If you remember Churchill’s famous statement “light is good but batteries in the night vision goggles are better,” which he slightly backed off on when the manufacturers of light tried to sue him for defamation and he clarified that both are equally good.
Today’s lesson is Ukrainian capability vs. Russian capability, after reading the post you can really hit the nail on the head with Lunchroom Jesus. If he doesn’t resign in panic, he will at least avoid lunch with you like the plague after this broadside.
Perhaps he will try to worm his way back in with a soft comment about your attractive salad box (without cheese or meat) and praise the creativity with both vinegar and olive oil – don’t fall for it.
This salad box of yours is not even good enough for rabbits or rodents and should never have left the kitchen without small cubes of cheese and shredded ham at the very least – he actually despises it.
Unfortunately, Russia has sorted out its digital battlefield and drone weapon, which was probably inevitable once they were given the time, which we have done. Apparently, daring to take advantage as in all other wars in world history was too risky for Europe.
Russia has also realized that FAB works and the West has denied Ukraine the countermeasures – which would be top-notch fighter jets in large quantities that are currently unused in the West.
The Russian shooters are also prepared to endure something in everyday life that we wouldn’t even do to our worst enemies, so clearly they have created an organization that is a bit like the orcs in the Lord of the Rings. The term “Orcs” is already coined in the debate and I cannot take credit for it even though I suggested that word to Tolkien when he started working on the books in the 1930s.
The whole new tactic of sending forward “sacrificial anodes” that work so excellently against defense is based on sacrificing human lives. As soon as they come into contact with UA units, or now with all UA counterattacks, the drone weapon becomes deadlier as UA is up and visible.
China is far ahead in both technology and production capacity, and they are working on the next technological leap for the Russians.
Ukraine is working on the next technological leap for themselves, and the USA/Europe hope to benefit from it preferably for free and without any reciprocity.
But there are a couple of things that Russia does not have in Ukraine yet that will win the war for Ukraine provided we don’t go another round in the technology race.
Russian SOF are nullified and resurrected because that’s how they conduct their war, yes, there are some returning home but ideally the rulers don’t want any living witnesses to the atrocities.
That and the fact that the commanders are cold-blooded snakes who negotiate in death and couldn’t care less about life or death.
The 30 Russian attack divers who all fell on a hill north of Kharkiv may have been the biggest washout of the war, but the competition is absolutely fierce.
If Ukraine can, they try not to waste their high-value capabilities like SOF, Reconnaissance, and the units that have especially distinguished themselves, so today Ukraine has a SOF cadre that has everything – the numbers, the equipment, the experience, and the expertise.
UA snipers account for 12% of liberated Russians, or KWIA as they may also be called.
Like a bonfire in the back of the Russian mud turtle, tens of thousands if we count in 3rd Assault and Azov where we must, for they can clear trenches like no one else.
Even their home guard units like the Territorial Defense brigades now have their own reconnaissance and SOF units. It got a bit out of hand and everyone wanted berets just like in Sweden where apparently the whole army is supposed to get a beret now. 1.2.3…. the coastal rangers start with a green boat cap instead.
A brigade that is like the entire Swedish Armed Forces approximately 😶
Russia has chosen to wage war in Ukraine with older fragmentation protection and armor now to equip its offensive strategic reserve and prioritized brigades. That means poor aiming devices and poor vehicles at the fronts.
Ukraine has had a huge REMO with the help of half of Europe, and many of the old fragmentation protections in all models now have new weapon stations and aiming devices.
The tanks probably have okay aiming devices but I guess the same turret?
The 100 mechanized battalions drive vehicles with night combat capability that actually see something unlike the Russians’ counterparts.
Russian units beyond the special forces, I believe, are low on night combat equipment, no night vision goggles and nothing in the vehicles. If they have night vision goggles, I don’t think the organization works so that they always have batteries with them.
Sure, China could send a million night vision goggles, but they haven’t done it yet, and then night combat is a whole new animal RU hasn’t learned yet.
Ukraine has received an obscene amount from the West so that a dozen brigades could have full night vision if they pooled it at least, and they have actively worked on this capability – probably more.
Too little is said about this, but it is in the background and has probably been the springboard we haven’t seen for some of the spectacular offensives from Ukraine.
Yes, the Russians have observation drones that see in the dark, but it translates to mud Ivan in his hole, and that chain is currently breaking down completely because he can’t see a damn thing in the dark, and instructions over the earpiece are pointless.
So full marks for Ukraine in night combat and not so much for the Russian bastards, when they run out of light after half an hour, it gets dark, and they become prey.
The drone weapon is constantly evolving, and now “interceptor drones” are on their way to neutralize Shaheds, called Geran, which has a jet engine so Ukraine can only shoot down +70% instead of +90% right now, but everything is constantly fluctuating.
F-16s combat Russian robots, and sometimes it goes very well, sometimes not so well – Russia has probably launched its inferior robots now and has more capable ones left that are fired fewer times and more often get through.
Ukraine has acquired all robot capabilities – heavy, light, fast, and modern robots in addition to the drone weapon, which sometimes are almost hybrids between them.
Neptune is used, and the rumors about Flamingo are that they are being built in tens every month or that they are not being built at all, but Ukraine definitely has robots and Flamingo has been used in combat.
Currently, Russia is unable to defend itself in depth AND at the front line, Crimea is almost defenseless.
Russia recently wanted to buy back S400 from Turkey, so they are definitely starting to have a shortage of LV.
But here, China is far ahead, and sooner or later they will have enough advanced LV in place so that Ukraine’s light deep strike with extremely high impact is stopped.
And then it all starts over again.
We are soon in October, and China will not have deployed anything before the coldest winter, so this year Ukraine will seriously pull down the curtain in Russia – wait and see.
Russia has recently jumped the gun, and so has Ukraine.
Paired with the large soup cod and the Azov thrust, maybe that’s enough to kickstart the revolution?
UA has FAB, French hammer among other things, and I would be surprised if they haven’t built their own by now and they are dropped with the spearhead. Behind the Dnieper front, UA can fly FAB missions and we all know how terrible that bomb is so there are wonderful results in that area with a lot of beautiful death. If FAB worked for Russia, it works for Ukraine too.
The USA has probably stopped providing target coordinates to Ukraine – hard to believe that it would continue and besides, they already confirmed it back in 2023 if I remember correctly when Biden ruled. Forget that Trump would have let it go.
