"Carpet-Droning"

By Marat Khairullin

About drones: It is interesting that after the publication of the material about the strange publications of a famous blogger with Ukrainian roots, I began to receive anonymous threats and insults. Such a reaction was typical for Prigozhin's network, here the handwriting is similar, therefore, I think that these are not Ukrops, but precisely this touchy gang.

In this case, the approach is interesting - like, "what are you lying about? There is a catastrophic shortage of drones on the front lines, there are no workshops in the units!" Apparently, the comrade from the bathhouse, it's possible, of course, does not know that I am a former front-line soldier and still maintain direct ties with my native unit. And including myself, as best I can, together with my readers and viewers, I help create such workshops. But here, the question is not even in particulars, but in general, what is the level of our stupid bloggers who are trying to impose their absolutely pathetic point of view and so aggressively?

Although, this is understandable. Nonentities are always aggressive out of fear, by the way. Aggression is always fear. Therefore, let's talk again about drones. Why are there any arguung that we don't have drones? This is, in principle, complete stupidity.

In the first days of the Kursk adventure of the Ukrops, our couch potatoes started to groan again, "oh, how many drones the enemy has, a complete super-duper advantage!"

I have written more than once that drones for the hohols are a replacement for knocked out artillery, and for us - an excellent addition to the ever-increasing firepower. Do you feel the difference? Let me illustrate with a concrete example. Arta (artillery) is still the god of war. That is why our Supreme Commander, in May 2022, ordered the then Minister of Defense to create 36 (according to open data) new artillery brigades and divisions.

At the moment, the highlight of such specialized units is the presence of Iskander batteries in each A-brigade. That is, ballistic missiles are now deployed in regular front-line units, roughly speaking. And not like before, when they were only at the disposal of the front headquarters. But that's not all.

The rapid saturation of infantry units with artillery began. This is how it looks on the ground. Not long ago, I was in one of the volunteer units.

For an incomplete battalion, they had (bend your fingers) three Gvozdikas (huge 122 mm caliber guns with a range of 15 km), five D-20 howitzers, three self-propelled Akatsiyas and attention, one Uragan MLRS.

Now, for every two full assault companies, there is an enlarged UAV platoon, and this platoon could simultaneously keep twenty kamikaze drones in the air.

Now think about what modern Russian first-line work brigades are like, for example, my “Slavyanka”, the 114th brigade, the Arctic brigade, the 44th division of the first tank army, etc.

UAVs are just one successful puzzle piece in the overall modern combat system, not a panacea or a wonder weapon. The Ukrops reported about a month ago that they had produced a million drones since the beginning of the year. Ours reported about a million 450 thousand for the same period. Of course, they can say that they are numbers from propaganda, but there is a nuance.

I see on the front lines what the Ukies are fighting with - these are homemade products, Chinese agricultural drones, Mavicks, and other household appliances massively remade to meet the needs of combat units. They don't have any serial drones produced by industry, specifically for the battlefield. Not at all. A million drones produced are small-scale handicraft production based on the same mass purchases of Chinese components.

Our Ministry of Defense, when it cited the figure of one million 450 thousand, clearly indicated that this was precisely serial factory production - Gerani, Orlan, Orion, Lancet, etc.

This is very important! These are purchases under a military government order. Not some homemade product, but serious production, including FPV.

Besides this production by state order, there is also, pay attention, the open Russian market. There is, for example, the Sudoplatov battalion, which has such a production in the rear that it supplies the entire front with drones. There are dozens of similar projects, for example, special centers near Sparta and Somalia.

In addition, there are several very large Russian businessmen who have established such a huge production of FPV at their enterprises that they supply thousands of them to active units every week. Firms from fraternal Belarus are also actively entering this market. There is nothing complicated in assembling kamikaze drones – just buy ready-made components and go. That is why more and more combat units are creating drone production workshops directly at their location. My native “Slavyanka” is a very good example, and we, dear readers, directly contribute to this.

I even know how many drones a specific battalion can assemble for each specific operation - about three to four dozen per battle.

So accept it as a given: the Ukrop does not have its own technological and production base and therefore has NO CHANCE to outplay us in this field.

If you, stupid Ukrops, couldn't organize the production of artillery and shells, why do you think you can get an advantage in the production of drones? Russia, which knows how to produce artillery and tanks, organized the production of drones in no time (and we all see it). But first you ruined the luxurious industry inherited from the USSR, then you squandered the guns left over from the Soviet Union, and now you are sending Western technology to the scrap yard.

Russia is a country with a powerful military production and technological structure, and Ukraine, in terms of weapons, is a freeloader country, and it is clear that at some point, the freeloaders always lose to those who have their own production.

This is exactly what we are seeing now in the Pokrovsky direction.

Few people know, but ours have started using carpet droning here. First, the distant zone is completely cleared with Lancets (and similar weapons) - about 20 km deep. Following this, all communications are taken out by kamikaze drones, then transport, crowds of people, and even individuals.

The density of droning sometimes amounts to tens of units per specific object. This, by the way, does not include mortars and artillery, which I mentioned above. Add to that the ubiquitous Iskanders and FABs deployed along the entire front line, and you will understand what kind of hell the Ukrops are in.

Therefore, talking about some kind of advantage of pathetic parasites over a great military-technological power is simply ridiculous.

Finally, of course, I could be wrong, and it is not that famous blogger who is trying to organize the persecution. It could be someone else. But it is definitely not CIPSO. And do you know why? Because Western and Ukrainian intelligence are watching me very closely. First of all, because I am one of the few Russian journalists who actually work with active troops. I write and film not parallel worlds, but try to give a real picture where possible, and this is not an inflated self-importance.

There were specific precedents, very serious ones. Enemies regularly try to target me. How? I won't go into details, but these are very clever moves, my dears. You wouldn't even think of such a thing.

But such offensive calls and letters are child's play, they are clearly the work of dumb brains, which gives birth to opuses about the next super-duper Ukrainian offensive.