Ukraine shoots down 36 drones from overnight Russian attacks

Ukraine said on Thursday (May 25) it had shot down all 36 Iranian-made drones launched by Russia in overnight attacks which it said probably targeted critical infrastructure and military facilities.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said it had been an "uneasy night". Ukrainian joint forces commander Serhiy Nayev has visited air defence troops.
Army video released on Thursday showed Nayev with soldiers who operate German-made ‘Gepard’ self-propelled anti-aircraft gun.
They also released video purporting to show a drone being shot down over the Kyiv night sky.
Reuters was not able to independently verify the location of the footage nor the date it was filmed.
Since last October, Moscow, which launched its full-scale invasion in February last year, has regularly sent waves of drones to attack targets in Ukraine. Although they are slow, drones are cheaper and more expendable than advanced missiles.
"The enemy likely aimed to attack critical infrastructure and military facilities in the western regions of the state," the Ukrainian air force said on Telegram.
It said Iran-made Shahed 136 and Shahed 131 drones had been used.
The head of Kyiv's military administration said the capital had come under attack by several waves of drones but that all had been shot down. He said it was the 12th attack on Kyiv this month.
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[@55lanetv2]

excellent German technology Cheetah! Thanks to the German people for such much needed assistance to Ukraine

[@richardgallagher4880]

ASSISTANCE? They've just inn vaddded🤭🤣🤣🤣

[@Ruutger]

@@richardgallagher4880 sure clown

[@richardgallagher4880]

@@Ruutger I'm glad you accept and are angry I'm right by insulting instead of debating.

[@richardgallagher4880]

@@Ruutger A real live nhattzy. 🤣🤣

[@richardgallagher4880]

@@Ruutger Have you got the full uniform?

[@andreasmartin7942]

Who'd have thought those Gepards would still be so useful.

[@tomhamburg]

Drones are something really new in war-scenarios. They will change it all. Gepard and other system will be very useful in the future.

[@Leppi72]

Respect to the Ukrainian Soldiers to learn how to handle the Gepard. I am as German are extremly proud that the Gepard helps the Ukrainians to defend their country against the Evil Empire from Russia. Russia get back all pain which the Orcs brought to the Ukraine.

[@specialuser2276]

Thanks to german society for such good toys👌

[@Stefan_Dahn]

Gepard - From Germany with love! 🇩🇪❤️🇺🇦

[@TubeBoobforyou]

Old technology but still German engineering, so you know it's a quality system. Always amazes me to see what the Germans were able to create during WWII. The Me 262, Mg 42, STG-44, Tiger tank, synthetic fuel, V2 Rockets. Just an incredible advance in technology brought on by the war.

[@Sinista123]

Yes but you can't compare it with WW2 technology. The Gepard is a relict from the cold war it was developed in the 60s It's already a computerized system and that's the only weakness. The computer is old and glitches sometimes if you don't know exactly how to treat it.

[@indrahaseo]

Welldone! Gepard have a good vision and radar for air defence forces and that's really effective and useful vehicle! Slava Ukraine!

[@pietg.6249]

finally our GEPARD can show what he can do! otherwise they would just rust in some garage for decades..! 💪🇺🇦✌️

[@francissalcedo6492]

Danke Deutchland! Danke fur alles!

[@ragnarone5409]

Gerne, eine Herzensangelegenheit und Ehrensache 🇺🇦 ❤🇩🇪

[@Handcraftedrock]

Ukrainians are really good students. Good for them!👍

[@sequoiasemperviren3163]

The Gepard 35mm anti-aircraft gun system requires a special 35 mm munition manufactured in Switzerland. Switzerland has recently stated they are suspending their neutral status and will supply Ukraine with munitions. Hopefully lots of Gepard 35 mm rounds.

[@Tyr002]

Rheinmetall (German armaments company) has started production of new ammunition. Will be delivered from July. Switzerland is still not supplying any ammunition.

[@paultyson4389]

Finally!

[@georgemenassa9891]

30 mm ammo is plenty in USA and Ukraine,can they change the barrel and use 30 mm?

[@Stefan_Dahn]

@@georgemenassa9891 No. This is kind of "smart" ammo.

[@dollarisinsanicus9256]

schluchtis GELDZUCHT

[@scrabbler84]

When Gepard is such a good air defense system, imagine when they deliver a Mantis/skynex. They should get some

[@samuelsamenstrang6069]

yes!

