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@GrandpaRoy2
🇨🇦 🇺🇦 Grandfather, OSINT of Ukrainian and Russian sources: FPVs, drone munitions, EW, landmines. ❤️my family (grandchildren!), reading, and Kaja Kallas.
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Jun 25 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Ukrainian fortifications have changed greatly from battalion defense areas with huge strongholds that were used at the beginning of the war.
General Syrskyi explained that after the experiences of the defense of Bakhmut the army moved to company strongholds, then platoon ones.
1/ Image In an interview Syrskyi said:
“Now we see that the most effective position is the maximum for the separation. And mostly these are groups of trenches, even the so-called "fox burrows", which make it impossible for the enemy to use strike drones.
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Jun 24 • 14 tweets • 4 min read
An experienced Russian sniper explains the dramatic changes for snipers brought about by drones.

“Complete destruction of ‘invisibility.’
Previously, a sniper could lie under camouflage for hours, blending into the terrain and being virtually invisible to ground infantry
1/ “Now even the most experienced sniper is a target for an ordinary quadcopter with a good camera and thermal imager.
Drones with thermal imagers see through bushes, grass, smoke and light cover.
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Jun 21 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
Russia has published a manual for fiber optic FPV operations.
Included are procedures for windy conditions, such as not laying fiber on trees or power lines that can move and break the cable, and reducing altitude to 1-2 meters to reduce bowing out of the cable.
1/ Image Rivers are best crossed at the narrowest place where the cable can be slung over the water from trees on each bank.
Otherwise the cable is laid on the water while crossing the river at a 45° angle with the current.
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Jun 16 • 16 tweets • 3 min read
A Russian description of the “trench blues”, a state of malaise and ill-health peculiar to long periods on the line in a dugout.

“The body here exists in a mode of permanent mobilization of all systems: the immune system fights a constant stream of pathogens from dirt, …
1/ “…overcrowding, unsanitary conditions; the nervous system - with the continuous stress of expectation; the endocrine system - with hormonal storms of fear and tension; the muscular system - with physical inactivity, giving way to explosive overloads during anxiety.
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Jun 16 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
The commander of a Ukrainian anti-UAV mobile fire group explains new Russian Shahed tactics.

“Often, the Shahed groups fly in pairs with the Lancets, which attack the MIGs at accessible distances - primarily in the Sumy and Kharkiv directions.
1/ “For the Lancet, this is a priority target.

The Shaheds have increasingly begun to scatter submunitions in the form of small tubes.
‘You don't even hear them fall, and then 20 minutes after the flight, an explosion occurs.’
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Jun 14 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
A stinging indictment of the Ukrainian State by “Victory Drones” leader Maria Berlinska for failing to provide proper munitions for drone units.

“Volunteers who are engaged in prosthetics ask me in a post on Facebook - why do our fighters' hands tear off from drones, …
1/ Image “…they lose their eyesight?
And what to do about it.
I answer.
Drones explode in the hands for a number of reasons.

There are three main reasons:

1. The state did not provide ammunition for drones, so the fighters are forced to make SVP [warheads] on their own.
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Jun 11 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
Another prominent Russian blogger admits that Ukraine is dominating in small drone warfare.
“War Gonzo” (Semyon Pegov) says:

“Why we need to win the battle for the ‘small sky.’
1/ “Periodically, the Russian segment of Telegram posts messages about problems that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are having with drone supplies. A quick analysis of what is happening on the ground shows a completely opposite picture.
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Jun 11 • 14 tweets • 4 min read
Sergey Chemezov, CEO of Russian defense and industrial conglomerate Rostec, is not impressed with Western armored vehicles including the Bradley IFV.

“We study all the trophies that come our way. If we come across something useful, of course, we add it to our ‘piggy bank’.
1/ “Sometimes we look and realize that the equipment is good, but completely inapplicable in our reality. For example, the German Leopard tank is made at a high level: modern components, a fire control system, a powerful engine, although with strange temperature restrictions.
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Jun 10 • 6 tweets • 5 min read
Russia is pulling ahead of Ukraine in the crucial field of drone autonomy as witnessed in the “V2U” kamikaze UAV.
Autonomy is the inevitable pathway drone warfare will follow, and Ukraine must not let the Russians lead this race.
1/ Image The V2U has been seen operating in close groups of up to six.
With a Jetson Orin AI developer onboard computer with advanced machine learning potential, this UAV may be used in developing basic swarm capabilities.
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Jun 8 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Ukrainian Maria Berlinska of “Victory Drones” on the changing role of infantry in the drone revolution.

“In a technological war, infantry should not fight directly. Just be in positions, because the map is drawn based on the presence of our soldier.
1/ “But not hold back the enemy's onslaught.

In a robot war, which we are rapidly entering, the functions of the infantry will change rapidly.
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Jun 4 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
A Russian description of evolving tactics used by Ukraine's growing numbers of heavy drones (“Baba Yagas”) at night.

