The first real North Korean 170-mm M1989 Koksan self-propelled guns were recorded by eyewitnesses on one of the military trains in Russia. There is little information about the M-1989 Koksan self-propelled guns; they were created in the 1970s on the chassis of T-54, T-62 or Type 59 tanks. With a 170-mm gun, more than 58 calibers long, the M1989 DPRK self-propelled gun can fire shells at a range of up to 40 km, and active-rocket projectiles at a range of up to 60 km.
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Russian sappers of the Karbyshev engineering battalion have started using FPV drones for mining and demining in Ukraine. The video shows the installation of POM-2 mines and demining using a Russian FPV drone. POM-2 anti-personnel fragmentation mines were developed in the 1980s in the USSR. The POM-2 mine family includes several types of ammunition, the mine weighs 1,500 grams, the amount of explosive is 140 grams, and the radius of continuous destruction is 16 meters. The POM-2 mine explodes after touching one of four nylon threads 10 meters long. The POM-2 mine is not extractable or neutralized, it self-destructs after a period of time, from 4 to 100 hours. The radius of destruction of the POM-2 mine is 16 meters.
The Ukrainian 44th Mechanized Brigade demonstrated the use of a Polish Rosomak APC with Mk 310 PABM-T programmable air-burst ammunition. The Ukrainian Rosomak APC fires Mk 310 PABM-T programmable projectiles from a 30mm Mk44 Bushmaster II automatic cannon. Before feeding the projectile into the barrel, a special programmer, through the receiving coil, enters into the fuse electronics the distance at which the main charge of the projectile should be detonated.
A resident of the Tyumen region of Russia filmed a train of military equipment. The video shows the M1989 Koksan self-propelled guns produced by the DPRK, which were previously shown, and an unknown model of military equipment. The video is of low quality and it is difficult to draw conclusions, the outlines of the installations are similar to the North Korean Pukguksong-2 ballistic missile installations. So far, there is no convincing damage that Russia has received Pukguksong-2 missiles.
Pukguksong-2 missiles, KN-15 according to Western classification, were adopted by the DPRK in 2017. The name of the missile - Pukguksong-2 - is translated as "Polar Star". Presumably, the missile is a land-based version of the Pukguksong solid-fuel missile for submarines. Pukguksong-2 missiles are mounted on the chassis of the T-62 tank, the production of which is established in the DPRK. According to North Korean media, the range of the Pukguksong-2 missiles is from 3,000 to 5,500 kilometers; according to Western experts, the range of the missiles is up to 2,500 km.
Pukguksong-2 missiles, KN-15 according to Western classification, were adopted by the DPRK in 2017. The name of the missile - Pukguksong-2 - is translated as "Polar Star". Presumably, the missile is a land-based version of the Pukguksong solid-fuel missile for submarines. Pukguksong-2 missiles are mounted on the chassis of the T-62 tank, the production of which is established in the DPRK. According to North Korean media, the range of the Pukguksong-2 missiles is from 3,000 to 5,500 kilometers; according to Western experts, the range of the missiles is up to 2,500 km.
India's Russian oil imports - the reality
I blog on the Ukraine war and the feedback I often get when discussing it in forums is that India is siding with Russia, or financing Putin by buying Russian oil. My latest blog post looks at oil trade data and argues that India's actions are in the best interest of all oil importers. There are more egregious instances of sanctions busting and better ways to reduce Russia's energy export revenues
without harming importers.
https://rpdeans.blogspot.com/2024/12/indias-russian-oil-imports-reality.html
I blog on the Ukraine war and the feedback I often get when discussing it in forums is that India is siding with Russia, or financing Putin by buying Russian oil. My latest blog post looks at oil trade data and argues that India's actions are in the best interest of all oil importers. There are more egregious instances of sanctions busting and better ways to reduce Russia's energy export revenues
without harming importers.
https://rpdeans.blogspot.com/2024/12/indias-russian-oil-imports-reality.html
Good points. I have a few counters though.
Opening up other markets like Venezuela and Iran will not affect Russia's exports due to the need for maintaining political equilibrium with the West. If bad things happen to Russia, bad things will eventually happen to other countries in the Global South. The West behaves when Russia's strong. At the very least China and India will continue buying the same amount of energy from Russia while reducing supplies from other more traditional markets.
