Posted on 07/20/2025 7:54:10 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
Vladimir Putin has been left humiliated after Ukrainian drones penetrated Russian air defences for the fourth successive day.
Moscow and the surrounding regions were under siege as Ukrainian forces unleashed more than 100 aircraft, targeting multiple buildings in the early hours of this morning.
Footage circulating on Russian pro-war Telegram channels shows several explosions leaving homes shaking and windows shattered.
Chaos also engulfed four of the capital’s airports – Sheremetyevo, Vnukovo, Domodedovo and Zhukovskiy – with as many as 134 flights having to be redirected.
By 10am local time, only two remained closed to air traffic – Vnukovo in the Moscow region and Grabtsevo in the Kaluga region.
The restrictions are necessary for ensuring the safety of civil aircraft flights,’ announced Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency.
Frustrated passengers – including tourists on summer vacations – were hit by delays, diverted flights and numerous cancellations in an apparent new tactic by Ukraine to paralyse air travel in Moscow.
Russia reported 93 Ukrainian drones being downed overnight, including 19 over the approaches to the capital.
Mayor Sergey Sobyanin claimed that Russian air defences shot down at least 16 drones heading toward the city.
In Kaluga region, residents also reported hearing loud drone flyovers and claimed that air defense systems were activated.
As is typical, Russian authorities have not released any official information on the targets or extent of the damage.
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You probably still think Ukraine somehow will regain the lost five ethnic Russian provinces…..Hopium and Unicorns.
Vlad still holds all the cards, and there is nothing the West can do.
“Vlad still holds all the cards, “
Vlad holds more than cards. He holds the $millions he stole from the Russian workers.
Rob the state pension fund to pay for his two week war.
Russia is broke. Cannot afford to continue this war.
But ending the war would put millions out of work.
21% interest rates, 10% inflation, food shortages.
Not so good.
Yes, the tipping or the rockets with their wing tips was done whenever they could do so. That was a gutsy move by the RAF pilots.
Most of the tipping happened over land when they were at cruising altitude and speed and level.
Vlad holds nothing, Trump has all the Trump cards.
Most have no idea about a Russian deck of cards, they play with a very different deck, which is why the West is very, very disadvantaged.
I wouldn’t say that it was effective. They suffered in thousands of casualties perbraid. Moscow actually had the best air defense in WWII. Some two months of Gean bombing in 1941 resulted in virtually no damage but huge losses of aircraft. The blitz ended after the first Russian bombing of Berlin. A single raid caused more damage than the e tire German campaign.
And who is trying to achieve peace and why? Kellog is a neocon plant whose daughter is profiteering in Kiev. He has Trump’s war right now and peace is the last thing he wants.
It’s the last thing Putin or Zelensky want as well.
Putin definitely wants peace, “ceasefire” is not peace. Zelensky wants gravy train to go on, and Trump to preserve a proxy. Trump is in the most uncomfortable situation from a political standpoint. If anything, Ukraine is in a process of dismantling of American influence in favor of the British in their country.
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