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If ukraine can keep hitting Russia night after night it will show a complete inability to stop the Ukrainans,and to think we've had claims" they are lot allowed" to target Russia because the west will pull all support......
Plenty of Russian bases and other infrastructure now in range , without ATACms
Drunk, Asleep, Ammo sold off, Diesel sold off take your pick. They would not expect an attack anyway as stronk.
They report they've shot down a higher and higher % of missiles each time, and yet each time the resultant impact of those few strikes get worse.
Also Ukrainian telegrams usually report explosions in various cities and oblasts across Ukraine as they come in - yesterdays definitely reported more than 10. Not as bad as the claims about "smoking accidents", but definitely a comical ali style claim.
Lads at the airbase will be nice and warm though odd wanting Ukraine power down.
So unvarified posts on social media, just like when people on this thread were telling us about the Ukrainans retreating from Kherson...
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I've read reports that some of the russian missiles hitting ground tarkets in Ukraine have been modified anti aircraft missiles so maybe this is one of the reasons they now are short of air defense against these drones. Low flight making radar identification of the drones difficult may also be a factor and I have also seen reports of Ukraine hitting russian air defense systems so maybe they have simply cleared a path for themselves to strike at the russian airfields. The Ukrainians may have learned something from the russian cruise missile attacks as to how to get a missile or drone through to the target in spite of air defense being on the ground.
With russia clearly targeting civilian infastructure with their missile attacks I can't understand any NATO arguement for Ukraine not to be able to target russian territory where these attacks are coming from. They should be equiping Ukraine with large numbers of drones capable of precision strikes on russian military facilities to save Ukrainian lives.
How do a few scratches on a wall compare with Russia's serial war crimes in Ukraine?
Each time there's a large scale cruise missiles attack, Ukraine have more and more AA assets in the country. After the first major attack on the energy infrastructure, Germany supplied the IRIS-T system. Since then there's at least 1 NASAMS installed. Both cutting edge AA systems. In addition to that in the recent weeks, Spain have delivered a few HAWK systems and Poland delivered an old Soviet system also.
So a higher success rate is not propaganda when the number of AA systems has increased substantialy.
You see power outages as some proof that Ukraine are fudging the numbers? All it takes is 1 missile to strike the target and can cause an outage. That could be 1 out of 2 launched or 1 out of 1000 launched. Doesn't take away from the success rate shooting them down.
It just means Russia will keep needing to fire more and more missiles to be as effective as the previous strike. Expensive at nearly $10mil a pop.
I generally ignore the live reports of explosions, as when missiles get intercepted..... They tend to explode.
It's like saying you cannot attack the russian fleet when they are firing in. Rules of war would suggest retaliatory strikes on position used to fire or used by aircraft and shipping. You don't get to fly or sail in and expect no response or call foul.
That’s what the world would of believed before Russia invaded Ukraine.
Any Preconceived idea about Russian Military power has been shown to be a myth and died along with the Soviet Union.
Soviet union with all it's evil was still able to shot down a U2. Modern russia will have no such capability on the modern equivalent. Its all Wunderwaffe smoke and mirrors. Planes that crash tanks that don't run. Firing off prototypes. Ships that need towing.
Regardless they've still inflicted massive damage on many eastern Ukrainian towns and cities. And must be defeated and brought to book for it, held accountable.
I don't disagree but it's not wonder weapons doing the damage its bog standard artillery. It's not like they are dropping MOABS on cities.
Russian Cruise Missiles Were Made Just Months Ago Despite Sanctions
Weapons investigators in Kyiv found that at least one Russian Kh-101 cruise missile used in widespread attacks there on Nov. 23 had been made no earlier than October.
The production of Russian missiles must have seriously ramped up if the current rate of fire is essentially coming straight off the production line.
Some 'special operation' sabotage missions required.
It also means that Russian stockpile of cruise missiles may be depleting significantly - you'd assume they fire the oldest first and newest last, so if we're down to october this year that means reserves are low.
Bellingcat has identified the people behind the Russian missile programs, they all have military titles so are presumably open to targetting.
I'm sure the Ukrainians will accept help from friends in these matters.
Shame if they were hit by a captured russian missile.
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Whats wrong with satanic cults? Looking at what has happened throughout history in the name of gods', I think I'd welcome a change.
Just a reminder that Ukrainian special ops mined and blew up several helicopters at an Orc airbase north of Moscow and some 500km from Kyiv, close to the Latvian border:
The Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine said in a Monday, Oct. 31 statement that the Oct. 30 attack took place at the Russian army’s Veretye air base in north-western Pskov Region. The facility is more than 500 km., as the missile flies, from Ukraine to the south, and some 110 km from NATO member Latvia to the east.
It would be amusing if the Ukrainians didn't have a new drone but that special ops planted charges and then used an 80's boom box to play missile/jet sound effects, and then psyching out the Orcs with claims of a new long range missile, which the Orcs are scared senseless over as it must incorporate stealth as they can't detect it.
2 drones exploded at Slava factory in Bryansk region
UK Intelligence assessment has described the inability of Russian air-defences to both detect and destroy the incoming Ukranian UAV's as a "significant strategical protection failure "
The TU-95's, in particular, are expected to be moved to dispersal airfields. UK Intelligence are also suggesting that severe sanctions may be imposed on Russian officers deemed responsible for allowing the incident.
The first footage of a German-supplied Flakpanzer Gepard SPAAG in use with Ukrainian forces appeared today, seen shooting down an incoming Russian cruise missile using its two 35mm autocannons.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1599810159236112406
Keyboard warrior.
That's been posted already further up, but that reminds me. What do we see at 0:12-0:13 in the clip? Are the Russians targeting the Gepard? They must be close since it's only been a couple of seconds since it took out the drone? Would it be normal to have a Gepard so close to the front line? What's the soldier shooting at immediately afterwards? Suppressing fire?
I think the Gepard crew tried another blast not realizing they were behind natural cover,it doesn't look like incoming fire ,or counter fire
Yeah the thing looks fairly zippy They will learn how to get around issues like that.
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