Modified S400 decoys are being a serious problem.

They’re very cheap, inaccurate throwaways that are detected exactly the same as Iskanders, which means they bait Patriot interceptors into firing far too easily.

Frustrating stuff.

Complete missile totals so far:

All targeted Kyiv city, specifically energy infrastructure.

4 Onyks-M supersonic cruise missiles from Kursk (0 confirmed interceptions)

2 3M22 Zircons hypersonic cruise missiles from Millerovo (0 confirmed interceptions)

2 Hwasong-11A SRBMs from Voronezh (1 confirmed interception)

4 Iskander-M SRBMs from Bryansk oblast (2 confirmed interceptions)

7 S400 decoy SRBMs from Bryansk oblast (4 confirmed interceptions)

This gives a total of 19 missiles with 7 confirmed interceptions, at an intercept rate of 36%.

Note: these numbers are not guaranteed to be accurate. They are correct to the best of my knowledge

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Unknown ballistic to Kyiv.

Likely S400 decoy SRBM

2 missiles.

On approach, shelter!

Disappeared. Impacts

1 more S400 to Kyiv.

Explosion. Impacted.

Clarification on the last 3 missiles:

2 were Iskander-M SRBMs whilst 1 was an S400 decoy.

All 3 impacted.

Updated total is 22 missiles with 7 intercepted.

Note: these numbers are not guaranteed to be accurate. They are correct to the best of my knowledge

Hello all!
I’d like to announce a project that i’ve been working on for a few days, which i’ll be sharing over the next week or so.

It will be a 10 day, top 10 countdown of the most influential, craziest or most iconic videos of the war in Ukraine to date.

It’ll be 1 video a day with an analysis breakdown of its context. Stay tuned!

If you have any suggestions i haven’t considered as honourable mentions, comment them, but i have my top 10 compiled and mostly locked in.

The Zapad fuckup in Lyman continues, and is now extending further south, as the Ukrainian counteroffensive enters its 5th month.

Ukrainian forces have the initiative are now advancing along a 70 km-long front, reversing over a year of Russian progress. Counterattacks have now spread to the Slovyansk direction too, where progress is being made.

Lol

Hey uh certain pro russian mappers, why aren’t you reporting on this? dont like anything that doesn’t suit you?

This is very directed at a certain someone btw

Certain person posts as soon as i call him out on it lol

PS: certain person’s audience is even worse and refuses to believe the Russian MoD would ever lie, because to them, russia is fighting some holy anti-imperialist war

I now believe, due to the rapidly reversed Russian progress around Lyman, that Russian command will now attempt to outflank Kramatorsk/Slovyansk from the south, by capturing Dobrpopillya and expanding the front outward, wrapping around the back of Kramatorsk as so.

Ukrainian forces have now recaptured around 532 km² of previously Russian-controlled territory and grey-zones in the Lyman direction, as a result of their last 4 months of counteroffensive operations and some smaller clearing operations in early 2026.

Of this, around 479 km² were in Donetsk Oblast, ~32 km² were in Luhansk Oblast, and ~21 km² were in Kharkiv Oblast. The large Russian bridgehead west of the Zherebets River has now been reduced to four smaller bridgehead, including one larger section connected to the Slovyansk direction, and 3 smaller, partially-isolated footholds further north. All four of these remaining bridgeheads are shrinking day-by-day

Extremely heavy Ukrainian artillery and MLRS shelling, along with intense drone attacks, continue on Russian positions close to the frontline, as well as in the tactical and strategic rear, supporting the ongoing offensive operations.

I’ll make an update with my own interpretation of the situation when i’m home. I’ve been out socialising today

Slovyansk/Lyman direction, Donetsk oblast.

I can confirm that Ukrainian forces have continued very successful counterattacks, expelling the Russians from their bridgehead west of the Zherebets river.

The AFU has now picked up decisive operational tempo as they intensify a push to completely remove the bridgehead.

They re-entered the town of Yampil with infiltrators and assault groups, formed a large spearhead into Zarichne along the Lyman-Zariche road, and even began counterattacks further south, clearing the Russians from the Slovyansk TPP and securing Starodubivka. They also reentered the village of Kryva Luka across the Siverskyy Donets river.

The AFU also fully cleared the city of Lyman itself from Russian infiltrators, completely reestablishing control over it.

Although these advances obviously do not represent a shift in the long-term trend of attrition, the Ukrainians have shown that they still have the strength to conduct decisive local counteroffensives, despite the attrition they've suffered so far.

Apologies, it seems that I'm literally an idiot and misinterpreted falling debris as a maneuvering Zircon in the video i just posted.

I was under the impression that when the video was filmed, it floated around the information space and was claimed to be a Zircon. I also had aligned the time the video was filmed with monitoring channels with detected a Zircon, leading me to believe it was. However, i didn't consider that a failed interceptor or missile debris could appear to maneuver as it fell, and it has now been brought to my attention that is the case.

Effectively, i've spread misinformation, and i know that isn't acceptable.

I'll rearrange some things on my top 10 list and start again tommorow.