00:00Hello, friends. The intensity of Ukrainian electronic warfare has increased so much that
00:07this group of Russian telecommunications specialists has been forced to install
00:11telephone cables between command centers and frontline positions. The Russian commanders
00:16had planned to replace Starlink with carrier pigeons, but they had to settle for the Soviet
00:21T-57 field telephone. The reason? Field tests with pigeons failed when they discovered that
00:28the recruits from the horde coming from the steppes preferred to cook the messenger pigeons
00:32instead of reading the messages they carried. They should also try these low-cost analog systems.
00:40A couple of Mi-24 hanged attack helicopters from the Army Aviation returned to a forward
00:46logistics support airstrip after a closed air support mission using a load of 70mm Hydra rockets
00:53sent by allied countries. Once the crews are resupplied and the Heinz rearmed with ammunition,
01:00they will head back to the front. The word to stop Ivan never stops.
01:06On the technological front, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine announced on September 29th
01:12that Ukrainian troops had successfully completed the first operational logistics mission using a
01:18domestically produced amphibious unmanned ground vehicle. The operators of the alter ego unit,
01:24belonging to the 93rd Kolodny Yar Brigade, guided the robotic platform for more than 40 kilometers,
01:31both by land and by water, to transport ammunition and supplies to isolated positions on the front.
01:38This mission represents a practical solution to one of the most persistent limitations for resupply
01:44missions using robots. We're talking about rivers, canals and swampy areas that frequently interrupt
01:51land roads, blocking the passage of conventional ground drones, forcing the use of air deliveries,
01:57which are much riskier. The new amphibious system maintains great off-road mobility on solid ground
02:04and switches to aquatic navigation mode in a matter of seconds upon reaching the water, allowing the same
02:09platform to complete the entire route without needing to change vehicles. The BraveOne technological
02:16innovation cluster provided funding to facilitate scaling from the prototype phase to its deployment in combat.
02:23The technical specifications and the exact designation of the model
02:26are kept confidential for operational security reasons.
02:36Another example of developing new tactics, Ukrainian drone operators from the 44th Artillery Brigade,
02:42named after Hetman Danilo Apostol, have made a fundamental change in how counter-battery operations are conducted.
02:48Working on the Huliepol and Orikiv axis in the Zaporygia region, they have made the precise location of targets,
02:55using drones as a central element of their operations. The Russian forces in that sector
03:01constantly try to hide their 152 mm heavy artillery systems in cover, inside 45 positions, or between buildings.
03:11To counter this tactic, the Brigade's reconnaissance drones constantly fly, identifying these positions
03:17and transmitting the coordinates, to carry out rapid attacks with swarms of small attack drones against each howitzer,
03:23to ensure their complete neutralization. At the beginning of September, the 44th Brigade destroyed
03:29four MST-AB howitzers and a towed D-20 in a single drone attack. Previous operations carried out in July
03:38and
03:38August also eliminated groups of five or more artillery pieces, as well as ammunition depots, which were
03:44confirmed thanks to multiple secondary explosions. This pattern illustrates how Ukrainian units have reversed
03:51the dynamics of traditional artillery duels. Instead of responding piece by piece, they now combine
03:57constant aerial reconnaissance with economical and precise attack drones to neutralize Russian fire
04:03support at a lower cost and with greater speed. The operational impact is tangible on the ground.
04:10The reduction of artillery activity by the invaders in these sectors limits the volume of fire received by
04:16Ukrainian positions, degrading the enemy's ability to concentrate its heavy fire, thus gaining time and
04:22space for Ukrainian units to maneuver. On the sanctions front against the oil industry of the invading
04:29Russian Federation, the defense forces of Ukraine attacked on October 1st one of the largest gas
04:34processing and petrochemical plants of Mordor located in the Samara region, about 900 kilometers from the
04:41front line. The facility that was attacked produces key intermediate chemicals used in the manufacture of
04:46explosives and propellants. According to official Ukrainian statements, among the products obtained are
04:52benzene, phenol, acetone, and synthetic ethyl alcohol. These materials, along with other related compounds,
05:00serve as raw materials for loading artillery shells, aerial bombs, cluster munitions, and missiles.
05:07The facility appears to be the Novokubyshev petrochemical company, which is a business that
05:12processes more than a million tons of hydrocarbons per year to produce liquefied gases, benzene, phenol,
05:19acetone, alpha-methylstyrene, olefins, and other intermediate products. Likewise, it has been identified as
05:25the Russia's only domestic producer of synthetic ethanol, so stopping its operations is of great interest
05:30to prevent Ivan from continuing to produce ammunition. You know, as the saying goes,
05:36a refinery a day keeps the Orcs under control. We're back to the air war, but this time with bad
05:43news because the command of the Ukrainian Air Force has confirmed that the captain, Marat Mambetov,
05:48a 25-year-old flight commander from the 40th Tactical Aviation Brigade, Ghosts of Kyiv, died in
05:55combat. On October 1st, while carrying out a mission at the controls of a MiG-29 fighter jet,
06:00he was carrying out missile and bomb attacks against Russian forces in an unspecified sector
06:06of the front when his aircraft was hit by an enemy missile. He managed to eject successfully,
06:12but unfortunately, did not survive the injuries he sustained.
06:16Born on July 17, 2001, in the Zaporizhzhya region, Mambetov graduated from the National Air Force
06:23University, named after Ivan Kozedov in Kharkiv. And he joined the 40th Brigade, a unit that operates
06:29from the Vasilkiv Air Base, using modernized MiG-29 aircraft adapted both for air defense and for
06:36ground attack missions. He had plans to get married, and he was improving his English in the hope of
06:43flying Western aircraft, an opportunity that ultimately never materialized. The International
06:49Institute for Strategic Studies estimated that Ukraine still had about 14 Soviet-made MiG-29s
06:56by the end of 2025. The confirmed losses of four aircraft in 2026, including the aircraft destroyed
07:03on October 1, would leave the force with only 10 units in service. Before the Zid invasion,
07:10Ukraine operated approximately 50 MiG-29 aircraft. Poland and Slovakia transferred about 27 additional
07:18aircraft in 2023. Visually confirmed losses reached 35 aircraft by mid-2026. This model remains in service
07:28mainly due to its usefulness as a platform for launching Western munitions, such as the AGM-80
07:33anti-radiation missiles, or RMs, and smart glide bombs. Poland is considering transferring up to
07:40nine additional MiG-29s that it still has operational, but that agreement has not yet been finalized.
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