🇺🇦59th Assault Bde report: 'He joined us under a 18 to 24 contract. A normal guy, he quickly integrated into the team. He senses danger with some kind of sixth sense, and he works with fiber optics as if he's been weaving webs his whole life. He's a bit strange, but a good fighter.' t.me/kvbarmy/2827
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Documenting battles/units in Ukraine; Tracking vehicle losses for Oryx list + WarsSpotting, emphasis on vehicle ID/geo-location. Previously also Syria + Nagorno-Karabakh. On Twitter, aim to move more here Not an OSINT account - this just my obsessive hobby
West of Berezivka/South of Nova Poltavka, Kostyantynivka front, early July. 🇺🇦93rd Mechanised Brigade repeatedly strike a🇷🇺AFV. It stops and smokes at 48.345167, 37.488139. Earlier a🇷🇺MT-LB is shown, but its unclear if its the same AFV. t.me/Radisnyi_93/... @uacontrolmap.bsky.social @geoconfirmed.org
Anyone know the name of this neat dappled camo pattern on this drone man from🇺🇦National Guard 4th Brigade 'Rubizh'? I know that pre war some🇺🇦NG and Air assault units trialed some unique cammo's. Is this one of them, or foreign? Colour shades are kind of reminiscent of German WW2 Rauchtarnmuster.
Western Stepnohirsk, June. 'Revanche' Tactical Group of the🇺🇦International Legion report eliminating a🇷🇺infiltration group. Film shows them (marked yellow) clearing then leaving buildings around 47.588223, 35.348540. Ammo etc also found. @uacontrolmap.bsky.social @geoconfirmed.org t.me/DIUkraine/8946
Dobropillya/Kucheriv Yar area, 22nd July. Large🇷🇺attack reported. Unclear if towards former, latter, to north, or multi axis. Tanks seen near Fedorivka, Mayak + Shakhove. 🇺🇦Border Guard Unmanned Systems Regt Phoenix report 9 tanks, 2 AFVs, 3 Grads + dozens of troops destroyed. 📍 x.com/99Dominik_/s...
Vovchansk, July. Another failed🇷🇺Vovcha bridging attempt. Again a hybrid bridging vehicle - a folded out TMM-3 bridge on a truck chassis hit by🇺🇦57th Motorised Bde 50.296278, 36.935286. @uacontrolmap.bsky.social @geoconfirmed.org youtube.com/watch?v=mLpZ... pic 3 ref image youtube.com/watch?v=t8Jz...
🇺🇦427th Unmanned Systems Bde 'Rarog' announces openings for foreigners in its recruitment drive for 'spotters' (drone payload preppers). The unit currently operates around Chasiv Yar + Bakhmut, but is also successfully hitting the🇷🇺shadow fleet in the Black + Azov seas. See in link. t.me/Rarog_427/963
A very powerful and moving film about a heavily wounded Ukrainian National Guardsman who lost his legs, but somehow survived 11 days stranded in no-mans-land without food or water. Subtitles can be set to English in settings. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOxA...
An American, a Brit and a Czech, all civilians without military experience, talk about their to route to joining the "Flash" Battalion of the🇺🇦28th Mechanised Brigade. More details in link. t.me/landforcesof...
Vovchansk, July. A new🇷🇺AFV loss detected/located at 50.302250, 36.928444. Its rear door left open, it burns after at least 3 strikes by🇺🇦9th Recon Battalion. Hits on troops: 1:01) 50.289998, 36.911577 1:20) 50.289448, 36.911726 youtube.com/watch?v=EvkK... @uacontrolmap.bsky.social @geoconfirmed.org
Zaporizhzhya & Bohdanivka, 🇺🇦42nd Mech Bde keep hitting🇷🇺targets around the Sribne cluster of villages - 10th strike in last month. Two new losses. Truck explodes: 48.111677, 36.996499. ⭐️Black smoke as AFV burns: 48.072802, 36.979513. t.me/ssternenko/6... @uacontrolmap.bsky.social @geoconfirmed.org
1. 🇺🇦Vovcha & Mokri Yaly river counter attack Today 37th Marine and 79th Air Assault bdes announced the clearance of Novokhatske. 'The enemy was driven from their positions, suffered losses, and retreated'. 🇺🇦moves started quietly in May under an OPSEC embargo. t.me/OBRMP37/290 📍 x.com/ne_kotletka/...
Vovchansk, mid June. Look at this, another🇷🇺hybrid bridging vehicle burnt by 🇺🇦57th Motorised Bde and 9th Recce Batt at 50.295148, 36.939199. Likely a folded out TMM-3 bridging section on some kind of truck, driven from up-top. @uacontrolmap.bsky.social @geoconfirmed.org youtube.com/watch?v=5Bwy...
Dronivka, mid-June. 135m from the immobilised tank (purple) in linked geo,🇺🇦81st Airmobile Bde hit an 'evacuation tank' (red) trying to retrieve it. It smokes at 48.910296, 38.067535. Some colours reference 1st geo. @uacontrolmap.bsky.social @geoconfirmed.org t.me/ua_dshv/8479 x.com/Danspiun/sta...
Zakitne, Kryva Luka front, 12th June. The location of two burning🇷🇺vehicles, destroyed by🇺🇦81st Airmobile Brigade and adjacent units in the large attack on the 12th: 🔴48.897952, 37.947314 🟤48.897978, 37.948076 Vehicle type unclear. @uacontrolmap.bsky.social @geoconfirmed.org t.me/sloaembr_81/...
🇺🇦93rd Mechanised Bde announce: 'We are opening recruitment for foreign volunteers to join Black Raven – our Unmanned Systems Battalion. We are looking for FPV and Mavic operators, drone pilots, and trained soldiers ...' Terms outlined in film. TG/WhatsApp/Viber Contact in link: t.me/blackraven93...
