OPINION: Drone Wall in Action, Blasts and Bombs, Dead Deals, Estonia and Some Humor

Stefan Korshak

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I know it looks like the main thing in the war is all these peace talks and all this shameless US pressure on Ukraine to capitulate to Russia. Some of you will have noticed the Russians fired off another big drone/missile attack against Kyiv.

I have sections on that below, but, for us here in Ukraine, honestly, this looks like one of those weeks when the Ukrainians took it to the Russians more than usual. But a war week. Image of a 43rd Brigade soldier being calm and smoking a pipe.

Still, the last few days have, as in the past, attested, pretty convincingly, of lethal Ukrainian defense capacity becoming more lethal. Maybe, in recent days, we’ve seen a growing Ukrainian ability to hit targets inside Russia, but it’s also possible the Ukrainians are just about done worrying about what the Americans are worrying about and have decided to hit Russia when it suits them.

The big Russian spring offensive is getting smashed by a Ukrainian drone wall

The early days of last week saw the continuation and intensification of Russian attempts to gain ground using combined arms assaults. There were at least two very substantial attacks and several smaller ones. I’ll focus on four – they are a pretty good indicator of how the fighting seems to be going, but they are not all the fighting that’s been taking place.

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Battle 1: April 20, village of Kamianske, Zaporizhzhia region – A mixed unit of tanks, BMPs (Soviet / post-Soviet infantry fighting vehicles) and Mad Max-rigged trucks attacked along dirt roads, probably in an attempt to get infantry into the village ruins.

All the vehicles were heavily upgraded and rigged with anti-drone armor panels, jammers, and netting. Ukrainians later estimated the force at 300 men, 40 armored vehicles – including three tanks, and lighter vehicles – including 10 buggies.