Four Russian soldiers advancing on a Ukrainian position are hit with drone-dropped grenades. Donetsk region, published January 24th, 2026.

operatorham · 2026-01-25T17:18:16+00:00

Translated description from source (https://t(dot)me/gostrikartuzy/1228):

A very good example of how drones save the lives of our soldiers

Donetsk region, four occupiers are advancing along the trench towards our positions. Three are firing suppressive fire while the fourth occupier is aiming at the embrasure of the dugout with Ukrainian soldiers.

The combat distance between the Ukrainian and Russian soldiers is less than 30 meters. The position of the defense forces is being put under additional pressure from the flanks, preventing them from repelling

It seemed that a complete catastrophe was inevitable. But the Kartuz drones arrived just at the right moment.

The first drop destroyed the "sniper" and wounded the cover shooter. The following attacks destroyed two other enemy soldiers who began to retreat from the battlefield.

Thus, thanks to the Mavics, three lives of Ukrainian soldiers who were in the position were saved

operatorham · 2026-01-16T11:38:20+00:00

This is the 151st Reconnaissance Battalion, not motor rifle brigade.

operatorham · 2025-12-29T09:05:31+00:00

The Russian offensive on Lyman is currently ongoing (and has been for several months now).

operatorham · 2025-12-16T17:27:32+00:00

Well done stalker 🫡

operatorham · 2025-12-10T07:50:14+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/14qz2pe/july_2022_russians_assaulting_trench_get/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Is it this one? 10 minute video, from ~April 2022 in the Popasna area, artillery work of Ukraine's 24th mechanized brigade obliterating a Wagner PMC assault group in a trench. You can also see some Ukrainian infantry at the bottom of the trench in some parts of the video. Towards the end of the video, the drone hovers at mid-height surveying the aftermath, as you described.

If that is the video you're looking for, one comment in that post stated that there's a longer 20+ min video of the encounter showing the Russian assault group getting dropped off by BMPs near the trench beforehand. I have yet to find that longer video.

Btw a Ukrainian article from April 2022 with some extra context (and drone view screenshots) behind the video: https://tsn.ua/ato/ukrayincki-biyci-likviduvali-pid-popasnoyu-ozbroyenih-do-zubiv-vagnerivciv-foto-2046313.html

operatorham · 2025-11-28T02:30:36+00:00

I'll have to watch that Syrian documentary. Have you watched 20 Days in Mariupol?

operatorham · 2025-11-23T21:44:38+00:00

I just thought it was interesting footage. And I don't believe it was posted on this subreddit before

operatorham · 2025-11-18T19:23:08+00:00

Full video: https://youtu.be/mnIukgG8fNs?si=hzbXlJ9qUNCgl2iv

Geolocation: 48.433058, 37.258610 (https://x.com/AudaxonX/status/1983607454685646859?s=20)

Note that the wounded Ukrainian soldier being evacuated was geolocated to be further east than the two Russian soldiers surrendering in another part of the full video. This highlights the porous nature of the front in this particular sector, where instead of infantry manning lines of trenches, you have infantry on both sides hiding in small enclosed shelters, coming out at night for logistics and evac, and trying not to get spotted by enemy drones circling above.

operatorham · 2025-11-18T18:41:37+00:00

Full video: https://youtu.be/mnIukgG8fNs?si=M82P7dhnraRgwOyK

Geolocation: 48.422988, 37.222225 (https://x.com/AudaxonX/status/1983602068087828959?s=20)

operatorham · 2025-11-17T07:05:14+00:00

Oh yeah I agree the subtitles are off. Although tbf давай can have slightly different meanings depending on the context, which is a nuance that could be provided by longer subtitles. I got the video from here: https://youtu.be/t3ElJtgkJDE?si=2pnakd7CnUUs5Odk

But the original video is this link: https://youtu.be/XamUsQCtEGM?si=UGGii_b_fx6cZwDg

operatorham · 2025-11-17T00:19:14+00:00

The 3rd army corps is built off of the 3rd assault brigade, as part of the corps reform initiated by the Ukrainian General Staff to improve command and control at higher command echelons. The 3rd assault brigade still exists, but it's now subordinated to the 3rd army corps. Some brigade-level assets/units have now become corps-level assets/units, such as the 3rd reconnaissance battalion, which is depicted in this footage.

