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An online video has emerged that appears to show Russian soldiers riding a Chinese-made Desertcross 1000-3 "golf cart" as it's blown up by an anti-tank mine. The footage (warning: graphic content) has been shared by multiple social media channels, including NEXTA Live, an eastern European media outlet. "Russian cosmonauts are training in the Zaporizhzhia direction," the publication said on Telegram. The Russian soldiers appeared to be riding a Beijing-manufactured Desertcross 1000-3 all-terrain vehicle, which resembles a golf cart. The Russian military has been using them in battle since last fall

Yulia Navalnaya, widow of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, called on Russians to join an election day protest at noon on March 17 and to vote against President Vladimir Putin or spoil their ballots. In a YouTube video, Navalnaya said she had drawn hope from the huge crowds that turned out last week for the funeral of her husband, who died in an Arctic penal colony on Feb. 16, and who since then have submerged his grave in a sea of flowers. She urged people to join the March 17 action that Navalny, Russia's best known opposition figure, had called for...

Ukraine said Tuesday it had sunk a Russian patrol ship off the coast of occupied Crimea, claiming another victory over the Kremlin's forces in the hotly contested waters of the Black Sea. Moscow did not confirm the claim, which would represent the latest blow to its naval power as Kyiv strikes targets deep behind the war's front lines, even as its army suffers setbacks on the battlefield. Ukraine’s military intelligence agency said that it had used high-tech sea drones in an overnight attack on the large patrol ship Sergey Kotov near the Kerch Strait, which separates the annexed peninsula’s eastern...

It’s reckless, if not insane, to deploy an open-top, unarmored all-terrain vehicle—in essence, a heavy-duty golf cart—in combat just a quarter mile from the front line. But two years into Russia’s wider war on Ukraine, Russian commanders are at least reckless if not not insane. Apparently this weekend, a Russian unit—possibly the 488th Motor Rifle Regiment—attacked positions held by the Ukrainian 60th Mechanized Brigade in Yampolivka, in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk Oblast. A Russian column including what appeared to be MT-LB armored tractors and at least one T-90 tank motored west toward Yampolivka. That itself wasn’t unusual. What was unusual was...

The Ukrainian air force claimed it has shot down 10 Russian warplanes in 10 days: nine of the Russian air force’s best Sukhoi Su-34 and Sukhoi Su-35 fighter-bombers and also a rare Beriev A-50 radar plane. -snip- The Ukrainian defense ministry announced this month’s ninth and tenth shoot-downs—both involving Su-34s—on Tuesday. “Oops, we did it again!” the ministry quipped. “And now it's 10 destroyed Russian planes in 10 days!” How the Ukrainians are shooting down so many jets is unclear. It’s possible the Ukrainian air force has assigned some of its American-made Patriot missile launchers to mobile air-defense groups that...

Russians are being blinded from monitoring Ukrainian air space after losing another A-50 AWACS. An Indian expert suggests that the footage of A-50 Beriev ‘flying radar’ being hit indicates that Ukrainians are targeting Russian assets flying at a distance of over 200 km by modifying a drone to receive targeting data from Western surveillance and launching a heat-seeking missile. But the video points at Ukraine operationalizing something akin to the American Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA)’s “Project Longshot.” In 2023, the Longshot project reached its third and final demonstration and test phase. During the same attack, a Russian Ilyushin...

This list only includes destroyed vehicles and equipment of which photo or videographic evidence is available. Therefore, the amount of equipment destroyed is significantly higher than recorded here. Loitering munitions, drones used as unmanned bait, civilian vehicles and derelict equipment are not included in this list. All possible effort has gone into avoiding duplicate entries and discerning the status of equipment between captured or abandoned. Many of the entries listed as 'abandoned' will likely end up captured or destroyed. Similarly, some of the captured equipment might be destroyed if it can't be recovered. When a vehicle is captured and then...

Ukraine’s military has destroyed a Russian A-50 surveillance aircraft, Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk said on Friday. “The A-50 with the call sign ‘Bayan’ has flown its last!” Oleshchuk wrote on the Telegram messaging app. Developing

Over the past few months, a Russian political scientist named Valery Solovei has stoked a global frenzy with a sensational claim: that Vladmir Putin died last year and today is represented in public by a body double. The Kremlin’s elite, Solovei tells his half-million online followers, controls the double and has stuffed Putin’s body in a freezer. Then on Thursday, journalist Tucker Carlson aired a two-hour interview with Putin. Solovei shrugged it off as a sham. Carlson, he said, interviewed Putin’s doppelgänger, who will now be passed off as real to millions of viewers in the West. “Putin is dead,...

🔴 STREAMING VIDEO - 5334 Viewers Started streaming 71 minutes ago A Russian ship exploded and rapidly sank of the coast of Crimea today in a shocking upset for the Russian navy. Ukrainian naval forces soon released frone footage showing that they attacked and destroyed the vessel. Ukraine is continuing to fight the Russians in Avdiivka, and were able to inflict high losses on attacking forces. Near Vulhedar a similar large battle was won by Ukraine.

