Russia May Cancel May 9 Victory Day Parades Over Ukrainian Missile Threat united24media.com/latest-news/...
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2/2 "The building collapsed with at least nine Russian soldiers inside. One managed to crawl out. That soldier was killed with an aerial exploding drone that accompanied the assault." www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/w...
1/2 "When the UGVs reached the school building, the vehicle with rockets opened fire, forcing the Russian troops away from the windows. Two other robots then drove nearby or into the building and detonated, setting off the stored ammunition." www.nytimes.com/2026/04/20/w...
IDF to buy thousands of FPV drones as drone warfare reshapes battlefield www.jpost.com/defense-and-...
"blend" in.
Both sides in Ukraine are camouflaging their technologies to bled in with the natural environment - in this TG post, Russians describe a patch antenna for the 3.3 GHz video band built to blend in with regular dirt (or manure or shit?). They used foam and acrylic paint. t.me/texBPLA/1872
Biggest ever UK drone package for Ukraine announced, including more than 120,000 drones, supplying cutting-edge battlefield technology. www.gov.uk/government/n...
Russia's President Putin called for the development of domestic AI solutions for national defense. Earlier, many Russian AI and high-tech developers lamented the cut off from Western AI models for R&D. Putin now wants strictly domestic solutions. lenta.ru/news/2026/04...
Russia's Rybar on copying Ukrainian drone interceptors tech and tactics: "There is no shame in following an enemy's example. What *is* shameful is underestimating your adversary and then having to play catch-up." t.me/rybar/79170
A first, Marines launch FPV drone at unmanned vessel while aboard naval craft defensescoop.com/2026/04/08/m...
Ukraine says it replaced human soldiers with 'ground robots' in over 21,000 missions for Q1
www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-grou...
Oh well…
According to Rus publication that ran this story, the USV can be operated via ultra-shortwave radio comms, LTE mobile networks, and/or satellite systems.
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Rus state media on a portable ground control station "equipped with an autopilot that enables the USV C2 from virtually anywhere in the world. The primary objective of the autopilot is to deliver the USV to its target with minimal or no human intervention." iz.ru/2072078/bogd...
Russian military continues to invest in the Courier UGV - the following (allegedly combat) video displays the "Bagulnik-82", a remotely controlled 82mm mortar module mounted on the Courier platform that can fire 10-12 rounds per minute. t.me/sashakots/60...
A Russian video displaying interceptor drones - including several FPVs, “Yolka” and “Archangel” variants. t.me/russkiy_domm...
New Russian army satellite comms terminals have been spotted at the front, according to Flash. One of the Spirit-030 systems was found by pilots from the 414th Birds of Magyar Brigade and later destroyed by a drone strike.
Russia's Rubicon Center units are tracking and going after Ukrainian UGVs as they seek to disrupt and destroy Ukrainian supply, logistics, combat and evac capabilities - since June 2025, Rubicon claimed to destroy over 1000 Ukrainian UGVs. t.me/lost_armour/...
Thank you. I continue to post and now I am one of many who follow the unmanned aspect of this war and post about it.