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More Russian stuff blowing up, plus Ukraine declares a breakthrough near Bakhmut [1]
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Date: 2023-09-18
We may have a winner for September in the Turret Toss Competition.
x Another Russian T-72 attempted to break the record for the "longest turret flight." To achieve such a result, the AFU needed slightly less than $1,000, compared to the tank's cost of 3-4 million dollars.
Ukrainian forces are using FPV drones, with extremely high efficiency… pic.twitter.com/drzUChjdEP — Saint Javelin (@saintjavelin) September 18, 2023
Some interesting points in this thread:
Ukraine is developing drones that can deliver thermobaric and fragmentation warheads.
That Ukraine does not use US-supplied Switchblade drones much.
x The technological gap of Russians doesn't stop here. In recent videos, "Magyar" (59th Brigade, "Magyar's Birds" Battalion Commander) demonstrated that thanks to new developments, Ukrainian military personnel can see absolutely all enemy FPV drones in the sky when they use newest… pic.twitter.com/c28w5hcEuO — Saint Javelin (@saintjavelin) September 18, 2023
The technological gap of Russians doesn't stop here. In recent videos, "Magyar" (59th Brigade, "Magyar's Birds" Battalion Commander) demonstrated that thanks to new developments, Ukrainian military personnel can see absolutely all enemy FPV drones in the sky when they use newest equipment, and can even disrupt some of them using electronic warfare. In the footage, you can see the 113th enemy FPV drone being "turned off"( 176 Russian FPV-drones were destroyed as of 16.09.23) . Sooner or later, the Russians will come up with ways to combat AFU drones and extend the flight range of their drones. But at the moment, the trend is that Ukrainian developers are setting the pace in drone technology. Let's hope they don't lose momentum and continue to outpace the enemy in FPV drone progress.
Ukraine hits the HQ of the Vichy government in Donetsk.
x /2. More footage of the hit on the Pushilin’s administration in Donetsk. pic.twitter.com/Zm3W89Unsv — Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) September 18, 2023
I have seen this posted in several places but I have yet to see anyone specify where the breakthrough occurred. Presumably it would be in the Klishchiiva-Andriivka area.
x ⚡️Commander: Ukrainian forces breach Russian defensive line near Bakhmut.
Ukrainian troops have broken through one of the Russian defensive lines near Donetsk Oblast’s Bakhmut, Land Forces Commander Oleksandr Syrskyi reported on Sept. 18.
https://t.co/JFn2GCcE0i — The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) September 18, 2023
A Russian mortar unit east of Avdiivka gets HIMARSed.
It’s not a big attack but the fact that it is happening at all is significant.
x 🔥🔥🔥 Guerrilla attack in the Leningrad region 🇷🇺.
Two 🇷🇺 trucks with military cargos destined for Ukraine 🇺🇦, were destroyed by the partisan group “Right of Force.”
This group has committed a number of arsons against the 🇷🇺military.
Partisanship in Russia is spreading 🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/VVj9DtEBM6 — Jason Jay Smart (@officejjsmart) September 18, 2023
Too bad, so sad.
x ⚡️ Airborne Colonel Кондрашкин Андрей Владимирович (Kondrashkin Andrey Vladimirovich), commander of the 31st Guards Air Assault Brigade, graduated from the Academy of the General Staff in 2023 and was killed in Ukraine on 17 September ’23.
Awarded for Syria @QalaatAlMudiq… pic.twitter.com/u5XjxIA5gm — KIU • Russian Officers killed in Ukraine 🇨🇿🇺🇦 (@KilledInUkraine) September 17, 2023
If they put enough Flex Tape on that, it might just keep the water out.
Generalissimo Ramzan Kadyrov is still dead.*
*Fans of SNL from the 70s will get this joke.
x Dodging questions about the state of the Chechen Governor Ramzan Kadyrov’s health, the Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the Putin administration “can hardly be expected” to comment on someone’s medical situation. Kadyrov is rumored to be in a coma.
https://t.co/poFjfUs9DV — Meduza in English (@meduza_en) September 18, 2023
Further proof that Russia is a weird place.
x Bonkers Russian Army recruitment commercial, in which soldiers under fire in a trench discuss Ukrainian real estate investments. (One wants to buy an apartment in Kyiv’s tony Pechersk neighborhood once it is conquered, the other says he prefers Odesa because of the sea…) pic.twitter.com/ZiY3WV6VfL — Yaroslav Trofimov (@yarotrof) September 18, 2023
Somebody give that man a jackhammer.
Flying a Russian flag in Europe is a great way to get your car noticed, but not in a good way.
No big deal. I do this every day ... with my eyes closed.
Crows are quite intelligent. They know good people when they see them.
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