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NATO F-16s Scrambled in Eastern Europe as Russia Launches Largest Air Raid on Ukraine Yet
Breitbart ^ | 6-9-25 | Oliver JJ Lane

Posted on 06/09/2025 9:12:57 AM PDT by bimboeruption

Russia launched what Ukraine said would be the largest air assault of the war to date, with nearly 500 missiles and drones airborne, prompting Warsaw to scramble NATO air assets to protect its airspace.

Ukraine’s air force said Russia launched 479 drones, four ballistic missiles, and 16 cruise missiles against its territory overnight. If the figures are accurate, it would make Sunday evening the biggest Russian air raid against Ukraine in the course of the over-three-year war to date, and underlines the ability of the combatants to sustain ever-larger drone attacks as the conflict goes on, given Russia launched another historic in scale drone assault just last week.

Despite the scale of the assault, Ukraine maintained the damage inflicted was relatively minor, citing the defensive efforts of its jet interceptors, land-based defensive missiles, and electronic warfare countermeasures which bring down drones by disrupting their sensors and other equipment. Of the 479 drones, the Ukraine military claims to have shot down 292, and brought down 187 through electronic countermeasures.

They claimed all of the missiles but one, a Kh-22 cruise missile, were brought down by national defences. In all Ukraine said Russian attacks succeeded in 10 of the near-500 launches, and a further 17 places suffered damage from falling wreckage from shot-down missiles and drones.

Ukraine also struck at Russia overnight, Moscow claimed, stating they intercepted and destroyed 49 drones.

The Russian strike was of sufficient scale and proximity to NATO’s eastern borders that the Operational Command of the Armed Forces (DORSZ) in Warsaw, Poland scrambled the on-duty “Polish and allied” fighter jets, activated ground-based air defence, and placed its reconnaissance systems at the “highest state of readiness”. Poland stated this act was “preventative” and later confirmed the scrambled systems had been stood down with no violations of Polish airspace detected.

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Zelensky called Ukraine's attacks on the Russian nuclear triad and on two civilian trains, one of which was a passenger train, "Pearl Harbor".

He apparently doesn't know what America's response was.

1 posted on 06/09/2025 9:12:57 AM PDT by bimboeruption
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To: bimboeruption

He will soon learn what Russia’s response will be I reckon.


2 posted on 06/09/2025 9:16:30 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: bimboeruption

Russian Ambassador in England has just stated they may just blow all the bridges across the Dniepner, cutting Ukraine in half…..why haven’t they done this yet? ….he states it is an “ SMO”….they are showing restraint.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar1LjsFkOOE

….keep poking the Bear…


3 posted on 06/09/2025 9:17:56 AM PDT by delta7
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To: delta7

That is not all the Russian Ambassador said to the British government before he spoke on TV. The way this ambassador played the media was a probably designed to elicit MI6 and Brit Govt actions in Ukraine - at some point the Brit’s are going to get caught red handed with fingerprints. The ambassador has surely achieved his desired goal to goad the Brits.


4 posted on 06/09/2025 9:37:28 AM PDT by Jumper
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To: delta7

Russian Ambassador in England has just stated they may just blow all the bridges across the Dniepner, cutting Ukraine in half…..why haven’t they done this yet? ….he states it is an “ SMO”….they are showing restraint.

They should, at least try. Cutting Ukraine in half would greatly help the Russian war effort. Failing at this would make Russia the world wide joke. Maybe, after most of their missiles and drones not making target they decided it wasn’t good for the war effort. Further, Ukraine seems to get it’s drones through.


5 posted on 06/09/2025 10:14:32 AM PDT by Pete Dovgan
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To: delta7

—”….keep poking the Bear…”

And what are Ukraine’s options?

Will Russia declare war on Ukraine?
How would it be known?


6 posted on 06/09/2025 10:16:30 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ( "The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last messag)
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To: bimboeruption

Pearl Harbor.... yeah, that’s when Japan won WWII. Z in an idiot....


7 posted on 06/09/2025 10:24:32 AM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2025... RETURN OF THE JEDI….)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Will Russia declare war on Ukraine?
How would it be known?
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Like us, their Duma ( Congress) votes on it. Then all hell breaks loose. Nationalization in every sector, massive mobilization, etc….the Ukie war supporters are fools.


