Dan

Documenting battles/units in Ukraine; Tracking vehicle losses for Oryx list + WarsSpotting, emphasis on vehicle ID/geo-location. Previous Syria + Nagorno-Kara.

[Rob Lee @RALee85]

Several of his brigade commanders praised his approach when he was OSUV Dnipro and Joint Forces Task Force commander. Instead of simply giving orders, he listened to their opinions, welcomed feedback, and asked them how he could support them. A common criticism from brigades throughout the war is that the General Staff doesn't properly support the units holding the front line or a sense that the General Staff doesn't have a full understanding of the situation on the battlefield, and gives orders with poor situational awareness. I suspect among the first things he will do is to ask Task Force commanders what they need, and ensure the General Staff supports them properly. I suspect this will have an immediate positive effect. 3/

[Rob Lee @RALee85]

Drapatyi is an excellent choice. As OTU Kharkiv and Luhansk, OSUV Khortytsia/Dnipro, and Joint Forces Task Force commander over the past two years, he brings a wealth of experience commanding units on most of the front line with a good understanding of the character of the fighting. As Land Forces commander, he also has recent experience in mobilization/training issues. Both are critical as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.

[Zoam @ZoamSc2]

RU "West" Group shells UA positions in "Liberated" Shyikivka while pretending the location is Vyshche Solone and Nyzhche Solone
@GeoConfirmed @UAControlMap
49.358089, 37.821560 :17, :22
49.354092, 37.742607 :53
Shyikivka, Kharkiv
Source: https://t.co/LCOF4Wpm9v

[Yuri Chornomorets @Y_Chornomorets]

If Syrskyi remains in command, some military personnel will leave the service. Among the elite professionals we support, about 20% already have legal grounds for immediate discharge, and another 10% could quickly complete the paperwork and also become eligible. At least half of them will certainly leave if this stale status quo prevails and the few remaining hopes for change disappear. People are already utterly exhausted, and their patience is wearing thin.

Zelenskyy needs to do more than simply dismiss Syrskyi. The new Commander-in-Chief must inspire the Defense Forces to fight and to win. The new Minister of Defense must be someone who provides the newest weapons of victory.

The situation is changing so rapidly that every week brings entirely new challenges. A year ago, such challenges emerged every two months, and the state was clearly unable to keep up.

Only recently had we finally begun responding adequately and staying ahead of events—and then all of that was sacrificed for a return to the Soviet way of doing things.

Naturally, this has created a tidal wave of despair among the very people everything has rested on since February 24, 2022.

We must win through rational, sound, and inspiring decisions. That means we need a Commander-in-Chief, a Minister of Defense, and a Chief of the General Staff who are exceptionally talented, extraordinarily intelligent, absolutely responsible, completely determined, and incredibly charismatic.

It is painful. There are moments when I feel like I can't do this anymore, but I keep working to save the lives of the Warriors of Light.

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- Typhoon Quake shotguns — 26,300 UAH each. There are already requests for at least 12 of them. A large new shipment is on its way, and we'll soon be buying them out!

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[414 Magyar's Birds @414magyarbirds]

Oooh, things are really neglected over there... Kuban is an untilled field. The USF Birds' Air Defense Fall has reached the swamps of Krasnodar Krai.

8🔥 air defense assets were hunted down and destroyed during the night of July 20 deep inside enemy territory (6 in Krasnodar Krai and 2 in the temporarily occupied part of Zaporizhzhia Oblast): Tor and Buk SAM systems, Kasta, Gamma, Nebo-SV, Nebo-U RADAR systems, and others.

🔥 Tor-M2 SAM system, Yeysk, Krasnodar Krai, rf

🔥 Kasta-2E2 RADAR, Yeysk, Krasnodar Krai, rf

🔥 Gamma-S1M RADAR, Yeysk, Krasnodar Krai, rf

🔥 2 Nebo-SV RADAR systems, Yeysk, Krasnodar Krai, rf

🔥 Nebo-U RADAR, Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Krasnodar Krai, rf

🔥 Buk-M1 SAM system, Zelenopil, temporarily occupied Zaporizhzhia Oblast

🔥 RADAR, Danylo-Ivanivka, temporarily occupied Zaporizhzhia Oblast

The 1st USF Center Birds carried out the operation.

The destruction of the occupier's military, energy, and logistics capabilities in Crimea by the USF Birds will continue indefinitely.

CRIMEA⛔️STOP

We will stand.
Moscow will fall.
Crimea will be fed back up and rebuilt.

USF online scoreboard “PIDRAKHUYKA”
https://t.co/dGuQnteiUl

MAGYAR 🇺🇦
20.07.26

[414 Magyar's Birds @414magyarbirds]

After the occupation, around a million russian newcomers moved into Crimea and spent the past 12 years making themselves at home.

Now it’s time to move on to Siberia – and start a new business with Wildberries.

