Ivano-Frankivsk, a hangar with recently delivered Ukrainian Armed Forces equipment was hit, there could have been F-16s there – TASS

X ^ | 8/26/24 | Zlatti71

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Looks real serious

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There is almost no air defense work in Ukraine. It worked once in the Vinnytsia region, several times in Kyiv and that’s it.

Apparently, all air defense forces have been pulled to the border of the Kursk region. - ISZ

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Geran-2”, “Kalibr”, “Iskander” wake up Ukraine: a massive attack began at dawn

➖ Enemy information resources report a powerful attack by Geran-2 drones on targets in Ukraine. There are about a hundred units in the sky, explosions are already heard in Kyiv, Vinnitsa, Kirovograd, Krivoy Rog, Kharkov, Dnepropetrovsk, Khmelnytsky region, Zaporozhye, Volyn region and Odessa.
➖ There is also information about the launch of Kalibr cruise missiles by the fleet and Kh-101/555 missiles by strategic aviation.

💥Mirgorod/district – explosions
💥Kharkiv/district – explosions
💥Krivoy Rog/district – explosions
💥Kremenchuk/district – explosions
💥Vinnytsia/district – explosions
💥Kropyvnytskyi/district – explosions
💥Khmelnytskyi/district – explosions
💥Zaporizhzhia/district – explosions
💥Dnipropetrovsk/district – explosions
💥Brovary/district – explosions
💥Chernihiv/district – explosions
💥Kiev/district – explosions
💥Mykolaiv/district – explosions
💥Lutsk/district – explosions
💥Odessa/district – explosions
💥Ivano-Frankivsk – explosions

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Kiev residents wait out the missile attack in the metro. - ISZ

https://x.com/zlatti_71/status/1827954997201404369?s=46&t=oXM3QUNDayEotvdo1W-zQA

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Zelensky has to answer some questions today…

How could we “invade” Russia yesterday, yet today we lack electricity and water?

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CONFIRMED EXPLOSIONS IN💣

💥Mirgorod
💥Kharkov
💥Krivoy Rog
💥Kremenchuk
💥Vinnitsa
💥Kropivnitsky
💥Khmelnitsky
💥Zaporozhye
💥Dnepropetrovsk
💥Brovary
💥Chernigov
💥Kiev
💥Nikolaev
💥Lutsk
💥Odessa
💥Ivano-Frankovsk
💥Lvov

Some of these were hit multiple times. Looks like a productive night for Russian aviation, and perhaps the greatest failure of Ukrainian air defense so far.

https://x.com/dd_geopolitics/status/1827960294477639700?s=46&t=oXM3QUNDayEotvdo1W-zQA

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Via @WeebUnionWar:

So far:
10 arrivals in Lviv
6 arrivals in Ivano-Frankivsk
3 arrivals in Lutsk
2 arrivals in Rivne
3 arrivals in Ternopil
5 arrivals in Khmelnytskyi
7 arrivals in Vinnytsia
3 arrivals in Zhytomyr
2 arrivals in Zhuliany airport Kiev
9 arrivals in Kiev
2 additional arrivals in Kievan suburbs
1 arrival in Kropyvnytskyi
2 arrivals in odesa
2 arrivals in Kryvyi Rih
2 arrivals in Zaporizhzhia
2 arrivals in Dnipro
2 arrivals in Kremenchuk
1 arrival in Myrhorod
1 arrival in Chernihiv
3 arrivals in Poltava
4 arrivals in Kharkiv

and this is only the 2nd wave.

(By arrivals I refer to times strikes have been reported, I’m not sure how many rockets/drones have actually hit the different areas)

https://x.com/geromanat/status/1827968112156901628?s=46&t=oXM3QUNDayEotvdo1W-zQA

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Those do not look like drones to me.

“Russia kicks off Monday with a relentless barrage of drones, leaving a Ukrainian viewer stunned by the sheer number flying over Ukraine.”

https://x.com/runews/status/1827975841403310288?s=46&t=oXM3QUNDayEotvdo1W-zQA

[Forward the Light Brigade]

And so it starts... Putin is taking off the gloves. Lets see if they can keep up this level of attack for more than 48 hours. Looks like the end game is coming...