8 posted on 06/09/2025 11:17:26 AM PDT by delta7
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—”the Ukie war supporters are fools.”

So if your boy Putin hangs on and starts going for “The Russian parts”, of Poland and Germany, you will be so happy?

Poland has been building up military strength for years, has Putin is feeding his military to the meat grinder.

East Germany was once Russian, and he can not stop.

And Alaska was once Russian, and the Canadian Boy Scouts are the central unit of their army...
A quick special operation, and Canada can become Russian. Maybe.

But of course, China is still smarting over its “Century of Humiliation, and there are some large chunks of real estate they want back from Russia.


9 posted on 06/09/2025 12:41:44 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ( "The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last messag)
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To: Robert DeLong

>>>>He will soon learn what Russia’s response will be I reckon.<<<<

And the sooner the better.


10 posted on 06/09/2025 12:57:44 PM PDT by bimboeruption ((“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRob 12-2-2023) )
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To: DesertRhino

>>>>Pearl Harbor.... yeah, that’s when Japan won WWII. Z in an idiot....<<<<

Meanwhile, President Trump sends 20,000 “anti-Shahed” missiles intended for Ukraine to the Middle East...

https://unn.ua/en/news/the-us-transferred-20000-anti-shahed-missiles-intended-for-ukraine-to-the-middle-east-zelenskyy


11 posted on 06/09/2025 1:04:47 PM PDT by bimboeruption ((“Less propaganda would be appreciated.” JimRob 12-2-2023) )
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“Russian Ambassador in England has just stated they may just blow all the bridges across the Dniepner, cutting Ukraine in half…..why haven’t they done this yet?“

Because they can’t. They tried earlier in the war (to interdict NATO weaponry supplies for the liberation of Kharkiv) when they had more bombers, ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and could also launch from Black Sea Fleet Naval vessels (which they can’t anymore).

They simply lack the capability. They do their worst, with what they have, and always have.


12 posted on 06/09/2025 1:15:59 PM PDT by BeauBo
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To: bimboeruption

That’s about the 150th time Z-skii has said this...
do they each get larger than the attack before?
who keeps official records?


13 posted on 06/09/2025 1:46:21 PM PDT by CarolinaReaganFan
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To: bimboeruption
If Putin & Russia have the stomach for that. I have my doubts, because I'm a believer that his heart was never in attacking Ukraine. Instead, he was trying to leaf a bluff t get the international community seriously involved in hammering out a peaceful resolution, but the hawks in NATO, didn't want a peaceful resolution, they wanted a proxy war, and Putin was totally unaware that what was happening.

This proxy war was by design, and it wasn't Putin's design either.

14 posted on 06/09/2025 2:44:51 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Pete Dovgan

“Failing at this would make Russia the world wide joke. “

I’m afraid it’s about 3 years too late.


15 posted on 06/10/2025 1:48:13 AM PDT by Grzegorz 246
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To: Robert DeLong

“He will soon learn what Russia’s response will be I reckon.”

Soon... very soon... very stronk response...


16 posted on 06/10/2025 1:50:34 AM PDT by Grzegorz 246
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To: Grzegorz 246
You Europeans need to worry about Europe which is being threatened by Islam far more than by Putin, you blind fools. They may have not reached you yet, but it's only a matter of time. Ukraine is not innocent in this conflict, because it wanted to poke the Bear, and now they are getting what they started. Sadly, NATO thought now was the time to start this proxy war with no real game plan.

We are being threatened by far worse elements, and once we are gone then there will be no one left to bail you Europeans out yet again. Somewhere along the line my nation too has fallen into tyrannical corruption, and everyone thinks that Donald John Trump can do it all by himself.

Meanwhile, Zelenskyy is leading the world into WWIII. Funny how Europe manages to pull off these World conflicts. Hopefully your newly elected president will have the common sense to seek peaceful solutions to the problem, along with Viktor Orbán.

Perhaps it's way past time that the world to turn to the Lord.

17 posted on 06/10/2025 6:36:18 AM PDT by Robert DeLong
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