My friend Danylo, who serves in Ukrainian SOF, shared with me some footages from the part of the front where he is «working» every day as a part of a fire support unit.
Since April Russians have become more active at Southern part of D oblast and attack them almost every day🧵
That the tank that was destroyed at the video🔥
Danylo shared with some of his thoughts about Russian tactics, artillery and the enemy forces 👇
Yeap, that pretty lady is a part of his group🫡 Unfortunately I cannot show you her face.
So. If we compare, for example, Vovchansk and the part where Danylo is it’s totally different. From one point of view.
One year ago UAF launched a counteroffensive at this area. Since then RUAF are trying to bring the territory back.
And, frankly speaking, it’s pointless and gives them nothing.
So they fire 2-3 guided bombs (near Vovchansk it’s 15-30) per day and fire from 152 mm artillery.
Firstly Russians were crossing the open field on their foot. Not a lot of them managed to do it.
But they have a lot of manpower so not a big deal.
Echoes of war.
They tried to cover their movements with a lot of FPV drones and tried not to allow our infantry to reach their positions during the rotation.
Unfortunately, it was quite successful.
Just today. Danylo in his group working with drones trying not to allow Russians to move forward.
Then Russians tried to use a lot of motorcycles and bare infantry.
Sometimes even 6 artillery pieces at once were firing at their positions.
Some more BMPs🔥
Destroyed T-80BV👌
Danylo right now urgently needs your financial support — 3 DJI drones. Unfortunately, RUAF there have more recon and FVP drones.
The price is 5000$. ASAP we gather I order them. Please support.
The 90 gtd together with the 5th tank brigade and 36 motorised brigade launched an offensive near Sviatohirsk, Donetsk oblast.
They been firing at our positions for 5 hours with 152 mm SPGs and 122 mm MRLS.
After that — 9 tanks and 16 BMP-2 entered the village.
We had only 1 120 mm mortar and 60 rounds for it. And 1 2S1 behind us from airborne.
It was quite tuff. And I was 100% sure that I will die there.
And this is the thing I am proud of myself: that being 100% sure that I will die I stayed and held my position near the oak.
Back than it was a totally different war. No FPV drones, no guided bombs.
Just massive AFV columns, a lot of artillery. Or, fox example, 4 Russian Su-25 flying and bombing the village you live in just 15 km from the frontline.
I need to say that those things that U gonna read are personal experience and represents Russian actions at the Western (the hardest since November till December) flank.
I hope it will help future historians to write a decent research.
And yes. This thread is not about the problems the AFU faced, Koreans or anything else.
This one is quite «technical», I would say. Because if I would like to write more and in complex — this thread would be close to a word «endless».