"The period before hibernation, in the fall, is the most dangerous. During this time, bears experience what's known as hyperphagia—they actively accumulate fat and become less cautious, potentially perceiving humans as a food source. Hungry wandering bears, unable to find enough food for the winter, are especially dangerous," Safonov explained.
According to the biologist, bears hibernate with the onset of persistent cold weather and the formation of a stable snow cover. This occurs at different times in each region. In October, bears can still be seen in central Russia, including the Moscow region.
"Bears hibernate first in Yakutia, around late September or early October. In central Russia, including the Moscow region, this occurs closer to early November. In Siberia and the Far East, it's November, sometimes even December," Safonov noted.
In southern regions, predators typically hibernate only in December. However, the biologist emphasized that some bears remain active throughout the winter.
"There are several main reasons. The most important is a lack of fat reserves, yes. The bear, for example, isn't gaining enough weight. It needs to accumulate approximately 100-150 kg of fat. If it doesn't get enough, it's forced to continue searching for food. The animal can also be disturbed while denning, causing it to abandon it," Safonov explained.
More from regnum.ru A hunter who died in an attack by two bears killed one of them.
A hunter who died in the Ust-Ilimsk District of the Irkutsk Oblast was attacked by two bears. The press service of the regional Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia reported this on October 5 via MAX.
The department clarified that one of the two men who died in bear attacks in recent days encountered two animals in a forested area in the Ust-Ilimsk district. He managed to kill one of the animals before his death.
In the Cheryomkhovsky District, police are also investigating reports of missing fishermen, one of whom may have fallen victim to a predator. The previous day, a man called the dispatch service and reported that he and a friend had gotten lost in the forest and become separated. The caller then reported encountering a bear, but then lost contact. According to preliminary reports, the caller may have been in the taiga between the villages of Yulinsk and Onot, approximately 100 kilometers from Cheryomkhovo. This information is being verified, and a search is currently underway.
On October 5, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Angara Region confirmed the deaths of two men in bear attacks. According to the agency, on October 2, near the mouth of the Ilim River, a bear attacked a 71-year-old pensioner, who died at the scene. Another incident occurred on October 4 on the territory of a company 300 kilometers from the village of Magistralny in the Kazachinsko-Lensky District, where a bear entered a mobile home and killed a 55-year-old worker.
Even more from regnum.ru Two men died in bear attacks in the Irkutsk region.
Bears killed two men in the Irkutsk Region. Law enforcement officials have launched an investigation, the press service of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the region reported.
According to the agency, on October 2, a bear attacked a 71-year-old man in a forested area near the mouth of the Ilim River in the Ust-Ilimsk District, resulting in his death at the scene. The bear was neutralized.
A bear attacked a 55-year-old worker at a company located 300 km from the village of Magistralny in the Kazachinsko-Lensky District. On October 4, it entered a residential trailer and killed the man.
Investigators have launched preliminary investigations into the men's deaths. All circumstances of the incidents are being clarified.
Bear attacks on people have recently become more frequent in Russian regions. On September 29, a bear killed a man picking cranberries in the Kamchatka tundra. The man was 10 kilometers south of the village of Ustyevoye, where a group of people dropped him off to pick berries. After some time, he lost contact. It was later discovered that the bear had buried the man's body. The bear was shot, and the body was taken to Sobolevskaya Hospital.
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[Korrespondent] 22.27 Near Kharkov, the army discovered the body of another dead person as a result of the Russian attack. 59 individuals were recognized early. The head of OVA, Oleg Sinegubov, told us about this.
“During the hour of carrying out the ritual-shock robots, fragments of the body of the sixth dead man were discovered. As a result of the warlock’s blow in Kharkov, 6 people died, 59 were injured,” he said.
Among the victims, three children were killed.
21.17 Near Kiev, a Russian strike drone landed on the exposed territory of a residential building near the Pechersky district. The Kiev City Military Administration reported this.
“In the Pechersky district, streets fell into the open area of a residential building, and parked cars caught fire,” the source said.
Nina emergency services will direct to the scene of the attack.
21.00 In Sumy, as a result of the Russian attack on Monday, the 5th of October, the virobnichesky maidan of the pharmaceutical company Kusum was destroyed, having died as a business worker, the pharmaceutical company reported.
The company said that after the renovation, they will continue to work. By the way, this situation is not less intense in Ukraine, but also in India - in India and Bhiwadi.
