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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Hi troll-boi.
I never mentioned any systems, I was replying to your post 35.
Way to miss completely with a red herring strawman.
Your post is as ridiculous as your pay masters in the Kremlin.
“The Russian army is home in the oblasts of the Russian Federation.”
Funny, that’s not what the maps said. They clearly show those territories inside of Ukraine.
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Take your argument up with the Russians.
“Take your argument up with the Russians.”
Apparently many people are. And they’re using guns and bombs to do it.
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Your should change your screen name to "PIC" - Politically Incorrect Clown.
Or, "PIAC"...
It's a shame that the West is outstripping its industrial capacity - whereas the Russian industrial machine is firing on all cylinders.
No guns or bombs for YOU, zElensky!!
Wasn’t Putin supposed to be dancing a jig in Kiev 2-1/2 years ago?
What happened with that?
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Boris the Clown convinced Little Vloddy that sacrificing the flower of Ukrainian manhood [and now womanhood] on the Eastern Front in the Russian Federation oblasts was the thing to do.
The Piano Puppet has got loads of cash, and a bail-out position in Perfidious Albion.
He'd best hope that the Azov guys don't stop him when he's forced to go on the lam.
Is there no flower of Russian manhood? What about their lives? Was all of them dying worth it for a few lousy provinces?
And why do you keep pinging someone else? Is there some reason you need back up?
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He's not my backup.
What misinformation did I present? Those provinces are part of Ukraine and have been since the Soviet Union collapsed. If they were part of Russia there would be no need for any “special military operation”. So your logic sucks.
I did ask a couple of questions which you haven’t answered.
What about the Russian dead? Was going to war over a couple of provinces worth their lives and limbs? Do they not matter at all?
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Was all of them dying worth it for a few lousy provinces?
After the Ukies pulled a dumb and bailed out of negotiations at the behest of Perfidious Albion, it was determined that the path forward for Russia was to eliminate the Ukrainian army and its Azov infestation - NOT to "capture territory", like the Western Media and the people that they conned keep bleating.
The Rus have done a bang-up job of rubbing out the Ukies in places like Artemovs'k, Avedeyevka, Rabotyne and Krynky.
“NOT to “capture territory”
So they’re going to leave at some point then? What’s the criteria for that?
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What Ryazan oil refinery doink?
What Lipetsk doink? Boom!
Ryazan Rosneft Refinery stronk as bull!
Amazing video of the Ukrainian drone attack on the Ryazan oil refinery is starting to appear. No Russian air defense at all protecting the refinery.
Funny how Russia didn’t even try to shoot down the drones that hit the Ryazan refinery just now.
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