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26/10/2023

An amazingly preserved N**i fighter plane that went into battle with 17 others against an American force of almost 1,000 planes has finally been recovered almost 80 years after it crashed into a lake in Hungary.

An amazingly preserved N**i fighter plane that went into battle with 17 others against an American force of almost 1,000 planes has finally been recovered almost 80 years after it crashed into a lake in Hungary. The plane was covered in mud after being shot down during fierce fighting on 2nd July 19...

04/08/2023

Russia has said that its Su-25SM fighter jets have fired missiles at Ukrainian mortar crews near Lyman. The footage purports to show a Russian fighter jet being prepared for takeoff and loaded with ordnance at an undisclosed location. The aircraft can then be seen taxiing onto a runway before two ai...

03/08/2023

Syrian Army special forces and Russian aircrew conducts a night tactical exercise in Hama province in west-central Syria

Russia has said that its forces have trained with Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad’s special forces in a night-time operation for the first time. The footage purports to show the large-scale exercise, with a number of night-time explosions, with ordnance being fired into the skies of the Hama Provi...

03/08/2023

These images show Ukrainian artillery taking out Russian positions and war machines on the frontlines. The footage shows a number of Russian military positions and armoured vehicles being hit by Ukrainian ordnance. The images were obtained from the 28th Separate Mechanized Brigade named after the Kn...

03/08/2023

Ukrainian forces taking out a Russian drone launch position in a forested area near Lyman with artillery

These images show Ukrainian forces taking out a Russian drone launch position in a forested area near Lyman with artillery. The footage shows the Russian position after it was spotted by a Ukrainian drone, with a Russian soldier seen emerging from what appears to be a dugout. The location can then b...

02/08/2023

These images show Ukrainian emergency services tackling fires in the aftermath of Russian night attacks on Odesa’s port infrastructure in Izmail, which is vital for exporting Ukrainian grain. The footage also appears to show the severely damaged headquarters of the Danube Shipping Company and a th...

02/08/2023

These images show the Ukrainian National Guard destroying a Russian T-90 tank near Bakhmut. The footage, which appears to have been shot from a drone, shows it searching the area for its target before locking on on the Russian tank. It can then be seen dropping multiple bombs on top of the Russian w...

02/08/2023

Ukrainian artillery taking out a Russian ammo depot

These images show Ukrainian artillery taking out a Russian ammo depot. This footage shows Ukrainian soldiers opening fire with a piece of field artillery and hitting the Russian ammunition depot in a huge explosion. The images were obtained from the 11th Brigade named after Mykhailo Hrushevsky of th...

02/08/2023

Ukrainian intelligence taking out a Russian tank using a kamikaze drone near Bakhmut.

The images show Ukrainian intelligence taking out a Russian tank using a kamikaze drone near Bakhmut. The footage shows the Ukrainian drone honing in on its target before the images cut as it hits it. Other images show a huge explosion as the tank is destroyed. The images were obtained from the Dron...

02/08/2023

Ukrainian artillery hitting Russian military positions in forest trenches near Kreminna in the Donbas

These images show Ukrainian artillery hitting Russian military positions in forest trenches near Kreminna in the Donbas. The footage shows a number of Russian trenches being hit by accurate Ukrainian artillery fire in the largely destroyed forest. The images were obtained from the Special Purpose Ba...

01/08/2023

Ukrainian armoured vehicle near Zaporizhzhia using a Ka-52 attack helicopter

Russia has said that it has destroyed a Ukrainian armoured vehicle near Zaporizhzhia using a Ka-52 attack helicopter. The footage purports to show the Russian attack helicopter opening fire on the Ukrainian war machine and hitting it. The images were obtained from the Russian Ministry of Defence (Mo...

01/08/2023

Ukrainian firefighters tackling a huge blaze after a Russian kamikaze drone attack on Kharkiv last night

These images show Ukrainian firefighters tackling a huge blaze after a Russian kamikaze drone attack on Kharkiv last night. The video begins by showing Ukrainian firefighters tackling the fire as flames are seen inside a destroyed building. Fire engines can be seen deployed at the seen as the emerge...

01/08/2023

Ukrainian National Guard destroying Russian military positions in the forest of Serebryansky, in the Luhansk region of eastern Ukraine

These images show the Ukrainian National Guard destroying Russian military positions in the forest of Serebryansky, in the Luhansk region of eastern Ukraine. The footage shows the Russian positions in the forest being repeatedly hit by Ukrainian mortar fire. The images were obtained from the 5th Slo...

