Ukraine's Pivot to a Drone Strike Campaign on Russian Soil
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In the face of a conventional military stalemate in the east with the threat of more losses than gains as ammo runs short and western support is increasingly at risk, the Ukrainians appear to be going assymetric with an attack drone campaign designed to disrupt and terrorize with the hope that the Russian public will rise up and convince the government that the war in Ukraine isn’t worth it.
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ah, 'terror' click bait for money.. now it makes sense. screw you and this sponsor.
I never thought you'd become a loan shark, Ward.
@@TheOneTrueDragonKing rocket money, or rus money?
@@bradzdanivsky Don't bring me into that discussion.
Appears my last comment disappeared, weird! Anyway looking forward to your video on the airstrike by the IDF that killed the aid workers.
Thanks to those who had a problem with the word "terror" in the original title. Upon further consideration, I concur with your takes and have changed it because my intent was not to call the Ukrainians "terrorists" but to suggest that these drone attacks have the effect of terrorizing the locals as well as impacting Russian economic infrastructure. As always, appreciate the productive and civil discussions in the comments.
Do you plan to pin this comment?
Russian refined petroleum is a massive export for Russia that's paying for this war. If their refineries were floating in the Black Sea, Ukraine would attack them there. Just like attacking the civilian-used Kerch bridge, any effect on civilians is incidental and almost definitely not the motivation for the Ukrainian attacks.
Intent matters. Wars will always terrorize some civilians because wars don't take place on the Moon. If Ukraine can't attack Russian soil for fear of terrorizing civilians, then they're fighting an unwinnable war.
@@Brian-or2jy Russia doesn't need to refine their crude before exporting it. Hitting refineries is more about threatening Russia's own fuel logistics. It also threatens production of explosives and nitrates. So it's more about material than money
@JimSmithInChiapas2 But Rocket Money.
Thanks Ward. Diplomacy is possible with you but not the Russians.
@@JimSmithInChiapas2 Unfortunately this is a sponsored episode, and I'm contractually required to pin the Rocket Money CTA.
Hmmm... I wouldn't call those "terror" attacks (even less a campaign) since they are targetting Military assets, both the fuel and Military Airfields are tactical resources and not Civillian infrastructure, they also didn't cause civillian casualties as far as I've heard, right?
agreed. it was very irresponsible of Ward to use such a dishonest headline to clickbaits viewers.
at least he edited it since then.
With increased attacks on refineries, more of any remaining fuel will be diverted to the military, leaving scant resources for "civilian" needs.
This is a double edge sword just like Ward implied. With Russian state controlled media the average Russian citizen is spoon fed what Putin wants them to hear. Putin tells them they're terrorist attacks on oil refineries and you will create radicalism.
Definitely a blurry line. If you don't consider strategic bombing during WW2 terrorism, you wouldn't consider this either.
@@wbball15 russia pivoted from housing and went for powerplants in the winter time. I think some russians walking to the supermarket cause they cant buy fuel for the car is less dangerous for their survival than Ukrainians having no heating or food storage at all for a winter
These attacks also help defocus Russian air defenses from the Ukraine frontline to a wider environment. Russia, the hollow giant, has a lot of airspace to protect and it helps to put pressure on their resources.
You are 100% correct in the fact that any target within 1500 km is now under fire pressure. The reality is that we already were hitting targets in the East, with black ops inside the country. Two of the first trains that left China with shells from NK were destroyed near the border with China. There is nowhere inside russia we cannot reach.
They're a hollow giant we know it yet z won't negotiate terms. And the us media and leaderships likes to want us to think Russia is the Boogeyman. MIC and Dems and rhinos want war.
How else could a drone that looks like a Cesna make it almost 1,000 miles into Russia without being shot down?
Russia is screwed.
@@terjeoseberg990
You're Delusional,
Wanting WW3.
