians were forced inside, firing into buildings where drones had detected a Russian presence.
https://youtu.be/KJau-zqXTQI?si=_H5ORBY0G3CdD41D

A major Russian flanking ops collapsed under pressure, leaving their forces overextended and vulnerable across a critical stretch. With the opportunity door opened, Ukrainian troops immediately took initiative & launched a decisive attack to seize another town. As reported last time, Ukrainian troops had successfully retaken Ridkodub using drone reconnaissance and maneuver warfare to penetrate Russian defenses. Their goals were not just to capture ground, but to disrupt Russian attempts to reestablish control in this exposed corner of the Donetsk region. In response, Russian forces attempted to outflank the Ukrainian troops, designed to bypass the new Ukrainian positions and strike their rear. Russian troops were deployed from multiple directions, namely from the west of Zelena Dolyna and from the south, with the intention of undermining Ukraine’s hold on Ridkodub. But the plan had several fatal flaws, because the distance between Russian staging areas and Ukrainian positions meant that the attacking units had to cross long stretches of open terrain. Worse, the lack of forested cover and the extensive Ukrainian drone presence made concealment virtually impossible.

By the time Russian infantry began advancing, their movement had already been detected. Ukrainian FPV drones and munition drops intercepted the assault columns before they reached the contact line. Multiple video footages show infantry stranded in open fields being eliminated one by one. Other groups tried to crawl forward under sporadic artillery support, but persistent drone observation made progress impossible, and Ukrainian fire control dismantled the flanking effort before it could get close. In the previous operation, Ukrainian commanders had noted that Russia’s local reserves respond slowly to changes in frontline dynamics, sometimes taking days to adapt. That delay proved decisive because Ukrainian forces had already consolidated their control over Ridkodub and anticipated the counterattack, so when it came, they were fully prepared, inflicting heavy Russian losses for no territorial gain. Since the Russian push failed, many attackers were killed before reaching Ukrainian lines, leaving the Russian frontlines undermanned, overstretched, and tactically exposed. Many of the soldiers involved were likely wounded during the failed assault, and because of Ukraine’s persistent fire control in the area, evacuation was nearly impossible. It is already difficult for Russian units to rotate fresh troops into this zone without taking losses; doing so with wounded troops under pressure makes restoring control over the front even harder.

That is why Ukrainian forces immediately seized the opportunity, and units from the Third Army Corps launched a coordinated assault on Novomykhailivka. The push targeted exposed flanks left vulnerable after the failed Russian counterattacks at Ridkodub. Ukrainian drones were first used to clear out forward Russian positions and mark artillery targets, softening the defenses before the main attack. The armored column then moved in from two sides, avoiding main roads and using minor treelines for cover as it approached the town perimeter. Once inside Novomykhailivka, the assault accelerated. Bradleys and lighter vehicles advanced block by block, while infantry squads flushed out Russian groups hiding in damaged homes and treelines. Dozens of guided drone strikes struck entrenched Russian positions in the lead-up, and radio intercepts indicate the garrison had already requested reinforcements before the assault began.  Combat footage shows Ukrainian troops pushing through the town under drone cover, with Russian defenders unable to establish a coordinated response. The fighting lasted only a few hours, and by the end, at least one full Russian company had been neutralized. With the town secured, Ukrainian forces pressed further south, widening the breach. Russian command was forced to pull reserves from neighboring sectors, weakening their grip on adjacent parts of the line. Overall, what makes this operation significant is not just the ground retaken, but the precision and tempo with which it was done. Ukraine is no longer waiting for Russian. offensives to stall; they are disrupting them in real time, striking as soon as units overextend. Russian formations remain overstretched and reactive, and each failed push leaves another opening. Novomykhailivka shows that Ukraine is not just holding its line; it is setting the pace and choosing where the next collapse will happen.

