Yurri Clavilier

Research Analyst (Land) DMAP @IISS_org, @warstudies King's College Ldn alumnus. I'm interested in the study of war and strategic comms. Rt not endrsmnt

[Yurri Clavilier @CmrYurri]

Force brings peace
Justice makes it last
Slava Ukraini

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

It is our historical responsibility - of modern generations - to make full punishment for aggression inevitable in order to prevent not only the recurrence of aggression against our country, but also new wars. There are potential aggressors in the world. And the world must seek justice to see peace fully secured.

[Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський @ZelenskyyUa]

Thank you, Japan. It’s important that our partners are here, in Ukraine, to support our people amid Russia’s savage escalation of drone and missile terror. Together, we can protect lives, and air defense is key to that.

[A-129 Mangusta @NichoConcu]

lil exclusive sent by one of my followers:
Our very first look at Leonardo’s Hystrix 40 ADS. This system was recently spotted undergoing testing, it’s equipped with a Marlin 40 ILOS mount which was initially designed to be used on naval ships. Will update if there’s more info.

[FdeStV @Marsattaqueblog]

Rapport de la @courdescomptes sur @Agence_ID : des propos d'intérêt notamment sur l'équilibre innovation planifiée et innovation ouverte, sur l'agilité et sur qui capte quoi...
Quel équilibre budgétaire par rapport à où se trouve l'innovation ?
Source : https://t.co/hRCUvBztYi

[NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 @NOELreports]

❗️Japan plans to reopen discussions on providing or selling weapons to Ukraine, including Patriot interceptors, according to former Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera. Japan operates 24 Patriot batteries and domestically manufactures PAC-3 interceptors under license from Lockheed Martin. Onodera said legal and government policy restrictions remain, but Tokyo intends to begin internal discussions on possible next steps following his visit to Kyiv. #Ukraine

[Loup Bureau @LoupBureau]

La post-vérité a rendu la défense assez simple, nier. Nier les faits, nier les preuves, nier jusqu’à l’évidence. Non, ce n’est jamais arrivé répond Bardella. Et quand la justice tranche ? On peut encore nier. Sarkozy en est l’exemple, la condamnation n’éteint même plus le récit.

[Forcesoperations @ForcesOperation]

Au menu pour 2027 pour l'armée de Terre : une ébauche de VBCI rénové, une première capacité de robots armés ou encore le lancement en réalisation du programme VBAE

La suite ici⤵️

https://t.co/Dj3sJWMZxi

[John Hardie @JohnH105]

“The scale of Russia’s ambition to freeze Ukrainians into submission is evident in a document that the Ukrainian energy minister, Denys Shmyhal, showed to European partners in Paris two weeks ago, according to two people familiar with his presentation.

Mr. Shmyhal, the people said, described the document as an intercepted Russian plan to cause the energy system to collapse through methodical attacks. The plan, a copy of which The New York Times obtained, describes a campaign of strikes using up to 1,000 missiles, drones and bombs. They would target a wide range of facilities, including electrical substations, hydroelectric and thermal power plants, and boiler houses.

Most alarming, the document says that Russia intends to force Ukraine’s three operating nuclear plants — the backbone of its power infrastructure — to shut down by firing missiles at the electrical switchyards that connect them to the grid. The switchyards sit less than a mile from the reactors.

The plan also says that Moscow will target Ukraine’s water system, including pumping stations and wastewater treatment facilities, with dozens of ballistic missiles and glide bombs. Russia has never attacked such sites on a large scale before. Ukrainian officials have privately expressed concern that the country has limited backup plans should it face severe water disruptions.

The ultimate goal is to cut off major Ukrainian cities from power, heat and water, which could set off a humanitarian crisis. Kyiv, Kharkiv and Odesa are highlighted as top targets, with plans to cut electricity supplies in those cities by 90 percent, reduce heating supplies by up to 90 percent and severely disrupt the sewage system.

[…]

Russia’s intercepted plan appears designed to collapse Ukraine’s already weakened grid.

It lays out three stages of attacks. The first would knock out substations near Ukraine’s western borders, which import electricity from Europe. The second would take out hydroelectric power plants. The third would force Ukraine’s three operating nuclear plants offline. (A fourth nuclear plant, near the southern city of Zaporizhzhia, was captured by Russian forces early in the war and is not operating.)

The goal of the attacks, the document says, is to eliminate nearly 15 gigawatts of generating capacity — as much as Ukraine had at the end of the summer.”

https://t.co/WoqkDucRbo

[Franz-Stefan Gady @HoansSolo]

‘Ukraine is rushing to produce a high-speed interceptor drone capable of shooting down the Russian jet-powered weapons. Zelenskyy said there are five interceptors currently being tested. By the end of October, he said, Ukraine will be able to produce around 400 of one of those models. The four others remain in the testing stage.

