Desperate Measures in the Drone War: When Crutches Become Weapons
The windswept fields south of Udachne. Imagine the scene: a bleak, winter landscape, scarred by trenches and craters. The air, thick with the metallic tang of spent ordnance and the acrid bite of burning fuel. This is the brutal tableau emerging from the Pokrovsk direction, a sector of eastern Ukraine where Russiaβs grinding offensive is meeting fierce resistance, and where desperation is now a palpable element of their military calculus.
Recent YouTube videos paint a stark picture, moving beyond the clinical data points of battlefield reports to reveal the raw, often gruesome, reality of this conflict. Forget sanitized maps and neat lines of advance; these are visceral glimpses into a war fought in meters, often within drone cameraβs intimate frame. What these videos are showing, chillingly, is a Russian military machine increasingly resorting to horrifying measures to maintain momentum, echoing the grim implications of the phrase "π Crutch Attack."
The claim sounds almost unbelievable, doesnβt it? Wounded soldiers β men hobbling on crutches β pushed back into the meat grinder of the front lines. Yet, multiple reports and visual snippets, meticulously documented and disseminated via social media and channels dedicated to war analysis, suggest this is precisely what is happening. This isn’t just about battlefield attrition anymore; it’s a potential indicator of a deeper crisis within the Russian ranks, a manpower shortage so acute that it compels commanders to deploy men physically unfit for combat, even those struggling to walk. What does this tell us about the true state of Russia’s war effort, and how is Ukraine leveraging this desperation against them?
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"Crutch Assaults" β A New Low? Several videos corroborate reports of wounded Russian soldiers being sent back into assaults. Titles like "UNBELIEVABLE: Wounded Russians SENT TO ATTACK ON CRUTCHES!" and βThis is fβ¦.. upβ – Footage of heavily wounded Russian soldiers being sent to frontlineβ leave little to the imagination. The descriptions detail Ukrainian drone operators encountering these men, some barely able to walk, attempting to advance. The chilling implication is clear: Russia is scraping the bottom of the barrel, prioritizing bodies over combat effectiveness, pushing men, even the broken ones, towards Ukrainian lines.
Drone-Delivered Devastation: The footage is dominated by the brutal efficiency of Ukrainian FPV (First-Person View) drones. Video titles such as "Ukrainian FPV Drones Relentlessly Destroy Russian Soldiers" and "Russian FPV Drones Brutally Hit Ukrainian Soldiers in a Shocking Attack" underscore the two-sided nature of this aerial attrition warfare. These small, agile drones, armed with explosives, are the grim reapers of this conflict. Imagine the pilotβs perspective, guiding a drone through the sky, the target β often a small group of figures in a field β coming into view, then the sudden, violent eruption of dirt and debris. The videos, often raw combat footage, offer an unsettlingly close view of these deadly encounters.
Unsustainable Attrition and Tactics: Descriptions consistently highlight the high casualty rates inflicted by Ukrainian drones on Russian infantry assaults. One video notes, βUkrainians inflict up to four hundred Russian casualties a day in the Pokrovsk direction alone.β The Russian tactic described β small groups of infantry advancing in waves across open fields β seems tailor-made for drone strikes. It speaks to a strategic inflexibility, or perhaps a lack of viable alternatives, forcing Russia to accept crippling losses for minimal gains. The human cost, as captured in fleeting glimpses of bodies scattered across the battlefield, is horrifying.
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Expanding Drone Warfare: Sea and Sky: The conflict isnβt confined to land. βUkrainian Sea Drones Got Bored Sinking Ships And Started Hunting Russian Helicoptersβ showcases the evolution of Ukrainian drone technology and tactics. Initially focused on naval targets, Ukrainian sea drones, dubbed βSea Babies,β are now reportedly targeting Russian helicopters. This indicates a dynamic battlefield where innovation and adaptation are key, and where Ukraine is demonstrably extending its drone reach, forcing Russia to defend on multiple fronts.
Strikes Deep Inside Russia: The war is also being brought home to Russia itself. "More than 50 explosions, 3 large tanks on fire – one of Russia’s largest oil refineries on fire" details Ukrainian drone strikes against critical Russian infrastructure. The description mentions a major oil refinery in Ryazan, struck by multiple drones, with footage purportedly showing massive fires. This demonstrates Ukraine’s growing capability to conduct strategic strikes deep within Russian territory, targeting assets vital to the Russian war machine. The roar of explosions in the night, the inferno engulfing oil tanks β these are sounds and images now penetrating deep into Russia, shifting the psychological landscape of the conflict.
