Silent Wings, Deadly Sting: Ukraine’s Drone War Uncensored
The grinding war in Ukraine has become a brutal proving ground for modern warfare, and amidst the thunder of artillery and the rumble of tanks, a quieter, deadlier conflict unfolds in the skies. Forget battlefield narratives of massed formations and grand offensives; the true tactical innovation, the real edge in this fight, is whispered on the wind, carried by the buzzing wings of drones. These aren’t the lumbering, high-altitude predators of past conflicts. These are swarms of nimble, agile machines – eyes in the sky, precision artillery spotters, and now, increasingly, the silent harbingers of death for isolated troops and exposed armor. From the muddy trenches of the eastern front to the sprawling fields now scarred by conflict, the drone war is reshaping Ukrainian tactics, offering a crucial, and often terrifying, asymmetry in the face of Russia’s numerical and material advantages. The following video highlights, sourced directly from the frontlines, offer a stark, unfiltered glimpse into this aerial battlefield, revealing the Ukrainian tactical drone advantage that’s rewriting the rules of engagement.
Key Insights from the Drone War Frontlines
North Korean Meat Waves Meet Drone-Stryker Blitzkrieg (Video 1): Imagine a field, vast and exposed, suddenly swarming with figures – a human wave assault, archaic in its conception yet brutally real. Video 1, from January 17th, 2025, paints this grim picture, reportedly showing North Korean soldiers, seemingly thrown into the meat grinder by Russian command, advancing in close formation. But the shock comes with the Ukrainian response: a lone Stryker armored vehicle, guided by drone eyes high above, turns the open field into a killing ground, relentlessly pursuing and crushing fleeing soldiers. This isn’t just about firepower; it’s about targeted, agile response enabled by aerial surveillance. The video description hints at captured North Koreans, a chilling detail underscoring the desperate measures and shifting alliances in this war, far removed from sanitized reports.
‘Combat Bathtubs’ and Drone-Delivered Demise (Video 2): January 6th, 2025, Toretsk direction. Video 2 reveals the absurd, tragic realities of Russian logistics under pressure. Desperate for supply lines, Russian forces are reduced to strapping bathtubs to motorcycles, even commandeering golf carts and electric scooters – ludicrous contraptions instantly vaporized by Ukrainian kamikaze drones. The video highlights the Ukrainian Azov brigade’s counterattack, exploiting Russian disarray with infantry clearing operations backed by drone overwatch and sniper fire. Basements, once shelter, become death traps as Ukrainian forces use grenades and close-quarters combat to root out the enemy, meticulously dismantling Russian positions. The key takeaway: drones not only strike but also paralyze, exposing logistical vulnerabilities and turning improvisation into fatal desperation.
Close-Quarters Fury, Witnessed by a Bodycam (Video 3): January 4th, 2025. The romanticized notions of war evaporate in the visceral reality of Video 3. A Ukrainian soldier’s body camera captures a brutal knife fight with a Russian counterpart amidst the ruins of Trudove, Zaporizhzhia. Gunfire gives way to a desperate struggle, the glint of steel, the slash of a blade. Reportedly, the footage captures an almost paradoxical moment of respect amidst the carnage as one soldier dies. This video, raw and unfiltered, while not explicitly drone-centric, speaks to the hyper-localized, brutal infantry combat that drones so fundamentally alter. Drones provide the prelude and the aftermath to such encounters, but this close-range savagery remains the agonizing core of the conflict.
