Magyar Birds got extremely lucky and detonated another missile, which took off and hit another vehicle.

Great bounce!!! pic.twitter.com/EKhGBttrqF

— Dimko Zhluktenko 🇺🇦⚔️ (@dim0kq) May 18, 2026

✍️ “Any Differing View Is Perceived as Hostile”: Skilled Commander Leaves Army, Accuses Sirskyi of Authoritarianism as Officers Continue to Resign

Read all details ⬇️ https://t.co/u3yrC2HotD

— MilitaryLand.net (@Militarylandnet) May 18, 2026

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"A growing number of experienced officers and field commanders are reportedly leaving military service, citing Commander-in-Chief Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi's harsh command style, excessive micromanagement, and what many describe as the growing authoritarianism of the military leadership.

One of the latest high-profile resignations came from Dmytro Kashchenko Hero of Ukraine, former commander of the 58th Motorized Brigade, and former deputy commander of the 20th Army Corps who recently submitted his dismissal from the Armed Forces of Ukraine

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Military command structures are supposed to be authoritarian, no?

What happens to the retired Generals in Ukraine?

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Military command structures are supposed to be authoritarian, no?

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Depends on how you mean that. NCOs have authority under their conditions.

So what are you speaking to, specifically? Our military?

What conditions?

Stepnohirsk is under the control of the Ukrainian Defense Forces

The Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) has published footage showing Ukrainian soldiers conducting assault operations and clearing the settlement from Russian forces. pic.twitter.com/WNliFB1sk4

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) May 18, 2026

This is on the east side of the former reservoir.

Great news for Russia 🇷🇺:
Ukraine 🇺🇦 has its own glide bomb now.

250 kg warhead. Built in Ukraine. Ready for combat use after 17 months.

Moscow spent years teaching the world what glide bombs do.

Ukraine paid attention.⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ pic.twitter.com/fsZ5oFrsi9

— Prof. Bonk 🇺🇦 Perverse & Unintended Consequences (@actfast) May 19, 2026

Here's more details on Ukraine's latest domestically designed and produced weapon.

The wider implications of its use are interesting in that to achieve anything resembling its max glide range, the bomb has to be released at relatively high speed and altitude, probably at or above ~10,000 feet.

Not long ago that would have been a suicide mission as the launching aircraft would have been detected and targeted by Russia's S-400 SAM system long before the fighter reached its release point.

As with the increasing number of deep penetration raids by Ukraine's much longer-ranged systems, this is another data point indicating that Russia's IADS has been meaningfully degraded.

GLIDE BOMB

Shoulda seen that coming…. The finalist pool for this year's Darwin awards is shaping up to be exclusively Russian.

Russian sapper attempts to defuse an anti-personnel mine. The only sane easy way to defuse these is to shoot them from a distance or hit them with a rock from a distance. pic.twitter.com/KtaCpAgjP9

— 𝚂𝙽𝙸𝙿𝙴𝙳™ (@The_Banned_Vids) May 19, 2026

Interception of a Russian Shahed fitted with an R-60 air-to-air missile and a rear-facing camera for detecting interceptor drones. pic.twitter.com/CKVBEWfXT6

— Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) May 19, 2026

On a five-hour walk along eastern Ukraine's 'road of life', a CNN team came under attack 14 times by Russian drones.

Read/watch @npwcnn's dispatch on how the battlefield has been transformed by unmanned warfare.

👉 https://t.co/wwvqpsRhYz pic.twitter.com/MOYW1qYu3E

— CNN International PR (@cnnipr) May 19, 2026

This is the full video report - shows several of the 14 Russian drone attacks

https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/18/europe/ukraine-road-of-life-russian-drones-intl-cmd

Despite some clouds, I mapped ⚪️500 russian 🇷🇺 airstrikes in the Hulialpole direction in May (660 in April and 900 in February/March)

At the same time, Ukraine is completing its 2nd defensive line (1st and 3rd are finished) in the rear. This shows this direction is a priority⬇️ pic.twitter.com/LZHLBHHtEf

— Clément Molin (@clement_molin) May 19, 2026

Necessity is the mother of invention.

"A single remote-controlled Ukrainian ground combat vehicle defended a "key intersection under constant adversary attack" for 45 days last summer, according to a 3rd Army Corps spokesperson who called it "Ukraine's first fully robotic defensive operation of a position." It likely won't be the last."

