Posted on 03/19/2022 3:31:07 PM PDT by delta7
On March 19, the Russian Defense Ministry revealed that it has used its hypersonic missile systems to strike targets in Ukraine.
According to the statement, on March 18, a strike with the Kinzhal hypersonic missile system destroyed a large underground storage facility for missiles and aviation ammunition of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Delyatin, Ivano-Frankivsk Region.
At the same time, Russian forces used the Bastion coastal missile system to strike and destroy radio surveillance centers of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Velikiy Dalnik and Velikodolynskoye, Odessa Region.
The Russian side says that during the night of March 19, 69 Ukrainian military facilities were targeted by Russian tactical, army and unmanned aviation. Among them: four command posts, including the brigade command post in Zabuyanye, four anti-aircraft missile systems (three S-300s and one Buk-M1), one radar guiding and targeting station, three multiple rocket launchers, 12 rocket and artillery weapons depots and 43 equipment accumulation sites. Air defence means of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down 12 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in the air.
According to the Russian side, since the start of the military operation, Russian forces have destroyed 196 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles, 1,438 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 145 multiple rocket launchers, 556 field artillery and mortars, as well as 1,237 units of special military vehicles.
On top of this, the Russian side released a fresh video of strikes on military targets in Ukraine.
One of the videos shows the strike on a reconnaissance and sabotage unit (with four vehicles) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with high-precision weapons.….. At the same time, DPR units reportedly entered the town of Mariinka in the sector east of Donetsk city. This area is a well-fortified strongpoint of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Its fall will mark the further collapse of pro-Kyiv forces’ defense east of Donetsk.
The fighting continues in the Severodonetsk-Lysichansk agglomeration amid efforts to LPR troops to outflank defense of Kyiv’s forces there. The town of Rubezhone just north of Severodonetsk and Lysichansk is already being secured by LPR force…… Meanwhile, the Ukrainian leadership inspired by the Russian attempts to avoid civilian casualties by avoiding the storm of Kyiv continues to make victorious statements. Just on March 19, Volodimir Zelensky released a new statement claiming that he is ready for negotiations to restore ‘territorial integrity’ of Ukraine.
“It’s time to meet. Time to speak. Time has come to restore territorial integrity and justice for Ukraine,” he said. In other words, NATO-backed Ukrainian speaking heads continue to pretend that they are in the position to make demands. No doubts, if one believes Ukrainian media, he will expect to see Ukrainian battle tanks in Moscow city soon.
The day before, the head of the Russian negotiating delegation, Vladimir Medinsky, said that the representatives of Kyiv and Moscow were able to “bring their positions as close as possible” on one of the key points of the negotiations – the issues of the neutral status of Ukraine and its non-entry into NATO. Apparently, this became possible after NATO repeatedly publicly signaled that it is not gong to accept Ukraine as a member state any time in the foreseeable future. So, now, the Kyiv government tries to pretend that the understanding of this ‘complex matter’ is a signal of the readiness of Moscow to accept Kyiv’s demands.
Fake news. I was assured over and over that all their equipment is 70 years old.
So they destroyed more tanks than the Ukrainians had. Thats so believable.
The only down side is that their military is going to learn some valuable practical lessons from this debacle.
https://southfront.org/war-in-ukraine-day-23/
Russian non western combat videos. A refreshing take that challenges the western MSM “bad Vlad “ Ukrainian is winning.
You decide.
The article says tanks and other armored vehicles.
Actually it is possible since the Ukrainians took a lot of Russian tanks when they were abandoned due to no gas or the conscripts not wanting to be Javelin fodder.
Southfront? That is your source? It is a Kremlin controlled propaganda mill associated with the FSB (successor to the KGB).
A very good video showing current maps and footage from Bad Vlad’s side.
The rest of the story? You decide.
https://southfront.org/configuration-of-combat-forces-and-expected-landing-near-odessa/
Southfront? That is your source?
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Two sides to everything. I do know western MSM is proven to be fake and corrupted….so why now is everyone choosing to believe western MSM?
Very good coverage detailed on Southfront, something the MSM is not posting. You decide.
Propaganda!
Propaganda!
Since Russia has reverted to the industrial demolition of all Ukraine surface structures, when are they going for the most efficient method: nuclear power.
A very dangerous situation for Russia, strategically. Expending their conventional forces, denied support and assistance from China which was previously granted, and lastly a collapsed ruble and economy. No economy to feed the people and resupply the military simultaneously. 1917 redux. Revolution likely within the year. Territories (Belarus, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, etc.) will push for greater autonomy and more support and will likely experience revolution first.
“Very good coverage detailed on Southfront...”
You do know it is a Russian government propaganda mill, right? But, of course you do. It’s as objective as Der Sturmer was in the 1930s and 1940s.
See videos of the strike at this link. What’s amazing is that it looks like a complete demolition but there are about 7 people scrambling out of the smoke at one end of where the building was. It seems a miracle that anyone could survive that.
A perfect example of 2 sides to propaganda would be the American news reels compared to the Japanese news reels (WW2).
When the Soviets move on other nations as they are posturing for, will you still be their cheerleader in here?
I bet you will.
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