A fascinating feature of the Ukraine war is the amount of real-time information (and propaganda) available to civilians. Daily updates are put out on Telegram, Facebook, and other platforms by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, Russian Ministry of Defense, and an array of milbloggers. Civilians post videos of rockets and missiles impacting, or being shot down, which provide the opposing side with battle damage assessments and information of air defense locations. Various 3rd-party open-source intelligence groups collate data and publish up-to-date maps of reported Russian and Ukrainian positions. A network of Ukrainian observers and defense agencies provide instant reporting on Aerial threats via a variety of Telegram channels. This includes radar-detected movements and takeoffs of missile-launching platforms such as Tupolev bombers and MIG jets, launches, locations, and vectors of incoming missiles (including hypersonic ballistic Kinzhals and Iskanders, Kaliber cruise missiles, repurposed S-300 surface-to-air missiles, and Shahed drones. Here's a typical series of missile updates from this week, courtesy of the Telegram channel "Radar".
13:57 Attention! There is activity of enemy tactical aviation in the eastern and south-eastern directions! Threat of aerial weapons launch! In case of air raid alarm announcement in your area, seek shelter. - 39,000 views
14:02 Air alarm for Dnipropetrovsk Oblast! - 38,000 views
14:02 Air alarm for Zaporizhya Oblast! - 37,800 views
14:06 X-59 threat for areas where the Alarm is - 38,900 views
14:18 X-59 headed towards Dnipro - 38.600 views
14:19 Dnipro: take shelter! - 39,100 views
14:19 Zaporizhya: take shelter! - 39,600 views
14:19 X-59 Rocket approaching Dnipro Region - 39.800 views
14:21 Dnipro: Explosions - 41,000 views
14:24 The rocket has been destroyed! (by air defense) -41,000 views
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