yep, thanks for posting

That’s a few months old.

Don’t forget the consequences of the Russian occupation: deportation, murder, torture, rape.

Many come to commit these crimes, others for money. We are two years into the war, they know what they are signing up for.

And let’s not forget that Putin hasn’t fired a single bullet in Ukraine, these “poor guys” are the ones doing the dirty work, they are the ones making the war possible.

He didn’t shoot himself because he thought that was the “smart move”, he did it out of pain and despair. Some just lack basic human compassion.

The article is actually pretty balanced. Yes Proton is secure and private, but if you’re hiding from law enforcement, don’t expect a third party to take the fall for you.

The number of killed russians is given 3 times, and each time it’s a different number. Is it 46, 24 or 18 killed?

Edit : i misread.

They’re cleary aware there’s drones above, yes. They seems exhausted, we don’t know for how long they’re under attack but fatigue plays it’s role. They also don’t have any counter-measure, and are not trained to act a certain way.

Without good fortifications hiding you from the enemy sight, there’s actually not much you can do to protect yourself. At some point it’s just every man for himself. You can always give away your mate position, as we can see here, it only works for a brief moment.

It’s the dead of the night, but they still don’t hear the drone, must be silent AF.

Youtube is great not because of itself, but because of the content, none of which they are the creator of.

Dude, why not signal the drone you’re ready to surrender? Why going all-in like that?

Also, maybe they could be put to use on the Kherson crossing? I know russians have some difficulties deploying heavy equipment to counter-attack there because of the mud and the marshy terrain. AMX-10 are lighter, but they also have wheels, so not so sure about that…

They’re light and fast, would have been perfect to exploit the Kharkiv breakthrough last year. They’re not meant to attack head on hardened defences, so they’ll stay in the rear for now.

The number of russians, just standing in the grass, with no support, no direction, waiting to be killed, is astonishing. What are they even doing here? Waiting for the night to crawl back to their lines? It seems they’re not even aware where the enemy is suppose to come from. Still, they keep obeying orders… That’s depressing.

Thanks!

Do we have more information about their destination/position? I read somewhere they were heading toward the Kherson bridgehead, to repulse it. Any info on that?

There seems to be a confusion, the streamable link shows russian attempting to evacuate a wounded.

Feel like the argument is pretty weak “UAF launched a surface-to-air missile around that area, around that time, therefore they were the ones bombing themselves”.

I’m not sure what that’s suppose to prove. If the city was targeted by an attack, yeah, air defence likely get into action to protect it. Them being active at that precise moment is expected.

I can’t find the non-paywalled article, i guess i am missing more conclusive evidences.

You have to get past the trollish level of the source :

• confirmation of the destruction of an S-300 ;

• patrol ship Vasily Bykov was hit (even though ‘not critical’).

In general, the Ukrainian strategy of baiting anti-aircraft defences with drones in order to destroy them is rather smart. Number of maritime drones seems also to be on the rise, with waves of 6 units.

Finally, the ‘herbivorous response’ made me smile. It’s good to see them mad.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/russia-luna-25-crash-landing-moon/

Second explosion

After the " first test of the pen", the SBU immediately began to develop a new attack on the bridge.

A major role in the implementation of this idea was played by the head of one of the military counter-intelligence departments, a pseudo officer called Hunter, who contributed to the creation of naval drones.

Ukrainian special services created explosive-filled remotely controlled kamikaze watercraft, made of a unique material invisible to enemy radars, the design of which provided for three types of control and self-destruction in case of need.

The appearance of the maritime drones developed by the SBU, which were used to attack the Crimean bridge (Photo: SBU press service) The appearance of the maritime drones developed by the SBU, which were used to attack the Crimean bridge / Photo: press service of the SBU For the first time in the circumstances of a real battle, engineers and specialists of the SBU tested floating drones on ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, when the missile frigates Admiral Makarov and Admiral Essen attacked in the Sevastopol Bay last fall. The latter, after this special operation, stood in the dock for a long time for repairs.

Realizing that drones are not capable of sinking large ships, the amount of explosives on them was increased to 850 kg of hexane. They also modernized the drone control system, receiving a qualitatively new model of the surface " Avenger".

Malyuk enlisted the cooperation of the commander of the Navy, Oleksiy Neizhpapa, who provided significant assistance in the implementation of the entire project. The combined team of the fleet and special services began to prepare a naval operation to blow up the Crimean bridge.

The drones continued to be improved, even installing two high-range Shmel-M jet flamethrowers on the hull. There were other know-how, the details of which have not yet been disclosed by the SBU. Modified drones were ready to perform extremely difficult tasks.

In mid-July, the SBU and the Navy finally released the drones into the open sea, directing them to the target. “We stayed awake for two nights - literally every minute we were watching the drones. We were on such a drive that we had to calm down the guys a little so that they wouldn’t chase the drones,” recalls Malyuk.

In the end, the drones hit the support of the bridge, throwing from it, judging by the photos released later, the entire span of its car part.

" When the explosion happened, we screamed very loudly, because the tension inside was huge," Malyuk admits. - I’ll be honest: I prayed that everything would work out. And when the drone exploded, we also “exploded” with joy.

Legitimate purpose

The head of the SBU, describing to NV the details of the attacks on the Crimean bridge, emphasized several times: these operations were prepared exclusively by the forces of Ukraine, and no foreign special services were involved in them.

Similarly, Malyuk clarified that the Crimean bridge is a legitimate goal for Ukraine. For example, the Geneva Conventions, which regulate certain rules of warfare, do not contain a ban on attacking such objects. And the Liber Code — the Instruction for the management of the active US army — defined as a legitimate goal " obstructing the ways and channels of movement, movement or communication."

In his turn, Valery Kondratyuk, the former head of the GUR and ex-explorer of the Foreign Intelligence Service, commenting on the actions of his colleagues from the SBU, assures that the operations with the bridge were carried out in such a way as to cause maximum damage to the Kremlin and to maintain good relations with Western partners.

“It is a very delicate job for the special services to be effective and to succeed in operations, balancing between the fears of foreigners before a nuclear war,” Kondratyuk believes. “This formula encapsulates the hard work and titanic self-sacrifice of Ukrainians.”

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