Russia repeatedly bombed itself, intelligence report finds

The Telegraph ^ | 1st July 2024

[Cronos]

Russia dropped dozens of its glide bombs on its own territory between April 2023 to April 2024, an intercepted internal document found.

At least 38 of the munitions fell on the Belgorod region close to Ukraine, according to The Washington Post, which cited bomb cleanup and evacuation documents obtained by Ukrainian intelligence.

The majority of bombs, largely undetonated, were found by civilians in areas surrounding the city. Four bombs have hit the city of Belgorod itself.

The first recorded accidental bomb drop fell on a central street in Belgorod in April 2023, creating a 65ft crater, shattering windows and blowing up parked cars. The detonation happened at night and no casualties were reported.

Moscow has been making extensive use of glide bombs in recent months, increasingly relying on them to batter Ukrainian cities and drive territorial advances.

..Glide bombs are Soviet-era heavy munitions retrofitted with guidance systems and launched from an aircraft flying out of range of air defences with a payload of up to 1.5 tonnes.

[SoConPubbie]

Ukrainian intelligence?????

Seriously????

[Cronos]

This is about Muscowites bombing Belgorod - a city in the Russian federation.

Are you claiming that the Muscowites are liberating Belgorod?

[libertylover]

The majority of bombs, largely undetonated,

So apparently, they can't hit their targets and the bombs don't work anyway.

[Cold Heart]

So, the Russians had a Boing contract.

[McGruff]

Sure Jan.

[MeanWestTexan]

Where the city of Belgorod is located.

Hint: it’s not disputed territory. It’s in Russia. It’s not occupied by Ukrainians, in any way.

[Cronos]

Khrushchev transferred Crimea to Ukraine in 1956 after 300 hundred years of Russian rule

Have you read any history?"

300 years before 1956 - in 1656 -- Crimea was part of the Tatar khanate, in fact it was part of the Tatar Khanate until 1783 so your "300 years" statement is flatly WRONG

It was Tatar ruled from the 13th century until 1783 - nearly 500 years which trumps the 170 years of rule from the Kremlin

And then you get the situation after the Tsar lost

It was part of the Ukrainian state from May to June 1918 and was an independent SSR from May 1921 to 30 June 1945. The autonomous republic without its titled nationality was downgraded to an oblast (province) within the Russian SFSR on 30 June 1945

So Crimea was "Russian" only from 1783 to 1918, then from 1945 to 1954 = 144 years

The longest lived population in that area are the Crimean Tatars

[MeanWestTexan]

Belgerod is in Russia, comrade patriot.

It’s not occupied by Ukrainians, claimed by Ukraine, or anything else.

It’s just relatively close to the action and getting hit by the Russians by accident. To use your Israel analogy, this would be like the Israelis bombing Tel Aviv.

Not a pleasant place to be. The Ukrainians attack it due to troops and a fuel depo. And, on 20 April 2023, a Russian Su-34 fighter jet accidentally dropped a bomb on the city, leaving a crater 20 metres (66 ft) across and then had to be partially evacuated two days later due to another bomb probably from the same aircraft in a populated area.

[Mariner]

I think you’re drinking too early on the day.

[hardspunned]

And how many years was it Ukrainian?

[Kazan]

Putin cares about his country, far more than Biden does about this one.

BTW, Ukraine continues to get its ass kicked on the battlefield:

Huge Russian Gains On Donetsk Front l Unstoppable Russian Advance

[Kazan]

Sure, the Russians is gaining ground DAILY and their losing.

Ukraine's power grid is near failure and its citizens are facing daily blackouts. But, Russia is losing.

Zelensky even admits Ukraine is critical short of manpower. But, Russia is losing.

[wildcard_redneck]

Welcome back pburgh01. Was you 8 months vacation from the forum relaxing?

[wildcard_redneck]

Sorry cronos, the Crimea was an integral part of Russia from 1783 to 2014, a total of 231 years total. It is nonsensical to argue about the internal political division of territories within the Soviet Union because the Soviet Union was Russia. Furthermore it is part of an ongoing Civil War that is only 10 years old.

You comment like a back-alley attorney.

[adorno]

I think you’re drinking too early on the day.

I think you're thinking too early on the day.

You're only allowed to think after the end of the day, that being on the 25th hour. ;)

[Lockbox]

sounds about right

[pas]

It is not their militaries fault. They have no idea what the borders are for Russia.

[mass55th]

"Ukrainian intelligence"

That's an oxymoron.

[subterfuge]

Whatcha got against the flag? Are you disparaging southern folks?

[Mount Athos]

You’re wrong about the tatars, the greeks were there many centuries longer