{"id":496,"date":"2026-04-16T13:03:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T17:03:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jakony.com\/frontpage\/?p=496"},"modified":"2026-04-16T13:03:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T17:03:18","slug":"a-punishing-shadow-appears-in-the-occupiers-den","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jakony.com\/frontpage\/video\/a-punishing-shadow-appears-in-the-occupiers-den\/","title":{"rendered":"A &#8220;Punishing Shadow&#8221; Appears in the Occupiers&#8217; Den"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><strong>(KYIV, UKRAINE) &#8211;<\/strong>\u00a0Ukrainian military units have reported successful strikes against Russian forces in the southern and Slobozhansk directions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">The RUBpAK \u201cPunishing Shadow\u201d unit, part of the Forpost brigade, has been conducting combat missions targeting enemy equipment, field shelters, firing positions and personnel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">Operators of unmanned aerial systems detected and destroyed Russian military assets, according to official reports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">The precise work of aerial reconnaissance and strike drones has inflicted significant losses on the occupation forces, undermining their capacity for further offensive actions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">The video footage was released by the press service of the Forpost brigade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\">The engagements occurred in the South-Slobozhansk direction, which includes parts of Zaporizhzhia and Kharkiv oblasts.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u0423 \u043d\u043e\u0440\u0456 \u043e\u043a\u0443\u043f\u0430\u043d\u0442\u0456\u0432 \u0437\u2019\u044f\u0432\u0438\u043b\u0430\u0441\u044c \u00ab\u041a\u0430\u0440\u0430\u044e\u0447\u0430 \u0422\u0456\u043d\u044c\u00bb\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EuXKt27Vyw4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(KYIV, UKRAINE) &#8211;\u00a0Ukrainian military units have reported successful strikes against Russian forces in the southern and Slobozhansk directions. The RUBpAK \u201cPunishing Shadow\u201d unit, part of the Forpost brigade, has been conducting combat missions targeting enemy equipment, field shelters, firing positions and personnel. Operators of unmanned aerial systems detected and destroyed Russian military assets, according to official reports. The precise work of aerial reconnaissance and strike drones has inflicted significant losses on the occupation forces, undermining their capacity for further offensive actions. The video footage was released by the press service of the Forpost brigade. The engagements occurred in the South-Slobozhansk&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","iawp_total_views":16,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-video","entry","rows"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1280,"url":"https:\/\/jakony.com\/frontpage\/video\/ukrainian-forpost-brigade-drones-strike-russian-logistics-in-kharkiv-sector\/","url_meta":{"origin":496,"position":0},"title":"Ukrainian \u201cForpost\u201d brigade drones strike Russian logistics in Kharkiv sector","author":"Elise Dumont","date":"May 1, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"(KHARKIV REGION) - Units of Ukraine\u2019s Border Guard Forpost brigade are using FPV drones to strike Russian forces and equipment on the South Slobozhanskyi axis, according to footage released on 1 May. 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