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originally posted by: Fowlerstoad
a reply to: putnam6
The Russians are 'upping' their tactics. I am impressed, actually ... as apparently they used waves of drones and decoys at night to deplete Ukrainian air defenses, allowing for continued successful strikes into the daylight hours. Bravo, boys!
Now if only they could end this war on Russian terms; so, that my hard earned US tax dollars could actually be spent helping Americans, instead of being sent to Ukraine to kill Russians ... a people with whom I have zero problems.
southfront.org...
originally posted by: Freeborn
a reply to: putnam6
You just keep on doing as you as you are. You don't need anyone's approval.
I may not always agree with you but I appreciate the effort you put into your threads and you make people think.
In addition you are always respectful, consider alternative viewpoints and are not set in a polarised perspective.
Have a pint on me!
originally posted by: Gentzen
I am sorry for the offense, didn't even know you started this thread, was speaking generally (I lurk here since 2015.)
a reply to: musicismagic
Japan has promised something big ( yen wise that is ).
originally posted by: musicismagic
There now could be a lot going on that we haven't been told about. I really feel that both sides have been playing equal, but the tide of summer is now upon them.
originally posted by: putnam6
originally posted by: Gentzen
I am sorry for the offense, didn't even know you started this thread, was speaking generally (I lurk here since 2015.)
LOL, no worries evidently I need to work on my presentation of sarcasm specifically sarcastic humor, Ive missed the mark twice in this thread alone.
I shouldn't post a thread expecting a discussion and get snarkily sarcastic when you were just discussing it as well.
No harm, no foul
originally posted by: firerescue
a reply to: musicismagic
Japan has promised something big ( yen wise that is ).
Japan sending something big ......
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MOSCOW, May 29. /TASS/. Russian forces delivered a strike by high-precision weapons against Ukrainian military airfields, destroying enemy command posts, aircraft, armament and ammunition depots in the past day during the special military operation in Ukraine, Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov reported on Monday.
"At night, Russian forces delivered a multiple strike by air-launched long-range precision weapons against enemy facilities at airfields. The goal of the strike was achieved. All the designated sites were destroyed. The strike wiped out Ukrainian command and radar posts, aircraft, armament and ammunition depots," the spokesman said.
"In areas near the settlements of Sinkovka in the Kharkov Region and Rozovka in the Lugansk People’s Republic, the activity of two Ukrainian subversive/reconnaissance groups was thwarted," the spokesman said.
The enemy’s losses in the Kupyansk direction in the past 24 hours amounted to "65 Ukrainian personnel, three motor vehicles, D-20 and D-30 howitzers," the general reported.
Russian forces eliminate 55 Ukrainian troops in Krasny Liman area
Russian combat aircraft and artillery struck Ukrainian army units in the Krasny Liman area, destroying roughly 55 enemy troops and a motorized artillery system in the past day, Konashenkov reported.
"As many as 55 Ukrainian personnel, two pickup trucks, a D-20 howitzer and a Gvozdika motorized artillery system" were destroyed in that area in the past 24 hours, the general reported.
Russian forces destroyed roughly 145 Ukrainian troops in the Donetsk area over the past day, Konashenkov reported.
"In the Donetsk direction, as many as 145 Ukrainian personnel, two armored combat vehicles, two pickup trucks and a D-30 howitzer were destroyed in the past 24 hours as a result of active operations by units of the southern battlegroup, air and artillery strikes," the spokesman said.
In the area of the settlement of Orlovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic, a US-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar was destroyed, the general said.
"In the area of the settlement of Maksimilyanovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic, two ammunition depots of the Ukrainian army’s 79th air assault brigade were destroyed," Konashenkov reported.
Russian forces eliminate 140 Ukrainian troops in southern Donetsk, Zaporozhye areas
Russian forces eliminated roughly 140 Ukrainian troops and an ammunition depot in the southern Donetsk and Zaporozhye areas over the past day, Konashenkov reported.
In the southern Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, aircraft and artillery of Russia’s battlegroup East struck the Ukrainian army units in areas near the settlements of Ugledar in the Donetsk People’s Republic, Malinovka, Belogorye and Kamenskoye in the Zaporozhye Region, the spokesman specified.
"As many as 140 Ukrainian personnel, 10 motor vehicles and two D-30 howitzers were destroyed in those directions in the past 24 hours. In addition, a Ukrainian ammunition depot was obliterated near the settlement of Otradnoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic," the general reported.
