Posted on 05/07/2022 9:27:24 PM PDT by GonzoII
The Ukrainian air force’s best fighter jets just staged a daring raid on the Russian force occupying Ukraine’s strategic Snake Island.The raid marks a significant escalation of Ukraine’s air campaign targeting the Russian garrison on the island in the western Black Sea, 80 miles south of Ukraine’s strategic port Odessa.
For at least a week now, Kyiv’s propeller-driven TB-2 armed drones have been waging a relentless defense-suppression campaign over and around Snake Island. The satellite-controlled drones with their 14-pound missiles have knocked out at least three air-defense systems on the 110-acre island as well as two Russian patrol boats and a landing craft along the shore.
Destroying the air-defenses, along with any naval vessels attempting to reinforce the tiny island—with its single pier, helicopter landing pad and dozen or so structures—cleared a path for the twin-engine, supersonic Su-27s to strike on or before Saturday.
A TB-2 was nearby, watching with its gimbal-mounted camera, as the single-seat Sukhois—the Ukrainian air force’s fastest interceptors—streaked low over the island, dropping unguided bombs. Whatever Russian forces were left on the island after the drones did their work, the Su-27s apparently heavily damaged…..
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George Soros is winning!
Yay!
It makes sense to mention that the Russian troops evacuated the island before it took place and the attack cost Ukraine two fighter jets, three helicopters full of troops, at least one of two involved landing ships and several drones.
Man!! These guys are good!!
Do the Avengers have a slot open?
XD
Do svidanya tovarich
Soros has people working for him here in the US, so I guess Russia should invade us too. Idiot
Go watch some more TV so you know what to think.
Got a video of all that??
Not according to the story. It said whatever troops were left. It didn’t say they were all evacuated. Don’t be a half truther.
LOL!
Of course he doesn’t His side never does. We are just supposed to believe everything they say.
Its a fact Soros has people working here pushing his agenda. By your reasoning, We should be invaded and have our women raped.
The Ukrainian air force don’t need no steenking radar. 😉
We have the deep state here too. What planet do you live on
I’m so sick you people and its Soros. Soros is all over the world. Russian didnt invade because of any deep state, Nazis, or freedom. He invaded because he wants the resources and for mother Russia. He has his own Nazi problem.
The spokesman for the Russian military told so. I am yet to catch him on fakes like Ghost of Kiev or previous Ukrainian drivel regarding the same island.
Rybar
🇬🇧🇺🇦Snake Island and the Keys to the North-West of the Black Sea
The events on Snake Island off the coast of Odessa are shrouded in the fog of war: in the scarce reports of the Ministry of Defense, there are only reports of destroyed UAVs, not a single military correspondent is on the spot, and Ukrainians constantly report wrecked ships and post videos of the injured “ Raptors” or “Cerne”.
▪️Now Bayraktar TB2 UAVs are working almost daily on the positions of the RF Armed Forces on the island . The ultimate goal is the landing of Ukrainian troops on the island : Mi-8 helicopters have been deployed to the Chervonoglinsky airfield in Odessa, ready to transfer personnel on command.
▪️American M777 howitzers with 155-mm M982 Excalibur guided active rockets were deployed to the Zatoka area . They will have to work at almost the maximum range - 60 km. But howitzers can also work on Russian positions on the island itself, and on the grouping of ships around it.
▪️Target designation and reconnaissance is provided by American reconnaissance aircraft, which practically do not leave the area of the mission.
Yesterday, through the collective efforts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and NATO allies, the Tor air defense system on the island was partially disabled. After that, the Ukrainian Air Force tried to make a massive raid on the island: in addition to unmanned aircraft, they attracted at least two pairs of Su-24 and Su-27 tactical aircraft .
The ship’s air defense systems and fighters worked out by air: two Bayraktar TB2 UAVs and one aircraft were shot down . The rest got away.
Why Serpentine?
The island is strategically important not only because of its location near the southern borders of Odessa. Without control over Serpentine, it will be much more difficult to conduct a potentially naval amphibious operation on the Ukrainian coast.
And for Ukraine and the allies, the restoration of control over the island is an opportunity to deploy stationary radar stations, control the air and sea space around Odessa and begin an operation to unblock it. This is important for the supply of weapons and military equipment from the West by sea.
No matter how much we make fun of the “mosquito fleet”, but it exists. And it is foolish to underestimate it - especially when all target designation and intelligence are provided by allies from the NATO bloc.
And also Serpentine is a symbol. Remember about the “dead defenders” of the island, who later turned out to be alive? Now imagine that the Ukrainians will recapture the island and begin to inflate the story of a heroic deed, recaptured lines and revenge for the fallen and prisoners?
Therefore, one should not assume that the grouping of the Russian Navy in the Black Sea “does nothing” near Odessa. This is a very important sector of the front. And the intensity of the fighting there will only increase.
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Rybar
🇬🇧🇺🇦 Today we wrote a detailed analysis of the importance of the Serpent’s Island for the Ukrainian command and their NATO allies.
Yesterday, the Tor air defense system was disabled on the island, which gave Ukrainians a sense of false superiority. Yesterday it didn’t reach the landing operation - only tactics flew and carried out reconnaissance in battle.
But today the Armed Forces of Ukraine made this attempt . And they miscalculated. To lose not only the landing craft, but also three helicopters with landing troops, as well as cover aircraft, is a lot of effort.
But something is definitely not worth relaxing. Because the Turks are pressing, the British and Americans are pressing. Everyone needs a big information victory.
Details of today’s UAF attack on Snake Island.
The island was used as a bait: the forces of the RF took off from it in the morning and retreated. Mi-8 army aviation transport helicopters and the Stanislav landing craft calmly reached the shores of the island and began to land.
After that, the RF Armed Forces struck. The helicopters and the boat were instantly leveled. The few survivors retreated in rubber boats.
Rybar
Rybar
🇬🇧🇺🇦Today we wrote a detailed analysis of the importance of the Serpent’s Island for the Ukrainian command and their NATO allies. Yesterday, the Tor air defense system was disabled on the island, which gave Ukrainians a sense of false superiority. Before the landing operation yesterday ...
🇬🇧🇺🇦Details of today’s APU attack on Serpentine .
The island was used as a bait: the forces of the Russian Armed Forces took off from it in the morning and retreated. Mi-8 army aviation transport helicopters and the Stanislav landing craft calmly reached the shores of the island and began to land troops.
After that, the RF Armed Forces struck. The helicopters and the boat were instantly landed. The few survivors retreated in rubber boats.
The surviving aircraft were covered at the Chervonoglinsky , Shkolny and Martynovka airfields during the day.
I would have thought that Russia had the wherewithal to wipe out most of the Ukranian air force right at the start of this war.
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