[@xdxd-br6ec]

Rheinmetalls CEO stated somewhere that Skynex is already in Ukraine protecting kiev

[@t10claytempered16]

Right weapon, right soldiers, stupid enemy. Perfect. Nice shootin' boys.

[@magratea123]

Yes, but stupid enemy succes with 90% hits with stupid drones and stupid missiles. 10 % is downed, so sofa warriors from west can be happy and entertained 😂

[@andreasmartin7942]

@@magratea123 Fortunately you're doing the laughing for us.

[@tobybau575]

Hm characteristic shots from a Gepard. Now they do what the intended to be for, protecting a country from Russian (Sowejt) Invasion. Greetings from Germany

[@dennisaston3551]

Its really interesting that a weapon designed in the 1960's, fielded in the 70's and retired in the 90's/2000's is now highly relevant and extremely effective again. If we can just keep these supplied with ammunition I think they'll be ok.

[@HingerlAlois]

It was last upgraded from 1996 to 2000 and the German military retired them in 2011. P.S. Gepards are still used by Brazil, Qatar, Jordan and Romania.

[@Pueranha]

It's quite interesting. It's a cold war vehicle, developed against Helicopters and other aerial threats against Nato tanks at close range (that's why it's a mounted on a Leopard chassis, it had to keep up with the units it was intended to protect). That usage became obsolete when manned aircraft became capable of indentifing, targeting and destroying anything that points a radar at them. Amazing to see that this "old" technology now proves to be very useful against new technology (uav's).

[@dennisaston3551]

@@Pueranha TBH the US has a hole in their army that something like this needs to fill. We’re lucky at the moment we don’t have to fight this war ourselves

[@versuch8239]

@@dennisaston3551 Just buy the skyranger from Germany guys. :)

[@reginalddodd9068]

@@dennisaston3551 C-Ram

[@alantoon5708]

Anti aircraft gun systems ARE not obsolete.

[@ohare_eraho]

in the hands of orcs they are 😂

[@hansdietrich1496]

More relevant than ever.

[@hansulrichboning8551]

Yes, because its not good to waste expensive missiles on cheap junk-drones.AA-Guns are much more cost-effective and save precious missiles.

[@MotoRide.]

really suprised they managed to take down missiles too

[@123jogger123]

@@MotoRide. Cruise missiles are relatively slow, doesen't change their route fast and have no anti radar weapons (like fighters). So they are easy targets for a Gepard.

[@hanskaesbohrer2809]

amazing, great that the iron cat developed in the 60´s is pretty useful in Ukraine and protects Ukrainian people and infrastructure from the terror of the Russian regime. Also ammunition supply issues are resolved, Rheinmetall in Germany will produce the 35 mm rounds in Germany from July on (new barrells included, Switzerland is not a reliable partner, when it comes to defence), 300.000 rounds are promised to Ukraine. And more Gepards are coming soon I think some more 15 units, plus the very new Skynex system from Rheinmetall, which is one step ahead of the Gepard. So all the best to Ukraine, fingers crossed here for your counter offence!! ❤

[@lieberunbekannt4603]

German Gepard 👍

[@timetraveller143]

Verry efectiv against Terror Drones, low flying Missiles and Chopper.

[@nattygsbord]

Probably also good against low flying aircrafts as well. Russia is running out of smart bombs, so they need to fly low and close to their targets to be able drop their bombs anywhere near them. But the only problem with that is that this will make them vulnerable to manpads and Gepards. And one bullet from a rifle hitting a sensitive part of a plane like the hydralic system would be enough to bring down a multi-million dollar jet.

[@davis_8082]

0:21 you can clearly see the markings of 4 sahed drones as well as 2 kalibr cruise missiles, grea job boys. Great to see they still mark their kills visible on the outside !!

[@MXB2001]

Haha love how they are painting their kills on the tank. IIRC in the old days AA gunners used to paint rings on the barrel to track planes shot down. 6 would make this crew "aces". Cool. Gepard rules!

[@antonioimago1964]

🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

[@Mediocre_JT]

That thing is sick.

[@jimflagg4009]

Germans know how to make some good stuff.

[@karlvonbahnhof6594]

Check Mantis, it's another level, it's like American C-RAM, but programmable rounds create a wall of fire to make sure no drone or missile comes through

[@Patscape]

Germany makes great ovens too.😉🤣

[@arefkr]

@@karlvonbahnhof6594 Mantis is a very short-range gun built to defend bases. It's use case is quite different.