Russian forces destroy 20 Ukrainian troops, three artillery guns in Kherson area
Russian forces destroyed about 20 Ukrainian troops and three artillery guns in the Kherson area over the past day, Konashenkov reported.
"In the Kherson direction, as many as 20 Ukrainian personnel, three pickup trucks, a D-30 howitzer and two Gvozdika motorized artillery systems were destroyed in the past 24 hours as a result of damage inflicted by firepower," the spokesman said.
Russian forces wipe out Ukrainian arms depot in Kherson area
Russian forces destroyed a Ukrainian armament depot in the Kherson area over the past day, Konashenkov reported.
"In the area of the settlement of Berislav in the Kherson Region, a hangar storing armaments and military equipment of the Ukrainian army’s 126th territorial defense brigade was destroyed. In addition, a command/observation post and an artillery armament depot of the Ukrainian army’s 110th mechanized brigade were destroyed in the area of the settlement of Avdeyevka in the Donetsk People’s Republic," the spokesman said.
During the last 24-hour period, operational/tactical and army aviation and artillery of the Russian group of forces struck 87 Ukrainian artillery units at firing positions, manpower and military equipment in 124 areas," the general reported.
Russian air defenses intercept three Storm Shadow missiles
Russian air defense forces intercepted three Storm Shadow cruise missiles and 13 HIMARS rockets and shot down 14 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles over the past day, Konashenkov reported.
In addition, Russian air defense systems destroyed 14 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in areas near the settlements of Verkhnekamenka, Novodruzhesk and Pshenichnoye in the Lugansk People’s Republic, Yasnoye in the Donetsk People’s Republic, Vasilyevka, Lyubimovka and Konstantinovka in the Zaporozhye Region, the general reported.
In all, the Russian Armed Forces have destroyed 429 Ukrainian warplanes, 235 combat helicopters, 4,371 unmanned aerial vehicles, 424 surface-to-air missile systems, 9,324 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,100 multiple rocket launchers, 4,934 field artillery guns and mortars and 10,527 special military motor vehicles since the beginning of the special military operation in Ukraine, Konashenkov reported.
Russian forces conducted another series of strikes against Ukraine with cruise missiles and Iranian-made drones overnight on May 28 to 29 and during the day on May 29. The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Russian forces launched 40 Kh-101/Kh-555 air-based cruise missiles and 38 Shahed-131/136 drones on the night of May 28 to 29 and 11 Iskander-M/K missiles during the day on May 29.[1] The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Ukrainian air defenses destroyed in all 36 Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles, 30 Shahed drones, and all 11 Iskander missiles.[2] Ukrainian officials reported that Ukrainian forces intercepted all 11 Iskander missiles, and 40 cruise missiles and Shahed drones that targeted Kyiv City and Kyiv Oblast.[3] Ukrainian sources reported that Ukrainian forces also intercepted missiles and drones near the cities of Lviv, Mykolaiv, and Odesa and that Russian forces struck port infrastructure in Odesa City and a military infrastructure facility in Khmelnytskyi Oblast.[4] Russian forces launched a relatively higher number of missiles than in recent series of strikes following the largest Russian series of Shahed strikes since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine on May 28.[5] ISW previously assessed that Russian forces began a new limited air campaign in recent months to degrade Ukrainian counteroffensive capabilities, but that the Russian prioritization of targeting Kyiv is likely further limiting the campaign’s ability to meaningfully constrain potential Ukrainian counteroffensive actions.[6]
I haven't seen any source on the war, Ukrainian or Russian, that spreads fake news and blatant propaganda as much and as bad as "Kyiv Independent".
originally posted by: Xtrozero
originally posted by: musicismagic
There now could be a lot going on that we haven't been told about. I really feel that both sides have been playing equal, but the tide of summer is now upon them.
About 60k Ukrainian forces have been training on western equipment over the winter, maybe it is that...
i doubt they have shot down any hypersonic missiles
originally posted by: Nexttimemaybe
originally posted by: Xtrozero
originally posted by: musicismagic
There now could be a lot going on that we haven't been told about. I really feel that both sides have been playing equal, but the tide of summer is now upon them.
About 60k Ukrainian forces have been training on western equipment over the winter, maybe it is that...
Probably about sixty days worth of meat for the grinder then, what a joke.
Hopefully Russia will step things up. Personally I want to see hundreds of cruise missiles a day hitting Ukraine, not tens.