Map of Russia's special operations in Ukraine, the advance of Russian troops, militar

Rare footage of the oncoming battle in the village of Sokol, the Russian BTR-82A armored personnel carrier of the Ukrainian M2A2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle of the 47th brigade of the Ukrainian Army, has been published. The first part of the battle was filmed from a Ukrainian drone, the end from a Russian one. The task of the BTR-82 was to enter the village and land troops. It is worth noting that the M2A2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle weighs 27 tons and is equipped with additional armor, and the BTR-82A weighs 14 tons. The M2A2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle was the first to fire and damaged the engine of the BTR-82A. Despite the advantage of the M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle in armoring and firing first, the crew of the BTR-82A entered the battle, and the driver also managed to move the combat vehicle away from the line of fire. The result of the battle, the BTR-82A completed the task by landing 5 people near the house. As reported, the BTR-82A was sent for repairs. The damaged M2A2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle left the village and hit a mine; artillery began firing at the M2A2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle and the crew abandoned it. According to the latest data, two Russian soldiers who fell from an armored personnel carrier were killed.

 
Footage from the Russian reconnaissance drone ZALA Z-16 and the Ukrainian Air Force Yak-52 aircraft have been published. The video was filmed on the border of Odessa and Nikolaev regions; Yak-52 aircraft are used in Ukraine to search for Russian Orlan-10 drones. When drones are detected, they are fired upon with small arms from the aircraft cockpit.

 
The Ukrainian T-72AMT tank was equipped with radio control in Russia. Russian military personnel tested the T-72AMT radio-controlled tank. The T-72AMT was previously used by the Ukrainian army. Operators control the tank like an FPV drone, using a remote control and FPV glasses. The radio control range is not reported, presumably it can be the same as that of FPV drones up to 15 km, but the tank can be equipped with a more powerful transmitter, and communication repeaters can also be used. T-72AMT is a Ukrainian modification of the T-72A tanks produced in 2017 at the Kiev Armored Plant. The tank has undergone many upgrades. In terms of protection, the tank is close to the Russian T-72B3 tanks. Today, the Ukrainian army has about 40 T-72AMT tanks, some of which have not received all the improvements included in the project.

 
Military personnel of the Russian repair and restoration battalion began to assemble small-scale homemade all-terrain vehicles. The all-terrain vehicle can be assembled on the basis of any car; at the moment it does not have its own name. The all-terrain vehicle reaches a speed of 80 km/h and has a range of 400 kilometers; it can carry up to 5 people. In terms of driving performance, the all-terrain vehicle is not inferior to a buggy, details in the video.

 
Defense line of the Ukrainian army in the Kyiv region. Footage of the constructed defensive structures of the Ukrainian army in the Kyiv region has been published. It is worth noting that earlier, deputy of the Ukrainian Rada Irina Gerashchenko visited the Kharkov region and stated that the work on the construction of fortifications in the region was only an “imitation of vigorous activity”; money for fortifications in the Kharkov region was rolled into the ground for 1.5 years. The authorities of the Kyiv region, after a scandal surrounding reports of possible embezzlement during the construction of fortification lines on the borders of the Kharkov region, attracted special services and public organizations to check the construction of defensive lines in the region.

 
Ghost Rider of Russia, evacuation of a burning MTLB transport vehicle in Ukraine. Like a ghost rider, this is how one can characterize the movement of a burning Russian military transporter MTLB in the Kharkov region. According to a serviceman with the call sign Grisha, a Ukrainian FPV drone hit the combat vehicle, after which a fire started inside it. The driver decided to save the car, he landed troops and evacuated the burning MTLB to the unit. Despite the fire, MTLB did not lose speed.

 
Rare footage of an American-made Ukrainian FGM-148 Javelin ATGM strike, filmed from inside the Russian T-90M Proryv tank, has been published. The tankers had expended shells and were firing from a remote anti-aircraft gun. The crew of the tank spotted the launch of an FGM-148 Javelin missile from the house, a machine gun burst was directed at the launch site and the tank began to actively maneuver away from the missile. Despite the tank's maneuvers, due to the heated machine gun, the Javelin missile was able to aim at the tank and hit the turret. The new turret protection, which we showed earlier, withstood the blow and the tank crew was not injured. The crew put out the fire and took the tank out of the battle, returning to its unit.

