Putin beordrar styrkor att gå in i Ukraina - INVASION NU (2022-02-24)

Ukrainas flotta säger att den har förstört ryska ammunitionsdepåer nära Mariupol. Marinens Facebook-inlägg sa att underrättelser hade använts för att tipsa om en viktig ammunitionsdepå nära ryskockuperade Mariupol.
Lagret träffades av en missil och enligt bekräftad information förstördes lager och ett stort antal ammunition i attacken. Mark Krutov, journalist för Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, har delat satellitbilder på X som visar efterdyningarna av attackerna i Ukraina.
Baserat på satellitbilder låg ett av lagren i skogen. Enligt Radio Svoboda, Radio Free Europes ryskspråkiga webbplats, visar fotografier och ögonvittnesskildringar att några av attackerna ägde rum den 13 september och andra natten till den 16 september.

One unmanned ground system which I didn’t expect to see is the use of ‘robot dogs’ (робот-собака). These quadrupedal, remotely operated systems were seen for the first time earlier this month, most notably with Ukraine’s 28th Mechanised Brigade.
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On the 14 August, Kurt & Company shared a series of photos of a robot dog and operator with the caption [machine translated] “Better to buy robots than lose soldiers”. In several of the photos the dog has a backpack and radio strapped and taped to its back. On examination of the images this dog appears to be of a different design and resembles the DeepRobotics Lite3 Venture model, DeepRobotics are another Chinese manufacturer. This model weighs in at 12.2kg and has a 2 hour endurance.
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It seems that the role the dogs would be best used for is reconnaissance in urban areas where aerial drones can’t easily navigate inside structures, removing the need to send troops to recce buildings to locate the enemy. It seems that this is the role that the Ukrainians have in mind for the dogs. While China, the US and a range of other militaries have tested robot dogs, including the mounting of small arms and even light anti-armour weapons, if they are utilised in combat in Ukraine this will represent a battlefield first for this type of system.