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Russian stuff blowing up: Russia using kamikaze drones against its own retreating troops [1]

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Date: 2025-04-06

No Berlin parade for you.

Yep. Shoot them all.

x ⚡️'Shoot them' — Russian commander ordered troops to open fire on their comrades, intercepted call suggests. Intercepted calls released by Ukraine's military intelligence (HUR) suggest a Russian commander losing his temper and ordering soldiers to shoot at their own comrades in a neighboring unit.



[image or embed] — The Kyiv Independent (@kyivindependent.com) April 6, 2025 at 11:19 AM

Russia is even using kamikaze drones against its own troops.

x 1/ Russian commanders are said to be using FPV drones to attack their own soldiers if they fall back from assaults on Ukrainian positions. It's a modern equivalent of the Stalin-era 'blocking detachments' which shot Soviet soldiers who attempted to retreat. ⬇️



[image or embed] — ChrisO_wiki (@chriso-wiki.bsky.social) April 5, 2025 at 11:33 AM

Russians with injuries told to walk through a minefield and blow themselves up because they aren’t good for anything else.

x 1/ Unarmed, injured Russian soldiers are being used as "meat probes" to "trample mines" with their feet, according to a man who has recorded a video appealing for help. His commander tells the wounded: "You are not needed, cripples! Go and die." ⬇️



[image or embed] — ChrisO_wiki (@chriso-wiki.bsky.social) April 5, 2025 at 3:04 AM

6/ "You are not needed, cripples! Go and die. Just like meat, like a probe. Walk ahead of everyone and search for mines with your feet, so to speak. You will go ahead of the sappers. Well, roughly speaking, to trample mines, to pave the way. You will die, he said, you will die. 7/ "Since you have no health, you are not needed."

A video from inside that shipbuilding plant in Karelia near the border with Finland. It seems workplace safety in Russia needs some work.

x 2/2

Here's a video from inside the Onega Shipbuilding Plant in Petrozadovsk. Russian media report two welders were seriously injured when a gas cylinder exploded. #RussiaOnFire



[image or embed] — Tim White (@twmcltd.bsky.social) April 3, 2025 at 3:54 AM

What do you suppose is going on in this video?

He wiped out in a puddle, then the drone finished him off.

The luckiest Russian.

This Russian wasn’t so lucky.

WARNING: Video shows dead Russians.

Bavovna

x This is what an assault on armored vehicle looks like in conditions where drones completely control the airspace. Video of the attack attempt by Russian BMP-2, filmed by the 38th Brigade of Ukraine. t.me/argus38/532



[image or embed] — 🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 (@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social) April 6, 2025 at 9:05 AM

A Ukrainian drone takes out a Russian air-defense system an impressive 50 km behind the lines.

Russia turned its attention back to Kyiv last night.

x Ukraine intercepts just 1 of 6 Russian ballistic missiles near Kyiv as air defense catch rate drops below 50% The missiles that got through killed one, injured three, and left a trail of destruction in Kyiv this morning.



[image or embed] — Euromaidan Press (@euromaidanpress.bsky.social) April 6, 2025 at 8:38 AM

Fresh off murdering children in Kryvyi Rih, Russia also attacked a furniture store in Kyiv.

The children murdered by Russia in Kryvyi Rih.

Germany steps up.

x Germany ups artillery support to Ukraine, pledging 500k shells this year — 25% of the EU's 2M total. The move, likely influenced by a €3B aid package, signifies a significant increase from previous plans. It's a considerable step by Europe’s biggest economy.



[image or embed] — Meanwhile in Ukraine (@meanwhileua.bsky.social) April 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM

The war comes home to these Russians in a big way.

x Russian villagers in a Bryansk border region are hysterically begging their authorities for help. They’re cut off: the only store burned down, taxis charge insane fares, buses don’t run. “We live in basements, mixing up day and night,” they scream.



[image or embed] — WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) April 6, 2025 at 7:59 AM

Russia shows off its newest ground drones.

x Russians showcase ground drones armed with machine guns and RPG-7s, which look set to be highly vulnerable to Ukrainian FPV drones.



[image or embed] — WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) April 6, 2025 at 5:01 AM

It’d be a damn shame if one of those oligarch super yachts mysteriously sank. A real shame.

x Britain says Putin’s spying on its nuclear subs with drones and oligarch yachts. Devices found in UK waters, per The Sunday Times. Russia’s also eyeing EU-US underwater cables.



[image or embed] — WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) April 6, 2025 at 2:53 AM

More museum pieces headed to the front.

If Zelenskyy was expecting some slight hint of sympathy from Trump, he was bound to be disappointed.

General Mud has entered the war.

x Spring melt is one of those things that is supposed to be an equalizer by impacting both sides. However, Russia's reliance on alternative modes of transportation due to heavy combat vehicle losses will put them at a distinct disadvantage. #OSINT



[image or embed] — OSINT Intuit (@urikikaski.bsky.social) April 6, 2025 at 7:28 AM

Another 1,330 Russians

Russia shifting from cruise to ballistic missile production.

x 1/2 The Russians are redirecting their dwindling resources from the production of cruise missiles (Kh-55/59/101, etc.) to the production of ballistic missiles (Iskander). #OSINT #Russia #UkraineWar



[image or embed] — OSINT Intuit (@urikikaski.bsky.social) April 6, 2025 at 6:37 AM

2/2 The two reason for this are: a 90% rate loss of Russian cruise missiles to Ukrainian air defenses; and, the availability of electronic components for which the Iskander uses almost all older Soviet-based components that they can produce domestically. 3/3 A potential third reason for focusing on the production of ballistic missiles is the strained relationship between the US and Ukraine which could impact the supply of Patriot missiles; one of the few weapons that can intercept them.

Meanwhile on the Kursk/Belgorod front.

x Earlier, there were reports that Basivka in Ukraine was occupied by Russians. Not true. There were Russian forces inside the town, but were driven out. On the other hand, Ukraine did occupy more (~2 sq km) of Russian belgorod region.



[image or embed] — Orion412 (@orion412x.bsky.social) April 6, 2025 at 9:56 AM

It does seem like a wider war is on the horizon.

x 🇫🇷🛡️ Half of French public considers a hot war on EU soil to be likely, and a strong majority considers Putin a direct threat to France. 🇪🇺 French public is quickly warming up to the extension of EU’s prerogatives to the military sphere. Read more 👀⬇️

theukrainianreview.info/frances-pivo...



[image or embed] — The Ukrainian Review (@theukrainianreview.bsky.social) April 5, 2025 at 11:13 AM

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