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8:31 - Electronic Warfare, Strikes, and Russian Fuel Crisis
15:40 - Armor Innovations and Armored Forces Day
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33:25 - Strike Campaigns, Logistics Disruption, and Fuel Shortages
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15:40 - Armor Innovations and Armored Forces Day
22:09 - Operation Vivaldi: Phases and Tactical Advances
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00:59Hello friends, the crew of a Mi-8 helicopter from the Ukrainian Army Aviation watches as
01:04a Gerbera drone from the invading horde slams into the surface of a field, but bounces and
01:09briefly takes flight again, only to later make a spectacular crash landing
01:14The Ukrainian Air Force reported that during the night of September 12-13, Ivan launched
01:20453 Geron and Gerbera type, attack drones and decoys, air defenses shot down or neutralized
01:27through electronic interference, most of them, although impacts and falling debris were reported
01:32in multiple locations across the country
01:35Speaking of Gerberas, the Polish defense minister confirmed that his country recovered a Russian
01:40Gebera type drone on a Baltic sea beach, the troubling thing is that there is no report
01:45of any recent violation of Polish airspace, so it is assumed it was flying at very low altitude,
01:50or that it was washed ashore by the currents from the open sea
01:53One Russian drone that didn't join its peers was this Molnia type drone, which experienced
01:59an aborted take-off, turning its explosive payload against its own operators, those who
02:04had a night of thrills they'd rather not remember
02:07For the horde drones that actually managed to take off, defenders have begun mounting smart,
02:13remotely operated air defense turrets onto pickup trucks
02:16In this case, it's a smart turret from the Pomsta Brigade of the State Border Guard Service shooting
02:23down a Russian Shahid attack drone in the Kharkiv region
02:27The OVRI system, it consists of a mount combining two machine guns, a 12.7mm heavy one and a 7
02:34.62mm light one
02:35aimed by an electronic guidance system paired with a dual-sensor camera with optical and thermal capability
02:42Operators control it remotely using a laptop, connected to a standard video game controller
02:48This allows the crews to stay undercover while the turret takes care of target acquisition and tracking
02:54The operator's role is limited to confirming the target and authorizing the shot
02:58By combining off-the-shelf commercial components with weaponry and night vision sensors
03:03The defenders managed to cover vast sectors with limited manpower while ensuring greater safety for the operators
03:13Staying on the air defense front, where Ukrainian forces continue to innovate
03:17In this case, transforming a Stugna-P anti-tank guided missile launcher into an air defense system
03:24equipped with a new RK-2PZ missile, which has been delivered to the 1021st Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment
03:31Developed by the Looch Design Bureau, Binge Statial
03:35The RK-2PZ is a 28.9kg missile, equipped with a 6.1kg high-explosive fragmentation warhead
03:43and guided by laser beam, intended to equip Stugna-P missile operator teams
03:48which for now, don't have much work due to the absence of Russian armor on the front lines
03:54The missile will also be integrated with modernized Strayla-10 systems
03:58as well as a new launcher module called DEZNA
04:01The missile is already being used on the battlefield against low-flying Russian Durand drones
04:06This adaptation leverages an operator interface and a remote control architecture that Ukrainian troops
04:12are already familiar with
04:14This reduces training time and adds a short-range drone interception capability
04:18without drawing on the scarcer stockpiles of Western missiles
04:22In fact, the Stugna-P already has some shoot-downs to its name
04:26like this Ka-52 alligator helicopter, which was brought down even without having a specialized missile
04:32On the ground, five Colombians recruited by Russian forces made the best decision of their lives
04:38and surrendered to Ukraine's 33rd Mechanized Brigade, two of whom were brothers
04:44The younger one was taken prisoner first
04:46and from Ukrainian positions, he contacted family members to explain the situation
04:51Immediately after, the family urged the older brother, who was still at the front, to surrender
04:56He managed to easily convince four other Colombians to surrender
04:59before taking part in an imminent assault and they headed toward the Ukrainian lines
05:05Footage from Ukrainian reconnaissance drones, released this week by the 33rd Brigade
05:09shows the group walking down a dirt road, laying their rifles on the ground
05:13and following the instructions of a Ukrainian soldier who emerged from a nearby forest
05:19The prisoners recounted that they had been recruited
05:22with the promise of performing logistical duties behind the lines in Russia
05:26However, within two months, they were sent to the front line to take part in front line assaults
05:32According to them, the Russian commanders threatened to execute or imprison them if they refused
05:38Behind them, their employers placed blocking detachment to eliminate any chance of retreat
05:44Since they had no chance of making it back alive
05:47They spent six days without food or water, while waiting for the order to attack
05:53This is a classic case of recruitment through social media offers for well-paying jobs far from combat
05:59followed by a rapid deployment to high-risk assault units at gunpoint
06:03On the naval front
06:05In the Black Sea, a milestone we've been expecting for a while has been recorded
06:09as the first naval battle between two naval drones has taken place
06:14On Saturday, September 12, the Ukrainian Navy reported that a Sargon 3000 unmanned surface vessel
06:20also known as Seawolf, intercepted and destroyed a Russian naval drone
06:25After surveillance units from the main directorate of intelligence detected the Russian craft
06:30In the video, the Ukrainian vessel can be seen approaching
06:34Firing multiple bursts from a Kongsberg Protector remote weapon station
06:38which caused the Russian raider to list until finally sinking
06:43Noval analysts believe the combat took place in the Northeastern Black Sea between Odessa and Crimea
06:49Since it is a corridor where Russian drones harassing Ukrainian ports transit
06:53It makes sense that the defenders have deployed naval drones equipped with weapon stations capable of intercepting them
07:01Ukrainian reports indicate that the Seawolf opened fire from a distance of approximately one kilometer
07:07damaging the drone's communication mast and antennas
07:10thereby severing the remote link that would have allowed its operator on land to maneuver the vessel to safety
07:16Naval analysts identified the destroyed vessel as an Orkan Mektar type naval drone
07:22also referred to as Sefir by some Russian sources
07:26This compact attack craft is powered by a water jet engine and is conceptually very similar to the early
07:32Ukrainian Magura vessels as it is fast low profile and designed to strike a port wall or a ship's hull
07:39with an explosive warhead
07:41In this engagement however, it faced a very different adversary since the Sargon 3000
07:47manufactured by the Ukrainian company Nordex which entered service in April after passing real combat trials
07:53is a reusable multi-mission platform with a combat radius of up to 1,600 kilometers
07:58speeds in the range of up to 55 knots and a payload of approximately 450 kilograms
08:05In this operation it was equipped with a 12.7 millimeter machine gun mounted on a Norwegian protector remote weapon
08:12station
08:12which is the same family used on NATO warships and Argentine strikers
08:32The Russian's have run into the ultimate Ukrainian countermeasure
