🇺🇦Ukrainian Mobile Fire Team of the 24th Mechanized Brigade escorts reporters of the Kyiv Indipendent in Oleksijevo-Druzhkivka towards Kostyantynivka, interviewing soldiers while being chased by many russian attack drones. Hell on Earth, 2026.
🧵Geolocation Thread below⬇️
The advance of two armies and a tank division of the Russian armed forces was repelled: forces of the First Corps Azov of the National Guard of Ukraine destroyed dozens of units of equipment and a large number of occupier personnel.
On July 22, the occupiers, using forces of the 8th and 41st Armies along with the 90th Tank Division, attempted an assault in the sector held by the First Corps Azov of the National Guard of Ukraine, involving dozens of units of armored and light vehicles.
The 41st Guards Combined Arms Army and the 90th Guards Vitebsk-Novgorod Tank Division of the Russian armed forces advanced from the area of the settlement of Novoekonomichne, while forces of the 8th Guards Combined Arms Army simultaneously advanced from the area of the village of Vozdvyzhenka. For four hours, they attempted to enter settlements in the area of the village of Shakhove.
The enemy attempted to deny the sky to Ukrainian forces using "Gerbera" and "Lancet" strike drones. A modern Russian "Tornado-S" MLRS, which was being used to support the assault, was also destroyed.
Forces of the First Corps Azov of the National Guard of Ukraine, together with attached units, blocked the path of the advancing mechanized columns. Mine-explosive obstacles were laid on the approaches to the positions of the Ukrainian Defense Forces, and bridges were damaged by tactical aviation. During the assault, the Russians attempted to restore the crossings using pontoons, but these were destroyed by tactical aviation of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).
As a result of the professional actions of all units involved under the command of the First Corps Azov of the National Guard of Ukraine, using barrel artillery, multiple launch rocket systems, and attack drones, the following were destroyed: 7 tanks, 6 armored combat vehicles, 1 BM-21 "Grad" MLRS, 1 "Tornado-S" MLRS, 3 units of special equipment, and 47 units of light vehicles. 123 occupiers were eliminated, and 29 were wounded. The mechanized assault was repelled.
We thank the units of the First Corps Azov of the National Guard of Ukraine, the SBU's "A" Special Operations Center, the Unmanned Systems Forces, the Air Force of the AFU, units of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, in particular the Main Department of Unmanned Aerial Systems "Fenix," units of the National Guard of Ukraine, and units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for their professional and courageous actions.
Always ready to repel the enemy's assault through joint efforts!
It has been a great honor to serve the Ukrainian people as the Minister of Defense.
Here is what our team managed to achieve:
1. Disabled Starlink access for Russian forces.
2. Took over a Ministry of Defense with zero budget, took a risk, reallocated funds from payroll from the end of the year, and effectively invested them in mid-strike capabilities, fiber-optic FPVs, low-cost reconnaissance, ground robotic platforms, interceptor drones, and deep-strike drones.
3. Launched "Logistical Lockdown", this cut off enemy logistics and initiated the isolation of Crimea.
4. Continued the funding program for the Drone Line.
5. Launched a support program for modern drone-assault units that rely primarily on advanced technologies in combat.
6. Introduced a 70% advance payment policy for procurements made via e-Points on the Brave1 Market portal.
7. Fundamentally overhauled the procurement system.
8. Procured thousands of pickup trucks, buggies, and ATVs for the military for the first time—and did so through open tenders.
9. The drone interception rate rose from 83% to 91%, and the cruise missile interception rate soared from 47% to 87%.
10. Contracted Patriot PAC-2 GEM-T missiles for the first time, and submitted an application through an EU loan to purchase PAC-3 missiles.
11. Launched a baseline drone supply system for brigades and corps.
12. Launched a massive grant program for manufacturers of explosives and missiles.
13. Initiated an unpopular but vital transformation of the military.
14. Conducted three UDCG meetings, where we successfully broke through the Russian information trap claiming our defeat, restoring partners' faith in Ukraine. This secured $40 billion in support announced for this year (excluding the EU loan).
15. Launched the mechanism to utilize the EU loan for our military priorities.
16. Found a way to scale cheap missiles against jet-powered Shaheds and signed a record-breaking contract.
17. Our domestic ballistics. We radically revised the technical specifications, maximized accuracy, and reduced the cost by 30%.
