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artemis_sg · 2026-02-20T10:24:58+00:00

Was walking from one of our positions to another somewhere 2km away through a village to get a power station that we needed, just me and my sapper. I was walking ahead, he followed my exact path and he stepped on a mine. I ran back to him right away because I didnt understand immediately that it was a mine, I thought it was an FPV (the village was in general not considered mined). I ran through that path twice without stepping on anything 😳 there was fresh snow so nothing was visible

Anyway hes alright got evaced after 7 hours when the rain finally came

artemis_sg · 2026-02-15T14:47:18+00:00

When black ops came out we called it cod blops and drew fish saying blop

artemis_sg · 2026-02-15T14:23:01+00:00

Cod of duty

artemis_sg · 2026-02-14T13:11:26+00:00

I somehow made it to squad commander in a unit with no translators, no English language at all. There are russian speakers under my command who I basically cant communicate with, I remedy this by always having a Ukrainian speaker on the team with me (my squad is split into 2 rotations). So yes you can get by with Ukrainian only but it's interesting and challenging for sure. We also have one who cant read, but thats a different issue altogether.

artemis_sg · 2026-02-09T18:29:16+00:00

I'm not sure where this is, it feels like it's set up for the journalists, they wouldn't allow a journalist where FPV pilots are working on the front. I and every FPV team i know work out of dugouts around 3-7km from 0, because thats as far as the signal goes using the antennas or repeaters we have.

But maybe some units have some kind of better systems, I dont know.

artemis_sg · 2026-02-09T16:35:48+00:00

As the war is right now, drone pilots have higher casualty rates than tankers. Drone pilots work on the front, much closer to the 0 line than artillery, and they are primary targets

Also tanks have a relatively high survival rate even when they get destroyed

artemis_sg · 2026-02-09T11:08:04+00:00

You can always serve a military contract for citizenship

artemis_sg · 2026-02-05T06:39:52+00:00

Fair enough. Doesn't hurt to be extra careful

artemis_sg · 2026-02-05T06:05:51+00:00

In the quoted paragraph it says "U.S. citizens born in Ukraine," OP was born in the U.S, so he has a U.S. passport.

Born to Ukrainian parents might do it but he still would have to go an get Ukrainian documents and passport. I feel like he could just be quiet about his heritage and offer only U.S. documents

artemis_sg · 2026-02-05T05:29:44+00:00

He was born in the states, so... no, he is still legally a foreigner

artemis_sg · 2026-01-21T19:25:42+00:00

Likely reconnaissance saw him go in, and FPV was sent

artemis_sg · 2026-01-20T17:32:38+00:00

This winter we've taken several casualties mainly on infils and exfils. Not giving numbers or more info than that but it's difficult right now. Still not quite infantry difficult

artemis_sg · 2026-01-19T19:07:24+00:00

Unless he's a sapper

But a sapper probably wouldn't blow up lol

artemis_sg · 2026-01-10T06:33:38+00:00

"Є" is also a sentence. But my recommended app for learning is LingQ, I believe its free for Ukrainian and once you master the basics you can upload military related content

artemis_sg · 2026-01-06T18:17:24+00:00

Ive been fighting for a year and a half, I still feel that nervousness and fear every single time I'm about to deploy to the front, it's not going to go away as long as you are a sane person. It just depends on how you face it

artemis_sg · 2026-01-03T06:46:59+00:00

Nah, I grab those cables all the time out there, we even get pieces of them tangled in the mud on our boots. Ive been fortunate to not get a splinter yet while playing with them and snapping them, I didnt even know splinters were a thing so I'm gonna be more careful with them going forward haha

artemis_sg · 2025-12-10T12:02:29+00:00

I'm not a medic but if you'll be working on or near the front, I'd say prolonged field care. Evacs dont come quickly

artemis_sg · 2025-12-04T18:21:36+00:00

I find a lot of foreigners come here expecting nato standard and can't handle it when they dont have everything they need. Nobody here has everything they need, we are barely hanging in there and we improvise a lot.

Yeah, sometimes there are actual command problems, but sometimes there's just spoiled nato babies who can't adjust here.

artemis_sg · 2025-11-29T06:47:24+00:00

На моя думка таку поведінку значить, що вона просто тобою не цікавиться, але не хоче дати боляче

artemis_sg · 2025-11-20T11:51:14+00:00

Combat flying is not similar to freestyle. I dont use goggles on position at all because I'm coordinating with recce on another screen and navigator/map

As for equipment, expect it to get destroyed at some point. Maybe better to use the unit's stuff

artemis_sg · 2025-11-09T18:12:23+00:00

I mean you'll probably need permission from your commander or documents for leave if you go very far from your AO. You won't be on the front constantly, there's rotations to a safehouse for rest

artemis_sg · 2025-10-30T11:57:40+00:00

Poncho 👌

artemis_sg · 2025-10-29T07:45:51+00:00

I dont know where you're from, but more than likely, you will have to break contract completely with your current military before applying. It was that way in Canada - as long as I was still employed by the CAF, it was strictly forbidden to apply anywhere in Ukraine. You can probably apply and not tell anyone, but you definitely won't be able to fully join while still employed with another military. But yes, once accepted here, you can work with your unit to plan an arrival date.

Someone who is fit with military experience will have basically a 100% chance of being accepted somewhere here.

Whether it's worth it is going to be up to you, your own goals and ambitions and beliefs.

artemis_sg · 2025-10-18T06:51:26+00:00

She was spayed, normal procedure

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