I've owned two Aeroprakt A22s. One in the UAE and the other in Canada. They're great little STOL two seat aircraft, in the LSA category, and built in Ukraine. The designer is Yuri Yakalov, who used to be a designer for Antanov, so they're very tough, and stressed for +6, -4 G. They run a Rotax 912ULS engine which sips Mogas, so they have very long range, about seven hours with long range tanks. You can add a fuel bladder for ferry flights. Even if you overload them, all that happens is you reduce the G loading available before the airframe fails. The basic aircraft costs around $60K, so a very low price to pay for an effective cruise missile with a decent payload. The Aeroprakt factory was hit during the first few days of the RU invasion when they hit the airfield where they are built, and the Russian troops trashed the place, so this is sweet revenge. They moved their spare parts and assembly to Poland, so they could rebuild the factory and not stop production.
I think I've seen you make this comment somewhere else too - very informative. Tough little buggers those Foxbats.
I've assembled several of those UAE aircraft and probably at the same place you were at, and have met Yuri too. They are tough as nails and extremely versatile. Having built a few, I can see how easy they could be converted to drones. I've always said stray Rotax engines need to be kept in check because they could easily make their way into drones on either side of a conflict anywhere in the world.
@@SparkBerryJazirah in RAK?
According to a fresh NATO study, Ukraine disabled at least 10-15% of russian refinery capacity. The purpose is clear: Make it harder for russia to generate currency and also directly put the squeeze on their war effort, because there is no war without sufficient fuel. And of course it will have an effect on the domestic economy.
Its a good strategy, Ukraine should double and triple down on it and widen it to any arms production facility they can reach.
This is a double edge sword just like Ward implied. With Russian state controlled media the average Russian citizen is spoon fed what Putin wants them to hear. Putin tells them they're terrorist attacks on oil refineries and you will create radicalism.
This is 21st century strategic bombing. 20th century strategic bombing was done with large aircrafts piloted by humans, flying high altitude dropping dumb bombs using visual sight. Now, it's done with small planes flying low altitude by machines.
I think the financial impact is intentional but secondary to the logistics impact on military operations. I think that impact on civilians is not intentional and the timing and location of target strikes shows that Ukraine is making some effort to minimize civilian casualties while hitting military relevant targets.
@@stupidburp I think the (small) civilian impact Ukraine is hoping for is twofold: 1) delegitimize Putin as a fatherly protector of the Russian people. The only reason people support him widely is because they contrast him to the chaos of the 90s. The moment the Tzar is weak has historically always been the moment when the Tzar got disposed of.
2) force Putin to take the little remaining fuel from civilians to feed the war machine. They won't like this. Nobody really sees a point in the war in Russia.
Nonetheless, the main impact of those strikes is to cripple Russian defense economy and impose costs that have to be paid in hard currency for fuel imports. Russia has a shortage of hard currency.
Definition of Irony. Attacking a drone factory with a drone.
I call that smart.
There are many ranches in Montana larger that 125 sq. miles.
Didn't a kid in Cessna or similar plane fly it from Germany and land at the Kremlin, in, say, the '80s? Before the wall came down.
you'd think they have better radars these days.
It's more like the size of a two place Cessna 150/152. Impressive range though, of course you don't have to worry about reserve fuel and pilot weight, but I'd still like to see the weight, fuel, payload workup on that flight! The attacks on refineries are more likely intended to damage their economy, availability of oil and petrochemicals, all of which feeds the long term Russian war effort. Any terror element would be secondary, it's not like they're attacking supermarkets, housing and schools like the Russians.
The Inside Russia channel said that Russia's dilemma isn't detecting or targeting such aircraft, but distinguishing them from lots of local light air traffic (making up for poor road networks).
Russian radars are tuned for objects going faster than 150kph... So now they will retune their radars..
@@MattVarnish1103 and guess how many 'targets" they we see now? friendly fire
Russia doesn't have much of a civilian market for aviation....many russians still dont even have running water yet.
@@SoloRenegade they have almost zero General Aviation. What I mentioned re: the radars tuned for 150kph or faster is how that guy Rust flew his GA cessna to red square without getting shot down :) They are having parts issues on their airliners so being told to not use wheel brakes where able to use all of runway and thrust reversers.. that sort of thing
While I Iove Konstantin/Inside Russia, he definitely is not someone who has any idea what he’s talking about when it comes to topics such as these. So, I’d take what he says with a grain of salt.