[Kyrylo Budanov @Kyrylo_Budanov]

Ситуація навколо останніх внутрішніх змін викликала сильні емоції. Розумію людей, які висловлюють свою позицію. Небайдужість – це сила, яка тримає нашу державу всі ці роки. Позицію суспільства почуто.

Ситуація вирішується фахово, конструктивно й на користь нашої держави. Тому прошу зберігати спокій. Дис��усія – нормальна річ для вільної країни. Важливо, щоб вона й надалі відбувалася мирно, без провокацій, які б шкодили національній безпеці.

Закликаю нікого не хейтити. Ворог уважно стежить за кожною нашою внутрішньою суперечкою і чекає, коли ми почнемо воювати між собою. Скажу ворогам прямо: не дочекаєтесь. Думаймо про нашу спільну перемогу. Україна із цієї ситуації вийде обов’язково сильнішою.

Робота йде. Результати будуть.

[Jakub Janovsky @Rebel44CZ]

And while it is now getting less media attention, the Ukrainian strikes at the Russian logistics continue to wreck a lot of vehicles in the Russian rear areas...

[Emil Kastehelmi @emilkastehelmi]

An obscure claim from a Russian military blogger has somehow morphed into an accepted fact, and is being echoed by major media outlets and even the CIA director.

Time to question the viral “reports” saying Russians survive just 20–30 minutes on the battlefield in Ukraine. 1/

[Bohdan Krotevych @BohdanKrotevych]

Коли на захист ГК виступають люди з тезами: «Ну так, у нього є помилки, але…»

Нагадаю, що ці помилки — це тисячі втрачених українських життів щомісяця в окремих полках.

Може, тому Сирський не став передавати цю інформацію міністру оборони Федорову?

Ще раз: тисячі на місяць в одному підрозділі — загиблими та безвісти зниклими. Для порівняння, є бригади, які за кілька років перебування на фронті під постійними наступами ворога, а також під час власних наступальних дій, мають менші втрати за весь цей час, ніж особисті полки Сирського.

Коли оприлюднять втрати - відставкою не обійдуться, а колись це станеться, рано чи пізно. Відповідальність знайде всіх!

[Alexander Kovalenko @zloy_odessit]

А вот и верификация результативности удара по аэродрому “Энгельс” несётся по открытым источникам.

Тот самый Ту-95МС которому ударом украинского дрона оторвало хвост.

Напомню, что россия эти самолёты давно утратила возможность строить и каждая такая потеря – невосполнимая.

[Tatarigami_UA @Tatarigami_UA]

Replacing Syrskyi with a competent senior officer who is not part of his inner circle would, first and foremost, stop the “Skalazation” of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

[Gabrielius Landsbergis🇱🇹 @GLandsbergis]

While allies discussed the impossibility of controlling the Black Sea, Ukraine took control of it. Allies bought oil, Ukraine bombed refineries. Now allies avoid sanctioning the shadow fleet, so Ukraine sinks it. Maybe we should stop pretending we are in the driving seat here.

[Julian Röpcke 🇩🇪🤝🇺🇦 @JulianRoepcke]

Unfassbar.

Zum ersten Mal hat Russland heute Nacht einen der Orte angegriffen, an den sich Hundertausende Zivilisten bei den nächtlichen Terrorangriffen regelmäßig in Sicherheit bringen wollen. Den U-Bahnhof Lukjaniwska in Kyjiw.

🚨Ein gezielter Angriffe auf Frauen und Kinder.

[414 Magyar's Birds @414magyarbirds]

Magyar: Two weeks of MoLoCHKa. Kerch’s ferry crossing is almost gone.

Minus 75% of the Kerch Ferry Crossing’s capacity within two weeks of USF Operation “MoLoCHKa”. 25% remains. Will it survive? Didn’t think so.

Details:

Before the operation began, transport and cargo traffic across the Kerch Ferry Crossing was maintained by four ferries regularly operating between Port Kavkaz and Port Krym. A fifth vessel was kept on standby in the Port of Kerch: “Lavrentiy”, “Panagia”, “Yeysk”, “Mariya”, and “SKS-One”.

The situation was adjusted over the course of two weeks in July by Magyar’s Birds, USF, jointly with the Security Service of Ukraine.

AAR as of 19 July:

•🔥ferry “Yeysk” – successfully struck by the USF on 12 and 13 July, towed to the Port of Kerch, restoration and return to the ferry line are not planned⛔️;

•🔥cargo vessel “SKS-One” – destroyed by the USF over the course of 7, 12, and 13 July, lying in Kamysh-Burun Port, beyond repair⛔️;

•🔥ferry “Mariya” – repeatedly struck throughout July by the USF and the SSU, towed to the Port of Kerch, restoration and return to the ferry line are not planned⛔️;

���🔥ferry “Lavrentiy” – struck by the USF, the SSU, and the HUR, no longer capable of moving under its own power, used as a barge and hauled in a tug-and-barge configuration, reducing its operational potential by half and increasing the risk of being destroyed on the water;

•🔥ferry “Panagia” – struck by the SSU, the USF, and earlier by the HUR, no longer capable of moving under its own power, used as a barge and hauled in a tug-and-barge configuration, same as “Lavrentiy”.

