Saturday, August 2, 2025

HIV rates among Russian soldiers surge 2,000% since start of full-scale invasion of Ukraine — Ukraine is deploying new drones to target Russian armor beyond radio horizon — Russia’s industrial activity falls to lowest level since 2022, Reuters reports — With all eyes on Kyiv, its surrounding villages are unspoken victims of Russian attacks … and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/08/saturday-august-2-2025/

#Ukraine will begin receiving hundreds of domestically produced #long-range #weapon systems by the end of July under a #German financed agreement

Weapons will be supplied in high triple-digit quantity

We need weapons systems that can reach far into the depth of #Russian territory — to hit #depots, command centers, #airfields and #aircraft

https://kyivindependent.com/germany-funded-long-range-arms-to-arrive-in-ukraine-by-late-july-general-says/

Saturday, July 5, 2025

Russian attack on Ukraine began as Trump and Putin spoke — Russia intensifying use of chemical weapons in Ukraine, Dutch intelligence reports — Ukraine strikes deep into Russia with drones, targets airfields after record Kyiv barrage — [vlog/video] Ukraine’s artillery braces for shell shortage as US halts aid … and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/07/saturday-july-5-2025/

Saturday, June 28, 2025

Ukrainian drones strike 4 fighter jets in Russia’s Volgograd Oblast — [vlog/video] Warfare in Ukraine has changed… again — Clashes ongoing in eastern Ukrainian village near lithium deposits, as military rejects claims of Russian capture — Ukrainian manufacturers able to produce 4 million drones per year — North Korea deployed 20% of Kim’s elite ‘personal reserve’ to fight against Ukraine in Russia … and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/06/saturday-june-28-2025/

Monday, June 16, 2025

Russian strike targets Boeing office in Kyiv in deliberate attack on US business, FT reports — With no new US aid packages on the horizon, can Ukraine continue to fight Russia? — Ukrainian agents cause millions in damage during secret sabotage operation in Russia — ‘Spit in face’ — Zelensky condemns Russia’s mass attack, dismisses idea of Putin as peacemaker … and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/06/monday-june-16-2025/

From ⁨⁨⁨⁨⁨#AnnafromUkraine⁩⁩⁩⁩⁩ @AnnafromUkraine@youtube.com

MORE #MOSCOW AND CRIMEA EXPLOSIONS: MILITARY TARGETS BURNED Vlog 1073: War in #Ukraine

Russians shot down their own #Su25 attack aircraft. According to preliminary reports, Ukrainian #drones have targeted Russian military sites in the temporarily occupied #Crimea — including the #airfields at #Saky, #Hvardiiske, and #Kirovske. Explosions were also heard near #Perevalne, a village known for #ammunition #depots and the presence of ...

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Tuesday, June 10, 2025

Key to Russia’s potential defeat lies in its economy — Russia makes a year’s worth of NATO ammunition in 3 months — Ukraine says it hit Russian MiG-31, Su-30/34 fighter jets following attack on airfield — US accuses Russian of laundering millions, helping Moscow obtain sensitive technology … and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/06/tuesday-june-10-2025/

Ukraine strikes Russian air bases in‘preemptive strike ahead of drone, missile attack

#Ukrainian forces struck multiple #Russian #airfields, military facilities overnight hours before #Russia launched 1 of heaviest aerial assaults of the war

Ukrainian strikes reportedly targeted #Engels and #Dyagilevo airfields — two key hubs for Russia’s long-range #bomber fleet, as well as logistics sites in Russia’s Kursk Oblast.

https://kyivindependent.com/preemptive-strike-ukraine-strikes-russian-air-bases-ahead-of-russian-drone-missile-attack-general-staff-says/

Saturday, June 7, 2025

Ukraine strikes Russian air bases in preemptive strike ahead of drone, missile attack — Find and destroy: how Ukraine’s own Peaky Blinders mastered the art of bomber drones — Russia plans to occupy Ukraine east of Dnipro, cut Black Sea access — Trump quietly pressuring Senate to weaken Russia sanctions … and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/06/saturday-june-7-2025/