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Strikes Deep into Russia: Drones Extend Ukraine’s Reach (Video 4): November 29th, 2024. The strategic calculus of the war shifts dramatically in Video 4. Ukraine, now with Western approval to strike targets within Russia and bolstered by long-range drone innovations (up to 2000km range), unleashes a wave of attacks on Russian infrastructure. Oil depots in Kaluga, artillery arsenals near Kotovo, factories in Izhevsk – all ablaze, all hundreds of kilometers from the border. These aren’t just pinprick attacks; they are strategic blows aimed at crippling Russia’s war machine, targeting fuel supplies, ammunition, and crucially, production capabilities for air defense systems and radars. The introduction of 75kg warhead drones, nearly double the size of Shaheds, signals a significant escalation in Ukrainian strike power. The lifting of restrictions on Western weapons use, combined with indigenous drone technology, grants Ukraine an unprecedented reach and disrupts the perceived Russian safe zones.
‘120 Men Lost in 1 Minute’: Drone-Inflicted Annihilation (Video 5): November 11th, 2024, Siversk direction. Video 5 lays bare the devastating effectiveness of coordinated drone and anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) ambushes. A Russian mechanized assault of eleven vehicles and over a hundred soldiers towards Ivano-Darivka is decimated not by massed artillery, but by precisely placed ATGM fire and swarming FPV (First-Person View) drones. The video highlights the Russian failure to suppress Ukrainian ATGM positions, a critical tactical blunder compounded by the limited maneuverability imposed by the terrain. Drones then mop up the remnants, targeting infantry fleeing damaged vehicles, grenades dropped with chilling accuracy. "120 men lost in 1 minute" – the title isn’t hyperbole; it’s a brutal metric of drone-inflicted carnage, a testament to the Ukrainian layered defense and the vulnerability of exposed mechanized assaults in the age of ubiquitous aerial surveillance.
The Sound of Death: Drones and Russian Morale (Video 6): July 31st, 2024, Pokrovsk direction. Video 6 delves into the psychological impact of the drone war. Ukrainian drones, particularly the heavy-lift Vampire hexacopters, relentlessly pound Russian positions with explosives and mortar rounds. But it’s the FPV drones, the ever-present buzzing in the air, that reportedly drive one Russian soldier to suicide upon hearing their approach. This chilling detail, if verified, speaks volumes about the psychological toll of constant drone harassment, the feeling of being perpetually watched, targeted, with nowhere to hide. While Ukrainian Bradleys conduct counterattacks and mining operations slow Russian advances, it’s the drones that embody the pervasive, inescapable threat, eroding morale and disrupting even the most basic operations.
Analysis: Asymmetry from Above and the Shadow of Attrition
These videos, taken together, paint a picture of a conflict where drones are not just a supporting element but a central nervous system of Ukrainian tactical operations. They provide persistent surveillance, enabling rapid response and precision strikes that negate Russian advantages in manpower and heavy armor. The videos highlight a shift: from attrition warfare dominated by artillery barrages to a more agile, asymmetric fight where drones empower smaller, more mobile Ukrainian units to inflict disproportionate losses.
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Drone Evolution: From simple surveillance to FPV kamikaze drones and heavy-lift bombers, Ukrainian drone capabilities are rapidly evolving, becoming more lethal, longer-range, and adaptable.
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Logistical Chokepoints: Drones are not just frontline weapons; they are increasingly used to interdict supply lines, target logistics hubs deep inside Russian-held territory and even within Russia itself, strangling the flow of resources.
Psychological Warfare: The constant presence and unpredictable lethality of drones exert a significant psychological pressure on Russian forces, degrading morale and impacting operational effectiveness.
Counter-Drone Measures: While not explicitly shown in these videos, the drone war is inevitably driving an arms race in counter-drone technology, with both sides developing and deploying systems to detect, jam, and destroy enemy drones. The future will likely see a tightening spiral of drone vs. anti-drone capabilities.
The Ukrainian "tactical edge" in the drone war isn’t just about technology; it’s about adaptation, innovation, and a ruthless efficiency in leveraging these aerial assets to maximize their impact. However, the shadow of attrition remains. While drones inflict heavy losses and disrupt Russian operations, they are not a war-winning weapon in isolation. The conflict is still a brutal test of endurance, resources, and willpower.