But Ukraine bought its own satellite and scans all commercial ones for information as well – they probably have good information gathering with satellites.
Then drone weapons have gradually become more important for information gathering and UA is far ahead in that regard.
They find the targets.
Then ATESH spies for Ukraine in occupied areas and inside Russia – ATESH has spread exponentially and is probably a collective name for Russian liberation fronts, GUR, SOF, and the partisans operating in depth.
Russian desertion has reached epidemic proportions – Tendar has summaries I couldn’t find but there are tens of thousands who have deserted and it indicates great dissatisfaction.
RU solves it with blocking battalions but if you can drone and put FAB in their bases, which Ukraine does, you remove a stumbling block for the army to choose life.
As we have long written since the turn of the year, Ukraine has its own offensive reserve and they had plans for an offensive already in the fall of 2024 but Trump ruined the party.
We have not yet seen the Russian strategic offensive reserve that even Finland confirmed existed, so it’s not just me speculating freely, and apparently ISW as well.
Ukraine should try to bring down Belarus, if there are no Russian forces there, the country should be easy to tackle with popular revolution and army revolt – and everyone says it’s empty of Russians 🧐
Attack vectors at the northern front should also come and reconnaissance has been there for months so UA has planned something.
Transnistria could also be a UA offensive.
And Crimea, Azov thrust, now UA half confirms that in some statement.
But as said many times (also) – for UA to have a chance to succeed, full asymmetric warfare is required and the West does not leak battle plans again.
Ukraine kills Russian top officials as many as they can reach, surely part of the window jumps UA. Hungary’s soup cod is an attempt to bring down Orban in the election and spark opposition against Fico.
Poland, which we have rightly criticized, has also proposed a no-fly zone in western Ukraine now that they understood they needed Ukraine and then the border with Belarus was closed so China absolutely screamed.
But Trump has also been tough on Denmark, which is perhaps the country in Europe that has done the most for Ukraine besides Finland and the Baltics but quietly. Macron is all hot air but less delivery.
And China has gradually shown what they think of Europe – Von Der Leyen was received by an administrator and shown to the bus that took them to a mediocre hotel and then there was a meeting with some intern.
We in Europe, the Vikings and all the others who are weak, now have an opportunity to piggyback on Ukraine and throw off the suffocating blanket that Russia, China, and the USA have laid over us.
Because even if we don’t dare right now, Ukraine has an ace up its sleeve that according to them is enough to dare to feel hope about the situation – that’s what we see in Zelensky now.
China deserves to be brought down and probably financial circles in the USA have identified it as the next smash-and-grab maybe?
Europe should now take the opportunity to not participate in more than getting our eastern border straightened out as before, our industry built up, and to connect Africa to us for raw materials, fair trade agreements, and the markets’ market in the future for our products.
We probably have reason to come back to this because the likelihood that Europe will do everything right in the future is probably microscopic.
I find it hard to shake off the feeling that the citizens of Europe are currently being kept busy with other things than what is important while we are on our way to our era’s great war at worst and a major financial crash (again) at best. All media is becoming a study in madness and the polarization is deafening – very many are currently trying to pit groups against each other.
UK’s strategy to try to prosecute those who want to talk about the problems will definitely backfire but across Europe, populist parties are gaining ground. Spain has a leftward shift, for example, many have right-wing and we may well risk an S that depends on V and MP next autumn. But if it is democratically elected, then you have to accept it whether it is right or left in the populist parties.
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Russian losses in the war in Ukraine 2025-09-23
The artillery was down in a dip but is up again. The train from North Korea with new gun barrels arrived?
179 combat clashes
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“At night, the enemy attacked Zaporizhzhia with 6 FAB bombs, according to preliminary reports. Civil infrastructure and residential areas were hit, — OVA No information about casualties has been received. Upd: a person may be under the rubble, — State Emergency Service”
https://bsky.app/profile/babayagafella.bsky.social/post/3lzhyib2o5k2c
Moldova is trying to combat the Russian influence operations.
“74 people detained in Moldova in alleged Russian-backed election plot, media reports
Authorities in Moldova detained 74 people accused of plotting to incite unrest during the country’s Sept. 28 parliamentary elections, local outlet NewsMaker reported Sept. 22.
The suspects are accused of working with Russian intelligence services to organize mass disorder during the election period. According to a police statement, the group sought “to create chaos and undermine confidence in the electoral process in the Republic of Moldova.”
https://kyivindependent.com/74-people-detained-in-moldova-over-alleged-russian-plot-to-influence-elections/
“⚡️Ahead of elections, Moldova’s president warns of Kremlin interference, urges citizens to defend European path. Maia Sandu cautioned that Russian interference in Moldova could have “direct and dangerous” consequences, threatening Ukraine and Europe’s stability.”
https://bsky.app/profile/kyivindependent.com/post/3lzhytyjhrs2u
https://kyivindependent.com/moldovas-president-warns-of-kremlin-interference-urges-citizens-to-defend-european-path/
If anyone, against all odds, doubts who is behind.
“Leaked documents show that the Kremlin is planning an influence operation ahead of Sunday’s election in Moldova by rigging protests, mobilizing foreign voters, and spreading disinformation, reports Bloomberg.
The goal is to remove the ruling Maia Sandu’s center-right party from power and thus prevent the country’s movement towards the West. The plan is said to be directly coordinated by Putin’s regime.
A BBC reporter has infiltrated a network organizing disinformation campaigns. There, payment is offered in exchange for publishing pro-Russian propaganda on social media. They are also said to have bought votes in opinion polls.”
https://omni.se/lackt-dokument-sa-ska-kreml-styra-valet-i-moldavien/a/gw5EmA
“A secret Russian network is trying to influence the upcoming election in Moldova. This is revealed in an investigation by the BBC.
BBC has traced the network to the Moldovan oligarch Ilan Shor, who has been sanctioned by the USA for “Kremlin’s malicious influence operations” and the non-profit organization Evrazia, to which he has connections. Evrazia has also been sanctioned by the USA and the EU for bribing Moldovans to vote against the EU in last year’s presidential election. …”
https://omni.se/bbc-ryskt-natverk-forsoker-paverka-valet-i-moldavien/a/mPO19E
“💥 Russia: Impact of what sounds like a Russian air defense missile in the Moscow suburb of Reutov, 15km East of the Kremlin. Russians claim it was “Ukrainian drone debris.”
https://bsky.app/profile/igorsushko.bsky.social/post/3lzhdrycais25
We can only hope for significant traffic delays.
