00:00Hello friends! The crew of a Ukrainian Army Aviation Mi-8 helicopter watches as a combat
00:06drone from the invading horde slams into the ground in a field, but it bounces and briefly
00:11takes off again, only to make a spectacular crash landing shortly after. The Ukrainian Air Force
00:18reported that during the night of September 12-13, Ivan launched 453 attack drones of the Guran,
00:24Gerbera and decoy types. Air defenses shot down or neutralized through electronic jamming,
00:30most of them although impacts and falling debris were reported in multiple locations across the
00:35country. Speaking of Gerberas, the Polish Minister of Defense confirmed that his country recovered
00:42a Russian Gerbera-type drone on a Baltic sea beach. The worrying thing is that there is no information
00:47about any recent violation of Polish airspace, so it is assumed that it was either operating at very
00:52low altitude or that it was washed ashore by currents from the open sea. One Russian drone
00:57that didn't join its peers was this Molniya-type which suffered an aborted takeoff turning its
01:03explosive payload against its operators, those who had a night of thrills they'd rather not remember.
01:09But the horde drones that do manage to take off, the defenders have begun mounting smart,
01:14remotely operated air defense turrets on pickup trucks. In this case, it's a smart turret from the
01:21POMSTA brigade of the state border guard service shooting down a Russian Shahed strike drone in the
01:26Kharkiv region. The ovary system consists of a mount combining two machine guns, a heavy 12.7
01:34millimeter gun and a light 7.62 millimeter gun aimed by an electronic guidance system paired with a dual
01:41capability optical and thermal camera. Operators control it remotely using a laptop connected to
01:47a standard video game controller. This allows crews to stay undercover while the turret takes care of acquiring
01:53and tracking targets. The operator's role is limited to confirming the target and authorizing the shot.
02:00By combining off-the-shelf commercial components with weaponry and night vision sensors, the defenders
02:06manage to cover wide sectors with limited manpower while ensuring greater safety for the operators.
02:14We continue on the air defense front, where Ukrainian forces continue to innovate rapidly. In this case,
02:21transforming a Stugnyapi anti-tank guided missile launcher into an air defense system equipped with a new
02:26RK-2PZ missile which has been delivered to the 1021st Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment.
02:33Developed by the Lukch Design Bureau, the UK-2PZ is a missile weighing 28.9 kilograms,
02:40equipped with a 6.1 kilogram high-explosive fragmentation warhead and guided by A.S. Laser,
02:46and is intended to equip Stugnyapi missile operator teams who for now don't have much work due to the
02:52absence of Russian armor on the front line. The missile will also be integrated with modernized
02:58Trailer-10 systems, as well as a new launcher module called DESNA. The missile is already being
03:05used on the battlefield against low-flying Russian Jaron drones. This adaptation leverages an operator
03:10interface and a remote control architecture that Ukrainian troops are already familiar with. This
03:16reduces training time and adds a short-range capability to intercept drones without drawing
03:21on western missile stocks which are scarce. In fact, the Stugnyapi already has some shoot-downs like this
03:28K-52 alligator helicopter which went down even without a specialized missile. On the ground,
03:35five Colombians recruited by Russian forces made the best decision of their lives and surrendered to
03:41Ukraine's 33rd Mechanized Brigade, two of whom were brothers. The younger one was taken prisoner first,
03:47and from the Ukrainian positions, his relatives were contacted and explained the situation.
03:53Immediately after, the family urged the older brother, who was still at the front, to surrender.
03:58He easily convinced four other Colombians to surrender before taking part in an imminent assault
04:03and to head toward the Ukrainian lines. Footage from Ukrainian reconnaissance drones,
04:09released this week by the 33rd Brigade, shows the group walking along a dirt road, laying their
04:14rifles on the ground and following the instructions of a Ukrainian soldier who emerged from a nearby forest.
04:20The prisoners said they had been recruited under the promise of performing logistics tasks behind
04:25the front lines inside Russia. However, within two months, they were sent to the front to take part
04:31in assaults on the front line. According to them, the Russian commanders threatened to execute or
04:37imprison them if they refused. Behind them, their employer stationed a blocking detachment to eliminate
04:44any chance of retreat. Given that they had no chance of returning alive, they spent six days without
04:50receiving food or water while awaiting the order to attack. This is a classic case of recruitment through
04:57social media offers for well-paying jobs far from combat, followed by a rapid deployment to high-risk
05:03assault units at gunpoint. On the naval front, a milestone we had been expecting for a while
05:09has occurred in the Black Sea as the first naval battle between two naval drones has taken place.
05:15On Saturday, September 12, the Ukrainian Navy reported that a Sargon 3000 unmanned surface vehicle,
05:22also known as Seawolf, intercepted and destroyed a Russian naval drone after surveillance units of the
05:27main directorate of intelligence detected the Russian vessel. In the video, the Ukrainian craft can be
05:34seen approaching, firing multiple bursts from a Kongsberg Protector remotely controlled weapon
05:39station which caused the Russian raider to list until it finally sank. Naval analysts believe the battle
05:46took place in the northeastern Black Sea between Odessa and Crimea. Since it's a corridor through which
05:52Russian drones harassing Ukrainian ports transit, it makes sense that the defenders have positioned naval
05:57drones with weapons stations capable of intercepting them. Ukrainian reports indicate that the
06:05Seawolf opened fire from about a kilometer away, damaging the drone's communication masks and antennas,
06:11thus severing the remote link that would have allowed its ground operator to maneuver the vessel to safety.
06:18Naval analysts identified the destroyed vessel as an upgraded Orkan-type naval drone,
06:23also referred to as Zephyr by some Russian sources. This compact strike craft is powered by a jet engine,
06:31and is conceptually very similar to the early Ukrainian Magura boats, being fast, low profile,
06:37and designed to detonate an explosive warhead against a harbor wall or a ship's hull.
06:43In this engagement, however, it faced a very different adversary, as the Sargon 3000 manufactured by
06:49the Ukrainian company Nordex and commissioned in April after passing real combat trials,
06:54is a reusable multi-mission platform with an operational range of up to 1,600 km speeds,
07:00reaching up to 55 knots and a payload capacity of approximately 450 kg. In this operation, it was
07:08equipped with a 12.7 mm machine gun mounted on a Norwegian Protector Remote Weapon Station, which
07:14belongs to the same family used on NATO warships and Argentine strikers.
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