Russia reports several drone strikes on Moscow buildings as Kyiv is attacked again

The Associated Press, via NPR ^ | May 30, 2023 | Charles Maynes

[Timber Rattler]

Russian authorities reported several drone attacks on the capital Moscow Tuesday morning, damaging several residential buildings.

Explosions were reported in several districts of Moscow and outlying regions of the city as Russian air defense systems attempted to intercept the drones.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin confirmed minor damage to several residential buildings but reported no serious injuries.

City rescue crews are cleaning up the debris and Russia's Investigative Committee said its inspectors were also on the scene gathering forensics evidence.

Russia's Defense Ministry called the incident a "terrorist attack" and insisted just eight drones had been spotted over the capital. Independent media reports suggested that number of drones could be much higher.

[MeganC]

Also, knock it off with the nuclear scaremongering. Russia’s been playing that card since 2014 and it’s gotten old.

[popdonnelly]

I wonder what outfit is launching the drones.

[popdonnelly]

Stupid pacifist argument #1.

[JonPreston]

have you decided to fight for Your Zelensky?

[popdonnelly]

They’d better have a good Plan B if Plan A doesn’t work. That’s where the Russians screwed up.

[dominusobiscum]

Sure did.

[blitz128]

Humm calling them terrorist attacks as they attack Kiev just hummm

[blitz128]

Soon maybe but you have already surrendered better to be ruled I guess

[blitz128]

Agreed, so what is to be done? Do a chamberlain and declare peace in our time, that worked out well espnfor Czechs

[larrytown]

4 minutes, 50 seconds - almost got ahead of ‘em there :D

[Alas Babylon!]

Does Ukraine have a payload carrying drone that can fly as far as Moscow from Ukrainian territory?

[PIF]

Part of Budanov’s announced revenged attack using Soviet era drones.

[PIF]

First, expect it’s a false flag.

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Its not. These are announced revenge attacks for Russia’s targeting civilians.

[MeganC]

It takes me a long time to write. My husband is sick and he’s my priority.

[2CAVTrooper]

False flag.

Russia has been jamming all GPS signals, including their own GLONASS system within Moscow for the past few months. Since the last drone thing before their “victory day” they’ve doubled the radius of the jamming.

The Russian Repellent-1 anti drone system can detect drones out to 20 miles based on their guidance signals and neutralize them out to 2 miles.

They now have a new lighter weight system that completed testing last year, and is being fielded in and around Moscow.

[Does so]

“have you decided to fight for Your Zelensky?”

My country wasn’t attacked.

[BroJoeK]

BushCountry: "I know of a country that firebombed cities killing hundreds of thousands of civilians and when that didn’t work they dropped nuclear bombs on cities to stop a war."

And do you remember who began bombing civilian cities in China, for example, Chongqing in 1938, killing tens of thousands of civilians?
Who do you think did that?

And while we're on the subject, do you remember who began bombing civilians in Europe, for example, Guernica, Spain, in 1937?
Who do you think did that?

Do you remember who began bombing Polish, Dutch and British cities in 1939 & 1940, killing tens of thousands?

So let's talk about those bombings, and the millions of others those countries killed long before western allies could begin to return the... ah... favors.

BushCountry: "Millions upon millions died less than a century ago, both the morally superior and those that were not.
Being right or wrong did not change the outcome.
War is never fair to the victims."

Being right had everything to do with Western Allied victory.

And before you begin shedding bucket-loads of tears for those poor, unfortunate, Axis victims of mean & nasty Allies, remember these numbers:

1. 7 million Germans, military plus civilians died in WWII.
   
2. 37 million other Europeans died in the war Germany waged against them.

3. 3 million Japanese, military plus civilians died in WWII.
   
4. 30 million other Asians died in the war Japan waged against them.

The war the allies waged on Axis powers was 100% humanitarian and just, compared to the barbarisms inflicted by the Axis powers on their European and Asian victims.

If we only count up the deaths on each side, then Germany and Japan WON the Second World War by 5 to 1 and 10 to 1 respectively.

Allied justice to Germans and Japanese was hugely merciful, compared to what they truly deserved, and nobody should ever forget that.

BushCountry: "You have no idea how close (either do I) we are to the start of a nuclear war and being right in your mind does not change the fact.
If Putin is the nutcase you say he is, be prepared for hell throughout the world."

Vlad the Invader is Old Soviet KGB, and like the Old Soviets, he's a bully and Empire Builder.
Like them, Vlad responds to weakness with aggression and to strength with respect.
Like the Old Soviets, Putin threatens nuclear war, but, perhaps, like them he will not be so insane as to trigger Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD).

If he does, then he is a vastly sicker S.O.B. than we can imagine, and one result will be the destruction of Russia as a country.
No sane person would do that, and no sane government would allow its leader to order such MADness.

[BroJoeK]

PIF on possible Russian false flag: "Its not. These are announced revenge attacks for Russia’s targeting civilians."

Sorry, I missed that memo.
I'll let you know if or when I can confirm it.

[MeganC]

Thank you for giving an alleged Bush supporter a proper retort to his support of the Axis and his condemnation of America.

[BushCountry]

“The war the allies waged on Axis powers was 100% humanitarian?”

Ha, ha... The civilian death toll in Japan from Allied bombing was between 330,000 and 900,000 with an additional 112,000 killed from the atomic bombs.

Humanitarian if you are into population control.