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Ukrainian spies are reportedly behind a string of drone attacks inside Russia that have seen five of Putin's jets blown up within just three days
Posted on 08/23/2023 11:06:28 AM PDT by dennisw
One air base attacks happened more than 400 miles away from Ukraine
Ukrainian military intelligence spokesman Andriy Yusov told the Ukrainian LIGA.net news outlet on Monday that at least one Russian warplane was damaged in the attack on Shaikovka.
He said it was carried out by people who worked in close coordination with Ukrainian military intelligence but gave no further details.
The Russian Defence Ministry said the attack on Soltsy damaged one aircraft. It did not comment on the reported attack on Shaikovka, but Russian media did.
Ukraine has been seeking to take the war into the heart of Russia since earlier this year.
It has increasingly targeted Moscow's military assets behind the front lines in eastern and southern Ukraine and at the same time has launched drones against Moscow, most recently early on Tuesday.
Ukrainian spies are reportedly behind a string of drone attacks inside Russia that have seen five of Putin's jets blown up within just three days.
The Ministry of Defence claimed last night that the attacks in Russia have come from within its own territory, while Ukraine media insisted the attacks had been carried out by saboteurs.
The Government pointed to the destruction of a Tupolev Tu-22 supersonic bomber on Saturday night, at the the Soltsy-2 air base south of St Petersburg.
The military port is some 400 miles away from Ukraine's border making it 'unlikely' that the drone attack was launched within Vlodymyr Zelenskys country.
'The Russian Defence Ministry said that a copter-style uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) was responsible for the attack,' the MoD told the Telegraph.
'If true, this adds weight to the assessment that some UAV attacks against Russian military targets are being launched from inside Russian territory. Copter UAVs are unlikely to have the range to reach Soltsky-2 from outside Russia.'
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Probably pretty easy for the southern Russians to mix in with the eastern Russian population.
Ukrainian spies are reportedly behind a string of drone attacks inside Russia that have seen five of Putin's jets blown up within just three days
The Government pointed to the destruction of a Tupolev Tu-22 supersonic bomber on Saturday night, at the the Soltsy-2 air base south of St Petersburg
All while feeding 50,000 of his soldiers into the Russian meat grinder in a failed counteroffensive that has on for almost three months and has yet to reach the first line of Russian defense.
Sure he did. Lol.
Daily Mail is not necessarily reliable.
But, maybe they got pigroff or however you spell his name.
Putin sure is hiding. He won’t travel or he’d be in South Africa now.
DAILY MAIL UPDATE!!!
Thats a kill
Well, I guess we can thank the CIA.
American Special Forces
My understanding (from a friend whose relative is in the Russian military) is the regular guards and patrols from these two facilities were shipped to the front lines, leaving mechanics and techs to do the guarding.
They were not only short handed, but REMFs who are really able mechanics, good with a wrench and a voltmeter, but not a rifle.
TU-22M.
The TU-22, while it has the same name, is a completely different aircraft and went out of service 30 years ago.
The destroyed planes have been in the Russian media for 3 days now.
Reeeeeee Reeeeeeee -{check engine}
You think the green berets are fighting in Russia?
Perhaps these drone attacks will force Russia to sue for peace? Then again, they may bring great additional suffering to Ukrainians.
That’s a lot of carbon dioxide.
So we are up to five bombers destroyed since Saturday (right?) yet we only see the same burning bomber and the same smoke plume every time one of these threads get posted. It's now Wednesday...where's the beef?
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