Footage of a group of Ukrainian soldiers leaving Avdeevka. Military personnel use the Dutch YPR-765 tracked armored vehicles developed in 1970, we previously talked about them. Also in the video you can see two Ukrainian tanks leaving Avdiivka, one of them is on fire, apparently the tank came under attack from an FPV drone. Avdiivka is considered the main fortified area of the Ukrainian army in the Donbass; it was created in 2014.
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Footage of a Ukrainian Banshee Jet-80 kamikaze jet drone, manufactured in Great Britain, intercepted and landed by Russian electronic warfare units. The Banshee Jet-80 jet drone is manufactured by Qinetic and is used by the UK Navy as an aerial target. The drone's range exceeds 100 km, the maximum speed is 720 km/h, the drone can stay in the air for up to 45 minutes and rise to a height of up to 7500 meters. Reportedly, upon inspection of the drone, 7 kilograms of explosives were found. As a result of decoding the flight mission of the Banshee Jet-80 drone, it turned out that the drone was supposed to circle over the Novoazovsky region and hit an object in Mariupol, approaching the target from the Taganrog Bay.
An episode of the battle of Russian paratroopers of the 98th Airborne Division in the Chasov Yar area. In the video, the Russian group is moving towards a Ukrainian stronghold with bunkers and a sniper placed there.
An episode of the battle of the Russian 114th brigade of the 1st Army Corps, which took place near a coal waste heap near the Avdeevka coking plant. The beginning of the fighting near Adeevka. The filming was carried out from a drone by military correspondent Andrei Filatov, who also commented, the ending of the battle was cut out, the waste heap was stormed by tanks and using drones. The video shows a military column moving towards the waste heap. The column consisted of four T-72B3M tanks, two BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicles, a Typhoon armored vehicle, and judging by the video, the new VPK-Ural armored vehicle was used; videos of all the equipment are on the channel. During the assault, one tank was damaged by unknown means, possibly by a drone. Another damaged equipment is also visible in the frame, but its identity could not be determined. You can also see in the video its use by the Ukrainian army. The second part of the fight was published in telegram, link below.
A Russian plane, presumably an A-50U, official media reported about an unknown aircraft, crashed near the Trudovaya Armenia farm in the Kanevsky district of the Krasnodar Territory. The wreckage of the plane was found by local residents. There is no official information about the type of aircraft yet. Ukrainian media reported that the A-50 plane was shot down by Ukrainian air defense, but this is unlikely, since the nearest point of the front line is from 210 to 265 kilometers, and the firing range of the Patriot air defense system is 160 kilometers. It is worth noting that local residents filmed the flight of the plane; the video shows the plane shooting at a heat trap; this is done when the plane detected a missile launch or radar radiation. Also, one of the local residents recorded the launch of an unknown missile during the flight of the plane. It is also possible that a sabotage group equipped with MANPADS penetrated into the Krasnodar region.
Footage of the use in Ukraine, by Russian Su-35 aircraft, presumably of Kh-35U missiles. Despite the fact that the Kh-35 missile is considered anti-ship, a modified version of the Kh-35U, equipped with a Gran-K seeker, can also hit ground-based radars at a range of up to 260 kilometers. The missile has a warhead of 145 kilograms and flies at an altitude of 20–50 meters, skirting the earth's surface. The video shows a Kh-35U missile hitting the Ukrainian P-18 all-round radar station, which was put into service in 1970 and designed to detect air targets.
Footage of the military chronicle of the fighting in Ukraine, the 70th regiment of the 42nd motorized rifle division of the Russian army. In the video, an armored group consisting of two BMP-3s enters Rabotino and lands troops. Reportedly, the landing force was landed at one of the schools in the village, which was alternately occupied by the Ukrainian and Russian armies during the fighting. The BMP-3 was adopted into service in 1987 and is capable of transporting up to 7 troops. Judging by the video, the BMP-3s are not equipped with additional armor. It is not shown in the video, but later the position of the paratroopers was attacked by one drone; in the Ukrainian version of the video this is shown, but the video was made from different frames of unknown videos.
The Ukrainian army began to use ground-based kamikaze drones. Everyone in Ukraine is already accustomed to the use of flying kamikaze drones, but ground-based kamikaze drones are gradually beginning to be used, and their role should not be underestimated. The Ukrainian army published a video of the use of a ground-based kamikaze drone equipped with TM-62 anti-tank mines, the type of drone used is unknown, it is probably homemade. As you can see from the video, such drones could become a new threat at the front. For now they are rarely used.
