Based on record-distance Molniya drone strikes from 14 April on the village of Vysoke, the recently-rotated 337th VDV regiment of the 104th VDV division could be responsible for today’s murder of a 14 month-old child, Dmytro, in Pravydne, Kherson.
I’ll explain in a short thread.
I’ll explain in a short thread.
https://twitter.com/warunitobserver/status/1942954206953972011
In the Kherson direction, Molniya’s are exclusively employed by VDV units and Naval Infantry. I personally believe the common denominator is the air assault component of both VDV regiments and the air assault battalions included in each Naval Infantry brigade. 📸 @battle_order 
In an @army_tv_ua interview last week, it was reported by spokesman of the Ukrainian Volunteer Army Serhii Bratchuk that the 337th of 104th had rotated into the Kinburn Spit, replacing the much depleted Don Cossack Brigade.
youtube.com/live/L99aziQKk…
youtube.com/live/L99aziQKk…
Pravydne lies some 30km from the Russian occupied bank and is rarely attacked according to daily reports from Kherson ODA & Police.
FPVs with fiber-optics could be responsible in theory, but there’s no evidence to support their use here. But there’s plenty for Molniya use.
FPVs with fiber-optics could be responsible in theory, but there’s no evidence to support their use here. But there’s plenty for Molniya use.
In the Dnipro Delta, the 80th and 61st Naval Infantry Brigades roughly split the plains west-southwest of Kherson in half.
80th operates from Ochakiv, Mykolaiv Oblast to about Tomyna Balka, while 61st covers up to Dniprovske, where they overlap with the FPV group “Delta”.
80th operates from Ochakiv, Mykolaiv Oblast to about Tomyna Balka, while 61st covers up to Dniprovske, where they overlap with the FPV group “Delta”.
IMHO it’s not the Naval Infantry Brigades because although they have Molniya, they have yet to demonstrate long-range strikes, while 104th has demonstrated it in Beryslav Raion before rotating.
How the 61st uses Molniya’s as min-bunker-busters from March: open.substack.com/pub/brendankel…
How the 61st uses Molniya’s as min-bunker-busters from March: open.substack.com/pub/brendankel…
In those mid-April Molniya strikes on Vysoke, Beryslav Raion, we saw a 25 y/o mom and her 7 y/o son targeted and wounded by the 104th VDV.
So there’s another potential connection here: a potential MO of drone striking kids.
Wrote about that here in May: open.substack.com/pub/brendankel…
So there’s another potential connection here: a potential MO of drone striking kids.
Wrote about that here in May: open.substack.com/pub/brendankel…
Conclusions:
1. The platform was likely Molniya given the range, units in AO, and prior geolocations.
2. The perpetrators were likely the 337th (104th) given they are the sole unit in AO who has demonstrated both use of the platform at range & prior targeting of children.
1. The platform was likely Molniya given the range, units in AO, and prior geolocations.
2. The perpetrators were likely the 337th (104th) given they are the sole unit in AO who has demonstrated both use of the platform at range & prior targeting of children.
Platform confirmed by Kherson ODA as Molniya-1, according to Zarina:
https://x.com/zarinazabrisky/status/1943128792844689578?s=46
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