08 May: Nice! Ukrainians UNLEASH FLYING MACHINE GUNS TO STORM RUSSIAN POSITIONS | War in Ukraine

I am Ukrainian. My country has been invaded by Russia. In this video, I will tell you what happened on the eight-hundred-fifth day of the war.

Day 805: May 08

Today, there are a lot of updates from the Avdiivka direction.

Here, Russians have paid a heavy toll in their attempts to cross the fields in front of Umanske.

After breaking through the Ukrainian defenses in the north and taking control over the settlement of Ocheretyne, Russians have slowly diverted their offensive actions towards their objectives in the North. This change of direction confused many analysts, as Russians had initially focused on the Ukrainian defenses to the West. The ultimate Russian goal to the West is to take control over Pokrovsk, which serves as the main Ukrainian headquarters in this direction. However, if we look at the developments in the fields in front of Umanske, we can better understand how the Russians have been forced to deprioritize their ambitious goal of taking Pokrovsk.

As you may remember, Russians had conducted a large wave of attacks in the fields between Umanske and Tonenke. Ultimately, these attacks failed due to a multitude of reasons. Firstly, if we look at the geography of the region, we can see that Russian attacks through these fields are funneled together by the rivers to the north and south. Additionally, the river branch stretching through the fields condenses the funnel even further. This forces any Russian attack to follow a predictable path, making them far more manageable for Ukrainian defenders, as they can open fire on them from multiple directions.

Secondly, this direction was being defended by the Ukrainian 25th airborne brigade and the 53rd mechanized brigade. Both consist of experienced and well-equipped soldiers who are more than capable of fending off Russian attacks. A Ukrainian military blogger stated that Ukrainian defenders had established well-prepared positions, utilizing the terrain to draw Russian assault groups into kill zones before finishing them off with anti-tank mines, ATGMs, artillery, and FPV drones. The Ukrainian blogger also stated that Russian assault groups lacked tactics in their attempted breakthroughs, being unprepared to dynamically face the Ukrainian defense.

After these failed assault waves, Ukrainian military bloggers shared satellite images showcasing the huge Russian losses in the fields in front of Tonenke. The military bloggers state that the fields in front of Tonenke had turned into a graveyard of Russian armored vehicles. The images show the disabled and destroyed wreaks of 77 Russian armored vehicles, to only 5 Ukrainian vehicles. The military bloggers also stated that the satellite images only show the most intense and concentrated clashes between Russian and Ukrainian units. Russian forces had also conducted numerous attacks with smaller assault groups consisting of one or two armored vehicles at a time. Adding these Russian losses to the total amounts to over 100 Russian losses in tanks and armored vehicles alone.

After these failed initial attacks, a Russian officer stated that Russian forces would ultimately be able to overload the Ukrainian defenses if they only sent forward more waves of armored assaults. As it turns out, the Russian commanders followed his advice and immediately started a monthlong operation to cross the fields. A Ukrainian soldier active in the area stated that throughout this operation, Russians conducted constant artillery preparations on Ukrainian positions with artillery, multiple rocket launch systems, and air strikes with “fab” glide bombs and “kab” guided munitions.

In response, Ukrainian drone operators undermined Russian close-fire support capabilities by targeting Russian mortar emplacements with FPV drones. Russian forces attempted to hide these emplacements in the settlement of Tonenke. Still, they were constantly spotted, as the intensity of fighting here had left the settlement in ruins, leaving little cover for the Russian mortar teams or infantry.

Over the next two weeks, Russians continued their mechanized assaults through the fields. Ukrainian forces released a multitude of combat footage showing how they repelled or destroyed these Russian attacks with guided anti-tank missiles and FPV kamikaze drones. As the monthlong battle went on, and Russian armor losses kept mounting, Russian forces started decreasing the armored support of their infantry fighting in the fields. Ukrainian fighters in the area stated that Russians started using tanks more sparingly and from increasingly larger ranges as indirect fire platforms...

[chrisedrev]

I was waiting for this development for a long time. Drone mounted machine guns are a very scary but inevitable technology.

[akend]

2:55 “A Russian officer stated that the Russian forces would be able to overload the Ukrainian defenses if they just sent more waves of armored assault.”
Ah yes, the classic Russian strategy of “throw cannon fodder at the enemy until they run out of bullets.” In use for over 100 years at least!

[emjizone]

You do a great job reporting facts. My best wishes.
Glory to the people defending their rights.

[someguydino]

military schools and academies around the world ( there are approx. 124 in the US) will be teaching the lessons learned in Ukraine war of ruzzias bungled invasion for decades

[marlenfras]

Good reporting. Thank you. Strong democracy.

[donmedwedeff]

This is a very accurate and important channel. It needs to be preserved in the face of malicious and bogus information distributed and amplified by Russian bots.

[walterstewart]

You and your team are doing a wonderful job of getting this information out!! It is a shame that YouTube cannot figure out that your chanel is completely legitimate! I thank you for the invaluable work you are doing!! Slava Ukraini!!! Heroyam slava!!!

[M_be-r]

Thank you sir for another informative report be safe.

[gregorysmull]

If these Octo flying machine guns can be stabilized then they could be game changers. You have to take your hats off to Ukrainian engineering ingenuity.

[AH-xpem]

Slava Ukraine, keep up the quality reports 🇬🇧🇬🇧

[roberthenry]

I’m not a bot. I’m a Human. Keep up the quality reporting.

[BenTrem]

see: *"During the Vietnam War, C-47s served as designed and also as the first gunship-the AC-47 or **_"Puff the Magic Dragon, "_** which was fitted with 7.62 mm miniguns."*

p.s. *_Kayfariki!_*

[garwynrosser]

Wow... Machine gun drones. That's terrifying.

[officialmcdeath]

Recoil issues can be harnessed as a scattershot feature, rather than being regarded as a bug - bit like a perpetual cluster munition \m/

[haji]

Thank you for this report. Slava Ukraini

[akend]

Anyone else see that video of a Russian officer straight up telling the latest batch of cannon fodder that none of them would return alive?

[patrickconley]

Appreciate your reporting. Keep it up.

[philipambler]

Surprise is hard to achieve these days..drones, satellites, comms analysis. Big concentrations are a thing of the past..eg.saturation shelling in line of advance isn't much good if it allows your enemy to shell back on your axis.
Infiltration..penetration is the name of the game..and not easy for newbies.
War is hell.

[antimatters]

I support RFU on Patreon! Your work is crucial to fight Russian lies and propaganda, that is why they attack over and over. YouTube needs to figure out how to defend their channels against these kinds of attacks. This is ultimately a problem they created with faulty methods of flagging. based on the kook idea that people on the internet are honest with no bad actors.

[neiloshea]

Please keep Reporting from Ukraine !!! Great honest reporting