Tuesday, December 30, 2025

A Russian Report from the Front Lines

Via Andrew Perpetua:

December 2025 , Kramatorsk District, Donetsk People's Republic, Russia.

24 hours of war.

We're advancing, but the cost of these advances is only increasing.

Bringing fighters into the area has become even more difficult—the enemy controls the entire sky to a significant depth.

Now, we can only bring them in one at a time, and only on foot—it's not a guarantee, but the only solution. Going in two at a time means zero chance.

The approach is divided into several stages and stretches over two days of walking for one attacker.

From the moment the attacker begins his advance toward the front line, he is accompanied by our drone, which monitors the air situation and provides direction if the fighter starts to wander.

The concentration of enemy drone operators in the area is off the charts.

Last night, the enemy simultaneously launched seventeen FPVs against one fighter. Every one reached the objective.

After the first FPV arrived, the fighter began providing self-help with his first aid kit. But then sixteen more arrived immediately. This happened as the fighter was crossing a small river—he'll likely never be found.

The neighbors [adjacent Russian unit] are lying. They entered the first house on the outskirts of the village, but claimed that they had occupied the entire first street in the village.

Our troops advanced along this street, and as early as the third house from the edge, the houses came under enemy fire. The price of lies has once again become a reality in the fighters' lives.

This morning, another fighter tried to move into position. But the enemy spotted him, too. First, two FPVs, and then a Vampire with mines.

The unit has only one Mavic. We can't ram the enemy—there are no more birds, and we won't be able to guide fighters, track the enemy, or generally manage the battle. We also don't have fiber optic FPV.

Yes, the unit that's first on the ground has no birds. . . .

The soldiers are wondering: why does the Ministry of Defense prefer to pay colossal sums of compensation for the deaths of soldiers, when saturating the sector with fiber optics (on the ground, not in reports) could save soldiers' lives and colossal budgetary sums?

The answers will probably come later—in new high-profile corruption cases. But the soldiers' lives will never be brought back.

Perpetua recently reported video evidence for 369 Russians being killed in one day, with an average of 174/day during December.

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