A Russian soldier captures first-person footage of an approaching Ukrainian “Darts” fixed-wing UAV as he attempts to shoot it down with his rifle.



by MilesLongthe3rd

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  2. Did he shoot it down or was it meant to hit to their positions with purpose?

  5. This new Russian tactic of saturating Ukraine with kamikaze drones is quite terrifying tbh. Instead of just hitting residential buildings and hospitals (the usual Russian thing, yaknow), they’re trying to hit targets at the front-line (FLOT) and rear areas where troops rest and resup.

    Which is a dangerous and decent strategy at the moment, tbf. Ukraine faces manpower shortages and uses large amounts of Western aid for air defence, along with Russia’s numerical superiority on most fronts. Russia is degrading Ukraine’s two biggest problems at the strategic level, whilst potentially gearing up for a major operational breakthrough by amassing forces on three key axes.

    Putin appears to be going all in. He claims to be ready to launch 6000 drones a day soon, and the numbers are trending upwards. Will he reach that number? Maybe, maybe not. But if we are to believe there has been a cooling of relations between Trump and Putin, Pootini knows the time to strike is now more than ever. If Trump truly comes to his senses and provides real and extensive support to Ukraine, the war shifts back highly in favour of Ukraine. But that would take time and luck. And if in two years America moves away from Republican rhetoric, and sees Bidenesque deliveries, Putins gotta be putting the pressure on industry and the military to move quick cos the clocks-a-tucking.

    Anyways, thanks for listening to my TEDx talk. Hope ut wasn’t completely out there 🤌🏻

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