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.@kriegsforscherD and I have a new post about Russia's experiment with its own Drone Line initiative and employment of UAS from last year.
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Rob Lee
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Rob Lee
@RALee85
Senior Fellow @FPRI. Previously @USMC, @ColumbiaSIPA, @CentreAST. Focused on Russian defense policy.
Katılım Kasım 2015
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President Zelenskyy says Ukrainian sea drones struck two Russian "shadow fleet" vessels used to transport oil near the port of Novorossiysk.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський@ZelenskyyUa
Our warriors continue to apply sanctions against Russia’s shadow oil fleet – two such vessels were struck in the waters at the entrance to the port of Novorossiysk. These tankers had been actively used to transport oil – not anymore. I am grateful to Chief of the General Staff Andrii Hnatov for leading the operation, to the counterintelligence officers of the Security Service of Ukraine, and to our Navy for consistently delivering effective results. Ukraine’s long-range capabilities will continue to be developed comprehensively – at sea, in the air, and on land. Glory to Ukraine!
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@Sivart832z @Deepstate_UA They occupied less territory in April than March.
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@RALee85 @Deepstate_UA This is confusing. Are you saying they occupied 11.9% less - which means the lost some, or GAINED less?
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.@Deepstate_UA assesses that Russia occupied 141 square kilometers in April, 11.9% less than in March.
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Rob Lee@RALee85
.@Deepstate_UA assesses that Russia occupied 160 square kilometers in March, 27% more than in February. t.me/DeepStateUA/23…
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For Kennan, @kirlant wrote a sharp piece on how Russia has navigated the West's Ukraine sanctions. The "politico-economic lessons" of this "most ambitious exercise in economic coercion," he writes, are ultimately "disconcerting" (for the West). kennaninstitute.org/articles/to-le…
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Two people killed, seven more wounded in a Russian FPV drone attack on a civilian bus in Kherson, the governor of the southern Ukrainian region reports. The Kremlin’s army continues to hunt residents as part of the “human safari” that the UN has said amounts to crimes against humanity.
Oleksandr Prokudin@Prokudin__
Early this morning, Russian terrorists attacked a minibus in Kherson with a drone. As a result of the strike, a woman and a municipal worker were killed at the scene. Six more men and one woman were injured. They are currently in hospital receiving medical care.
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Washington has warned European allies, including the UK, Poland, Lithuania and Estonia, to expect long delivery delays for US weapons — including Nasms and Himars — as it scrambles to replenish stockpiles depleted by the Iran war. Deliveries to Ukriane have already been delayed.
w/ @FT colleagues
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Video of destroyed UGVs on the road to Kostyantynivka, demonstrating how difficult it is to maintain logistics for Ukrainian units holding the city.
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@RALee85 Personally I think there is a huge silver lining to this. Remember the number of vehicles destroyed on the supply lines to pokrovsk? Now its mostly UGVs. Imagine how many soliders lives are being saved by this shift. Also the supply of UGVs is increasing steadily
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@RALee85 Better UGVs getting hit than manned vehicles though
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UA middlestrike - BDA
47.08082, 35.36001 destroyed Bukhanka
near Melitopol ~70km deep
Novobohdanivka, Zaporizhia
@UAControlMap @GeoConfirmed
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Video from the Ukrainian National Guard’s @khartiiabrygada of an operation in February in Kupyansk with kamikaze UAS and UGVs that killed 10 Russian soldiers in a building.
t.me/khartiia/3898
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Video from Russia’s Rubicon Center of FPVs dropped by mothership drones.
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Ukrainian drones struck the Shagol airfield, claiming to destroy a Su-34 and 2 x Su-57 on the 25th April 2026
Thanks to @Exilenova_plus for being a champ with the satellite imagery. Only looks like one aircraft struck to us though
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large apc, tank, ifv & truck storage base hit by fp-2
Bakhmut
48.602443, 37.99385 (1:17-1:49)
@UAControlMap @GeoConfirmed
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Video from Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces of FPV, FP2, Hornet, and other kamikaze UAS strikes on Russian Nebo-M, Buk-M3, vehicles, and warehouses and depots.
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Daily Ukraine map thread for Thursday 30 April 2026
Highlights: A focus on the west of Zaporizhia area today, where the initial Russian infiltrations have been reversed and they're back to no difference than at the start of the year, except for the ones who are dead.
Towards Hulyaipole, Russian forces still attempt to push onwards, but still have not regained the positions that they lost to Ukraine earlier in the year.
Elsewhere, Ukrainian long range strikes continue - striking two patrol boats in the Kerch Strait with USVs, and striking Perm refinery in Perm.
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@franfran2424 I think the rear area is pretty vulnerable. Russian commanders are tasked with advancing, and they aren't focused on their defenses.
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@RALee85 Sure... Or maybe they would have suffered heavy losses and be stopped by rear units, since the frontline is more porous than the rear.
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I disagree. The Ukrainian offensive operations in Kupyansk and Zaporizhzhia from last fall and this winter demonstrated that offensive maneuver is possible even with brigades and regiments that only had a company-size element of infantry. In both cases, breakthroughs were possible if Ukraine had sufficient forces to exploit success. Proper planning, task organization, rehearsals, intelligence, and employment of fires/CUAS can set the conditions for successful offensive operations. UAS can enable, not only hinder, maneuver.
Giorgi Revishvili@revishvilig
General Valerii Zaluzhnyi, former Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and current Ambassador to the UK: Due to scientific and technological progress, it has become impossible, regardless of what others may claim, to carry out operational-level tasks. 1/12
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@franfran2424 But they could have achieved more with sufficient forces to exploit success.
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@RALee85 Both Kupyansk and Dnipropetrovsk offensives failed to achieve operational successes.
They won tactically, but failed to secure Kupyansk, and failed to push back Russian forces more than a few kilometers.
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