18. Signed a contract to procure Gripen fighter jets.
19. Collaborated with the military to plan and execute Operation Auchan, which halted the enemy's mechanized offensive for six months.
20. Opened up exports under the Drone Deal program to attract investment and scale up domestic defense-industrial complex (OPK) production.
21. Launched the Trophy Lab, providing partners with the opportunity to study captured Russian military technologies.
22. Launched the Defense AI Center A1 to accelerate the integration of artificial intelligence on the battlefield.
Thank you to my entire team for their relentless 24/7 service. A special thank you to my family for their patience.
Thank you all for your support!
I will continue to work toward the mission I originally brought to the Ministry of Defense: defeating the enemy through asymmetry, the speed of innovation, and the power of organization.
To be continued.
Від імені 1-го окремого Центру висловлюємо щиру подяку Туманову Иллі Борисовичу з міста Воронєж, більш відомому як Fighterbomber, за сприяння в операції по ураженню нафтоналивного терміналу в АР Крим 🤝
Weekend Ukraine map thread for Sunday 21st June 2026
We genuinely have too many key items this weekend we want to showcase from ultra hard working geolocators who have sacrificed their time for zero pay this weekend, so this is thread 1 of 2. This one will focus on Crimea.
Ukrainian Unmanned Systems struck hard at Russian occupied Crimea this weekend, striking logistics links such as ferries, fuel storage, radars and gas compressor stations resulting in a shock to the system with huge queues forming at the Kerch bridge and fuel sales being restricted across the peninsula.
The strikes at the crossings north of Crimea have worked enough to slow down the passage of logistics, and now the logistics can be picked off in truck parks.
Needless to say, Russia will now require surging supplies to Crimea which is not going to be easy. They do not have the capacity to do that quick, and will have to purchase new ferries via third party or shadow deals or adapt existing ships - which WILL be hit, just like the ferries, and just as quickly. We suspect they will further restrict fuel purchases via the coupon system, and individuals will continue to fill containers and bring them over the bridge for now. But only for now.
[3/3] Ukrainian soldiers walk at the end of Oleksijevo-Druzhkivka towards Kostyantynivka to the south, in the section of the road where the lane splits.
@GeoConfirmed@UAControlMap@AudaxonX
📽️ 29:45
📌 48.5719, 37.6336
🔗 https://t.co/Maj7fuL0lf
🇺🇦Ukrainian Mobile Fire Team of the 24th Mechanized Brigade escorts reporters of the Kyiv Indipendent in Oleksijevo-Druzhkivka towards Kostyantynivka, interviewing soldiers while being chased by many russian attack drones. Hell on Earth, 2026.
🧵Geolocation Thread below⬇️
[2/3] russian fpv drone flying north over Oleksijevo-Druzhkivka, while the Ukranian reporter intercept enemy's visual in real time with a Chuyka Drone Video Signal Detector.
@GeoConfirmed@UAControlMap@AudaxonX
📽️ 20:15 - 20:30
📌 48.6098, 37.5696
🔗 https://t.co/kLM8PRT3fk
@UAControlMap@GeoConfirmed 🧵30/30 🫡
summary for @UkraineDailyUpd + @UAControlMap
Russian flag activity was concentrated along previously known infiltration routes into the city, whereas areas reportedly still under Ukrainian control, according to geolocated footage and reports, showed no such presence.
“[My] launchpad is my country, Italy…The European Space Agency is like a launch tower… the rocket, literally and figuratively, is NASA.”
@ESA astronaut and Artemis III pilot @Astro_Luca shares words of gratitude.
The episode is also a reminder that the M113 family remains more capable than many critics claim. It remains one of the most widely used armored vehicles in Ukrainian service, valued for keeping soldiers alive under fire.
🕊️Nine FPVs. Not today.
📰Source: https://t.co/NWFZAzgfPH
🇮🇹🦾🇺🇦 Ex italian and donated VCC-2 serving with Ukraine's Lyut Brigade, successfully evacuated three wounded soldiers near Kostyantynivka.
📽️Video footage shows the vehicle survived attacks from nine russian FPV drones during the mission.
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Ukraine released a video which talks about the Italian B1 Centauro, currently used by the 78th Separate Air Assault Brigade of Ukraine. Its quite interesting to know what the general view of this platform is. Ill be going over what was said in the next posts. ⬇️