The Drone’s Shadow and the Shifting Sands of War
What are we witnessing here? Beyond the immediate tactical gains and losses, these videos point to a deeper strategic and perhaps even societal strain within Russia. The "crutch attack" reports, if verified, suggest a depletion of manpower reserves and a willingness to sacrifice even the wounded to maintain pressure. This isnβt just about battlefield losses; it potentially speaks to a crisis of morale and recruitment within the Russian military.
The dominance of drones is undeniable. They are the ubiquitous eyes and instruments of death on this battlefield. FPV drones have become the great leveler, eroding the advantages of conventional military strength. They are relatively inexpensive, difficult to counter definitively, and devastatingly effective against exposed infantry and even, increasingly, against more sophisticated targets. This is transforming the nature of ground warfare, favoring maneuverability, dispersion, and technological adaptation over brute force.
Looking ahead, we can expect to see an intensification of this drone arms race. Both sides will likely invest even more heavily in drone technology, seeking to develop countermeasures and even more lethal platforms. The conflict could evolve further into a war of attrition fought increasingly through the lenses of drone cameras, with human soldiers becoming both the targets and, tragically, sometimes, the expendable instruments of this relentless technological battlefield. The desperation on display now may well become a defining characteristic of this phase of the war.
Witness the Drone War Unfold
Scroll down to see the video highlights we’ve analyzed. These are not just clips of explosions; they are fragments of a brutal reality, offering crucial, albeit often disturbing, insights into the evolving nature of the war in Ukraine and the increasingly desperate measures being taken. Examine the footage, listen to the narratives, and draw your own conclusions about the human cost and strategic implications of this relentless drone conflict.
The curated videos await below
21 Jan: UNBELIEVABLE: Wounded Russians SENT TO ATTACK ON CRUTCHES! | War in Ukraine ExplainedReporting from Ukraine299,255 views | 21,862 | January 21 2025 19:00:10 (819 comments)[ Read more … ]
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Today, there are a lot of interesting updates from the Pokrovsk direction.
Here, the new Russian assault vector sees Russian generals desperate to keep up their momentum, throwing undertrained soldiers into relentless day-and-night human wave assaults. With losses so severe, Russians have even sent wounded soldiers on crutches back into battle, resulting in bodies of fallen soldiers slowly piling up in the fields.
The goal of the Russian forces in this area is to take the town of Udachne and the open fields around it, creating a staging ground for the encirclement of Pokrovsk from the western flank of the city. Russian forces are forced to go around, as they lack the reserves necessary to launch frontal assaults on Pokrovsk. The Institute for the Study of War recently stated that Russians are sending newly recruited soldiers straight to the frontline with barely a few weeks of basic training, underscoring the Russian manpower issue. Furthermore, Russians lack the sufficient air support needed to dismantle and eliminate Ukrainian forces holding up in fortified high-rise buildings and industrial zones.
To take Udachne, Russian forces rely heavily on pure infantry assaults to storm the Ukrainian positions across the field to reach the town. These infantry assaults are usually made up of groups of up to three soldiers, fifteen to twenty meters apart, to reduce the risk posed by Ukrainian FPV kamikaze drone strikes. Reports from Ukrainian soldiers on the ground indicate that Russians launch these assaults around the clock, putting intense pressure on Ukrainian defenders, while at a high cost in human life.
Russians use the terrikon north of Novovasylivka to observe Ukrainian positions in Udachne and the surrounding area. Russian forces, accumulated in Solone and Novovasylivka, then move through the tree lines and open fields to attack Udachne directly, while the Solona River shields Russian assault groups from direct Ukrainian counterattacks from below.
However, the Russian assault groups move at a slow pace as they are on foot, which means that the Ukrainian drone operators can quickly detect the Russian assault groups while they are still on the approach. This has led to Ukrainians relying heavily on drone units to monitor and eliminate the Russian infantry, eliminating the Russian infantry assaults with deadly efficiency. As the Russian assault groups are also very small, they generally do not have the required weight to breach Ukrainian defenses; instead, they form a constant stream of attackers that are meant to overwhelm Ukrainians in the long run. However, this has turned out to be a very costly strategy for the Russians, precisely because the small infantry groups don’t have the hitting power of a larger assault. This makes them easier to deal with individually, as Ukrainians inflict up to four hundred Russian casualties a day in the Pokrovsk direction alone.