 
In addition to the fact that drone wars actually began in Ukraine, cases of soldiers being taken prisoner when threatened with a drone attack began to be noted. Footage of the surrender of several soldiers of the Ukrainian reconnaissance sabotage group in the Zaporozhye direction has been published. It is worth noting that, apart from cartridges with a mesh for shotguns, nothing has been invented to destroy drones at close range.

 
Russia has deployed the first battery of the new S-500 Prometheus air defense system in the Krasnodar region. It is worth noting that the head of the Ukrainian military intelligence department, Kirill Budanov, said that the S-500 air defense system was deployed in Crimea, in the Kerch Strait area. According to media reports, the S-500 air defense system will protect the Crimean Bridge. The S-500 air defense system is specially designed to combat ballistic missiles; it is quite difficult to hit them, and the previous generation air defense systems cope worse with this. The last stage of testing of the S-500 complex took place on February 22, when the Prometheus air defense system hit the R-29RMU2 Sineva intercontinental ballistic missile.

 
Russian military personnel published footage of a Ukrainian FPV drone hitting a Ural truck. Thanks to additional protection in the form of bars, the truck crew was not injured. The servicemen waited out the attack and moved on.

 
In Ukraine, at the Vitrugan military training school, the Gupalo unmanned target was created. The Gupalo drone was created as a copy of the Russian kamikaze Geran drones, since they are now the main problem for air defense, more details about them in the link to the video in the comments to the video. The Gupalo unmanned target is intended for training crews of machine-gun and artillery air defense groups of Ukraine; technical details and price are not reported.

 
The Russian army used the super-powerful FAB-3000 M-54 bombs for the first time in Ukraine; technical information about them is in the link to the video in the comments to the video. It is worth noting that some believe that a FAB-1500 bomb was used. The bomb was allegedly dropped from a Tu-22M3 bomber; what carrier was used is not reported. The strike was carried out on the temporary deployment point of Ukrainian units in the village of Liptsy, Kharkov region. The deviation of the FAB-3000 bomb from the target was about 15 meters, which is acceptable for bombs of this class.

 
Rare archival footage used by units of the Russian Pacific Fleet, the Soviet ZSU-23-4 “Shilka” in Ukraine. It is worth noting that the ZSU-23-4 “Shilka” is also used by the Ukrainian army, but there is practically no video of it either.
ZSU-23-4 "Shilka" was produced from 1964 to 1982, despite such a long production period, there are supposedly no more than 100 of them left in Russia, and no more than 40 in Ukraine. The Shilka air defense system is used extremely rarely, since training on it takes a long time, and the radius of destruction of targets is only 2 kilometers.
Detailed technical characteristics of the Shilka air defense system on the screen. The ZSU-23-4 "Shilka" is armed with a quadruple 23-mm AZP-23 "Amur" cannon with a rate of fire of 1,000 rounds per minute per barrel. The ZSU-23-4 “Shilka” combat vehicle weighs 19 tons and is equipped with a 280 hp engine. and reaches speeds of up to - 50 km/h. Power reserve 300 km. The thickness of the armor in the frontal part of the hull is up to 15 mm. The crew of the combat vehicle is four people. Details of the combat work of the ZSU-23-4 “Shilka” in Ukraine in the video.

 
Rostec has supplied the Russian troops with a batch of the latest 152 mm Malva self-propelled wheeled howitzers manufactured in 2024. Wheeled self-propelled guns "Malva" on the BAZ 8x8 chassis were put into mass production on October 26, 2023, technical information about them is in the link to the video in the comments to the video. The Malva 2S43 self-propelled gun has high maneuverability, a long service life and is economical to operate, in comparison with self-propelled guns on a tracked chassis, and they can also be quickly transferred by Il-76 aircraft.
The Malva self-propelled gun can fire all types of ammunition that are used on 152-mm gun mounts, such as Msta-B, 2 S19 Msta-S, D-20, 2S3 Akatsiya and ML-20. You can also use adjustable Krasnopol projectiles with laser illumination.

