Early morning today, several kamikaze drones were spotted over the Southwestern outskirts of Moscow- so far it's unknown if any of them hit their intended targets.

Some crashed, some were shot down and a couple struck the top of high rise apartment blocks. ⬇️ At least two types of UAVs were used for the attack- one of them can be positively identified as a type that has previously crashed in various regions of Russia. The first crash of the drone of this type was documented in Tula Oblast in March of this year.

#Ukraine: Today, reports suggested that a Russian Kh-47M2 Khinzal air-launched ballistic missile was shot down by air defences over #Kyiv at 02:40 on May 4th- for the very first time.

The debris matches the unitary warhead assembly used in Kh-47M2 & Iskander-series missiles. Further imagery is required to fully confirm the type of the missile - but both Iskander and Kinzhal are ballistic missiles which are regarded as extremely difficult to intercept; except by modern Western AD systems that are entering service in Ukraine.

#Ukraine: A Ukrainian Bayraktar TB2 UCAV was shot down by a Ukrainian surface-to-air missile over Kyiv in an example of friendly fire. And no, it is not the elusive Russian Korsar, of which approximately 3.5 examples exist. Unlike the Korsar the drone shot down completely matches the TB2 including the unfolded landing gear. With the Korsar, the landing gear folds in flight.

#Ukraine: T-80BVM "Bunny", the most famous captured Russian tank in Ukrainian service, was destroyed in Bakhmut, #Donetsk Oblast.

The tank was immobilized and damaged by 240mm mortar fire, so was set on fire by its crew to avoid capture by Russian forces. ⏬ This tank was captured from the Russian army by the Ukrainian 93rd Mechanized Brigade back in the beginning of March of last year on the outskirts of Kharkiv and was quickly put in action- receiving new improvised ERA side armour.

#Ukraine: Ukrainian troops filming the preparation of tank ammo- nothing special at first glance, but the HE-FRAG projectile in the soldier's hands is, in fact, Iranian 🇮🇷 125mm OF19 which can be used with almost all Ukrainian tanks. In this case, the projectiles can be IDed as Iranian by the standard Iranian packaging seen with other types of ammo of their manufacture, and the completely black rear section/fins of the projectile.

Hello Everyone, we noticed it's been a whole year since we started this account!

We have been privileged to provide reliable information on military actions, materiel captures and tracking of weapons used and supplied in Ukraine for a whole 12 months. We have received significant support over the past year, which we greatly appreciate.

Combatants and sources in disparate locations have helped us uncover a wide variety of unexpected aspects as the war has developed- in a way that we hope is accessible to all.

#Ukraine: At least 31 vehicles lost - the aftermath of the Russian attack on Vuhledar, #Donetsk Oblast.
13 Russian tanks (mostly T-72B3), 12 BMP-1/BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicles, 2 MT-LB, an IMR combat engineering vehicle and others were destroyed or damaged and abandoned.
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#Ukraine: ❗ A very notable development - new Ukrainian-made artillery ammunition started to reach the frontlines.

Here we can see OF-25T 152mm HE projectiles, made in 2022 - they can be fired from D-20/Msta-B towed howitzers and 2S3/Msta-S SPHs. The index of the projectile (OF-25T) slightly differs from the classic Soviet OF-25 projectile, presumably due to the different manufacturing process. The projectiles are assembled from several milled parts - which in this case allow their identification.

Many may remember footage of a Russian Lancet drone striking a 5N63S engagement radar of the S-300PS - as it turned out, it hit a radar that was put there by Russian forces.

For the sake of transparency we reconstructed the story behind these S-300 batteries in Kherson Oblast🔽 In total Ukrainian troops found at least two destroyed 5N63S radars and 6 launchers of the S-300PS system in Kherson Oblast.
But were they really Russian? Not quite.

Has a previously-unseen munition been revealed in #Ukraine?

Recently video appeared showing shelling of a Russian position in the vicinity of Bakhmut, #Donetsk Oblast. The unusual explosions have led to to many theories- but we have a strong idea about what was really used. Not so long ago we documented a new type of mortar ammunition with the Ukrainian army - a M971 120mm cargo bomb, which houses 24 M87 dual-purpose AT/AP submunitions in the standard version.

The M971 was originally developed and manufactured in Israel 🇮🇱.

#Ukraine: If you thought that the most unexpected source of ammunition to Ukraine was Iran, you were wrong- we can now reveal that the Ukrainian army also received Sudanese 🇸🇩 ammunition.

In this case, 120mm HE-843B mortar bombs. This image was taken near a Ukrainian mortar position, showing multiple distinctive grey ammunition crates. The markings clearly indicate the origin: "116" refers to Warehouse №116 of the A10 factory.