Sanctioning refined fuel would mean cheaper Russian refined fuel, which quite a few countries will buy. Refined products cannot be sanctioned due to the nature of the game, cheap energy directly benefits industry. Anyway, China will just buy Russia's fuel and resell it to other countries.
Both will serve to reduce Russia's earning potential, but it won't really change the overall calculus for the West, and it will make things even more cheaper for China, and it's the latter situation that the West would like to avoid.
At the same time, the West has political issues with Venezuela and Iran, and would like to prevent giving them any kind of sops. And they would prefer to avoid a supply glut that can unnecessarily advantage the Global South. Hence the delicate balance between confronting enemies and suppressing other upcoming competitors.
An episode of the battle of the Russian 114th brigade in the Kurakhovsky direction, in the Donbass. During the battle, a Russian portable electronic warfare system was used, protecting soldiers from drones. The model of the electronic warfare system is not reported. The video shows an attack by a Ukrainian FPV drone, which, under the influence of the electronic warfare system, cannot hit the soldiers, as a result, the drone falls.
An episode of the battle between the Russian robotic platform NRTK "Courier" and the Ukrainian FPV drone. Technical information on the ground drone NRTK "Courier" is in the link to the video in the comments to the video. In this case, the robot can be said to have replaced the reconnaissance squad. In this configuration, the Russian robot NRTK "Courier" is equipped with an AGS-17 grenade launcher. The task of the military robot "Courier" was to conduct reconnaissance in the area of the settlement of Velyka Novosyolka in the Donbass, and it was also supposed to shell the positions of the Ukrainian army in the settlement.
The robot completed the task, reached the settlement and shelled the positions. The range of the robot was 8 kilometers. On the way to the settlement, the robot NRTK "Courier" successfully overcame four minefields, one anti-tank ditch and one barbed wire fence. When the ammunition was exhausted and the Russian robot was retreating to its initial positions, it was attacked by Ukrainian FPV drones. As a result of the Ukrainian drone strikes, the Russian robot lost its speed and was abandoned. The NRTK "Courier" robot is currently the most actively used robot by the Russian army in Ukraine.
The robot completed the task, reached the settlement and shelled the positions. The range of the robot was 8 kilometers. On the way to the settlement, the robot NRTK "Courier" successfully overcame four minefields, one anti-tank ditch and one barbed wire fence. When the ammunition was exhausted and the Russian robot was retreating to its initial positions, it was attacked by Ukrainian FPV drones. As a result of the Ukrainian drone strikes, the Russian robot lost its speed and was abandoned. The NRTK "Courier" robot is currently the most actively used robot by the Russian army in Ukraine.
An episode of intense point-blank firefight between a Ukrainian serviceman and Russian volunteers from the Sever Brigade. The footage from the war chronicle shows how intense the battles in Ukraine can sometimes be. It has not yet been possible to determine which Ukrainian unit participated in the battle and where the video was filmed. Judging by the video, both soldiers have bulletproof vests. Small arms and grenades were used in the battle, drones were not used. The video is shortened, only the general situation during the battle is shown.
Residents of Ukraine have published footage of Russian cruise missiles Kh-101 hitting the Pridneprovskaya TPP in the city of Dnepropetrovsk. The video was filmed by several eyewitnesses from different angles on December 25. At the time of the missile attack, Ukrainian air defense was working, but the shot down missiles are not visible on the video. A total of 12 missile strikes were recorded in Dnepropetrovsk. The range of the Russian Kh-101 missile is up to 5,500 km, the warhead is 400 kg.
It is possible that the Ukrainian Gepard air defense system, made in Germany, is firing at Russian missiles.
More about the Gepard air defense
It is possible that the Ukrainian Gepard air defense system, made in Germany, is firing at Russian missiles.
More about the Gepard air defense
There is so much data coming out from this war. The way weapon system have been modified on ground as per the need to make them lethal, the tactics implemented, usage of drone and tracking capabilities, and not just that use of EW and implementation of AI. This is enormous.
Footage of an aerial duel in Ukraine, Russian and Ukrainian interceptor drones. Both drones are equipped with drone interception nets, their chances in combat are equal, but the Russian operator turned out to be more experienced. The Russian drone is armed with a Taiga net launcher, their use was previously shown. The model of the net used by the Ukrainian drone is unknown.
