Ukraine frontline: Soldiers strap DIY bombs to commercial drones | BBC Newsnight

On the Ukraine war’s eastern front, one Ukrainian unit has granted the BBC rare access to life on the frontline.
The BBC follows the 24th Mechanised Brigade as it straps DIY bombs to commercial drones, positioned just metres from the enemy.
Here, soldiers must be well-camouflaged as they are hunted by the Russians.
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Correspondent: Mark Urban
Producer: Louis Harris-White
Camera: Jon Hughes
Editor: Richard O’Neill
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[@Aeronaut1975]

FPV means "First-Person View", and not "First-person video", it's a decades old expression.

[@Aco747lyte]

Terra Ops have been making their own munitions to fix to their drones for months now. This isn't new.

[@noormadibmdnoormdnoor6477]

We watch but where coz these troops and background in that room,look so clean.Did BBC interview this guy in their studio? 😂😂😂

[@klawlor3659]

It wouldn't be the first time the BBC has done a fake news reportage!

[@nickinurse6433]

It is telling that that young man making the drones has a patch of grey hair. Stress will literally do that. It is separate from normal greying from age. God protect them.

[@Hathur]

That old timer gun commander reminds me of my uncle currently in Ukraine for the past year as a foreign legion (retired Canadian army). He's 54 and fighting alongside US, Italian and other foreign legionaires, killing Russian troops regularly. The "old man" can still keep up with his much younger counterparts.. though my uncle has always been a fitness guru and is not typical for most 54 year olds. He's been wounded twice already, fortunately light injuries from mortar shrapnel, most of it stopped by his body armor so he's been able to stay there and keep fighting. Hope he makes it home.

[@lepidoptera9337]

@@user-hf5bl1fs2f Why not? You think only Russians enjoy killing people without legal repercussions? It's the ultimate buzz. :-)

[@duncansmith7562]

hope he gets to meet a kinzhal up close soon. slava rossiyi

[@lepidoptera9337]

@@duncansmith7562 If he does, he will destroy it for sure. ;-)

[@leonardmcateer984]

your a Liar !

[@Hathur]

@@user-hf5bl1fs2f Sigh. "Foreign Legion".French Canadians (and the French) typically use the traditional title of 'Legionaires'.

[@user-bn7ws2gi2j]

Very polite how the Ukrainian soldier phrased it all....the neighbours need to go back

[@babblo1389]

Referring to Polish citizens in Ukraine?

[@greenpepper871]

Yes NATO go home from Russia's borders otherwise SARMAT 💯🚀🚀🚀🚀

[@playground2137]

@@greenpepper871you are crazy

[@greenpepper871]

@@playground2137 hehe , yea sarmat is crazy 🤪

[@faultboy]

​@@playground2137You mean mentally disoriented...

[@davidhudson5452]

Stay Strong Ukraine

[@babblo1389]

400K RiP

[@DonaldBiden420]

@@babblo1389 source: Russian Ministry of Truth

[@bingobingo114]

No doubt that Ukraine has suffered a lot more than Russia. Not a rocket science!

[@davidhudson5452]

im sorry@@babblo1389

[@althomas3168]

True.. international gangsters are nasty people. Why Putin is charged as a war criminal.

[@enigmabletchley6936]

Newsnight journalism at its finest and no surprise it is Mark Urban who is one of the best journalists on the staff, imho. The most moving part was the interview with the soldier and his comments on the Russian people. It is not too big a stretch to say the Russian people will have to endure the shame of this conflict as long as the German people have about WWII. If they have any sense they will rise up, take up arms and fight to remove the current regime, leave Ukraine and work with the international community to rehabilitate themselves because otherwise I can see this being a blight on their country for the next 50 years.

[@RomanGachiBASS]

Мы не будем терпеть позор) на востоке всем плевать на мнение запада

[@stuartwray6175]

'The International Community' Lol. You mean the US and the 'collective west' that's been waging war and riding roughshod over International law the last 20 years: 4.5 to 4.7 million people killed in post 9/11 US war zones; more than 38 million people displaced and two thirds of the world sanctioned.

[@davidbrancaleone3039]

​@@RomanGachiBASSTROLL INCOMING go home RF you don't belong. Your actions are revolting. Shame on you! Slava Ukraini!

[@boris8787]

I love Ukraine & Chillingbourne. 💙💛💙💛💙💛

[@greenpepper871]

I love ❤ SARMAT TO LONDON & FASHINGTON 🚀🚀🚀💯

[@Oblivisci........]

​@@greenpepper871Congratulations! Collect your five rubles! They are worth less than 5 American pennies! 😂

[@BabarKhan-vf1wt]

😂😂 that will help to get back the four regions from Russia😂

[@axmedmaxamuud821]

i thought this was a real report but not

[@annakusenko6342]

Proud of my land, strength, every soldier and volunteer who stays strong and remains helping to protect our country. Slava Ukraine🇺🇦

[@Balla1527]

I'm proud of you

[@Dumka78]

Jews demand apologize from Ukrainazi. As there leader Zelensky honour a SS Nazi in Canada Parliament.

