War

Sergeant Senkiv’s last battle In my inbox, there is a letter about a soldier’s decoration, with "posthumous" in uppercase in parentheses. Each time it feels as if I cut myself on that inscription, but I don’t look away immediately; I linger for a moment and silently thank the hero. 27.10.25 19:10 21 914 15 Previously in trend: War

Yurii Syrotiuk: "We had to live in trenches filled with corpses of Muscovites" Yurii Syrotiuk, a former Member of Parliament and now a senior sergeant with the fire support company of the 5th Separate Assault Brigade, has been on the front line for years. In 2014, he volunteered to go to the front and fought for several months in the Donbas. After Russia’s full-scale invasion began, he once again joined the ranks of Ukraine’s defenders. Despite the exhaustion, he hasn’t lost his sense of humor. 24.10.25 21:00 9 571 27 Previously in trend: War

I would advise everyone joining army to learn how to mobilize their mind. When you have clear plan, it’s easier to overcome fear – Yurii Hrytsyk, deputy battalion commander of "Golden Gates" battalion of 241st TDF Brigade Archaeologist Yurii Hrytsyk (Perun) joined the army on the very first day of the full-scale war. The "Golden Gates" battalion of the 241st Territorial Defense Forces (TDF) Brigade has remained his unit ever since (previously known as the 207th Territorial Defense Forces Battalion). 10.10.25 17:27 6 077 13 Previously in trend: War

Biletskyi’s Doctrine: "100 fallen fighters—that’s ₴1.5B. $2B to secure entire frontline" Censor.NET Editor-in-Chief Yurii Butusov interviewed Andrii Biletskyi, who was recently appointed commander of the Third Army Corps. They discussed command structure principles within the Armed Forces, the importance of timely funding, and the "Biletskyi’s Doctrine." 14.05.25 22:52 60 835 67 Previously in trend: War

Victory depends on how many Ukrainians take up arms – UAV operator Bond Bond, commander of the "Kotyky" (Ukrainian for "kittens" - ed. note) UAV platoon of the 130th Territorial Defense Forces (TDF) Battalion, is one of the fighters who returned from abroad in 2022 specifically to defend Ukraine. With prior experience as an infantryman and reconnaissance operative, he now takes pride in his unit and its accomplishments. 13.05.25 22:33 13 784 41 Previously in trend: War

Last days of Vuhledar’s defence: "Wounded were jumping in on move" During her 28 years in law enforcement, she rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel and, from the position of a SBI investigator, came to the military enlistment office, hid her rank and place of work and asked to join a combat brigade as a medic. As a member of the 72nd SMB named after Black Zaporozhians, Liubov Zalyvadna has been evacuating and rescuing the wounded in Vuhledar for more than two years. 25.04.25 15:15 6 349 8 Previously in trend: War Tactical medicine

Commander of "Rarog" Regiment, Oleh Huit: "I was stunned when Russian infantryman advancing on crutches. Obviously, he didn’t make it very far" Major Oleh Huit, call sign Khasan, first observed the use of an unmanned aerial system in Popasna at the beginning of the full-scale war. At the time, he was commanding a mortar battery. Today, he leads the 427th Separate Regiment of Unmanned Systems "Rarog," whose troops specialize in aerial reconnaissance, patrol missions, fire adjustment using UAVs, and deploying strike drones. 21.04.25 19:34 13 488 4 Previously in trend: War Drone operators

Vladyslav Pinchuk: Russians believe that square kilometer of land is worth any losses in manpower or equipment, as long as it remains theirs Vladyslav Pinchuk has been at war since the beginning of the full-scale invasion. But he is already thinking about returning to civilian life — to his loved ones and the work he loves. 03.04.25 22:18 7 157 10 Previously in trend: War

