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Read previewThe deaths of two seasoned Russian drone operators in Ukraine have stirred a frenzy among pro-Kremlin military bloggers, who say the specialists were sent to fight as regular infantrymen. As for Gritsai, Russian military bloggers who claimed to personally know him reported that he was a career officer. AdvertisementRussian backlash and an official responseThe footage sparked an outcry over the weekend among Russian military bloggers, many of whom independently reported that the two men had been killed in battle. Part of the backlash stems from assessments by on-the-ground pundits that Lysakovsky and Gritsai had been two of the best drone operators at the frontline. Nothing," Lysakovsky wrote in a message dated September 10.
Persons: , Dmitry, Goodwin, Lysakovsky, Sergei, Ernest, Gritsai —, Gritsai, Igor Puzyk, Puzyk, WarTranslated, Dmitri, Alexander Kots, Viktor Goremykin, Valery Gerasimov, Svyatoslav Golikov Organizations: Service, Kremlin, Business, Russian Telegram, 87th Rifle Regiment, Donetsk People's, Kommersant, Russian Defense Ministry Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Pokrovsk, Donetsk, Estonian, Donetsk People's Republic, Moscow
Read previewUkraine said it hit a Tu-22M3 supersonic bomber a record-breaking 1,100 miles from its borders, Ukrainska Pravda reported on Saturday, citing sources in the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. AdvertisementSatellite imagery of Olenya airfield, reviewed by Business Insider, shows a large number of bombers at the site. Google EarthUkraine's Ministry of Defense did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider. Related storiesBut the attack on Olenya, if confirmed, would suggest Russian aircraft are vulnerable even deep inside Russian territory.
Persons: , Ukrainska Pravda, David Axe, Mick Ryan, Kyrylo Budanov, Ukraine.As, WarTranslated, Dmitri Organizations: Service, Ukrainska, Defence Intelligence, Business, Google, Ukraine's Ministry of Defense, Bloomberg, Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, AP, Ukraine, BBC, Main Directorate of Intelligence, Federal Security Service, Reuters Locations: Ukraine, Murmansk, Russia, Russian, Salavat, Russia's, Bashkortostan, Australian, BBC Ukraine
Ukraine said it had shot down a Russian supersonic Tu-22M3 plane. Here's everything you need to know about the Tu-22M3 and how Ukraine says it shot it down. AdvertisementUkrainian intelligence said on Friday that it had shot down a feared Russian Tu-22M3 bomber plane for the first time as it launched a combat mission on Ukraine. AdvertisementTupolev describes the Tu-22M aircraft series as a "conventionally designed aircraft with a variable-swept low wing." A weeklong ambushImage appearing to show the Tu-22M3 aircraft after crashing.
Persons: , Vladimir Vladimirov Kyrylo Budanov, HUR, WarTranslated, Dmitri Organizations: Service, NATO, Tupolev, Defence Intelligence, Ukraine, BBC, Main Directorate of Intelligence, British Ministry of Defence, Russian Air Force Locations: Ukraine, Russian, Soviet, BBC Ukraine, Russia
A video appears to show a single Ukrainian soldier fending of 10 Russians in a close-quarter trench battle. The video shows a Ukrainian soldier repeatedly emerging from a dugout to fire a machine gun and throw grenades at the Russian soldiers. The audio features an exasperated Russian commander issuing urgent orders to his men, telling them: "Go and kill this one bastard who's sitting there." the Russian commander says. In the final graphic drone shot, explosives are dropped on a Russian soldier who is torn to pieces.
Persons: , WarTranslated, Dmitri Organizations: Service, Ukraine's, Battalion, Assault Brigade, Business, Edelweiss Locations: Ukrainian, Edelweiss, Russian, Russia, Avdiivka, Donetsk, Ukraine, United States
Russian troops tried infiltrating the Ukrainian town of Avdiivka through a sewer but were immediately hunted down by attack drones, Ukraine claims. Russian forces have been persisting in their attacks on the town in eastern Ukraine since October, leaving behind a trail of dead soldiers and wrecked vehicles. In its latest attempts to take Avdiivka, Russian troops have been entering the city's fringes using service tunnels, according to recent UK intel. The drone footage shows a soldier running into the doorway of a ruined house before a strike hits from above. The Russians are likely experiencing a ratio of 13 losses for every Ukrainian soldier, Forbes estimated, based on vehicle losses.
