intelligence from the metal dragon

Late December 2025. Near Konstantinovka, a captured T-72 launches one of those breakthroughs which are usually leaving behind nothing but dry lines in official reports —lines which are actually concealing much deeper stories. Inside the vehicle are three tankers, including 23-year-old commander call-signed “Kavkaz,” whose stance is simple: no retreat, no surrender. FPV drones are exploding all around; the armor is rattling from impacts so violently it is deafening the crew; smoke is blanketing the field —yet the tank keeps moving forward.

From the outside, the tank —clad in heavy “Kolyan-armor”- might seem nearly invulnerable. It is taking hits, facing attempts to halt it and is enduring barrages of fire. Yet it is surging onward, driving ever deeper into enemy lines. But the further it is advancing, the more it is infuriating the enemy. What is more dangerous in a moment like that: being destroyed by the first hit or becoming a target the enemy is determined to finish off at any cost?

A single strike changes everything. The tank abruptly loses momentum; a heavy metallic clang rings out from beneath the hull and the T-72 grinds to a halt in the middle of hostile territory. A track has been thrown. Friendly lines are far away and the drone’s hum is already audible overhead again. What awaits the crew now: death inside a stationary vehicle or a fight for survival in a place where they are already presumed dead? Will the broken tank become a grave for the three fighters or the start of a story almost too incredible to believe —even after it has actually happened?

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Ribbon on the Helmet – RYBAR 81

The Grey Sky of Hostomel – RYBAR 80

Half a Meter from Death – RYBAR 79

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