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Russian forces destroy over 8,000 military drones in Ukraine operation
Tass | October 18, 2023 | Staff

Posted on 10/18/2023 1:54:42 PM PDT by Navy Patriot

Russian forces have destroyed over 8,000 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles since the start of the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Wednesday.

"In all, the following targets have been destroyed since the start of the special military operation: 491 aircraft, 251 helicopters, 8,004 unmanned aerial vehicles, 441 surface-to-air missile systems, 12,746 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,163 multiple rocket launchers, 6,810 field artillery guns and mortars and 14,419 special military motor vehicles," the ministry said in a statement. Russian forces wipe out Ukrainian aircraft ammo depot in Dnepropetrovsk Region

Russian forces destroyed a Ukrainian air-launched ammunition depot in the Dnepropetrovsk Region over the past day, the ministry reported.

"A depot storing the Ukrainian Air Force’s air-launched ammunition was obliterated at the Lozovoye airfield in the Dnepropetrovsk Region. Near the settlements of Serebryanka in the Donetsk People’s Republic and Malinovka in the Zaporozhye Region, command and observation posts of the Ukrainian army’s 67th mechanized brigade and 102nd territorial defense brigade were eliminated," the ministry said.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
videos are not citations.

The videos are a better source than whatever propaganda Tass publishes.

How did Russia destroy more airplanes than Ukraine ever had? Maybe they counted the Russian losses as part of the total, or maybe they just lied.

21 posted on 10/18/2023 3:37:05 PM PDT by freeandfreezing
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To: freeandfreezing

You should try listening to your idiocy.


22 posted on 10/18/2023 3:38:29 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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does that include the ones that hit their target???


23 posted on 10/18/2023 3:40:01 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: freeandfreezing
Maybe they were referring to the following as a type destroyed.



24 posted on 10/18/2023 3:57:56 PM PDT by deport
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Why don't you try to identify the 491 Ukrainian aircraft Russia claims to have destroyed.

It won't be easy because Ukraine never had that many airplanes in its air force.

25 posted on 10/18/2023 4:41:31 PM PDT by freeandfreezing
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To: deport
Plenty of surveillance drones get damaged or lost. Neither side is very good at destroying them due to their small size and surprisingly good performance under EW stress.

It would not surprise me if thousands of drones have been lost by both sides. Thousands of kamikaze drones alone have been built and used in the last few months.

26 posted on 10/18/2023 4:44:58 PM PDT by freeandfreezing
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Read and learn.

You may need your calculator to total up the Ukrainian aircraft.

Note also that the Tass article claims that Russia has destroyed more helicopters than Ukraine ever had.

Doesn't that make you question the accuracy of the Tass article?

27 posted on 10/18/2023 4:50:58 PM PDT by freeandfreezing
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To: Petrosius

Statement of facts are not personal attacks.


28 posted on 10/18/2023 5:13:16 PM PDT by tennmountainman (FUJB)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

All I need to prove is Ruzzians been getting zotted by Ukrainian drones and I did.


29 posted on 10/18/2023 5:21:47 PM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Citation?
CITATION?!
Ukraniacs don’t need no stinking citation!
They just need their daily fix of hopium.


30 posted on 10/18/2023 5:43:04 PM PDT by oldvirginian ("Had I known what the North had in store for us, I would have continued fighting." Gen R E Lee )
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To: MeganC

You proved nothing. You never prove anything. You just post criminal-government propaganda.


31 posted on 10/18/2023 6:00:14 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: MeganC

Here’s some video evidence for ya.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRvY8bEppeA

Heh.


32 posted on 10/18/2023 6:06:28 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“You proved nothing. You never prove anything. You just post criminal-government propaganda.”

Sometimes I post tasty recipes!


33 posted on 10/18/2023 6:29:25 PM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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To: rexthecat

Those losses reported seem to be grossly overstated.


34 posted on 10/19/2023 4:11:05 AM PDT by octex
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