The president said the race to counter the Russian drones faced hurdles, including a shortage of engines for their interceptors. “Engines [are] the key, we really import a lot of engines,” he said. “There are some engines of our production, but not enough.”’

[Rob Lee @RALee85]

"Europe is preparing for 'severe' Russian hybrid attacks, said German Chancellor Friedrich Merz as Vladimir Putin threatened that his conflict with the west could reach a 'fatal point of no return'...

'We are preparing for further hybrid attacks, including severe ones,' he said in a speech marking the award of the Westphalian Peace Prize to Nato. 'Should they occur, we would respond quickly and very clearly."
https://t.co/wxMCKn5a64

[Lithuanian MOD 🇱🇹 @Lithuanian_MoD]

Construction has begun in Kaunas FEZ on a Leopard 2A8 assembly and repair facility. The project will bring key heavy military equipment maintenance capabilities to Lithuania, strengthen supply chain resilience and deepen 🇱🇹🇩🇪 defence industrial cooperation.

[Jeff2146🇧🇪 @Jeff21461]

🇩🇪 The Bundeswehr announced that it is forming its first independent unmanned systems formation. This new regiment will be part of the 10th Panzer Division and reach initial operational status in 2027.

Initially the unit will comprise roughly 300 soldiers, with plans to further grow it to about 600. Capability-wise, the unit will be equipped with Strike drones capable of reaching out at 500 km, electronic warfare, and counter-UAS capabilities.

The primary goal of this formation is to rapidly experiment and establish higher-level UAS capabilities within the Bundeswehr. This concept will also be spread out to the other two divisions of the Bundeswehr if this experiment works out well.

https://t.co/3MPFHDMsWe

[John Hardie @JohnH105]

“In addition, according to RBC-Ukraine sources, Ukrainian forces have stepped up their efforts in recent weeks to hunt down Russian missile systems. One source explained that whereas Russian forces previously launched ballistic missiles from positions around 100 kilometers (62 miles) from the Ukrainian border, the pressure has now forced them to move some launchers farther back — roughly 200 kilometers (124 miles) from the border. The RBC-Ukraine source noted that this creates range limitations for missiles such as the RM-48U surface-to-surface missile used by S-300 and S-400 systems, whose range does not exceed 250 kilometers (155 miles).”
https://t.co/ljYJihp6bt

[Antton Rouget @AnttonRouget]

Jordan Bardella n’a pas seulement produit des écrits antisémites. Il a aussi menti à la France entière en n’assumant pas la paternité de ses propres textes.

@Mediapart publie les documents au cœur de l’enquête et la méthode utilisée pour les authentifier.
https://t.co/16pzYEPzA1

[OSINTtechnical @Osinttechnical]

For the first time, Ukrainian forces have used a domestically produced Fire point FP-7 ballistic missile in combat.

The FP-7 carries a 200 kg warhead and can hit targets up to 250 km away.

[Forcesoperations @ForcesOperation]

+ 24% pour les grands programmes, + 12% pour l'innovation et le renseignement et un coup de pouce de 🇪🇺

➡️De quoi notamment amorcer les études sur le successeur du char Leclerc et commander de nouveaux radars tactiques mobiles

https://t.co/Qyed9GNwT3

[GAU @deaidua]

Yesterday, Ukraine's Air Command Center has published so far unseen footage of a German-delivered Skynex fire unit including at least one interception of what looks like a Russian Geran-3 or Geran-4.

Germany has officially delivered four Skynex fire units to Ukraine, each consisting of four Oerlikon Revolver Gun Mk3 anti-aircraft guns, the Oerlikon Skymaster battle management system, the Oerlikon X-TAR3D Tactical Acquisition Radar and related vehicles for transport and more.

[Unit Observer @WarUnitObserver]

Russian armed forces expansions are continuing:
4th Motorized Rifle Brigade has highly likely expanded to the 84th Motorized Rifle Division. This is an unsurprising move as its combat elements already surpassed the numbers of some existing divisions

[Yurri Clavilier @CmrYurri]

@AurelienDuchene Tout mon soutien Aurélien, tiens bon !

[GAU @deaidua]

Exclusive: The Armed Forces of Ukraine recently received their eleventh IRIS-T SLM fire unit financed by the German government as part of its military assistance for Ukraine. This represents a significant boost to Ukraine’s air defences ahead of winter.

https://t.co/CxpVE54Dp2

[Michael Weiss @michaeldweiss]

The Brits, Balts and French uninvited. Not even the Russians hate NATO as much as Bridge Colby does. https://t.co/iLJDKAqMOs