[@anonymous8324]

🤣🤣🤣

[@espurr3496]

Germany has saved lives by sending this equipment

[@verdebusterAP]

The ‘Gepard went from scrap to rockstar in Ukarine

[@callsigndd9ls897]

oldy but goldy

[@tonylyons7711]

Excellent work Ukraine. 👌🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦👍

[@anonymous8324]

🤣🤣🤣

[@mirola73]

The old Gepards doing their job, great to see.

[@123jogger123]

As we see in these days - there are not longer outdated due to the massive drone developments.

[@anonymous8324]

🤣🤣🤣

[@randomgameuploads1162]

Do the ammo explode at a certain range?

[@oleghrozman4172]

0:43 This is General of UA Armed Forces - Sergiy Naev. His is one of the most important figures in Ukrainian Military Forces and Army. p.s. - the meaning of "white cross" on vehicless/armor came from Medieval Legend of "In hoc signo vinces".

[@hentaisenpai3534]

Bundeswehr Gepards also wear crosses, it's nothing special here as wussian propaganda claims

[@teakkaye5364]

So that's Russia's pattern . Ukraine does something audacious , Russia sends some drones two days later

[@mishaillich9728]

excellent shots!

[@PatriciaSantos-qt9lw]

👏👏👏 Great work!! 👌 The ruSS taIiban drones have no chance against Western great technology in the magnificent Ukrainian Warriors' hands.

[@yehiak8711]

The same drones which were able to bypass the patriot system to destroy key energy infrastructure? 😂😂😂😂

[@baykal6]

do you really believe that a cruise missile can be shot down with an anti-aircraft gun?

[@timetraveller143]

​@@baykal6 sure!

[@baykal6]

@@timetraveller143 🤣🤣🤣a cruise missile flies at a speed of 300 meters per second at an altitude of 100 meters, you just physically won't even have time to aim, lol

[@nicolasolton]

​@baykal6 there is quite a bit of video evidence of this system taking down RU cruise missiles...

[@aaljumaili]

Large number of those air defense systems are needed to protect Ukraine

[@robroy8463]

for Rheinmetall, it will be particularly interesting to see how their products work in practice.

[@DmytroSviridon]

It is good to test weapons on a real war.

[@fbksfrank4]

Someone said they are retired already.

[@HingerlAlois]

@@fbksfrank4 Germany retired the Gepard in 2011. Apart from Ukraine they’re still in active service in Brazil, Jordan, Qatar and Romania.

[@nicolasolton]

​@@HingerlAlois How do those countries get the ammunition for this weapon?

[@nattygsbord]

They are retired, but the concept had not been tested in war. And especially not in a modern drone war. And even if this vehicle is old will lessons be brought from it which can be useful for the design of the next generation of AA tanks. I will say that I didn't expect them to be so useful and effective as they have become in this war. When they was sent were russia no yet trying to kill civilians with iranian drones. And then I expected its job to rather be to kill russian soldiers with spraying cannon fire into them like a gigantic machine gun bunker on tracks. And I also expected it to escort trucks and tanks driving on a road against low flying aircrafts and russian attack helicopters. Something which probably surface-to-air missiles do better. But in assymetric warfare were missiles are more expensive than the Iranian drones they shot down this can become problematic. Russia can mass produce cheap drones while Ukraines have to waste a limited amount of expensive missiles that costs 20x times more. But then you can shot down those shahed drones with a machine gun burst that is 1000 times cheaper than the drone. Then it is russia who once again lose from this terror bombings. Gepard have therefore become one of the most important weapons of Ukraine.

[@mirola73]

50 odd year old tech....it waited a LOOOONG time.

[@DaDom07]

The cheetah is a super ingenious machine! Exactly in the right hands of Ukrainians! 👍🏻🇺🇦

[@ricardoflores3977]

Gloria Ucrania....!!!

[@steffenjespersen247]

Great vehicle, it is good it has gotten its time to shine.

[@Lonewolfmike]

I know countries are working on energy weapons to deal with drones, but right now I think AA systems like this will find a second life in dealing with drones and other things in the near future.

[@venicethebesthiddenplace4k948]

Drone for gepard is like mosquitos

[@juggler2008]

Combo bonus!

[@mr2nikom]

the cost of drone vs missile which one is more expensive.

[@Mark5mith]

That's why they use the Gepard, you don't need a sledgehammer to crack a nut.

[@nicolasolton]

Missile

[@s3rgeantrogu327]

Don't matter when you've got the combined economies of NATO and the EU behind you. Besides, in this instance it was drones vs bullets. Which is more expensive??

