Posted on 03/12/2024 5:19:02 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
Ukrainian drones targeted sites in nine Russian regions, including two energy facilities, in an overnight barrage thought to be Kyiv's biggest since the start of the war, according to reports and social media posts from Russian authorities.
While Moscow has accused Ukraine of repeated drone strikes on its territory, Monday night's strikes appear to have been on a larger scale. In August 2023, UAV attacks on six Russian regions including Moscow were reported as the biggest drone strikes since the start of the war.
Russia's defense ministry said on Tuesday that air defenses had destroyed and intercepted 25 Ukrainian drones overnight in the Moscow, Leningrad, Belgorod, Kursk, Bryansk, Tula and Oryol regions. The authorities of the Nizhny Novgorod and Voronezh regions also reported drone attacks.
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Oryol governor Andrey Klychkov said on Telegram that a drone hit a fuel and energy complex in the region's capital city of the same name, causing a fire that was later extinguished.
Local residents shared footage of explosions in the city, with state media agency RIA reporting that a drone strike had caused the evacuation of 17 people from two neighboring buildings.
Authorities in the Nizhny Novgorod region, around 280 miles east of Moscow, said several drones had hit the Kstovo industrial zone, targeting a facility within an oil refinery, where a fire broke out.
Lukoil, Russia's second-largest oil company, confirmed to RIA Novosti that the incident had temporarily suspended operations at processing unit.
Vyacheslav Gladkov, governor of the Belgorod region that borders the Ukrainian oblasts of Sumy, Kharkiv and Luhansk and is a frequent target for Kyiv, said a drone strike had left seven settlements without electricity.
Russia's defense ministry said air defense forces in the Belgorod region had shot down one Tochka-U missile
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Or Putin could pack up his army of drunken savages and go home thus ending the war entirely.
Why is that never an option with you?
Just curious.
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Two launcher units. The US has something like 500 of these. They are in production.
The US actually has over 1000 Patriot launcher units, only 480 are in service with Army Air Defense units. The rest are presumably in storage.
The bigger loss there I think were the missiles themselves.
Newsweak. Here are some other very recent “news” articles by the same author. See if you can discern a trend.
Putin Defectors Vow To ‘Liberate Russia’ As Tanks Roll in From Ukraine
Russia Suffering Missile Production Headache, According to Kyiv
Russia Suffers Spike in Anti-Aircraft Weapon Losses: Kyiv
Putin Sacks Russian Navy Chief Amid Crippling Losses
Russia Loses Record Troops, Equipment in One Day: Kyiv
Russia Loses 6,630 Troops, 90 Tanks in Week: Kyiv
Russian Support for War Collapses as Conflict Enters Third Year
Russia Hit By Tsunami of Bankruptcies
Vladimir Putin Is Writing Checks His Government Just Can’t Cash
Putin’s Trump Gamble
The dude never stops. Unrelenting.
Gosh, do you suppose that could be CIA propaganda, on Newsweek?
Only the Zeepers know.
Everyday I read stories of how Ukraine is losing, Russia is losing, Ukraine is winning, and Russia is winning. At this point, it’s all just typing.
Ever notice how the MSM is no longer leading with daily news stories about Ukraine victories with live footage?
That. And Victoria Nuland resigning.
I wonder if morkandmindymus and Brendan Cole are the same person?
Fixed it for you, zeeper warmonger.
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A ‘warmonger’ would be some one who supports an invading force, not some one who supports the invaded.
4th Abrams, 2 Caesars Destroyed
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Only 1 Abrams (stripped of its armor, not really worth the name) destroyed - 2 others damaged.
4 Caesars 6x6 destroyed, 3 damaged
1 Caesars 8x8 destroyed
23 AHS Krab destroyed
6 155mm AS-90 destroyed
1 227mm M142 HIMARS destroyed, 1 damaged
Armor graveyard?
506 UKR tanks destroyed
1,847 Russian tanks destroyed
Only 1 was destroyed, the other 4 were damaged.
Abrams shipped to UKR not really worth the name - they are that different from the ones the US Army uses.
Russia just destroyed two Patriot air defense systems
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There is no proof that they were destroyed from the videos supplied. That they are even Patriots is debatable, until some further evidence turns up.
Easy to replace, there are hundreds of them.
The only people that make claims of winning and losing are hardcore Pro Russian posters.
Liar.
IBTZ
So shocking an accusation! I’m in tears! Love the personal attack.
But sadly for you, there are actually over 1000 systems produced. Of course not all of them are operational, but then neither were the tanks sent by the US until they were needed.
What Krynky doink?
Not in the Ukraine.
So, YOU are supporting the invading Ukrainian force, PIF, you zeeper warmonger.
Not in the Ukraine.
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