01/08/2023

Ukrainian border guards destroying a Russian model position in Lyman

These images show Ukrainian border guards destroying a Russian model position in Lyman. The footage, shot from a drone, shows the Russian mortar position in a forested area being hit by Ukrainian ordnance in a large explosion, with smoke rising into the air. The images were obtained from the State B...

01/08/2023

Russian soldiers running for their lives as Ukrainian drones rain down bombs on the battlefield

These images show Russian soldiers running for their lives as Ukrainian drones rain down bombs on the battlefield. The video, shot from a drone, begins by showing Russian soldiers on the battlefield down below. The drone can then be seen dropping a bomb on one of them before the images cut to other....

31/07/2023

Russian special forces have destroyed a Ukrainian tank after hitting it with two kamikaze drones and artillery, as these images purport to show

The so-called Donetsk People’s Republic has said that Russian special forces have destroyed a Ukrainian tank after hitting it with two kamikaze drones and artillery, as these images purport to show. The video appears to show the moment the Ukrainian tank is hit by the first kamikaze drone. It can ...

31/07/2023

Ukrainian special forces taking out a thermobaric-capable Russian multiple launch rocket system as well as other war machines.

These images show Ukrainian special forces taking out a thermobaric-capable Russian multiple launch rocket system as well as other war machines. Ukrainian intelligence said they had destroyed dozens of Russian military vehicles and taken out over 255 soldiers in just a week. The footage shows what a...

31/07/2023

These images show Ukrainian border guards taking out a Russian military position in close combat near Lyman. The POV-style footage shows a Ukrainian soldier opening fire in a forested area before the images cut to other Ukrainian border guards firing their assault rifles. The footage also appears to...

30/07/2023

RUSSIAN MULTIPLE ROCKET LAUNCHER PUMMELS WOODLAND WITH THERMOBARIC WEAPONS

This slickly-produced propaganda video released by Russian defence chiefs shows a Soviet multiple rocket launcher launching a volley of thermobaric weapons at what looks like an area of woodland. The Russian Defence Ministry is claiming that a “nationalist strong point” was destroyed in the atta...

30/07/2023

MARINES GO FROM DOOR TO DOOR IN RECAPTURED VILLAGE CHECKING FOR RUSSIAN STRAGGLERS

This helmet cam footage shows Ukrainian troops going from house to house in the newly-recaptured village of Staromaiorske as they check for Russian stragglers. The soldiers can be seen going into each building in the heavily-damaged settlement to check if there are any remaining Russian troops lying...

29/07/2023

This tense footage shows how Ukrainian troops killed several Russian soldiers and took others prisoner during a tense firefight in the woods. The firefight took place near the largely-destroyed city of Bakhmut and saw the Ukrainian military take back a swathe of territory under Russian occupation. T...

28/07/2023

A Russian court has sentenced a Russian-Ukrainian man who blew up a railway track on Russian soil to a draconian 22 years in prison, despite not injuring anyone. The Second Western Military District Court handed the stiff sentence to defendant Sergey Belavin over his act of “sabotage” in the Bry...

27/07/2023

Russian defence chiefs have released this slickly-produced propaganda video showing how a counter-battery radar system allegedly helped destroy Ukrainian artillery near Lyman. The footage shows operators of a Zoopark-1M counter-battery radar system at work. After the system detects ground targets wi...

27/07/2023

These images show a Ukrainian first-person-view drone hitting and destroying a moving Russian tank on the frontlines. The footage shows the Russian tank advancing along a dirt track between a treeline and a field before the images cut to the Ukrainian drone. The feed from the drone shows it honing i...

27/07/2023

This aerial footage shows how unsuspecting Russian troops were blasted in strikes as they filed through a tree line in Ukraine. The footage opens with a column of Russian soldiers marching among trees separating a road from a field near the largely-destroyed city of Bakhmut. It then cuts to a zoomed...

27/07/2023

This slickly-produced propaganda video purports to show how Ukrainian targets near the largely-destroyed city of Marinka were hit with missiles launched from a multiple rocket launcher. The clip opens with a Soviet BM-21 Grad being loaded with missiles and driven into a field apparently in occupied....

26/07/2023

These images show Ukrainian tanks hitting Russian military positions on the battlefield. The video shows Ukrainian tanks manoeuvring into position before opening fire on Russian positions. The images were obtained from the 14th Separate Mechanized Brigade named after Prince Roman the Great of the Ar...

26/07/2023

Russia has said that it has destroyed Ukrainian military positions near Lyman using self-propelled artillery. The footage purports to show a Russian war machine driving down a dirt track at speed before it can be seen manoeuvring into position in a clearing and preparing to fire. It can then be seen...