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PLAYING DIRTY: In an attempt to kill Ukrainian Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) technicians, Russian troops are using an improvised anti-disturbance switch designed to detonate landmines once they're lifted from their hiding places. https://cat-uxo.com/explosive-hazards/ied/ukraine-ad-switch

BAKHMUT/1340 UTC 4 DEC/ Fighting heavy as RU forces attempt to improve their tactical positions. In the last 24 hours UKR and RU forces traded numerous airstrikes in the Bakhmut AO. UKR air defenses confirm downing a RU Orlan-10 recon UCAV, and an SU-24 ground attack aircraft.

THE INVISIBLE WAR: To confuse RU aircraft, the U.S. has sent electronic warfare threat emitters to UKR-- built to fill the air with confusing radar returns & anti-air missile signals, these systems will help to blind and spoof RU ground attack missions. https://aviationweek.com/defense-space/us-has-sent-threat-emitters-ukraine-confuse-russian-aircraft

BAKHMUT/0010 UTC 5 DEC/A Russian assault on the T-13-02 axis was stopped by UKR forces in the parkland NE of the H-32 HWY junction. Present RU losses in this AO are reported to be as high as 50 KIA daily– upwards of 350 dead and as many as 1000 wounded per week.

BAKHMUT/1310 UTC 5 DEC/ UKR Air Defenses down a RU Su-34 strike fighter and capture 1 pilot in the Bakhmut AO. Four RU UAVs downed as Newsweek reports Russia is losing a total of 100 KIA soldiers a day as piecemeal attacks continue against dug in UKR forces.

R to @ChuckPfarrer: newsweek.com/russia-losing-1…

KHERSON AXIS/1343 UTC 5 DEC/ UKR sources report that RU occupation authorities in the Skadovsky district of southern Kherson have instituted a nightly curfew and restricted travel between cities for UKR civilians. Partisan activity increases around Melitopol. RU Ka-52 shot down.

DEEP STRIKE? Moscow is blaming UKR for explosions at its Engels and Dyagilevo airbases in Russia. UKR may have used a repurposed ex-Soviet Tupolev Tu-141 recon UAVs in these attacks that damaged 2 RU planes and set a refueling aircraft on fire. https://news.yahoo.com/russian-defense-ministry-happened-dyagilevo-170431866.html

A SOBERING OPINION: Retired US naval officer Gary Yuri Tabach discusses Ukraine’s urgent defense needs. You may be surprised to learn that Washington has made many yet unfulfilled promises-- and that Ukraine’s freedom hangs in the balance. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hvtbHfUz68

DEEP STRIKE: @Euan_MacDonald has posted this video from Russia’s Engels Airbase. Recorded just prior to UKR’s ‘drone' strike, a jet engine can plainly be heard passing. It is increasingly likely that UKR used a modified ex-Soviet Tu-141 reconnaissance drone in this attack.

DIY CRUISE MISSILES: On 5 DEC, Ukraine is believed to have used modified Soviet-era recon drones to attack he Engels-2 and Dyagilevo airbases in Russia. Tu-141s UAVs, fitted with updated GPS navigation systems and improvised warheads, flew 600 miles to hit these targets.