I have noticed that YT has started to shut down channels talking about Russian attack on Ukraine.
It is because of Russian and Chinese bots spamming all kinds of unjustified complaints to get videos and channels flagged and taken down or demonetized by the YT automated censors. It is an organized cyber warfare campaign by foreign governments.
Russia is lobbying YT extensively. It’s disgusting. Non-z channels cannot even post still images let alone video without being demonetized or taken down, but the pro-z channels are basically unregulated.
OK, I came in after the controversial title was changed. I gotta say, I don't see a problem with Ukraine using drones to attack military targets inside Russia, and I don't see how that would change opinion in the West. Anyone near targets under attack will feel terror, that's a fundamental of war. Russian leaders may or may not have the grip to ignore their populace, and it might even be the case that that populace turns their sympathy further against Ukraine. (The Germans certainly did against the British and US for our strategic bombing campaign in World War II.) That's all beside the point. In this case, Russia will have to find some sort of effective defense against these relatively slow and inexpensive drones, or risk a significant part of their infrastructure. That takes resources away from fighting the Ukranians on their own soil. Russia might even have to spend more on defense than the Ukranians are spending to produce the drones. Certainly seems like a valid strategy on the part of the Ukranians to me.
valid logic. But if u see the situation as a victim of a rape and the rapist, as it is the situation with the terrorist regime against Ukraine, would you judge the situation with so coldness?
@@Grundewalt What does that analogy have to do with anything?
This is a war brought upon Ukraine by russia. In ANY war, the basic principle to achieve success is not only to destroy the opposing personell but the entire infrastructure that supports the war directly. And the very first requirement for conducting a war in our time is mobility and with it the availability of fuel. Anything fuel related is a legitimate military target. If it so happens that this generates fallout of the russian civilian population, whatever it may be, file the complaint with the kremlin.
@@Ganiscol appart the initial question, I agree 100%. What Ward here did, with the assertion of terrorism by Ukraine, was not properly mitigated by the context as u aptly did. If you or any other , Ward included, have not paid attention, one of kremlin succeses is planting narratives and see us stupidly dissemminating them. Some of the techniques are: fear mongering (nuclear first but also energy, food, inflation) then whataboutism and bothsidism that equivalate their daily bombing of civilians with the occasional fallout on russian civilians. Then more cynical, the terrorist attacks on own territory, FSB or ISIS, to blame other party(chechnia, ukraine) and so justify other malign things. Ppl that entertain these narratives should know better.
Thanks for the update Mooch….after fighting in two wars I can tell you that protecting your homeland, I assume, would absolutely make things very intense and difficult at times. I pray we never have to fight for our homeland but I got your back and the backs of all our brothers and sisters!! Thanks again Mooch!!
Such bravery!!!! I won't pretend to understand what you went through......I can only say I live a free life because of men like you
@@jimkluska253 Jim, thanks for your reply, however, instead of bravery I have always called it survival and to get back to my family no matter what and to get my men back to their families, no matter what. Iraq was tough at 40 years old but I could still hang with the 20 year olds, because I had too, they were my men and I HAD to get them home….that’s why I call it survival, because it is! Thanks again for your reply Jim and maybe we will meet some day….cheers!
@@sgtdarkness1 it would be an honor ! GOD bless. More of men like you and those who served and are still...and it would be a better place.
@@jimkluska253 GOD bless you and yours!!
Ward all these targets that Ukraine were hitting are legit military targets, so where do you get pivot to terror at ?
paid for by rocket money obviously.. what an a ss.
Are oil refineries military targets? Yes and no because fuel is needed for both civilians and military machines.
@@erikk77 Yes they are military targets, there is no NO to it.
His russian handlers paid him off. Corruption at it's finest
@@erikk77 BS, they can stop their invasion any time. If they use oil for war over civilian needs, that's on them.
Thanks for this update Ward
Thank you Ward for the update.
Imagine what the Ukrainians could do with our budget.
