Posted on 08/16/2026 12:08:32 PM PDT by rexthecat
Ukraine on Sunday launched one of its largest aerial attacks on Russia since the start of the war, firing hundreds of drones and killing at least six people. A separate attack sparked a fire at a warehouse owned by the Russian online retail giant Wildberries in the town of Podolsk.
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What war?
The Ukrainians sent 600 drones, but only about 50 were armed, which forced the Russian defenses to make choices as to which drones they would shoot down. It is very effective and almost impossible to defend with conventional weapons. They managed to land about six drones that blew up the Wildberry Warehouse, Russia’s equivalent to Amazon. It was about the size of the largest Amazon Warehouses in this country and apparently was about 250,000 sq. feet or more. The importance is that many of the components for Russia’s drone production were stored there. Impressive attack.
Six?
Putin loses 43K soldiers on Ukraine battlefield in one of bloodiest months since start of war
Oh the horrors - 6 Russian civilians dead in a brutal attack, while Russia kills hundreds of Ukrainian civilians and no one notices
The Ukies let the Jennie out of the bottle. When they decided to bomb Russia’s Amazon, they opened the door to annihilating their own retail stores. For at least the last month Russia has been returning the favor...their retail outlets gave been pounded x 10, absolutely leveled.
Same same when they decided to hit Russian oil refineries....theirs are being leveled ( with Russian missiles- very high payloads)....not to mention Vlad has landlocked Odessa four weeks ago....Nothing in, nothing out... grain, weapons, food, massive economic losses.
Da ! Vlad so stronk is !
once upon a time, 6 deaths wouldnt have been considered a successful campaign...
But the fundamental problem for Russia is that Kiev's economic losses can be made up by EU assistance, which Ukraine can count on because assistance to Ukraine is far, far cheaper than paying for Ukrainian refugees in Europe.
No one is bailing out Moscow.
Do you never get tired of pushing baseless Russian propaganda?
“Six?
Putin loses 43K soldiers on Ukraine battlefield in one of bloodiest months since start of war
https://nypost.com/2026/08/15/world-news/putin-loses-43k-soldiers-in-ukraine-in-one-of-wars-bloodiest-months/“
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That’s the happiest story I’ve read all week. Thanks.
Don’t tell Forrest Gump. He loves Jennie.
What’s the matter Martin?
Nobody hitting up your lousy blog anymore?
Ukraine does not have any working refineries and has not since April, 2022, when Russia “completely destroyed” the Kremenchuk Oil Refinery in in Kremenchuk, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine.
I wonder how long it will be until you actually post some accurate information instead of chest thumping you heard somewhere...
ya... ...and just how much did 600 drones cost us?
For one big building?
I swear people’s loyalty is absolutely blinding them...
China helps Russia somewhat, but that’s limited as China has it’s own worries, like where to buy oil these days. (Pre-war, 90% of Iran’s oil exports went to China.)
Related: We don’t hear the Russia bots still claiming Ukraine’s strikes on Russian energy infrastructure are meaningless, anymore, do we?
FYI...
Shahed Drones used: 136
Decoys: 364
Total: $30 Million
That’s some real smarts right there man... For one fu**ing building!!
It didn’t cost us anything. We are not supplying the drones, and if we were, under Trump, the Euros would be paying for them.
Do try to catch up.
Boy, they really have it out for Wildberries….they’ve gone after their warehouses several times.
I guess when the Muscovite housewives cannot get their makeup things will get nasty in the Kremlin.
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