INNOVATION

The current situation in Kostyantynivka continues to deteriorate:

Ukrainian forces are still holding their positions in the south of the town and in Ivanopillya. At the same time, Russian forces are keeping up pressure on the flanks and sometimes manage to make deep penetrations… pic.twitter.com/GQMATsrhAW

— UkraineDailyUpdate (@UkraineDailyUpd) May 19, 2026

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The current situation in Kostyantynivka continues to deteriorate:

Ukrainian forces are still holding their positions in the south of the town and in Ivanopillya. At the same time, Russian forces are keeping up pressure on the flanks and sometimes manage to make deep penetrations with isolated infiltrations.

Last week, Russian forces raised flags in Illinivka, but the area is still being shelled and attacked by drones, which shows it is still contested. Russian troops have also been seen for the first time in the northwest part of Kostyantynivka. The map has been updated, but the situation is still complicated because there is no clear front line.

On the eastern flank of the town, Russians continue to be spotted regularly in the Hora District in Kostyantynivka, which is under heavy shelling from both sides. Meanwhile, a Russian presence was detected for the first time in Molocharka, confirming further attempts by Russia to bypass Kostyantynivka. Notably, Russian sources provide conflicting accounts of the origin of this infiltration. Did it come from the south (via Novodymitrivka) or the north (via Virolybuivka and Stinky)?
Here, too, we have updated the contested area.

Visit our map here:
-> map.ukrdailyupdate.com

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The Yaroslavl refinery in Russia has been struck for a third time in 2 weeks. Multiple videos show long-range drones approaching the Russian oil facility.

NASA Firms map show multiple heat signatures coming from the facility, which is one of Russia's largest refineries,… pic.twitter.com/qyzNKFOqUI

— (((Tendar))) (@Tendar) May 19, 2026

Another Ukrainian drone crashes inside Estonia.

"Speculation and some tacit official acknowledgment have surfaced that Russia may be using electronic warfare measures to redirect long-range strike drones from Ukraine meant for Russian targets towards the NATO countries at the eastern end of the Baltic Sea. "Russia continues to redirect Ukrainian drones into the Baltics with the use of its electronic warfare," the Ukrainian MFA said. "And Moscow does this on purpose, together with intensified propaganda."

EW

Lithuania, too. DRONES

https://t.co/GxTu8VKkRe

Geo: https://t.co/Vhlysgnwk6 pic.twitter.com/35xaUIXLEl

— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) May 20, 2026

American-made Hornet middle-range strike UAV being tested with balloon-assisted launch system.

Such resolution allows to drastically increase its original range (approx. 100km).

Hornet OWA-UAVs are actively employed by Ukrainian forces for strikes on Russian logistics and other… pic.twitter.com/S1bHqLNhPY

— Status-6 (War & Military News) (@Archer83Able) May 20, 2026

Four Makers, One Russian Headache—Ukraine’s Octopus interceptor drone is now listed on the @BRAVE1ua Market in at least four versions from different manufacturers, turning what began as a state-backed answer to Shahed attacks into something closer to a competitive production… pic.twitter.com/CJgyJEgB5h

— JP Lindsley | Journalist (@JPLindsley) May 20, 2026

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Went from luck to unlucky really fast. By choice. I assume he had a rifle. Why not get away ASAP and maybe shoot it from 100m away?

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As a wise Ukrainian once said: "We're lucky they're so ****ing stupid".

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It truly is a wonder. We have our own black spots in history with this of course. "McNamara's Morons" being the case in point and every military unit has it's combat rocks. We even had a saying. If you aren't going to be smart, you sure as **** are going to be strong. Yet, Russia's widespread usage of troops who can only be described as mentally deficient and even clinically mentally ******ed is so vast that it has to be an indictment of the society itself at this point. We joke and lament about the state of our public education here but damn, what we have seen from Russia's best in the last few years would normally be pitiful and even alarming to see. If it was anyone but a literal mob of savages that is. Well, most of them tbf.

Three years ago today Russia announced the capture of Bakhmut. They have now advanced around 14km from the western edge of the town. pic.twitter.com/g5BElCFjRo

— Preston Stewart (@prestonstew_) May 20, 2026

I wonder how many skeletons are just laying around these hotly contested areas that are just too hazardous to enter to retrieve bodies?