Command has lost control over situation in Pokrovsk and Velyka Novosilka The situation in Pokrovsk and Velyka Novosilka has slipped out of control of the Ukrainian command. The leadership of OTG (Operational-Tactical Group) "Donetsk" (Tarnavskyi) and OSGT (Operational Strategic Group of Troops) "Khortytsia" (Hnatov) lost control, and the enemy is advancing almost daily. 15.01.25 16:24 44 614 91 Previously in trend: War

Military pilot Maksym Chaika about operation on Zmiinyi: We all understood that, for each of us, this might be last flight of our lives Maksym Chaika, a combat pilot, full knight of the Order of Bohdan Khmelnytskyi, was awarded the Order for Courage, III class, flies Mi-8, Mi-24, and Mi-2 helicopters. In the interview, he shared how he destroyed enemy columns at close range in the Kherson region, about a highly challenging operation on Zmiinyi (Snake) Island, the daily life of a pilot, and the obstacles that hinder flights. 02.01.25 22:10 12 765 4 Previously in trend: War

When I saw that I had hit T-80, it was enchanting! Better than sex, - former Bradley operator Yevhen Shevchuk If you search for "Bradley vs T80" online, you will see a video of a spectacular hit by the soldiers of the 47th Brigade, who eliminated a Russian tank on 8 May. The video went round the Internet, and the crew of the vehicle had several more combat victories after that. 23.12.24 15:30 11 952 9 Previously in trend: War

Denys Petrov, Chief Sergeant of Unmanned Systems Platoon: "It is currently very challenging to deploy infantry into position. It’s much better to do so with "eyes" from above He went to the military commissariat twice to be mobilized. At first, they didn’t want to take an 18-year-old boy with no service experience. Moreover, in March 2022, there were enough volunteer fighters. 20.12.24 21:33 6 937 5 Previously in trend: War

Threat of operational encirclement of Pokrovsk The stream is fully dedicated to the situation near Pokrovsk 12.12.24 23:00 14 444 19 Previously in trend: War

Bohdan Panasiuk, doctor at stabilisation point: Wounded were taken from places where it was impossible to evacuate He is 34, and his wife, son and daughter are worried about him in his native Vinnytsia. Bohdan Panasiuk is part of a medical team that rescues the wounded at the 47th Brigade’s stabilisation point. He has been working in this "hard watch - rest - hard watch again" mode, with a break for occasional vacations, for over 2 years. 11.12.24 14:01 5 507 3 Previously in trend: War

Pilot with call sign Shef: "For about two months, I killed at least 50 Russians every week with payload drops. Their corpses were lying everywhere" Mykola, call sign Shef, is currently undergoing treatment after being wounded in Donbas in September this year. He is a pilot with the 15th Operational Brigade named after the hero of Ukraine, Lieutenant Bohdan Zavada. 10.12.24 23:00 9 330 6 Previously in trend: War

Operator of Electronic signals intelligence, ex-fighter, call sign Bob: "Explosion deafened me; I could only see stump sticking out above crater. I realise it’s leg; then I realise whose leg it is. I run to help..." ...Robert went to the military enlistment office at the very beginning of the war at the age of 21. He recalls his time in the army as follows: "I wanted to be someone. The only thing I didn’t want to do was paperwork. It seemed to me then that real combat experience was more truthful, more correct." 05.12.24 13:28 6 813 6 Previously in trend: War

War won’t write off During the presentation of his next program (this time, "Resilience") in parliament, President Zelenskyy announced a huge achievement of the Ukrainian defense industry in the form of significant batches of mines and shells supplied to the AFU. 26.11.24 17:33 15 717 25 Previously in trend: War

Fighting for Pincher stronghold. Full transcript This feat of the Ukrainian soldiers exceeds all that can be imagined about the limits of human endurance and the heroism of Ukrainians. 67 days of uninterrupted fighting and relentless shelling. 25.11.24 15:01 8 841 0 Previously in trend: War

