Posted on 06/02/2025 7:09:01 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Ukraine’s extraordinary attack deep inside Russia has, at a stroke, rewritten the rules of modern war. On Sunday a swarm of small drones, each costing under $500, rose over four Russian airfields deep inside Siberia and the Arctic and destroyed over forty strategic bombers reportedly worth over $7 billion. Thanks to meticulous planning, sophisticated military imagination and an underdog’s boldness of vision, Kyiv’s forces have landed a stunning blow on their far stronger opponent, opening a new chapter in the history of human conflict.
The question that will be haunting Putin is – what’s next? Ukraine’s famously stone-faced chief of military intelligence, or HUR, Major-General Kyrylo Budanov, has built his covert operations forces into a weapon as deadly, if not more so, than Israel’s Mossad, its only international rival.
And like the Biblical champion Goliath, it is precisely the vast lumbering size of Russia that makes it fatally vulnerable to small but precisely aimed projectiles from David’s small but deadly slingshot.
Many of the details of Sunday’s drone operation come from the Ukrainian side, so may be taken with a pinch of salt. But the basic logistics of the strike are in no doubt. Ukrainian military engineers, possibly already inside Russia, covertly loaded dozens of explosives-laden drones into special compartments set into the roofs of standard 40-foot steel shipping containers. Using a network of haulage companies set up for the purpose, Ukrainian operatives recruited truck drivers via commercial apps to drive their loads to specific designations next to military airfields thousands of miles away from the Ukrainian border.
At a predetermined time the drones buzzed into the air and headed for the airfields with their deadly payloads –
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
I don’t like the idea of a terrified Putin.
The heat would make a good disinfectant. Democrats are infectious and toxic... Um, but I really do think it is possible to reverse the decline if we can put teacher's colleges out of business and keep their unions away from children.
Ukraine and England gonna whip Russia…
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It is difficult to be certain of motives.
Russian nationalism is likely one of Putin’s strong motives.
Most of Ukraine does not have a large minority of Russian nationals. Crimea, yes, the other areas occupied by Russian troops, fairly strong Russian minorities. It seems unlikely Russia is being restrained by humanitarian reasons. Russia has already lost a significant part of their air assets in Ukraine.
Historically, Ukraine was close to Russia culturally and linguistically. This war is as stupid and unnecessary as the First World War. It is a tarbaby which President Putin has a very difficult time letting go of.
Never said they weren’t a legitimate target. Just don’t want to hear whining when they strike back...
I support Ukraine in this war to throw off the Muscowite invasion, but in no way is Ukraine gaining the upper hand. Neither is Muscowy. Both are losing.
Putin needs to withdraw.
Never said they weren’t a legitimate target. Just don’t want to hear whining when they strike back...
I support Ukraine in this war to throw off the Muscowite invasion, but in no way is Ukraine gaining the upper hand. Neither is Muscowy. Both are losing.
Putin needs to withdraw.
Hmmm - supplying Russia with tech for their weapons
- encouraging North Korea to send troops?
- Buying Russian oil (on the cheap, with long term contracts)
China is the big winner in this war.
China: “Let you and him fight!”
Yes, gloating notwithstanding, this could be a dangerous development.
“Russia literally has the capacity to turn Ukraine into a parking lot if it chose to do so,”
A nuclear wasteland is not exactly useful conquered territory.
Defeats the purpose.
You're right of course, but I don't think Putin will use his nukes UNLESS some EU countries send troops there. At that point, the probability becomes pretty high.
Probably not, but it was inevitable.
Also a huge wake up call for the US. What if an enemy was to release a drone swarm in the US that targeted our electric grid? Imagine tens, hundreds of millions of Americans with no power for months. You want chaos? That would be catastrophic.
At the end of the day we’re still cavemen without the skillset.
Well done Ukraine. Keep up the crushing innovation.
May it be so!
What if an enemy was to release a drone swarm in the US that targeted our electric grid?
Lots of small independent nuclear power plants.
Putin recieved bad intel that he was going to seize Kyiv in three days.
The Russians were able to seize Crimea without fighting for it. Putin thought he could do the same with Kyiv.
The cool thing about neutron bombs is that they basically leave a lot of buildings and infrastructure intact.
Is Ukraine, or Russia, more likely to have those?
This does not preclude a headstrong Russian nationalism as motive against what is seen as a surrogate for expansionist NATO intentions. After all, it was NATO that went far beyond its agreements made at the collapse of the Soviet empire.
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