NATO powers prepare for world war: Defence ministers agree on largest military buildup since 1945 https://www.byteseu.com/1082466/ #airfields #attack #Brussels #DefenceSpending #Europe #NATO #Russia #Rutte #TheHague

https://www.europesays.com/uk/163915/ As Russian planes burned, Putin’s military bloggers were ‘choking with hurt’ #airfields #attack #bloggers #Drone #DroneStrike #Kremlin #Kyiv #Military #Russia #RussianDefenceMinistry #SatelliteImagery #Spider'sWeb #StrategicBomberFleet #Telegram #Ukraine #VladimirPutin

BREAKING:

#Trump announces he just got off a 75 minute call with #Putin:

“President Putin did say, and very strongly, that he will have to respond to the recent attack on the #airfields”

Russian officials & propagandists chose different strategies for dealing with unprecedented #Ukrainian #drone attacks on Russian #airfields

Russian top officials, including Putin, did not comment on the Ukrainian operation at all, while some pro-war propagandists tried to downplay its scale

Other propagandists threatened revenge on Ukraine & West by launching #nuclear strikes & attacking #NATO airfields

https://kyivindependent.com/russian-propagandists-split-between-downplaying-devastating-ukrainian-drone-attacks-and-issuing-threats/

Operation Spiderweb — everything we know about#Ukraine’s ‘audacious’ attack on #Russia's heavy #bombers

Here’s everything we know — and don’t know — about Operation #Spiderweb.

https://kyivindependent.com/operation-spiderweb-everything-we-know-about-ukraines-audacious-attack-on-russias-heavy-bombers/

Tuesday, June 3, 2025

Operation Spiderweb: everything we know about Ukraine’s audacious attack on Russia’s heavy bombers — Russian double-tap attack injures 12 emergency workers in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Oblast — Russia recruiting Ukrainians for illegal activities in Europe — Russia admits to taking Ukrainian children during latest peace talks … and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/06/tuesday-june-3-2025/

From ⁨⁨⁨⁨⁨#AnnafromUkraine⁩⁩⁩⁩⁩ @AnnafromUkraine@youtube.com

RUSSIAN STRATEGIC AVIATION DESTROYED: TU-22M3, TU-95, A-50 AND #SUBMARINE Vlog 1061: War in Ukraine

34% of strategic cruise #missilecarriers at the main #airfields of the #Russia were hit as a result of today's operation, according to the Security Service of #Ukraine.

#russoUkrainianWar #Tu22M3 #Tu95 #A50

https://youtu.be/1rLem0VVAoU

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A friend points out that the success of the #Ukrainian #drone #attack on #Russian #airfields has to have the US and other large #defense #industries rather jittery. All those big high-tech megabucks systems ... something something ten-rupee jezail.

My suspicion is that the age of drone supremacy will be short-lived: as long as they rely on human #pilots on the ground, their #signals can be jammed, traced, or hacked. Best-case scenario, the drones become flying bricks. Middle-case, the ground control facilities become #artillery targets. Worst-case, the drones are turned against their erstwhile controllers.

Those systems already exist in embryonic form—note that #Ukraine had to rely on old-fashioned #infiltration to get close enough for the strikes to work. You can bet every major #military power on the planet is already putting a lot of money into R&D for much more sophisticated approaches. Of course the alternative is autonomous drones, taking off with a set of mission parameters and the same decision-making authority as pilots in crewed #aircraft. That, uh, presents its own set of problems.

With all this said, drones are going to be a big *part* of everyone's arsenal going forward, and yeah, it's going to disrupt current #doctrine considerably. Assuming Ukraine survives the war, which I'm increasingly confident it will, veterans will be in great demand as consultants—at least in smart countries. I wonder if the US will be one of those.

Monday, June 2, 2025

Russian soldiers surrendered because ‘abuse in units is worse than captivity’ — As Trump fails to sanction Moscow, few expect breakthrough during upcoming Russia-Ukraine talks — Ukraine in photos; May 2025 — [vlog/video] Germany steps up aid after Russia’s unprecedented attacks … and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/06/monday-june-2-2025/