Ukraine has never had access to starshield, the unrestricted version built out for the us military.
They had Starlink commercial access, which is speed limited to all, and they managed to hack the terminals into believing they were stationary, when they were moving, effectively removing the speed restriction.
The loophole is being closed and they’re being restricted to the service they were offered.
This is beyond parody. The email that caused hundreds of schools to close in Italy today was sent by a certain “Mikhail Andropov, leader of the Vilayat of Misogynistan” — so you have Russia, Islam and far-right incelism all wrapped into one. There are only two options here: either our governments are led by morons or they are deliberately engaged in a strategy of tension to terrorise the public (while having a laugh on the side).
I wanted to make a video to show the effects of drone speed on air defenses.
I used the Oct 30 Novokuibyshevsk refinery strikes as my example. I have three drones approach the refinery and pass a tower with a Pantsir.
The first is an FP-1 at cruising speed. The second is an FP-5 at Banderol speed for comparison. The third is an FP-5 at cruising speed.
You see the approach from the view of the Pantsir. You see the pass from below. The final scene is the FP drone flying away towards the refinery stacks in the distance from the Pantsir's perspective.
As you can see, speed make significant difference in the leadup. One other note is how hard it is to see the drones with their profile.
I want to be clear. The drones, the Pantsir, the tower, and the refinery stacks are all to scale.
I just wanted to give everyone a representation of the speed. Apologies, I didn't quite get the engine sound right for the FP-5 doppler shift.
I am starting to recreate all refinery strikes from social media footage to support battle damage assessment to update by oil tracker.
Feel free to post a link to a video source for any strike you would like recreated. An example is in the replies.
Screenshot and map in the replies.
Hey Senator, Ukrainian here.
How can Ukraine win? It lost half of its population, enforces strict draft for everyone (except for those connected to Zelenskyy regime, lol) and yet still struggles to scrap enough soldiers.
70% of its budget is bankrolled by the west (per Ukrainian government's admission), are you gonna pay for Ukrainian social security after the war too?
What are we even fighting for? Ukrainians have LESS freedoms than Russians do, we are literally being FINED by the government for speaking in our own native language. The government is shooting people that try to leave that place, just like in the DPRK.
You can answer with "I just want dead russians and don't give a shit about Ukrainians", i would understand. You are Arizona's representative after all, not Ukraine's.
Summary of geolocated and visually confirmed armoured vehicle losses in Ukraine for October 2026.
Russian losses are from UkraineWarSpotting, and Ukrainian losses are from LostArmour. These only include vehicles which were destroyed and with a clear aftermath. Cars and smaller unarmoured vehicles are not included.
The ratio of Self-propelled artillery systems remains similar to previous months, with a ratio of about 8.5:1 Ukraine:Russia. The same can be said for MRAPs, at 49:1 Ukraine:Russia, although this is because Ukraine uses a lot more of them than Russia.
Russian tank losses decreased massively, from 7 in September to just 1 this month, while Ukraine's remain unchanged at 7. Infantry Fighting Vehicles inverted from 4:2 Russia:Ukraine in September to 2:4 October.
Credit: @HeyHeyHayd78226
Visually confirmed vehicle losses for the month of June:
In total, Russia lost 42 vehicles while Ukraine lost 232, which is a ratio of 1:5.5 in favour of Russia. In May, the ratio was 1:5.6 in favour of Russia.
When excluding armoured cars and MRAPs, Russia lost 39 vehicles, while Ukraine lost 100, which is a ratio of 1:2.5 in favour of Russia. In May, the ratio was 1:2.8 in favour of Russia.
For self-propelled guns, Ukraine lost 36 while Russia lost 7, a ratio of 1:5.1 in favour of Russia. In May, the ratio was 1:4.5 in favour of Russia.
The trend of vehicle attrition continues to greatly favour Russia. For self-propelled guns, it is even higher.
Credit: HeyHeyHayden.
@RSA_Observer@johnshreffler0 The numbers regarding 'materiel' losses (armored vehicles etc.) have mostly been around a 4:1 ratio in favor of Russia and I have no reason to believe that on the casualties' side there would be a significant deviation from that.