Persons: G8PNNZ9MHG, WarTranslated, Dmitri, Forbes Organizations: for, intel, Khorne Group, Mechanized Locations: Avdiivka, Ukraine, Russian, Russia, Ukrainian
Read previewUkrainian forces are using "flocks" of FPV (first-person-view) drones led by "queen" drones to attack Russian positions, a Russian serviceman said in an interview with Russian newspaper Izvestia. This Russian serviceman was apparently a witness to a "flock of Ukrainian FPV drones led by a repeater drone Queen" which descended onto Russian positions and started the bombing. pic.twitter.com/LhvFg8syXW — WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated) January 26, 2024In a video shared on X, formerly Twitter, by a military blogger, the soldier described an encounter with a swarm of drones led by a "repeater drone queen." AdvertisementThey have been particularly crucial to Ukraine's war effort, enabling Ukrainian drone squads to attack deep into Russian territory while helping to limit losses to their ground forces. But drone warfare has meant both sides are struggling to make any advances, Gleb Molchanov, a Ukrainian drone operator, told The Guardian .
Persons: , WarTranslated, Dmitri, Dmitry Zimenkin, Zimenkin, Gleb Molchanov Organizations: Service, Business, Newsweek, Ukrainian, Guardian Locations: Russian, Ukrainian, Russia
Reports from various sources, including messages posted by Moisey's wife, confirm the successful operation against the feared drone ace. A Ukrainian drone team, led by drone ace "Balu," successfully hunted down Moisey's team. Ukrainian FPV ace "Balu" published footage of the strike that led to the destruction of the Russian FPV ace "Moisey". However, analysts warn that Moisey and his team are replaceable, and a new drone team could come to terrorize the supply route. AdvertisementThis week, there were unconfirmed reports that Ukraine used US-supplied HIMARS to strike a group of Russian drone pilots who had assembled for training in the occupied part of the Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine.
Persons: , Moses, Moisey's, pX0GLPMNBq — David Hambling, Moisey, ominously, Balu, V0cnKY6UWb, WarTranslated, Dmitri Organizations: Service, Forbes, Business, UK's Ministry of Defence Locations: Russian, Dnipro, Russia, Ukrainian, Krynky, Ukraine, Donetsk
In a new interview, a Ukrainian Bradley crew recounted defeating a Russian T-90M in battle. AdvertisementA new video shows two crew members from Ukraine's 47th Mechanized Brigade describing how they overwhelmed a Russian T-90M tank using just a US-supplied Bradley fighting vehicle. A more personal and detailed interview with the crew of the Ukrainian Bradley which took on a russian T-90M. Like this Ukrainian M2 Bradley IFV obliterating a «no-analogue» russian T-90M tank. Earlier this month, it was reported that Russian soldiers are "afraid" of facing US-supplied Bradley fighting vehicles.
Persons: Putin, , Bradley, Vladimir Putin, Serhiy, Oleksandr, Ukrainian Bradley, radley, ike Organizations: Ukrainian Bradley, Service, Ukraine's 47th Mechanized Brigade, Defense Ministry Locations: Ukrainian, Russian, Ukraine, Stepove, Avdiivka, bliterating
Ukraine shared a video of Ukrainian special forces on boats near the platforms battling a Russian fighter jet. The Ukrainians eventually struck the Russian jet with a man-portable air defense system, or MANPADS, according to a translated version of the HUR video with English subtitles. In a video published by Ukrainian GUR about raids on the Boyko Towers sea rig near Crimea, they showed a battle between 3 Ukrainian small boats and a Russian jet. The battle between the boats and the fighter jet was part of a 13-minute video released by Ukraine's military intelligence agency that showed additional aspects of the operation. AdvertisementAdvertisementUK intel added that the week prior to that update a Russian combat jet shot at a small Ukrainian military boat operating near a platform.
Persons: HUR, Ukraine's HUR, Ukrainian GUR, Z7aU43085B — Dmitri, @wartranslated Organizations: Service, Russian, Ukrainian, The New York Times, Reuters, UK Defence Intelligence, intel Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Russian, Wall, Silicon, Crimea, Ukrainian
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