Combat footage of a Ukrainian drone operator in the area reveals the reality of Russian assaults where dozens, if not hundreds, of dead Russian soldiers are scattered across the fields south of Udachne. To make it worse, Russians often can’t or don’t retrieve their wounded, leaving them to die in the fields instead. Russian commanders were, however, in dire need of reserves to keep up the momentum of the assaults. In desperation, they even ordered their wounded soldiers back into the fight, as footage shows how two wounded Russian soldiers were walking through the fields on crutches toward Ukrainian positions, without communicating any intent to surrender. While these Russian soldiers could barely walk, they were still assaulting Ukrainian positions, leaving Ukrainian drone operators little choice but to eliminate them regardless.
Overall, the Russian offensive effort on the western flank of Pokrovsk is rapidly becoming unsustainable for the Russians due to the high attrition rates of their tactic. Russian voluntary recruitment is at an all-time low, with Russians having to promise outlandish signing bonuses to sign new recruits, with Russian soldiers reporting they use their signing bonus to pay off their commanders so they do not have to go on assault. This all underlines the Russian issue of high casualty rates that often far exceed the pre-war populations of the towns that are being fought over, with Russians consistently losing men in the thousands just to take one village.
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βThis is fβ¦.. upβ – Footage of heavily wounded Russian soldiers being sent to frontlineKanal13102,071 views | 1,768 | January 22 2025 08:23:26 (289 comments)[ Read more … ]
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Ukrainian Sea Drones Got Bored Sinking Ships And Started Hunting Russian HelicoptersTech408,968 views | 9,085 | January 24 2025 17:15:00 (416 comments)[ Read more … ]
Over the dark waters of the Kerch Strait, a swarm of Russian Mi-8 gunship helicopters swoops down through the winter night toward their prey: a group of Ukrainian Sea Baby naval drones. Despite their innocent-sounding name, these unmanned vessels have sunk millions of dollarsβ worth of warships, forced Russiaβs Black Sea Fleet to retreat from Crimea, and severed crucial military supply lines.
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More than 50 explosions, 3 large tanks on fire – one of Russia’s largest oil refineries on fireKanal1358,419 views | 2,036 | January 24 2025 16:23:46 (109 comments)[ Read more … ]
#Kanal13β #likekanal13β #subscribekanal13 #warinukraine https://www.youtube.com/user/kanal13az?sub_confirmation=1 – SUBSCRIBE TO US! On January 23, late in the evening, residents of Ryazan witnessed drone attacks on several sites in the city at once. We are talking about the oil refinery and the Novo-Ryazan Thermal Power Plant. Refinery in the Ryazan region is one of the largest in the Russian Federation with a processing capacity of 17 million tons of oil per year. At least three tanks are burning there now. In addition, the fire that occurred as a result of the drone strikes covered the workshop where the diesel fuel and aviation kerosene hydrotreating plant is located. Local residents recorded more than 50 explosions on social networks.In addition, SBU and SSO drones visited the Ryazan oil pumping station and the Ryazan TPP. “The SBU, together with the Defense Forces, continues to introduce effective “drone sanctions” against the enterprises of the Russian Defense Ministry and the oil sector in the Russian hinterland. The work on weakening the enemy’s military capabilities will continue even further”, – this is how the Security Service commented on the operation.
The head of the region, Pavel Malkov, confirmed the drone attack on the city and the work of the air defense. However, he did not specify which objects were in the drones’ field of view. He also added that there were no casualties among the local population, and all the drones were destroyed in the sky. However, “bright” footage from the oil refinery and thermal power plant testifies to the opposite. One of the residents of Ryazan did not hide the fact that the oil refinery was hit hard. Moreover, the tongues of flame rose higher than a 10-story building. The work of the Russian air defense system can also be judged by a series of shots of missiles striking residential buildings of Ryazan residents. During one such strike, the roof of the house began to burn. The fire itself was later extinguished. http://youtube.com/kanal13az/join – click here and support Kanal13 monthly for distributing more videos and independent journalism
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