Witness the Unseen Battlefield
Scroll down to explore these uncensored video highlights. See for yourself the drone’s-eye view of modern warfare, the raw footage that statistics and sanitized reports can never capture. Understand the silent hum that now dictates life and death on the Ukrainian front – the sound of a tactical revolution unfolding in real-time, a war fought not just on the ground, but in the unforgiving skies above.
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Today, there are a lot of updates from the direction of Toretsk.
Here, after the previous failed Russian assault, Ukrainians prepared for a swift and decisive counterattack to exploit the disarray among the retreating Russian forces. With Russian survivors left scattered and unsupported, the stage was set for the Ukrainian Azov brigade to dismantle their positions and prevent any chance of renewed offensives.
The main Ukrainian goal was to conduct a follow-up counterattack to eliminate the remaining Russian forces scattered throughout the settlements, as remnants after their latest failed assault. Despite being in an unorganized state, these Russian survivors posed a continued threat to the Ukrainians, as at any time, they could reorganize themselves for a renewed attack on the southern flank of Toretsk. To prevent the Russian forces from launching such a follow-up operation, Ukrainian commanders decided to launch direct assaults, to clear the enemy out while they were still unprepared.
To achieve their goal, Ukrainians conducted a series of clearing operations with infantry, because even though tank raids can deal significant damage, they may leave some survivors hiding in the basements, who can communicate with each other and accumulate. Ukrainians achieved this by deploying soldiers to conduct close-quarters combat to discover and eliminate Russian positions in narrow residential areas and basements.
The residential area Russians took up positions in, allowed the Russian forces around three hundred houses, allowing them to disperse their stormtroopers widely. The concealment provided by the houses and their basements hampers Ukrainian drone reconnaissance, making it difficult to detect and track the troops once scattered. The primary danger lies in the Russians using these basements as concealed positions to ambush Ukrainian infantry from unexpected locations during clearing operations.
However, Russian forces were largely left in a disorganized state, due to the heavy losses suffered during their latest attack on the southern flank. With Ukrainians deploying skilled sniper teams to deny the Russians free movement in between the houses, Russian soldiers knew that venturing into the open would almost certainly result in death. The suppression and disarray of the Russian forces allowed the Ukrainians to establish effective fire control over the area, with Ukrainian snipers and drone operators systematically eliminating any Russian soldiers who exposed themselves out in the open, picking them off one by one.
This enabled the Ukrainian 12th special purpose brigade Azov to launch well-coordinated counterattacks toward Nelipivka, deploying infantry squads to target isolated Russian units entrenched in houses and basements. Combat footage highlights the elite brigade’s soldiers’ methodical approach, advancing cautiously to neutralize Russian positions. They effectively suppressed and disoriented the Russian defenders by throwing hand grenades into the basements and buildings they were hiding in, creating opportunities to breach their strongholds. Capitalizing on the ensuing chaos, the Ukrainian troops swiftly raided the basements, successfully eliminating resistance and capturing the remaining Russian fighters.
Furthermore, the Russian forces in this sector lacked adequate transport vehicles, further compounding the plight of their isolated units, as they could not receive essential ammunition and supplies. Ukrainian fire control, reinforced by precision drone strikes, not only disrupted resupply efforts but also prevented any attempts to reinforce the village with additional resources. This exacerbated the already dire logistical challenges faced by the Russians, leaving their units increasingly vulnerable and under-equipped.
Combat footage released by Russian fighters in the area shows the state of Russian logistics is extremely dire, to the point where the Russian soldiers are forced to improvise by attaching bathtubs to their motorcycles to carry supplies in. Furthermore, another geolocated video shows how Russians were using golf carts and even electric scooters to transport their soldiers and supplies to the village, which were, of course, instantly destroyed by Ukrainian kamikaze drones.