I really disagree with your categorization of the Ukrainian attacks as terror attacks. Russia deliberately targets civilian buildings: apartments, shopping centers, etc. Attacking oil refineries is reducing both the fuel supply for Russian vehicles (both military and civilian ones transporting military supplies) and reducing oil exports which fund the war.
Terror is a secondary element not the primary intent. I agree that what the Russians do is different by design.
@@WardCarroll My concern was your describing them as a terror attack may cause some to infer you think of them as terrorist attacks.
@@michaelinsc9724
Crocus City Hall is a Terror Attack on civilians .
@@WardCarroll Utter BS, false equivalence. Rus uses terror by killing civilians in their beds. Deliberately his schools and hospitals. I'm shocked you'd do this!
@@WardCarroll Bothsides and whatoutism is the primary target of this video
Great informational and educational video . . . . again!!! I have been thrilled to see the recent attacks by Ukraine on Russia at the long ranges that they have been conducted. This should have been the capability that NATO provided to Ukraine at the outset of the war. There are too many cowardly (OK, "measured"), slimy (self-serving?) politicians leading the effort to supply Ukraine here in the US in particular. This measured approach, led by politicians, is exactly the scenario we had during the Vietnam War and is more likely than not to cause of the same result we experienced there, being the one that is Ukraine's.
Your thrilled an actor comedian is stoking a world war ?
@@mobilerepairsolutionsllc It is all perspective and an understanding on how to handle bullies is all. This is 1939 Germany smacking the world in the face all over again.
@@jimw1615 umm no it's not.
@@mobilerepairsolutionsllcrussia have invaded and annexed several of its neighbors. It is very much like Germany.
Probably a risky time to be a Russian GA pilot
Rubber, steel, and ball bearing factories next?
don' t even think about it, Useful id!ots in the west parroting russian narratives will cry foul, while daily ignoring and NOT MAKING ANY VIDEO ABOUT RUSSIAN TERRORISTS. You will have even Sullivan going to Kiev to make it stop. While never making a fuss when putin distroy dams , energy and food infrastructure in Kiev. Apparently that is not terror and are ok.
Ward, thanks for this insightful and informative video. Great clips and editing as usual. Keep up the good work.
Thank u im enjoying the information!!!!
Thanks for another great briefing
I lived in Rostov in 2017 and I loved it there. A lot of people don't know remote controlled flying weapons were used in WWII.
um, no way there was the tech to remotely fly weapons then (no video feed). there was trained pigeons guiding bombs though, sounds crazy but that's the tech they had then. really, google it.
Thx Ward...creative warfare.
0:33 The definition of crude, yet effective. I wonder how many of these drones you can build for the price of one F16?
About 500. Give or take.
You actually think that slow vulnerable drone can penetrate the defences like what an F-16 could do?
If Russia get their act together those drones will never get through, but an F-16 is a totally different case.
@LeonAust No - but if F16s could deploy weapons which could degrade or even take out air defences, then a swarm of these cheap drones could be a good strategy to deploy.
@@Nehpets1701G Of course its what the F-16MLU can carry that counts!, its a smart weapons carrier.
Current Ukraine aircraft have nothing in the capability of SEAD, ESM, ECM offensive missiles that the F-16MLU could carry.
Russian anti aircraft is not what it was and if given correct missiles and ECM pods and tactics the F-16 could penetrate.
F-16 even fitted out with ECM pods and dumb bombs and correct tactics are far better than that little Cessna type aircraft.
different uses, f16's are mostly for air defense.
I know Poland is waiting to jump in. Poland to Nato, "hold my Beer" 🍺
6:10 Neither are the Western people well informed on the causes, history, and progress of the "War".
Most Westerners are unaware that this "War" is now in its 10th year.
"Ukraine on Fire" was an interesting and eye opening documentary. Not entirely certain on the validity of ALL the details, but it seemed to be accurate for the most part.
I appreciate your insights into these "World Events" and living history that we are witness to.
Thx.