Here's a photo of similar crates documented by @conflictarm in Sudan, 2016.

So what crashed in the village of Przewodów, Poland today?

With the cooperation of @blueboy1969 we analyzed the available photos of fragments and came to a clear conclusion that they belong to the 48D6 motor of the 5V55-series missile of the S-300 AD system- a Ukrainian one. Although other missile types (48N6-series and possibly others) also use a very similar design, these aren't available to Ukrainian forces.

It's important to note here that this ID is only of this fragment; we can't be sure if nothing else landed or precisely how this happened.

#Ukraine: A bunch of 155mm M107 projectiles inside a Ukrainian AHS Krab SPH - quite normal by now, but not this time!
Actually, these projectiles now being used by Ukrainian forces were made as a part of the US Mutual Defense Assistance Program especially for the Italian Army 🇮🇹. These M107 you see were originally intended to be used with Italian M114 howitzers. In the early 1990s Italian M114 were withdrawn from service - apparently along with the ammunition.

#Ukraine: The Ukrainian army has received more Iranian-made 🇮🇷 ammunition - in addition to 122mm, 152mm HE projectiles (for D-20 howitzers and 2S3 Akatsiya SPG) have also appeared. Like last time, these projectiles were manufactured in 2022.

https://twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/1567272917582467073

Despite the fact that this type of ammunition is not shown in Iranian export catalogs, the Iranian state is known to make 152mm projectiles for domestic use - and Iranian-made 152mm projectiles have been documented in Syria too.

#Ukraine: A video recently surfaced showing Chinese mortar bombs in Ukraine, claiming they were supplied to the Russian army from China and then captured by Ukrainian forces.
Spoiler - this is absolutely not true. Indeed, in the video we can see a crate full of Chinese-made mortar bombs - these are Type 63 60mm bombs (a.k.a Type 27) with Pai-1A fuzes. The ones seen on the video were manufactured in 1975. For those who aren't informed, the Russian army doesn't use any 60mm mortar platforms.

#Ukraine: Perhaps you through that Ukrainian Army captures from #Izium City were over. Wrong!

First: Seven MT-LB armoured vehicles, two T-72B-series tanks, a destroyed BTR-82A. (Note two tanks seen at end are already known)

Again, pics are thanks to @OSINTua-even more materiel. Another casual MT-LB, and two more BTR-82A APC just sitting there.

#Ukraine: Yet more massive quantities of armour and vehicle left behind by Russian forces in #Kharkiv. These images are thanks to @OSINTua, and are quite remarkable.

First, MT-LB, MT-LBVM with other MT-LB based vehicle, MT-LB with DShKM HMG, BMP-2 IFV. Next: Two MT-LB, a BMP-2, and a 2S6M/M1 combat vehicle from the 2K22M/M1 Tunguska anti-aircraft system that was destroyed earlier.

#Ukraine: We obtained another video demonstrating 🇮🇷 Iranian OF-462 122mm projectiles used by Ukrainian artillerymen - this time with much clearer markings, unequivocally identifying them as manufactured in Iran in 2022.

https://twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/1565798823703740416

The way the crate is marked is absolutely identical to most Iranian materiel supplied abroad. The ammunition crate itself is also the same as crates coming from Iran. There's no way that's a coincidence.

#Ukraine: It appears that the Ukrainian army started to use Iranian-made artillery ammunition - in a video from Ukraine we identified Iranian 🇮🇷 OF-462 122mm projectiles.
Though some Iranian weapons were already observed, this case is worth paying attention and we will tell why: Though markings are barely seen we can still identify them as Iranian by some parts of the packaging list which is identical to what Iranian ammunition crates have. The crate itself is also very similar to what we usually see coming from Iran - a tan wooden box with black text.

A whole bunch of experts in tanks gathered in the comments, who only today found out that Soviet tanks can be used for indirect fire, but now they confidently claim that we are spreading propaganda, lying, and so on.

https://twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/1564983903475175424

We recommend at least reading up on this topic before opening your mouth and speaking so confidently.

#Ukraine: Modern RPG-32 Nashshab rocket launchers appeared in Ukraine. This is a joint Russian-Jordanian development - launchers are assembled in Jordan since 2013 by JADARA using parts kits coming from Russia (the level of localization is quite low- up to 80% parts are Russian). To remove the assumption that they could be captured from the Russian army after they were received from a Russian manufacturer (like the Skif ATGMs made for export but given to the Ukrainian army instead), let's take a look at these TBG-32V thermobaric rockets used with RPG-32.