08:36Forget about cutting-edge electronic warfare systems
08:39Just a Ukrainian grandma who realized that by unplugging the fiber optic spool, she could disable Ivan's vulture
08:46This is not only due to the grandma's courage, but also her ability to figure out where the drone's key
08:52component was
08:52Who knows, maybe the grandma was just looking for a rope to hang her laundry
08:57She saw the fiber optic cable and just took it
09:02The Invading Horde's technology keeps making exponential leaps
09:06and this time they present their latest guidance system immune to Ukrainian electronic jamming
09:11based on none other than a magnetic compass tape to the fuselage of a Mornia strike drone
09:16To work, the drone operator's camera must periodically tilt down to get a heading reference for the vulture to follow
09:24Ukrainian electronic warfare units have invested heavily in GPS and Dolonass' jamming and spoofing systems
09:31which has rendered satellite navigation unreliable across much of the front
09:36Magnetic compasses, which detect Earth's magnetic field rather than radio signals
09:41can't be jammed by these systems, so they can provide a basic heading reference
09:45that operators can use along with flight time and visual terrain landmarks to reach their target
09:53Those who have no trouble finding their targets are the Ukrainian attack mosquitoes
09:57which continued to patrol the highway between Melitopol and the Chongar crossing
10:01to destroy the logistics chain as this Russian truck driver unfortunately found out
10:06much to the surprise and horror of his colleague who witnessed the impact
10:10Watching the attack sequence in slow motion, it seems that it was carried out by a fiber optic
10:14controlled mosquito since the silhouette of a large hornet type drone is clearly not visible
10:21The Ukrainian Air Force's MiG-29 fulcrums also have no problem dropping two French-made hammer-guided
10:27bombs on a building occupied by a group of Russian attack drone operators responsible for carrying out
10:32attacks against rescue workers and civilians in the city of Kherson
10:35The impact of the guided munitions was recorded by a reconnaissance drone from the 34th Marine Brigade
10:43Others who have enjoyed the defenders' attention are the ships of Putla's Ghost Fleet which are taking
10:48refuge in the port of Novorossiysk as it is the only place on the coast where they still have some
10:53security because they know that if they go out into the open sea it's quite likely they'll run into
10:58strategic strike mosquitoes or Magura type naval drones or a combination of both waiting for them a few
11:05kilometers past the port entrance ready to complete the demilitarization process
11:10That is why it's likely that Novorossiysk ends up becoming a graveyard for damaged Russian ships
11:15and for the Black Sea Fleet of Ivan the Pirate
11:18In this interesting video we can see one of the strangest and most ingenious hybrids spawned by this
11:24war combining a Soviet-era Buk-1 launcher with surplus RIM-7C Sparrow missiles from the United States Navy
11:32is to shoot down Russian strategic attack drones
11:35known as Franken-Sam or Franken-Bug it is part of Ukraine's growing family of Franken-Sams
11:41which in this case combines the Buk-1's radar and fire control system with RIM-7 missiles which
11:47were originally designed for point defense on warships Ukraine received these interceptors
11:52after the U.S. Navy began retiring them due to the entry into service of the RIM-162 Evolved Sea
11:58Sparrow missile this combination has proven surprisingly effective as the Buk's powerful
12:04tracking radar gives the Sea Sparrow a major advantage in acquiring targets like drones and
12:09cruise missiles flying low and slow ground-based performance isn't optimal because the interception
12:15range is only 9 kilometers still the system has delivered consistent results and by April 2026
12:22the Isitcher Rifleman anti-aircraft missile regiment reported that three Franken-Sam crews had
12:28successfully destroyed 105 Russian aerial targets including reconnaissance drones loitering munitions
12:35and even several guided bombs while operating in high threat sectors these crews describe their mission
12:41as increasingly complex as Russian operators fly at lower altitudes execute more aggressive evasive
12:47maneuvers and deploy more sophisticated electronic countermeasures as for strategic strikes against
12:55Ivan's oil industry Agent Orange asked President Zelensky to refrain from further strikes on Russian
13:00refineries a request that was accepted by Kyiv on the condition that Mordor stopped targeting
13:05Ukrainian energy and logistics infrastructure which was rejected by the old man in the bunker
13:10therefore just a few hours after this response the Ukrainian defense forces launched multiple strikes
13:16against several oil refineries including the Taneco plant in Nizhnekamsk Republic of Tatarstan during
13:23the early hours of September 13th which caused the fire in a storage tank the Taneco refinery located
13:29more than 1,200 kilometers from the front lines is operated by the state-owned company Tatneft and is one
13:36of
13:36the most modern high conversion refineries in Russia with an annual crude processing capacity between 16 and 17
13:43million tons the plant produces diesel aviation kerosene gasoline and other products that supply both
13:49domestic markets and the invaders military logistics that same night Ukrainian units also attacked the
13:57Slavians eco refinery in Krasnodar Kraj which has a processing capacity of about 5.2 million tons annually
14:04and which is still on fire two days after the attack they also hit an unmanned aerial vehicle storage and
14:11launch facility in milorovo rostov oblast additional analyses confirmed that an attack on september 11th
14:19severely damaged the main crude oil processing unit at the saratov refinery in the same city
14:25the ukrainian drones took the opportunity to pay an inspection visit to the 85 000 square meter
14:29logistics center of the company ozone which was consumed by fire during the night of september 15th
14:37ukrainian drones paid another visit to the scissoran refinery where they sparked fires in the storage
14:42tanks and across several sections of the plant which accounts for three percent of russia's total oil
14:47refining capacity reports of transactions within the russian domestic market indicate that three of the
14:54six largest diesel producing refineries are paralyzed or operating at a quarter of their capacity
15:00the international energy agency has pointed out that during the first eight months of 2026 ukraine
15:06successfully struck a russian refinery on average once every three days russia has already restricted
15:13exports of gasoline diesel and jet fuel in order to protect fuel supplies for domestic consumers
15:20while moscow has shown itself capable of repairing some facilities relatively quickly recurring attacks on
15:26processing units and tank farms continue to limit production and they force ivan to make tough
15:32choices regarding whether to prioritize military needs supply domestic consumption or generate revenue
15:38through fuel exports just the kind of problems that the defenders want keeping putin and his cronies awake at
15:45the same time in the russian refinery in the russian refinery in the russian refinery in the russian refinery
15:57hello friends the defenders campaign of strategic strikes against the invaders logistics chain as ivan
16:04desperate so much so that he has begun painting his trucks in civilian colors to try and confuse the signum
16:11group's
16:11drone operators too bad it didn't occur to him to cover the load of artillery rockets for the bm27
16:17oregon mlrs system that's why it instantly earns an express demilitarization it's a shame we don't have
16:26video of the truck being launched into space although i suspect it must have reached new heights speaking of