Translated from Russian: “A truck caught fire on the federal motorway of the Irtysh River in the Barabinsky district of the Novosibirsk region. Witnesses heard several explosions. The road is closed in both directions for trucks, reported the federal authority “Sibupravtodor”. Cars are being redirected through the village of Trunovskoye.”
Miles-long traffic jams stretched across the central region.
https://x.com/SibirPost/status/1970320849954840633
https://x.com/SibirPost/status/1970339897191079995
Boast? I would rather guess provoke, and Zelenskyy is probably right that it is the Russians behind it. Hybrid warfare where they want to show what they can do.
“A ”capable actor” was behind the drones over Kastrup airport in Copenhagen on Monday evening. That assessment is made by the Danish police.
– Several larger drones were observed. Their size, the time over the target, and their way of acting lead us to the conclusion, says Jens Jespersen, police inspector at the Copenhagen Police, at a press conference on Tuesday morning.
During the night, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky claimed that Russia is responsible. Jespersen cannot comment on this because he ”knows nothing about it”.
He understands that many Danes feel insecure. But there is nothing to indicate that the drones intended to harm anyone, he continues.
– They intended to boast.
On Monday, drones also flew over Oslo airport. Danish police have not discovered any connection, but say that the matter is being investigated.”
https://omni.se/polisen-om-dronarsvarmen-kapabel-aktor-lag-bakom/a/vg0lKp
“❗️During the night, 🇺🇦Ukrainian military shot down 103/115 🇷🇺Russian UAVs AND 0/3 ISKANDER-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles”
https://bsky.app/profile/militarynewsua.bsky.social/post/3lzicd5ymes2e
Interesting post by Johan. Thank you. But Churchill’s famous quote “light is good but batteries in the image intensifier are better” I have missed even though I have his memoirs at home. But I can contribute with one that you might find useful sometime. Lady Aston (angry at Churchill): “If I were married to you, I would put poison in your coffee”! Churchill: “If I were married to you, I would drink it”!
Wonderful quote! 😄
Yes, the classic – he had his days Churchill 🤣🤣
Forgot but giving today’s post a thumbs up! 👍👍👍!
Hybrid warfare and influence operations are increasing, stop the Russians and we would avoid most of it. When will Europe’s leaders understand that?
A new cold war?
Three thumbs up 👍👍👍
Masterful, will immediately spruce up the salad. Will follow up on the rest later.
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The only remaining trend in the latest 24-hour attack statistics is that the triad Toretsk-Pokrovsk-Novopavlivka continues its pounding. Some increase there. Otherwise, downwards in the south and upwards in the north.
Hmm, did someone claim that Johan No1 and Den Gamle take turns writing? This sounds a bit like Den Gamle holding the pen:
The term “Orcs” is already coined in the debate and I cannot take credit for it even though I suggested that word to Tolkien when he started working on the books in the 1930s.
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The Old Man is here and sneaking. He operates in silence.
A so-called lurker
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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 21, 2025
By:
@TheStudyofWar
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“Key Takeaways”
1. Russia has reportedly been forming a strategic reserve from new recruits since July 2025.
2. The Russian military command may have assessed that Russia could afford to create a
strategic reserve after Russian losses began to decrease in the summer of 2025.
3. Reports that Russia is creating a strategic reserve further indicate that the Kremlin is not interested in ending its war against Ukraine but remains committed to achieving its war goals on the battlefield and may be preparing for a conflict with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
4. Russia continues to test the limits of NATO’s air defenses over the Baltic Sea as Russia increases the frequency of its violations of NATO states’ airspace.
5. Russian forces continue to develop drone technologies to increase the volume and precision of strikes against the Ukrainian near rear to further complicate Ukrainian logistics.
6. The Kremlin reportedly dismissed former Northern Group of Forces and Leningrad Military District (LMD) Commander Colonel General Alexander Lapin from military service.
7. Lapin has proven to be an incompetent commander throughout the war against Ukraine, but the Kremlin is likely punishing Lapin now as part of its ongoing campaign to scapegoat and punish high ranking officials for their failure to repel Ukraine’s incursion into Kursk Oblast in August 2024.
8. Russian forces recently advanced near Kupyansk, Pokrovsk, and Velykomykhailivka
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Ukrainian Operations in The Russian Federation
Ukrainian partisans reportedly disrupted a railway connected to a Russian defense industrial enterprise.
The “Atesh” Crimea-based Ukrainian partisan group reported on September 21 that Atesh agents executed a successful sabotage mission against a railway in Smolensk Oblast, blowing up the track leading to the Smolensk Aviation Plant, which produces Kh-59 type missiles, drones, components for battlefield aviation, and light aircraft for the Russian military.[25]
Atesh reported that the strike disabled over 10 track control elements.
“Russian Supporting Effort: Northern Axis”
Russian objective: Create defensible buffer zones in northern Ukraine along the international border
Russian forces continued offensive operations in northern Sumy Oblast on September 21 but did not advance.
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Russian forces attacked in Sumy and Kursk oblasts on September 20 and 21.[26]
Russian milbloggers claimed that Ukrainian forces counterattacked in unspecified areas of Sumy Oblast.[27]
Order of Battle: Elements of the Russian 810th Naval Infantry Brigade (Black Sea Fleet) are reportedly operating near Kindrativka (north of Sumy City);
– elements of the 30th Motorized Rifle Regiment (72nd Motorized Rifle Division, 44th Army Corps [AC], Leningrad Military District [LMD]) are reportedly operating near Oleksiivka (north of Sumy City);
– and elements of the 1st, 2nd, and 5th battalions of the 51st Airborne (VDV) Regiment (106th VDV Division) and the 2nd Battalion of the 119th VDV Regiment (106th VDV Division) are reportedly operating near Yunakivka (northeast of Sumy City).[28]
Elements of the 137th VDV Regiment (106th VDV Division) are reportedly operating in the Sumy direction.[29]
Drone operators of the 83rd Separate VDV Brigade are reportedly striking Ukrainian positions in Sumy Oblast, and elements of the Anvar Spetsnaz Detachment (possibly referring to the BARS-25 Anvar volunteer detachment) are reportedly striking Ukrainian forces and infrastructure in Sumy and Chernihiv oblasts.[30]
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“Russian Main Effort: Eastern Ukraine“
Russian Subordinate Main Effort #1
Russian objective: Push Ukrainian forces back from the international border with Belgorod Oblast and approach to within tube artillery range of Kharkiv City.
