Russia has enough resources to fight in Ukraine for two years - Lithuanian intelligence
"Put down the shovels lads, we're off to Kiev!"
Posted on 03/09/2023 5:52:37 AM PST by JonPreston
TLDR update
Russian troops launched massive strikes at night on critical infrastructure in Ukraine.
The list of the weapons involved in the attack has significantly expanded: the RF Armed Forces used kamikaze drones, cruise missiles, and even the Kinzhal hypersonic complex.
What is known by now?
Kiev: the engine room and boiler room of CHPP-5, a large generating station in the capital, were hit. Together with other hits, the city experienced significant problems with electricity and communications.
Previously, the facility has repeatedly become the target of attacks by Russian troops, but the station still continued to work. If the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation managed to disable at least a few turbines and boilers, energy generation will significantly decrease.
Kharkov: at least 15 explosions sounded in the city. According to some reports, the operation of CHPP-3 and CHPP-5 was stopped. Local residents reported power and water outages, communication and heating problems.
Dnepropetrovsk region: a series of explosions sounded in Pavlograd, Krivoy Rog and the city. According to preliminary data, in Krivoy rog, the targets of the attacks could've been the "Krivorozhskaya TPP" and the Substation South 330.
Zhitomir region: presumably, the substation of the substation "Zhitomirska 330" was hit: the regional center is partially de-energized, about 150 thousand residents were left without electricity.
Volyn region: citizens heard powerful explosions in Lutsk and Kivertsy. The explosion was so powerful that some residents of Kivertsy reported that their houses were shaking.
In the Lutsk region there is an oil depot, an airfield and a substation "Lutsk-Severnaya 330", as well as military installations.
Vinnitsa region: powerful explosions sounded in the region. Most likely objects at the "Ladyzhinskaya TPP" were hit again
Kirovograd region: local residents reported the sounds of explosions in the Kropyvnytskyi district and an emergency power outage. The target of the attack in the area could've been the substation "Ukrainka 330".
Odessa region: local authorities announced a strike on an energy facility in the region. Among the possible targets of the strikes are the "Adzhalyk 330", "Novoodesskaya 330", "Usatovo 330" and the "Centrolit 220" substations.
Sumy region: one of the buildings of the Research Institute of Chemical Products in Shostka was probably hit.
Zaporozhye region: local authorities announced hit on an infrastructure facility, but there is no exact information about it at the moment.
Ivano-Frankovsk region: an unknown energy infrastructure facility was hit.
Local residents also reported the sounds of explosions in Lvov, Kherson, Khmelnitsky, Nikolaev, Ternopol, Rivne, Cherkassy and Chernihov regions.
After the strikes, Ukrainian Railways reported a delay of up to an hour for trains due to power supply problems. Several trains are delayed by almost four hours.
Today's wave of strikes has become the most massive in the current year. Known targets include critical turbine rooms for the operation of power plants.
As a result of accurate hits in several regions of the country, there were significant problems with power supply, which, however, was restored within a few hours.
The largest power outage of the contact network was in central Ukraine.
In addition, the local authorities once again preventively turned off the power before the raid, but this also causes significant damage to the energy system, undermining its stability.
Despite the lack of immediate results, such attacks are increasingly destabilizing the Ukrainian energy infrastructure, leaving hope for its collapse and disruption of the railways with industry
TLDR update
Russian troops launched massive strikes at night on critical infrastructure in Ukraine.
The list of the weapons involved in the attack has significantly expanded: the RF Armed Forces used kamikaze drones, cruise missiles, and even the Kinzhal hypersonic complex.… https://t.co/uhRsQtveSJ pic.twitter.com/ekNPnSyzXs— Donbass Devushka (@PeImeniPusha) March 9, 2023
Russia has enough resources to fight in Ukraine for two years - Lithuanian intelligence
"Put down the shovels lads, we're off to Kiev!"
You must be delighted Jon.
This is your war, not mine.
From the description, Russia has stopped playing around with the power grid. Now they are hitting the irreplaceable parts, the turbines. Substations and auto switches can be replaced fairly quickly if you have spares, turbines cannot.
With the timing of this attack and the rail delays caused, wonder if there were or are any Leopard tanks sitting exposed in rail yards.
One of those was smearing anti-war freepers on another thread.
Imagine being so ignorant as to disrespect a countryman over a foreigners flag. The absolute state of the USA is beyond laughable.
Those are excellent points. I think you’re right about this being potentially preemptive
It’s your Russian war Jon.
You know that.
With rocket powered stahlinist era shovels? I thought they ran out of rockets.
Look, anyone like you who has devoted their Homepage to praising daBush, isn’t worth conversing with.
Russia has been hitting Ukraine with missiles (most of which get shot down anyway) since last fall
and there’s been zero effect on Ukraine’s fighting ability
so the war continues, with no end in sight ...
When are you leaving for the Front?
don’t need to, you said it was already over
so there’s no point now, right?
or ... were you lying to us?
“… the war continues, with no end in sight”
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ALL ACCORDING TO PLAN.
The worse things go badly for NATO, the angrier they get. I expect the Daily Mail to run a few "Putin has cancer" stories today.
And in each of those write down what are teh US vital interests and what are the opposing sides vital interests
And when you discover we are overextended, tell us which wars you are going to decline to fight.
And when you write down that our vital interest is fighting for global democracy, you need to tell us how that war is going so far.
It's over as far as the Ukrainian military. NATO is in the mix now and they could use a Canadian or two. So when are you going?
so you’re saying it’s not over?
Question:
What country is Kherson in?
Any video of the massive blackouts and explosions?
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