16:32shocking encounters a drone visits a half-buried russian mplb that apparently was carrying napalm or
16:37something just as explosive because damn that really was an impressive explosion
16:42on the aerial front operators from the 411th unmanned systems brigade the hawks shot down two molnia drones
16:54carrying fpv attack drones on their fuselages the interceptions were carried out on september 15th
17:01using sting interceptors manufactured by the wild hornets collective the russians are expanding the use
17:07of their wooden and plastic foam drones as low-cost mother ships with the goal of transporting their
17:12strike drones over greater distances destroying them before they manage to launch their passengers
17:18has become a priority for ukrainian air defense companies
17:29in this footage we see a strategic strike drone approaching the beach of odessa activating air
17:35defenses however the one that manages to bring down the z vulture is a small interceptor seen
17:41chasing the geron and blowing it up just a few meters from the shore where some civilians witness the entire
17:46military attack on the industrial front yural vegan zavod russia's main tank factory has delivered
18:02another batch of new t-90 miss and modernized t-72 b3 miss to the armed forces it's a sign
18:09that moscow
18:09is trying to maintain an operational armored force as its stockpile of vehicles stored since the cold war runs dry
18:16the delivery was announced on september 12th the day before the 80th anniversary of tanker's day
18:22the video released by the company shows the vehicles on train cars after passing factory tests
18:28which require at least a 100 kilometer run across the company's testing grounds
18:33the t-90m remains the only russian main battle tank mass produced from new hulls
18:40it features a welded turret relict explosive reactive armor a 125 millimeter 2a46 m5 gun and a remote
18:49controlled machine gun which allows the crew to fire without exposing themselves for its part the t-72 b3m
18:55is an overhaul an extensive rebuild of the soviet t-72 it is cheaper and faster to deploy with less
19:03advanced fire control systems and base protection both models in this batch feature what yorovakan
19:09are what calls enhanced comprehensive protection developed based on experience gained at the front
19:15it includes a turret mesh made of high strength steel wire additional plating over the running gear
19:21and spring mounted rubber strips along the hull sides rustic has reported that nearly 200 modifications
19:28have been made to the t-90s design across protection mobility and combat system the focus
19:34is no longer just on increasing frontal armor thickness today the main risk is drone strikes
19:41on the turret roof engine covers and the rear of the vehicles these are as soviet designers
19:47never considered major points of vulnerability the cages and nets now factory installed represent an
19:54industrial version of the protection kits that the crews themselves have been welding to their
19:58vehicles on the battlefield for years it is estimated that russia is producing between 150 and
20:04300 t-90 mists per year combined with the recovery and upgrading of stored t-72s and t-80s they
20:12are
20:12sufficient to keep its army's armored units operational but they are not enough to regain the quantitative
20:17and qualitative advantage that the invaders had before the war we'll have to wait and see how they
20:23fare when they encounter the swarms of ukrainian mosquitoes but come on i think we all have an idea of
20:29what
20:29the final outcome will be on the donetsk front on september 14 2026 ukraine's third army corps released a
20:40video honoring armored forces day there it pointed out that armored vehicles remain decisive when operating
20:47under the protection of drones electronic warfare artillery and infantry rather than in the massive
20:53formations typical of past wars on a battlefield where every tank movement is watched from the air
21:00success depends largely on the human skill of the crews they they still face the enemy directly once
21:07the unmanned systems have cleared the way way and prepared the ground for their colleagues in the
21:12mechanized forces armored forces day is commemorated every september 14th ever since a presidential decree was
21:19issued in 2023 it pays tribute to the courage of the ukrainian armored crews who spearheaded the
21:26kharkiv counter-offensive in september 2022 which led to the liberation of the city of isium
21:33the third army corps now brings together several mechanized heavy mechanized and assault infantry brigades
21:39under the command of brigadier general andry bilecki this unit covers more than 150 kilometers of the
21:46front line and has pioneered the integration of unmanned systems ground robots and conventional armor
21:51to carry out combined arms operations this september 14 video is a recognition that tanks remain a central
21:58part of a combined arms force capable of operating effectively in an environment where drones have
22:04become the dominant player happy tankers day to all after weeks of official silence ukraine has publicly
22:12confirmed that its forces are carrying out a coordinated offensive north of lyman dubbed operation vivaldi
22:18it consists of four phases just like vivaldi's four seasons the announcement was made on tuesday
22:24september 15th by brigadier general andry bilecki commander of the third army corps who stated that the
22:30units under his command have eliminated all pockets of russian infiltration across an area of 75 square
22:36kilometers in addition they restored ukrainian control over another 10 square kilometers including the town of
22:41shredney they also cleared the settlements of nova salivka olexandrivka yarova and the outskirts of
22:48korovi yar of invading combat groups altogether the territory liberated in this first phase is about 85
22:55square kilometers an area equivalent in size to the city of zydomyr ukrainian efforts north of lyman began
23:03in early may when a mechanized battalion of the third assault brigade supported by other units attacked
23:09russian positions in the vicinity of novae over the summer that pressure intensified estimates of the
23:16territory reclaimed across the entire counter-offensive front range between 150 and 240 square kilometers
23:24enough area to thwart the russian attempt to envelop the defensive belt of slaviyansk and kramatorsk from
23:30the north while simultaneously destroying the combat capability of the russian 20th and 25th armies
23:35the offensive began with unmanned systems units cutting off russian supply routes
23:42they were so effective that fuel and lubricant reserves had to be pulled back across the border
23:47into the voronezh region previminary ukrainian figures indicate that 1 500 invading soldiers 12 000 drones
23:57800 pieces of specialized equipment 250 artillery tractor vehicles 20 armored vehicles 120 artillery systems
24:05five tanks and five air defense systems were organized lyman has been a key strategic point in the
24:11battle for northern donbass since 2022 a successful russian advance through the salient located between
24:17the nitrius and yerevich rivers would have opened an access route from the north towards slovyansk
24:23donetsk and kramatorsk that is the belt of fortress cities that moscow continues to declare as its objective
24:29to control the entire donetsk region
24:45hello friends cool me crazy but that doesn't look like minor damage to me
24:56we start with the defenders mig 29 fulcrum which makes its attack run before releasing a payload of
25:02nine gpu 39 sdb glide bombs at ivan's positions
25:07the interesting thing about this is that this fighter bomber climbs with afterburners while an
25:12ipad in the cockpit feeds the target coordinates to the munitions before dropping them
25:16this way ukrainian pilots avoid exposing themselves to the invaders anti-aircraft missiles