Overall, the failure of the previous Russian attacks and a lack of logistics vehicles and reinforcements established perfect conditions for a successful Ukrainian counterattack that cleared the Russian presence from the settlements. The Russian use of improvised civilian vehicles is a stark sign of the rising issues, as armored vehicles are becoming fewer and more scarce among Russian forces due to high losses in suicidal assaults in the past. This development gradually renders them incapable of conducting large offensive maneuvers and exposes further weaknesses…
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Shocking footage shows a brutal knife fight between a Ukrainian and Russian soldier on the frontline in Ukraine.
Recorded on a Ukrainian soldier’s body camera, the video begins with the two men exchanging gunfire near the ruins of a heavily damaged building.
The Ukrainian soldier eventually closes the distance, grabbing his opponent’s automatic rifle.
This sparks a physical struggle that escalates when the Russian soldier draws a knife and slashes his rival in the thigh.
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Today, there are a lot of interesting updates from the Russian Federation.
Recently, Ukrainians finally received Western approval to use Western-delivered weapons to strike Russian military bases on Russian soil. This, combined with recent Ukrainian drone innovations that extend Ukraine’s strike range to 2,000 kilometers, led to a devastating combination of long-range strikes that damaged Russia’s ability to sustain the war both in the short- and in the long term.
The first target of the massive Ukrainian strike became a large oil depot in the city of Kaluga. To destroy it, Ukrainian forces used two long-range drones, causing a massive inferno to erupt in the middle of the city. Interestingly, the Ukrainian military intelligence service revealed that they unleashed new drones with a range of up to 2,000 kilometers away. These drones also have a powerful 75-kilogram warhead, nearly two times bigger than the Russian-Iranian Shahed drones. After destroying the Kaluga oil depot, Ukrainians hit a Russian artillery arsenal near Kotovo in the Novgorod region, 680 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, resulting in a loud explosion audible from several miles away. Later, Ukrainians hit a Russian electromechanical factory in Izhevsk, over 1300 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, which produces Tor air0 defense systems, radars, and other technical components.
Ukrainian drone and missile strikes on ammunition warehouses and oil depots directly impact Russians’ ability to sustain combat operations in the short term. However, strikes on Russian production facilities such as refineries and electromechanical factories severely damage the Russian ability to maintain the war in the long term. The main reason for this is that Russians are unable to produce or adequately repair many different components and manufacturing equipment. This means that by damaging or destroying these facilities, there is a significant chance that Ukrainians have destroyed or otherwise permanently diminished the Russian production capabilities of said equipment.
Moreover, to amplify Ukrainian deep-strike capabilities, the United States, Britain, and France recently allowed Ukraine to strike military targets on Russian soil. Russian forces have over 240 confirmed military objects within Ukrainian striking distance in Russian territory that Ukrainians were previously not allowed to target. These bases include, but are not limited to, airfields, ammunition depots, command and control centers, training and repair facilities, and logistics centers. Russians have used all these objects to conduct their war on Ukraine in relative safety from Ukrainian missile strikes. Now, Ukraine has finally received permission to strike back at these targets and eliminate the imposed safe zone for Russian forces.
The first Ukrainian target for the ATACMS missiles was the Karachev ammunition depot in the Bryansk region. Russian sources also reported heightened Ukrainian drone activity in the region as well, indicating that Ukrainians used drones to exhaust Russian air defense systems prior to the ATACMS strike. The ATACMS strike itself was a complete success, achieving a direct hit on the Russian base with a cluster munition warhead, as locals report hearing over a dozen secondary detonations as more ammunition caught fire. Ukrainian intelligence services report that the facility contained both conventional and rocket-propelled artillery ammunition, including shells provided by North Korea, guided glide bombs, and air defense missiles. As footage shared by local residents shows smoke clouds of a massive explosion rising into the air.
