Eyes in the Sky: Uncensored Look at Ukraine’s Drone War
Been there. Seen the elephant up close, more times than I care to remember. From the poppy fields of Kandahar to the urban sprawl of Baghdad, warfare is a brutal, chaotic business. But this conflict in Ukraine… it’s different. The constant presence of drones, the almost surgical precision of some strikes, the raw, unfiltered footage hitting the internet – it’s a new kind of fight, broadcast in near real-time. This isn’t your grandfather’s war, and these aren’t your standard battlefield reports. We’re looking at Ukraine Drone Videos Uncensored, and what they reveal about the realities on the ground is stark. Forget the sanitized briefings and the carefully curated press releases. These videos offer a glimpse into the lethal ballet being fought in the digital sky, a dance of destruction often ending in sudden, violent finality.
Psychological Warfare is Real: Video 1, titled "31 Jul: FOOTAGE: Russians Kill Themselves HEARING THIS SOUND. Ukrainian Drones Became Even Deadlier." isn’t hyperbole. The description details how the mere sound of an approaching Ukrainian drone can induce panic and even lead to self-inflicted casualties amongst Russian troops. That’s the level of fear and disruption these aerial threats are causing. It’s not just about the explosion; it’s the constant, invisible threat from above.
Drones as Force Multipliers: The narrative around Video 2, "04 Nov: SCORCHED & DISLODGED. Russians Suffer MAJOR SETBACK. | War in Ukraine Explained", highlights the effectiveness of coordinated attacks. Ukrainian forces in Toretsk used drone strikes to suppress Russian positions, allowing demolition squads to move in and eliminate fortified high-rises. This demonstrates how drones aren’t just for individual targeting; they can pave the way for larger tactical gains. They soften the target, degrade the enemy’s ability to respond, and change the dynamics of the fight.
Adapting to the Threat: Video 3, "Russian motorbike assault were thwarted by Ukrainian drones", shows a desperate Russian attempt to overcome Ukrainian defenses by utilizing fast, light vehicles. The Ukrainians adapted, turning the speed of the motorbikes into a liability. A well-placed grenade from above ends the assault quickly and decisively. This highlights the constant cat-and-mouse game of adaptation and counter-adaptation that defines this conflict. When your heavy armor becomes a liability, you try something else. And when that something else appears, you find a way to counter it.
Precision Strikes on Enemy Assets: Video 4, "Battle of Berdychi: Ukrainian Bradleys shred Russia armour in fierce fighting near Avdiika," while focusing on Bradley fighting vehicles, is framed by drone footage. This underscores how aerial surveillance and targeting are integral to modern engagements. The Bradleys are effective, yes, but the drones provide the crucial overwatch, identifying targets and potentially adjusting fire. Even losses, like the reported Abrams tank hit, are often captured and disseminated via drone footage, further underscoring their pervasive role.
The Unflinching Reality of Loss: Video 5, "Ukraine FPV drone destroys Russian bunker as soldiers flee for their lives at a crossroad," offers a chillingly intimate look at the human cost. We see the bunker destroyed, a soldier wounded, and the brutal reality of being left behind as comrades scatter under the renewed threat of another drone strike. It’s a harsh reminder that behind the technical prowess, there are lives on the line, and sometimes, those lives are extinguished in a flash captured by a drone’s camera. There’s no glory in this, just the cold calculus of survival.
Strategic Depth and Expanding Reach: Video 6, "Ukrainian drones attacked locomotive factory in Russia’s Rostov region," indicates the growing range and strategic impact of Ukrainian drones. Striking targets within Russia itself demonstrates a willingness and capability to extend the conflict beyond the immediate front lines, impacting logistics and potentially morale. This isn’t just about tactical engagements anymore; the drone war has strategic implications.