25:22but the extra speed allows the bombs to glide throughout their flight
25:27in this case a fuel and lubricant depot that the illegal tourists set up in the palace of culture
25:33in the village of kivsharivka on the kupyansk front on the ground drone operators from ukraine's 100th
25:42mechanized brigade deputinize a horde artillery crew that thought they were safe in the rear afterward
25:49they proceed to give an invader hideout in the basement of a house and express makeover using what
25:54we might call extreme measures in this case two anti-tank mines attached to a time fuse which
26:00undoubtedly splattered all the illegal tourists inside that position like an etruscan painting
26:06finally they take care of finishing off a towed howitzer and a courier ground drone
26:11in short a good day's work at the front
26:16in any case they got off better than this invader who came face to face with an attack mosquito that
26:21proceeded to demilitarize him hitting in the worst possible spot but come on we can't blame the
26:27mosquito ivan sprinted full speed right into it the operators of the swarog battalion operate on the
26:34kupyansk front deputinizing all the illegal visitors one by one even cutting through the heavy foliage of
26:41the forests in the area anything to spread the word to ivan and the word is boom on the donetsk
26:48front
26:48operators of the national guard of ukraine belonging to the black sky unmanned systems battalion of the
26:54spartan brigade destroyed a russian short-range air defense system the tor m1 valued at approximately
27:0025 million dollars which was operating behind the front lines near the occupied town of vladar
27:07the tor m1 is a mobile surface-to-air missile system of soviet design intended to protect ground
27:13forces and rear assets against aircraft cruise missiles and drones reconnaissance drones spotted
27:20the launcher as it was moving across an open field so they called in a mosquito strike which took care
27:24of eliminating the annoying invader the commander of the spartan brigade indicated that the unit had
27:31been looking for that anti-aircraft system for weeks which had shut down multiple ukrainian high
27:36altitude reconnaissance drones making it a top priority danish authorities reported that on monday
27:44september 14th a fennec helicopter from the royal danish air force which was conducting routine
27:51photographic surveillance of a russian navy frigate in international waters off the danish island of gedzer
27:57had two emergency flares fired at it the incident prompted copenhagen to summon the russian ambassador
28:03and heightened concerns over moscow's increasingly aggressive naval conduct in the baltic sea
28:09the danish defense minister stated that the launch was not preceded by any radio warning or prior
28:15contact from the russian frigate the crew was unharmed and the helicopter suffered no damage
28:21danish authorities described the flight as a routine surveillance mission which is regularly
28:26conducted to monitor warships transiting the southern approaches to the great belt maritime corridor which
28:32connects the baltic to the north sea but the fact that it was launched aggressively a pyrotechnic device
28:38normally reserved for emergency situations or visual warnings against the manned aircraft operating
28:44in northern european waters leads the incident to be classified as a deliberate action and not just an
28:50isolated mistake on the strategic strike front thick columns of black smoke and massive flames rose over
28:57south eastern moscow at dawn on sunday after a combined force of ukrainian drones and ballistic missiles
29:03struck moscow's gas promneft oil refinery located in the kapotnya district about 15 kilometers from the kremlin
29:11the strike was described by the mayor of moscow sergey sobyanin as the largest attack on the capitol since the
29:17start of the invasion
29:19the raiders also triggered a fire at a warehouse complex in sofino
29:23and during the air battle several residential buildings in the moscow region were damaged by
29:28anti-aircraft fire and by the debris of downed drones eyewitness videos show an industrial inferno
29:36with the refinery completely ablaze against the sky morning sky with fire erupting from the crude
29:42distillation units and the oil refining area as emergency services rushed in to extinguish the flames
29:49president zelensky confirmed the operation stating that assets representing billions of dollars that
29:55sustained the invaders war machine had been struck he also noted that several domestically produced
30:01systems were used deployed in the raid including the classic fp-1 missiles and silis crucido flamingo
30:07e for the first time fp-7 pelican ballistic missiles the latter sparked a debate on social media because the
30:14system's reported range was 300 kilometer and moscow is 500 kilometers away from ukraine this implies
30:21that either the fp-7's range was originally underreported or that the ukrainians are already testing the fp-9
30:28missile which is a heavier version with an estimated range of 850 kilometers
30:33regardless of the systems used russian authorities stated that only minor damage had occurred at the refinery's facilities
30:40now call me crazy but that doesn't look like minor damage to me but anyway who are we going to
30:47believe
30:47our own eyes or a russian bureaucrat who's made a career out of lying
30:52that the kapotnya refinery is one of russia's most strategically important fuel plants
30:58it processes 11.6 million metric tons of crude oil annually typically supplying 40 percent of moscow's fuel needs
31:06as well as most of the gasoline and aviation kerosene for the capital region
31:12the facility had already suffered severe damage in an attack in june 2026 and was expected to resume
31:18full operations in 2027 clearly the ukrainians have no interest in seeing this refinery operational next
31:26year or ever again something that caught my attention once again is that this raid illustrates ukraine's
31:33growing capability to launch coordinated long-range strikes involving swarms of drones cruise missiles
31:39and now ballistic missiles all converging from multiple directions and piercing through powerful air
31:44defenses thanks to the sheer volume of attackers hitting a high value economic target right inside
31:50the refinery itself the american government has stated that the russian air force has failed to deliver
31:55according to the russophiles everything is going according to the plan of their master
31:59puttler on the digital front on august 27th the russian underground resistance movement black spark
32:06published several pages of technical data regarding the new generation of lancet loitering munitions
32:11that the company niallc is currently developing the group reported that the files were handed over by
32:18a company employee and that the original data on the company's servers was erased back spark added that it has
32:25evidence of russian industrial espionage targeting european companies in late june the same group claimed
32:31to have stolen data from the gear and drone assembly plant in alabuga the special operations forces of
32:36ukraine have publicly acknowledged coordinating actions with black spark in other operations inside mordor
32:44to finish up a group of first year high school students sing a ukrainian folk song
32:49the music of the movement and the music of the music of the music of the music of the music
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33:25Hello friends, today we will see how Ukraine has just executed an unprecedented flanking
33:30maneuver in military history, enveloping the Horde's defenses, liberating key territory
33:34in the Donbas and causing thousands of casualties without the need for frontal assaults.
33:41We start with the invaders who are participating as guest stars in the new version of Fasten
33:45Blayat, set behind the front lines in the Zaporizhia area.