“‘Baba Yaga’ in conjunction with other types of drones.
1/ “The enemy, don't be stupid, does not stand still - he not only hones the most effective ways to use various types of weapons, but also improves them, inventing more and more new tactics for using this or that type. And heavy agrodrones like ‘Baba Yaga’ are no exception.
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Jun 4 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
Russian blogger “Philologist” considers the connection between newly appointed head of Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Force “Madyar” and HUR head General Budanov to be “very dangerous”.

“The appointment of Madyar as commander of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' Unmanned Systems…
1/ Image “…Forces seems to be a much more symptomatic event than the recent strikes on transport communications, airfields for strategic aviation, and the Crimean Bridge. Symptomatic for our sluggish and clumsy side.
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Jun 3 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
After the strategic aircraft attacks, a Russian blogger bleakly describes how aircraft are at risk all over the world.

“The passions about the planes have died down and we can take a sober look at the situation. Was the airport prepared to repel a UAV attack?
1/ “Yes! The famous conscript prepared to shoot down aircraft-type drones with an anti-aircraft gun. Could a conscript do anything against an FPV drone? No!

Let's face it. No airport in the world can repel an FPV drone raid. Let's take American facilities.
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Jun 2 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
Ukraine's operation was not just brilliantly executed but perfectly timed.
Russian blogger “Russian Arms” said the following just yesterday!

“❗️⚡️Over the past two weeks, the Russian Armed Forces have redeployed about 40 Tu-22M3 long-range bombers to the Olenya airfield, …
1/ “… as well as about 20% of all Tu-95MS aircraft in the country. This is the largest redeployment of strategic aviation since the beginning of the conflict.
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This redeployment may indicate that the Russian Aerospace Forces are preparing for a large-scale operation…
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May 31 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
EW expert Serhii “Flash” discusses possibly turning off Ukrainian mobile networks during mass “Shahed-136” kamikaze UAV attacks.
There are indications that the GLONASS guided Shaheds can receive instructions to change their flight profile after launch via these services.
1/ Modems with SIM cards for Ukrainian mobile networks have been found on downed Shahed-136s, as well as “Gerbera” and “Parody” decoy UAVs.
These drones were designed as cheap decoys to divert and saturate Ukrainian air defenses, but reconnaissance functions have been added.
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May 30 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
Ukraine has published a manual of standardized, detailed instructions for building anti-FPV road net tunnels.
Two main designs are covered, one for up to 20km from the front where the risk of FPV attacks on the construction unit is acute, and another for greater than 20km.
1/ Image The first type uses no mechanized equipment heavier than a hand-held auger for drilling wooden post holes.
This allows the rapid evacuation of the crew into a shelter when Russian FPVs attack.
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May 28 • 16 tweets • 4 min read
An excerpt from Russian blogger “Philologist” argues that maneuver with masses of “fat” vehicles is being replaced by highly mobile, precision-strike drones.

“The issue of massing forces and assets in the direction of the main attack, I believe, requires a certain rethinking.
1/ Image “Speaking about massing, in my opinion, it makes sense to focus on the concentration of highly mobile and high-precision strike assets (strike drones, loitering munitions, frontline aviation with guided munitions) with appropriate reconnaissance support, …
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May 26 • 19 tweets • 4 min read
A summary by @YigalLevin of an article from the IDF magazine “Maarachot” on the FPV revolution in military affairs.

“FPV kamikaze (hereinafter simply FPV) is not another new approach or weapon, it is a revolution in military affairs. Old doctrines no longer work.
1/ Image “NATO generals have yet to grasp the full depth of the changes. The only ones who are improving in the field of FPV today are the armies of Ukraine and Russia.
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May 24 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Russian blogger “Zhivoff” admires the Ukrainian distributed digital system of 3D printing for military components.

“Our enemy has created a unique distributed production cluster in which there is a place for every household in Ukraine. By the way, this is real digitalization.
1/ “If you want to help the army and live off it - no problem. Two clicks on the website, three assembly schemes, four boxes with components, and now you are helping the Armed Forces of Ukraine for your own benefit.
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May 24 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
Ukrainian EW expert Serhi “Flash” Beskestnov believes that infantry must stay underground with only robots on the surface.

“A conference on ground robots was held in Kyiv.

Ground robots are my prediction, which did not quite come true.
1/ “A year ago, I made predictions that robots would fill the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Now I do not change my opinion that this is the future of technological development in the army.
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May 23 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
While the Russians are unhappy about having to switch from the Mavic 3 to the Mavic 4, this blogger acknowledges that Russia does not have the capacity to make a domestic equivalent.

“I will comment on the thesis about the possibility of producing a ‘domestic Mavic’.
1/ Image “The DJI Mavic drone is a very complex device. Starting from the data exchange protocol and adaptive radio signal modulation and ending with the body made with the highest precision.
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