[@Balla1527]

@@Dumka78 I'm proud of you too

[@Edjones-bd8gv]

Feminism is alive in Ukraine, you need to be on the front like the men.

[@thesjkexperience]

I wish the very best for you and your county-people.

[@moffig1]

Please continue to make these front line reports as they are well-made and give unique inaights, but for gods sake.. make extra sure that you dont endanger any of these troops or medical centers

[@greenpepper871]

Patrick Lancaster shows the REAL things from the battleground

[@ems4884]

​@@greenpepper871Lancaster is an obvious pro-Kremlin propagandist. Extremely obvious in fact

[@daveoc5770]

​@@ems4884so the BBC are pro ukranazi propagandists, it's extremely obvious in fact. The Canadian government have shown their true colours 😂

[@cyberlexa5430]

@@greenpepper871 аhaha

[@user-gg3vq4yc7i]

❗️Citizens of Ukraine will be able to enter the Russian Federation and leave the country without visas on the basis of an internal passport - Putin’s decree of September 29, 2023..What do you say, Anglo-Saxons??? Who is Russia fighting against?? And I know: Moscow is fighting against NATO and the Kyiv Reich, and not against Ukraine!

[@livingonparkavenueinmanhat775]

I am an American. Finally, I am watching IN ENGLISH. Thank you for your courage. Thank you for your work. Although I speak Russian - my brain processes the information slowly. - Everything was very interesting. It looked as if I had been there with you. - NEW YORK. USA

[@Annawebdesigner]

stay strong!!!! god bless ukrainians!

[@babblo1389]

I've seen them do this here in England. Targeting-Tories. Well done boys.

[@annapatrikeevna1464]

what does God and Ukraine have to do with it, a Nazi pig? thanks to you terrorists, for whom there is not even a place on earth, your friends Bandera pigs go to hell to your hero Bandera and Hitler. and you American pig don't understand that Washington provoked the conflict? oh, poor Ukrainians prevented Bandera pigs from killing unwanted in all the traditions of NATO and the hero of the European Union, Hitler. why don't you want to take Ukraine to the European Union? they are your brothers, they also bring destruction and terrorism. and the soldiers of Ukraine , as well as NATO soldiers , are engaged in same - sex perversions in the trenches and take drugs and hide in residential buildings , as they were taught by NATO . gays, terrorists, Nazis, drug addicts , psychopaths in my opinion are ideal soldiers for NATO .

[@Mr.Clownensky]

Ukr0bot alert

[@shiba204]

@@Mr.Clownensky this is very ironic because you're contradicting yourself aren't you ruski bot?

[@annapatrikeevna1464]

@@shiba204 you bandera bot or hitler bot?

[@goutvols103]

When I look at those troops relaxing on the ground, I see a lot of older gentlemen as a majority.

[@coldpotatoes2556]

At the beginning of the war the average age of a Ukrainian soldier was 27, a year and a half later the average age is 40. All the fighting age men are dead or left the country, Zalensky is now recruiting teenagers and women.

[@VitorJKhan]

It means the young nan is nearly all killed. And lake the army man even the old man is pushed.

[@2msvalkyrie529]

Thousands of " patriotic " Ukrainians are living in the EU having successfully bribed recruitment officials for a medical certificate. !! Zelensky was forced ( mainly by Germany ) to sack SOME of them as an example.

[@user-fk3ui7do2l]

why has BBC turned off comment section under their Russell Brand videos but not this one?

[@TauchTobi]

Such brave men and we cannot even support them as much, as they need in order to win😢

[@phally8442]

May​God bless Ukraine ,Europe and USA .

[@ericb9426]

If God had anything to do with it this absurdity would never have happened. This is people killing people. God is not on your side, their side, or any such side. May Ukraine prevail in this brutal attack of Putin. No more, not less. Putin

[@allanpaas4795]

Imbecile

[@greenpepper871]

SARMAT TO LONDON & FASHINGTON 🚀🚀🚀💯

[@Dumka78]

Jews demand apologize from Ukrainazi. As there leader Zelensky honour a SS Nazi in Canada Parliament.

[@phally8442]

Human rights is a God reward .Moses brougth Israel to the promises land because of human rights abuse of Egypt .Jesus Chris Roman crossifing because thee advise people of the human rights .Not very good leader expert to transform good to bad and bad to good .

[@mountainwest3444]

There is another way. If the Russian Public and Military can be convinced that their soldiers are being sent to Ukraine under false pretenses, then I don't think they would accept this war, and it might quickly end.

