1/ Russian sources say that Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces, under the command of Robert “Madyar” Brovdi, have made "significant strides in UAV production and deployment technology". Russian soldiers are facing "slaughter [like] cattle" as a result. ⬇️
2/ Andrey Medvedev writes:
"We've been reporting since the fall that the Ukrainian Armed Forces and Ukrainian drone manufacturers have made significant strides in UAV production and deployment technology.
3/ "Footage of a single Russian soldier being killed by ten to twenty drones has, unfortunately, been appearing regularly on the Ukrainian segment of Telegram.
4/ "The enemy has built a highly effective system of interaction between drone manufacturers, government customers, and the military. The Brave1 military marketplace has reduced reporting and bureaucratic paperwork to a minimum.
5/ "Many didn't take the appointment of Robert "Madyar" Brody as UAV Commander seriously. So what if he's a businessman, he didn't graduate from a military academy, and he's just a "suit." What does he know about military affairs? Ugh.
6/ "However, we can now say with certainty that the increased effectiveness of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' UAV forces is also the result of the work of this dangerous and highly professional enemy.
7/ "And the shutdown of Starlink has certainly reduced the effectiveness of our military units.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces do have major personnel shortages. But they're solving this problem with UAVs.
8/ "A stronghold is held by a few forcibly mobilised soldiers, and cover is provided by drones controlling the battlefield. I'm certain the enemy's future strategy will be aimed at improving the quality of drones, using AI-powered swarms controlled by a single pilot.
9/ "And this will happen within a year, or even less.
10/ Pretending there's no problem, that we don't need to work on anything, is certainly possible. We can continue to talk about our complete superiority in drones.
However, I don't think that's necessary. Then again, I'm not a professional."
11/ RT's military correspondent Alexander Kharchenko agrees, and comments:
12/ "The enemy's frontline drones are incredibly effective. This is achieved through the use of more expensive components. The Ukrainians spare no expense on drones. Furthermore, repeaters on drones are commonplace for the enemy.
13/ "You can argue with me, but the objective monitoring footage speaks for itself. The enemy used radio drones to hunt the Ka-52 crew in a network of trenches. The drone's signal never dropped, allowing the enemy to strike and document the aftermath.
14/ "You can tear your hair out, but it's better to acknowledge the enemy's strengths and do just as well. Our country has both the minds and the hands to outperform the enemy. And I believe that similar footage will soon be published by our units."
15/ 'Novorossiya Militia Reports' is much gloomier:
"Magyar's channel alone publishes videos several times a week of Russian soldiers killed by FPV drones. Each video shows between 50 and 100 dead. And his channel publishes several such videos a week."
16/ "There are dozens of similar channels, belonging to various units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' Unmanned Systems. The current fighting resembles the slaughter of cattle in Siberia, only with people instead of cows." /end
1/ Russia's fuel crisis isn't just about a lack of fuel being produced by refineries. The country is in the grip of a full-blown fuel panic, with people buying far more fuel than normal to get ahead of shortages and in some cases to resell fuel for profit. ⬇️
2/ As the 'Intelligence Diary' Telegram channel reports:
"Russia is gripped by a fuel panic.
People are buying up gasoline by the hundreds of litres. There are huge queues at gas stations. Prices are rising.
It's a real fuel scare.
A true gasoline vendetta."
3/ 'New Look' reports:
"In response to government calls not to stockpile fuel, Muscovites emptied auto parts stores en masse, buying up every canister. This was immediately taken advantage of by resellers, who are now reselling the containers online at a significant markup."
1/ A Russian military police officer who stole 2 million rubles from a mentally disabled recruit was sent to an assault unit. However, illustrating the current state of morale on the front lines, he and three comrades reportedly blew their own legs off to avoid going to fight. ⬇️
2/ Russian warblogger 'BCh3' tells the story in three posts:
"We usually write about heroes, but here we have an anti-hero. One of those who profit from war; one of those who ‘while some suffer, others benefit’. Meet one of the staff officers of the Military Police."
3/ "Briefly, the situation...
A training ground. New arrivals are undergoing training. One of the fighters is a quiet guy, but something is wrong with his head. He is unwell.
1/ Why aren't Russia's treaty partners helping it in the war against Ukraine, ask Russian warbloggers. They wonder what use the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) is if it can't even help Russia to conquer a neighbouring state. ⬇️
2/ The CSTO was established in 2002 as a military alliance of six post-Soviet states – Armenia (which is in the process of withdrawing), Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Tajikistan. Its charter requires participants to abstain from the use or threat of force.
3/ Despite this, Russian warbloggers can't seem to understand why none of the CSTO states will provide military assistance against Ukraine. 'Direct Action Z' laments:
1/ Russia is constructing shelters for its heavy bomber aircraft to protect them from Ukrainian drone strikes, such as the famous 'Operation Spider's Web'. However, Russian warbloggers say it's too little, too late. ⬇️
2/ The shelters are being constructed at the Engels air base near Saratov, which has previously been attacked by fixed-wing Ukrainian UAVs. It houses the 22nd Heavy Bomber Aviation Division, which includes a single squadron of Tu-160s and another of Tu-95s.
3/ At least 17 shelters are being built to accommodate the strategic bombers housed at the base. Reportedly, the work began in April 2025, before the June 2025 'Spider's Web' attacks.
1/ Wounded Russian soldiers are having to wait for anything from 48 hours to a remarkable 90 days for evacuation from the battlefields of Ukraine. Russian medical specialists say that there is a widespread lack of field medical expertise, likely dooming many of the wounded. ⬇️
2/ The Bulletin of the Russian Military Medical Academy has published a new report "On the Impact of the Nature of Combat Operations on the Structure of Medical Losses and the Organization of Surgical Care for the Wounded." However, commentators say it doesn't reflect reality.
3/ The data in the report is old, covering 2022-2024, and for some reason was not published until now. As the specialist military-medical warblog '5mg. KGV.' notes, it's not representative of the current situation on the battlefield. The blog's author writes:
1/ Russian warblogger Nikita Tretyakov is "thinking the unthinkable" about the war in Ukraine and its disastrous consequences. He lists a long series of catastrophes that he says have befallen Russia since February 2022, and the Russian weaknesses that they have exposed. ⬇️
2/ Tretyakov quotes Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov's recent comments on the failed negotiations with Donald Trump in Anchorage on 15 August 2025, in which Lavrov implicitly accused Trump of betraying Putin's trust:
3/ “I don’t even want to suspect that Alaska, like the European actions, was conceived to buy time for the Kyiv regime to be armed; I don’t even want to think about it, but in reality, that's how it turned out.”