For OBR, Devin Woodall followed the 113th as they utilized several unique systems, including a retrofitted ZU-23-2 and a stolen Russian chaingun, in defense of cities and towns across Kharkiv whose residents live under the ever-increasing threat of Russian drone warfare.

Why write for OffBeat Research?

* Our team of professionals have decades of combined experience in OSINT and conflict reporting.

* Our contracts are written to ensure full ownership and retention of our contributors' works.

Interested? Send us a DM or email a pitch to [email protected].

The wreckage of a technical vehicle reportedly belonging to the pro-regime Liwa al-Quds, after being targeted by opposition forces in Syria. / Photo credit: Omar Albam

Meanwhile, Syrian opposition forces are reportedly leafleting in various areas across the Aleppo countryside, warning regime forces to defect or face death.

As part of the ongoing Aleppo countryside offensive, local fighters are seen defacing a propaganda poster featuring Bashar al-Assad.

Scenes show opposition forces fighting to seize artillery positions held at "Base 46", the long-prized position from which members of the Assad regime's 46th regiment carry out indiscriminate artillery shelling on nearby towns. / Photos credit: Mohamad Kazmooz

Syrian opposition forces under the newly formed "Military Operations Department" joint ops room showcase the seizure of the crucial M5 highway as part of their ongoing offensive against regime coalition forces, including Hezbollah and Iran, in the Aleppo countryside.