33:50Unfortunately, Ivan chose a modified civilian supply vehicle for his escape, which, apparently,
33:57didn't have enough horsepower to outrun the Hornet-type Mosquito chasing him.
34:02The campaign against the invading Horde's logistics chain is in full swing.
34:07But don't worry, because the training of the new wave of Orcs is going full steam ahead,
34:12as demonstrated by this skilled Z recruit.
34:14This one will definitely make it in three days, to the hospital, that is.
34:19On the Unmanned Systems Front, on September 21, the National Guard of Ukraine published
34:25footage of the drone operators at work.
34:28Bombers from the Donbas battalion, who use heavy multirotor Vampyr-type drones, better known
34:33among Russian troops as Baba Yaga, are tasked with targeting the underground positions where
34:38the invaders' assault groups take shelter.
34:43These hexacopters usually fly at night, silently approaching their target and releasing their
34:48payload of heavy bombs with surgical precision to vaporize the illegal tourist strongholds before
34:53the occupants can even react.
34:57This turns the night sky into a source of terror for the invaders deployed along the contact
35:01line.
35:04Developed by the Ukrainian company Skyfall and first deployed in 2023.
35:10The Vampyr hexacopter can carry up to a 15 kg payload over a distance of up to 40 km,
35:16the interior of the U.S. and most of the prisoners operating both day and night thanks to its thermal
35:19cameras and greater resistance to electronic warfare systems than its smaller attack cousins.
35:26By late 2025, the fleet of Vampyr drones had already locked over 2.5 million combat sorties,
35:32establishing itself as Ukraine's most effective strike system.
35:37inflicting documented damage worth tens of billions of dollars
35:40while simultaneously carrying out logistical drops of water,
35:44ammunition, and medical supplies to infantry units fighting isolated on the front line.
35:50The psychological dimension of their work is just as important as the kinetic one.
35:54Russian soldiers coined the nickname Baba Yaga,
35:57referring to a child-devouring witch,
36:00because the low ominous buzz of the drone approaching through the night
36:03is the herald of sudden, precise destruction coming for invaders who've been naughty, meaning all of them.
36:11Ukrainian operators report that the mere sound often causes so much panic among the Russians
36:16that they prefer to abandon their positions or flee rather than stay and wait for the vampire's visit.
36:22Due to their excellent results, Ukraine has drastically increased the production of these drones
36:27and Skyfall aims to manufacture 100,000 units annually using local parts,
36:32reducing the defenders' reliance on imported components, especially from China.
36:38The Vampyr is a vital asset for the National Guard units holding the front line
36:43as they complement swarms of attack drones
36:45and conventional artillery by offering the capability to carry out precision strikes
36:50at a fraction of the cost of manned Air Force aircraft or Army loitering munitions.
37:00We continue on the Donbass front, Ukraine's 3rd Army Corps announced on September 20th
37:05that it had successfully executed the first documented flanking maneuver in history.
37:11Using airdropped, kamikaze-type unmanned ground vehicles inserted deep behind Russian lines.
37:18These were supported by a dense electronic warfare and air defense umbrella
37:22that managed to neutralize Russian reconnaissance drones,
37:25thereby allowing Ukrainian forces to achieve tactical surprise in this sector of the front.
37:30Heavy Vampyr Bomber drones transported explosive-laden ground robots,
37:36placing them more than 10 kilometers behind Russian lines.
37:40These wheeled or tracked vehicles were remotely guided to attack command posts,
37:45logistics hubs, and fortified positions from directions unexpected by their occupants.
37:52Commanders of the 3rd Corps indicated that infantry wins wars,
37:56but we protect our infantry.
37:57That's why the robots advance first toward the enemy.
38:02The tactical approach avoided the need for costly frontal assaults against the horde's positions.
38:09Instead, the assault groups used ravines and low terrain to move covertly from north to south,
38:14enveloping Russian positions once the robotic vanguard had already disrupted them.
38:21In the preceding days, supporting fire from conventional artillery and rocket launchers,
38:26as well as a massive swarm of attack drones, hammered command and control centers,
38:31river crossings, ammunition depots, and Russian reserves.
38:35Among the units taking part in Operation Vivaldi were elements of the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade
38:40and the 60th and 125th Mechanized Brigades.
38:45The 21st Separate Unmanned Systems Regiment Kraken,
38:49reconnaissance and anti-tank battalions,
38:51and special operations forces,
38:53all operating under a unified tactical command.
38:57This second season of Vivaldi has already yielded tangible territorial results,
39:03as Ukrainian units liberated the settlements of Shandrihalov and Derylov
39:07and established full control over Drobyshev in the Lyman district.
39:12Ukrainian forces and attached units reclaimed another 40 square kilometers in this phase,
39:18bringing the total area returned to Ukrainian control to 125 square kilometers.
39:23Over the course of the first two seasons of Vivaldi,
39:26including 50 square kilometers that had remained under Russian occupation.
39:32According to the Corps, casualties among the invaders in both phases exceed 3,000,
39:37including about 800 in the most recent clashes.
39:42The operation has systematically degraded the combat capability of the 20th Combined Arms Army,
39:48the 25th Combined Arms Army, and the 1st Guards Tank Army of the Mordorians.
39:55Previous phases had already forced the relocation of Russian logistics hubs further from the frontlines,
40:01including fuel and lubricant supplies,
40:03which had to be moved across the border into Russia's Voronezh Oblast.
40:09From a strategic perspective, Operation Vivaldi has thwarted Moscow's persistent attempt
40:14to envelop the belt of cities from north of Lyman,
40:17Ukraine's fortress belt made up of the fortified agglomerations of Slavyansk,
40:22Kramatorsk, and Druzhkivka-Kostyantinivka.
40:27By eliminating the Russian bridgehead west of Vivaldiyska,
40:31forcing Russian logistics hubs to be moved farther away,
40:39they displaced supplies, strategically,
40:42instead of pursuing their enveloping maneuver,
40:45which would result in the Lyman belt.
40:48A fortress belt composed of Moscow's fortified agglomerations,
40:52being elements made up of Ukraine's combined fortified agglomerations,
40:56composed of terrestrial fortified agglomerations,
40:59unmanned systems have completed over 15,700 missions
41:02and transported approximately 3,300 tons of cargo.
41:07Subunits specialized in unmanned ground vehicles
41:09currently cover up to 80% of infantry logistical needs
41:13and 90% of frontline evacuations.
41:16The combination of combined strikes and movement,
41:19air, force, intended for a moment to take advantage of terrain features,
41:23shows us an example text of the evolution of tactical thinking.
41:27Ukrainian tactical thinking,
41:29where the priority is to preserve infantry lives
41:32while wearing down the enemy's more numerous assault orc formations.
