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IrelandPhilip Ingram explains Ukraine's pressure on Crimea's air defenses
The Sun's Battle Plans Exposed examines how strikes on radar networks could make occupied Crimea harder for Russia to defend.
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Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 772,875 views a day, 15 times a normal first day on this channel (50,998).
Ukraine’s 7,000 drone strikes blind Putin’s air defences | Battle Plans Exposed
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- 0:05Ingram says strikes on Russian radar and air defenses have enabled an enduring Ukrainian drone presence over occupied Crimea.
- 1:08Attacks on Saky airfield illustrate his argument that aircraft and ground equipment are increasingly exposed.
- 5:10Footage is presented as a Ukrainian FPV drone intercepting and striking a Russian Mi-28NM helicopter in flight.
- 6:24Ingram describes autonomous robotic turrets around Kyiv as lower-cost defenses against incoming drones.
- 7:07The Airbus U740 Valkyrie segment examines an unmanned stealth aircraft intended to operate alongside crewed combat jets.
"The Kremlin can no longer treat Crimea as a safe rear supply depot," Philip Ingram says in The Sun's latest Battle Plans Exposed. His argument is about a sequence: strike the radar and air defenses first, then reach the aircraft and equipment they were protecting.
The episode drew nearly half a million views before its first day was over, already far beyond the roughly 51,000 a regular Sun video usually receives on its opening day.
Ingram, a former intelligence officer, says Ukraine has established an enduring drone presence over occupied Crimea. He describes precision attacks on Russia's surveillance and defensive systems, followed by strikes against airfields including Saky. In his analysis, Russia must keep repositioning its remaining air defenses, making the peninsula a more costly military outpost to hold.
The report then moves from that wider campaign to an individual interception: footage presented as a Ukrainian first-person-view drone striking a Russian Mi-28NM attack helicopter in flight. Ingram argues that such interceptions threaten Russia's ability to operate close to the ground.
The final sections look at defenses against drones and aircraft designed to work alongside crewed jets. Around Kyiv, Ingram describes autonomous, tower-mounted turrets using tracking software against incoming drones. He closes with the Airbus U740 Valkyrie and its proposed role as an unmanned companion in European air combat.
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- Channel views, last 7 days
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- Channel views, pace per day
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- Video published
- October 25, 2026
- Video views so far
- 473,016 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
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The numbers
Battle Plans Exposed has already drawn substantially more views than The Sun's usual first-day regular video, with its opening day still underway.
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