[@stueymorris]

The very same could be said about the west funding a proxy war

[@allanpaas4795]

Under false 😂 saying those who started with slavery ,colonising, invading Iraque by false accusations, Syria, Libya, Afganistan 😁 Continuing based on nationality robbing simple Russian people of their possessions here. How delusional and blind is this. As well as considering that only 600 ukranian children in Donezk have been killed by this midget clown regime. It is fathers of those Donbass children fighting on the front line. Hypocrisy and ignorance of Ukraine supporters is mind blowing. 😂 You know nothing apart from bias propaganda.

[@greenpepper871]

SARMAT TO LONDON & FASHINGTON 🚀🚀🚀💯

[@allanpaas4795]

@robertdimper9074 they have no reason to stop. And the West is even more responsible for all this. This is in their sphere of interests. The rest is collateral. Propaganda makes sure that you don't think. Only absorb. 😁

[@tattoomagico]

well that is not the case now, because they all know who they are fighting against! Ukraine is a one of the most corrupt countries in the world, play ground of evil! they are convinced that they are fighting big corp- deep state - Nazis-banks... just follow the money!! those in the bbc documentary are nazis too,,, u just do not want to see it! and unfortunately u are all blind too,, just do history check, read it,,,, if u still know how to!

[@minerran]

I see they are using a DJI Mavic 3 to carry a small bomb as payload. That would have been my choice as the Mavic 3 boasts one of the highest payload capacity of any UAV in its price range. It can carry 4.5kg of additional weight. I did some checking and discovered that a surprisingly powerful explosive can be constructed in this weight range.

[@jimjones9239]

You are misinformed. A Mavic 3 can carry up to 900 grams which is far from your stated 4.5Kg, the specs say 500 grams. These typical drone attacks are inside 5 Km to give the drone enough range to return. Carrying more weight even if the drone could lift it will make it a one way trip.

[@Percival5]

Why ukraine is using weak drones what about the drones of their allies is Russia jamming them??

[@greenpepper871]

Yes ❤ SARMAT TO LONDON & FASHINGTON 🚀🚀🚀💯 is much better 😀 👌

[@Robolaralobarar]

All heros ! Those ukraine guys and girls 🇺🇦

[@Mr.Clownensky]

Imagine calling nzis heroes 🤦‍♂️

[@briaredpath9386]

@@Mr.Clownenskyprobably the boosters 🤷‍♂️✨🕊

[@greenpepper871]

And NaZilensky too

[@jeffjames3111]

@@Mr.Clownensky They're not all Nazis. Just.. cough.. some of them.

[@stephaniecruvant9130]

Wonderful creativity!

[@user-cv8xw8zn5u]

Ukraine A ttacking Donetsk Republic since 2014

[@DonaldBiden420]

@@user-cv8xw8zn5u no such thing as "Donetsk Republic"

[@Serg_Bro]

Thanks to everyone who support Ukraine! ✌️✊🇺🇦♥️🕊️

[@adamjones7538]

This is a proxy war of America and UK

[@babblo1389]

I've seen them do this here in England. Targeting-Tory-criminals. Well done boys.

[@bildkistl]

WHY?

[@rossr100]

It pains me to thumbs up the BBC but this was a very good piece.

[@chrisj2502]

I don't believe it was even on the front line because reporters haven't been allowed there BBC admitted that previously.

[@shovelchop81bikeralex52]

That's an anti personnel landmine not a grenade, you could throw it I guess and it might or might not explode but that's not what it's designed for. The height they are dropping it from probably helps ensure the mine is triggered (the purple star is the trigger) through inertia even if the trigger does not strike anything solid.

[@faultboy]

So it is therefore a grenade ;)

[@shovelchop81bikeralex52]

@@faultboy Er, no...grenades use timed internal fuses, mine use triggers in general terms. The Italians tried using grenades with triggers nicknamed 'Red Devils' because the often didn't go off when intended and were red possibly for that reason.

[@richardfarr7498]

Russia hasn’t been humiliated this thoroughly since 1905.

[@JohnSmith-fz1wh]

Ukraine was defeated a long time ago.

[@woodsnake2]

@@JohnSmith-fz1wh hi John, i see you are still on the potato juice. It's going to be the death of you.

[@woodsnake2]

@@Narrative711 you need to lay off the potato juice, moskal. It's making you write nonsense.

[@woodsnake2]

@@Narrative711 a typical response from an ignorant moskal drunk on potato juice. Have you been given your sign up papers for the front line yet? I bet you're looking forward to becoming fertilizer.

[@woodsnake2]

@@Narrative711 on the contrary, i'm going to be laughing as the federation starts breaking up. Oh look, i think it's started already. 😂😂😂

[@francosepulveda8438]

I like the "reversed moonshine helipad platform"!

[@joeybacker8429]

It's called First Person View, not Video. All about the live transmission, recording is optional 🤗

[@diegensehaut]

5:35 Is that a crater to the left? That thing is huge!! What could make such a big hole?