41:37Since everything is going totally according to plan,
41:40the Russians have begun installing Pantsir air defense systems
41:44on road overpasses near what remains of their oil refinery.
41:48Clearly, the risk to civilians is a secondary consideration
41:51for the heroic Russian commanders,
41:53whose only priority now is just trying to protect their refineries.
41:58Those positions are being supported by anti-aircraft teams,
42:01using telescopic cranes to get a better angle of fire,
42:05not an exposed job at all, without a doubt.
42:08Seeing all this, and based on the results of Sunday's attack,
42:12it looks like the plan still needs urgent adjustments.
42:24Hello friends, is the Russian offensive in the Donbass over for this year?
42:28Breaking intelligence reports suggest that the chief of the Russian general staff,
42:32Valery Gerasimov,
42:33has ordered a halt to the advances toward Kramatorsk and Slovyansk.
42:37The reason?
42:38We'll see that later.
42:40We begin with an intense nighttime air battle over Ukraine,
42:44where a MiG-29 fighter bomber flown by the defenders locks onto
42:47and shoots down a Russian Gerbera strategic attack drone
42:50using an old R-60 air-to-air missile.
42:53The defenders have had to start using older missiles
42:56because stockpiles of more modern systems have been depleted after five years of war.
43:01But technology comes to the rescue.
43:03And in this case, we see how the new high-speed interceptors
43:07developed by the Wild Hornets Collective
43:09operated by the 1020th Air Defense Regiment on the Kharkiv Front
43:13pursue and strike the Garant-3 strategic jet-powered attack drones
43:17capable of flying at 600 kilometers per hour-hour with a 90-kilogram warhead.
43:23The high speed of these Russian drones
43:25reduces the reaction time of the interceptor teams
43:28from one minute to less than 10 seconds.
43:32Even so, the new generation of Ukrainian interceptors
43:35not only has enough speed to reach the proper operational altitude
43:39but also to catch up with Ivan's jet-powered vultures
43:42like in this case, where we see one of them catching up to
43:45and shooting down one of the new Yeran-5s
43:47which could already be classified as a low-cost cruise missile
43:50rather than a strategic attack drone.
43:53The Wild Hornets Collective has reported
43:55that the new Stings interceptor is being combat tested
43:58and has already shot down 15 of Ivan's jet-attack drones
44:02so it's likely to enter serial production soon.
44:05The Collective also developed an AI-assisted remote control station
44:10120 of which they've already delivered to air defense units
44:14which have allowed interceptor pilots
44:16to operate from positions far behind the front lines
44:19to increase their safety
44:20as well as make their job easier
44:22controlling various aspects of the interceptor's flight.
44:24The innovation isn't just about the weapon itself
44:28it also extends to the mission's command and control.
44:31The F-16s are also doing their part
44:33like this one shooting down a jet-powered Yeran attack drone
44:36using its 20mm cannon.
44:38Damn, I never get tired of hearing that sound.
44:47Nor does it ever cease to amaze me
44:49just how effective the strike campaign
44:51in the horde's rear areas in Zaporizhia is
44:54where the Mosquitos, besides wiping out Ivan's trucks
44:56are also taking care of deputinizing the air defense units
45:00tasked with protecting these routes.
45:03They obviously should look for a new line of work
45:05given that I don't see them managing
45:07to stop the defenders' attacks on their truck convoys.
45:11Although I don't know why they try so hard to protect it
45:14seeing the kind of ancient equipment they're transporting
45:16well, nothing a little duct tape and WD-40
45:20can't fix.
45:22Meanwhile, Russian gunners continue to jealously guard the skies
45:25over the roads leading to Crimea.
45:28On the logistics front
45:30a Ukrainian resupply drone encounters a buddy
45:33who's having a rough day
45:34so it proceeds to give it a little push
45:36so it can continue with its mission
45:38to supply ammo, food, and water
45:40to frontline positions.
45:42As the little critter says,
45:44no one gets left behind.
45:46On the ground front,
45:48on September 22nd,
45:49Ukraine's defense forces
45:50carried out a coordinated strike
45:52that destroyed a hidden ammunition depot
45:54belonging to the invaders.
45:55In Hulayapol, Zaporizhia region
45:58where the defenders spotted a Russian ammunition truck
46:01moving through the city
46:02and tracked it to a shelter in a warehouse.
46:05With the target stationary operators
46:07from the 225th Assault Regiment
46:09launched an attack drone
46:11that scored a direct hit on the vehicle
46:13triggering the detonation
46:15of the 6152mm artillery shells it was carrying.
46:19The resulting secondary detonations
46:22destroyed all the stored shells
46:23and undoubtedly ruined the day
46:25for some of the invaders
46:26in charge of the truck as well.
46:30Reconnaissance drones
46:31from the 414th Magyar's Birds Brigade
46:33witnessed the fireworks
46:34and confirmed the elimination of the target.
46:39On the strategic strike front,
46:42a dense column of black smoke
46:43still rises over Samara this Wednesday
46:45after long-range Ukrainian mosquitoes
46:47struck the Rosneft oil refinery
46:49in Kuybyshev.
46:51Overnight between September 21st and 22nd,
46:55causing fires that remained visible
46:56more than 24 hours later.
46:58The plant is one of the largest refineries
47:00in Russia's Volga region
47:02and it's located about 900 kilometers
47:04from the Ukrainian front line.
47:06It is part of Rosneft's Samara refining complex
47:09and has a processing capacity
47:10of approximately 7 million tons
47:12of crude oil per year.
47:15The Ukrainian general staff
47:17confirmed that Defense Force units
47:19carried out an inspection visit
47:21to Kuybyshev in Samara
47:22and also to the Bashneft refinery
47:25in Yufa in the same wave
47:27claiming that both plants produce fuel
47:29that is used by the Russian military.
47:31So the attack was classified
47:32as an act of self-defense
47:34aimed at reducing Russia's military potential.
47:38The Ukrainian defense company Firepoint
47:40reported that FB-1 drones
47:42directly struck the atmospheric
47:44and vacuum distillation units
47:45AVT-4 and AVT-5
47:48which are the same
47:49main crude processing facilities
47:51that were damaged
47:52in a June 2026 attack
47:54which forced the refinery
47:56to halt operations.
47:59Satellite imagery
48:00released on September 22nd
48:02showed signs of active fire
48:04around the fuel storage tanks
48:05located in the eastern area
48:07of the plant.
48:07And on September 23rd,
48:09the open-source intelligence channel
48:11ExaLanova
48:12reported a re-emission
48:13of the flames
48:14in the industrial area.