19.36 Belgium intends to soon complete the procedure for the smooth transfer of three F-16 aircraft to Ukraine. Belgian Defense Minister Theo Franken stated this in an interview with Ukrinform.
The aircraft were modernized with French electronic warfare technologies. Also, an official permit from France is required for transfer to Ukraine.
“We can earn a lot of money... After the confirmation, we can launch the F-16. I believe that it will be possible to wait until the next hour. And then we will decide on the organization of logistics,” Franken explained.
18.40 The checkpoint Palanca - Mayaki - Convenient at the Ukrainian-Moldovan cordon, which was previously closed through a shell landing near the Moldovan checkpoint, was renewed. Registration of citizens and transport is operating as usual, the State Cordon Service of Ukraine reported.
18.21 The number of those killed as a result of the Russian airstrike on the Slobidsky district of Kharkov continues to grow. Under the rubble, the bodies of two more dead were found, according to the mayor’s head, Igor Terekhov, on Telegram.
And the head of the OVA, Oleg Sinegubov, reported that at 17:55 the number of victims of the attack of three KABs near Kharkov fell to 53.
18.14 Russian troops launched three airstrikes on the Slovyansk community in the Donetsk region. As a result of the attack, a woman died. Vadim Lyakh, a member of the Moscow military administration, informed about this.
“Today the enemy carried out three airstrikes on the Slovyansk community. Two on the central part, one on the village of Sukhanivka. As of 13:30, the number of casualties had increased. The news reports about three injured. Among them is a 13-year-old boy. One woman died,” Lyakh said.
18.01 President Volodymyr Zelensky held talks with French President Emmanuel Macron. The Ukrainian leader told about this on Telegram.
"We discussed the Russian terrorist escalation and our needs from the defense. New defense supplies are being prepared now, and it is expected that a new package will soon be in Ukraine. We discussed the next step. Also Ukrainian The pilots will soon begin their work on the French Rafale aircraft in France. This is a strong deadline for Ukrainian combat aircraft,” Zelensky wrote.
17.43 The Central District Military Court near Yekaterinburz sentenced Perm resident Leonid Melekhin to six years in a penal colony for the crime of “justifying terrorism.” On the right we looked at two episodes, one of which was the publication of a call to hang Volodymyr Putin.
For data from Mediazon, the source for re-investigation was the Telegram channel of Perm activist Yuri Bobrov. Newly published photographs of Melekhin during the transition from Mexico to the USA and a poster with images of Putin on the street.
17.25 Russian fire fighters attacked Kharkiv yesterday. Three people died, dozens were injured, the regional prosecutor’s office reported.
16.19 Russian aggressors ordered a two-drone attack on a civilian ship in the neutral waters of the Black Sea. President Volodymyr Zelensky announced this on Telegram.
"A sad attack by two Russian drones on a civilian ship in neutral waters, which was transporting corn and was lying in Turkey. On board there were huge people from Azerbaijan and India. It is a pity, apparently, that the captain of the ship died. One more person is reporting. Eleven members of the crew were killed, one of them was injured,” the head of state wrote.
15.54 Social network TikTok has seen over 1000 videos and photo publications related to the Russian special economic zone of Alabuga, where Shahed/Geran strike drones are flying. For the data of the Center, after the update to the TikTok Center, more than 40 accounts were logged in. Six of them were blocked due to violation of the rules of the platform for the exploitation of people.
15.48 Russian zagarbniks hit Kharkov with ceramic aerial bombs (KAB). At least three people died, at least 20 people were injured, revealing the head of Igor Terekhov on Telegram.
15.05 President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke with Prime Minister of Poland Donald Tusk. The Ukrainian leader told about this on Telegram.
"Informing the Prime Minister about the preparation of possible trilateral formats of cooperation on the technical level between Ukraine, America and Russia. There is no need to cross over on our side, but it is important to The American side prepared on its own and ensured Russian readiness,” he wrote.
14.48 At Polonny in Khmelnytskyi region, after a conflict with TCC officers, a military serviceman overtook their service vehicle, blocked the wheel and damaged the frontal slope. The court found the man guilty of hooliganism and awarded 17 thousand. UAH fine. The case will be filed with the Polonsky District Court of the Khmelnytsky region.
14.37 Ukraine and Germany settled 15 lands in the amount of 8.5 billion euros. President Volodymyr Zelensky announced this.