(01-09-2025, 10:22 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]A major Russian flanking ops collapsed under pressure, leaving their forces overextended and vulnerable across a critical stretch. With the opportunity door opened, Ukrainian troops immediately took initiative & launched a decisive attack to seize another town. As reported last time, Ukrainian troops had successfully retaken Ridkodub using drone reconnaissance and maneuver warfare to penetrate Russian defenses. Their goals were not just to capture ground, but to disrupt Russian attempts to reestablish control in this exposed corner of the Donetsk region. In response, Russian forces attempted to outflank the Ukrainian troops, designed to bypass the new Ukrainian positions and strike their rear. Russian troops were deployed from multiple directions, namely from the west of Zelena Dolyna and from the south, with the intention of undermining Ukraine’s hold on Ridkodub. But the plan had several fatal flaws, because the distance between Russian staging areas and Ukrainian positions meant that the attacking units had to cross long stretches of open terrain. Worse, the lack of forested cover and the extensive Ukrainian drone presence made concealment virtually impossible.

By the time Russian infantry began advancing, their movement had already been detected. Ukrainian FPV drones and munition drops intercepted the assault columns before they reached the contact line. Multiple video footages show infantry stranded in open fields being eliminated one by one. Other groups tried to crawl forward under sporadic artillery support, but persistent drone observation made progress impossible, and Ukrainian fire control dismantled the flanking effort before it could get close. In the previous operation, Ukrainian commanders had noted that Russia’s local reserves respond slowly to changes in frontline dynamics, sometimes taking days to adapt. That delay proved decisive because Ukrainian forces had already consolidated their control over Ridkodub and anticipated the counterattack, so when it came, they were fully prepared, inflicting heavy Russian losses for no territorial gain. Since the Russian push failed, many attackers were killed before reaching Ukrainian lines, leaving the Russian frontlines undermanned, overstretched, and tactically exposed. Many of the soldiers involved were likely wounded during the failed assault, and because of Ukraine’s persistent fire control in the area, evacuation was nearly impossible. It is already difficult for Russian units to rotate fresh troops into this zone without taking losses; doing so with wounded troops under pressure makes restoring control over the front even harder.

That is why Ukrainian forces immediately seized the opportunity, and units from the Third Army Corps launched a coordinated assault on Novomykhailivka. The push targeted exposed flanks left vulnerable after the failed Russian counterattacks at Ridkodub. Ukrainian drones were first used to clear out forward Russian positions and mark artillery targets, softening the defenses before the main attack. The armored column then moved in from two sides, avoiding main roads and using minor treelines for cover as it approached the town perimeter. Once inside Novomykhailivka, the assault accelerated. Bradleys and lighter vehicles advanced block by block, while infantry squads flushed out Russian groups hiding in damaged homes and treelines. Dozens of guided drone strikes struck entrenched Russian positions in the lead-up, and radio intercepts indicate the garrison had already requested reinforcements before the assault began.  Combat footage shows Ukrainian troops pushing through the town under drone cover, with Russian defenders unable to establish a coordinated response. The fighting lasted only a few hours, and by the end, at least one full Russian company had been neutralized. With the town secured, Ukrainian forces pressed further south, widening the breach. Russian command was forced to pull reserves from neighboring sectors, weakening their grip on adjacent parts of the line. Overall, what makes this operation significant is not just the ground retaken, but the precision and tempo with which it was done. Ukraine is no longer waiting for Russian. offensives to stall; they are disrupting them in real time, striking as soon as units overextend. Russian formations remain overstretched and reactive, and each failed push leaves another opening. Novomykhailivka shows that Ukraine is not just holding its line; it is setting the pace and choosing where the next collapse will happen.

https://youtu.be/Yb50Ja9zjoQ?si=JeEBuWxzqTEzdRqa

(03-09-2025, 08:11 AM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: [ -> ]https://youtu.be/kMnAMBkT3oQ?si=3Gj3GIe81YlpuYK9

Russia’s push on Pokrovsk, crumbled once again. A mechanized column advancing deep behind front was spotted, targeted, & annihilated with a coordinated HIMARS ambush &precision drone strikes, the result: destroyed vehicles, heavy losses, another failed attempt to breach Ukraine’s defenses around this key city. Pokrovsk remains a fortress, Russia’s costly assaults continue to collapse.
https://youtu.be/kMnAMBkT3oQ?si=3Gj3GIe81YlpuYK9