It’s 2am here in New Zealand, and I’m thinking back to February 2024 when I made the decision of fully committing to reporting on the Ukraine war. At the time I was 17 years old doing geolocations for OSINTers, completely unknown in the information space, and had about 50 followers on Twitter.

2.5 years later, with over 225,000 followers and nearly 1 billion cumulative views across two platforms, I wonder how different things could’ve been for me if I chose not to pursue this path. It has been a focus for me ever since, with several thousand hours poured into my work.

It’s been incredible so far, and I’ve met so many amazing people. I only wish it was on a more positive topic. It’s been an honor to be able to post about this war to such a great audience and community, and I hope to continue well into the future. Although, the ideal outcome would be this horrible war ending as soon as possible.

A huge thanks to everyone who has supported me along the way, especially @kalibrated who helped me reach my first 1,000 followers at the beginning, which allowed me to grow so much further from there.

I am beyond grateful, and so incredibly lucky to be in this position.

Iskander-M threat from Bryansk and Taganrog

High threat to Kyiv and Kremenchuk

The threat from Bryansk is likely due to Russian S-300 air defence activity against Ukrainian drones.

Iskander-M on Kyiv from Kursk

Flyiong past Sumy Oblast

2 missiles.

Iskander-M/Kn-23 threat from Voronezh Oblast

These are Zircons

Disappeared near Pryluky, Chernihiv Oblast.

Iskander-M/Kn-23 on Kremenchuk

These are Zircons again. They disappeared near Poltava City.

Another missile from Kursk

Zircon, flying west to Konotop, Sumy Oblast

Disappeared in Sumy Oblast again.

This one was mixed up with Russian S-300 air defence activity against Ukrainian drones near the border with Kursk.

Russian Su-34s over Crimea, flying west to their launch lines in the western Black Sea.

They may launch cruise missiles to Odesa OBlast.

Yesterday, a group of Russian DRGs was able to infiltrate from Kostyantynivka for at least 10 km behind Ukrainian lines, and kill 3-4 Ukrainian drone operators in the city of Druzhkivka. The drone operators were unarmed in their positions at the time of the ambush, not expecting any attack, and were shot on spot after having their throats cut.

This occurred following the withdrawal of the majority of Ukrainian drone operators from Oleksijevo-Druzhkivka, who redeployed to Druzhkivka because of the approaching frontline and increased KAB strikes on Oleksijevo-Druzhkivka. In my opinion, it's likely that Russian forces monitored the withdrawals of Ukrainian drone operators and sent in a DRG after the new position was identified. I mapped the most likely route they took on the map.

This is a consequence of Ukrainian manpower shortages, and a lack of soldiers concentrated near the line of contact overall caused by massive drone activity. When your lines are held largely by drones, events like what we witnessed here will inevitably happen. And this is not the first time this has happened - this is just the most publicised and shocking occurrence. Additionally, there is a near-unbroken chain of built-up urban areas leading from Kostyantynivka to Druzhkivka (then further to Kramatorsk), which provides a lot of cover from drones.

The DRG group was not killed, and may still be active within Druzhkivka. It's reported that they changed into civilian clothes and is hiding somewhere.

Ukrainian Neptune cruise missiles are flying to Sevastopol, Crimea.

Explosions and air defence activity is reported.