4 Iskander-M SRBM and 2 P800 Onyks-M supersonic cruise missiles were just launched at Kyiv, more specifically Zhulyany area.

Patriot interceptor activity was detected, and 3 of the missiles were shot down.

Reported video of a distant explosion from Kyiv following tonight’s ballistic strike.

Counting down the top 10 clips of the Ukraine war:

Day 5, number 6:

Oreshnik IRBM strikes Kyiv, May 23 2026.

A Russian Oreshnik hypersonic IRBM releases its MIRVs as it falls on its target in Kyiv oblast.

The Oreshnik IRBM, first used on Dnipro city on the 21 November 2024, is a hypersonic, MIRV and nuclear capable IRBM that represents a significant leap in offensive missile capabilities of the Russian military.

It cannot be detected by Ukrainian or western radar until it is falling on its target due to its extreme speed.

The video shows an insane angle in which 6 MIRVs with 6 sub-munitions each can clearly be seen striking a slightly different part of its target. Listening to the audio of the residents in the house observing the strike, their fear even seeing such a weapon is clear, as the cameraperson correctly recognises it to be an Oreshnik.

This reflects a broader tragedy of the war: the fact that everyday civilians who once worked normal, peaceful jobs now have to spend many of their days worrying about weapons of destruction. Even children in Ukraine now know the sound of a missile, an interceptor, or a UAV.

The Oreshnik, being impossible to intercept by current defence capabilities, has been used extremely sparingly, but could be used at anytime in the future to strike a target the Russians deem so valuable that they cannot risk missing it.

This relatively close-up video of the MIRVs detaching from the Russian Oreshnik IRBM almost seems too horrifying to be real, and for that reason it is the 6th most insane video of the war to date.

A warehouse of the company “Plastic Group” can be seen burning in Velikodolynske, Odesa oblast, following a Russian long-range UAV strike.

It's been a while since we've looked at the polling from the Kyiv Institute of Sociology (KISS)

Their most recent polling shows what concerns Ukrainians the most is corruption in government (50%), followed by missile & drone strikes (40%), with the situation at the front (21%).

Also in this same investigation it found 72% of Ukrainians believe corruption has got worse during the war, and 72% say that Zelensky bears responsibility for this.

https://www.kiis.com.ua/?lang=eng&cat=reports&id=1636&page=1

This must be talked about far more than it is.

Ignoring problems because they’re not comfortable to think about doesn’t make them go away.

Threat of KAB glide bombs to Odesa from Russian Sukhoi-34/35 jets.

The yellow line on this map shows what the current official Russian maps portray the situation in the Lyman direction as (or what they would now consider the Izyum direction).

At it's furthest point, their claimed frontline is 40 km (!) west of my frontline. This was achieved when they released an ai-generated video of a Russian soldier walking around the village of Chervonyi Oskil, and subsequently claimed its capture.

In the Lyman direction alone, the Russian Ministry of Defence falsely claims control over an additional 1,360 km².

Holy SHIT lmao.

Apart from Zapad’s ‘objective evidence’ – which consists of old videos – the situation on the Zherebets is stabilising and Ukrainian infiltrators are being eliminated. The river may well become the front line once again for the rest of the year, as Ukrainian forces secure the areas they have captured and Russian forces reinforce their positions. 🇷🇺🇺🇦

S8000 Banderol jet-powered strike UAV to Lozova, Kharkiv oblast.

1 additional UAV to Sofiivka, Dnipro oblast.

An update from the Prykolotne pocket, Kharkiv oblast.

Following the recent Ukrainian counterattacks aimed at reducing the size of Russia's eastern flank, a number of developments have arisen.

Firstly, according to Suriyakmaps, Russian forces have launched infiltrations northeast of Zakharivka and Ivanivka, reaching as far east as Buzove.

Simultaneously, Russian forces launched a new crossing of the international border toward Riznykove and Krasnyy Yar, with an advance toward Loshakove confirmable by satellite imagery. This is potentially part of an effort to achieve a smaller goal and encircle the Ukrainian forces entrenched in Varvarivka, Nesterne and Khrypuny. Supporting this hypothesis is the recent Russian attacks into Budarky and Okhrimivka (where the Russians were able to establish full control of the village.)

At the site of the initial Ukrainian counterattack on the eastern flank, Russian forces have resumed mass infiltrations further southwest, with assault groups reaching Dovzhanka (6km NW of the supply hub of Prykolotne).

It is a likelihood that Russian forces are applying pressure in numerous areas of this overall pocket in order to extend the front, stretch Ukrainian manpower in this area thin, forcing a collapse of the pocket.

S8000 Banderol jet-powered strike UAV to Izyum, Kharkiv oblast.

3 UAVs to Borzna, Chernihiv oblast.

There are reports that Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to increase the size of the Russian Armed Forces to 2,441,630 personnel in total, from its current approximately 1.5 million. This may or may not be related to an upcoming mobilisation of more soldiers to the front in Ukraine.

I currently can't verify the authenticity of this document or the reports.

Disappeared.

This would make the Russian army the largest active military force on earth.

Footage showing the moment the Russian Tu-95MS strategic bomber crashed after taking off from Ukrainka Airbase.

It's possible that the aircraft was equipped with Kh-101 cruise missiles, and was redeploying to Olenya Airbase in Murmansk Oblast ahead of the next combined missile and drone attack on Ukraine.

Counting down the top 10 clips of the Ukraine war:

Day 6, number 5:

Russian armoured columns cross the border from Crimea into Ukraine, February 24 2022

On the 24th February 2022, the world changed forever as Vladimir Putin announced a “Special Military Operation”, and explosions across major cities in Ukraine were heard moments later.

Although this clip doesn’t depict anything that seems horrifying or crazy in itself, at the time, it felt completely unreal.

We had lived in a time of relative peace between internationally recognised states, with the majority of conflicts being either skirmishes or civil wars with non-state actors. The Russian invasion of Ukraine was a huge turning point in not only the lives of over 40 million people, but also the geopolitical world order forever.

Seeing Russian armoured columns crossing the border brings back vivid memories of me believing that Ukraine was soon to capitulate, that the Russian army would overwhelm them with their strength in a week.

However, what had actually begun was a vicious and existential attritional struggle between Russia and the west, with Ukraine as the proxy battleground. The Ukrainian army and the Ukrainian people fought valiantly and with extreme bravery.

Although the clip itself isn’t particularly insane, the implications at the time absolutely were. Panic spread from Ukraine to all across the world, even i remember frantically calling family and friends to tell them that Russian troops were officially illegally invading a sovereign country.

Hence, it takes the #5 spot of the craziest clips of the war so far.