Deputy Battalion Commander with call sign Berlin: "I was lucky back then - I stormed two platoon strongholds" "He knows how to kill the enemy while looking him in the eye, how to hold a position single-handedly, and how to escape from situations that seem hopeless. He never planned to become a career soldier, but he returned from abroad to defend his hometown." 20.11.24 22:17 9 691 5 Previously in trend: War

7 kilometers to Dnipropetrovsk region - Yurii Butusov’s overview of events at front During the stream, Censor.NET Editor-in-Chief Yurii Butusov analyzed the situation on the critical frontline as of November 16. The focus is on the situation near Kurakhove and Velyka Novosilka, as well as the problems that arise in the organizational actions and decisions of various operational and tactical departments, and the consequences of organizational and managerial decisions in general. 18.11.24 20:18 14 229 6 Previously in trend: War

Great war requires great changes It is about the principles of warfare, procedures for managing troops, the role and place of units on the battlefield, not about a wide range of Western weapons and beautiful Latin labels on office doors. 18.11.24 12:45 12 314 32 Previously in trend: War

Oksana Surova, anesthesiologist of 47th Brigade: Wounded man was clinically dead. 40th minute of resuscitation had passed: we had to make decision. But we continued to defibrillate for another 11 minutes, and rhythm appeared In civilian life, she was a pediatric anesthesiologist. Now 29-year-old Oksana Surova, call sign Cinnamon, is a medic of the 47th Brigade who stabilizes (and sometimes saves) the wounded in the Kursk direction. Disciplined, responsible and at the same time pure-hearted, she tells Censor.NET about the everyday life of a doctor at a stabilization point and shares dramatic episodes of her life in the AFU. 15.11.24 22:47 12 567 8 Previously in trend: War

They were buried next to each other: brothers died in war Two brothers from Lviv region were killed in the war. Censor.NET talks to the widow of Nazar Zvir 13.11.24 19:32 12 242 14 Previously in trend: War

Adaptation is something that is decisive in war For example, adapting tactics in conjunction with engineering solutions and taking into account our own capabilities. Having more resources, the Russians still seek to rationalize their use to increase efficiency. They have their own pragmatic logic. 12.11.24 19:39 4 450 1 Previously in trend: War

UAV strike platoon commander Leila: "There are no cyborgs or creatures made of titanium here. Everyone is just flesh-and-blood human being. Soldiers need to be given time to rest" Leila, call sign Saracen, is a platoon commander of the strike UAVs of the K-2 battalion of the 54th SMB. Since the beginning of the Russian-Ukrainian war in 2014, she has been a volunteer, helping her friends and acquaintances in the military. Before the full-scale invasion, she worked in the IT industry. After the Russian attack on February 24, 2022, she went to the military registration and enlistment office, but was denied for the first time. 11.11.24 19:05 10 862 10 Previously in trend: War

"Bradley" combat vehicle driver Slavik, call sign Salty: "Vehicle hits chain of 12 TM mines. Front end smashes, but everyone is alive, even not single seriously injured one" Two cooks and a construction worker, having joined the 47th Magura Brigade, became fearless fighters and took an active part in the counter-offensive in Zaporizhzhia region, evacuated their comrades in arms from the encirclement near Avdiivka, and are now performing missions in the Kursk direction 04.11.24 22:01 36 533 6 Previously in trend: War

Decisions that will change situation at front Yurii Butusov, the Editor-in-Chief of Censor.NET, during a stream on YouTube, outlined his own view on ways out of the current situation at the front. He proposed solutions that can be immediately implemented in the AFU in five main areas: leadership, organization, management, planning and utilization. 05.11.24 22:26 31 929 41 Previously in trend: War

System of troop management is based on lies and irresponsibility - Butusov It is impossible to hold the front using the methods used by the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, Oleksandr Syrskyi, to control the troops. 31.10.24 18:04 24 806 67 Previously in trend: War

Why our military and political leadership is incapable of effective resistance I am writing with moderation because I am a military man myself, which imposes certain restrictions. 30.10.24 17:11 17 586 66 Previously in trend: War