Thank you. These people, including Ward are apparently absolutely clueless about what's going on. Most people think this war started 2 years ago and Putin is the "aggressor". If they'd turn off the Main Stream Media, and start listening to Independant, they wouldn't sound so ignorant. It pisses me off. I get called a Russian bot for trying to tell people the truth. Americans are absolutely brainwashed and have no idea.
The scores go back and forth. Let's check it out.
Another good video thanks
Thanks!
Thanks for the support, Mario!
“Yellow-bougah” sounds like something that flys out of your nose after sniffing saffron.
If its a one way attack drone why not have an undercarriage that drops off as soon as it lifts off? Less drag maybe more range. Just a thought. 😊
I see this as Ukranes war on Russia"s logistics.
Dude great news drop. Stay frosty.
It seems like SAC could, if it existed, run wild over Russian airspace right now.
Thanks again Ward🇺🇸
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Love that old dog over on the right lying stretched out on the couch there Ward. Greetings from Australia.
She’s actually just a pup. Thx.
Great objective report- sad that we have to turn to independent sources to get it but glad we have such high quality options.
Is it terror if only military targets and infrastructure are hit? I may have missed that civilian targets were hit. Tks
Now known to have hit 3 airbases yesterday.
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@@pabloottawa Tiene algunos puntos ciegos cuando se trata de su audiencia.
RUclips Auto translate normalmente funciona
Good job, for a minute I thought it was the Truman Show with that commercial 😂
🙏🙏🙏🙏👍 great vids
The Dolittle raid is an excellent comparison.
We need to stop this shit and work toward diplomacy.
Worlds deadliest Cessna,lol
Threw me a curveball, too. What manner of Cessna is this?
@@nancychace8619 based on Ward said
Appears my last comment disappeared, weird! Anyway looking forward to your video on the airstrike by the IDF that killed the aid workers.
When I first saw the headlines on this, I immediately thought of Operation Aphrodite and the Mistel bombers. One of the many themes of this war seems to be “old is new again.”
So that's where my drone went
The A-22 is not the size of a Cessna 172, in fact it is smaller than a Cessna 150
The Cessna is pretty accurate
Hi Ward, win or lose im glad Ukraine is on our side now. Weren't they the scariest members of the Soviet Union? Now i know why Putin was worried.
Great update!
Nice to see some pictures goes with this news report other ones when all they do is talk and you never see anything it’s hard to know if it’s true Good reporting
I think I've seen enough episodes to know what side of the football you line up on He's not calling Ukrainians terrorist.
Maybe not intentionally but that's literally what he did.
I'm fairly sure the A22 has been used in a remote piloted recon/observation mode for a fair amount of time now. If so, it was a fairly short path to carrying explosives as an attack drone. I heard that first part stated from Ukrainian war YT poster, Denys Davydov in his video put out today.
Great post ward! Thanks!
Great report Ward!
Makes sense given the refusal to send ATACMS in 2022.
that was because of a55holes like Sullivan and equal dumb advisors. No wander there are still americans thinking in terms of how russian active measures of influence want them to think and deterr ourselves from decisive and timely all needed weapon delivery
I appreciate your reference to the Doolittle-raid in this context. West will notice Russias depleted (air) defense capabilities. Perhaps the current state of Russias military is an opportunity to strike them? Nothing indicates that Russia will stop their aggressive expansionism, so perhaps its better to deal with them while they are weak rather than fight them when they had a chance to rebuild strength.
Russia's air defence can't stop drones! It would have no hope against NATO missiles!
Makes you wonder what those chinese low and slow gyrocopters could do when sneaking around with terrain masking
I was told by russian friends that the first drone attack featured in this video was actually on a college dormitory, not a drone manufacturing facility. Any fact checkers here?
It was the dorm for the students who work at the drone factory. They assemble the Shahed/Geran drones as part of their training. It was hit during the daylight hours though, so I doubt it was meant to kill the workers but make them homeless. Unless electronic warfare had made the drone go off target.
I'd check the fact that u have russian friends. The same featured in "the americans" , the series.
@@Grundewalt stfu dude. we been friends way before any of this started.
