In the Black Sea, Russian forces spotted a Ukrainian USV armed with a twin rail launcher for R-73 all-aspect IR homing air-to-air missiles.

Based on the footage, some Ukrainian USVs now possess a nascent SAM capability, likely able to target low and slow Russian helicopters. Russian Milblogger Fighterbomber addressed the situation earlier today.

"the Ukrainians were able to somehow connect the rocket with the USV telecontrol systems and are trying to work with them... At the moment, the most effective means against USVs are helicopters.

Luhansk Oblast, Ukrainian forces conducted a strike on a Russian training ground with a trio of US-supplied M39 ATACMS tactical ballistic missiles.

At least one ATACMS directly hit a group of over 100 Russian soldiers, showering them with hundreds of M74 APAM bomblets. The target area, a training ground

Overnight, Ukrainian forces successfully struck Russia's Kushchyovskaya airbase in Krasnodar Krai.

At least one drone hit the vicinity of the flight line. Russian aircraft have reportedly been damaged, and footage shows a number of destroyed glide bomb kits.

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Our wide-ranging investigation into the Vietnamese EV manufacturer relied on satellite imagery, AIS data, trade records, and on-the-ground reporting in multiple U.S. states and continents.





Vinfast, launched in 2017, is a Vietnam-based EV manufacturer. In the US, it sells the VF8, an electric SUV built outside of Haiphong.

The company went public in the US in 2023, initially soaring to a $200 billion market capitalization, but its value has since fallen 95%.

Ukrainian forces launched a drone attack on Kardymovo, Smolensk Oblast tonight, successfully hitting a pair of Russian oil depots.

Both of the complexes are heavily burning.

Earlier tonight, Ukrainian drones successfully hit the Russian Novo Bryanskaya 750kv substation in Vygonichi, Bryansk Oblast.

The substation is currently ablaze. "After a UAV attack, a substation in Vygonichi, Bryansk region, caught fire. According to the testimony of local residents (they share videos on social networks), before the fire, 5-6 explosions were heard, and air defense was operating in the air."

The House is planning to vote on the Ukraine, Israel, and Indo-Pacific aid bills on Saturday.

Big elements of the Ukraine aid bill as it stands today:

$13.7 billion in USAI money, $633 million for DOD-led research and development, and $34 billion for DOD expenses/procurement.





$7.9 billion for economic support

$300 million for the Ukrainian State Border Guard and National Police

$100 million for ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining, and Related Programs’’

$9.6 billion for the Foreign Military Financing Program

Kherson Oblast, a Ukrainian Backfire K1 fixed wing bomber drone from the Angry Birds unit drops a pair of bomblets on a Russian Pantsir-S1, scoring a hit and setting fire to the SAM system. Strike location (46.579437, 33.188713)

Norway just released its new massive long term defense spending plan:

Effective doubling in spending by 2036

4,600 more conscripts, 13,700 more reservists and 4,600 more employees

Five new frigates, at least five new submarines, and new class of 10/18 smaller vessels





Doubling existing NASAMS systems

Upgrading NASAMS

Additional purchases of long range systems with anti-ballistic missile capabilities

Some breaking news on my end: three months ago, I joined Hunterbrook Media, a publication doing investigations in a new way, combining OSINT with on-the-ground reporting.

Massive thread below. (1/15)

https://twitter.com/hntrbrkmedia/status/1775199165296853174

Hunterbrook Media publishes investigative and global reporting—with no ads or paywalls.

Our mission is to bring visibility to under-covered regions and accountability to under-scrutinized sectors. (2/15)

Early this morning, Ukrainian forces successfully conducted one of the deepest drone attacks of the war, striking multiple targets, including a reported Russian Shahed-136 factory complex in Tatarstan, over 1100km from Ukrainian territory.

Appears that at least three Ukrainian Storm Shadow cruise missiles just slammed into a major Russian Black Sea Fleet communications center.

https://twitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/1771645130266563034

The site is absolutely festooned with SATCOM antennas.

Wikimapia lists it as the "Information and Computing Center of the Russian Black Sea Fleet (Sevastopol)"

Location 44.584605, 33.509971

Footage of a Ukrainian attack drone making its final approach into the Ryazan Oil Refinery this morning, eventually diving into a burning process unit and exploding.

Multiple parts of the refinery can be seen burning. Source- t.me/astrapress/507…

The French Ministère des Armées just released a full list of equipment provided to Ukraine since the start of the 2022 Russian invasion:

Armored vehicles

• AMX-10 RC: 38
• VAB: 250

Artillery

• TRF1: 6 cannons
• Caesar cannons: 30
• LRU: 4
• 120 mm mortars: 10


Individual equipment

• Helmets: 6,200
• Bulletproof vests: 6,500
• NBC outfits: 1,100
• Flight gear: 100
• GPS: 200
• Cold weather gear: 3,100
• First aid kits: 3,700
• Freeze-dried plasma (PLYO): 300

Two years ago, multiple groups from the Russian 2nd Guard Spetsnaz attempted to charge into Kharkiv to link up with Russian agents and seize key targets in the city.

One group got lost, was ambushed by a Ukrainian BTR-4, abandoned their Tigr IMVs, and fled into a school.

https://twitter.com/thrustwr/status/1761411539284709731

Multiple Ukrainian units (Omega SOF, 92nd Mech, TDF) quickly arrived, looted the abandoned Russian Tigrs, and used some of the seized weapons to besiege the school.

A fairly large firefight broke out, and the Ukrainian BTR-4 was hit by an RPG fired from the school.

Multiple explosions reported this evening at the Novolipetsk Metallurgical Plant, the largest steel plant in Russia. Multiple fires visible in the area.

I love US ABM exercises because some involve throwing a ballistic missile out the back of a C-17, with said ballistic missile launching while floating down under a parachute, and then having a US Navy destroyer shoot another missile at it.

(Incredibly rare new footage)

The USAF just released images of the B-1B Lancer heavy bombers that conducted a nonstop CONUS to CONUS strike mission targeting Iranian-backed groups in Iraq and Syria last night.

Both took off from Dyess Air Force Base in Texas and landed back in the US after the strike. Full takeoff roll

Footage released by the UK MOD showing RAF Typhoons, loaded with Paveway IV guided bombs, taking off full afterburner from RAF Akrotiri earlier tonight to conduct strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen.

Additional footage of the absolutely disastrous Russian mechanized assault south of Novomykhailivka a few days ago (thread).

Seen here, before reaching the front, the Russian column gets mixed up, causing a pair of T-72s to crash, which completely disables one. The group now reaches the front, and immediately comes under withering Ukrainian indirect fire and FPV munition attack.

Massive release of footage this morning from the Ukrainian USV strike sinking the Russian Tarantul-class corvette Ivanovets off the coast of Crimea yesterday.

Seen here, the Ivanovet's two port-side SS-N-22 Sunburn antiship cruise missiles suffer a catastrophic detonation. Reference image of the Ivanovet's port side: