All designated targets have been hit as a result of the strikes that were conducted as part of the ongoing Russian special military operation.
The Russian Armed Forces have carried out a spate of missile and drone strikes on Ukrainian military targets, including military-industrial complex facilities, military airfields, arsenals, and weapon depots, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Friday.
"Between December 23 and December 29, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation conducted 50 group and one massive strike with high-precision weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles on Ukraine’s military-industrial complex facilities, military airfield infrastructure, arsenals, as well as storage sites: artillery ammunition, unmanned boats, weapons and fuel for military equipment," the ministry said, adding that all designated targets have been destroyed.
In addition, units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, nationalist formations and foreign mercenaries have been hit, according to the ministry.
Similarly, the ministry said ten warplanes and two helicopters of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were shot down over the past seven days.
"Russian aviation and air defense systems downed ten enemy aircraft and two helicopters in a week. These include one MiG-29 [fighter jet], three Su-27 [fighters], three Su-24 [tactical bombers], three Su-25 [attack aircraft], as well as two Mi-8 helicopters of the Ukrainian Air Force."
The ministry said that Russian forces had also intercepted 33 rockets launched by Ukraine’s HIMARS and Hurricane multiple launch rocket systems, four HARM anti-radar missiles, a JDAM guided bomb, a Neptune anti-ship missile and 251 drones.
Drone Wars: How Russia Can Crack New Ukrainian UAV Tactic
Ukrainian forces have developed a new drone strike strategy, but Russian troops are responding by bolstering their defense and reconnaissance capabilities. According to DPR military sources working on the Avdeevka Front, a major influx ("in abundance") of FPV attack drones to the UAF in Avdeevka has resulted in new and dangerous tactic being employed by UAF/NATO drone operators against DPR/RF soldiers. The high volume of attack drones delivered to the remaining UAF Special Forces and Western mercenaries in Avdeevka now allow them to launch hunter/killer drones in pairs, a new tactic, which makes them more dangerous and effective.
The drones, and the operators, work in close proximity, which allows real time communication between the operators, and much more effective detection and destruction of identified targets by two attack drones instead of one. If you have plenty of attack drones, the previous tactic of one recon/observation drone working with one attack drone becomes obsolete. Which now appears to be the case.
This "abundance" of attack drones and skilled UKR/NATO pilots has the following results - If one attack drone finds a target, they inform the second drone operator and attack. The first one hits the target, then the second one finishes off the target, usually repeating the trajectory of the first attack, or waiting a few minutes until help arrives for those hit by the first drone, and then targeting them again.
This new tactic is aimed at:
- Increasing the probability of detecting, hitting and destroying the target.
- Hitting targets behind protective barriers (the first one breaks the barrier, the second one passes through the broken barrier and hits the target.)
- Reducing flight time to the target of the second UAV and the chances of taking cover or closing a gap in the defense against the second drone attack.
- Attacking soldiers providing assistance, finish off shell-shocked or immobilized soldiers, and target doctors and medics.
However, Russian soldiers in the field are already taking countermeasures of their own, such as additional layers of anti-drone (metal/nylon barriers) protection, moving on foot in a more dispersed column (15 meters apart, instead of 5), enhanced audio recon (listen for the sound of flying mopeds), and the use of thermal imagers (motors and batteries are hot and can be detected against the sky).
The effectiveness of this new Ukrainian tactic can be further reduced by deploying more drone detectors, anti-drone rifles, thermal imagers, and enhanced listening devices to the frontlines. Additionally, if Russia continues increasing the delivery of its own attack drones, then our pilots can employ the same technique against the Ukrainians.
Enemy drone operators and launching sites should be made priority targets by official doctrine.
These new tactics have just recently been employed by the enemy in the Avdeevka combat zone, but there is no doubt they will be employed in other areas along the Front, very soon, if not already. We must respond accordingly, and immediately. Our guys' lives depend on it.
Watch Russian Mi-28N Helicopters Ravage Ukrainian Positions
Russian Army aviation crews of Mi-28N helicopters wiped out Ukrainian positions in the Donetsk direction in the special op zone.
The Russian Ministry of Defense has released footage showing Mi-28N helicopter pilots launch unguided missiles and hit Ukrainian strongholds in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR).
The crews successfully struck all the targets and returned to a safe airfield upon completing the combat mission. In the course of the special military operation, the Russian army aviation has performed missions escorting military convoys, demolishing armored vehicles, delivering troops and military cargo, and providing air support for Russian military units, the MoD added.
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