 
Swedish assault high-speed boats Combat Boat 90 were transferred to the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine by the Metinvest company of oligarch Renat Akhmetov, as part of the Steel Front initiative. The military boat Stridsbat 90 or CB90 was developed by the Swedish company Dockstavarvet in 1991, it is also used by other countries. The CB90 can be used as a fast attack vehicle, fire support and reconnaissance boat. The boat can accommodate 4 sea mines or 6 depth charges. The design of the boat is considered successful, it has good seaworthiness, high speed up to 74 km/h, efficiency and safety during operation. The boat's standard armament consists of three Browning M2HB machine guns, a 40-mm Mk-19 grenade launcher, which can be replaced with a remote-controlled machine gun turret. The boat's hull is made of aluminum, it can take on board up to 4.5 tons of cargo or 21 soldiers, the total displacement is up to 20 tons, the boat's crew is three people. The price of the Combat Boat 90 is from 2 to 3 million dollars.

 
An episode of an attack by a Ukrainian armored group, consisting of a T-64 tank and a BMP-2, on Russian positions, the location of the filming is not reported, the video has been shortened. The Ukrainian group, using the factor of surprise and high speed, tried to take the Russian position. As a result of the battle, the T-64 tank was hit by Russian artillery, perhaps it was a strike from an FPV drone; judging by the video, the tank’s crew abandoned the combat vehicle. The BMP-2 continued the attack and began landing troops, but the landing force was hit by an ammunition drop from a drone.

 
The United States sent the Ukrainian army a 105-mm Hawkeye mobile howitzer system for testing. This was announced by AM General director Mike Evans. The Hawkeye howitzer was developed by AM General and Mandus Group and was first shown in 2017. The Hawkeye howitzer is located on the base of the Humvee army SUV; other chassis can be used. The howitzer system moves the barrel and breech of the gun forward immediately before firing - this allows you to compensate for the load on the chassis and reduce recoil by 70%. It is worth noting that this system is quite complex and how it will work during long-term combat operation is unknown. The Hawkeye uses the M20 105mm howitzer. The Hawkeye's firing range with standard projectiles is 11.5 km, with active-missile projectiles 15-19 km. Mandus Group guarantees an effective rate of fire of the Hawkeye howitzer of at least three rounds per minute and an accelerated rate of fire of up to 12 rounds. The Hawkeye howitzer has a digital fire control system and is operated by a crew of three. The combat weight of the Hawkeye self-propelled gun on the Humvee chassis does not exceed 4.4 tons.

 
The Russian airspace control system SKVP is being tested in the Moscow region. The developer of the complex air defense "Central Design Bureau of Apparatus Engineering" from Tula, there are very few technical details. The system consists of 24 phased array radar stations, each weighing 110 kg, mounted on tripods, vehicles or buildings. The technical capabilities of the airborne missile system allow you to simultaneously track up to 20 air targets, including small drones. At the same time, the system determines their type, flight altitude and distance to them. The SKVP system can detect targets at speeds of up to 972 km/h. and is capable of working in conjunction with air defense or electronic warfare systems; test samples have already worked for 18 thousand hours without shutting down. You can control the system from a laptop. The radar system of the SKVP system allows you to detect a Boeing type aircraft at a distance of more than 90 km, a Cessna type aircraft at a distance of 30 km, a Furia or Mugin type UAV at a range of up to 15-18 km, and Mavic 2 type drones at a range of up to 4 km.

 
One of the Russian snipers from the 40th Guards Marine Brigade of the Pacific Fleet spoke about combat work in Ukraine. To protect against drones and thermal imagers, snipers use special camouflage

 
Russia has begun to study Ukrainian American-made ATACMS operational-tactical missiles. Three laser ring gyroscopes are being studied that help the guidance system keep the ATACMS missile on a given ballistic trajectory and a GPS antenna that provides correction in the initial and final phases of the missile's flight.
According to the technical specialist, “We can analyze the operation of rocket systems throughout the entire flight path. The correction base, how much it can be adjusted.” Details in the video.

 
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