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Lipetsk-2 Airport seems to be a major staging point for attacks in Ukraine, given the aircraft types stationed there relatively recently, plus the usual carefree ammunition dump out in the fields towards the town.
Here is an overview of the field itself:
NASA published details of fires picked up by satellite a number of hours ago. Note the position of the fires with respect to the V-shape of the runways.
We can now zoom in on that position and we find the ammunition dump that was attacked last night. Please note the carefree and usual manner in which the Russians stack bombs and munitions out in the open in clear lines, similar to how we would stack gas cylinders.
In one section, you can clearly see the online of munitions hidden underneath the tarpaulin.
These are not to be confused with the white drop-tanks which you can spot scattered around the airfield itself.
Two columns
so, if vatniks are contracted for special military fcukup in Ukraine, is their contract void if military fcukup happens on ruSSia territory?
You mean swan lake? Hell no. Russian state media reported that 17 Ukrainian incursions consisting of 1000 soldiers driving 2000 tanks were destroyed 4 times before they crossed the border.
Not a whole lot of Russian aviation being involved. Was hoping a few would be taken out by AA and stingers. Are they scared of losing them and F16s with amraams?
Russian MSM is likely not reporting on it.
There is no alternative in urban fighting against a determined or half determined opponent but ending up leveling it, that applies to retaking the Ukrainian towns as well. It's the same in every war.
could this be the black swan event ? Could the house of cards finally collapse ?
I’d say the rinse and repeat is inevitable unless Putin deploys his scarce resources to shore up his entire border.
Either way is a massive and continuous win for Ukraine.
Anyone got footage of the talking heads and their reactions… I’m guessing “impudent” Ukrainians or some such and calling for them to be wiped off the face of the planet. Nukes and some more nukes.
The Russian mindset has been nobody will dare invade us and we don't need to put resources into protecting our borders… but, they have spent a fortune keeping their expensive nuclear arsenal in tip top condition!?
Chatter that there was more than one column destroyed last night.
Also, confirmation from Ukraine on the airfield hit in Lipetsk.
Ukraine says it hit Russian military airfield in Lipetsk region | Reuters
"Several sources of ignition were recorded, a large fire broke out and multiple detonations were observed," Kyiv's military said on the Telegram messaging app.Russian Su-34, Su-35 and MiG-31 warplanes were based at the airfield, it said.A security source told Reuters that the attack was carried out by drones as dozens of planes and helicopters stood on the airfield, as well as a warehouse containing 700 guided bombs.
Call it whatever you like, but as sure as hell, it has put the wind up in the Russians… now they have a difficult choice to make, remove troops from other areas for a counterattack, and leave those areas exposed and vulnerable to Ukraine attack, rinse, and repeat? or what?
There were images of a super long convey of Russians on their way to Kursk yesterday. It seems like they haven't learn their lesson since the shitshow of the Russian Kyiv Convey of 2022 that this is a very bad idea.
Putin is personally getting involved and making statements over this incursion. The top brass must be panicking and making more stupider decisions than normal.
As already said I think it's a bold and daring move. I just don't think it's going to be a major turning point, though certainly an interesting development. As always, it will take time to see its true significance, which may be psychological more than anything else.
Interesting parallel to the Hamas invasion of Israel last year, clearly caught them off guard. However I expect the Ukrainian military is behaving in a much more ethical way than Hamas did (though wouldn't blame them if they gave the Russian population a little taste of what Ukraine has gone through)
There's definitely an element of 'cause as much damage as possible now before the orange ****-flinging baboon gets in to power' about this incursion.
So if Russians die in Russia and not Ukraine the family gets nothing in compensation
Explains why seeing so many POWs
of course they are…. this is Russia we are dealing with… not some civilised country.
They couldn't care less about some sh1tty town/village near the border.
Great move by Ukraine, are the Russian army willing to level their own towns i wonder.
This is great because it calls Russia's bluff. Yes they can get the territory back but are they willing to utterly raze Russian villages to do so? They don’t seem to have any other offensive tactics.
and I think that is exactly why Ukraine entered ruSSia. That gives them additional distance to strike more strategic object of nazi scum.
Wasn’t discussed yet but the silence from US, Germany etc is deafening
Starting to look like Biden knowing he is on way out have a thumbs up
Also reports of all restrictions on weaponry use in Russia lifted which might explain todays spontaneous combustion of an airfield far behind the lines
That's some amount of dead soldiers. In this day and age and with drones and missiles you really have to spread your reinforcements out and not bunch them all together especially if your in your own country and the enemy are miles from you.
Yep. Might be too early in the day for the old sarcasm detectors. I was referring to the post saying that it's a very expensive exercise for Ukraine. It looks too be turning into a solid investment. The airfield was potentially hit from drones launched from within Kursk.
Wasn't this a Russian convoy that was attacked by Ukraine?
It's not me that's saying it. We're already seeing the benefits and they keep on coming.
The 1000 men sent in are under no illusions about coming back but the damage and benefit will out weigh the loss
on your last point that at least makes some sense, in some sense yes as in with all the surveillance and chatter and what not, but if it has no staying power it will count for nothing in a few months , wont the "middle finger" have difficulty being resupplied or having time to dig in properly, Im not sure why you need a "Mexico" analogy? it's simple enough to understand on its own terms
Looks like a massive cache of glide bombs were destroyed in the airfield hit.
Also, seen the video of this.
Turning out to be a very expensive incursion for Ukraine as some are saying.
As we know the kyiv independent does a daily casualty count on the Russian side.
In the week leading up to this there was a huge uptick in Russian soldiers been killed. Like over 1k per day.
Looking back the signs were there that something was brewing.
Some reporting of up to 500 killed in that strike
