In Donetsk, they began to create anti-fragmentation shields-capes for attack aircraft and drone operators. The body armor cape will allow the military to protect themselves from a large number of fragments and small VOG-type ammunition, which are used in grenade launchers and dropped from drones. The cape shield can be hung on the arm or used as a cape.
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Footage of the underground military depots left by the Ukrainian army in Soledar has been published. The size of military warehouses and workshops built back in Soviet times is simply colossal. In an underground city 5 kilometers long, at a depth of 150 meters, new and Soviet weapons were placed.
Anti-aircraft self-propelled gun "Gepard" of the Ukrainian army, German-made, came under attack from the Russian kamikaze drone "Lancet". This is the first defeat of the German self-propelled anti-aircraft gun "Gepard" in Ukraine by drones "Lancet". The unit is not destroyed, but the electronics are most likely damaged.
Published footage of the impact of the Russian kamikaze drone "Lancet" in the new Ukrainian EW station "Bukovel-AD". The Bukovel-AD electronic warfare complex was put into service in 2016 and is designed to combat drones. According to the developers, the complex suppresses the GPPS navigation of the Russian Orlan-10 UAVs at a distance of up to 100 km, the usual jamming radius: drones is up to 20 km, the deployment time of the complex is 2 minutes. The "Bukovel-AD" installation is placed on various chassis. As a result of the impact of the Lancet kamikaze drone, the Bukovel-AD electronic warfare complex burned down.
Attack of 3 Ukrainian infantry fighting vehicles in the Zaporozhye direction. Footage of the attack of three Ukrainian BMP-1s in the Zaporozhye direction in January of this year has been published. The positions of the Russian reconnaissance group of the army special forces and marines of the 177th regiment of the Caspian flotilla were attacked. Three Ukrainian BMP-1s came close to the Russian positions and landed troops. As a result of the ensuing battle, after one of the BMPs was damaged, the Ukrainian units retreated. The details of the battle are unknown, according to the results of the battle, there are wounded on both sides.
A short episode of an oncoming tank battle has been published, a Russian T-80BVM tank, under the command of a fighter with the call sign Altai, with a Ukrainian tank, presumably T-64. Reportedly, a Ukrainian tank leaving the forest belt was attacked by a T-80BVM tank. The video shows part of the battle, where the T-80BVM tank fires a second time at a Ukrainian tank and undermines its ammunition load.
Published footage of the impact of the Russian kamikaze drone "Lancet" in the new Ukrainian MLRS "Bureviy" near Artemovsk. MLRS "Bureviy" with a caliber of 220 mm, placed on the Tatra T815-7 chassis and put into service in 2022. The MLRS was designed to replace the Soviet Uragan MLRS, the MLRS firing range is up to 65 km. Technical information about it is on the channel. As a result of the impact of the drone "Lancet", the rockets detonated in the MLRS "Bureviy".
Video created by the engineering troops of Ukraine, a powerful underground fortified structure, created in the form of a square. In the drone video, you can see the many entrances to the underground structure, connected by an extensive network of underground tunnels.
Published footage of the evacuation of a damaged Russian tank by two Russian engineering vehicles, under the blows of Ukrainian artillery. The video was filmed in the Uludar direction and shortened, showing the brightest moments.
The episode of the battle with the use of the Ukrainian army, the American infantry fighting vehicle M2A2 Bradley. This is footage of the June 8 battle, when a large convoy of Ukrainian M2A2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles and Leopard 2A6 tanks, as a result of an attack on Russian positions, hit mines and were hit by Russian artillery. The video is shortened, showing the fire of an M2A2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle and a vehicle of the same type hitting a mine. After that, the Ukrainian soldiers put up a smoke screen and try to evacuate, at this the video recording of the battle stops.
Lancet drone strikes a German Leopard 2A6 tank of the Ukrainian army. The work of kamikaze drones will soon become a problem for tank manufacturers around the world and simple lattices on tanks do not always save them. The German tank Leopard 2A6 of the Ukrainian army, possibly abandoned by the crew, also came under attack from the Russian Lancet kamikaze drone. A kamikaze drone hit the back of a Leopard 2A6 tank, no detonation occurred, but the tank was damaged.
The battle of the ship "Priazovye" of Russia with sea drones of Ukraine. The Ukrainian army again used maritime drones to attack ships of the Russian fleet on June 11. Today, the Russian medium reconnaissance ship "Priazovye" of project 864 was attacked. The attack of sea drones took place 300 kilometers southeast of Sevastopol on the Black Sea. The Priazovye ship performed the tasks of monitoring and ensuring security along the routes of the Turkish Stream and Blue Stream gas pipelines. The armament of the ship is 2 six-barreled AK-306M submachine guns and Igla MANPADS. The drone attack was reportedly repulsed and all of them were destroyed.
The armor of the T-72B3 tank withstood 2 hits of the Stugna Ukraine ATGM. Published footage of the battle of the Russian tank T-72B3. The tank used up its ammunition and began to return to replenish ammunition. Reportedly, at that moment the tank was attacked twice from the Ukrainian ATGM "Stugny", despite being hit, the tank withstood the blows and returned to the unit. It is worth noting that the Ukrainian ATGM "Stugna" is a fairly effective weapon for destroying tanks, but apparently the additional armor of the tank turned out to be more effective in this battle.
Footage of a mobile crew of the Ukrainian army armed with an SPG-9 Spear mounted anti-tank grenade launcher. The effective firing range of such a grenade launcher against armored targets is up to 1300 meters. For more information about the SPG-9 grenade launcher, see the link to the video in the comments to the video.