Vovchansk, Feb-March. Unrecorded🇷🇺bridging attempt halted b4 the Vovcha by the hospital at 50.290303, 36.928967. Combining 2 films: KrAZ-255 + bridging frame hit in Feb. youtube.com/watch?v=HmB1... Later shown destroyed in March. youtube.com/watch?v=lg0-... @uacontrolmap.bsky.social @geoconfirmed.org
East of Nova Poltavka, Donets Obl, May. 0:09-0:13,🇺🇦93rd Mechanised Bde hit and burn a🇷🇺Ulan-2 all-terrain vehicle at 48.364718, 37.501696, by the Nova Poltavka junction on the T0504 Highway. @uacontrolmap.bsky.social @geoconfirmed.org #45042 now located @warspotting.bsky.social t.me/ssternenko/5...
1. Vovchansk, mid-May. With no bridges left over the Vovcha River for vehicles/logistics, RuAF have long struggled to expand towards Bilyi Kolodyaz. Two recent bridging attempts failed. Here 57th Motorised Bde destroy two KrAZ-255 based pontoon hybrids. t.me/vovkodavy34/... 📍 x.com/klinger66/st...
Stepnohirsk, spring 2026. 🇺🇦HUR Special Unit 'Artan' report "Stepnogorsk under control" in operation with other units. Film shows UAF disembark in center - 47.586620, 35.356304 and use of route through junction at 47.578895, 35.337180. t.me/artan_gur/3931 @uacontrolmap.bsky.social @geoconfirmed.org
Impressive enhancement reveals more details. Ten or more Russian infantrymen in the back of a light vehicle targeted by a🇺🇦drone. Date and location not given. t.me/skarlatop/5566
1. North of Kucherov, Kursk Oblast, mid-April. Amid RuAF attempts during April to extend its border buffer zone toward Myropilly, Sumy Obl,🇺🇦21st Mech Bde report a rare🇷🇺armour attack. Three🇷🇺AFVs are hit and turn around at the border. Two burn on the way back and one is abandoned. t.me/armycorps18/...
Nice. 'Soldiers of the "Ghosts" unit of the 63rd Mechanised Brigade freed a deer that got tangled in an anti-drone net'. Lyman front. t.me/ombr_63/1605
Bilytske, Dobropillya front, early Feb. RuAF infiltration north of the town began early Feb. Here, two🇺🇦4th Operational Bde 'Rubizh' scouts attacked + took 5🇷🇺POWs. Initially 1 gave up, they blocked the others in, next day he persuaded the rest to give up. t.me/rubizh3018/4... 📍 x.com/99Dominik_/s...
Kivsharivka, SE Kupyansk front, late March. RuAF again claimed the premature capture of Kivsharivka, (previous claims in January). Likely some🇷🇺advancements in the area, but the recent capture here of 4 reported🇷🇺'flag wavers' from the 153rd Tank Regt shows UAF are still present. t.me/a_shtirlitz/...
East of Kryva Luka, Siverskyi Donets River front, 31.03.26. 🇺🇦81st Airmobile + 54th Mech bdes report halting a🇷🇺attack of 16 bikes in multi groups of 3-4 bikes. One group tracked from Platonivka. FPV strike on a group leaves 2 casualties geo'd⬇️ + other strikes on individual bikes. t.me/sloaembr_81/...
East of Kryva Luka, Siverskyi Donets River front, 31.03.26. 🇺🇦81st Airmobile + 54th Mecha bdes report halting a🇷🇺attack of 16 bikes in multi groups of 3-4 bikes. Here an FPV strike on 3 bikes at 48.862876, 37.945858 leaves 2 casualties. t.me/sloaembr_81/... @uacontrolmap.bsky.social @geoconfirmed.org
East of Kryva Luka, Siverskyi Donets River front, 31.03.26. 🇺🇦81st Airmobile + 54th Mecha bdes report halting a🇷🇺attack of 16 bikes in multi groups of 3-4 bikes. Here an FPV strike on 3 bikes at 48.862876, 37.945858 leaves 2 casualties. t.me/sloaembr_81/... @uacontrolmap.bsky.social @geoconfirmed.org
1. South of Staroukrainka, Hulyaipole front, mid-March. Mainly small scale attacks + infiltration attempts here, but recently RuAF deployed armour, loosing a BTR-82AT abandoned + a BTR-80 destroyed to🇺🇦225 Assault Regt. At least 2 KIA are by the BTR-82AT. t.me/black_swan_u... 📍 x.com/auditor_ya/s...
NE of Novoukrainka, Novopavlivka front. 🇺🇦42nd Mechanised Bde reportedly disable a🇷🇺tank + APC. 0:14-31 a likely T-80BVM stationary + smoking at 48.039680, 36.884933 (red star) 0:40-end T-72 smokes at 48.038363, 36.886828 (red circle). t.me/ssternenko/5... @uacontrolmap.bsky.social @geoconfirmed.org
1. North Lyman front, 19th March. 🇺🇦3rd Army Corps reported thwarting a large attack by🇷🇺1st Tank and 20th Combined Arms Armies on 7 axis across its 150km front. Reportedly 500 men, 28 AFVs and 100 light vehicles/ATVs/bikes etc were used. Details of🇷🇺losses are delineated below and in the next skeet.
Today Russians attacked near Lyman. With the help of drones, Ukrainian infantry brigades destroyed 2 tanks, 5 APCs (BTR-82AT and BTR-70M), 5 BMP-3, 2 BMP-2, and more than 40 ATVs(!).