— Yellow: Geran Drones
— Red: Cruise missiles
— Blue: Kinzhals
Posted on 07/09/2025 1:32:16 AM PDT by McGruff
Russia fired a record 728 Shahed and decoy drones at Ukraine overnight, as well as 13 missiles, the Ukrainian air force said Wednesday, in the latest escalation amid mounting Russian aerial and ground attacks in the more than three-year war.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the city of Lutsk, which lies in Ukraine’s northwest along the border with Poland and Belarus, was the hardest hit, though 10 other regions were also struck.
Lutsk is home to airfields used by the Ukrainian army. Cargo planes and fighter jets routinely fly over the city. No casualties were immediately reported, as emergency crews continued to assess the damage.
Russia has recently sought to overwhelm Ukrainian air defenses by launching massive aerial assaults, including adding more decoy drones to its attacks.
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— Yellow: Geran Drones
— Red: Cruise missiles
— Blue: Kinzhals
Still not the U.S.’s responsibility to give away all it’s remaining patriots so ukraine can use several of them to shoot down a cheap drone
zelensky the grifter, shouldn’t have launched his surprise attack on russia’s airbases with drones when Trump had a peace deal almost completed
I agree. Other than entering a war that we have no business in we have done about as much as we can do. The Chinese are a bigger problem for us.
I don’t know how one would deal with these numbers effectively. That’s why intelligence operations and more drones from the other side become more important. As many have said before, it looks to me that this is a war of attrition and either side could lose it at any moment, with Russia actually looking more isolated.
These ukie/rus flame threads are so depressing.
Nothing has been accomplished in 2 years other than mass death and destruction for everyone involved. Should have stopped two years ago. Should stop today. But so long as we keep using my money to prop up the Ukies, I guess it will keep on going.
I recommend Trump use the threat of withdrawing my money funding the ukies to force them to the table. Burning more money on this particular pyre is of no use. IMHO.
“296 drones were shot down. 415 were jammed or lost via electronic warfare.”
This was the Biden Administration’s twenty-third aid package and seventy-third tranche of military equipment to be provided from US taxpayer financed DoD inventories for Ukraine since August 2021.
On Dec. 30, 2024, the Biden Department of Defense (DoD) announced additional security assistance support to meet Ukraine’s critical security and defense needs as part of the surge of security assistance the President directed to put Ukraine in the best possible position.
This includes the authorization of a Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA) package, which has an estimated value of $1.25 billion, to provide Ukraine additional capabilities to meet its most urgent needs, including: missiles for air defense; munitions for rocket systems and artillery; and anti-tank weapons. <>pIn addition, DoD announced an approximately $1.22 billion Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) package to provide Ukraine with additional air defense, air-to-ground, Unmanned Aerial Systems, and other capabilities to fight Russian aggression.
Biden Administration Announces Additional Security Assistance for Ukraine Dec. 30, 2024 | Today, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced additional security assistance support to meet Ukraine’s critical security and defense needs as part of the surge of security assistance the President directed to put Ukraine in the best possible position. This includes the authorization of a Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA) package, which has an estimated value of $1.25 billion, to provide Ukraine additional capabilities to meet its most urgent needs, including: missiles for air defense; munitions for rocket systems and artillery; and anti-tank weapons.
In addition, DoD announced an approximately $1.22 billion Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) package to provide Ukraine with additional air defense, air-to-ground, Unmanned Aerial Systems, and other capabilities to fight Russian aggression. The capabilities in this announcement include:
• Munitions for National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS); • HAWK air defense munitions; • Stinger missiles; <>p• Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems (c-UAS) munitions; • Ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS); • 155mm and 105mm artillery ammunition;
• Air-to-ground munitions; • High-speed Anti-radiation missiles (HARMs); • Unmanned Aerials Systems (UASd Aerials Systems)
That sounds like the UKEs had a 98% success rate at killing or disrupting the attack.
Well, it came from a reliable source.
Yes. But the data for the missles, was not included in my quote. They did not mention that.
Nobody is winning the Russia, Ukraine War.
All have extreme loses.
What Ukrainian Airforce is that??
DROP THE BRIDGE!
“to force them to the table”
That’s a very inefficient way of negotiating.
The Russians should be asked to type up a complete long-term peace proposal.
The Ukrainians should be asked to type up a complete long-term peace proposal.
Rubio and Trump should spend about 8 hours piecing out a proposal likely to be acceptable to both.
A copy should be sent to both requesting their comments.
The American proposal should be adjusted as necessary, made public on the Internet and offered up to the parties.
The Vatican, Hungarians, Turks, Chinese and Mexicans might also independently try piecing together an acceptable deal.
“The Russians should be asked to type up a complete long-term peace proposal. The Ukrainians should be asked to type up a complete long-term peace proposal.”
They both did. The Russian proposal is what everyone already knows (Crimea and the 4 new territories, plus Ukraine having to treat their Russians in accordance with UN requirements for minority populations). And Ukraine’s position is known by everyone (Ukraine gets back everything, including Crimea, and sends Putin, but not the Neocons, to jail).
Pretty far apart, I’d say, which is why this war is going to play out, no matter how much Harry-Kari the West does to itself in the name of ‘sanctions’.
If nothing else it is amazing that the mighty Russia could not conquer a much “weaker” nation like Ukraine.
More amazing is the European countries sit back and watch.
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