The refinery hits are meant to deprive them of income from exporting refinery products and if very success force Russia to import diesel and kerosene thereby reducing their foreign reserves faster. All this will impact military production and inflation. A very good strategy as long as they don't attack Russian crude oil productions. The world and UKR should want cheap oil to further reduce Russia's income.
It sure seems like someone is trying to start a nuclear war.
Thank you for the good intel sir!
What point did he eject
The big difference ward is that Japan could do nothing to bring on the nuclear response that Putin can and probably will. I'm not for appeasement but this can get out of conventional control. I pray I'm so wrong
And as always thank you for your sacrifice and service....and those of your ilk! GOD Bless...just a worried father of two sons in service.
Using nuclear weapons wouldn't help Putin's situation it would only make things worse for him.
However to go along with your way of thinking we should just give him whatever he wants, right? If Putin decides to move on Alaska because it never should have been sold, do we just hand it over because he might use nuclear weapons???
@@jerseyshoredroneservices225 never said that! Pay attention..read my words..dont assume.. sigh
@@jimkluska253
I didn't say that you said that, I'm just asking those questions. Where would you draw the line and put up a meaningful resistance to Putin taking whatever he wants? Is there a line somewhere because if there is then how do you rationalize not drawing the line at Ukraine's borders? If there is a line anywhere, whether it's Ukraine, Alaska, Europe or wherever you still have the same issue. Putin has the big bad nukes...
@@jerseyshoredroneservices225 ok,. I will try this again,. I am not into appeasement...what Putin is doing,what any country that invades and kills...no , murders people should go the way of Hitler,Stalin,mao, ..to be denied air....he needs to be stopped. I was just bringing up the dangers of escalation beyond the conventional...Freedom is not free!!! That's all,. Once nukes start flying.....there are no winners. And the careful navigation is different than a country that does not have them.😓
If improvised drones can do this, is there any market for GMLRS or ATACMS? Why pay top dollar when Yuri and his garage can get the same results using an old commercial light aircraft and a ton of anfo?
UKR hits strategic targets while RUZ wastes the lives of its personnel to capture tactically and strategically insignificant goals.
The clickbait title is gone lol 😂😂
I would argue Ukraine strategy isn't hoping Russia people rise up but more attacking the source of the destruction.
I mean wouldn't we (US) go after places where arms are manufactured?
The oil refineries yeah I agree is economic but Ukraine is actually attacking military targets (except the refineries of course)
idk just my opinion is all
The refineries are also military targets because they fuel Russia's military. The Petro dollars that they get from exports are used to purchase Russia's military.
The military runs on fuel.
Thanks as always, Ward, for great unbiased Intel on what is going on.
Screw Putin …. Let the Russian and Ukrainian people free.
Stealth cessnas
You would think by now the west hasn't given the Ukraine much more sophisticated drone manufacturing technology than than those A22 converted light aircraft?
Surely the west could show Ukraine how to build a land/truck launched stealthy cruise missiles.
The more you overdo the plumbing, the easier it is to clog up the drain.
The more sophisticated the manufacturing process and facility, the bigger the impact if Russia strike them.
These basic general aviation derived drones are basic, and can be built in numerous low tech facilities spread out across the country.
@@Nehpets1701G But they have far more capability to build something better than a Cessna type drone
Like Germans using the v2. This isn’t changing the trajectory of the conflict.
The V2 could not be precisely targeted. It was launched against cities. The drones can hit precision targets unless shot down, jammed or malfunction.
How would targeting Russian oil refineries increase oil prices. Oil refineries don’t produce oil, and because they use oil, eliminating then should force Russia to sell their oil instead of refining it, which should drive down oil prices.
So if oil prices increased, it has nothing to do with Ukraine hitting Russian oil refineries.
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Ukraine is begging for the big one
All intercepted , but debris
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Russian ADA or radar system didn't see this?
They probably saw it but it looks like just another civilian aircraft in busy airspace. This creates a dilemma for Russia to either continue to get hit, shut down all civilian air traffic, or take some wild guesses and risk shooting down their own aircraft. Option 2 is probably the most reasonable but would have serious repercussions for productivity as more transport is shifted to the ground. I suspect that Russia will try option 1 first and then option 3 until they see that they are problematic. Then when they have to eventually reduce civilian cargo and passenger transport it will compound on the other logistical problems to slow down everything.
