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To: Monterrosa-24
Remember the threat from HIND in Afghanistan?

Now, we have this:

During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, on 1 March, Ukrainian forces shot down a Russian Mi-35M helicopter with MANPADS, in the Kyiv Reservoir (see also Battle of Kyiv). On 5 May 2022, the helicopter was retrieved by Ukrainian engineers in Vyshgorod. Two Russian Mi-35 were shot down by a MANPADS on 5 March 2022. On 6 March, one Mi-24P with registration number RF-94966 was shot down by Ukrainian MANPADS in Kyiv Oblast. On 8 March 2022 one Ukrainian Mil Mi-24 from the Ukrainian 16th Army Aviation Brigade [uk] was lost over Brovary, Kyiv. Pilots Col. Oleksandr Maryniak and Cptn. Ivan Bezzub were killed. On 17 March a Russian Mi-35M was reported destroyed by Ukrainian Ministry of Defence, unknown location. On 1 April 2022, two Ukrainian Mi-24s reportedly entered Russia and attacked an oil storage facility in Belgorod.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mil_Mi-24

3,787 posted on 03/25/2023 7:43:45 AM PDT by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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To: AdmSmith

Nord Stream attack
New trail leads to Russia Russian military ships headed for Nord Stream pipelines with gripper-arm submarines

A week before the explosions on September 19, the Russian Baltic Fleet began extensive maneuvers that could be used as camouflage for real missions. They were officially joined by combat swimmers from the 313th Spetsnaz special forces unit from the Baltiysk base in Kaliningrad. They are elite soldiers, trained for underwater demolition and sabotage operations. In the following days, the suspicious ships were apparently found in the area of ​​the crime scenes.

Their equipment was explosive: they had a mini submarine and cranes for lifting heavy loads. A frigate, a corvette and a smaller spy ship are said to have been there and would have been suitable to secure the operation militarily. Using position databases and satellite images, t-online was able to partially understand the movements of the specific ships.

https://www.t-online.de/nachrichten/deutschland/aussenpolitik/id_100144520/nord-stream-sabotage-sprengte-russland-die-pipeline-putin-auf-der-spur.html

more here https://www.focus.de/politik/ausland/neue-spur-fuehrt-nach-russland-mit-greifarm-u-boot-steuerten-russische-militaerschiffe-nord-stream-pipelines-an_id_189278264.html


3,788 posted on 03/25/2023 7:49:18 AM PDT by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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