Overall, Ukrainian strike capabilities have been severely enhanced by the range restrictions on Western missile use being lifted, as well as Ukraine revealing to be capable of striking targets 2000 kilometers away with their new long-range kamikaze drones. While Ukrainians do not have a large enough stockpile of ATACMS missiles to strike all 250 known Russian military objects within range, Russians also do not have enough air defense systems to defend all of these targets and their frontline positions simultaneously. Consequently, Ukrainians can pick and choose which undefended bases to hit, exploiting gaps in the Russian air defense network. Unfortunately for Russians, the United States Department of Defense recently announced that they will be sending Ukrainians an undisclosed amount of ATACMS missiles in their upcoming aid package as well. This means that Ukraine’s ability to dismantle Russian military infrastructure will gain even greater momentum, tightening the noose on Russian combat operations and bolstering Ukrainian hopes for a decisive edge in the war.
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Today there are a lot of updates from the Siversk direction. Here, after the previous disastrous assault, the Russians decided to change their vector of attack and launched a new massive assault, this time from the northern flank of Ivano-Darivka. In spite of strong pressure from another large Russian mechanized assault, the Ukrainian fighters of the 54th Mechanized Brigade took lessons from the 10th Mountain Assault Brigade and organized a multilayered defense meant to repulse anticipated Russian assaults.
Last time I told you how Russian mechanized assault south of Ivano-Darivka resulted in heavy losses of personnel, tanks, and armored vehicles, leaving many wounded soldiers stranded in the grey zone. It seems like the Russian command figured that the main flaw in their assault was the elevated Ukrainian defensive positions above the village, rendering further attacks in this direction impractical. That is why Russian forces launched a second wave of assaults along the elevated platfrom north of Ivano-Darivka, advancing from the Lysychansk Oil Refinery, where they had amassed numerous armored vehicles for the attack. This route aimed to reduce losses by positioning Russian mechanized units on the same elevation as Ukrainian defenders, hoping to reach and capture their positions. To preserve an element of surprise, Russian forces avoided heavy artillery and aerial bombardment of the Ukrainian positions, which later proved problematic. The anticipated element of surprise failed, as Ukrainian commanders had already expected an assault along the elevated funnel. With only one dirt road leading from the main Russian positions at the Lysychansk Oil Refinery, Ukrainians were prepared to concentrate drone strikes and ATGM operators ont his narrow corridor to repel the assaults. Additionally, the narrowing down of the funnel to about one kilometer in width limited Russian maneuverability during the attack, making it easy for Ukrainian forces to detect and strike.
Combat footage shows that the Russians launched a substantial mechanized assault with eleven armored vehicles and over a hundred soldiers. However, they encountered issues before reaching Ukrainian positions, as Ukrainian forces identified and destroyed Russian tanks and BMPs with Stugna-P ATGMs. Most Russian armored losses were due to ATGM strikes—a rare occurrence, as FPV drones typically cause the majority of losses nowadays. This was likely due to the Russians’ failure to organize a coherent artillery and air support on Ukrainian positions, as alluded to by Russian sources. Standard Russian military protocols suggest that artillery should suppress most ATGM positions before an assault but due to the lack of coordination this did not happen. Russian vehicles that were out of ATGM range were targeted by FPV drones, effectively forcing the remaining troops to retreat to whatever trenches and dugouts they found nearby. Ukrainian forces then deployed Mavic drones armed with grenades to eliminate Russian infantry who continued the assault, sparing only those fleeing the area. This worsened the situation for Russian forces, as disorganized stormtroopers from the damaged BMPs—many wounded—were scattered across open fields, hiding in abandoned and scattered dugouts and trenches.
Overall, despite previous failure, the Russians once again restarted their mechanized assaults towards Ivano-Darivka, resulting in heavy losses with many disorganized and wounded survivors of the assault left in grey zone. The number of Russian troops scattered across the fields near Ivano-Darivka, including wounded, is estimated to be up to a hundred. This assault and the previous one in Siversk direction met severe media backlash in Russia by their military analysts, who criticized the commanders in the area and called for their dismissal for their inability to organize offensive operations. This led to heavy losses in tanks and BMPs by Ukrainian ATGM crews, which not only prevented the Russian mechanized units from making any territorial gains, but also reduced the chances of success of any subsequent attacks due to the deterioration of combat readiness of the broken units.