The Digital Sky: A New Domain of Conflict
What these uncensored videos reveal is that the battlefield isn’t just about trenches and artillery anymore. The air above is a critical domain, fiercely contested by small, buzzing machines carrying lethal payloads. This constant aerial threat changes everything. It erodes the traditional advantages of massed armor and infantry. It forces combatants to constantly look up, to factor in the invisible predator lurking overhead. The footage also lays bare the asymmetry of this conflict. While Russia possesses significant military power, Ukraine has effectively leveraged drone technology to level the playing field, at least in certain aspects of the war. This isn’t to say drones are a magic bullet. They are vulnerable, they can be jammed, and they are reliant on skilled operators and effective intelligence. But their impact is undeniable, and these videos are raw evidence of that fact.
The Unvarnished Truth
These "Ukraine Drone Videos Uncensored" aren’t for the faint of heart. They show the messy, violent reality of modern warfare stripped of any romanticism. They offer no easy answers or politically convenient narratives. What they provide is a direct, often brutal, look at how technology is reshaping conflict and the very human cost of this war. It’s a perspective often missed in mainstream reporting, and it’s a perspective we need to understand if we’re to grasp the true nature of the fight in Ukraine.
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31 Jul: FOOTAGE: Russians Kill Themselves HEARING THIS SOUND. Ukrainian Drones Became Even Deadlier.Reporting from Ukraine475,879 views | 29,023 | July 31 2024 04:30:25 (806 comments)[ Read more … ]
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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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Today there are a lot of interesting updates from the Toretsk direction. Here, the Ukrainians successfully destroyed once-powerful Russian defensive positions by extensively using improvised explosives by demolition squads. This significantly destabilized Russian positions in this part of the front, giving the Ukrainians an opportunity for the second wave of counterattacks. Earlier, Russian operations in Toretsk’s central high-rise area stalled as their forces faced constant raids by Ukrainian stormtrooper squads, coordinated with drone strikes. Over time, Ukrainian drone attacks intensified, with combat footage showing Russian soldiers attempting to play dead in a desperate effort to evade drones, only to be detected and eliminated. Unlike in many other areas of the front, Ukrainian drone operators in Toretsk were able to more easily locate Russian drone positions. Combat footage from one operation showed a Ukrainian drone identifying Russian drone operators three kilometers behind the frontline and destroying their base. Such strikes significantly suppressed Russian drone activity in Toretsk, enabling Ukrainian soldiers to assault Russian positions with reduced risk of drone strikes. The original uncensored combat footage of these operations can be found on our Telegram channel through the link in the description. With Russian drone activity suppressed, Ukrainian soldiers seized the opportunity to approach Russian defensive positions in central high-rises and demolish them with heavy explosives. A video shared by Ukrainian fighters reveals their preparation of explosives for demolition squads, mostly improvising with available resources. They repurposed 17 TM-62 anti-tank mines and C-4 charges, bundling them into large packages and attaching cables for detonation. These explosive devices are powerful enough to destroy large high-rise buildings where many Russian fighters are stationed. Combat footage from the high-rise area shows the detonation of these explosives, completely destroying a nine-story building used by Russian forces to amass troops, operate drones, and establish command points. Another video captures the demolition of a second high-rise with similar improvised explosives. These high-rises offered strategic firing positions for Russian soldiers, who used them to set up machine guns, anti-tank missile posts, and drone launch sites. With the destruction of these buildings, Russian defenses in the high-rise area were significantly weakened, as most of the structures were reduced to ruins. The destruction of key Russian firing positions and drone bases set the stage for a coordinated Ukrainian counterattack on Toretsk’s central high-rises. The Ukrainians initially targeted two high-rises facing the northern part of the city, creating a gap in Russian defenses that allowed Ukrainian stormtroopers to advance behind the remaining high-rises. Buildings facing westward were ineffective in repelling Ukrainian assaults, as their narrow, windowless sides left them with blind spots. With their main defensive positions compromised, Russian forces were pushed from the compromized high-rises. The Ukrainian counterattack successfully recaptured a third of the high-rise district and surrounding areas in central Toretsk, with ongoing efforts to push Russian forces out of the remaining high-rise positions.
