"A senior analyst involved in a secretive Ukrainian ‘black box’ project funded through donations has used a ‘stream of accidents’ at Russian air bases to highlight its impact.
Mykola Bielieskov referenced the series of explosions at military aviation facilities up to 600km inside enemy territory as he gave Metro.co.uk an insight into the covert operation.
The Come Back Alive foundation, which supports the armed forces, has set up the fund in cooperation with Kyiv’s military intelligence services.
Sensitive targets — including long-range bombers being used to launch missiles at Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure — have sustained damage over the past two days.
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Founded in 2014 during the Maidan Revolution and start of the Donbass war, the foundation has raised more than six billion Ukrainian hryvnias (£132 million) to date. The black box project target is 230 million hryvnias (£500,000), with the stated aim of degrading Russia’s offensive capability.
Mr Bielieskov, who works in the charity’s analytical department, told Metro.co.uk: ‘I suppose you can see from recent developments that somehow there is, inadvertently, a string of accidents in Russia.
‘These are not along the frontier with Ukraine but in Russia itself and involve the bases of strategic bombers like Tu-95, Tu-160 and Tu-22M3.
‘You can see from the coincidences that something is going on."
2 questions come to mind:
1. Are US taxpayer dollars funding this activity?
2. Has anyone on the Hill asked anyone in the Xiden administration that question?
Ukraine repurposed some old Soviet drones and used them to attack the Russian airfields.
Ukraine Pulled Ex-Soviet Recon Drones Out Of Storage, Added Bombs And Sent Them Hurtling Toward Russia
An ex-Soviet Tu-141 variant in storage in Moscow in 2012
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2022/12/05/ukraine-pulled-ex-soviet-recon-drones-out-of-storage-added-bombs-and-sent-them-hurtling-toward-russia/?sh=54053e9d3348
That’s racist!
Ukraine is not entirely incapable: it once contained a good part of the Soviet Union’s defense industrial base. It also has very good software developers. BTW, the Russians blew up one of the factories needed for parts to complete their newest nuclear icebreaker. LOL
It was a medium range Soviet recon cruise missile repurposed - no long have link as was a long time ago.
They are still using them - one was brought down by a EW unit and crashed in a residential district south of Moscow.
Reminder - most of the Soviet missile program was designed & built in Ukraine.
No black box, no secret.
“...the foundation has raised more than six billion Ukrainian hryvnias (£132 million) to date. The black box project target is 230 million hryvnias (£500,000), with the stated aim of degrading Russia’s offensive capability.
It appears the foundation has raised far above its goal unless it has other big projects we don’t know about.
Thanks and Slava Ukraini~