Watch Russian Military Signal Operators Set Up Communication Links For Their Units

The signal operators of Russia's Airborne Troops are tasked with providing crucial communications and electronic warfare support for operations. Armed with cutting-edge communication systems and electronic warfare assets, they play a vital role in both maintaining situational awareness and disrupting enemy communications.

The Russian Defense Ministry has released footage showing a unit of communications specialists belonging to the Tula Airborne Troops organizing communication lines in the special military operation area.

"After arriving at a new location, the crews immediately set up the necessary equipment to provide commanders and troops with communication channels," the Defense Ministry said.

The ministry also noted that the soldiers set up guard posts and foot patrols to safeguard the placement of equipment.

Ukraine sends mobilized soldiers to Avdeyevka area for reconnaissance — captive serviceman

Igor Zhukovsky, a captured serviceman of the Ukrainian 122nd Territorial Defense Brigade, said in an interview with TASS that Ukrainian commanders deploy untrained freshly mobilized people to the front line in the Avdeyevka area to scout out the situation.

"We asked the higher-ups to help, but no one even wanted to help us after all. They used us to check the situation in the area," the captive serviceman said.

He said the brigade’s command sends mobilized men, who have relatively little training, to the battlefield as "expendable material" to take on the main blow.

"A lot of people died that way. In our unit, too. There is almost nothing left of the platoon either," Zhukovsky said.

Russian army starts active use of motorcycles to seize Ukrainian positions

The battlegroup East has started to use cross-country motorcycles to capture Ukrainian strongpoints, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

Assault units from the battlegroup effectively use off-road bikes to seize Ukrainian positions near Ugledar, according to the ministry.

"The motorcycle is already almost standard equipment there. Such a small and extremely maneuverable target, unlike heavy equipment, is very hard to hit. The fighters roll into Ukrainian trenches at speed and immediately engage in combat, while our drone operators guide them from the air," the ministry said.

For example, these bikes helped five Russian servicemen take control of a Ukrainian strongpoint.

"We had no losses when we started moving. The enemy had a group of 7 to 10 people. The strongpoints were for firing. But because we did everything suddenly, they were taken aback, and we captured two of them immediately, while the rest ran away," the commander of an assault platoon said.

Assault groups have also taken to rehearsing future attacks at precise copies of Ukrainian strongpoints, which are built in Russian rear areas.