[@Shadow-1949]

Why not send drones to them 24/7 Until win ! I’ve seen swarms , I like the way a swarm can take out just about anything

[@Tastykule]

FULL support to Ukraine 💯❤❤❤

[@greenpepper871]

Full support SARMAT TO LONDON & FASHINGTON 🚀🚀🚀💯

[@luiul1]

just wait for these to show up in philly, chicago, LA, & NYC.

[@jimjones9239]

How do they make the Mavic fly with the grenade blocking the altitude sensor? Very ingenious.

[@FrAnC3sCoN123]

they have to go in and change or disable some of the code in the software to make it work along with 3D print a device to hold and release the grenade

[@VitalityMassage]

When the leaves fall they will become visible to the drones. God help them. Slava Ukraine.

[@VitalityMassage]

@@ach_ja Camo is not as good and this winter there are much more drones.

[@stewart8127]

The way they ran says they know they are beat

[@antonantonov6812]

Did the USA give it to them under Lend-Lease? Very impressive!😂😂😂

[@klawlor3659]

​@@Interessantes824Think it's a sarcastic dig referring to the US "lend-lease" scheme in WW2 where US would supply weapons to its allies.

[@ohhi1134]

Heartbreaking to see

[@myfavoritemartian1]

The story and effects of war are thousands of years old. It has always been so. Every time it is wished to be the last, it just never is.

[@ADAMSIXTIES]

1:33 "I just want out "neighbors" to go away.

[@tienvodai635]

Ukraine cần phải có UAV dẫn đường bằng tia laser cho đạn pháo bắn vào mục tiêu.

[@j.f.fisher5318]

Seems like a tube with a blast deflector that can be stuck out of a random batch of trees and discharge say a large blast of black powder smoke could be useful.

[@philliphall5198]

Praying for Ukraine 🇺🇦 Very smart people

[@ahmedalsharman]

These Ukrainian Nazi's are really smart 👌.

[@youxkio]

Wow, still calling the Russians "neighbors" can be a righteous interpretation, despite the many connotations, bad ones.

[@PeterPetermann]

FPV is first person view, not first person video.

[@joebledsoe257]

The Ukrainians are now cutting open the cluster munition 155 MM artillery shells and using the individual shells for arming drones. Crafty retaskers.

[@user-rw3jo4ne7b]

I am very curious about the raw materials and production countries of these DIY aircrafts.

[@user-fb1dr1pv7e]

