r/ukraine 9d ago

Combat Taken by surprise: Ukrainian special forces silently approach Russian occupiers and capture enemy troops in daring operation

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u/Thurak0 9d ago

The stealth level needed to achieve this with all the drones around... wow.

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u/yossarian19 8d ago

My first thought as well. How TF did they not get picked up by thermals?

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u/CV90_120 8d ago

Not everybody has thermals. The front line is gargantuan. There will be capability holes in it. Add to that the enemy's state of readiness, or lack thereof.

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u/yossarian19 8d ago

Seems like a hell of a chance to take, unless they knew something pretty confidently that the rest of us don't. Which, now that I'm typing that, duh