*in the photo – just before getting blown to hell, the now dearly departed ferry “Mariya”; to the right – the good-for-nothing “Panagia”, still being towed as a barge.

•capacity of one ferry – 8–15 vehicles, depending on size and weight.
•80% of all traffic – quota of the russian ministry of war.
•the combined daily capacity of the four formerly operational ferries under standard non-combat conditions – 180–250 vehicles per day. Or rather, it used to be.

🌶️Worms, get that Astrakhan cargo vessel “Composer Rachmaninoff”, which you’ve prepared as a backup for Crimea, over from Rostov to Port Kavkaz already. The time has come for its heroic sinking.

The Kerch Ferry Crossing is fading.

We will stand.
Moscow will fall.
Crimea will be fed back up and rebuilt.

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MAGYAR🇺🇦
19.07.26

[Дімасик вже не в ЗСУ @deemasseek]

На завтра заплановане засідання Ставки, на якому має бути прийнято рішення щодо Сирського. Тому вкрай важливо сьогодні знову вийти на протест і повторити наші вимоги. Закликаю виходити не лише Київ, а й інші міста.

Залишити зараз Сирського означатиме не лише проігнорувати волю суспільства, а й деморалізувати армію. Генерал має піти.

[Yuri Chornomorets @Y_Chornomorets]

Every soldier has a cemetery bearing Syrskyi's name. Every volunteer has one too. The worst day for me was 26 guys in a single day.
What is this cemetery, you may ask?
It is the cemetery of those who died for absolutely no reason, simply because they were carrying out a senseless order.

That is what has hurt the most throughout all these years. There are several soldiers who lost their minds and have spent endless time in hospitals because they could not endure all of this.

Yes, a few times in 2022 and 2023, Syrskyi saved our men from even more reckless butchers. But I cannot recall a single similar case from 2024 through 2026. There simply were none. He became increasingly ruthless.

And one more thing.
Syrskyi considers the Battle of Kyiv to be a lifetime justification for everything that followed. But I will say this plainly: if Syrskyi had been Commander-in-Chief on February 24, 2022, the Russians would have entered Kyiv.

Because Syrskyi carries out every wish of Zelenskyy and Yermak. One of those wishes before the invasion was to send all the brigades from the Kyiv region to the East. Zaluzhnyi, at his own risk, delayed the 72nd Brigade for a week under a fabricated pretext and made sure Yermak's people knew nothing about it. On February 23, he moved the brigade to defend Kyiv along the Irpin River—again entirely at his own risk. There was no longer enough time to occupy positions along the Prypiat River.

The 72nd Brigade became the backbone of Kyiv's defense, and the enemy did not enter the city. Would the 72nd Brigade still have been in the Kyiv region if Syrskyi had been Commander-in-Chief? No. Every wish would have been carried out, the battle would have been lost, and there would have been a sea of blood and defeat.

We should think not only about the victory near Kyiv, but about the lessons of February 2022, which go much deeper.

Soldiers are issued only 12 shotgun shells to shoot down drones. This is already the fourth year of the drone war, yet they keep buying Safari shotguns that spend endless time being repaired. Holosun thermal super-collimators have only recently begun to be issued, and only to some special operations personnel.

If American soldiers were protected this way, they would sue—and they would win. But here, in the fifth year of the war, saving soldiers remains the responsibility of the soldiers themselves and the volunteers.

All of this hurts...

We keep working, because we hope against hope...

And we try to save at least someone from this endless hell...

Friends, please support the protection of the Warriors of Light. Right now they urgently need:
- Typhoon Sierra shotguns — 30,456 UAH each, 4 still needed!
- Holosun thermal super-collimators — 89,640 UAH each. There are requests for 9 of them!
- Shotgun ammunition — 6,760 UAH per box of 250 rounds. The requests are endless!
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[NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 @NOELreports]

Andrii Onistrat, a senior officer at Ukraine’s Central Innovation Directorate and founder of the 68th Brigade’s Dovbush Hornets drone battalion, said he has submitted his resignation after being ordered transferred to the 17th Corps. He suggested the move was retaliation for supporting Mykhailo Fedorov. #Ukraine

[Rob Lee @RALee85]

Most Russian soldiers are killed by FPVs and FPVs rarely use pixel lock/AI for infantry because it’s unnecessary.

[Dimko Zhluktenko 🇺🇦⚔️ @dim0kq]

Very interesting integration already used in combat in Ukraine - UGV delivering optic fiber FPVs to the battlefield.

Then pilots flying the FPVs into russian idiots, UGV goes back to base for refill.