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  • Putin suffers Black Sea nightmare as Ukrainian drones wipe out seven boats in major blow

    05/30/2024 10:30:21 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 124 replies
    Express UK ^ | 5/30/2024 | John Varga
    Ukraine destroyed seven boats in a devastating attack on Russia's Black Sea navy in the Crimea. Ukraine launched a spectacular and devastating attack on Russia's Black Sea Fleet, inflicting major damage on Putin's navy. The Black Sea Fleet is stationed in Crimea, which was illegally annexed by Russia in 2014. Throughout the current war, Ukraine has managed to sink a number of vessels from the fleet including the Moskva flagship missile cruiser. Through a combination of missiles and drones, Kyiv's army has succeeded in nullifying the threat from Putin's navy in the Black Sea, regularly inflicting huge humiliations on the...
  • Putin's Crown Jewel Forced Into Fire Sale Amid Record Losses

    05/13/2024 3:16:33 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 118 replies
    Newsweek ^ | 5/9/2024 | Brendan Cole
    Gazprom, the energy giant at the heart of Russia's economy, has announced it is selling property in Moscow, one week after posting record losses linked to restricted supplies to Europe linked to Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine. The company said on Wednesday that the properties include office and non-residential buildings, a car parking lot in the capital, and the Imperial Park Hotel and spa sanatorium and resort complex in Rogozino village, just outside of Moscow. "Gazprom is engaged in a fire sale. They had their worst year in decades, and their production has fallen precipitously, down to what it was...
  • Russia launches ground offensive into Kharkiv region: Ukraine

    05/10/2024 3:58:40 AM PDT · by janetjanet998 · 28 replies
    Russia has launched a ground offensive into Ukraine’s northeast Kharkiv region and fighting there is ongoing, the Ukrainian defence ministry said Friday. “At approximately 5 am (0200 GMT), the enemy attempted to break through our defence line under the cover of armoured vehicles,” the ministry said. A high-ranking Ukrainian military source said Russia had advanced into Ukraine by one kilometre
  • Putin ditches victory parades over fears soldiers will be hit by kamikaze drone

    04/25/2024 4:23:26 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 12 replies
    Metro UK ^ | 4/24/2024 | Gergana Krasteva
    Vladimir Putin has had to cancel multiple Victory Day parades over ‘security risks’. -snip- Celebrated every year on May 9, the Victory Parade will take place online in some regions, Elena Tsunaeva, the first deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Labour, Social Policy and Veterans’ Affairs, announced. Portraits of veterans will be placed on public transport instead of the procession. Heads of multiple Russian regions and occupied Crimea, for example, announced that events will be scaled back or not happening at all, despite it being the most solemn day in the Russian calendar. Victory parades and fireworks have...
  • Exclusive: Russia tightens officials' travel rules due to fears over secrets, sources say

    04/19/2024 4:54:41 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 21 replies
    Reuters ^ | 4/18/2024 | Reuters
    "You can't go anywhere at all, not even to Uzbekistan or Belarus for the May holidays," said one source. -snip- Russia is making overseas travel harder for some officials due to fears that foreign powers may try to gain access to state secrets during the worst crisis in relations with the West for more than 60 years, nine sources told Reuters. The Federal Security Service (FSB) is putting pressure on employees across government ministries not to leave Russia at all, even to visit so-called 'friendly' countries that have not imposed sanctions against Moscow, the sources said. Foreign travel was highly...
  • Ukraine Downs Russian Tu-22M3 Bomber in War's First

    04/19/2024 6:04:59 AM PDT · by canuck_conservative · 30 replies
    Newsweek ^ | April 18, 2024 | Isabel van Brugen
    Ukraine's air force has previously said Russia has used the Tu-22M3 aircraft to fire Kh-22 cruise missiles at Ukrainian territory. The HUR said the bomber that was downed "carried out a missile attack against Ukraine on the night of April 19." The aircraft was shot down "as a result of a [HUR] special operation in cooperation with the Air Force," it said, adding that it was struck at a distance of about 300 kilometers from Ukraine. The HUR added: "It should be noted that this is the first successful destruction of a strategic bomber in the air during a combat...
  • Crimea Air Base Strike Leaves 30 Russians Dead, 80 Wounded: Report

    04/17/2024 7:23:14 AM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 46 replies
    Newsweek ^ | 4/17/2024 | Ellie Cook
    Up to 30 Russian personnel may have been killed and another 80 injured, according to a new report, after dramatic footage appeared to show explosions at a Russian military base in northern Crimea overnight. "About 30 Russian servicemen were killed and about 80 were wounded at the airfield in Dzhankoy," a Crimean-based Telegram channel called Crimean Wind reported on Wednesday. Crimean Wind is a pro-Ukrainian monitoring group that focuses on Crimea and generally offers reliable information. Natalia Humeniuk, spokesperson for Ukraine's southern forces, described Dzhankoy as a legitimate military target on Wednesday but declined to offer up further details. A...
  • Russia Forced to Cannibalize Air Defenses to Make Satan-II Missiles—Report (from March)

    04/05/2024 1:18:16 PM PDT · by marcusmaximus · 37 replies
    Newsweek ^ | 3/1/2024 | Isabel van Brugen
    Russia is having to use electronic parts meant for its air defense systems to manufacture its Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) due to shortages caused by sanctions imposed over the war in Ukraine, according to a local report. -snip- "Sources of VChK-OGPU say that today the Krasnoyarsk Machine-Building Plant is experiencing a serious shortage of electronic components...for the production of strategic missiles," the channel said. "The electronics of the new RS-28 (Sarmat) missile system are largely of foreign origin and, due to sanctions, are experiencing a serious shortage. Now all efforts are being made to somehow correct the situation with...
  • 153rd Mechanized Brigade is no longer mechanized

    04/04/2024 8:37:31 AM PDT · by hardspunned · 10 replies
    MilitaryLand ^ | 4/3/24 | Jerome
    The lack of vehicles forced Ukrainian command to back down from the original plans. The leadership of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has reorganized the 153rd Mechanized Brigade into an infantry brigade. This change was announced through the official social media channels of the brigade.
  • ‘No choice’: Ukraine eyes Kerch bridge in Crimea for drone attack

    04/03/2024 8:43:09 AM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 19 replies
    The Guardian ^ | Wed 3 Apr 2024 | Luke Harding
    They have become a familiar sight in the skies above parts of Russia: long-range enemy drones, buzzing their way to another target. In the biggest Ukrainian onslaught inside Russian territory since Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion two years ago, Ukraine has in recent weeks carried out a series of attacks on Russian oil refineries and ports. On Tuesday, it hit a refinery and drone factory in the industrial region of Tatarstan - more than 800 miles from the border. The Ukrainian spy agency behind these drone strikes has its eyes on another target: the 12-mile long Kerch bridge connecting occupied Crimea...