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I wonder how many skeletons are just laying around these hotly contested areas that are just too hazardous to enter to retrieve bodies?

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Thousands and thousands based on the number of dead Russians that haven't been returned.

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I wonder how many skeletons are just laying around these hotly contested areas that are just too hazardous to enter to retrieve bodies?

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I hope they all had sunflower seeds in their pockets.

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I wonder how many skeletons are just laying around these hotly contested areas that are just too hazardous to enter to retrieve bodies?

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Rodents and buzzards are thriving, no doubt.

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I wonder how many skeletons are just laying around these hotly contested areas that are just too hazardous to enter to retrieve bodies?

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Coincidentally, I'm watching a Warfronts video right now that estimates as many as 350,000 dead (excluding wounded) on the Russian side since they invaded.

modern day napalm since Rossticus beat me to the green energy use of drone transport!

❗️A 🇺🇦Ukrainian heavy drone of the Baba Yaga type drops bottles with incendiary contents onto 🇷🇺Russian positions. pic.twitter.com/ttDZuMSEAQ

— 🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 (@front_ukrainian) May 20, 2026

Pretty good documentary I watched the other night.

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Pretty good documentary I watched the other night.

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It honestly is really good and made a few waves when it first dropped. Kudos to the videographer who made it. Even is she ostensibly is on Russias side. I would love to see something like this but from today's perspective. That Russian military depicted here, bleak as it was, is dead and gone. Something even more base and ugly has taken its place since and just from telegram shorts is somehow far more dysfunctional and degenerate.

The degradation of Russia's fighting forces in Ukraine as both a uniformed military and a human organization is always a point of fascination to me. It's like a real life Lord of the Flies unfolding in front of our eyes.

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Three years ago today Russia announced the capture of Bakhmut. They have now advanced around 14km from the western edge of the town. pic.twitter.com/g5BElCFjRo

— Preston Stewart (@prestonstew_) May 20, 2026

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It's kinda wild to think that this is likely their high point in the war, and it was something they accomplished by throwing human meat waves into prepared defenses and then blasting the rest to bedrock with artillery. Not exactly inspired warfare. Not to mention it took an organization not even tangibly under direct Russian MOD control to do it. (At the time)

This is Russia's glorious battle of the war and the Russian Armed Forces proper took a backseat to the mercenaries who did the hardest fighting in it. The same org they literally murdered the head of later and disbanded. It's like a bad war novel if we didn't know better.

Problems around Borova

Recently, Russia's Ministry of Defense announced the complete liberation of Borova, and footage appeared showing advances into the village. However, the reality turned out to be far less positive.

In late April, Russian forces conducted successful attacks… pic.twitter.com/rSgK4OA4Ab

— Rybar in English (@rybar_en) May 20, 2026

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Problems around Borova

Recently, Russia's Ministry of Defense announced the complete liberation of Borova, and footage appeared showing advances into the village. However, the reality turned out to be far less positive.

In late April, Russian forces conducted successful attacks and gained a foothold in the built-up area. By early May the situation was relatively favorable, but the enemy then disrupted Russian logistics and restored control over the village.

After the attacks, footage was published that allegedly confirmed the capture of Borova. In reality, most of the video was filmed 25 kilometers away in Kolomyichikha, which has long been under stable Russian control.

This is not the first such case. Previously, footage from Novaya Tavolzhanka was used to claim control over Kupiansk.

While the Guards "West" units have real successes around Kupiansk and are strengthening the pincers around Lyman, such misleading information only harms the overall picture.

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The Russian soldiers survive the war will be a plague on their society (even more than they already were in the cases of the prisoners)

Pretty impressive strike, but fsb shouldn't have 100 personnel at one location but then again.

Ukraine hits Russian FSB headquarters near Crimea - One strike instantly wipes out 100 Russian troops pic.twitter.com/YPl7ePKi7R

— Slava 🇺🇦 (@Heroiam_Slava) May 21, 2026

US officials rave about Ukraine's comprehensive cutting-edge C3 system.

"Ukraine's Delta common operating system, their modular open system architecture command and control system, is absolutely incredible," Driscoll testified.

"It fully integrates every single drone, every sensor and every shooting platform into just one single network. Ours does not."

"Delta is one of the best systems because, from the beginning, it was made for this drone war, integrated with EW systems, detectors, artillery, everything," Myronenko told Military Times."

DELTA