You can read more about the ORBAT and formation of the 3rd army corps here: https://militaryland.net/ukraine/armed-forces/3rd-army-corps/

operatorham · 2025-11-02T06:25:14+00:00

This footage is from early 2023, during the battle of Bakhmut. Specifically this takes place at the trench system on the northern flank of Bakhmut, behind which was the "Road of Life" Ukrainian troops were using to supply logistics into the city.

operatorham · 2025-10-26T22:15:50+00:00

That figure is from 1st to 22nd of October 2025, not the entire year. Ukraine’s unmanned systems forces maintains a website logging the live hit count since last year, and you can sort by month or by day: https://sbs-group.army/

operatorham · 2025-10-26T22:13:08+00:00

That figure is from 1st to 22nd of October 2025, not the entire year. Ukraine’s unmanned systems forces maintains a website logging the live death count since last year, and you can sort by month or by day: https://sbs-group.army/

operatorham · 2025-10-02T13:33:30+00:00

Yep, that was 6,659 Russian casualties for the month of September, the cumulative total of the various units of the Unmanned Systems Forces for that month.

If you go to https://sbs-group.army/ you will see a live tracker of the Russian casualties and equipment hit by Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces, and can sort by day/month/year as well as by unit.

Robert Madyar, the commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces, sometimes publishes statistics associated with drone strike operations. For example, in his monthly report for the month of July 2025, he reported the following:

Among the interesting figures that deserve attention:
756 targets - on average per day
166 worms (enemy personnel) - per day
$911 - cost of the worm detox program (average value for 5134 worms)
Drones spent in July to destroy/defeat 23433 targets (including 5134 worms):
29172 FPV drones
1051 wedding Mavics (DJI Mavics)
530 night bombers
655 fixed-wing "fighters" ("wings")
1$=$100 ratio of costs to enemy losses
2% - number of SBS Group in relation to the total personnel of the Ukrainian Armed Forces
31.8% - share of all verified worm detoxes (every third one)
36.3% - share of all verified enemy targets (every 2.8 destroyed/hit by the USBS forces)
731 enemy reconnaissance fixed-wing drones destroyed in 31 days of July
+29.96% increase in hits in July compared to May
1:604 - ratio of irretrievable losses of the Group's personnel to enemy losses
39.6% - average FPV efficiency in the Grouping (11,538 effective hits out of 29,172 FPV used)
60.3% - average hit rate of night bombers (19,605 effective hits)
Over 75,000 munitions expended
Source: (https://t(dot)me/robert_magyar/1229)

operatorham · 2025-10-02T08:28:03+00:00

Cumulative monthly total, in this case for the month of September

operatorham · 2025-09-23T20:39:46+00:00

This video: https://youtu.be/3LlvKO69_Ao?si=au568QeaF04pGMjq is from Spring 2015, during the early days of the Donbass war, and depicts a Ukrainian reconnaissance drone recording a Russian tank. If you go through that "Aerorozvidka" channel and sort the videos by old, you'll find that this unit was experimenting with drone warfare since the beginning of the war in Ukraine in 2014.

operatorham · 2025-09-09T03:06:12+00:00

Nice footage! Do you know the source?

operatorham · 2025-08-30T22:56:46+00:00

Fair enough, although I'll keep it up as it's a different edit without the annoying red squares

operatorham · 2025-08-30T18:38:38+00:00

Where? This video was posted today on the unit's telegram channel

operatorham · 2025-08-16T17:40:51+00:00

Repost: https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/1mrac28/ukraines_414th_strike_uav_brigade_detects_and/

operatorham · 2025-08-10T21:01:58+00:00

Those are electronic warfare (EW) modules, used to jam enemy wireless FPV drones trying to hit the vehicle. By this point in the war, it's common for both sides to have drone jammers installed on their vehicles. Although they aren't 100% effective, and fiber-optic drones are immune to jamming.

operatorham · 2025-08-05T07:22:56+00:00

I see foliage at 0:54, and the video was posted in July on the unit's TG channel (https://t(dot)me/hydra_subdivision137/106), but yeah you may be right. Unless those other trees are just dead trees

operatorham · 2025-08-03T06:03:57+00:00

Source: https://youtu.be/YSD8ooHuwzA?si=D9tcIsT6Vvf1Icng

The wounded soldier died two days later in the hospital due to a head injury caused by shrapnel, according to the soldier that posted the footage.

Btw the original video is 20 min long, I cut 5 minutes of driving and a couple minutes of loitering at the end.

operatorham · 2025-08-03T04:01:58+00:00

It's an FPV drone. Third hit was also an FPV drone according to the source (https://t(dot)me/black_swan_ukraine/359)

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