Russian forces continued offensive operations in northern Kharkiv Oblast but did not advance.
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Russian forces attacked northeast of Kharkiv City near Vovchansk and Synelnykove and toward Bochkove on September 20 and 21.[31]
Russian milbloggers, including a milblogger reportedly affiliated with the Russian Northern Grouping of Forces, claimed that Russian forces are consolidating positions on the left (south) bank of the Vovcha River in Vovchansk to create a bridgehead in the area.[32]
The milblogger reportedly affiliated with the Northern Grouping of Forces claimed that a soldier from the Russian 128th Motorized Rifle Brigade (44th Army Corps [AC], Leningrad Military District [LMD]) operating in the Vovchansk direction complained that the Russian military command is sending infantry into highly attritional, infantry led assaults and does not care about the resulting high casualties.[33]
Order of Battle: Drone operators of the Russian 1009th Motorized Rifle Regiment (69th Motorized Rifle Division, 6th Combined Arms Army [CAA], LMD) are reportedly striking Ukrainian positions in Vovchansk, and drone operators of the Black Raven detachment (purportedly a volunteer drone unit) are reportedly striking Ukrainian positions in Kharkiv Oblast.[34]
Russian forces attacked east of Velykyi Burluk toward Odradne on September 21 but did not advance.[35]
Russian Subordinate Main Effort #2
Russian objective: Capture the remainder of Luhansk Oblast and push westward into eastern Kharkiv Oblast and encircle northern Donetsk Oblast
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Russian forces recently advanced in the Kupyansk direction.
Assessed Russian advances:
– Ukrainian military observer Kostyantyn Mashovets reported on September 21 that Russian forces likely seized Kindrashivka (north of Kupyansk).[36]
Russian forces attacked near Kupyansk itself;
– northwest of Kupyansk near Myrove and Tyshchenkivka;
– north of Kupyansk near Kindrashivka; northeast of Kupyansk near Krasne Pershe and Zapadne and toward Petro-Ivanivka;
– and east of Kupyansk near Petropavivka on September 20 and 21.[37]
Mashovets stated that Ukrainian forces detected small Russian infiltration and assault groups near the Spartak Stadium and Dovhalivska Street in northern Kupyansk and near Myrove, south of Tyshchenkivka, and north of Sobolivka (west of Kupyansk).[38]
Mashovets stated that Russian forces are trying to exploit their numerical advantage in combat ready infantry to organize and conduct numerous attempts to infiltrate Ukrainian defensive lines in the Kupyansk direction in several areas at once.[39]
Mashovets stated that Russian forces are primarily conducting combat operations on the west (right) bank of the Oskil River, as Russian forces are having problems transferring heavy equipment from the east (left) bank.
Mashovets noted that Russian forces are not struggling to transfer personnel across the river, however.
Order of Battle:
Mashovets stated that likely elements of the Russian 27th Motorized Rifle Brigade (1st Guards Tank Army [GTA], Moscow Military District [MMD]), 68th Motorized Rifle Division (6th Combined Arms Army [CAA], Leningrad Military District [LMD]), and 2nd Spetsnaz Brigade (Russian General Staff’s Main Directorate [GRU]) are operating on the outskirts of Kupyansk.[40]
Drone operators of the 1st GTA are reportedly striking Ukrainian drones in Kupyansk Raion.[41]
Russian forces continued offensive operations northeast of Borova near Nova Kruhlyakivka and southeast of Borova near Hrekivka on September 20 and 21 but did not advance.[42]
Russian forces continued offensive operations in the Lyman direction on September 21 but did not make confirmed advances.
Unconfirmed claims: Russian milbloggers claimed that Russian forces seized Shandryholove (northwest of Lyman).[43]
Russian forces attacked northwest of Lyman near Shandryholove, Derylove, and Novoselivka and toward Drobysheve;
– north of Lyman near Novomykhailivka and Novyi Myr and toward Stavky;
– northeast of Lyman near Kolodyazi; east of Lyman near Torske;
– and southeast of Lyman near Yampil and in the Serebryanske forest area on September 20 and 21.[44]
Order of Battle:
Mashovets stated that elements of the Russian 254th Motorized Rifle Regiment (144th Motorized Rifle Division, 20th CAA, MMD) are attacking from Kolodyazi toward Stavky; that elements of the 448th Motorized Rifle Regiment (144th Motorized Rifle Division, 20th CAA) are attacking in Shandryholove;
– and that elements of the 2nd Motorized Rifle Division (1st GTA, MMD) are attached to the 20th CAA and attacking near Karpivka (northwest of Lyman).[45]
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Russian Subordinate Main Effort #3
Russian objective:
– Capture the entirety of Donetsk Oblast, the claimed territory of Russia’s proxies in Donbas, and advance into Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
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Russian forces continued offensive operations in the Siversk direction on September 21 but did not advance.
Russian forces attacked northwest of Siversk near Dronivka, northeast of Siversk near Serebryanka, southeast of Siversk near Vyimka, and south of Siversk near Pereizne on September 20 and 21.[46]
Order of Battle:
– Drone operators of the Russian 1st Volki Volunteer Reconnaissance-Assault Brigade (Russian Volunteer Corps) are reportedly striking Ukrainian positions in the Slovyansk direction (west of Siversk).[47]
“Russian forces continued offensive operations in the Kostyantynivka-Druzhkivka tactical area on September 21 but did not advance.”
Russian forces attacked northeast of Kostyantynivka near Chasiv Yar;
– southeast of Kostyantynivka near Toretsk, Shcherbynivka, Pleshchiivka, and Ivanopillya;
– southwest of Kostyantynivka near Stepanivka and Yablunivka and toward Berestok;
– south of Druzhkivka near Rusyn Yar and Poltavka;
– and southwest of Druzhkivka near Sofiivka and Volodymyrivka on September 20 and 21.[48]
Ukrainian military observer Kostyantyn Mashovets reported that Ukrainian advances in the Volodymyrivka-Novotoretske direction and toward Sofiivka (all southwest of Druzhkivka) stalled due to Russian counterattacks near Mayak (southwest of Druzhkivka) and in the Poltavka-Rusyn Yar direction (south of Druzhkivka).[49]
Mashovets reported that recently redeployed elements of unspecified Russian naval infantry brigades may be attacking near Sofiivka.
