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Russia repeatedly bombed itself, intelligence report finds
The Telegraph ^ | 1st July 2024

Posted on 07/01/2024 6:49:42 AM PDT by Cronos

Russia dropped dozens of its glide bombs on its own territory between April 2023 to April 2024, an intercepted internal document found.

At least 38 of the munitions fell on the Belgorod region close to Ukraine, according to The Washington Post, which cited bomb cleanup and evacuation documents obtained by Ukrainian intelligence.

The majority of bombs, largely undetonated, were found by civilians in areas surrounding the city. Four bombs have hit the city of Belgorod itself.

The first recorded accidental bomb drop fell on a central street in Belgorod in April 2023, creating a 65ft crater, shattering windows and blowing up parked cars. The detonation happened at night and no casualties were reported.

Moscow has been making extensive use of glide bombs in recent months, increasingly relying on them to batter Ukrainian cities and drive territorial advances.

..Glide bombs are Soviet-era heavy munitions retrofitted with guidance systems and launched from an aircraft flying out of range of air defences with a payload of up to 1.5 tonnes.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Russia
KEYWORDS: ionacleave; oops; oopskey; oopski; russia; zeeperporn; zelenskyqs
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To: Cronos
Ukrainian intelligence?????

Seriously????
21 posted on 07/01/2024 7:50:01 AM PDT by SoConPubbie (Trump has all the right enemies, DeSantis has all the wrong friends.)
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To: hardspunned

This is about Muscowites bombing Belgorod - a city in the Russian federation.

Are you claiming that the Muscowites are liberating Belgorod?


22 posted on 07/01/2024 7:55:58 AM PDT by Cronos (I identify as an ambulance, my pronounces are wee/woo)
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To: Cronos
The majority of bombs, largely undetonated,

So apparently, they can't hit their targets and the bombs don't work anyway.

23 posted on 07/01/2024 7:56:14 AM PDT by libertylover (Our biggest problem, by far, is that almost all of big media is AGENDA-DRIVEN, not-truth driven.)
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To: Lockbox

So, the Russians had a Boing contract.


24 posted on 07/01/2024 8:02:44 AM PDT by Cold Heart
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To: Cronos

Sure Jan.


25 posted on 07/01/2024 8:08:13 AM PDT by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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To: NorseViking

Where the city of Belgorod is located.

Hint: it’s not disputed territory. It’s in Russia. It’s not occupied by Ukrainians, in any way.


26 posted on 07/01/2024 8:08:31 AM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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To: hardspunned
Khrushchev transferred Crimea to Ukraine in 1956 after 300 hundred years of Russian rule

Have you read any history?"

300 years before 1956 - in 1656 -- Crimea was part of the Tatar khanate, in fact it was part of the Tatar Khanate until 1783 so your "300 years" statement is flatly WRONG

It was Tatar ruled from the 13th century until 1783 - nearly 500 years which trumps the 170 years of rule from the Kremlin

And then you get the situation after the Tsar lost

It was part of the Ukrainian state from May to June 1918 and was an independent SSR from May 1921 to 30 June 1945. The autonomous republic without its titled nationality was downgraded to an oblast (province) within the Russian SFSR on 30 June 1945

So Crimea was "Russian" only from 1783 to 1918, then from 1945 to 1954 = 144 years

The longest lived population in that area are the Crimean Tatars

27 posted on 07/01/2024 8:12:39 AM PDT by Cronos (I identify as an ambulance, my pronounces are wee/woo)
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To: hardspunned

Belgerod is in Russia, comrade patriot.

It’s not occupied by Ukrainians, claimed by Ukraine, or anything else.

It’s just relatively close to the action and getting hit by the Russians by accident. To use your Israel analogy, this would be like the Israelis bombing Tel Aviv.

Not a pleasant place to be. The Ukrainians attack it due to troops and a fuel depo. And, on 20 April 2023, a Russian Su-34 fighter jet accidentally dropped a bomb on the city, leaving a crater 20 metres (66 ft) across and then had to be partially evacuated two days later due to another bomb probably from the same aircraft in a populated area.


28 posted on 07/01/2024 8:16:21 AM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Sometimes There Is No Lesser Of Two Evils)
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To: adorno

I think you’re drinking too early on the day.


29 posted on 07/01/2024 8:19:58 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Cronos

And how many years was it Ukrainian?


30 posted on 07/01/2024 8:27:18 AM PDT by hardspunned (Former DC GOP globalist stooge)
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To: Cronos
Putin cares about his country, far more than Biden does about this one.

BTW, Ukraine continues to get its ass kicked on the battlefield:

Huge Russian Gains On Donetsk Front l Unstoppable Russian Advance

31 posted on 07/01/2024 8:39:00 AM PDT by Kazan
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To: canuck_conservative
Sure, the Russians is gaining ground DAILY and their losing.

Ukraine's power grid is near failure and its citizens are facing daily blackouts. But, Russia is losing.

Zelensky even admits Ukraine is critical short of manpower. But, Russia is losing.

32 posted on 07/01/2024 8:41:43 AM PDT by Kazan
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To: pburgh01

Welcome back pburgh01. Was you 8 months vacation from the forum relaxing?


33 posted on 07/01/2024 8:42:42 AM PDT by wildcard_redneck (He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.)
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To: Cronos; hardspunned

Sorry cronos, the Crimea was an integral part of Russia from 1783 to 2014, a total of 231 years total. It is nonsensical to argue about the internal political division of territories within the Soviet Union because the Soviet Union was Russia. Furthermore it is part of an ongoing Civil War that is only 10 years old.

You comment like a back-alley attorney.


34 posted on 07/01/2024 8:50:55 AM PDT by wildcard_redneck (He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.)
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To: Mariner
I think you’re drinking too early on the day.

I think you're thinking too early on the day.

You're only allowed to think after the end of the day, that being on the 25th hour. ;)
35 posted on 07/01/2024 8:54:39 AM PDT by adorno (CCH)
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To: Cold Heart

sounds about right


36 posted on 07/01/2024 9:04:06 AM PDT by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting…)
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To: Cronos

It is not their militaries fault. They have no idea what the borders are for Russia.


37 posted on 07/01/2024 9:20:07 AM PDT by pas
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To: Cronos
"Ukrainian intelligence"

That's an oxymoron.

38 posted on 07/01/2024 9:54:45 AM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: pburgh01

Whatcha got against the flag? Are you disparaging southern folks?


39 posted on 07/01/2024 10:22:57 AM PDT by subterfuge (I'm a pure-blood!)
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To: Cronos

You’re wrong about the tatars, the greeks were there many centuries longer


40 posted on 07/01/2024 12:21:57 PM PDT by Mount Athos
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