Call sign Andy: "We are destroying Russian equipment before they have time to dismount" Today, he commands the first platoon of the first company of the Strike Unmanned Aerial Systems Achilles of the 92nd SAB. Although, before the full-scale invasion, he had no idea that he would engage himself in the army. He studied at the Yaroslav the Wise National Law University. He did not attend the military department. At school, he even skipped classes on the subject of "Defense of the Fatherland". 29.10.24 19:37 8 911 8 Previously in trend: War

Yurii Butusov’s interview with Alminas Sinevicius: "Kursk operation is a successful story at tactical level, but it caused difficulties at strategic level" The nature of armed conflict in the world is changing and will continue to do so. Therefore, NATO should prepare for the dangers of the future, not the past. The same applies to Ukraine, which must improve its strategic planning in the face of an ongoing war to pave the way for victory. 28.10.24 10:55 12 947 54 Previously in trend: War

Situation at front as of 24.10.2024 The stream of October 24 is dedicated to the situation at the front. In particular, Censor.NET Editor-in-Chief Yurii Butusov comments on the situation in 11 frontline areas where the enemy has intensified its actions and is advancing. 25.10.24 22:09 17 253 13 Previously in trend: War

Chief Sergeant of 93rd SMB "Kholodnyi Yar" Ivan Buriak: You promise person, you make letter of request, and TCR sends him to another unit. We have lot of such cases! Chief Sergeant of the 93rd Brigade "Kholodnyi Yar" Ivan Buriak, call sign Gray, since the beginning of the Russian-Ukrainian war in 2014, as a civil servant, has been volunteering and periodically visiting the front until 2020. At the time of the full-scale invasion, he was working as a deputy of a village council in Volyn. 16.10.24 21:55 12 441 24 Previously in trend: War

FPV drone pilot Yana Zalevska: "There was flash. I fought it off with my hand. I am shouting to guys: "Arrival! I am "300"!" Yana Zalevska, call sign Multyk, is an FPV drone pilot with the 59th Separate Infantry Brigade named after Yakiv Handziuk. She is 23 years old. Before the full-scale invasion, she was on maternity leave, studying to become a massage therapist. She planned to move to Canada to live with her husband and continue her studies and start working there. But on February 24, 2022, these prospects were destroyed. 15.10.24 15:05 37 386 23 Previously in trend: War

Yurii Fedorenko, Commander of Strike Unmanned Aerial System Battalion "Achilles" of 92nd SAB: When war ends, top military officers will be blamed for all grief, heads of "warlords" will roll Yurii Fedorenko, Commander of Strike Unmanned Aerial System Battalion "Achilles" of 92nd SAB, talked to Anna Miroshnychenko about the operation in the Kursk region, the threat of nuclear weapons, the dry law, politics, money and help from partners. 09.10.24 22:32 14 297 14 Previously in trend: War

Political issue The Pentagon has asked civilian drone manufacturers to develop and provide inexpensive disposable drones with a range of up to 300 km for testing as early as December this year. The US Army intends to have a fleet of such drones based on the experience of our war. 04.10.24 20:53 18 069 42 Previously in trend: War

Combat medic Sofiia Pomohaibo: "I’m ashamed when it is said that artists are "not cut out for war" If not for the war, the artist Sofiia Pomohaibo would have continued to promote her vision of Ukrainian cubism to the masses, exhibiting her work in Ukraine and abroad. Instead, she joined the Kyiv TDF, and then, after numerous trials, made her way from rifle shooter to combat medics. 01.10.24 19:21 10 560 6 Previously in trend: War