Order of Battle:
– Drone operators of the Russian 6th Motorized Rifle Division (3rd Army Corps [AC]) reportedly continue to strike Ukrainian vehicles in the Druzhkivka-Kramatorsk direction.[50]
Drone operators of the 27th Artillery Regiment (6th Motorized Rifle Division, 3rd AC) are reportedly striking Ukrainian vehicles along the H-20 Kostyantynivka-Druzhkivka highway.[51]
Drone operators of the 98th Airborne (VDV) Division are reportedly interdicting Ukrainian ground lines of communication (GLOCs) near Kostyantynivka.[52]
Elements of the 68th Tank Regiment (150th Motorized Rifle Division, 8th Combined Arms Army [CAA], Southern Military District [SMD]) are reportedly operating in the Kostyantynivka direction.[53]
“Russian forces continued offensive operations in the Dobropillya tactical area on September 21 but did not advance.”
Russian forces attacked east of Dobropillya near Nove Shakhove and Shakhove and southeast of Dobropillya near Zapovidne and Pankivka on September 20 and 21.[54]
A Russian milblogger claimed that Ukrainian forces counterattacked near Zapovidne.[55]
Order of Battle:
– Mashovets reported that elements of the Russian 114th and 132nd motorized rifle brigades (both of the 51st CAA, formerly 1st Donetsk People’s Republic [DNR] AC, SMD) are holding a “significant” area south and southeast of Kucheriv Yar (northeast of Dobropillya) and are trying to expand the base of the Russian Dobropillya salient by attacking toward Nove Shakhove.[56]
Drone operators of the 57th Spetsnaz Company (8th CAA, SMD) reportedly continue to strike Ukrainian positions near Shakhove.[57]
Russian forces recently advanced in the Pokrovsk direction.
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Assessed Russian advances:
– Geolocated footage published on September 21 indicates that Russian forces recently advanced west of Novoekonomichne (northeast of Pokrovsk) along the T-0504 Kostyantynivka-Pokrovsk highway.[58]
Unconfirmed claims:
– Russian milbloggers claimed that Russian forces advanced northeast of Chunyshyne and in central Novopavlivka (both south of Pokrovsk).[59]
One Russian source claimed that Russian forces advanced to the outskirts of Novopavlivka.[60]
A Russian milblogger claimed that Russian forces advanced in Pivdennyi Microraion in southern Pokrovsk and complained that other milbloggers are exaggerating Russian advances in southern Pokrovsk.[61]
Russian forces attacked near Pokrovsk itself;
– north of Pokrovsk near Rodynske;
– northeast of Pokrovsk near Novoekonomichne, Krasnyi Lyman, Novotoretske, and Fedorivka;
– east of Pokrovsk near Promin and Kozatske;
– southeast of Pokrovsk near Lysivka;
– south of Pokrovsk near Chunyshyne, Novopavlivka, and Novoukrainka;
– southwest of Pokrovsk near Leontovychi, Zvirove, Udachne, Molodetske, and Kotlyne;
– and west of Pokrovsk toward Serhiivka on September 20 and 21.[62]
Russian milbloggers claimed that Ukrainian forces counterattacked near Chunyshyne and Malynivka and toward Boikivka (both northeast of Pokrovsk).[63]
Order of Battle:
– Mashovets reported that elements of Russian 1st and 110th motorized rifle brigades (both of the 51st CAA, SMD) advanced to the northern outskirts of Novoekonomichne.[64]
Mashovets reported that elements of the 5th Motorized Rifle Brigade and likely elements of the 9th Motorized Rifle Brigade (both of the 51st CAA) are attacking in the Malynivka-Novoekonomichne direction.
Drone operators of the 90th Tank Division (41st CAA, Central Military District [CMD]) are reportedly operating in the Pokrovsk-Novopavlivka area.[65]
Drone operators of the 80th Sparta Reconnaissance Battalion (51st CAA) are reportedly striking Ukrainian drone control points in Myrnohrad (east of Pokrovsk).[66]
“Russian forces continued offensive operations in the Novopavlivka direction on September 21 but did not advance.”
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Russian forces attacked toward Novopavlivka itself, southeast of Novopavlivka near Dachne, south of Novopavlivka near Filiya, and southwest of Novopavlivka near Zelenyi Hai on September 20 and 21.[67]
“Russian forces recently advanced in the Velykomykhailivka direction”
Assessed Russian advances:
– Mashovets reported on September 21 that Russian forces seized Sichneve (east of Velykomykhailivka).[68]
Unconfirmed claims:
– A Russian milblogger claimed that Russian forces advanced north of Berezove (south of Velykomykhailivka).[69]
Russian forces attacked northeast of Velykomykhailivka near Myrne, Andriivka-Klevstove, and Piddubne;
– east of Velykomykhailivka near Sichneve and Oleksandrohrad;
– and southeast of Velykomykhailivka near Komyshuvakha, Vorone, Zaporizske, Berezove, and Novomykolaivka, and Maliivka on September 20 and 21.[70]
Mashovets stated that Russian forces have a quantitative advantage in manpower and equipment in the Velykomykhailivka direction and that Russian forces have three to four battalions for every one Ukrainian battalion holding the defenses, with the ratio growing to five or six Russian battalions for each Ukrainian battalion in some unspecified sectors of the front.[71]
Mashovets stated that the Russian personnel advantage is complicating Ukraine’s ability to maintain a continuous defensive line, as Ukrainian forces have to organize defense into separate positions, strongpoints, and lines that leave gaps in the line.
Mashovets stated that Russian forces are attempting to exploit these gaps by sending small infantry groups to penetrate Ukrainian defenses, after which Russian forces try to consolidate new positions while waiting for additional small Russian groups to arrive for the next attack
Order of Battle:
– Mashovets stated that elements of the Russian 37th Motorized Rifle Brigade and 5th Tank Brigade (both of the 36th CAA, Eastern Military District [EMD]) are operating between Novoselivka (east of Velykomykhailivka) and Sosnivka (southeast of Velykomykhailivka).[72]
Drone operators of the 14th Spetsnaz Brigade (GRU) are reportedly striking Ukrainian positions in the Vremivka (Velykomykhailivka) direction.[73]
Elements of the 36th Motorized Rifle Brigade (29th CAA, EMD) are reportedly striking Ukrainian vehicles northeast of Stepove (south of Velykomykhailivka).[74]
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“Russian Supporting Effort: Southern Axis”
Russian objective: Maintain frontline positions, secure rear areas against Ukrainian strikes, and advance within tube artillery range of Zaporizhzhia City
Russian forces continued offensive operations in eastern Zaporizhia Oblast on September 21 but did not advance.
