Dimko Zhluktenko

The pic for the previous post, for some reason didn't attach quite well.

I love seeing pictures from back home. It feels like Spring and Dzyga is recovering well from her surgery.

Life might just be great

This is how Ukrainian drone pilots are taking down Shaheds - with P1-SUN drones filled with 500g C4.

Here, the training to become a pilot of such interceptor usually takes a week. It's quite simple system to use.

Ukraine can teach this to the Allies.

I've been saying this for years - NATO armies must systematically LEARN FROM UKRAINE because the war changed.

We need you to be strong. Learn our lessons of warfare, update your doctrines, SOPs, procurement, training and general warfighting approach.

Now it's becoming obvious.

As Ukrainian soldier, I would love the honor to go and share the experience with our Allies.

We've been fighting in this new war for 12 years and 4 years super intensively. We have tons of knowledge. Use it - that's how we can survive as Western civilization.

This is the turning point where NATO armies must understand - they don't have the knowledge of modern warfare and it's OK.

You have Ukrainians who you can learn from. And we are happy to help you out the way Allies do it.

My advice to Western partners whose assets might be targeted using Shaheds?

Learn from Ukrainians. ASAP.

Learn from the Allies that know this threat so well. It will save you thousands of innocent lives and expensive equipment.

Currently, the best method is a complex solution combining all the right tools.

Army Aviation helicopters, mobile fire groups with machine guns, fighter jets, RADA radars, classic AD tools, EW, spoofing, and interceptor drones like STING and P1-SUN.

Iteration speed matters more than elegance.

Even imperfect solutions generate advantage if they are integrated at scale faster than the defender can adapt. Attacking is cheaper than defending here.

БпЛА "Герань-3" Тисячі електронних компонентів, які мали б покращувати життя та слугувати розвитку, агресори перетворюють на інструменти для вбивств. Їх зброя залежить від іноземних компонентів. Без них вони не можуть продовжувати воювати, окуповувати та вбивати.

It's not even a Shahed anymore. It's Geran-2, Geran-3, Geran-5 and other variations Russia localized.

See the brakdown here - war-sanctions.gur.gov.ua/page-geran-3

They even fitted air-to-air missile launchers to intercept interceptors - our helicopters.

The innovation cycle at our battlefield is under 8 weeks. Extremely short.

Russians prototype solutions and take A/B testing data straight from battlefield into production. So our counter-measures have to be in weeks too.

Russians started innovating fast. Painting the Shahed black. Adding CRPA antennas. Adding 4G modems with 5 sim-cards from different countries. Adding jet engines.

For each of their measures, we found counter-measures.

Initially in 2022, it was quite hard to shoot Shaheds down. We were not ready for that type of threat. We never seen that, we never fought it.

Then, the race of measures and counter-measures began.

The world is full of paper tigers. Only real combat puts nations to the test.

We are interested in our Allies being strong. So we want to share the experience we have.

Iran learned from Russia. They know the value of modern warfighting knowledge.

Meanwhile, NATO armies research it in random reports here and there but don't implement it into doctrines and SOPs for their troops.

We fought Shaheds since 2022. In enormous quantities. Like 600 drones in one night. Each Shahed carries 50+ kg of C4 in it. You just must intercept it.

We know how to counter them cost-efficiently. And we can share that experience with the Allies.

What's happening in the Middle East right now shows how much the West would benefit from Ukraine's drone expertise.

Ukraine and Russia are the only two countries in the world with modern drone-centric warfare experience.

As Ukrainian soldier, I want to help our Allies. 🧵

To everyone just learning about Shahed threat, I suggest you see this video from Ukrainian drone pilot (me) about how and why Russian Shahed / Geran drones are so problematic.

Go watch it.

youtu.be/aZMQ5AMacXM

Ukraine did a great job reverse engineering Russian Shahed / Geran drones. You can literally go on the website and see component breakdown - made in Texas, Germany, Switzerland.

Very relevant for Iran warfare.

I suggest you check it out. Share it.
war-sanctions.gur.gov.ua/en/page-ger...

I love how everyone just forgot about Orban, he keeps crying into the void.

Whatever small man, no one cares. We will bomb more russian oil pipelines btw

As a Ukrainian soldier, I think, we should help the UK defend against Shahed drones.

Ukraine is going to share the technology and expertise with the Allies on fighting Shahed-type drones, by UK's request.

This is the spirit for partnership I love. There gonna be more. I wish I could do more advocacy for this, not only in the times of war.

monitoring the fonts situation today:

Day 1467.

We made it through the winter. Armed Forces of Ukraine stand, and Russians failed to break us - again.

The world is fighting more wars, Russian invasion unleashed enormous security crisis. It all boils down to the will of ordinary people who shape history.

We stand.

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There will be more wars.

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I really love our Ukrainian attitude towards the scariest situations ever in life.

We just make fun and enjoy life, pack our vans and drive to the battlefield.

We enjoy it, even if it's warfighting.

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Books are ready, signing them and sending out ASAP!!!

Thank you, everyone, for your patience!