ензии России и Украины к Израилю в последнее время обрели почти мировоззренческий характер. Если раньше все сводилось к конкретной помощи Украине, которую одна сторона требовала увеличить, а вторая - не оказывать, то сейчас еврейское государство подвергается критике с позиций морали. Киев не просто осуждает Иерусалим за непоставки оружия и называет бредом доказанные факты его попадания в Иран. Нашему правительству ставят в вину, что судьба российских евреев ему важнее, чем жизнь евреев Украины, погибающих под бомбами. Посол Украины прямо заявляет, что его президент рассчитывает на помощь Израиля, поскольку он сам еврей. Острое возмущение вызвала не столько фраза Путина о том, что президент Зеленский - "позор еврейского народа", сколько отсутствие реакции со стороны израильских политиков. В целом все обвинения можно свести к одному: Израиль не защищает евреев! У Москвы риторика схожая, но еще более агрессивная. Украинскую власть в России называют "нацистской", и в адрес еврейского государства летят упреки в поддержке "нацистского режима". Наш посол в Украине Михаэль Бродский спровоцировал целую бурю в российских патриотических СМИ, чересчур дипломатично высказавшись о переименовании улиц в Украине в честь активистов националистического движения. Посол Израиля якобы нанес ущерб памяти о Холокосте и о погибших евреях. На это заявление поступил довольно жесткий ответ израильского МИД, правда, не официально, а через Твиттер. Но в целом наши руководители предпочитают отмалчиваться и не реагировать на подобные выпады. Да и как тут можно реагировать? Вступать в спор, доказывая, что еврейское государство не одобряет нацизм? Что на самом деле нам небезразлична судьба всех евреев? Интересный вопрос: почему именно Израиль подвергается такой настойчивой обработке? Наши ресурсы, даже в том, что касается вооружений, совсем не велики в силу размеров страны и масштабов ее экономики. Богатые государства, например, Сингапур, Япония и Саудовская Аравия, оказывают Украине только экономическую и гуманитарную помощь, но никто их за это не осуждает и не требует большего. Хотя в случае с СА вполне можно было бы вспомнить, что мусульмане России и Украины тоже участвуют в противостоянии. Подчеркнем, что речь здесь не о самой войне и не о том, кто в ней прав и кто виноват. По этому поводу Израиль достаточно четко и не раз выразил свое мнение. Но всем этого мало. В какой-то степени даже лестно, что к нам апеллируют как к некому высшему моральному авторитету. Мол, вы, народ Израиля, должны всегда находиться на стороне добра и света и выступать против зла. Но создается впечатление, что ключевое слово здесь - "должны". Мы должны испытывать благодарность к народам мира за то, что наших собратьев перестали убивать и гнать из страны в страну, как было когда-то. За то, что где-то еврей становится президентом, а другой президент не стыдится признаться, что у него есть друзья-евреи. За то, что нам - если мы вдруг забыли - подарили государство, и надо постоянно доказывать, что мы этого достойны, чтобы не разочаровать дарителей. Вот именно: использует. В данном случае тема антисемитизма целенаправленно раздувается, чтобы спровоцировать Израиль, склонить его на ту или другую сторону. Дело не в том, что Украине так важно наше оружие, а России - наша сдержанность. От нас требуют высказаться вслух, на весь мир: с кем вы, еврейское государство? Кто ваш друг? Но те, кто задает этот вопрос, - нам не друзья. Настоящие друзья сказали бы с самого начала: давайте оставим в покое еврейское государство, не будем втягивать его в нашу войну. У него и так много врагов, его народ прошел через невероятные страдания и утраты. Увы… Можно понять Зеленского, который изо всех сил борется за свою истекающую кровью страну. Но когда он обращается к Израилю за помощью, он действует не как еврей, а как глава своего государства. Как еврей же он обязан понимать, что для Израиля, в его положении, собственная безопасность стоит на первом месте, а также на втором, третьем и так далее - ради блага всех евреев мира. В качестве главы правительства Зеленский мог бы довольствоваться скрытой помощью, которую Израиль оказывает без огласки, через третьи страны. Но ему нужно публичное признание, для нас, несомненно, вредное и даже опасное. Друзья никогда такого не требуют. Путин - не еврей, но от имени евреев России на нас обрушивается придворный пропагандист Соловьев: гевалт, посол Израиля оправдывает "палачей моего народа"! Еще немного, и в антисемитизме, пожалуй, обвинят само еврейское государство. Недавно в соцсетях всплыло написанное год назад открытое письмо какого-то ычного израильтянина, адресованное Зеленскому. Автор убеждал президента Украины передать свой пост "этническому украинцу", иначе после войны во всех ошибках и неудачах обвинят евреев. . Ведь совсем не исключено, что именно антисемитизм может стать почвой, на которой придут к согласию заклятые враги. Нет смысла обвинять во всех мировых катаклизмах США и Англию, все равно они далеко и их не достать, а евреи - вот они, в нашем доме, на Банковой, в Останкино... Наверное, Израилю все же придется нарушить молчание и расставить точки над "и". Сказать громко и внятно: мы осуждаем войну и агрессию, мы готовы оказывать гуманитарную и прочую помощь, но мы сохраняем нейтралитет. Никто не будет нам диктовать, кому продавать или не продавать оружие. С кем дружить и кого осуждать. И главное: мы никому ничего не должны.

[@minerran]

Parts to build custom UAVs (drones) can be ordered (in the US) from a number of online vendors who get most of the parts such as brushless motors, from China. Not sure about who the vendors are in Europe. Using off the shelf parts, open source flight controller software (e.g. arducopter) and some knowledge, one can build their own to desired specifications including GPS and video support. I've done two of them myself. All my "raw materials" came from two companies in California (flight controller and frame) while the rest came from online vendors who import parts from China. Like everything else nowdays, China makes things cheaper and thus dominates the markets. I'm sure MANY "drone" hobbyists in Ukraine who now help with the war, have the same knowledge as I do, or more. This is a "watershed", game changing moment in warfare.

[@user-fb1dr1pv7e]

@@minerran Ицик Зарка народный герой про него потомки будут складывать легенды сочинять песни его именем назовут проспект и улицы он возлавит Ликуд когда скинут этого ашкеназкого проходимца Бибона . Вот что бы было бы с Ициком Заркой и его подобным Дерьи Амсалемам если бы этот Зарка скажем в парламенте Канады Германии Франции да где угодно сказал бы такое ? Он бы сидел в тюрьме пожизненно а его фракция то бишь Ликуд навсегда утратила бы права на балотироваться в парламент ее бы попросту запретили как фашисткую рассисткую человеконенавистнечискую но в Израиле можьно быть антисемитом если ты сефард или ты ортадокс . Вон в Канаде ушол в отставку ее лидер а почему а потому что он по незнанию пригласил в парламент украинского ветерана который как оказалось был ветераном СС Галичина хотя это не значит что он убивал евреев . Может он и убивал а может и не убивал но сам факт что его пригласил глава парламента уже достаточен чтобы этот глава парламента навсегда и с позором был исключен из своей партии и покинул парламент а у нас Ицики Зарки Дерьи и прочие неприкосаемые священные коровы соль земли которые и есть наша власть

[@Clarence_13x]

We can’t walk this back. Expect cheaply made ordnance like this in every conflict to come. Terrorists will use this and any asymmetry they chance upon, and this can’t be regulated away.

