Posted on 06/01/2025 11:51:04 AM PDT by NoLibZone
Ukrainian forces target 5 airfields deep inside Russia, striking 40 aircraft including bombers and reconnaissance planes
Ukrainian forces destroyed dozens of Russian warplanes with a drone attack on air bases deep within Russian territory on Sunday.
Ukrainian forces destroyed 40 aircraft in the attack, which an official says took more than a year to orchestrate. Russia's defense ministry confirmed the attack on Sunday, saying it struck five airfields.
The operation saw drones transported in containers carried by trucks deep into Russian territory, he said. The drones reportedly hit 41 planes stationed at several airfields on Sunday afternoon, including A-50, Tu-95 and Tu-22M aircraft, the official said.
Moscow has previously used Tupolev Tu-95 and Tu-22 long-range bombers to launch missiles at Ukraine, while A-50s are used to coordinate targets and detect air defenses and guided missiles.
The White House told Fox News that President Donald Trump and his administration were not warned of the attack ahead of time.
Ukraine says President Volodymyr Zelenskyy personally oversaw the drone attack.
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Russia's only defense is nuclear weapons
Please nuke us, Mister Putin. Pretty please.
Russians have 3rd chromosome, which make them very stronk.
great, now destroy all of Russia’s oil refineries and end the war!
How about if Putin just stopped invading neighboring countries and annexing their land?
“Exposing just how weak Russia is is not good for world security.”
I suspect most countries are vulnerable to this sort of attack. Could be a new thing everywhere.
Are we going to be in for a huge increase in truck inspections and roadblocks?
Video of FPV drones strike at the Belaya airfield
https://rumble.com/v6u5twt-video-of-fpv-drones-strike-at-the-belaya-airfield.html
Putin’s Russia is corrupt, weak and Potemkin. Its armchair hobbyist supporters the dullest of tools in the shed.
We have already seen three years of nightly Russian "shock and awe".
Unfortunately, its Russian drones and missiles randomly hitting Ukraines cities, killing civilians.
At least 10 killed, 33 injured in Russian attacks across Ukraine overnight, officials say
Rubbish. Ukraine is Russian. Evening in a 2017 briefing, Trump said that Ukraine “wasn’t a ‘real country,’ that it had always been a part of Russia”.
Exposing just how weak Russia is is not good for world security.
Russia’s only defense is nuclear weapons
Amen to that. The only way to avoid WW III at this point is to self-disarm to maybe the same level as Canada or smaller. If we have no military, there would be no need for Russia to defend itself.
“Ukraine is Russian.”
Just wait until the ground freezes.
On X (Twitter) there are multiple posts claiming that NATO is now on “high alert”
Well, if that’s where the Ukraine’s hide their weapons and solders that’s where Russia is going to bomb. You can blame Ukraine for that, Russia would never just targes civilians, never.
Interesting, moving in the opposite direction of a Peace Treaty, now let's see what the Russians do.
I suspect they'll continue to adapt.
Funny, the Russian aircraft had tires on their wings as a protection against drones.
Russia was spotted last year covering aircraft with car tires, but the reason wasn't immediately clear. A US military official said recently the tactic is a way to confuse systems looking for planes. It is one of multiple deceptive practices that Russia has turned to during the war
https://www.businessinsider.com/covering-aircraft-with-tires-like-russia-confuses-weapons-us-military-2024-9
(Evening in a 2017 briefing)
Meant even. Damn autocorrect!
Well, after three years its apparent that Ukrainians disagree.
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