48:15It was not immediately clear
48:17whether this was
48:18a second wave of drones
48:19or a re-emission
48:19of the original fire.
48:23Meanwhile,
48:24the attack on the Moscow oil refinery
48:26forced a complete shutdown
48:28of the plant's operations
48:29as the two main
48:30crude oil processing units
48:31were damaged
48:32representing 53%
48:34of the plant's capacity
48:35which we can see here
48:36undergoing a complete remodeling
48:38Ukrainian style.
48:39Now,
48:41I mention the situation
48:42at the Moscow refinery again
48:44because of the impact
48:45it is having
48:46on the invading army's operations
48:48as the attack
48:49immediately worsened
48:50fuel shortages
48:51across Russia.
48:52Several regions
48:53have once again
48:54imposed purchase limits
48:5515 litres per volt
48:57in Zabaykalski Krai
48:58and 30 litres
49:00in the Leningrad Oblast.
49:01Meanwhile,
49:02the general staff of Ukraine
49:03claimed that
49:04over 45% of Russian
49:05refining capacity
49:06is currently out of service.
49:09According to Ukrainian intelligence reports,
49:12on September 21st,
49:14the Russian chief
49:14of the general staff,
49:15Valery Gerasimov,
49:17allegedly ordered a halt
49:18to the autumn offensive
49:19in the Donbass
49:20because fuel reserves
49:21intended for the military
49:22are being diverted to Moscow.
49:25This would mean
49:26that the invaders
49:26will no longer have
49:27the necessary logistics
49:28to threaten Kramatost
49:30or Slovyansk
49:30for the remainder of 2026.
49:34While this estimate
49:35might still be a bit optimistic,
49:37the fuel constraints
49:38facing Russian forces
49:39on the front lines
49:39are quite real
49:40and have been slowing
49:41the pace of Russian advances
49:43for months.
49:44Mechanized assaults
49:45consume diesel
49:46at an unsustainable rate
49:48when reserves,
49:49both civilian and military,
49:51are being destroyed
49:52in the rear
49:52by Ukrainian strikes.
49:54However,
49:55the fighting
49:56hasn't come to a halt
49:57as Russian units
49:58continue to carry out
49:59localized assaults
50:01with infantry units
50:02as well as glide bomb strikes
50:03while Ukrainian forces
50:05conduct their own counterattacks.
50:08Ukraine's systematic campaign
50:10against the Russian
50:10refining network
50:11is no longer
50:12a mere economic annoyance
50:13for the invaders
50:14and has transformed
50:15into a direct constraint
50:16on battlefield operations.
50:19The coming weeks
50:20determine whether Mordor
50:22manages to supply
50:23its forces with fuel
50:24to attempt large-scale maneuvers
50:26before winter conditions
50:27limit mobility on the front.
50:31The coming weeks
50:31of Russia
50:32The coming weeks
50:36is not going to be
50:36the end of the war
50:37of Russia.
50:39Hello friends,
50:40what do you do
50:40in your grand
50:41offensive stalls?
50:42If you're Russian
50:42command,
50:43you pull a 1950s
50:44T-55 tank
50:45out of a museum
50:45and pray the Ukrainians
50:47don't spot you.
50:48Bad idea.
50:50Today we'll see
50:51how Ukrainian artillery
50:52is tearing Ivan's relics
50:53to pieces
50:53in Zaporozhia
50:54and we'll reveal
50:55more details
50:56about Operation Vivaldi.
50:58We start
50:58with a Russian
50:59propagandist
51:00disguised as a journalist
51:01who began harassing Zelensky
51:02shouting in Russian
51:03when will you go to Moscow?
51:05When are you going to Moscow?
51:06To which the president replied
51:07also in Russian
51:08I'll go on a missile.
51:10Only missiles and drones
51:11are effective
51:12when negotiating
51:13with the Russians.
51:14But if they keep insisting
51:17as this engagement shows
51:18where a single mosquito
51:19takes care of
51:20demilitarizing
51:21two horde motorcycles
51:22and at least
51:23one orc.
51:24The first one
51:25decided to dive
51:26into a ditch
51:26to save his skin
51:27but didn't warn his buddy
51:29who ended up
51:30getting a vigorous massage
51:31right in the middle
51:32of his back.
51:34This is very bizarre.
51:36Interceptor operators
51:37from the sunstruck unit
51:38of the 82nd Air Assault Brigade
51:40encountered
51:41a Russian
51:41Molnia-type drone
51:42onto which Ivan
51:43had mounted
51:44a Kalashnikov
51:45assault rifle.
51:46It's not clear
51:47what Ivan
51:48was trying to do
51:48but a setup like that
51:50could be used
51:50to attack trenches
51:51or to shoot down
51:52other drones.
51:53We'll have to see
51:54if more units
51:55show up on the front line
51:56to find out
51:56if Ivan
51:57is serious
51:57about this innovation.
51:59Speaking of Russian drones
52:01in this short video
52:02we see the door gunner
52:03of a Ukrainian
52:04Army Aviation
52:05Mi-17H IB helicopter
52:07turn one of the invader's
52:09Gerbera drones
52:09into a sieve
52:10with a few well-placed
52:11bursts
52:12from a 7.62mm
52:14Dillon Aero
52:15M134D
52:16Gatling gun
52:18specifically developed
52:19to equip helicopters
52:20with a high rate
52:21of fire
52:22heat-resistant weapon
52:23to provide close air support
52:25for ground forces
52:26and for the aircraft's
52:27self-defense.
52:30In the air war
52:32Ukrainian Air Force
52:33fighter bombers
52:34carried out
52:34a series of
52:35precision bomb strikes
52:36to destroy
52:37several bridges
52:37near the settlement
52:38of Polohia
52:39on the Huleyepole Front
52:40in the Zaporytia region.
52:43These crossings
52:44which span
52:45the Conca River
52:45south of Huleyepole
52:47were used
52:47by Russian units
52:48to move personnel
52:49heavy equipment
52:50and ammunition
52:51in support
52:52of offensive operations
52:53toward Orykiv.
52:55The 7th Air Assault Corps
52:57reported that
52:58the strikes
52:58significantly
52:58complicate
52:59the invaders'
53:00logistics
53:00in that sector
53:01of the front
53:01and limit
53:02the Russian unit's
53:03ability to move
53:04reinforcements
53:04and maintain
53:05their supply chain.
53:07With the routes
53:08suitable for
53:09transporting
53:09heavy equipment
53:10rendered useless,
53:11Russian forces
53:12have been forced
53:13to increase
53:13the use of
53:14motorcycles
53:14and other
53:15light-motorized
53:16vehicles
53:16which have proven
53:17to be much more
53:18vulnerable
53:19to precision
53:19artillery fire
53:20and the Ukrainian
53:21mosquitoes
53:22patrolling
53:22the front.
