LaFinlandia
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LaFinlandia@sopuli.xyzOPto Ukraine@sopuli.xyz•A Victory Day mural in Moscow Oblast costing 1.6M rubles (~$20K) featured an AI image of a soldier used for AFU recruitment. Officials quickly covered it after the blunder was discovered.4·3 days agoFrom a different article:
The controversial image appears to have been generated using artificial intelligence and was approved by the city administration before painting began.
Ironically, according to Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR), the same stock photo from Depositphotos has been used in their own recruitment materials.
LaFinlandia@sopuli.xyzOPto Ukraine@sopuli.xyz•[Combat] A Russian soldier attempted to duel a "Flying Skull" FPV drone and lost.10·3 days agoThey’ve equipped Queen Hornets with AK-74s, but I’ve never seen anyone killed by them. They mainly seem to be used for psychological warfare and suppressive fire. Shotgun drones are more common, but they’re used to shoot down Russian drones.
LaFinlandia@sopuli.xyzOPto Ukraine@sopuli.xyz•Commander of the 414th Strike UAV Brigade "Magyar's Birds", Major Robert Brovdi, was awarded the title Hero of Ukraine.7·5 days agoThere isn’t a direct translation, but it’s close to “fuckers”.
LaFinlandia@sopuli.xyzOPto Ukraine@sopuli.xyz•[Combat] Russian drones are destroyed by drones of the 4th Mechanized Battalion.6·10 days agoDrone mounted net launchers have been really effective.
LaFinlandia@sopuli.xyzOPto Ukraine@sopuli.xyz•[Combat] Russian drones are destroyed by drones of the 4th Mechanized Battalion.3·10 days agoThese events are usually happenstance, so you use what you have in the moment.
LaFinlandia@sopuli.xyzOPto Ukraine@sopuli.xyz•Movement of Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry in the village of Tyotkino, Glushkovsky district, Kursk Oblast.2·10 days agoIt was posted by Russian military sources and then confirmed by Ukrainian military sources. There was a breakthrough in that area two days ago.
LaFinlandia@sopuli.xyzOPto Ukraine@sopuli.xyz•Canada will hand over to Ukraine the Russian plane "Ruslan", arrested in June 2023 — Olga Stefanishyna's, Deputy PM for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine3·10 days agoUkraine still has plenty of uses for them.
https://mil.in.ua/en/news/ukrainian-an-124-helps-france-with-cso-3-satellite/
https://www.nasa.gov/missions/artemis/nasa-welcomes-gateway-lunar-space-stations-halo-module-to-us/
LaFinlandia@sopuli.xyzOPto Ukraine@sopuli.xyz•[Combat] Russian Msta-s self-propelled howitzer detonates after FPV strikes by the 413th UAV Battalion "Raid" of the Unmanned Systems Forces.4·11 days agoTelegram. I follow several hundred official military channels, but this is my favorite unofficial channel because they timestamp, geolocate, and cite sources.
LaFinlandia@sopuli.xyzOPto Ukraine@sopuli.xyz•[Combat] On May 2, 2025, Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence special unit Group 13 destroyed a Russian Su-30 fighter near Novorossiysk with a missile launched from a Magura naval drone.131·14 days agoThey were picked up by a civilian cargo ship, which is incredibly lucky for them because a rescue helicopter or boat would’ve been attacked. Russians claim there were five USVs that surrounded the cargo ship, but did not attack.
LaFinlandia@sopuli.xyzOPto Ukraine@sopuli.xyz•[Combat] In occupied Crimea, UAVs of the DIU's "PRYMARY" unit struck multiple Russian air defense assets, including S-300V launchers and several radar systems.2·16 days agoI think these are manually detonated.
LaFinlandia@sopuli.xyzOPto Ukraine@sopuli.xyz•An unidentified Ukrainian attack UAV discovered in a field.131·20 days agoIt went down in Russia.
LaFinlandia@sopuli.xyzOPto Ukraine@sopuli.xyz•[Combat] Russian soldier triggers an anti-tank mine while attempting to retrieve a stuck electric scooter.6·22 days agoPTM-3 mines have a magnetic fuze and are used most often for remote mining by drones. They’ve also replaced a lot of the pressure fuzes on TM-62s with magnetic fuzes.
LaFinlandia@sopuli.xyzOPto Ukraine@sopuli.xyz•Ammunition continues to detonate three hours after the "smoking accident" at the 51st GRAU arsenal.61·25 days agoThere were no reports of drones or missiles. That leaves sabotage, incompetence, or sabotage disguised as incompetence. The AFU usually takes credit the same day for sabotage and Russia blames it on “safety violations”.
The one with GRIM is the drone model. I assume F-19 is made by the same manufacturer that produces F-7 & F-10 drones, commonly used by the 414th Strike UAV Brigade. Sometimes they will put a donor’s name there instead.