Russian forces attacked northeast of Hulyaipole near Olhivske, Novoivanivka, and Poltavka and toward Novovasylivske on September 20 and 21.[75]
Order of Battle:
– Ukrainian military observer Kostyantyn Mashovets reported that likely elements of the Russian 143rd Motorized Rifle Regiment, 218th Tank Regiment (both of the 127th Motorized Rifle Division, 5th Combined Arms Army [CAA], Eastern Military District [EMD]), and 69th Separate Cover Brigade (35th CAA, EMD), with support from elements of the 57th and 60th motorized rifle brigades (both of the 5th CAA, EMD), are attacking near Novoivanivka, Novomykolaivka (northeast of Hulyaipole in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast), and Olhivske.[76]
Russian forces continued offensive operations in western Zaporizhia Oblast on September 21 but did not advance.
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Russian forces attacked southeast of Orikhiv near Bilohirya;
– southwest of Orikhiv near Novoandriivka;
– southwest of Orikhiv near Kamyanske;
– and west of Orikhiv near Stepnohirsk and Prymorske on September 20 and 21.[77]
Order of Battle:
– Drone operators of the Russian 429th Motorized Rifle Regiment (19th Motorized Rifle Division, 58th Combined Arms Army [CAA], Southern Military District [SMD]) are reportedly striking Ukrainian forces near Mahdalynivka (northwest of Orikhiv).[78]
Elements of the 7th Airborne (VDV) Division are reportedly operating on the southern outskirts of Prymorske.[79]
Russian forces continued offensive operations in the Kherson direction on September 21 but did not advance.
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Russian forces attacked east of Kherson City near the Antonivskyi Bridge on September 20 and 21.[80]
Ukrainian forces reportedly recently struck Russian helicopters and a radar in occupied Crimea.
Ukraine’s Main Military Intelligence Directorate (GUR) reported on September 21 that Ukrainian forces struck three Russian Mi-8 helicopters and a Nebo-U long-range air defense radar in occupied Crimea.[81]
Ukrainian outlet Militarnyi noted that GUR’s footage indicates that Ukrainian forces directly hit and destroyed at least one helicopter.[82]
Militarnyi reported that Ukrainian drones hit the Nebo-U antenna, putting the radar out of operation
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Russian Air, Missile, and Drone Campaign
Russian Objective:
-Target Ukrainian military and civilian infrastructure in the rear and on the front line
Russian forces conducted a series of drone strikes against Ukraine on the night of September 20 to 21.
The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russian forces launched 54 Shahed-type, Gerbera-type, and other drones, of which about 30 were Shahed-type drones, from Kursk and Bryansk cities;
– Millerovo, Rostov Oblast;
– and Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Krasnodar Krai.[83]
The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Ukrainian forces downed or suppressed 33 drones and that 21 drones struck eight locations.
Ukrainian officials reported that Russian forces struck Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts, damaging civilian and residential infrastructure.[84]
Ukraine’s State Emergency Service reported on September 21 that Russian forces conducted a “double tap” strike against Ukrainian rescue workers putting out a fire after an initial Russian strike against Nizhyn, Chernihiv Oblast.[85]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reported on September 21 that Russian forces launched more than 1,500 strike drones, 1,280 guided glide bombs, and 50 missiles of various types against Ukraine in the past week (roughly September 14 to 20).[86]
Zelensky reported that Ukrainian authorities have found more than 132,000 foreign components in Russian weapons, including components from Europe, the United States, the People’s Republic of China (PRC), and Japan.[87]
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Significant Activity in Belarus:
Russian efforts to increase its military presence in Belarus and further integrate Belarus into Russian-favorable frameworks
Nothing Significant To Report
(Note: ISW does not receive any classified material from any source, uses only publicly available information, and draws extensively on Russian, Ukrainian, and Western reporting and social media as well as commercially available satellite imagery and other geospatial data as the basis for these reports. References to all sources used are provided in the endnotes of each update)
Translation:
🧵https://x.com/anno1540/status/1970078782087127546?s=46
You are starting to reach the level of Johan No.1’s “yellow walls”👍
Well, not original text.. But wall and blue!
Awesome post – takes its time to format and post it 205 and these are good informative posts, provide a lot of 👍👍
Thank you for the comprehensive report 205! One is reminded of how much is happening every day in a large country at war. What one manages to keep up with is only a fraction.
⚠️ Red Alert in Moldova 🇲🇩
President Maia Sandu warns that Russia is trying to turn Moldova into a springboard for aggression against the Odesa region.
– Moscow is spending hundreds of millions to buy votes, flood the country with fake news, and pay people for chaos and intimidation.
– Bloomberg reports the Kremlin is preparing election interference: recruiting Moldovans abroad, organizing protests, and spreading disinformation.
– Russia’s “Matryoshka” bot network is already active.
– Sandu: “If Russia gains control, it will be a blow not only to Moldova but to the entire region. Europe will stop at our border, freedom will disappear, and Moldova could become a bridgehead for an invasion of Odesa.”
This is how the Kremlin exports war and terror.
https://x.com/stratcomcentre/status/1970374832597451034?s=46
What kind of cowards are these?!
The drones haven’t materialized suddenly over the airports, they have flown there and out of the area again. Shoot down the crap when they are on their way out from the airport and are not over the area.
“The Russian bandy league is almost always predetermined, says bandy star Per Hellmyrs in Radiosporten Dokumentär. Everything is rigged for Kuzbass to win.
– Everyone knows about it. Yet they play a burning season, for life and death, and then they stand there as winners in the end.
Hellmyrs played three seasons in Russia between 2012 and 2014. During his years in Russia, Kuzbass was a mid-table team, but the team has now won the league two years in a row.
Hellmyrs himself remembers how some seemingly easy matches were completely impossible to win – according to him because the referees were bribed. Three teammates were expelled at the same time, the opponents were given arbitrary penalties, and a single glance at the referee was enough to be sent off the field.”
https://omni.se/svenska-bandyproffset-ryska-ligan-ar-uppgjord-pa-forhand/a/algGLd
Ukraine is not major producers, but still bad that their production has been knocked out. Costly to have to import.
