Tag: drones

• [Sharing] The ‘shadow fleet’ tanker raid was pure theatre – Owen Matthews, The Spectator

  The news footage was satisfyingly reminiscent of Mission: Impossible. Masked French commandoes swarmed up the side of the rusty oil tanker Boracay, assault rifles drawn, and commenced their search for evidence the vessel had been responsible for launching Russian drones at Danish airports. The captain and first officer – both Chinese nationals – were taken…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  4 October 2025

  ukraine

  atlanticism, balticsea, balticstates, benin, boracaytanker, bulgaria, censorship, china, cinema, copenhagen, denmark, diplomacy, disinformation, djibouti, donbass, drones, druzhbapipeline, emmanuelmacron, estonia, europeanunion, fakenews, fascism, finland, france, gas, germany, hungary, imperialism, india, intelligence, justice, law, lithuania, LNG, lukoil, mettefrederiksen, missionimpossible, NATO, nayaraenergy, norway, oil, oslocarrier3, owenmatthews, piracy, primorsk, propaganda, proxywar, psyop, romania, rosneft, russia, saintnazaire, sanctions, secretoperations, shadowfleet, slovakia, sochi, SOF, thenetherlands, thespectator, turkey, UK, ukraine, unitednations, US, vladimirputin, warcrime, whitewashing

• [Sharing] Once upon a time near Filiya – RYBAR 59

  adventures in country-404 During the offensive of the Russian Armed Forces in the Dnipro region, the settlement of Filiya was liberated. Russian units continue to expand the control zone, but every step forward comes under fierce resistance from a prepared enemy. A group of Russian assault troops receives the order to clear a key hamlet…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  30 September 2025

  ukraine

  azov, comics, dnipro, drones, fascism, filiya, intelligence, kraken, mercenarism, poland, russia, rybar, sniping, tactics, ukraine, US

• [Sharing] Once upon a time in the Serebryanskyi forest – RYBAR 56

  adventures in country-404 Serebryanskyi Forest, July 2025. Here, among the century-old pines, brutal battles have raged for the third year in a row. Every meter of forest is stitched with lead, the earth torn open by craters, the air soaked with gunpowder. A signalman with the call sign Tishina receives a dangerous mission – restore…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  31 August 2025

  ukraine

  comics, drones, LNR, lugansk, rostov, russia, rybar, serebryanskyforest, ukraine

• [Sharing] Once upon a time on the AFU’s positions – RYBAR 55

  adventures in country-404 For four long months – from September 2024 to January 2025 – fierce battles raged for Kurakhove. Russian units, overcoming stubborn resistance, pushed the enemy out of their fortifications step by step. And on January 6, 2025, the city was finally brought under the control of the Russian army. We want to…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  23 August 2025

  ukraine

  APC, comics, DNR, donetsk, drones, kurakhovo, russia, rybar, ukraine

• [Sharing] Once upon a time in a tank brigade – RYBAR 53

  adventures in country-404 Every soldier has their own talisman. A modest item carefully kept in a pocket or under armor: a worn photo, a tiny icon, a child’s drawing – or even a bullet once “gifted” by the enemy. These items aren’t just charms. They remind soldiers what they’re fighting for. Sometimes, they literally save…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  31 July 2025

  ukraine

  ATGM, bradley, buryatia, comics, DNR, donetsk, drones, IFV, javelin, rostov, russia, rybar, tactics, tanks, ugledar, ukraine, US

• [Sharing] Once upon a time in Toretsk – RYBAR 52

  adventures in country-404 April 2025, Toretsk. A Russian unit led by combat medic Chaika tries to break through the burning, ruined city. An ambush awaits. When shelling begins, Chaika is cut off and hides in the rubble. Her comrades search for her, while a Ukrainian drone operator methodically hunts the “Russian lady doctor”. Amid the…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  31 July 2025

  ukraine

  combatmedic, comics, DNR, donetsk, drones, dzerzhynsk, russia, rybar, saratov, tactics, ukraine

• [Sharing] Drug cartel operatives snuck into Ukraine for drone training: report – Linus Höller, DefenseNews

  THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Ukrainian counterintelligence services are investigating the infiltration of Latin American drug cartel members into the country’s International Legion, with operatives seeking advanced drone training to later deploy against rivals and security forces in their home countries. The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) launched a joint investigation with military intelligence after Mexico’s…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  31 July 2025

  corruption, ukraine

  aguila7, asymmetric, atlanticism, censorship, colombia, corruption, defensenews, DNR, donetsk, drones, drugcartels, drugtrafficking, elsalvador, ethosbattalion, EW, FARC, france, GAFE, humor, HUR, intelligence, intelligenceonline, internationallegion, investigation, journalism, justice, kharkov, latinamerica, law, linushoeller, lviv, mercenarism, mexico, NATO, organtrafficking, panama, PMC, poland, russia, SBU, secretoperations, tactics, transplant, ukraine, ukrleaks, vasilyprozorov, venezuela, volodymyrzelenskyy, zetas, zvezda

• [Sharing] Once upon a time near Tykhe – RYBAR 51

  adventures in country-404 Fierce fighting has been ongoing for two years near the settlement of Tikhoe, Volchansky district, Kharkiv region. Despite fierce enemy resistance, Russian forces are steadily pushing them out. A Russian assault group was ordered to attack fortified positions of foreign mercenaries in the forest near the village. During the mission, they came…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  18 July 2025

  ukraine

  comics, dagestan, drones, kharkov, mercenarism, mines, russia, rybar, tactics, tanks, Tikhoe, ukraine, volchansk

• [Sharing] Once upon a time near Skudne – RYBAR 50

  adventures in country-404 Late March 2025, gray zone of the DPR. The crew of a disabled T-80BVM tank is forced to abandon it. Diver Max hides in a ruined building, where he unexpectedly runs into a Ukrainian soldier named Maloy. Maloy takes Max prisoner. But it turns out the Russian POW is of no interest…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  6 July 2025

  ukraine

  comics, DNR, donetsk, drones, mines, POW, recce, russia, rybar, skudnoye, staromayorske, T-80, tactics, tanks, ukraine, warcrime

• [Sharing] Once upon a time near Staromayorske – RYBAR 49

  adventures in country-404 May 2024, DPR. The Russian army storms the village of Staromayorske. Fighter Dobry (Kind) and Samara join the motorcycle battalion. Dobry, cheerful and eager, is excited to get on a bike; the grim Samara agrees to come just to keep him company. On the training ground, Dobry struggles with the controls, while…

  Nicolas Cinquini

  5 July 2025

  ukraine

  comics, DNR, donetsk, drones, mines, recce, russia, rybar, staromayorske, tactics, ukraine