Call sign Scout: "No one said: "Oh, there are more of them, so that’s it, guys, let’s make deal and give something back." No! Everyone is in their place." Denys, with the call sign Scout, joined the army at the age of 19, before the Russian-Ukrainian war in 2009. That was when he signed his first contract. To this day, he still renews them because, as he admits, he likes what he does. Today he is the chief sergeant of the 2nd division of the 1039th anti-aircraft missile regiment. He is fighting in the Pokrovsk sector. 30.09.24 15:36 8 124 1 Previously in trend: War

VUHLEDAR, KUPIANSK, HIRNYK Stream of events at the front. 30.09.24 23:07 16 183 4 Previously in trend: War

"You create organism that has to work as whole." How "Charter" relies on sergeants As a result of the assault, the 13th Operational Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine "Charter" killed 34 occupants and wounded 23, cleared 7 infantry positions and an ATGM firing position, destroyed a howitzer and pushed the enemy to the next line of defense. 27.09.24 13:04 4 967 2 Previously in trend: War

Volodymyr Fokin, Commander of 1st Assault Battalion of 3rd SAB of AFU: State should have thought about what to do with war veterans two years ago How long does it take to train an assaultman? Are men getting on in years needed in the army? Why does the war not end and who benefits from it? Volodymyr Fokin, the Commander of the 1st Assault Battalion of the 3rd SAB of the AFU, told Anna Miroshnychenko about these and other issues. In the program "Who is with Miroshnychenko?" he shared his thoughts on the Azov phenomenon and what Ukraine can learn from Russia. 26.09.24 22:47 9 908 7 Previously in trend: War

Pokrovsk-Myrnohrad, Oskil front, threat of losing Vuhledar. Answers to questions The stream is dedicated to answering questions. 25.09.24 19:40 11 083 2 Previously in trend: War

Combat medic Ivan Kutsyn: "Engineers, sappers, medics and snipers are priority targets for Russians because so many lives depend on them. They are trying to destroy us" He is one of those who had to visit the most difficult areas of the frontline. That’s why I don’t ask him about war fatigue, but only about what helps him to keep going. What prevents a combat medic from losing his humanity towards the enemy, because he also has to provide medical care to prisoners of war. 25.09.24 13:28 4 620 3 Previously in trend: War

Events at front: 23.09.2024 Yurii Butusov, Editor-in-Chief of Censor.NET, talks live about the latest developments at the front as of September 23, 2024. 24.09.24 19:56 9 826 0 Previously in trend: War

Last interview with Mayor Oleksandr Tsebrii This video was recorded on the day of the death of Ukrainian hero Oleksandr Tsebrii, mayor of Uman (2015-2020), platoon commander of the 58th Motorized Infantry Brigade. In a conversation with Censor.NET Editor-in-Chief Yurii Butusov, Oleksandr Tsebrii spoke about the difficult military everyday life, the conflict with the authorities when he was mayor, and the dirty information campaign waged against him by People’s Deputy Anton Yatsenko. 20.09.24 22:53 13 620 10 Previously in trend: War

How much Ukrainian territory did Russia seize after Zaluzhnyi’s dismissal? Yurii Butusov, editor-in-chief of Censor.NET, analysed how the change of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine affected the course of the war. How much territory did Russia occupy after the dismissal of Valerii Zaluzhnyi? 18.09.24 13:29 22 952 22 Previously in trend: War

Butusov on his meeting with Blinken: Americans are interested in war, situation in energy sector and fight against corruption During his visit to Kyiv on September 11, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with representatives of independent media and civil society. Yurii Butusov, Editor-in-Chief of Censor.NET, shared the details of the meeting. 16.09.24 20:01 18 085 14 Previously in trend: War

Ballet dancer who mastered grenade launcher: in memory of Oleksandr Shapoval Two years ago, on September 12, 2022, Oleksandr Shapoval (pseudonym Shapik) was killed near Maiorsk in the Donetsk region. He died while performing a task he volunteered for. The ballet soloist of the National Opera of Ukraine went as a volunteer fighter to defend his homeland on February 25, 2022. 12.09.24 22:14 6 079 7 Previously in trend: War