Russland vs. Ukraine

[Quintus Fabius]

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Laut Russia Today wurden Militärflughäfen in fünf russischen Regionen angegriffen:

Military airfields in five Russian regions, including in Siberia and the Far East, have been targeted in coordinated drone attacks orchestrated by Kiev, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday.

Targets

The airfields are located in Murmansk Region in the north, Ivanovo and Ryazan regions in central Russia, Irkutsk Region in Siberia, and Amur Region in the Far East, the Russian Defense Ministry stated.

According to Ukrainian media, the airfields housed Russian Tu-95 and Tu-22M strategic bombers, as well as an A-50 early warning and control plane, among other aircraft. The Russian Defense Ministry has not confirmed this, and has not revealed the aircraft types stationed at the airfields.

It was the first time in over three years since the escalation of the Ukraine conflict that Kiev has targeted Russian facilities located in Siberia and the Far East.

According to Ukrainian and Russian media, the drones took off from trucks parked near the airfields and loaded with containers. Shot Telegram channel published a video purporting to show several unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) flying out of one of the containers in Irkutsk Region. Plumes of smoke are seen at a distance behind the truck in the video.

Gunfire is also heard in the video, with a witness claiming that police attempted to shoot down a drone.

Another video posted by Shot shows a crowd of people trying to hit the drones with stones. The video was also recorded in Irkutsk Region, according to the channel.

Operation Spiderweb

The strikes were part of a major Ukrainian operation targeting “strategic aviation” and codenamed Spiderweb, several Ukrainian media outlets, including Channel 24 and RBK Ukraine, reported, citing sources in the nation’s domestic security service (SBU).

The SBU confirmed that it was behind the operation as it published a photo of its head, Vasily Malyuk, looking at maps of what appear to be five Russian airfields. The security service also claimed that around a third of Russian cruise missile carriers were hit in the attacks.

Ukrainian media claimed that around 40 aircraft were damaged in the operation, including several strategic bombers. The Russian authorities have not commented on the claims.

Investigation

Some suspects behind the attacks have been detained, the Russian Defense Ministry said, without revealing the number of those arrested or their identities.

According to Shot, the Russian investigative authorities identified the trucks involved in the attacks and are now working with the drivers. Several Telegram channels, including Shot and Baza, also reported that Russian OSINT investigators traced the drones back to a warehouse located in Chelyabinsk Region, Russia in the southern Urals.

Russian security service officers have reportedly raided the warehouse in question and are now investigating the owner. Some trucks involved in the attacks were also said to have been registered in Chelyabinsk Region, according to the Telegram channels.
Botched attack

One truck loaded with drones reportedly failed to reach its destination, the Russian Telegram channels reported. The vehicle caught fire while on the road in Amur Region and eventually exploded, the channels reported as they published a video purporting to show the moment of the explosion.

Ukraine has significantly escalated drone strikes into Russia in recent weeks, despite ongoing diplomatic efforts to end the conflict. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov earlier described the attacks as an attempt to derail the peace process.

The strikes occurred less than a day after two bridges in Russia were destroyed in what the authorities described as sabotage. In Bryansk Region, an overpass fell onto a rail line, killing seven and injuring at least 69, according to the governor. Hours later, on Sunday, a railway bridge in Kursk Region gave way under a moving freight train, injuring the driver and two assistants.

Wenn schon RT derart über diese Angriffe berichtet, müssen diese tatsächlich einen erheblichen strategischen Effekt gehabt haben, der sich nicht mehr vor der russischen Bevölkerung zurecht biegen lässt.

Die Kommentare sind auch erstaunlich - ein paar Zitate (und sie werden seit einem Tag nicht gelöscht):

Putin is a paper Tiger.

Putins a cub

He is a paper Cub.

like ur pee-pee?

For 3 years people have been saying that hangars or some kind of protective covering was necessary for these planes … nothing was done. Here is the result. Even a simple metal screen would have worked. This is an unbelievable blunder on the part of the MoD and Putin.

I HAVE SAID A YR EARLIER,
MEDXEDEV SHOULD TAKE THE BATON FR WEAK PUTIN

Russia should have joined the EU themselves a long time ago

My message to Putin: this is the result of your playing chess strategy. The more chess and political correctness you play, the more evident it is that you are an idiot, and the more you and your nation gets to closer to the brink of total defeat and disintegration.

Putin=stupid

You are half right. Putin is both stupid and afraid!

Putin better changes his name in Pussyn.

It is caused by Putin’s sheepish cowardness.

usw. usw. usw.

Das sind übrigens keine pro-westlichen, Frieden wünschenden Nutzer, sondern die gleichen Typen fordern regelmäßig Angriffe mit Atombomben auf die Ukraine und je nach Tagesform auch auf Europa.

Die Sache lässt Putin schwach aussehen und dass ist das Einzige, was Russen ihrem Führer niemals verzeihen.

Jetzt müsste man das eigentlich massiv aufgreifen, Russland mit weiteren solchen Aktionen überziehen und zugleich einen massiven Informationskrieg in Russland führen. Offensiv Informationskriegsführung ! Das könnte Putin selbst das Genick brechen und wenn dieser altersstarre Versager weg ist, hat man sinnvollere Verhandlungspartner.