"Important households of Ukraine and Germans, which strengthen the offending countries and our industries. Fifteen lands, households worth 8.5 billion euros. Directly counteract drones - overshooters and small missiles, radars, NRC, artillery, maximizing the production of missiles for Patriot systems,” he wrote on Facebook.
14.15 Russian aggressors attacked a large surface area in the town of Berdychiv with an attack drone. The head of the Zhytomyr Regional Administration, Vitaly Bunechko, reported this on Telegram.
Information about the victims and injured is being clarified. The scene is attended by military personnel, doctors, psychologists and special services.
12.31 The defense forces of Ukraine on the 4th-5th hit the low important military targets of the Russian occupiers. ZSU General Staff, details.
12.28 Robotic turrets are already being shot down by Russian jet drones, such as Geranium-5. About this, the head of the communications department of the ZSU Military Forces, Yuriy Ignat, spoke on air at the telethon on Monday, June 5th.
In his words, such systems are now being installed, right away, on bridges. They work for the assistance of machine vision and artificial intelligence, which helps to change the influx of human factor.
11.58 Military counterintelligence officers and police officers tracked down an FSB agent who was collecting data on defense facilities and critical infrastructure to coordinate massive Russian attacks on Kiev from 21 to 24 Sunday. The SBU reported this.
The language is about the military service of the ZSU, which was recently mobilized from the Ternopil region. Never after calling for military service, he voluntarily deprived himself of the military unit in the Kiev region, settled in one of the hostels in Kiev and started looking for “easy” earnings from Telegram channels. He was recruited by a Russian special service from the messenger and, in exchange for paying “Swedish” pennies, he was ordered to carry out strikes on the capital.
11.27 Russia attacked the Palanca checkpoint on the border between Ukraine and Moldova. A border guard was injured, the Cordon Police of Moldova reported.
The work of the border checkpoint Palanka - Mayaki-Udobne is assigned. Residents are advised to avoid traveling to this area.
10.41 The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine revealed details of the new version of the Russian jet UAV Geranium-4, which will begin to stagnate in the spring of 2026. The information was published on the War&Sanctions portal.
10.29 On Monday, in six regions of Ukraine, power outages were recorded due to Russian attacks on civil energy infrastructure. Ukrenergo reported about this. It is possible to use up energy sources in order to quickly turn them into work to improve the possession and heal the wounded companions.
9.30 Russian troops launched a massive attack on Odeshchina, the industrial and port infrastructure, as well as the dacha sector, were under attack. Oleg Kiper, the head of Odesskaya, told about this.
Behind his words, the blows were followed by large-scale fires.
The DSNS fighters covered the heavily smoked territory from radiation, chemical and biological protection. “No unsafe speeches were identified,” said Kiper.
8.57 On the 5th of June, Russian troops attacked Ukraine with 205 attack drones. PPO forces were weakened or suppressed 172 targets, but incidents were recorded in 13 locations.
8.35 Russian troops, with a long line of finishing, from morning 4 to morning 5, launched 45 attacks on 21 settlements of the Sumy region. 14 territorial communities collapsed under the fire. The deaths and dozens of victims were reported by the Sumy Regional Military Administration.
The most impacts were recorded in the Sumy and Shostkinsky districts. The Russian military deployed artillery, airborne missiles, FPV drones, drones and armored aircraft bombs.
8.16 DSNS showed the legacy of missile strikes on the Industrial District of Kharkov, the legacy of which killed one person and injured 6 more.
The department reported that the inheritance had started to burn: the offices of the double-supreme administrative building, cars and furniture were on fire. Residential administrative-viral and transport will also be damaged.
7.57 Over the past year, the Ukrainian Defense Forces have reduced nearly 2,020 Russian troops. As a result of the large-scale invasion, the underground costs of the special warehouse of the Russian Federation amounted to approximately 1,542,720 people. I informed the ZSU General Staff about this.
04.52 Russian troops attacked Zaporizhzhia with drones. The attack knocked down an infrastructure object, but there were no casualties.
02.00 Ukraine and Germany signed 15 documents for 8.5 billion euros. In the middle of the house - both defense contracts and memorandums on peace are ready. Zokrema talks about IRIS-T installations and missiles.