“❗️Since February, Russia has destroyed about 42% of Ukraine’s daily gas production capacity, and this summer the oil refining industry was completely destroyed, – Naftogaz CEO”
https://bsky.app/profile/maks23.bsky.social/post/3lziqj7mghc2n
“Russia has violated Norwegian airspace on three occasions during the summer and last spring, according to Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre in a press release, as reported by Norwegian media.
– These are incidents that we take very seriously, says Støre.
Two of the violations are said to have involved Russian fighter jets.
Støre says that it is not possible to determine whether the violations were intentional or due to navigational errors, writes Reuters.”
https://omni.se/norge-ryssland-har-krankt-vart-luftrum-tre-ganger/a/W0nmza
One should report the violations because the Tax Agency does not care whether you knew you were wrong or not.
“Drone operators of Ukraine’s 92nd Assault Brigade struck Russian positions near Rodynske, an area where Russian forces once broke through but are now being hunted down and pushed back. Further north, Russian units face the risk of encirclement.”
https://bsky.app/profile/noelreports.com/post/3lzisx4ln3s2d
“The German government is allocating several billion euros (tens of billions of kronor) to strengthen defense, reports AP. The investment has not been presented in detail but is said to go beyond NATO’s five percent target.
– Due to our size and economic strength, Germany is the NATO country in Europe that must have the strongest conventional army, says Chancellor Friedrich Merz in a statement.
Tens of thousands of Germans are to be recruited into the defense, Bundeswehr, which is planning for scenarios where up to 1,000 soldiers per day are injured in a potential conflict between NATO and Russia, according to Reuters. …”
https://omni.se/tyskland-miljardsatsar-pa-starkt-forsvar-rekryterar-tiotusentals/a/qPGOqO
When we hear about the dismissals of high-ranking officials within the Russian military, one should ask oneself; who/what replaces them?
It is possible that those who replace them are actually either a “front”, and/or a Chinese officer.
It is also possible that the replacements are more capable and that it is someone we know very little about. All to confuse us in the West.
My guess is that a larger number of Chinese officers have quietly been added, based on the fact that we know that a large number of Russian officers have been lost due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
No, I have no sources to rely on, other than reflections and to some extent, logic.
Just some thoughts, and, I could be wrong.
When we hear about the dismissals of high-ranking military officers within the Russian military, one should ask oneself; who/what replaces them?
It is conceivable that those who replace them are either a Russian officer as “front” and/or a Chinese officer.
It is also possible that the replacements are more capable and that it is someone we don’t know much about. All to confuse us in the West.
My guess is that a larger number of Chinese officers have quietly been added, based on the fact that we know that a large number of Russian officers have been lost due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
No, I have no sources to rely on, just thoughts and to some extent logic.
Just some thoughts, and, I could be wrong.
West was indeed inside Ukraine and completely controlled in the beginning with the expected result.
China is probably also involved but to gain experience and keep a little control – the same way we controlled Ukraine with money and weapons.
A trend that our trend spotting identified a long time ago, like last winter, is – the gangs, the Islamists, the left, the right are going crazy this summer. It’s at an enormously high level now.
The other one is that my ridiculed descriptions of how Russia’s subversive activities are ongoing in Europe are completely correct – it’s gradually coming out how much they are involved in our soft spots now, like in Moldova.
Then ISW has just realized that Russia has a strategic offensive reserve.
The drones near the airports – do you now understand what bizarre cascade effects that has for the airlines in today’s streamlined efficient environment?
If they do that at Christmas, it will definitely cause congestion.
Blank airlines?
Take a trip with Hurtigruten instead. Departure from Bergen on December 16th, arriving at the North Cape on the darkest day of the year and onwards to Kirkenes. It’s so dark that you can’t even see the lighthouses…Guaranteed drone-free.
Now I will probably come home early December this year but the wife will try to sneak into Sweden just before Christmas, we’ll see how it goes 😶
By the way, I invested in Theon a while ago. They make night vision goggles for military purposes. It’s been going really well, so a big thank you to you for writing so much about it for several years now.
Now that the trend analysis went well –
What do you think about power outages in Europe as it starts to get cold?
Or an Estonian resistance movement that is dissatisfied?
Or a black swan delivered by Putin to the financial markets?
Maybe a little off-topic, for which I apologize.
You don’t need to be a rocket scientist or a conspiracy theorist, just common sense is enough to see a common thread among those who view the climate as a threat. A threat that has been presented with either lies or distorted facts, and to all of you who are now indignantly gasping for air at such blasphemy, I have a little comfort, polar bears are not going extinct.
In the West, using the climate as an excuse, efforts have been made to destabilize critical societal functions such as energy, food production, local transportation, and indirectly our industrial capacity. Secondary targets include industries like forestry, mining, cement/concrete, and more. The purpose appears in all its simple clarity to undermine our society.
There is no campaign against global shipping from, for example, China or the Russian shadow fleet. Animal husbandry in the form of horses has not been condemned despite there being more horses than cows in Sweden. The Green Party raised the issue but quickly backed down as a not insignificant part of their voters probably like horses. Additionally, we do not breed horses for food. You can surely think of more things that don’t add up.
The narrative of an urgent climate threat has been able to grow strong through unholy alliances. Nations benefiting from a weakened West, ideologies working towards some form of revolution, companies and individuals making obscene amounts of money from it, as well as well-intentioned people. Politicians are jumping on board. In the end, it is you and I, the people who live here, who will pay. Is that how we want it to be, is that okay?
Well, the narrative is not a conspiracy but a part of the very essence of the Western world right now. Our media and political elites praise the green transition, but moderate forces resist. There are more urgent issues right now than fossil emissions.
More horses than cows in Sweden? What is your source for that claim?
One does not need sources for macro-political claims. We have a left-leaning public sphere in the Western world. By public sphere, I mean the media and political superstructure with things like feminism, environment, diversity, and Gaza. Not everyone likes it.
Now I asked about the claim that there are more horses than cows in Sweden because I am convinced that it is not true and I became curious about where these figures actually come from.
But, ok. Do I understand you correctly that you do not think it is important with sources (and thus not with correct facts) just because it is about “macropolitics”?
Of course, you do not need a source for a certain opinion, but if you are arguing for your case, it should still be based on facts, otherwise it falls quite flat.
Jordbruksaktuellt, Sveriges Radio Ekot. But I must add a caveat as they are talking about dairy cows.
