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102·2 days agoIt’s politically embarrassing for Putin to start 2025 with Ukraine still holding Russian territory.
From Kyiv Post
Russia’s kamikaze meat assault strategy ramps to record level, with the past 24 hours hitting the highest number of Russian personnel losses of the war, 1950 casualties.
Previous records
1770 November 11, 2024 1740 May 13, 2024 1710 October 21, 2024 1690 October 26, 2024 1680 October 28, 2024 1660 November 9, 2024 1630 October 25, 2024
That’s a drone detector beeping.
I believe a [Combat] tag/flair in the title would be a fair compromise.
Mandatory military service in Russia lasts only 12 months and is required for men aged 18 to 30. To maintain troop levels, Russia has to rely on paid contract soldiers in addition to conscripts.
Muscles react slower than electric motors.
Relevant funny video from today
There are contact trigger wires that protrude from the front of the drone.
Yes, it’s a blurred-out watermark of a Russian channel.
A little from column A, a little from column B.
Yes, they produce them about equally, but issues with corruption and bureaucracy in Russia hamper their use.
Russia’s offensive strategy is to use constant “meat assaults” to gain ground via attrition. The most efficient way to defend against that is with cheap FPV drones. The net effect is drone videos of hundreds of Russian troops dying per day.
Anything under 5kg that goes burns or goes boom has been attached to an FPV drone at this point. The most effective against infantry are the 3D printed ones that use ball bearings.
They do sometimes get caught on a net, but some brands have remote triggers. Magyar uses them a lot in his videos.
These have been used in terror attacks for some time, but it’s becoming far easier and cheaper. They even sell the grenade dropping mechanism on Amazon.
The attackers escaped and the motive is currently unknown.
According to the Biokhim website, it produces “products of strategic importance for the state,” particular ethanol, a solvent which is used in the manufacture of a wide range of products including explosives.
Yes, also mission details, frequencies, notes, etc.
Thumbnails are broken now using mobile.