@danspiun
Documenting battles/units in Ukraine; Tracking vehicle losses for Oryx list + WarsSpotting, emphasis on vehicle ID/geo-location. Previously also Syria + Nagorno-Karabakh. On Twitter, aim to move more here Not an OSINT account - this just my obsessive hobby
🇺🇦427th Unmanned Systems Bde 'Rarog' announces openings for foreigners in its recruitment drive for 'spotters' (drone payload preppers). The unit currently operates around Chasiv Yar + Bakhmut, but is also successfully hitting the🇷🇺shadow fleet in the Black + Azov seas. See in link. t.me/Rarog_427/963
19. North of Nesteryanka, 17th July. After a long hiatus on this front, a small Russian attack of 4 quads and 8 men is reported by 65th Mechanised Brigade. It failed, before reaching UAF lines, with its single survivor reportedly later taking his own life. t.me/ombr65/718 📍 x.com/moklasen/sta...
A very powerful and moving film about a heavily wounded Ukrainian National Guardsman who lost his legs, but somehow survived 11 days stranded in no-mans-land without food or water. Subtitles can be set to English in settings. www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOxA...
3.🇺🇦Vovcha and Mokri Yaly river counter attack, Novokhatske. UAF also appear to now control woodland 1km NE of Novokhatske. RuAF film shows their MLRS fire on the wood. Presumably UAF now hold the complete south bank or the Vovcha almost up to the Mokri Yaly. t.me/btr80/39509 📍 x.com/RoadtoMars9/...
An American, a Brit and a Czech, all civilians without military experience, talk about their to route to joining the "Flash" Battalion of the🇺🇦28th Mechanised Brigade. More details in link. t.me/landforcesof...
13. North Vovchansk, July A🇷🇺AFV with a mine plough, possibly a MT-LB, is destroyed at 50.302250, 36.928444. Its rear door left open, it burns after at least 3 strikes by🇺🇦9th Recon Battalion. Also hits on🇷🇺troops including south of the river near railway in west Vovchansk. bsky.app/profile/dans...
Accidentally deleted this, so again: 12. Vovchansk front, July. Maybe the 1st recorded loss of an older PTS amphibious vehicle or variant, hit by🇺🇦9th Recce Batt. Note the extended ATS-59/T-55 running gear rather than T-64 wheels on the newer PTS-2. It may lack a cab. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubCV...
Vovchansk, July. A new🇷🇺AFV loss detected/located at 50.302250, 36.928444. Its rear door left open, it burns after at least 3 strikes by🇺🇦9th Recon Battalion. Hits on troops: 1:01) 50.289998, 36.911577 1:20) 50.289448, 36.911726 youtube.com/watch?v=EvkK... @uacontrolmap.bsky.social @geoconfirmed.org
Zaporizhzhya & Bohdanivka, 🇺🇦42nd Mech Bde keep hitting🇷🇺targets around the Sribne cluster of villages - 10th strike in last month. Two new losses. Truck explodes: 48.111677, 36.996499. ⭐️Black smoke as AFV burns: 48.072802, 36.979513. t.me/ssternenko/6... @uacontrolmap.bsky.social @geoconfirmed.org
2.🇺🇦Vovcha/Mokri Yaly counter attack 37th Marine Bde's info above is since deleted. OPSEC embargo again? However Rybar later adds to info. '..there is evidence of a UAF presence in Novokhatske. As a result of prolonged battles [near] Ivanivka,🇷🇺units failed to hold their positions..' t.me/rybar/81613
1. 🇺🇦Vovcha & Mokri Yaly river counter attack Today 37th Marine and 79th Air Assault bdes announced the clearance of Novokhatske. 'The enemy was driven from their positions, suffered losses, and retreated'. 🇺🇦moves started quietly in May under an OPSEC embargo. t.me/OBRMP37/290 📍 x.com/ne_kotletka/...
11. Vovchansk, mid-June. 🇺🇦16th Corps have a few more good views of this🇷🇺hybrid bridging vehicle in skeet 9-10. They give additional info: they believe its crew was all KIA, that the crossing attempt was by the🇷🇺128th Motor Rifle Bde, reportedly the 3rd attempt in the last 2 wks. t.me/corpsarmy16/...
10. Vovchansk, mid-June. Here the🇷🇺hybrid bridging vehicle fully burns. 🇺🇦Border Guard Forpost Bde report it was heading to the Vovcha river in a crossing attempt. They claim its based on a MT-LB, but in fact its a KRAZ-255 (see link + wheel visible at 0:45) t.me/Kramatorsk11... x.com/klinger66/st...
9. Vovchansk, mid-June. Just released, another🇷🇺hybrid bridging vehicle burnt by 🇺🇦57th Motorised Bde and 9th Recce Batt. Likely a folded out TMM-3 bridge on some kind of truck, driven from up top - we get a view in. Also strikes on troops. I changed the film's running order. bsky.app/profile/did:...
Vovchansk, mid June. Look at this, another🇷🇺hybrid bridging vehicle burnt by 🇺🇦57th Motorised Bde and 9th Recce Batt at 50.295148, 36.939199. Likely a folded out TMM-3 bridging section on some kind of truck, driven from up-top. @uacontrolmap.bsky.social @geoconfirmed.org youtube.com/watch?v=5Bwy...
