Posted on 06/02/2023 8:50:14 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
Russia faced a major bombardment today as huge explosions ripped through the occupied port of Berdiansk - with Ukraine believed to be making the most of new missiles gifted by Britain.
Footage shows the moment facilities at the port are hit with a suspected Storm Shadow missile, Britain's most potent non-nuclear missile which can strike targets from a range of 150 miles.
A huge plume of smoke was seen rising from a location in the port area on the Sea of Azov, in the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia region.
Russian state media outlet RT said there had been 'casualties and destruction' from the strike, the exact target of which was not immediately clear.
Russian-installed official Vladimir Rogov said there had been nine people reported injured. Berdiansk was first hit on Saturday in Storm Shadow missile strikes.
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I get tired of that meme, but that’s a darn good one!
Storm Shadow missile ...about 1000 were manufactured. So Ukes might get quite a few of these anti-Rooooosky missiles. That are giving Putin horrible agita.
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From Bing AI
The Storm Shadow missile is a British-French low-observable, long-range, air-launched cruise missile developed since 1994 by Matra and British Aerospace, and now manufactured by MBDA1. It is also known as SCALP-EG in France1. It has a conventional warhead of 450 kilograms and a range of approximately 560 km1.
The exact number of Storm Shadow missiles manufactured is not publicly available, but some estimates can be derived from the contracts and deliveries reported by various sources. According to Wikipedia1, the UK signed a contract for 700 missiles in 1997 and France signed a contract for 500 missiles in 1998. In 2017, a joint contract to upgrade the Storm Shadow/SCALP stockpiles in French and British service was signed1.
According to CNN2, the UK delivered multiple Storm Shadow missiles to Ukraine in 2023 amid the Russo-Ukrainian War. According to Newsweek3, each missile costs an estimated £2 million.
Apparently Biden/Nato no longer has issues of hitting Putins ports and country directly. Which WAS a concern if they shipped Ukraine longer range missles...though Zelensky said they would not do that.
Storm Shadow missile with Putin's name on it.
It’s not Putin’s port. It’s Ukraine’s. Tell your Putin to leave Ukraine and go home.
Berdyansk is in Ukraine.
Ukraine promises not to hit Russia with new long-range missiles
He’s not my Putin.
Oh great keep provoking Russia until they escalate to tactical nukes. These neocons are leading us straight to hell.
We have had Axis Sally, Lord Haw-Haw, Tokyo Rose...
And you are Kiev Ken.
The occupied port of Berdiansk was hit by the Storm Shadow sent by the Ukrainian Army. It is part of Ukraine, but temporarily occupied by Russia. I looked up Berdiansk on Bing maps, and shows up as in Ukraine. Not Russia.
Berdiansk is not in Russia. So no big deal if Ukrainians hit it with missiles, HIMARS or whatever.
The globalists are trying everything they can to get their puppet in Ukraine to start a nuclear war. Complete madness, yet even the usual crowd here blindly cheers it on as they live out their 1980s Cold War fantasies in a world that is completely different, and actually more dangerous, compared to those days.
Just say “nyet” to Russian nuclear blackmail. Otherwise, you might as well sign up to be a slave right now.
BTW, is there ANY Moscow talking point you disagree with? You sure hate Ukrainians and freedom-loving peoples. Are the 23-year dictator’s folks paying you or do you do all this trolling for free?
Reagan did finish the job. Bush and Clinton undid it.
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