[@EdwardLawrence-12345]

"The humane thread that binds people who are required or compelled to pay attention to people who are obliged by circumstance or prefer by disposition to let the always-cacophonous parade go by, is hope." - Andrew Mitrovica🇨🇦

[@babblo1389]

98-year-old Honka supporter?

[@babblo1389]

Did you stand and applaud to Hunka? Is he your hero?

[@angelachanelhuang1651]

cool

[@myintswe2904]

Боже, благослови всю Україну, людей і Україну, удачі, у боротьбі за всю Україну, людей і України, удачі, дякую тобі за всю Україну, я дуже люблю тебе за всю Україну, людиThank you so much BBC news SlaVa Ukraine ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@annapatrikeevna1464]

Сало в кокаине . при чём тут Бог и развалившаяся бандеровская украина ?

[@monster21blog36]

🙏🏻stay strong urkine

[@debrabenda5210]

Good for them!

[@GermanMythbuster]

😲 *WOW! BBC News, really fast reporting...* 😲 You know they use this technice since over a year now?...

[@1AshawniSeniorGazamuzik]

Thanks you bbc family 1 0:26 ❤🙏🙏🙏

[@MarcS152]

4:20 are they firing from positions where civilians live??? They should be evacuated!!!

[@fabik805]

They are offering everyone evacuation, but some don't want to leave. Especially elderly people.

[@outdoorsy01]

Not new news. Excellent though

[@khusirana7465]

God bless Ukraine 🇺🇦 🇺🇦🇺🇦❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏

[@annapatrikeevna1464]

what does God and Ukraine have to do with it, a Nazi pig? thanks to you terrorists, for whom there is not even a place on earth, your friends Bandera pigs go to hell to your hero Bandera and Hitler. and you American pig don't understand that Washington provoked the conflict? oh, poor Ukrainians prevented Bandera pigs from killing unwanted in all the traditions of NATO and the hero of the European Union, Hitler. why don't you want to take Ukraine to the European Union? they are your brothers, they also bring destruction and terrorism. and the soldiers of Ukraine , as well as NATO soldiers , are engaged in same - sex perversions in the trenches and take drugs and hide in residential buildings , as they were taught by NATO . gays, terrorists, Nazis, drug addicts , psychopaths in my opinion are ideal soldiers for NATO .

[@greenpepper871]

GOD bless SARMAT to London& Washington 💥 🙏 🙌

[@Dumka78]

Jews demand apologize from Ukrainazi. As there leader Zelensky honour a SS Nazi in Canada Parliament.

[@bildkistl]

why?

[@coffeelink943]

Glory to Russia

[@russbuttypennyblackblade]

The most recent edition of the US Army War College’s academic journal includes a highly disturbing essay on what lessons the US military should take away from the continuing war in Ukraine. By far the most concerning and most relevant section for the average American citizen is a subsection entitled “Casualties, Replacements, and Reconstitutions” which, to cut right to the chase, directly states, “Large-scale combat operations troop requirements may well require a reconceptualization of the 1970s and 1980s volunteer force and a move toward partial conscription.” An Industrial War of Attrition Would Require Vast Numbers of Troops The context for this supposed need to reinstate conscription is the estimate that were the US to enter into a large-scale conflict, every day it would likely suffer thirty-six hundred casualties and require eight hundred replacements, again per day. The report notes that over the course of twenty years in Iraq and Afghanistan, the US suffered fifty thousand casualties, a number which would likely be reached in merely two weeks of large-scale intensive combat.

[@badlyniceness2315]

Imagine.. 500 dollars for a drone that destroys a 5 million dollar tank….

[@michaeldemetriou1399]

This war has more trenches than ww1 with a longer front line than the western front of ww1, It is on a huge scale

[@lepidoptera9337]

WW I was idiotic. They had artillery fire with one gun every 20m firing for days on end. Most of the time they were just ploughing dirt. On average they needed 100 artillery shells to kill one soldier (and even that's an underestimate because most soldiers were probably killed by machine gun fire or died in close combat). Even the drone war right now is primitive. In ten years all drones will be loitering ammunitions that will find a human being using infrared seekers. The ratio will be almost one drone for every one KIA or WIA.