[@withgrowinginsanity198]

one day I hope this war gets back to sender

[@akzeptanz8389]

Our german beast will defend you!

[@Albert-Mag...]

Nice to see Ukraine successfully defending itself. It is becoming clear that Ukraine's victory is becoming undoubtedly imminent..

[@pavelzmiev1578]

🤡

[@NZobservatory]

@@pavelzmiev1578 😪

[@Ruutger]

@@pavelzmiev1578 sure clown, go help the orcs

[@richardgallagher4880]

You've said that for a year. The west has just gone bankrupt. Cope.

[@jommelfeliminiano8507]

Slava Ukraine my prayer 🙏🙏🙏 to defend and achieve victory win against enemies Russian country.

[@LongTran-em6hc]

These gepard short burst from DCS lol

[@Kortusmaximus]

The amo for the gepard is much cheaper than the costs of that drones... 😅

[@Dark_Bandon]

BREAKING NEWS. Baldrick and Darling , Ops I mean Dolik and Biber will defend Bakmhut with a Cunning Plan. 😂😂😂

[@knightsnight5929]

Keep coping fascist

[@benzohrasamir7906]

❤

[@bananaschmidt2173]

You are welcome. Slava Ukraini from Germany 🇩🇪🇺🇦

[@endurancemax]

Ukrainian air defense it’s a new religion.

[@andreashondanc750x5]

As a german im wondering, why is nobody wearing one of our bljadiful 5000 helmets?😉 Slava Ukraini!

[@fbksfrank4]

Needs special helmets in there probably.

[@timetraveller143]

Wer sagt dir, dass die niemand trägt?

[@tobybau575]

For now 29.000 helmets have been delivered. From Germany. But in a AA Crew its unlikely to see them they are for better use on the ground force.

[@nattygsbord]

I also wonder what happened to all thousands of swedish helmets sent to ukraine. It seems like every goddamn unit in Ukraine wears their own type of helmets, assault rifles, anti-tank weapons and footwear.

[@callsigndd9ls897]

@@nattygsbord Well, a lot of countries deliver different things. It doesn't matter, as long as it helps.

[@normanfinkelstein78]

"If it flys, It dies"

[@quox3987]

“You know I tried skeet shooting for the Olympics, then we couldn’t attend. Jokes on them this is more fun”

[@baconcrusader7476]

Accurate 2nd round third burst, and considering the size of those drones compared to the geppards intended target, thats some good shootin !

[@tobybau575]

I was not that shocked. Germany Training targets habe been with drones and pulled airbags in size of the Shaheds and Cruise missles, in the years Gepard was a part of Germans airdefence. Good some survived their retierment in Germany. Some mobile Skynex with programmable airburst ammuniton and networking operability will be even better. But this will need some time for a complete production line and countinious delivery to Ukraine i guess. So some 1-4 Skynex in 2023-24 for Ukraine i guess.

[@ulrichelektra1224]

👍👌

[@Extirpaterussians]

Well done for Germany for finally providing air defense for Ukraine

[@tyrson2445]

They had been there for more then 12 months

[@surfdocer103]

Looks like Switzerland is now letting Ukraine get the ammo this beast needs.

[@HingerlAlois]

There’s no decision in that regard, but it doesn’t really matter. Germany has only 12.400 Swiss made rounds, but Rheinmetall received an order from the German government for 300.000 rounds (150.000 APDS-T and 150.000 HEI-T) that will be produced in Germany for Ukraine. The first rounds made in Germany should arrive in Ukraine in July or August.

[@theriedel7877]

Gepard!!

[@GeneralGayJay]

Thank god we didn’t scrap the Gepard.

[@wudruffwildcard252]

Love the Gepard, happy that Germany buys the successor the Skyranger 30!

[@catholic3dod790]

👍

[@mausilugner6637]

you have to put it into perspective, the gepard was hopelessly overpowered in the 70s, it was 4x as expensive as a leopard 1 ... unfortunately, the cost issue was always present, including the special ammunition for the cartridge belt, so that in the course of disarmament the decision was made to phase it out ... but no one should be mistaken 2x 35mm oerlikon still hurt no matter which target is attacked

[@aaljumaili]

Iran provides Russia with Drones vs Germany provides Ukraine with anti-aircraft systems

[@sriffle2011]

Now Iran become embarrassed!

[@aka99]

Gepard reminds of a thing in movie Transformers. Also the radarfront reminds of the face of a dragonfly mutant.