Overall, the Ukrainians successfully suppressed the Russian firing positions, demolished them with explosives, and gradually started retaking lost positions from crumbling Russian defenses. Ukrainian Luhansk Group of Forces Spokesperson Major Anastasiya Bobovnikova reported that Russian forces have decreased their attacks in Toretsk but have not decreased their artillery and air strikes. Intense artillery and air strikes have however switched their purpose, as Russians are desperately trying to suppress advancing Ukrainians in all-out defense, which often led to accidentally bombing their troops in brutal friendly-fire incidents, which help to amplify Ukrainian operations even more.
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Russian motorbike assault were thwarted by Ukrainian dronesDaily Mail1,439,894 views | 11,220 | June 11 2024 09:47:13 (1,473 comments)[ Read more … ]
Russian motorbike assault were thwarted by Ukrainian drones. Video shows one bike being hit by a dropped grenade. The rider survives but flees so fast he drops his gun. While the bike itself is destroyed by more grenades. A second video shows a kind of mini-tractor pulling a trailer. A Ukrainian drone also strike it, causing its drivers to bail out. Russia has been forced to resort to motorbikes for attacks after their tanks and armoured vehicles kept getting blown up. The bikes are fast, aiming to take the Ukrainians by surprise. But if they are spotted and targeted, they are defenceless.#russia #ukraine #war
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Battle of Berdychi: Ukrainian Bradleys shred Russia armour in fierce fighting near AvdiikaDaily Mail600,708 views | 6,143 | March 18 2024 11:58:53 (755 comments)[ Read more … ]
Ukraine’s mighty 47th Brigade has revealed how their skilled Bradley crews obliterated Russian armour in the town of Berdychi, stopping any attempt by Putin’s men to advance beyond the city of Avdiivka dead in its tracks. Drone footage and first-person video shows how the skilled Bradley drivers destroyed or disabled Russian fighting vehicles, opened fire on troops and battered Russian tanks trying to advance to the west of Avdiivka, which was recently captured by Moscow’s forces after five months of fighting. Putin’s generals hoped to use the city as a springboard to attack the rest of Donetsk oblast, but have instead fallen at the first hurdle. The 47th has not had everything its own way, however, as Russia drone footage showed an Abrams tank – one of only 31 supplied by the US – being hit and destroyed by a drone during the battle. However, for every loss suffered by the Ukrainians they have managed to inflict multiple on their enemies, dragging them into a brutal battle of attrition.
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Ukraine FPV drone destroys Russian bunker as soldiers flee for their lives at a crossroadDaily Mail378,710 views | 4,087 | September 22 2023 09:23:47 (308 comments)[ Read more … ]
Ukraine’s drones took out a Russian bunker somewhere on the front. Footage shows a Russian hideout positioned on a crossroads. With the troops inside firing out at targets somewhere nearby. A first-person view drone is used to partially blow up the bunker. Leaving a wounded Russian soldier lying in the road. His comrades come to help, before a second FPV drone targets them. The Russians are forced to scatter, leaving the injured man behind. The second blast proves fatal, as the ambulance leaves soon after. Before the man’s body is hauled out of the road. It is not clear exactly when or where the explosions took place.
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Ukrainian drones attacked locomotive factory in Russia’s Rostov regionKanal1334,863 views | 1,046 | December 29 2024 21:46:06 (38 comments)[ Read more … ]
#Kanal13 #likekanal13 #subscribekanal13 #warinukraine https://www.youtube.com/user/kanal13az?sub_confirmation=1 – SUBSCRIBE TO US! A drone attack has been launched on the city of Salsk in Russia’s Rostov region, local Telegram channels reported. Although the Ukrainian kamikaze drones were shot down by Russian air defense systems, the debris of the drones fell on the territory of the locomotive depot, causing destruction. No casualties have been reported yet. According to the Russian Defence Ministry, four Ukrainian drones were shot down over Rostov, Bryansk and Oryol regions of Russia. http://youtube.com/kanal13az/join – click here and support Kanal13 monthly for distributing more videos and independent journalism
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