@@stupidburp no flight plan through atc
@@leeshelton8023
GA aircraft don't normally file a flight path. Here in the US, GA aircraft don't even need to talk to ATC unless they enter controlled airspace. Most of the time they don't need a transponder either.
Mooch, After watching your video I began to wonder if Radio Free Europe still reached Russia ( I'm revealing my age) and I came up with a surprizing answer. RFE/RL suspended operations 4 March 2022 in Russia after local tax authorities initiated bankruptcy proceedings against RFE/RL's Russian intity and police intensified pressure on it's journalists. As of 01 March 2024 the Russian Federation has declared RFE/RL an undesireable organization. RFE/RL issued a warning to it's readers in Russia or Russian controlled parts of Ukraine they could face jail fines and or jail time for sharing, liking, commenting, or saving RFE/RL content or contacting RFE/RL on their website.
I disagree about the intent of the drone offensive. Shifting public opinion in Russia is not a primary objective. It does have the side effect of making the public feel like they are in a war that is not just a remote conflict far from their personal lives. But the primary objectives are all directly related to military operations. Reducing military related industrial production of key products is an extension of Ukraine’s earlier logistics focused strategy. That strategy was put into practice at scale after the battle lines became stalled by vast minefields with artillery and drone support. Since a deep thrust and maneuver warfare was not feasible, striking all logistical targets was a way of tipping the balance by tightening the bandwidth available for supplies and reinforcements. Now Ukraine has just extended the range of those logistical target strikes deeper into Russia as more systems become available to enable that.
It’s misguided to reference the Doolittle raids here.
Why?
I'll double down on this, why?
@@WardCarrollI think you've ruffled the feathers of the cheerleaders. It's a fair comparison.
@@WALTERBROADDUS
But both U$A (Doolittle Raid) and Zelensky targeted civilians too .
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@@peekaboopeekaboo1165 Not directly. We targeted factories or industry which employed civilians. It may be a fine distinction. But a small one.
SO Russian air defenses can't pick up and destroy a Cessna 172.....?
Another great video and analysis. My only critique is in your analysis at the end. You equate Ukrainians current drone attacks to trying to bombing civilians into submission in trying to send a message by directly targeting and terrorizing civilians. Ukrainians Drone attacks target mostly military and economic infrastructure tied to the war effort. While showing some of the Russian populous that targets can be hit. It is not a direct terror campaign against the populous.
F-16's? Anyone?
What’s the dog’s name?
Ingrid
Ukraine is sanctioning Russia way better than the west.
Ukraine doesn't really runs the same risks like Israel. Israel is the big western style high tech army having any advantage over HAMAS.
As civilized societies we expect Israel to act with caution and not harming civilians.
Ukraine is in the position of the weak victim fighting a much bigger and potent enemy who already committed any attrocity at scale.
An enemy whose people support the war and those terrorist acts since 2 years now - actively or passively.
And on top of that, Ukraine can't afford to waste ammunition on civilians. No one in Ukraine falls for the delusion to gain anything from hitting civilians.
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Many of the "hackerz" of the world come out of Russ^a..
A significant portion of the Russian people are completely tech savvy and well informed just like we are... or some of us at least.
Commander, an excellent report!!!
Zelensky's "secret weapon", eh?
Has me worried that the west isn't really helping Ukraine help themselves.
Give them the capability to manufacture fast subsonic stealth drones in a segregated hidden workforce.
So this is all a big test of drone tech
Actually my Uncle helped develop the tech used in Operation Aphrodite during WWII that turned B-17's into guided bombs using remote control from another aircraft.
One has to wonder if the f16s, which already have a well developed remote control system for use as target drones, could actually enable Ukraine to remote pilot and launch weapons at Russian bombers that try to hide from harm by staying inside Russian borders.
Thanks for the update and analysis.
BTW, Your dog doesn't seem the least bit concerned about this conflict.🤪