[@thomasbuchenauer7600]

German qualität

[@dariops2777]

Great slava Ukraine 🇪🇦🤝🇺🇦

[@mrhead8175]

correction they shot down 38 out of 36 launched

[@MS-ji6oj]

What did that violantly explode then in Khmelnitski and Tirnopil cities a few days back. This Gepard must be stationed near the capital.

[@borutjurciczlobec9302]

Video game???

[@garethdoyle7184]

Well done lads👍

[@patricepicaud5490]

Et tout ça avec un seul tir

[@kazonnistrim9383]

Der Gepard zerreißt diese billigen Drohnen von den Mullahs in der Luft!

[@IrishTechnicalThinker]

Do you know about the WarThunder boycott tomorrow.

[@algijura]

SLAVA UKRAÏNI

[@lordsway7190]

Let's make it 10 out 2😂😂

[@TOMASInokuma]

弾薬が少ないので倹約しながら撃っているのが分かりますが、それでも無人機を全機撃ち落とすんですから素晴らしいです‼️スイス様どうかゲバルトの弾薬をください‼️お願いします‼️

[@callsigndd9ls897]

コンピューターが射撃に必要な弾薬の量を自動的に計算します。 弾薬切れはもう問題ではありません。 弾薬は再びドイツで製造されるようになりました。

[@diablabokchoi]

💥💥 That thing iZ ganGstA❗️👍🏾 😎

[@zeugsman]

👍💙💛

[@wolf-wk4ns]

Russia i need 200 tanks to cross this ukrainian border. Ukraine: bro 5 tanks can cross the border. I will show you

[@martijnijsendoorn6911]

so if u cant win on the battlefield its btr to take as much citizens if u can...pffff terrable warfare to sad

[@dariolessi7802]

💪🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦💪

[@anonymous8324]

🤣🤣🤣

[@worldphenomenon5074]

Bravo ukraine

[@hentaisenpai3534]

it is best for drones cause it's cheap compared to guided missile launchers like NASAMS, Soviet Union had similar system ZSU-23-4 Shilka I wonder is Ukraine still has those, we can see only Gepards but never ZSU-23-4, Soviet Union built over 6500 ZSU's a lot more than Gepards and they fought in many wars against Israel, US in Iraq etc. Many post soviet countries should probably still have them. There is pre war video of them in Ukrainan military "ЗСУ-23-4 «Шилка» 10 ОГШБр ЗСУ [Cічень 2021]"

[@hyperx6525]

schade das wir jetzt keine mehr haben

[@Tyr002]

Es werden wohl Skyranger von der Bundeswehr beschafft.

[@fbksfrank4]

How many rounds in a burst?

[@HingerlAlois]

Depends on the mode, the maximum would be 12 per gun (thus 24 in total), against drones it would typically be shorter bursts.

[@Kiano_East]

Ukraine getting military advice from Aitelly:

[@user-mt1zm8cl2x]

Почему калибры не нарисовали ))))

[@panzerpoodle]

Drohnen sind die eine Sache, bei Raketen sieht es schon anders aus

[@xXxxXx-br4rj]

Nö, schnöde Marschflugkörper gehen auch prima: gibt ein etwa 4 Monate altes Video, in dem ein Gepard einen vom Himmel holt...

[@panzerpoodle]

@@xXxxXx-br4rj ja alles was unterschall ist 👍😁

[@user-yc7pw7ls4o]

💙💛💯💯💥💥💥🤩👍👍👍

[@erandirbezerra9257]

😮

[@dr.johannesmunch891]

It's so bulky, ugly and overengineered. i love it. Maybe the most German thing.

[@user-su9ls7dl3i]

Молодцы хлопцы.

[@WanganTune3DXPluDeaf]

Ammo not easy 😢

[@NZobservatory]

Germany is already producing 500,000 more rounds just for Ukraine, with even more expected.

[@sirloin869]

that mean gas prices goin down?..

[@magratea123]

Oh, Ukraine winning again 😅

[@eminence_]

these drone strikes are good for keeping ukraine morale up, good job russia

[@titojayan159]

Bakhmuth also gone...keep shoot down..keep on shooting

[@xD3MONxIxSOULx]

It wasn't 36, it was 46 out of 36.

[@m.g.debruin8294]

Have you nothing else to say behind your keyboard in your mothers house FOLLOWER

[@ralfreinartz3562]

Cheetahfeed, chomp, chomp.