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Today, there are a lot of updates from the Pokrovsk direction.
Here, Russian forces have kept up a consistent but slow advance while Ukrainians are managing a fighting withdrawal against overwhelming odds.
The goal of the Russian forces here is twofold. First of all, Russians are trying to cut off the Ukrainian Kostyantynivka-Pokrovsk highway, splitting Ukrainian forces in two. The second is to take control over the city of Pokrovsk itself. To accomplish this, Russians need to first fully secure their salient by pushing Ukrainians to the Vovcha River. This would remove the threat of Ukrainian counterattacks and secure their logistic routes against Ukrainian drone activity.
Russians have moved a considerable number of brigades to the region to give themselves an overwhelming manpower advantage. This has allowed Russians to keep up a creeping advance, as Ukrainian doctrine continues to value saving soldiers’ lives over holding on to lost positions. As Ukrainians cannot contend with the Russian manpower advantage straight on, Ukrainian forces in the region have adopted several tactics to slow the Russian process significantly.
Firstly, Ukrainians conduct regular counterattacks and raids on Russian positions with armored vehicles and deploy assault groups where Russians are vulnerable. Geolocated footage shows one Ukrainian Bradley driving up and firing on a Russian position to undermine the Russian advance toward the river. Another video shows how two Bradley infantry fighting vehicles fire into a Russian tree line to undermine Russian attacks on one of the settlements. The Footage also shows how, after the Bradleys laid into the Russian trenches with automatic cannons, two Ukrainian assault groups deployed to clear the trenches further and cut off the Russian advancement. The original uncensored footage of Ukrainian assaults with Bradleys can be found on our Telegram channel through the link in the description.
Secondly, Ukrainians mine the approaches to their positions with anti-infantry and anti-tank mines, as shown by this Russian mechanized attack being cut short when the lead vehicle drives over a mine and detonates. Thirdly, Ukrainians target Russian forces with FPV drones and heavy-duty Vampire drones, not only along the contact line but over the entire Russian salient. Ukrainian Vampire hexacopter drones destroy buildings Russians are sheltering in with heavy explosives or by carpet bombing them with individual mortar rounds.
Ukrainian FPV drones fly around and target Russian infantry and shelters, as well as supply trucks and vehicles deeper into the salient, heavily disrupting the Russian ability to launch attacks and sustain prolonged assault operations. The problem of Ukrainian FPVs is so extensive for Russian forces that one Ukrainian drone captured a Russian soldier, choosing to end his own life, as soon as he heard a Ukrainian drone fly over his head, without even attempting to run or otherwise putting up a fight. The original uncensored video of all Ukrainian drone strikes can be found on our Telegram channel as well.
The main defensive line that Ukrainians were making a fighting withdrawal to stood firmly behind the Vovcha River, with fortified positions on the hills overlooking any Russian crossing point. The only weak spot in this Ukrainian defense line was the small settlement of Prohres. One reason for this was the railway line running by the settlement. Defending this railway line is more difficult for Ukrainians, as Russians do not have to make a risky crossing through any open fields and can move through cover toward the Ukrainian positions. Secondly, if we look at the topographic map, we can see that Russians would also be moving over the hill ridges, denying Ukrainians the high-ground advantage.
Russians understood this and launched a massive two-pronged assault on Prohres along the railway line and from Novooleksandrivka from the north. While initially being able to hold the Russians at bay, Ukrainian defenses eventually relented under the intense pressure. Through this, Russians managed to encircle a number of soldiers of the 31st mechanized brigade in a strong fortification meant to provide fire control over the railway line. While senior commanders were slow to act, the junior officers of the battalions took quick action, as they knew that every second counted. With the help of coordinated…
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