Footage of the impact of the Russian kamikaze drone “Lancet-51” on the Ukrainian 155-mm Slovak-made Zuzana 2 self-propelled gun has been published. The Zuzana 2 self-propelled gun was developed in 1998 and placed on a Tatra 817 wheeled chassis, the self-propelled gun’s firing range is up to 40 kilometers, and the rate of fire is up to 6 rounds per minute. According to official data, only 28 Zuzana 2 self-propelled guns were produced. As a result of the Lancet drone strike, a strong fire started in the self-propelled gun.
Footage has appeared of an attack by Ukrainian naval drones on the presumably Russian patrol ship "Sergey Kotov" of Project 22160. Project 22160 ships were stopped being built due to the discrepancy between their tactical and technical qualities and combat operating conditions. Previously, the patrol ship “Sergey Kotov” of the Russian Black Sea Fleet repelled attacks by Ukrainian naval drones, but it is not possible to repel an attack of about 10 drones at the moment. The attack was carried out on the night of March 4-5 by maritime drones “Magura V5” of the “Group 13” unit; information about everything is on the channel. According to Ukrainian media, the ship was damaged in the stern, right and left sides, the crew was rescued, this is not officially confirmed by Russian media, there is no footage of the ship sinking.
Footage of the impact of the Russian kamikaze drone "Lancet-51" on the Ukrainian portable electronic warfare station Plastun RP-3000 in the Zaporozhye region. The Plastun electronic warfare system was developed in 2019 by the Infozashchit company and operates at a range of up to 15 kilometers. Electronic warfare is designed to identify communications equipment, determine the location and suppression of UAVs, determine the coordinates of electronic warfare stations and to fix digital control channels and information transmission. The Plastun RP-3000 electronic warfare station weighs 39 kilograms and deploys in 20 minutes, technical information is on the screen. As a result of a strike from the Lancet-51 drone, the Plastun electronic warfare station caught fire.
The first clear images have been published of a defeat in the Nikanorovka area, 40 kilometers from the front line, of the Ukrainian M142 HIMARS MLRS of American production. The HIMARS MLRS was developed in 1996, the firing range of the MLRS, the new PrSM tactical missile is up to 400 km, the video is on the channel, these missiles are not supplied to Ukraine. Presumably the HIMARS MLRS was destroyed by the new 300 mm Russian 9M544 or 9M549 missile used in the Tornado-S MLRS, we previously reported on them. The missiles are guided by Glonass coordinates and are capable of hitting targets at a range of up to 120 kilometers. As a result of the Tornado-S missile strike, the HIMARS MLRS installation and a transport vehicle with missiles nearby were destroyed; the video shows spontaneous missile launches. There is a version that the strike was carried out by an Iskander missile, but Iskander missiles usually leave a crater with a diameter of about 10 meters.
Footage of the battle, the crew of the large landing ship "Caesar Kunikov" project 775, the Russian Black Sea Fleet, with the Ukrainian naval drone "Magura V5". Previously, we published this fight filmed on drone cameras. The ship was reportedly attacked by ten naval drones on February 14, four of which were destroyed by small arms fire. The remaining drones hit the port side and stern, after which the ship tilted and subsequently sank; this has not been officially confirmed. The crew could not repel this attack, since judging by the video, the ship is not equipped with additional turrets on the sides. The crew does not have thermal imagers or night vision devices; the fire is conducted from conventional small arms; the battle lasted 20 minutes. Attacks on ships began to be carried out by dozens of drones; not a single ship can now repel such an attack; ships need to be equipped with additional means of defense.
Footage of a Russian Iskander tactical missile striking a Ukrainian missile, presumably a Patriot air defense system, near Pokrovsk. Initially it was reported that the strike was carried out on the Ukrainian S-300PS air defense system, but experts, including Ukrainian ones, reported that as a result of the analysis, the affected object can be identified as MIM-104 Patriot. The conclusions are reportedly based on the door shape of MAN KAT1 8x8 trucks, which are used as chassis for German Patriot air defense missile launchers. Retractable supports characteristic of the Patriot air defense system were also seen on the wreckage. It is still impossible to say for sure what was hit, but three vehicles were destroyed on the march, presumably two air defense missile launchers and a radar for illuminating and targeting missiles.