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usually, Russia claims to destroy western-supplied weapons before they are delivered

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For the first time in two years, “points of invincibility” have been deployed in Kyiv amid a massive attack by the Russian Armed Forces on energy facilities in Ukraine

📝 “Due to the difficult operational situation in the energy sector and, in particular, following the instructions of Ukrenergo to introduce emergency power outages, a decision was made to deploy points of invincibility throughout the city of Kyiv,” the Kyiv City Military Administration reported.

❗️ “Points of invincibility” are special tents that should have heating and access to electricity from generators. The last time such points were opened was in the winter of 2022-2023, they became a symbol of the destruction of the Ukrainian energy system.

Ostashko reports

https://x.com/zlatti_71/status/1827982930137751960?s=46&t=oXM3QUNDayEotvdo1W-zQA

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No, they have never claimed to have destroyed NATO weapons on NATO soil. Where else would the weapons be prior to delivery?

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NATO clowns over the weekend:
see? Russia has no red lines - we can do what ever we want - HAHA

NATO clowns today:
Oh my God - pray for Ukraine

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Remember when Z was showing off his new F-16 with video that had airfield identifying structures in the background? Well, the Russians certainly did. What a fool!

“Russian OSINT found the deployment of F16s in Ukraine!

They are (or were) based at “Ivano-Frankivsk International airport”!”

https://x.com/mylordbebo/status/1827673083353739548?s=46&t=oXM3QUNDayEotvdo1W-zQA

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After 2 1/2 years putin is taking off the gloves? Or it took months to stick up enough equipment to make this attack.

Was the bulge hitler taking off the gloves?

Can he launch the same attack tomorrow or the next day? We will see.

I also find in fascinating that there are several posts on this event, but this is apparently “news “ not spamming FR like I see from the usuals about negative events for Russia. Just an observation

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In the past, when Russia claimed to have destroyed NATO weapons prior to their delivery, where were these NATO weapons?

In the minds of Russophiles.

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Meh.... It’s a European problem. Let them deal with it. We’ve got far more serious problems here.

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Going out on a limb here. Russia cargo planes landing in Iran were loaded with air-defense systems. Once unloaded, the were filled with Iranian kamikaze drones and ballistic missiles.

All the other theories aside, this may be why Iran has yet to respond to Israel and only Hezbollah has responded to the assassination in Lebanon. Iran had to rebuild its missile stock.

Winter begins in October, Ukraine has a month to get electricity online or by November it could get really bad. Biden ain't getting any money for Ukraine until after November and only if Kamala wins.

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[Red Badger]

“The essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives, but of the products of human labour. War is a way of shattering to pieces, or pouring into the stratosphere, or sinking in the depths of the sea, materials which might otherwise be used to make the masses too comfortable, and hence, in the long run, too intelligent.”
― George Orwell, 1984

“Oceania had always been at war with Eastasia.”
― George Orwell, 1984

“...the object of waging a war is always to be in a better position in which to wage another war.”
― George Orwell, 1984

“The war, therefore if we judge it by the standards of previous wars, is merely an imposture. It is like the battles between certain ruminant animals whose horns are incapable of hurting one another. But though it is unreal it is not meaningless. It eats up the surplus of consumable goods, and it helps to preserve the special mental atmosphere that the hierarchical society needs. War, it will be seen, is now a purely internal affair. In the past, the ruling groups of all countries, although they might recognize their common interest and therefore limit the destructiveness of war, did fight against one another, and the victor always plundered the vanquished. In our own day they are not fighting against one another at all. The war is waged by each ruling group against its own subjects, and the object of the war is not to make or prevent conquests of territory, but to keep the structure of society intact. The very word “war,” therefore, has become misleading. It would probably be accurate to say that by becoming continuous war has ceased to exist. The peculiar pressure that is exerted on human beings between the Neolithic Age and the early twentieth century has disappeared and has been replaced by something quite different. The effect would be much the same if the three superstates, instead of fighting one another, should agree to live in perpetual peace, each inviolate within its own boundaries. For in that case each would still be a self-contained universe, freed forever from the sobering influence of external danger. A peace that was truly permanent would be the same as a permanent war. This—although the vast majority of Party members understand it only in a shallower sense—is the inner meaning of the Party slogan: WAR IS PEACE.”
― George Orwell, 1984