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Oct 22, 2022 9 tweets 3 min read Read on X
Missiles, blasts & sirens
Ukraine mornings routine
All 5 missiles flying to Kyiv were intercepted.
Strikes in Kropyvnitskyi and Golovanskyi rayon.
This and neighboring Umanskyi rayon are out of power.
2 strikes of energy facilities in Odessa region.
Emergency services are doing their best to repair the grid.
Power infrastructure was hit it Rivne
Missile strikes on energy infrastructure in Volyn region.
Khmelnitskyi the same. Missile strikes of energy infrastructure.
Just want to remind that a permanent member of UN security council with veto power is a terrorist,
because #RussiaIsATerrorristState

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Oct 24
MoD RF reportedly captured 10 settlements and extend by 88km2.

Despite all the claims Ivanivka didn't get into report.

No minor settlements left left to capture in the Pokrovsk pocket. Image
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GSUA reported 1034 attacks in total, 30% less than a previous week. Image
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All the GSUA reported front has a significant gap around Huliaipole indicating activity of russian Army Group Dniepr focus on Zaporizhzhia direction.
AG East focus at cuting Huliaipole.
AG South operates at the edges at Kostiantynivka and Siversk, probably helping Center and West Image
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Oct 16
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The sponge front makes it tempting to push forward, but drones make any movement excessively dangerous. Still, doing nothing is even worse unless you have proper hideouts. A network of isolated, dispersed hideouts creates a true sponge defense.
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Fortifications alone don't stop anything. Without coverage, drones and bombs suppress observation and make deliberate breaks deadly. The real sponge defense is a network of isolated, dispersed hideouts - hard to target and easy to melt into.
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Speed can decrease drone danger, but speed reduces maneuverability and situational awareness. Fast-moving vehicles are ideal mine targets. Trade-offs matter: survive the drone - but don't run into mines.
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Oct 1
Rashanverse has no time dimension; Frontline isn't an exception, hence all time-based predictions consistently fail. With this and the Russians' recent dynamics in mind, let's explore how the Donbas offensive will evolve. Image
Beyond dense settlements, terrain remains the main factor. Roads are important but rarely used for assaults. Fortifications may slow down the advance but don't affect the vector of attack.
Grind allows focusing on high ground and using ravines for occasional jumps. Vectors of attack usually follow the watershed, with rare attempts to cross multiple streams in a single operation (hello Dobropillia).
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Sep 29
Settlements constellation

from small villages with less than 1000 people to 100 000+ cities.

Donbas is dominated by big stars, in the void of fields. Image
Only large settlements with 5000 and more Image
Artificial South, Empty Luhansk and Loaded Poltava Image
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Sep 15
In a modern positional warfare, seizing ground isn't enough - attackers must capture stable positions they can hold. This thread explains why those points turn tactical gains into lasting control - and why taking them often comes at a very high cost. Image
From the attacker's perspective, a stable position is more than a point on a map - it's a foundation for control. Capture it and you gain decisive lines of movement, observation, and logistics; fail and your gains evaporate.
Stable positions solidify control: they anchor supply routes, protect rear areas, enable forward basing for artillery and drones, and deny the defender easy counterattack corridors. For an occupier, they turn fleeting footholds into lasting presence.
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Cheese Defense review
Heavy drone usage has significantly reshaped modern defensive tactics in Ukraine.
For the AFU, adapting means balancing exposure risks with the need for flexibility along one of the world's longest active frontlines.
Instead of rigid continuous lines, the AFU uses "pockets" - fortified strongpoints or "super nodes".
These hubs resist enemy attacks while visible gaps let AFU hold more ground with fewer troops.
Those gaps aren't empty. They’re filled with mines, obstacles & kill zones to slow Russian advances.
Drones amplify this: RuAF UAVs search for weak spots, while AFU FPVs & loitering munitions strike intruders.
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