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Jun 13 • 10 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X
1/ Israel launched drones which attacked targets in Iran using what may have been an identical method to that employed by Ukraine recently. A video shows what appears to be a commercial vehicle, reportedly used as a drone launcher, self-destructing near Tehran yesterday. ⬇️
2/ Compare this to the drone launchers used in Ukraine's recent Operation Spiderweb attack on the Russian Air Force – wooden cabins carried on the back of flatbed trucks, which likewise self-destructed after use.
3/ Israel does not appear to have publicised how it carried out the drone attacks, but the possible use of a commercial vehicle as a drone launcher suggests a similar approach to that employed by Ukraine. The Israeli drones reportedly attacked Iranian air defences.
4/ In the Ukrainian case, the drones were smuggled into the country and set up in an anonymous warehouse in Chelyabinsk. The vehicle drivers were unsuspecting Russians who took delivery orders from an apparent Ukrainian operative.
5/ It's not clear who delivered the Israeli drones, but it's possible that they were also transported in the guise of commercial goods. Ukraine has twice now shown showed how commercial logistics networks can be weaponised.
6/ It's unlikely that Ukraine and Israel collaborated to devise similar methods of attacking targets with drones. Instead, Ukraine's October 2022 Kerch Bridge attack, using a massive bomb disguised as a commercial cargo, may have paved the way.
7/ As I documented in the thread linked below, Ukraine exploited the international road freight system to deliver its bomb to the Kerch Bridge. It's quite likely that the same method will be used in future by other countries. /end
Source:
t.me/rucriminalinfo…
A closer look at an unexploded drone launcher truck:
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Jun 15
1/ Russian warbloggers say that Russian army commanders are causing unnecessary problems for other units, and heavy casualties for their own men, by lying about their successes. This exposes the flanks of neighbouring units and causes men to be sent into unsupported assaults. ⬇️ Image
2/ The Russian army has had widespread problems with commanders falsely claiming to have captured objectives – a practice dubbed "taking on credit" – since the early days of the war in Ukraine.
3/ False reporting often takes the form of sending a few expendable men forward to plant a flag on a building in a Ukrainian-held settlement, so that a drone can video it for a report of a successful capture to be sent to HQ. This is termed a "photo fact".
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Jun 15
1/ On preparing a new member of a Russian stormtrooper unit, to which he has been assigned as a punishment, for his first assault mission: ⬇️ Image
2/ "The smell of pine needles, dust, exhaust fumes. The noise of the engine, the rustle of gear, the jingle of all sorts of shiny things falling into a bag. The dry sound of phones being lowered into a lock box. The crunch of automatic rifles being checked.
3/ "The quiet curses of the company commander, yanking a garish, bright Esmarch harness off the shoulder of one of the careless newbies in the assault.
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Jun 14
1/ The imprisoned Igor 'Strelkov' Girkin has given a gloomy prediction of the likelihood of Russian success in the Sumy and Dnipropetrovsk regions of Ukraine. They're well-defended by the Ukrainians, he says, while Russia has insufficient forces to capture them. ⬇️ Image
2/ Girkin writes:

"The offensive in the Sumy region had been in preparation for a long time. The enemy knew about it very well, the enemy began building defensive structures against this supposed offensive several months ago, built several defensive lines to the east of Sumy."
3/ "And now they are already reporting construction to the west – well, apparently because everything they could build to the east has already been built.

The distance from the front line to Sumy is now about 20-25 km.
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Jun 14
1/ Corrupt Russian officers are suspected to be selling information to Ukraine, contributing to the destruction of high-value assets such as this Iskander missile launcher, according to a Russian journalist. ⬇️
2/ On 5 June, Ukraine destroyed an Iskander ballistic missile launcher and its rockets. According to Russian journalist Maxim Kalashnikov, the launcher was destroyed and 8 personnel from the 26th Missile Brigade (military unit 54006) were killed.
3/ Kalashnikov says that “the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the Security Service of Ukraine [are working] to actually knock out our operational-tactical missile units, those same Iskanders. They started hunting them.”
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Jun 13
1/ Putin's announcement of a new Russian drone force has been welcomed grudgingly by Russian warbloggers. They complain that it's far too late, and highlight the deficiencies of a bureaucratic system that provides soldiers with too few drones. ⬇️
2/ 'SHAKESPEARE' grouses that "Not even three years have passed since [the Ukrainians created a drone force]. I don't even know what emotion to feel now: rejoice or swear."
3/ "UPD: Here my comrades told me that we are not three, but only a year and a half behind [the Ukrainians]. Well, yes, this is a great achievement. There is something to be proud of.
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Jun 13
1/ The commander of Ukrainian's unmanned air forces, Robert "Madyar" Brovdi, has announced a set of reforms to improve the effectiveness and logistical supply of drones in the Ukrainian armed forces. They are to be implemented over the next three months. ⬇️ Image
2/ As described by the 'Cuckoo's Nest' Telegram channel:

🔺 Immediate implementation of existing collective experience.
3/🔺 Transparent results: 6-7 units of the Unmanned Systems Line of Drones will be included in the TOP-10 according to the existing rating of the effectiveness of the UAV units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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