Despite the coming increasingly cold winter, the hostilities in Ukraine do not stop. You could say they have decreased, but the war continues. Logically, in these severe weather conditions, unmanned aerial vehicles should be used more often. In this way, human involvement is limited, and technology ready to “suicide” is relied upon.
The explosion of a Ukrainian tank was perfectly filmed by a camera on a Russian kamikaze drone. The Russian loitering munition, the Lancet, dives down quickly and directly at its target. A crew member of the Ukrainian tank reaches through the turret opening just in time, but it’s too late. The tank is completely destroyed after being struck by the drone. Another Russian military reconnaissance drone was filming the entire thing off to the side.
Over the previous 60 days, Russia has boosted its use of loitering munitions, air-to-surface missiles, and surface-to-air missiles. The Russians mostly employ Iranian Shahed kamikaze drones, which are actually not very many. Winter hostilities are anticipated to drastically reduce as both sides concentrate their energies on repairing damaged equipment and reorganising forces.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022
On 21 February 2022, the Russian government claimed that Ukrainian shelling had destroyed an FSB border facility on the Russia Ukraine border, and claimed that it had killed 5 Ukrainian soldiers who tried to cross into Russian territory. Ukraine denied being involved in both incidents and called them a false flag.
On the same day, the Russian government formally recognized the self-proclaimed DPR and LPR as independent states, according to Putin not only in their de-facto controlled areas, but the Ukrainian Oblasts as a whole, and Putin ordered Russian troops, including tanks, to enter the regions.
On 24 February 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an invasion of Ukraine by Russian Armed Forces previously concentrated along the border. The invasion followed by targeted airstrikes of military buildings in the country, as well as tanks entering via the Belarus border.
Russia has so far not recognized the invasion of Ukraine as a “war”, although that is exactly what it is, claiming that it is a “special military operation”. According to the UN, in which Russia has its permanent representation, for military action to be defined as a “special military operation”, it must have a resolution issued by the UN. There is no such resolution, which automatically defines the military actions of the Russians as an invasion and war against the citizens of Ukraine.