Un drone naval ukrainien abat pour la toute première fois un hélicoptère russe
Ukrainian naval drone shoots down Russian helicopter for first time ever
On 31 December, the General Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence (HUR/GUR) published a video of a new surface drone raid (USV) in the Black Sea. The video (below), filmed from USVs, begins with shots being fired at the drone in question from a Russian fighter plane. Later, shots are fired by a medium transport helicopter of the Mi-8 Hip type. It's at 0:40 that the video goes down in military history: the helicopter is targeted by a fire control camera. No machine gun fire from the Ukrainian surface drone is visible, but a surface-to-air missile shot! Despite being dropped with infrared decoys, the Russian helicopter was hit and subsequently crashed into the Black Sea. This is the first time in an armed conflict that a remotely piloted surface drone has succeeded in shooting down a military helicopter in mid-air.
In fact, the appearance of this anti-aircraft Magura V5 will pose a twofold problem for the Russian Black Sea Fleet: airborne detection systems are now vulnerable and can no longer easily approach surface drones to destroy them with a cannon or machine gun located on one of the helicopter doors.
Information on the capabilities of this Magura V5 anti-aircraft drone is not yet known. However, at 1:10 and 1:12, while the video showed a Russian Mi-8 firing infrared decoys, one of these decoys was briefly framed in a yellow square and displayed a statistic such as ‘drone 58%’. This information may seem trivial, but it confirms the integration of a system for identifying potential targets detected by the camera. ‘Is it a simple database pre-registered in the USV or included in the drone's command post? Perhaps it's an artificial intelligence capable of suggesting identifications to remote pilots? One thing is certain, the days of ‘simple’ jet-skis modified into suicide USVs now seem a long way off.
Ukrainian naval drone shoots down Russian helicopter for first time ever
On 31 December, the General Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence (HUR/GUR) published a video of a new surface drone raid (USV) in the Black Sea. The video (below), filmed from USVs, begins with shots being fired at the drone in question from a Russian fighter plane. Later, shots are fired by a medium transport helicopter of the Mi-8 Hip type. It's at 0:40 that the video goes down in military history: the helicopter is targeted by a fire control camera. No machine gun fire from the Ukrainian surface drone is visible, but a surface-to-air missile shot! Despite being dropped with infrared decoys, the Russian helicopter was hit and subsequently crashed into the Black Sea. This is the first time in an armed conflict that a remotely piloted surface drone has succeeded in shooting down a military helicopter in mid-air.
Information on the capabilities of this Magura V5 anti-aircraft drone is not yet known. However, at 1:10 and 1:12, while the video showed a Russian Mi-8 firing infrared decoys, one of these decoys was briefly framed in a yellow square and displayed a statistic such as ‘drone 58%’. This information may seem trivial, but it confirms the integration of a system for identifying potential targets detected by the camera. ‘Is it a simple database pre-registered in the USV or included in the drone's command post? Perhaps it's an artificial intelligence capable of suggesting identifications to remote pilots? One thing is certain, the days of ‘simple’ jet-skis modified into suicide USVs now seem a long way off.
Guerre en Ukraine : alors qu’il pensait en avoir abattu qu’un seul, Kyiv confirme la destruction d’un deuxième hélicoptère russe Mi-8 avec des missiles R-73 SeeDragon
War in Ukraine: Kyiv confirms the destruction of a second Russian Mi-8 helicopter with R-73 SeeDragon missiles, although it thought it had only shot down one.
On its Telegram account, the Ukrainian spy agency GUR announced that it had destroyed a first Russian helicopter using R-73 SeeDragon missiles fired by a Magura V5 naval drone, while a second aircraft had managed to return to its base. On Thursday 2 January, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence confirmed that both aircraft had indeed been destroyed.
War in Ukraine: Kyiv confirms the destruction of a second Russian Mi-8 helicopter with R-73 SeeDragon missiles, although it thought it had only shot down one.
On its Telegram account, the Ukrainian spy agency GUR announced that it had destroyed a first Russian helicopter using R-73 SeeDragon missiles fired by a Magura V5 naval drone, while a second aircraft had managed to return to its base. On Thursday 2 January, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence confirmed that both aircraft had indeed been destroyed.
