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Aug 27, 2024 13 tweets 5 min read Read on X
🚨 Kursk offensive breakthrough: Day 1.

This is how the units we support made it - the very initial breakthrough. Russians surrendered to them en masse.

This thread will help you understand why Ukraine won the battle of Kursk border. You can support the units directly.

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Fortifications of russian forces were destroyed, they surrendered.

We had those videos immediately, but waited for opsec - so that brigade posted it first.

We work daily with this unit, and they need more drones to keep pushing - donate at dzygaspaw.com/support
Ukraine took a lot of prisoners in the first day. Russians clearly were caught by surprise by this coordinated UAV and mechanized assault.
This was a proof that Ukrainian Armed Forces are capable of mechanized breakthrough.

This is a big problem for russia now because its now dynamic manoeuvre warfare in Kursk region. They are not ready for dynamic warfare.
In the night, many night vision bomber drones prepared everything for the offensive.

That is an enormous amount of preparation in the night of the offensive.
Many ammo depots and fortifications were destroyed. This left russians toothless.
more bomber videos
more more more
more bomber videos so you can understand how it happened
Also, there was an enormous amount of engineering work done to enable to logistics of the offensive.

We are working with engineers tol who did it, and it’s huge. They did what was not possible, and IMO this is to be studied in military history. Image
When it all started in Kursk, we knew we have our units there and started talking to them immediately. We wanted to get them what they need ASAP.

So we fundraised about $30K here on Twitter and bought all the equipment they needed.

Then drove to Kursk region to deliver.
One of the key fighters for this offensive was killed in action after the breakthrough.

Always. Remember. The. Price.
Thank you for reading this thread.

I am now training in Ukraine’s Armed Forces. Follow me at @dim0kq for war updates - first person view.

Also, follow @dzygaspaw so that you can help Ukrainian defenders in Kursk. Image

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