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[NewsFront] 20:44 During the day, in the period from 8:00 to 20:00 Moscow time, air defense forces on duty intercepted and destroyed 343 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type flew over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kaluga, Kursk, Oryol, Tula regions, the Moscow region, Krasnodar Krai, Stavropol Krai, the Republic of Crimea and over the Black Sea. 19:24 Units of the "North" group hammered into the ground defense of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Kreidyanka
The offensive operations were carried out with the active support of cannon and rocket artillery, as well as BPS units. Small groups of attack aircraft destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces strongholds, accompanied by reconnaissance drone operators.
Thanks to the coordinated actions of our units, the enemy was disorganized and did not offer active resistance.
18:37 Today in the afternoon the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continued application strikes by unmanned aerial vehicles on Ukrainian port infrastructure and sea vessels involved in delivering military cargo to Ukraine.
As a result of strikes in the port of Yuzhny, a dry cargo ship delivering cargo intended for the Ukrainian Armed Forces was damaged.
16:55 Drone operators of the Center group burned strongholds, UAV control posts, ground robots and wheeled vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Dobropillya direction.
15:51 Crew of the S-300V4 air defense missile system of the Center groupdestroyeddozens of air targets in the Dobropillya direction.
13:09 Attack drone operators of the 58th Separate Special Forces battalion of the "Southern" group caught up motor transport and ground robots of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kramatorsk direction.
12:40 In the area of the village of Sennoe revealed Ukrainian Air Defense Forces (UAF) air defense units from the 21st Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. During the flyover, an enemy transport was also identified and destroyed.
12:06 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation (as of October 5, 2026)
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to conduct a special military operation.
Units of the North group of forces are tightening the encirclement of Ukrainian Armed Forces formations in the north-east of the Khar'kov region and expanding
Fighting is underway within the encirclement to liberate the villages of Varvarovka, Nikolaevka, Lobanovka, and Reznikovo in the Khar'kov region. Furthermore, the clearing of the smaller encirclement ring north of the village of Rublenoe in the Khar'kov region has been completed.
The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the encirclement ring over the past 24 hours amounted to over 35 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, two cars and two
During the expansion of the external control zone, military operations are taking place in the areas of the settlements of Prikolotnoye, Kotovka and Annopolye.
In addition, in the Khar'kov region, manpower and equipment of the mechanized, motorized infantry brigades, the unmanned systems brigade, and the assault regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Slatino, Svitlichnoye, Pershotravnevoe, Pesochin, Russkie Tishki, Belashi, Dergachi, and Shestakovo in the Khar'kov region.
In the Sumy region, fire damage was inflicted on formations of two mechanized brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a territorial defense brigade in the areas of the settlements of Velyka Chernetchina, Vakalivshchyna, Bititsa and Khomino in the Sumy region.
In total, in the area of responsibility of the North group of forces, the enemy lost over 270 servicemen, a tank, an armored combat vehicle, 24 vehicles, a field artillery gun, and a counter-battery station.
Units of the "West" group of forces have improved their position along the forward edge. They have inflicted losses on the personnel and equipment of three mechanized brigades, an assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a territorial defense brigade near the settlements of Yaremovka, Izyum, Chervony Oskol, Blagodatovka, and Osinovo in the Khar'kov region, and Bogorodichnoye, Mayaki, and Vovchiy Yar in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 220 servicemen, an armored combat vehicle, 14 vehicles, an artillery piece, and two electronic warfare stations.
Units of the Southern Group of Forces have occupied more advantageous positions and lines. Formations of two mechanized brigades, an airmobile brigade, a mountain assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and a naval infantry brigade have been defeated near the settlements of Belenkoye, Slavyansk, Semenovka, Nikolaevka, Druzhkovka, Vasilevskaya Pustosh, and Kramatorsk in the Donetsk People's Republic.
The enemy lost up to 175 soldiers, 15 vehicles and a field artillery gun.
Units of the Center Forces Group have improved their tactical position. They have inflicted casualties on the personnel and equipment of three mechanized brigades, an assault brigade, an airborne brigade, a Ukrainian Armed Forces unmanned systems regiment, a naval infantry brigade, and two National Guard brigades near the settlements of Kryvyi Rih, Andriyivka, Svyatogorovka, Verovka, Belozerske, and Maryivka in the Donetsk People's Republic, and Pervomayske, Chuhuyevo, and Novopavlivka in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.