We have many wild cows in Norrland – that’s where the horses roam.
Reindeer or what?!
Well, the laws of physics still apply, so there is indeed a carbon dioxide-driven warming, but…
We have given too much space to climate activists, and too much power. They may understand the greenhouse effect of carbon dioxide or methane, but they do not understand energy production, distribution, consumption, or energy needs during different seasons, or energy for transportation and production. Nor do they understand food production, the carbon cycle, forestry, or agriculture.
In short, they do not understand what they are involved in regulating.
Some decisions should go through a “review board” consisting of individuals with knowledge and experience in the areas affected by the decisions. This way, we could avoid hasty nonsense due to single-issue fanatics.
Edit: I also forgot to point out that the reductions in our emissions have been far outweighed by increased emissions from the countries whose industrial production has soared as ours has decreased.
In these new emission powers, there is no room for environmental enthusiasts to operate, even though, for example, China is significant in green electricity and nuclear power, the expansion has been done for economic reasons, not environmental ones. For example, they have built up an industry for solar panels and wind power that can outcompete European production.
We simply have to choose whether to prioritize industry and production or “fictional” emission reductions. If the environmental fanatics hadn’t insisted on reducing electricity production in Europe, we could prioritize industrial production with cheap electricity and at the same time reduce global emissions, as less would be produced in China and transported halfway around the globe on heavy oil.
haha, yes that’s exactly it and the examples are so many that it’s hard to question but still one should be crucified for such a post.
I usually get “are you a climate denier” thrown at me at X and Bluesky, the latest was a guy who worked with renewable energy.
There’s a list going around of all the times we’ve been told “in ten years XXX will be extinct/ice-free/very hot/poisoned” and it’s been going on since the 70s.
Wrong every time but it’s dusted off every 5 years.
Just like now we’re going to solve integration by throwing more of our money at S so we’re going to solve the climate crisis by abstaining more and more of our money.
Not long ago many countries received a climate fund to draw from – I guess there was zero follow-up on that?
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Then Russia and China always have a free pass – always.
If you try to go after China and Russia you’re trying to divert us from the fact that we in Europe must take our responsibility.
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It’s clear as hell that decommissioned nuclear power, cement on Gotland, decommissioned hydropower, discontinued processing of raw materials, and mining have Russian fingerprints.
Nordstream they bribed their way to.
That China got all production was business but there China won a major strategic victory that we will pay for in children’s blood. Our leaders should have resisted.
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The latest thing is to restore wetlands – did you know that you only get the grants if you restore cultivated land?
How much wetland is there in Norrland really?
Here in Finland, we are considering restoring the wetlands in the east to stop the pests from the east. The elk flies they have exported are enough.
The beyond-the-wall pest.
This is what Google AI says about Bal
Yes, there are more horses than dairy cows in Sweden. According to statistics from the Swedish Board of Agriculture from 2016, there were 355,500 horses in the country, compared to 330,810 dairy cows. The number of horses surpassed the number of dairy cows already around 2010.
It was too much for Bal 🤣🤣🤣✊✊
No, it seems that in the future one must take care of the drops 😄
“❗️🇷🇺Astrakhan gas processing plant halts gasoline and diesel production after 🇺🇦drone attack on night of Sept. 22 — Reuters The strikes reportedly started a fire at a 3 million metric tons per year condensate plant that produces gasoline and diesel.”
https://bsky.app/profile/militarynewsua.bsky.social/post/3lzjchcewjc2m
“En rysk FPV-dronattack dödade en 70-årig kvinna i Nikopol i Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, sa guvernör Serhii Lysak. Denna drönare kontrolleras i realtid av en pilot som ser genom drönarens kamera ombord. Det är därför det inte kan kallas en tillfällighet”
https://bsky.app/profile/euromaidanpress.bsky.social/post/3lzjebpy42w25
Ok…
“❗️NATO will not shoot down Russian planes that violate alliance airspace without aggressive action, US Secretary of State Rubio said. “I think you’ve seen how NATO responds to these violations – as it always does: when planes enter your airspace or your defense zone, they are scrambled and intercepted.”
https://bsky.app/profile/militarynewsua.bsky.social/post/3lzje6pitbk2m
https://www.state.gov/releases/2025/09/secretary-of-state-marco-rubio-with-tony-dokoupil-of-cbs-mornings/
Rubio goes against Poland?
National self-determination?
Article 5?
Hm, but Trump has said “shoot them down”, so now Rubio will probably be taken to task.
BREAKING: Shoot them down – Trump orders NATO
I wonder who will shoot down the Russians first….
I don’t think Estonia dares to try again. Neither Finland nor Sweden either. Maybe Latvia or Lithuania.
GOOD! Or wait, haven’t we heard that before? 🤔
“Trump: If Russia not ready to make deal to end war, USA fully prepared to impose powerful tariffs”
https://bsky.app/profile/amplifyukraine.eu/post/3lzjdsb7k7a2y
Trump has forgotten that he said it before, and anyone claiming otherwise is an extreme democrat and should be canceled.
“❗️🇸🇪Swedish Defense Minister Pål Jonson has said that preparations for armed conflict need to be strengthened in light of the threat from 🇷🇺Russia. “We must adopt a new European mindset – from peace-mindedness to readiness for war”
https://bsky.app/profile/militarynewsua.bsky.social/post/3lzjccn5mx22m
“❗️☢️ Today at 16:56, the tenth blackout occurred at the Zaporizhzhia NPP – Ministry of Energy It is reported that the only power transmission line through which the Zaporizhzhia NPP received power from the Ukrainian power system was disconnected.”
https://bsky.app/profile/maks23.bsky.social/post/3lzjbttpbgc2z
“At night near Kupiansk, the 14th Brigade took out two Russian “bukhankas” (UAZ-452 van) and a motorcycle.”
https://bsky.app/profile/wartranslated.bsky.social/post/3lzjbse7brk24
https://x.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1970473646910308612
Very effective to drop it in a factory chimney, “rapid disassembling”
Will be good with posts this week 👍
QUESTION – was raff bombed again today?
What is Trump up to 😳
What is your drum kit MXT?
Good morning!
970 KWIA
2 Tanks
3 AFVs
43 Artillery systems
1 MLRS
2 Aircrafts
334 UAVs
130 Vehicles & Fuel tanks
4 Special equipment
https://bsky.app/profile/matsextrude.bsky.social/post/3lzkmucgvrk2t
Glory to Ukraine