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Elite Ukrainian army snipers tell Kyiv Post about their war job in an exclusive interview. It’s far better not to be seen and let someone else do the shooting, they said.

If a Russian soldier is spotted, an AFU sniper’s preferred tactic is the same as any other infantryman on the battlefield: Get a precise map grid and then call in indirect [artillery or mortar fire]. Bring in a drone to help. If possible, avoid shooting your rifle, which would risk exposing your position. If you must take the shot, be ready, the Russians won’t wait to figure out where exactly you are, they will plaster your general area with an automatic grenade launcher or mortars, as fast as they can.

Based on the three interviewee accounts, service in the AFU as a sniper in the Russo-Ukrainian War is probably one of the most dangerous military professions in the world today. According to them, in an average sniper unit, over a year of fighting, about nine of ten got hit by shrapnel or shell fragments, and one of two was either killed, or so badly injured he can no longer fight.
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https://www.kyivpost.com/post/20152
 
The Russians "mine everything. Open doors, boxes and crates, even toys," he said. Even their own dead: "They know that our med-evac groups lift the wounded and the dead, under which they then find these explosives. And this is very dangerous for us."

"We lose one sapper every day, either wounded or dead. It's a dangerous job. And whether a whole brigade is advancing or around 12 guys go out on their mission, it's always the sappers that go first. It's very dangerous," he said.
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https://www.reuters.com/world/europ...trewn-front-even-corpses-can-kill-2023-08-03/
 
VorZakone said:
"No New Testament ethics for you. Old the Old Testament."

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Regarding the Russian Media Monitor, a youtube comment remarks the following (which is true, I believe):

<<The best way to increase and sustain support for Ukraine is to have every civilized person from the western world subscribe to this channel — and to watch it on a regular basis.>>
 
This war shows how important drones are now and will become in the future. Whether for reconnaissance, dropping explosives or as suicide drones against men, armord vehicles, tanks or even ships. Nothing is safe from them. Drone manufacturors will make a fortune in the coming years as all militaries in the world will order all kinds of drones.
 
nimic said:
Surely going to the bottom would be death for a modern ship? Norway had to completely scrap a new and very expensive frigate when it sank.
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It's a landing ship from the 70's so not very modern and probably not filled with advanced electronics like Helge Ingstad who was equipped with the most modern air and sub sea surveillance sensors.
But even if she can be repaired she will probably be out of sevice for a long time.
 
nimic said:
Surely going to the bottom would be death for a modern ship? Norway had to completely scrap a new and very expensive frigate when it sank.
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Depends on what bottom means in this case. As they are now towing it around inside the harbour it is well possible that in the end it sinks about half a meter more until it sits on the ground, if they manage to get it to such a shallow position.
 
US and Western officials fear Putin unlikely to change course in Ukraine before 2024 election.

One US official said they have “no doubt” that Putin is “trying to hold out” until the 2024 election. Another source familiar with the intelligence said “it’s sort of the elephant in the room” for the US, Ukraine and Europe.
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A European diplomat told CNN that they believe trying to ride out the war in Ukraine until the US election “is exactly Putin’s plan.
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The looming US election is also on the minds of Ukrainians, two sources told CNN. They are hoping to make gains on the battlefield in the short-term that could change the dynamics at play sooner rather than later.
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https://edition.cnn.com/2023/08/04/politics/putin-ukraine-2024-election-outcome-trump/index.html
 
Ragnar123 said:
This war shows how important drones are now and will become in the future. Whether for reconnaissance, dropping explosives or as suicide drones against men, armord vehicles, tanks or even ships. Nothing is safe from them. Drone manufacturors will make a fortune in the coming years as all militaries in the world will order all kinds of drones.
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Maybe fliying drones will mot have that much impact against planes, but marine drones, specially near future submarine drones might mean that naval fleets will be de facto obsolete. With a multiple squad of cheap tech drones you can blow yup ultra expensive aircraft carriers and other multiyear build naval ships. Only submarines are free of danger

The military ports will need to change their defenses also
 
4bars said:
Maybe fliying drones will mot have that much impact against planes, but marine drones, specially near future submarine drones might mean that naval fleets will be de facto obsolete. With a multiple squad of cheap tech drones you can blow yup ultra expensive aircraft carriers and other multiyear build naval ships. Only submarines are free of danger

The military ports will need to change their defenses also
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The US Navy began implementing this in 2021. They’ll no doubt continue to improve its development.
https://news.usni.org/2021/09/07/navy-arming-surface-ships-with-drone-repellent-system
 
4bars said:
As far as this article goes, it mentions aerial drones, nor marine or just below sea level drones ( i skimmed the article do they might mention it). Might work as well for all the same?
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That’s what I mean by they’ll no doubt continue to develop it. Water blocks radio waves anyway, but the Navy is no doubt figuring out a way to have an underwater screen of some sort to go along with conventional ASW munitions to counter some kind of UUV swarm threat.

here’s a good article specifically about AUUVW
https://www.navylookout.com/countering-the-threat-from-autonomous-underwater-vehicles/
 
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4bars said:
As far as this article goes, it mentions aerial drones, nor marine or just below sea level drones ( i skimmed the article do they might mention it). Might work as well for all the same?
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This kind of marine drones is quite similar to classic torpedos if they approach for a hit. Torpedos are used for more than a century so in terms of how to defend against it they are not really creating big new problems.

But of course they are a game changer due to their range for the side using them to attack, you don't need submarines or similar advanced systems to deliver them close to the target.
 
Ukraine's invisible battle to jam Russian weapons.

By the time of the full-scale invasion in February 2022, Russia had 18,000 electronic warfare troops, Col Pavlenko says.

But the effect was less impressive than many had expected. "They were trying to break down our radars, to penetrate our air defence systems," says Yaroslav Kalinin. "They were partially successful at this, but not completely."
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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66279650
 
Will be interesting to see tomorrow morning if there's actual damage...

 
It looks like they didn't attack the bridge itself, but an oil tanker. It's smart actually, because Russia needs to send warships with their tankers now to protect them. Also the insurance on those civilian tankers should rise considerably. Ukraine needs to make life as expensive as possible for Russia in human life and money. That's the only way this can stop someday.

 
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