Near the village of Dobropillya in the Donetsk People's Republic, assault groups of the 51st Army advanced in the southern and central parts of the city. Naval infantry units advanced in the northern part and continued to dislodge the enemy from the Dobropilska mine. Within 24 hours, 51 buildings were liberated, and more than 20 Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel were killed.
In total, in the area of responsibility of the Center group of forces, the losses of Ukrainian armed forces amounted to over 475 servicemen, four combat armored vehicles, seven cars, two artillery pieces, and an electronic warfare station.
Units of the "East" group of forces continued to advance deep into the enemy's defenses, and through decisive action liberated the village of Samoylovka in the Zaporizhzhia region.
The manpower and equipment of two airborne assault brigades, two assault regiments of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a naval infantry brigade were damaged in the areas of the settlements of Tykhoye, Chaplino in the Dnipropetrovsk region, Voskresenka, Mirovka, Zalivnoye, Omelnik, Barvinovka, Obshcheye and Nikolskoye in the Zaporizhzhia region.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost over 255 servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, 14 cars, a field artillery gun, and a counter-battery station.
Units of the Dnipro Forces Group have taken up more advantageous positions and lines. Formations of two mechanized brigades and a mountain assault brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been defeated near the villages of Orekhov, Preobrazhenka, Kushugum, Hryhorivka, and Zapasne in the Zaporizhia region.
Up to 40 Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen, 16 vehicles and a counter-battery station were destroyed.
11:56 A UAV crew of the Southern Group of Forces in the Kramatorsk area destroyed an AHS Krab self-propelled gun of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, VIDEO
11:50 Units of the Eastern Group of Forces released Samoylovka settlement, Zaporizhzhia region.
08:37 During the past night, in the period from 20:00 Moscow time on October 4 to 8:00 Moscow time on October 5, air defense forces on duty intercepted and destroyed 199 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type flew over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Kaluga, Kursk, Oryol, Ryazan, Tula, Rostov regions, the Moscow region, Krasnodar Krai, the Republic of Crimea and over the Black Sea.
08:17 The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to apply strikes by unmanned aerial vehicles against energy and port infrastructure facilities of Ukraine and sea vessels used in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Yesterday evening and tonight, as a result of strikes, the following were hit:
in the Khar'kov region – Kochetok electrical substation;
in Odessa region:
The Vilkovo port facility, used for the transfer of military cargo;
fuel storage facilities in the port of Chornomorsk, intended for the Ukrainian Armed Forces; and a dry cargo ship carrying military equipment.
In addition, a dry cargo ship carrying military supplies was damaged while crossing the sea south of Odessa.
05:07 Units of the 44th Army Corps of the North group covered a drone control point, a NRTC with material resources and a fortified area of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (Sumy region.
Just spoke to a Russia friend who said everything is pandemonium. People dropping like flies, stores running out of supplies, and he had to resort to eating his neighbor.
I asked if the plague was really that bad and he said "what plague?"
[DW] Romanian authorities did not say what caused the fire, but local media reported that the ship was carrying grain and was hit by a drone.
Romanian authorities said on Monday that two people were killed and another one was wounded after a fire broke out in a commercial vessel on Romanian waters in the Black Sea.
The Turkish-owned civilian vessel subsequently sank. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the incident was caused by a Russian drone attack.
Romania's Interior Ministry said the Coast Guard was alerted at around 11 a.m. local time (14:00 UTC) and the afflicted vessel was in Romania's exclusive economic zone, some 30 nautical miles (55 kilometers) south of Sfantul Gheorghe in Tulcea County.
"Eleven crew members have been rescued. Two deceased individuals have also been located," the ministry said, adding that a helicopter had airlifted the injured.
ZELENSKYY ACCUSES RUSSIA OF 'HORRIFIC STRIKE'
Authorities did not identify the cause of the fire, but Romanian media reported that the ship was carrying grain and was hit by a drone.
"A horrific strike by two Russian drones on a civilian vessel in neutral waters carrying corn and owned by Türkiye. Azerbaijani and Indian citizens were on board," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote on X.
"As of now, unfortunately, we know that the ship's captain was killed ... The fate of one other person is still being established," he added.
The Ukrainian government says it has repeatedly proposed taking steps to de-escalate the situation in the Black Sea, which is putting maritime trade at risk.
"But Russia consistently chooses terror and sinking civilian vessels instead of normal maritime navigation," Zelenskyy wrote on social media.