[@russbuttypennyblackblade]

Americans used stimulus money to pay down credit card debt during the pandemic. Americans owed a little over $1 trillion in revolving debt when the pandemic began. It fell below that level in 2020 thanks to an 11.2% drop. We saw small upticks in credit card balances in February and March of 2021 as the recovery began, with a sharp drop in April when another round of stimulus checks rolled out. But Americans started borrowing in earnest again in May 2021. Since then, we’ve seen a relatively steady increase in revolving debt. As of the end of July, Americans owed $1.27 trillion in revolving credit. The bigger problem is the double whammy of rising debt and rising interest rates. Average credit card interest rates eclipsed the previous record high of 17.87% months ago. The average annual percentage rate (APR) currently stands at 20.71%. As a result, more and more Americans are struggling to pay their credit card balances. Now there is another looming problem. It’s getting harder for Americans to borrow money. And that has them worried. Nearly 60% of the respondents in a New York Fed consumer expectations survey said it’s harder to get credit cards, mortgages and other loans than it was a year ago. It was the highest level since the New York Fed started the data series back in 2013. Another Fed survey of loan officers reveals their fears aren’t unfounded. Banks reported that lending standards tightened across all consumer loan categories and all categories of residential real estate (RRE) loans. Meanwhile, the number of banks reporting tighter standards for credit cards rose by 36%. Banks have also significantly tightened standards for business loans. This is a recipe for disaster. We have an economy that runs on debt and borrowing. Debt has become much more expensive with rising interest rates and it’s getting harder to get loans. Meanwhile, more and more Americans are maxing out their credit cards, and they are starting to have trouble paying the bills. It seems likely that at some point in the near future, the tidal wave of debt is going to drown the “resilient American consumer” and the American economy is going to plunge over a cliff. The mainstream narrative is that the economy is fine because consumers are still spending despite high price inflation and rising interest rates. But nothing about this is fine. The underlying assumption is that Americans wouldn’t keep spending if they were really in trouble. But I think a lot of people are spending on credit cards precisely because they are in trouble. They don’t have a choice. A JD Power analyst made this very point. The pandemic-era savings cushions are gone, the economy is shaky and consumers are leaning more heavily than ever on their credit cards to cover day-to-day expenses. Consumers are using their cards for a lot of everyday purchases. Grocery shopping is the lead purchase type that consumers say they are making.” Even the mainstream is starting to recognize this isn’t a sustainable trajectory. Bloomberg reported, “Despite persistent inflation and high interest rates, consumer spending has remained resilient and helped power the economy. Some have resorted to credit cards and savings to do so, but with savings shrinking and delinquencies on the rise, some economists doubt the current spending momentum is sustainable.” It’s not. Americans have managed to kick the can down the road using credit cards and accumulated savings. The question is how much road is left?

[@SyYoung-ni1wl]

OT: Benny Hill considered funnier than Monty Python by two TV stations--WOR and WLVI.

[@briant5685]

Russia just said they are in this fight until 2025 I wonder who will be fighting for Ukrainians then, maybe women

[@klawlor3659]

The Ukrainian Volksturm!

[@hklegomaster]

DJI is gonna have a sale now

[@neildevlin6563]

SLAVA UKRAINE GOD BLESS STAY SAFE///💙💛✌✌✌

[@user-lq8nn7qx3q]

Do you mean “Zig heil”?

[@bildkistl]

WHY?

[@galdavonalgerri2101]

Well, there is no god. But may Ukraine win against the invaders. There are so many brave people fighting against Putin, they deserve to get more weapons, ammunition and any other help. I hope Germany will increase its support soon.

[@neildevlin6563]

YES GODS HELP//SLAVA UKRAINE GOD BLESS@@galdavonalgerri2101

[@TimDawg-ot8jx]

HIGHER THAN HERO'S ALL OF THEM......ANGELS 🌟

[@towmlvb3423]

Rubbish. Heroes exist, angels are fiction. Facts rule!

[@jabulanisena6288]

Just lost of lives of beautiful people

[@LalpeklawmHmar]

God bless Ukrainian soldier

[@VitorJKhan]

God give the bless by give chance to bring to heaven.

[@user-wq7gp4fs6e]

Good one

[@JohnSmith-cy9tt]

500$ drone kills a 20 mill tank ..epic

[@thelocalbubble]

I wonder if the transparent propellers is intentionally, and make it harder to see, or is that just how they are made sometimes?

[@GordonScottYankeeEngineer]

It’s just how they are made sometimes. They come in a variety of colors.

[@thelocalbubble]

🙂👍@@GordonScottYankeeEngineer

[@user-fw4kk1ym9y]

Technology 😂. Take off from glass !

[@tysk5729]

I saw tbs rx on the back of the quad

[@timwalling3101]

next they are going to try yelling insults at the enemy......how can they lose.

[@PipinhoSnow]

I would like to know how much money DJI has made since the start of the war

[@davemypersonalthoughts]

Things will be different once Ukrainian pilots have mastered their training.

[@uploadpk9383]

During the first month of battle of Bakhmut within 30 days Ukrainian lost 70,000 soldiers.

[@keithlillis7962]

I think the BBC coverage was far too negative. Ukraine 'are' making gains in the South, Zaporizhzhia region and I believe they will continue their push, even when the weather changes - Slava Ukaini

[@JohnSmith-fz1wh]

Ukraine lost the war a long time ago.

