"Winter has exposed many foundational frailties in Ukraine's air defenses. Relentless Russian attacks utilising Shahed-type attack drones have left millions of Ukrainians in the dark and cold. The role of interceptor pilots like Vladyslav is more important than ever.
Interceptor drones are first-person view (FPV) drones guided by a pilot that hunt enemy drones, either exploding next to them, or crashing into them.
Yet, despite massive Ukrainian and foreign investment into such interceptors, which promised to take the place of dwindling stockpiles of anti-air missiles, Vladyslav's job keeps getting harder.
The first tip he has for any new pilot: Don't work against the wind." KI
"A strong magnitude 5.2 earthquake occurred in the Banda Sea near Pulau Molu island, Indonesia at 02:15 GMT. The quake had a shallow depth of 62 km (38 mi) and was not felt (or at least not reported so)." VD
"160 clashes between the Ukrainian Defense Forces and Russian invaders were recorded.
The Russian army struck with precision-guided bombs in Kucherivka and Volfyne in the Sumy region; Pidgavrylivka, Havrylivka, Velykomykhailivka, Orly, and Fedorivske in the Dnipropetrovsk region; and Vozdvyzhivka, Lisne, Verkhni Tersy, Myrne, Charivne, Veselyanka, Liubymivka, Myrivka, Novoselivka, Liubitske, Dolynka, Kopani, and Omelnyk in the Zaporizhzhia region.Missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces hit three areas of enemy personnel concentration, one artillery system, a UAV control point, and three other important targets of the Russian invaders.
In the Northern Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk sectors, the enemy carried out 99 shelling attacks, 12 of which were from MLRS.
In the Southern Slobozhanshchyna sector, the Russians launched four assaults on Ukrainian positions in the areas of Vovchanski Khutory, Prylipka, and toward Okhrimivka.
In the Kupiansk sector, three enemy attacks occurred yesterday. The Defense Forces repelled Russian assault actions toward Kurylivka and Novoosynove.
In the Lyman sector, the enemy attacked eight times, attempting to advance near Zarichne and toward Druzheliubivka and Stavky.
In the Sloviansk sector, the Defense Forces repelled 10 attempts by the invaders to advance in the areas of Yampil, Zakitne, Riznykivka, Platonivka, Dronivka, and Sviato-Pokrovske.
In the Kramatorsk sector, the Russians attempted to advance three times near Stupochky and toward Novodmytrivka.
In the Kostyantynivka sector, the enemy carried out 14 attacks in the areas of Pleshchiivka, Shcherbynivka, Rusyn Yar, and Sofiivka, and toward Kostiantynivka, Illinivka, Novopavlivka, and Ivanopillia.
In the Pokrovsk sector, the Defense Forces stopped 21 assault and offensive actions of the Russian army in the areas of Rodynske, Kotlyne, Filia, and toward Novooleksandrivka and Novopidhorodne.
In the Oleksandrivka sector, the enemy attacked six times in the areas of Ternove, Rybne, and toward Danylivka and Tsehelne.
In the Huliaipole sector, the Russian army tried to advance 31 times in the areas of Dobropillia, Huliaipole, Solodke, Pryluky, Zelene, and toward Zaliznychne, Varvarivka, and Staroukrainka." Ukrin