RISING THREAT TO BLACK SEA MARITIME TRAFFIC
The Black Sea is a major commercial shipping route, which connects Ukraine's grain exports with the rest of the world. The waterway has faced heightened security concerns since Russia launched its full-scale war on Ukraine in 2022.
There has been an increase in war-related objects found in the Black Sea, mostly in Romanian, Bulgarian and Turkish waters, with analysts saying the trend is expected to continue.
The incident is the latest to take place on Romanian waters. In August, a Romanian F-16 fighter jet destroyed a marine drone near an offshore gas project in the Black Sea.
Two months before, a Ukrainian maritime drone exploded in Romania's Black Sea port of Constanta, with Ukraine saying the drone had been knocked off course by Russian electronic interference.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics
[ColonelCassad] Interesting facts about the enemy's use of balloons in attacks on the Novorossiya highway.
"Mammoth" on the Novorossiya highway: heavy FPV drones of the Ukrainian Armed Forces against our logistics.
The heavy FPV drone "Mammoth" manufactured by Escadrone carries up to 4 kg of payload—twice the weight of its production counterparts. With a 4 kg warhead, the range is 12 km, and with a 1.5 kg warhead, up to 30 km. This performance is ensured by a larger frame and more powerful engines. The first combat use dates back to November 2023. On October 4, 2026, the federal highway R-280 "Novorossiya" was attacked by dozens of automated balloons launched from the right bank of the Dnieper. The balloons flew at an altitude of over 6.5 km, following the prevailing air currents—without engines, and undetectable to radar.
The drones delivered by air—at least 25 heavy FPVs—were positioned in advance along the highway, including on wind turbines. Some of the drones could have been set up in ambush mode, lying in wait on the side of the road. Such a "sleeping" target could only be detected by combing the area and overflying the highway with our reconnaissance drones.
A special detail: the kamikaze drones were equipped with Starlink antennas. This allows them to continue control in areas where standard electronic warfare systems jam regular radio communications. The idea behind the scheme is to deliver drones bypassing our dense air defenses.
The aerostat acts as a carrier: it lifts the drone to high altitude, where it drifts without expending energy and releases the munition or UAV at the designated point, preserving almost full battery charge for the final leg.
This launch method allows the range of loitering munitions to be increased from 60–70 to ~200 km. I believe the Ukrainian Armed Forces' next step will be to attempt to attach glide bombs to the balloons. In short, we need to quickly determine the most effective way to detect balloons at altitudes of 6.5 to 9 km and, of course, destroy them before they "give birth," releasing an attack UAV or guided bomb into free flight. The devil is not as terrible as his child. (c) Rogozin
Currently, the "Novorossiya" highway is certainly not "completely safe," as Balitsky claimed, but it is fully usable, thanks to the large number of mobile task forces and the establishment of counter-UAV centers. However, the enemy periodically hits individual vehicles along the highway. They haven't been able to disrupt the logistics, but they continue to cause trouble.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics.
[ColonelCassad] A Russian unmanned tank for urban combat was unveiled. The Shturm heavy assault robotic system (TShRK) was demonstrated at the Center-2026 strategic command and staff exercises in the Chelyabinsk region. The vehicle is not simply an unmanned tank, but an entire family of specialized combat robots united by a common control system.
A single crew can remotely control several combat vehicles simultaneously within a unified battlefield system, which also includes the Spiridon heavy assault robot and the Impulse-M ground robot. The tank itself is a modification of the T-72/90 with a shortened 125mm gun. It is controlled remotely from a support vehicle, which is also based on the T-72 tank chassis.
The operational range is not stated, but presumably it will be quite long with the use of the Rassvet satellite constellation. Artificial intelligence will also be integrated into the target selection system in the future. The shortened gun allows the turret to rotate 360° in narrow streets without hitting walls, poles, or debris.
A bank of multiple cameras, providing a panoramic view, is mounted on the tank's roof. The automatic loader is housed in a special capsule, increasing the ammunition's protection. The system is being developed by the Ural Design Bureau of Transport Engineering, and serial production is being carried out at Uralvagonzavod (part of Rostec).
I remember back in 2020, I posted a photo from exercises in Britain, where a prototype of the Bradley unmanned infantry fighting vehicle was being tested. Large unmanned armored vehicles will inevitably appear once a number of technical issues related to communications and control are resolved.
But like the NRTK, the TSHRK will also find its way onto the battlefield. We need to start working on prototypes now so we don't fall behind later.
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