[@chrisj2502]

BBC reports are biased in favour of Ukraine but it's getting harder to boast about victories when they are clearly losing this war.

[@fabik805]

@@chrisj2502What are the Russian victories? There are non either. The war is at a standstill. Nobody is winning and nobody is loosing.

[@JohnSmith-fz1wh]

@@ach_ja The NATO nazis have prolonged the war.

[@michaelmcginn7260]

A brave and very impressive people. Slava Ukraini.

[@bryck7853]

These guys that are innovating this new method, are probably like engineers and inventors in real life. So good for them that they can use their expertise to defend their country from Putin.

[@michaelkelsey574]

Well the Alamo worked...

[@Cryptic211_]

8:53 wise words.

[@charlesapana9935]

This scary

[@achd73]

i do not like the policy of canada and their trucking companies that defraud people

[@Robert-xy4xi]

Is 24th Brigade! 24th Waffen SS Brigade 😂

[@PipinhoSnow]

and I need a DJI to do what a DJI is supposed to do....

[@CV_CA]

How far are the drones from Vladivostok?

[@achd73]

you do not remember petra being a city

[@peter-radiantpipes2800]

Slava Ukraini!

[@ahartify]

Well, at keast the BBC condescends once in a while to report on what is going on in Ukraine. Sometimes you could believe that Ukraine was of minor, peripheral interest if all your information came from the BBC.

[@kennesaw101]

WOW , what a concept..........shhhhhh , don't tell the Russians

[@shibari7534]

FPV= first person video??? Or view??

[@venitaalbertson4633]

I don't blame them to stop the Russia bothering them

[@williamhayes981]

Drones that have VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing - like your Harriers) motors on it strong enough to carry a payload the weight of an adult human male. Jet black, ROCKET powered drones with a camouflaged heat signature technology flown at evening/night. Translucent or extremely light blue, blue/white drones with military camouflage technology in the drones' "skin", flown during the morning hours through the afternoon. Technology to detect incoming bullets, missiles etc and upon being fired on release the payload forced downward by a jet or rocket engine and timed to explode at 6 to 7 ft above the terrain. Payload, in addition to what it already has should include BB's with 4 point spikes and paper thin, cylindrical razor blades with an additional payload of hydrochloric acid. Unleash these on every and anything Russian, randomly but consistently until the occupiers feel like leaving Ukraine may be a safer alternative than fighting them in their own country. Our countries (US and Great Britain) should get together and help Ukrainians build drones based on this model. I believe it would make a noticeable difference, even for future security.

[@keithlillis7962]

Sounds a little Scifi to me mate.

[@kingcolz]

You play too much gamed you dumb fk

[@williamhayes981]

@@keithlillis7962 Totally do-able. We have the technology for it, right now.

[@johnishikawa2200]

@williamhayes981 : Watching the Ukrainian soldiers abandon that heavy gun immediately after firing it - suppose such gun emplacements , far enough from the front , could be located in tunnels ? The gun after firing is hidden underground temporarily , safe from incoming shell/missile fire ? Also , have many rubber replicas of weapons , e.g. rubber HIMARS , rubber HOWITZERS , etc. which could be moved and deployed by not more than two men . These would draw enemy fire away from the real weapons . The west could have factories where rubber replicas could be made in quantity .

[@kevintran6487]

@@williamhayes981 The point of a drown is to be disposable, all that shit would make a single drone cost 150k or even more, politicians and some of the populace are already getting annoyed at the amount of money being poured at ukraine, and now you want the U.S to develop and pour billions into some sci fi drones, curb your delusions. If the U.S really wanted to win this quick. they would have sent 300 abrams instead of 30, and sent atacms and longer range munitions, but that cost money, and atacms are in low volume only reason atacms are now being greenlit, is because a replacement has concluded development. We are digging into the junkbox for this war, and will continue to do so.

[@UK-10086]

They need Peace now !

[@tassosk966]

This has to stop. Keep strong don't give a cm of land.

[@xy8083]

Rest of the world need to take note and unleash these form of retialatory measures upon those that wronged them for decades and centuries. Slava revenge and redemption and justice!

[@djpaulyw]

BUSINESS IS BOOMING!!

[@joseaugustofigueiredo7953]

Потому что все это фильм. Если бы бабушка и дедушка Барби и Кена, Уинстон Черчилль и Рузвельт, приняли просьбу Сталина о втором фронте, вторая война продлилась бы еще год, миллионы людей были бы спасены, в том числе и в самой Германии, но как им было все равно, т. к. хотели гарантировать своим внукам хорошую жизнь. Это показывает, что их не заботила Восточная Европа, как и евреев, западных солдат и т. д. Единственное, что имело значение, - это будущее ее внуков Барби и Кена!