12. Zakitne-Kryva Luka front, 12 June. Signum Unmanned Systems Battalion,🇺🇦59th Assault Bde, but here still in its old 53rd Mechanised Bde AoR, also got in on the action. They hit a runner from the Lada in skeet 6+8, a bike to its front and a bike at the pile-up located in skeet 6. t.me/umftteam/1018
11. Zakitne-Kryva Luka front, 12 June. Film from 90th Airmobile Batt,🇺🇦81st Airmobile Bde of the 1st🇷🇺AFV lost in tweet 5-5 now allows its ID as a BMP by its glacis. Also a strike on a abandoned Ulan. I believe its a 2nd, behind the Ulan in tweet 6+8, at approx 48.893689, 38.005451. t.me/onyx_army/132
10. SE of Dronivka, mid-June. 135m from the immobilised turtle tank in skeet 9,🇺🇦81st Airmobile Bde hit a🇷🇺'evacuation tank' reportedly trying to retrieve it. It smokes. From 0:34 they reshow some of the strikes on the 1st turtle tank and a strike on ammo. t.me/ua_dshv/8479 bsky.app/profile/did:...
Dronivka, mid-June. 135m from the immobilised tank (purple) in linked geo,🇺🇦81st Airmobile Bde hit an 'evacuation tank' (red) trying to retrieve it. It smokes at 48.910296, 38.067535. Some colours reference 1st geo. @uacontrolmap.bsky.social @geoconfirmed.org t.me/ua_dshv/8479 x.com/Danspiun/sta...
9. SE of Dronivka, Kryva Luka front, 12th June. The stalled🇷🇺turtle tank, already struck 4 times in skeet 8, is here hit 8 more times by🇺🇦81st Airmobile Bde. Claimed as immobilised, its right track is possibly damaged. Located from a 3rd film linked to geo⬇️ t.me/apachi_fpv/718 📍 x.com/Danspiun/sta...
36. South of Mala Tokmachka, mid June. 2/2 Four more close-up images from🇺🇦118th Mechanised Brigade of the mess after the failed🇷🇺attack in skeet 32-34 To remind they claim Russian losses of up to 12 quads and 24 plus motorbikes burnt, along with 26 KIA and 10 plus WIA. facebook.com/118ombr/post...
35. South of Mala Tokmachka, mid June. 1/2 🇺🇦118th Mechanised Brigade now release close up images of the mess after the failed attack in skeet 32-34. To remind they claim Russian losses of up to 12 quads and 24 plus motorbikes burnt, along with 26 KIA & 10 plus WIA. facebook.com/118ombr/post...
34. South of Mala Tokmachka, mid June. 🇺🇦118th Mechanised Bde clean up after the failed🇷🇺attack in skeet 32. Drone drops and FPV strikes on stragglers and burn abandoned motorbikes/quads. Opening distance scene at approx 47.509058, 35.913285, well south of the prison. www.facebook.com/reel/9484882...
8. Zakitne-Kryva Luka front, 12-14th June. 🇺🇦81st Airmobile Brigade now report🇷🇺losses, including those in follow-on attacks over 3 days as: 50 KIA 1 tank 5 BMPs 7 vehicles 28 motorbikes. Film shows strikes on at least 4 different AFVs, a tank, a truck and the Ulan and Lada in skeet 6. t.me/sowaFm/739
7. Zakitne, 12th June. Film from🇺🇦45th Artillery Brigade along with🇺🇦81st Airmobile Bde shows the night scenes in tweet 6 closer. The 1st smaller vehicle, likely a quad, is hit (🟫in geolocation). Then a direct hit on 3🇷🇺troops fleeing the 2nd larger unidentified vehicle (🟥in geo). t.me/ZSU45OABr/1932
33. Mala Tokmachka, mid June A better view of a scene in skeet 32, 1:16-1:20, a fly over of abandoned bikes/quads, then a strike on a biker with likely EW kit attached to his bike. Didn't seem to help him. 🇺🇦118th Mech Bde also strike an Ulan 2, a UGV etc. t.me/intelligence... 📍 x.com/moklasen/sta...
32. Mala Tokmachka, mid June. Bike/quad carnage as RuAF renew attacks here. 🇺🇦118th Mech Bde report 30+🇷🇺bikes/quads (some fitted with mine ploughs and EW) attacked in 3 directions, but didn't reach the town. 🇷🇺Losses: 26 KIA, 10 WIA, up to 12 quads and 24+ bikes burnt. www.facebook.com/reel/9984750...
6. Zakitne, Kryva Luka front, 12th June. Longer film from🇺🇦81st Airmobile Bde more clearly shows the strikes on the AFV and bikes in skeet 5. Also new strikes on a Ulan + Lada, while night scenes allow the location of 2 more destroyed vehicles in Zakitne⬇️ t.me/sloaembr_81/... bsky.app/profile/dans...
Zakitne, Kryva Luka front, 12th June. The location of two burning🇷🇺vehicles, destroyed by🇺🇦81st Airmobile Brigade and adjacent units in the large attack on the 12th: 🔴48.897952, 37.947314 🟤48.897978, 37.948076 Vehicle type unclear. @uacontrolmap.bsky.social @geoconfirmed.org t.me/sloaembr_81/...