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  • Russia repeatedly bombed itself, intelligence report finds

    07/01/2024 6:49:42 AM PDT · by Cronos · 67 replies
    The Telegraph ^ | 1st July 2024
    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...
  • Putin vows his nukes are ‘always’ ready & snubs UK in WW2 rant at snow-blasted Victory Day parade with ONE TANK

    05/09/2024 4:46:55 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 62 replies
    Sun UK ^ | 5/9/2024 | Iona Cleave
    There was a striking lack of military hardware on display after major losses in Ukraine. VLADIMIR Putin has vowed Russia is "always" ready to strike the West and snubbed Britain in a snarling World War 2 rant at Russia's annual Victory Day parade. The Russian tyrant instead lavished praise on China and declared Russia was "combat ready" in these "difficult" times as nuclear missiles rumbled through Moscow's streets. -snip- However, today was a much pared-down parade indicating the strains of war. For the second year in a row, it featured just one measly tank - reportedly an 80-year-old T-34.
  • Putin parades Yars nuclear missile launchers, tanks & gun-touting soldiers ahead of annual Victory Day celebrations

    05/05/2024 12:09:47 PM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 56 replies
    Sun UK ^ | 5/5/2024 | Iona Cleave
    May 9 parades across other regions in Russia have been cancelled this year over 'security concerns'. VLADIMIR Putin paraded nuclear missile launchers, tanks and thousands of war-ready troops this morning ahead of his triumphant Victory Day event. -snip- Ahead of the patriotic event, Russia's fearsome intercontinental nuclear missiles were pulled through the capital's streets in a show of force to the West. Huge columns of troops marched towards the Red Square and even children in oversized battledress joined in the military festivities. The real events will be held on Thursday under intense security, with reports suggesting that Moscow's centrepiece show...
  • Putin CANCELS Victory Day military parades across Russia over fears deadly Ukraine drones could slip through defences

    04/26/2024 5:39:06 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 83 replies
    Sun UK ^ | 4/26/2024 | Iona Cleave
    VLADIMIR Putin has been forced to cancel Russia's triumphant annual Victory Day parades over fears of Ukrainian kamikaze drone attacks. The trembling tyrant, 71, has axed most of the May 9 celebrations - the most sacred day in the Russian calendar - because he couldn't guarantee the safety of his citizens. The patriotic military parades are held throughout Russia as a means of celebrating the country defeating Nazi Germany in World War 2. These events are usually used by Putin to showcase the might of the Russian military machine. and garner national pride - led by a giant parade in...
  • Moment Putin unleashes hell on his OWN Russian territory in bombing blitz on rebel fighters in war-ravaged Belgorod

    03/21/2024 4:02:44 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 5 replies
    Sun UK ^ | 3/21/2024 | Iona Cleave
    DRAMATIC footage has captured the moment a furious Vladimir Putin used fighter bombers to unleash hell on his own territory. Moscow's forces for the first time deliberately targeted a Russian border village with deadly glide bombs after it was taken captive by rebel groups. The humiliated tyrant, 71, carried out an aerial bombing blitz in the village of Kozinka in Belgorod - a border region increasingly ravaged by Ukrainian attacks and incursions by Russian partisans. Following the savage FAB-500 glide bomb strikes, there is reportedly not a single home left intact in Kozinka - which had a pre-war population of...
  • Massive explosion rocks Crimea as ‘Ukrainian drones’ blow up ammo dump in latest blow to Vlad

    07/22/2023 9:37:25 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 45 replies
    Sun UK ^ | 7/22/2023 | Iona Cleave
    Huge explosions rocked Russian-occupied Crimea after suspected Ukrainian drones targeted an ammunition depot. It is the third daring attack believed to have been masterminded by Ukraine on the annexed region this week in a humiliating blow to Vladimir Putin. Sergei Aksyonov, the Moscow-installed leader of the region, reported the drone attack had succeeded in hitting an ammunition depot and there were no known casualties. On telegram, he wrote: "As a result of an enemy drone on the Krasnogvardeisky district, there was a detonation at an ammunition depot. "A decision was taken to evacuate people [living] within five kilometres" of the...