Posted on 03/01/2024 11:44:02 PM PST by UMCRevMom@aol.com
The Russian air force lost another Sukhoi Su-34 fighter-bomber on Thursday, the Ukrainian air force claimed. If confirmed, the Thursday shoot-down would extend an unprecedented hot streak for Ukrainian air-defenses.
The Ukrainian claim they’ve shot down 11 Russian planes in 11 days: eight Su-34s, two Sukhoi Su-35 fighters and a rare Beriev A-50 radar plane.
But those 11 claimed losses are worse than they might seem for the increasingly stressed Russian air force. In theory, the air arm has plenty more planes. In practice, the service is dangerously close to collapse.
Exactly how the Ukrainians are shooting down so many jets is unclear. It’s possible the Ukrainian air force has assigned some of its American-made Patriot missile launchers to mobile air-defense groups that move quickly in close proximity to the 600-mile front line of Russia’s two-year wider war on Ukraine, ambushing Russian jets with 90-mile-range PAC-2 missiles then swiftly relocating to avoid counterattack.
But the distance at which the Ukrainians shot down that A-50 on Friday—120 miles or so—hints that a longer-range missile system was involved. Perhaps a Cold War-vintage S-200 that the Ukrainian air force pulled out of long-term storage.
It also is apparent the Ukrainians have moved some of their two-dozen or so 25-mile-range NASAMS surface-to-air missile batteries closer to the front line. After all, the Russians found—and destroyed with a missile—their first NASAMS launcher near the southern city of Zaporizhzhia on or before Monday.
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There sure has been a lot of zeeper whining going on this evening.
VIDEO - Ukraine 3-4-2024 Summation
Update from Ukraine | The most Heavy losses for Russia since the start of war | Ukraine nailed it
Denys Davydov
803K subscribers
3-4-2024 6:30 p.m. EST
20:16 Minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkGgpLsSt5Q
“Mommy’s playing the victim card again.”
Wrong. Others determine the Freeper victimized.
Some have created quite a reputation as for abusive memes & commnts against other Freepers.
Especially since bert calls people who don’t want any more of our tax dollars going to Slava Laundromat over there “war criminals.” You know, because we want to deny criminals like Biden and Zelensky any more of *our* money.
But “zeeper” is the offensive.
Right. Got it.
Total combat losses of Russian Federation are estimated since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation [from 24.02.22 to 03.03.24] referencing the General Staff.
• personnel - about 416,800 (+1,160) people,
• tanks ‒ 6640 (+16) units,
• armored combat vehicles ‒ 12,639 (+28) units,
• artillery systems - 10188 (+35) units,
• MLRS – 1003 (+0) units,
• air defense equipment ‒ 696 (+0) units,
• aircraft – 347 (+1) units,
• helicopters – 325 (+0) units,
• UAVs of the operational-tactical level - 7843 (+14),
• cruise missiles ‒ 1915 (+0),
• ships/boats ‒ 25 (+0) units,
• submarines - 1 (+0) units,
• automotive equipment and tank trucks - 13332 (+65) units,
• special equipment ‒ 1620 (+3)
Still waiting for a source, mommy.
We can’t read UKE / Russian / Whatever.
This is an AMERICAN site.
Wow…. so Mom is OMNIPOTENT! And oh so modest.
>Some have created quite a reputation as for abusive memes & commnts against other Freepers.<
I don’t make comments against other FReepers.
I do make comments against anti-American Zeepers.
“ There’s no way you’re on a pro Ukrainian PsyOps jihad meant to influence the US to take actions inimical to American national interests.”
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I support Freedom for Ukraine which is ultimately a favorable win-win for the entire world
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And YOU stand for TRUTH, JUSTICE AND THE AMERICAN WAY.
And you’re oh so MODEST!
>Wow…. so Mom is OMNIPOTENT! And oh so modest.<
Not only omnipotent, but omnipresent and omniscient as well.
Just ask her.
“I do make comments against anti-American Zeepers.”
You misunderstand and misinterpret other Freepers merely because they hold a different political viewpoint than you.
As I have said before, FR is a wonderful forum for sharing information to help each of us avoid being ‘spoon-fed’ MSM information as valid to just be regurgitated later.
We all should avoid the EVASION of our intellectual responsibility. Each of our pursuit of knowledge is vital to determine the difference between what “we believe to be true” and “what is true.”
Still, each of us has freedom of thought and of expression. I am not here to dictate a point of view. Let each of us to respect that same freedom of thought and of expression to each other despite holding a differing viewpoint.
It would be responsible to re-check who you are accusing of not being an American patriot.
“We can’t read UKE / Russian / Whatever.”
Please OBSERVE the WHITE LETTERS on the chart are English!
I feel their pain.
Yes, they're in English, but there is no source listed for the info on the chart.
Why are you yelling?
Time to meditate on one of your comforting grey rocks mommy.
“Just ask her.”
My response is GOD ALONE is Omnipotent, Omniscient and Omnipresent.
“Please OBSERVE the WHITE LETTERS on the chart are English!”
NOT yelling, just emphasizing.
Basically, I have shared with you before that this chart is a multi-lingual chart which apparently you still have not noticed.
>You misunderstand and misinterpret other Freepers merely because they hold a different political viewpoint than you.<
All one has to do to understand zeeper’s viewpoints are anti-American is read their posts.
Zeepers are not AMERICA FIRSTERS. They don’t care if our Republic is financially bled dry to fund a corrupt hellhole. The ONLY country they care about is Ukraine.
The grey rock method:
A tactic to deal with conflict, abuse, and manipulative behavior. The idea is abusive people enjoy getting reactions from their victims.
THEREFORE, by Grey rocking Freepers just skim over the “foolishness” of their comments which refuses to reward their behavior!
The image is hopefully to trigger a reaction to be kind.
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