An episode of intense close combat between a Ukrainian and a Russian serviceman. The video was filmed on a GoPro camera of a Ukrainian serviceman, his identity has not yet been established. On the Russian side, a serviceman from Yakutia, the 39th separate guards motorized rifle brigade, participated in the battle. The video was filmed in the village of Trudovoye, in the fall of 2024.
In the video, Ukrainian units storm the village of Trudovoye, in one of the houses there is a Russian serviceman. The Ukrainian soldier approaches the house and fires small arms, but is slightly wounded by return fire, after which he gets up and continues the assault. Going to the house, the Ukrainian soldier throws a grenade into the house, but the Russian soldier manages to leave the house. After this, hand-to-hand combat begins between the soldiers, using teeth and a knife. The Ukrainian soldier is wounded in hand-to-hand combat and asks the Russian soldier to leave. The video is shortened. The episode of hand-to-hand combat has been removed. The continuation of the battle in the link to the telegram channel. The video has English subtitles of what the Ukrainian soldier said. The Ukrainian soldier is losing the hand-to-hand fight. He asks the Russian soldier to leave and let him die in peace. After the Russian soldier leaves, the Ukrainian soldier blows himself up with a grenade
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In the video, Ukrainian units storm the village of Trudovoye, in one of the houses there is a Russian serviceman. The Ukrainian soldier approaches the house and fires small arms, but is slightly wounded by return fire, after which he gets up and continues the assault. Going to the house, the Ukrainian soldier throws a grenade into the house, but the Russian soldier manages to leave the house. After this, hand-to-hand combat begins between the soldiers, using teeth and a knife. The Ukrainian soldier is wounded in hand-to-hand combat and asks the Russian soldier to leave. The video is shortened. The episode of hand-to-hand combat has been removed. The continuation of the battle in the link to the telegram channel. The video has English subtitles of what the Ukrainian soldier said. The Ukrainian soldier is losing the hand-to-hand fight. He asks the Russian soldier to leave and let him die in peace. After the Russian soldier leaves, the Ukrainian soldier blows himself up with a grenade
Лампа знаний - армия, техника, оружие
Продолжение боя в селе Трудовое. Украинский солдат проигрывает рукопашный бой. Он просит российского солдата уйти и дать ему спокойно умереть. После ухода российского солдата, украинский солдат взрывает себя гранатой. / Continuation of the battle in the village of Trudovoe, with English...
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Rare footage of a Russian FPV drone attack in Ukraine, armed with a grenade launcher. Previously, footage of a Russian drone testing an RPG-26 grenade launcher was published. Presumably, the drone is equipped with a Russian RPG-18 "Mukha" grenade launcher, the grenade launcher can hit targets at a distance of up to 200 meters. The location of the shooting is not reported, the drone attacks a pillbox of the Ukrainian army located on one of the roads. The second part of the video, an FPV drone with a grenade launcher, attacks a stronghold of the Ukrainian army located in one of the buildings.
Footage of a rare, equal-value head-on tank battle in Donbas has been published. In the video, a Russian armored group consisting of two tanks and two infantry fighting vehicles enters the village of Vozdvizhenka in Donbas. Upon entering the village, the Russian group encounters two moving Ukrainian tanks. The Russian tank fires first and hits the first Ukrainian tank on the road with several shots. The first Ukrainian tank also fired back, but missed. Fire was also directed at the second Ukrainian tank, but the tank apparently did not receive serious damage; the Ukrainian tank reversed and left the battle. The models of the tanks and infantry fighting vehicles could not be determined.
Footage of a Ukrainian Baba Yaga drone being intercepted by a Russian FPV drone. The Russian drone operator spotted the Ukrainian drone attempting to attack a Russian tank, and to prevent the attack, the Russian drone rammed the Ukrainian drone. As a result of the ramming, the Ukrainian drone's propeller blades were damaged, after which it fell to the ground. The location where the battle was filmed is not reported.
For peace to come back to Europe...... Neo Nazi regime in Ukraine need to be completely dismantled...... Look like Neo Nazi can't be defeated in just 3 days......... But in grand scheme of things the evil will never prevail..... The light will eventually overcome darkness.