This list only includes destroyed vehicles and equipment of which photo or videographic evidence is available. Therefore, the amount of equipment destroyed is significantly higher than recorded here. Loitering munitions, drones used as unmanned bait, civilian vehicles and derelict equipment are not included in this list. All possible effort has gone into avoiding duplicate entries and discerning the status of equipment between captured or abandoned. Many of the entries listed as 'abandoned' will likely end up captured or destroyed. Similarly, some of the captured equipment might be destroyed if it can't be recovered. When a vehicle is captured and then...

This list only includes destroyed vehicles and equipment of which photo or videographic evidence is available. Therefore, the amount of equipment destroyed is significantly higher than recorded here. Loitering munitions, drones used as unmanned bait, civilian vehicles and derelict equipment are not included in this list. All possible effort has gone into avoiding duplicate entries and discerning the status of equipment between captured or abandoned. Many of the entries listed as 'abandoned' will likely end up captured or destroyed. Similarly, some of the captured equipment might be destroyed if it can't be recovered. When a vehicle is captured and then...

Update from Ukraine | Ruzzain NAVY Disaster | Minus 2 Ships| Full review of the case | Ukraine Rules https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-C_kCurKdJo Invasion Day 665 – Summary December 21, 2023 https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-665-summary/ [NOTE: two summaries per week, released on Wednesday and Sunday] *** Great interactive maps with viewer controlled Map magnification tool to use for each Front! https://militaryland.net/maps/

Update from Ukraine | Ukraine Put the Flag on Ruzzian Positions | Hard battle was won https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR9X8O0a3Mg Militaryland news The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the recent developments on the battlefield, as of 9th December 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time). https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-654-summary/ [NOTE: two summaries per week, released on Wednesday and Sunday] *** Great interactive maps with viewer controlled Map magnification tool to use for each Front! https://militaryland.net/maps/

Update from Ukraine | The Big Battle on the South | Both Attack, Ukraine Wins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=in4w5hda4PY 12/8/2023, 8:45:58 PM Militaryland news Invasion Day 651 Summary December 6, 2023 The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the recent developments on the battlefield, as of 6th December 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time). https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-651-summary/ [NOTE: two summaries per week, released on Wednesday and Sunday] Dec 7th The Swedish Brigade received Rosomaks 21st Mechanized Brigade got Polish armored personnel carriers. VIDEO https://militaryland.net/news/the-swedish-brigade-received-rosomaks/ *** Great interactive maps with viewer controlled Map magnification tool to use for each Front! https://militaryland.net/maps/

Update from Ukraine | Ruzzian Plan Failed in Avdiivka | USA is close to agree on Supplies https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phYEPNQkPMo Invasion Day 651 – Summary December 6, 2023 The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the recent developments on the battlefield, as of 6th December 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time). https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-651-summary/ Dec 7th The Swedish Brigade received Rosomaks 21st Mechanized Brigade got Polish armored personnel carriers. VIDEO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVndZVgjFJY Other operators of Polish supplied Rosomak armored personnel carriers are the 57th Motorized Brigade and 44th Mechanized Brigade. https://militaryland.net/news/the-swedish-brigade-received-rosomaks/ [NOTE: two summaries per week, released on Wednesday and Sunday] ***...

Update from Ukraine | Ukrainian Army Kicks Ruzzian forces from Avdiivka north flank | Awesome https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adXpPu347AM The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the recent developments on the battlefield. https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-648-summary/ [NOTE: two summaries per week, released on Wednesday and Sunday] Also, Recap Deployment Map changes – Week 48 https://militaryland.net/news/recap-deployment-map-changes-week-48/ *** Great interactive maps with viewer controlled Map magnification tool to use for each Front! https://militaryland.net/maps/

Update from Ukraine | Our Soldiers have the plan to cut Ruzzian forces | It is happening right now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMliBgi77aM The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the recent developments on the battlefield. https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-648-summary/ [NOTE: two summaries per week, released on Wednesday and Sunday] *** Great interactive maps with viewer controlled Map magnification tool to use for each Front! https://militaryland.net/maps/

Update from Ukraine | Ukrainian Army Started the new Attack towards Horlivka. Glory to Ukraine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3a6XnNit2mE The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the recent developments on the battlefield. https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-644-summary/ [NOTE: two summaries per week, released on Wednesday and Sunday] November 30, 2023 The Sicheslav paratroopers received Marder vehicles. 25th Airborne Brigade got first Western vehicles and opens recruitment for foreigners. A lot has changed since the appointment of the new Ukrainian Minister of Defense, Rustem Umerov. One of the more noticeable things is the decision that Ukrainian battle-hardened brigades should also get Western weapons. Finally....

Update from Ukraine | Ruzzian Fake Victory in Marinka | Ukrainian Army Holds and Fights https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sojJR_9C4_A The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the recent developments on the battlefield, as of 29th November 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time). https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-644-summary/ [NOTE: two summaries per week, released on Wednesday and Sunday] November 30, 2023 The Sicheslav paratroopers received Marder vehicles. 25th Airborne Brigade got first Western vehicles and opens recruitment for foreigners. A lot has changed since the appointment of the new Ukrainian Minister of Defense, Rustem Umerov. One of the more noticeable things is the decision that...