Zeepers!
Posted on 01/13/2024 5:29:23 AM PST by canuck_conservative
Ukrainian forces destroyed 26 Russian helicopters in a single day using an unknown long-range weapon supplied by Kyiv's allies, Volodymyr Zelensky has claimed.
During a press conference with journalists in Latvia on Thursday, the Ukrainian president remained light on details when discussing the use of the mystery weapon, not disclosing which country had provided the system, how long it had been in operation or when it had been used against the helicopters.
"Partners have provided us with some long-range weapons," he said, according to a translation by Ukrainian news outlet RBC. "I won't say what, but our partners will understand.
"With it, we destroyed 26 helicopters in a day, and 12 planes that took off and attacked with missiles, against which these systems were working. We destroyed 12 at once."
The Ukrainian president went on to stress that the weapons system he was referring to was part of the nation's air defense systems, rather than being used to attack Russian targets, according to a translation by news agency Interfax. Ukraine has been accused by Russia of carrying out attacks within Russian territory...
In mid-October, Ukraine used ATACMS missiles to destroy nine helicopters in a nighttime raid on two military airfields in eastern and southern Ukraine.
Some of its aerial loses have seemingly been at its own hands, as analysts and military bloggers paint the Russian military as disorganized and prone to tactical mistakes.
In May, Russian air defenses were thought to be responsible for shooting down three helicopters and two fighter jets near the Ukrainian border. At the time, Russian officials told state media that engine malfunctions had been to blame....
(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...
26 Russian helicopters sounds high. But either way Bad Vlad is fuming at his military’s incompetence. More egg on his face for Vlad the bullshyte Czar.
Zeepers!
“Putin caused this with his stupid fantasy of remaking the USSR”
You stupidly missed why this war happened and Putin, himself, even published the reasons. Simpleton thinking.
You need to wake up!!! The Biden administration is made up of a bunch of liars who you believe hook line and sinker. Ukraine is overrun with foreign “military advisers” many from the USA. They oversee weapons delivery and “teach” understaffed and inexperienced members of the Ukrainian military how to use them. In the real world not the one you live in... these “advisers” are doing plenty of “dirty work”, their lives are in jeopardy, and likely many are being killed and seriously injured. Who knows how long it will be until we are actually allowed to hear about it.
I have a friend who was a "military adviser" in Vietnam long before the public knew anything about the extent of our own personnel's involvement there. My uncle worked on a diesel sub which was supporting operations against the North Vietnamese long before the public had any idea that this type of thing was going on. Try and let this sink in, and see if it can make a chink in your armor of cognitive dissonance. "In May 1961, JFK authorized sending an additional 500 Special Forces troops and military advisors to assist the pro Western government of South Vietnam. By the end of 1962, there were approximately 11,000 military advisors in South Vietnam; that year, 53 military personnel had been killed. The president would soon send additional military advisors to support the South Vietnamese Army. By the end of 1963, the numbers had risen to 16,000." https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/education/teachers/curricular-resources/military-advisors-in-vietnam-1963 The numbers above are known to have been understated. American troops were fighting and dying in combat against the Vietnamese long before the public was told. And when the public was finally made aware they were still being lied to and told that these soldiers were not troops they were just "advisers", and the numbers were greatly underplayed.
MOSCOW, January 12. /TASS/. The Russian military carried out 23 group strikes on Ukraine’s defense industry sites and bases of troops, mercenaries and nationalists from January 6-12, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a daily bulletin of the special military operation.
"Between January 6 and January 12, 2024, the Russian armed forces carried out 23 group strikes with long-range air-and sea-launched high-precision weapons, including Kinzhal hypersonic air missile systems, as well as unmanned aerial vehicles, on facilities of Ukraine’s military-industrial complex engaged in the production, upgrade and repairs of aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, armored vehicles, missile launchers and artillery systems. Also hit were bases of the Ukrainian armed forces, nationalist groups and foreign mercenaries," the ministry said.
The goals of the strikes were achieved and all the designated targets were hit, it said.
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According to the Russian Defense Ministry, since the start of the special military operation in Ukraine, the Russian Armed Forces have destroyed a total of 567 Ukrainian warplanes, 265 helicopters, 10,620 unmanned aerial vehicles, 447 surface-to-air missile systems, 14,578 tanks and other armored fighting vehicles, 1,202 multiple launch rocket systems, 7,694 field artillery guns and mortars and 17,345 special military motor vehicles.
Ukraine is totalitarian hellhole, everything the Biden regime (with the help of the GOP establishment) and WEF want to turn this country into. Everything claim is true about Russia is true about Ukraine. Ukraine imprisons opposition leaders, has shutdown opposition parties, imprisoned and MURDERED dissents like Gonzalo Lira and destroyed churches.
May God damn Ukraine to hell. Death to Ukraine! May the Russians take all but the portions that have historical ties to Poland and Hungary. It must cease to exist.
What about Alexander Rybin, described as a pro-Kremlin journalist, but in the last few weeks of his life he had grown highly critical of officials in the region. He blamed rampant corruption for the slow rebuilding of the city and Donetsk region... found near a highway. At least Ukraine gave Gonzalo hospital care. Russia just offs their critical reporters and dumps them along a roadway.
No, comrade.
I know that Marines never abandon their own - at least we try our best not to.
But the civilian world is different. If some guy or gal gets locked up in a foreign jail, sometimes the State Department gets involved and differing amounts of pressure to release them goes into effect. Drug-related crimes and crimes of violence get less help and political/false charges and prisoners with excellent contacts get maybe more help.
With military prisoners, it's also a mixed bag, depending on how capable our enemies are and how much we're willing to commit.
I am sure that you are aware that during WWII Prisoners of War and civilian detainees were held by the Germans and the Japanese through the whole war in most cases. I had cousins held in San Mateo camp in Manila for 3 1/2 years, the parents died early from the effects of malnutrition.
Korea was a crappy place to be taken prisoner with the extra treat of relentless "brainwashing" thrown in, a communist specialty.
Vietnam captured thousands of airmen, Marines, soldiers, sailors and even a few civilians. Most were kept in very bad conditions, tortured, and held until the end of the war. Some were captured by the enemy in the field, like my best friend Jim McMurdo who was taken alive when his CAP was overrun. He was taken from village to village, beaten in front of everyone, and then at the end of the week executed. We didn't find him in time.
We had all sorts of kidnapped Americans in Lebanon and of course, the 50 plus captured in Iran at our embassy. We planned all sorts of special operations to rescue them, but the one attempt failed badly and, in the end, we had to finally wait until our enemies were ready to release them. The equation we use is, how many lives of our military folks are we willing to sacrifice to save the captured folks. It's a cold-blooded trade and one that assumes that our military men and women's lives are worth less than the prisoners.
We have all sorts of American held all over the place and some of them have no one to speak for them or help them - and yes, they are rotting where they are.
And you are welcome - and I thank and respect the service of your Marine Dad.
Then there are the ones Songbird refused to allow to be returned, or even be searched for, well after the fall of Saigon.
I think we all suspect the reason...
We never forget our brothers in arms.
There’s a very old Egyptian proverb - ‘to speak of the dead is to bring them to life’, here’s to you, Jim McMurdo!
“No, comrade.”
Still demonstrating your shallow thinking.
That's a rough memory to live with - prayers of you and for McMurdo's family and loved ones.
Hopefully, we've learned from our past experiences. I think Trump got it right. Hopefully, other Presidents in the future will follow his lead.
A lot of risk so creeps like Hunter Biden and his friends can shake down small corrupt countries.
As with most things in Ukraine…..don’t believe everything you read…I’ll wait for more confirmation
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