53:25Taken together,
53:26the destruction
53:27of the bridges
53:27and the subsequent
53:28systematic strikes
53:29on ammunition
53:30depots
53:30and logistical
53:31chains
53:31illustrate
53:32a phased approach.
53:33First,
53:34preventing the crossing
53:35of heavy loads
53:36over a small river
53:37yet one that is
53:38tactically important
53:39in that sector
53:39and subsequently
53:40going after
53:41the logistical assets.
53:42Light but more exposed
53:44that Ivan
53:45can still keep
53:45operational in the area?
53:48But the Ukrainian
53:49Air Force
53:49is not the only
53:50one active
53:50in Huleyepol
53:51as the 44th
53:52Artillery Brigade
53:53of the 7th Corps
53:54simultaneously
53:54conducted a series
53:55of coordinated
53:56strikes
53:57against a network
53:58of mobile
53:58Russian artillery
53:59positions.
54:01Located both
54:02inside and around
54:03this town
54:03on the southern
54:04front in Ukraine
54:05which has been
54:05heavily battered
54:06by the fighting
54:07of recent years.
54:10In the video
54:11Among the Systems
54:12Hit,
54:12one can identify
54:13several 2A-65
54:15Mstitya B-towed
54:16howitzers
54:17and a 2S3
54:18Akatsia
54:20152mm
54:20self-propelled gun
54:22as well as
54:23other artillery pieces,
54:25troop concentrations,
54:26forward infantry
54:27positions
54:27and armored vehicles.
54:29In the footage,
54:30also within
54:31the same sequence,
54:32a Soviet-era
54:33T-55 tank
54:34surprisingly appears,
54:36an old relic
54:37that entered service
54:38back in the 1950s
54:39which they've
54:40started deploying
54:41on the front lines
54:42as protected
54:42mobile artillery.
54:44In the same sector,
54:46a couple of days
54:47earlier,
54:47Ukrainian forces
54:48managed to destroy
54:49two BM-21
54:51Grad rocket launchers
54:52that were in
54:52firing position
54:53on the road
54:54linking
54:54Huliapol
54:55and Polohi.
54:57The 7th Corps
54:58reported that
54:59this offensive
55:00artillery operation
55:01is part of
55:01a broader effort
55:02aimed at curbing
55:03Russian preparations
55:04for a new
55:05offensive against
55:05the city of
55:06Zaporizhia.
55:07The defenders
55:08have realized
55:09that the remains
55:10of Huliapol's
55:11urban area
55:12are being used
55:13by Russian units
55:14as covered
55:14to mass infantry,
55:16set up
55:16long-range artillery,
55:17establish command posts
55:18and position
55:19drone operator nests
55:20which are less exposed
55:22here than in open ground.
55:24The invading forces
55:25have used the town
55:26as an advanced base
55:27rather than just
55:28another contested village
55:30on the front line
55:30which is why
55:31actions to prevent
55:32Ivan from massing
55:33his forces
55:34inside the town
55:35are essential
55:35to defending the sector.
55:38The presence
55:39of the T-55
55:40is striking
55:41and quite revealing
55:42given that
55:43it's a medium tank
55:44designed at the
55:45beginning of the
55:46Cold War
55:46that has now
55:47turned up
55:48in the middle
55:48of an artillery duel
55:49in southeastern Ukraine.
55:52Its presence
55:53highlights how
55:53Russian units
55:54in this sector
55:55have been forced
55:55to rely on
55:56old reserve armor
55:57given that
55:58most modern vehicles
55:59are destined
55:59for other fronts.
56:02As for results,
56:04Ukraine's general
56:05staff reported
56:06that 10 Russian
56:06attacks were registered
56:08in the Huleypol sector
56:09on September 23
56:10showing that
56:11the sector
56:12remains active
56:12but the intensity
56:13is definitely lower
56:15considering that
56:15earlier this summer
56:16there were between
56:1720 and 30 assaults a day.
56:22Returning to the
56:23Donetska Front
56:23in the disputed
56:24forested ravines
56:25north and northwest
56:26of Lyman,
56:27the 3rd Army Corps
56:28continues to carry out
56:29a methodical
56:30counter-offensive
56:30that has altered
56:31the operational landscape
56:32in northern Donetska
56:34Noblast.
56:35Named in honor
56:36of the four seasons,
56:38Operation Vivaldi
56:39was launched
56:39in late May 2026
56:41under a strict
56:42information blackout.
56:44Its objective
56:44is fundamentally defensive
56:46as it seeks
56:47to break the northern
56:47pincer of the Russian
56:48offensive aimed
56:49at surrounding
56:50the fortified
56:51belt of cities
56:51formed by
56:52Slovyansk,
56:53Kramatorsk,
56:53Druskivka
56:54and Kostyantinivka.
56:56This is achieved
56:58by clearing
56:58Russian infiltration routes,
57:00destroying logistics hubs
57:01and forcing
57:02the invading units
57:03to retreat toward
57:04the Chorna-Zerebets river.
57:06Independent assessments,
57:08including those
57:09from the Institute
57:09for the Study of War,
57:11describe the outcome
57:12as the complete collapse
57:13of the encirclement
57:14planned by Russia.
57:16What sets Operation Vivaldi apart
57:19isn't just the ground reclaimed,
57:21but the methods used.
57:23Heavy bomber drones
57:24are carrying kamikaze ground drones
57:25over 10 kilometers
57:26behind Russian lines,
57:28marking the first combat use
57:29of such systems in history.
57:33Since then,
57:34unmanned ground systems
57:35have cleared
57:36over 30 kilometers
57:37of routes
57:38toward Chandrihalov
57:39in just two nights.
57:41This is a task
57:42that would have required
57:43about a week of work
57:44for two combat engineer companies
57:46who would also be exposed
57:48to enemy fire.
57:51Reconnaissance missions
57:52located Russian command nodes
57:53and the robots
57:54proceeded to attack them,
57:56forcing the enemy
57:56to divert troops
57:57to protect their headquarters
57:58rather than hold the front line.
58:02Operation Vivaldi
58:03isn't a lightning raid.
58:05It is a sustained campaign
58:06of isolation,
58:08precision strikes
58:08and limited yet meticulously
58:10prepared assaults
58:11that has already forced
58:12three Russian armies
58:13to expand in defensive operations
58:15combat capabilities
58:16they had reserved
58:17for attacking
58:18the fortress city's belt.
58:20The music keeps playing,
58:22the next movements
58:22are still to come.
58:26That is all for today.
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