Assault on Kiev: Russian helicopters swoop above Ukraine's capital

jvs · August 24, 2023

9 minutes ago, Rimmer said:

I have looked at and enlarged the images of the plane as it came down, seems to me the rear section of the aircraft has gone, the engines of this model are right at the rear of the aircraft. A ground to air missile will home in on a heat source, engines....

OR did Prigozhin stage his demise as he has done before.....

Yes maybe it is staged,the statement said they found only 8 bodies out of ten people on the plane.Looks to me a wing came off.

More things to happen shortly for sure,the plane did belong to Prigozhin.

I still think putin is behind it and if so it goes to show you can never have an issue with putin.You will die,until one day what goes around comes around.either way i don't really care,anything to stop this war.

Edited August 24, 2023 by jvs

Bkk Brian · August 24, 2023

1 hour ago, jvs said:

Yes maybe it is staged,the statement said they found only 8 bodies out of ten people on the plane.Looks to me a wing came off.

More things to happen shortly for sure,the plane did belong to Prigozhin.

I still think putin is behind it and if so it goes to show you can never have an issue with putin.You will die,until one day what goes around comes around.either way i don't really care,anything to stop this war.

Well if he is still alive I wonder if he took his wigs and various paraphernalia for his many disguises with him.

Many faces of Wagner chief Prigozhin: Warlord’s disguises and chilling pictures of his home leaked after Russian raid

impulse · August 24, 2023

1 hour ago, Rimmer said:

OR did Prigozhin stage his demise as he has done before.....

Reports are that 2 Wagner owned aircraft took off. One crashed and the other one turned around and landed in Moscow. If I were cynical, I'd suspect the first plane was a decoy.

If that is the case, we probably won't know for awhile.

Edited August 24, 2023 by impulse

LosLobo · August 28, 2023

Interesting video on how Ukrainians are dealing with minefields.

bannork · August 28, 2023

Bkk Brian · August 30, 2023

Drones targeted 6 regions in biggest attack on Russian soil in 18 months, Russian officials say

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian officials accused Ukraine of targeting six Russian regions with drones early Wednesday in what appears to be the biggest drone attack on Russian soil since Moscow sent troops into Ukraine 18 months ago.

Drones hit an airport in the western Pskov region and started a massive fire there, the local governor and media reported. According to the Defense Ministry, more drones were also shot down over the regions of Oryol, Bryansk, Ryazan, Kaluga and the Moscow region surrounding the Russian capital.

The strike in Pskov hit an airport in the region’s namesake capital and damaged four Il-78 transport aircraft, Russia’s state news agency Tass reported, citing emergency officials.

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-drones-a9fc4ddad80a906e85aacca7354eb317

ExpatOilWorker · August 30, 2023

12 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Drones targeted 6 regions in biggest attack on Russian soil in 18 months, Russian officials say

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian officials accused Ukraine of targeting six Russian regions with drones early Wednesday in what appears to be the biggest drone attack on Russian soil since Moscow sent troops into Ukraine 18 months ago.

Drones hit an airport in the western Pskov region and started a massive fire there, the local governor and media reported. According to the Defense Ministry, more drones were also shot down over the regions of Oryol, Bryansk, Ryazan, Kaluga and the Moscow region surrounding the Russian capital.

The strike in Pskov hit an airport in the region’s namesake capital and damaged four Il-78 transport aircraft, Russia’s state news agency Tass reported, citing emergency officials.

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-drones-a9fc4ddad80a906e85aacca7354eb317

Russia ???????? should ask NATO to close the skies over Russia ????.

LosLobo · August 30, 2023

4 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

Drones targeted 6 regions in biggest attack on Russian soil in 18 months, Russian officials say

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian officials accused Ukraine of targeting six Russian regions with drones early Wednesday in what appears to be the biggest drone attack on Russian soil since Moscow sent troops into Ukraine 18 months ago.

Drones hit an airport in the western Pskov region and started a massive fire there, the local governor and media reported. According to the Defense Ministry, more drones were also shot down over the regions of Oryol, Bryansk, Ryazan, Kaluga and the Moscow region surrounding the Russian capital.

The strike in Pskov hit an airport in the region’s namesake capital and damaged four Il-78 transport aircraft, Russia’s state news agency Tass reported, citing emergency officials.

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-drones-a9fc4ddad80a906e85aacca7354eb317

Detail on today's drone attack.

The first drones travelled 700km inside Russian airspace before detection.

This says a lot for the capability of Russia, supposedly the second largest defence force in world.

tgw · August 31, 2023

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LosLobo · September 1, 2023

Seems Ukraine are using $3K Australian cardboard flatpack drones to destroy $10M SU-30s.....

Five Russian jets 'were destroyed by easily assembled cardboard drones by Ukraine last week' - in prelude to even more unmanned assaults on Putin's bases | Daily Mail Online

ExpatOilWorker · September 1, 2023

1 hour ago, LosLobo said:

Seems Ukraine are using $3K Australian cardboard flatpack drones to destroy $10M SU-30s.....

Five Russian jets 'were destroyed by easily assembled cardboard drones by Ukraine last week' - in prelude to even more unmanned assaults on Putin's bases | Daily Mail Online

Wacko jihadists around the world are taking notes right now. Commercial airports around the world are totally undefended against this new threat.

How hard is it for an Indonesian fanatic to sail close to Singapore international Airport and launch this kind of paper plane right at a fully fueled A380?

LosLobo · September 1, 2023

39 minutes ago, ExpatOilWorker said:

Wacko jihadists around the world are taking notes right now. Commercial airports around the world are totally undefended against this new threat.

How hard is it for an Indonesian fanatic to sail close to Singapore international Airport and launch this kind of paper plane right at a fully fueled A380?

I suggest that Ukraine took 'notes' from 'wacko jihadist' Isis when they used drones to drop hand grenades onto their enemies, almost a decade ago.

'By 2016, ISIS had modified DJI Phantom quadcopters to drop grenades. This tactic spread and was soon common among armed groups.

Mass-Market Military Drones Have Changed the Way Wars Are Fought | Center for a New American Security (en-US) (cnas.org)

Edited September 1, 2023 by LosLobo

ExpatOilWorker · September 1, 2023

tgw · September 1, 2023

GOOOOO UKRAINE !!!!!

tgw · September 2, 2023

more comedy from Ruzzia

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LosLobo · September 3, 2023

Obviously, Putin lost face by being trumped by a third world country and couldn't hide his disappointment.......

Russian rocket scientist dies from ‘mushroom poisoning’.........

Top Russian rocket scientist dies from 'mushroom poisoning' just weeks after Putin's failed moon landing | The Sun

Putin’s Pride Dented as India’s Moon Landing Highlights Russia’s Decline | World Report | U.S. News (usnews.com)

Edited September 3, 2023 by LosLobo

ballpoint · September 3, 2023

"Ukraine claims to have made a significant breakthrough in its counteroffensive, saying its forces have 'decisively breached' Russia’s first defensive line near Zaporizhzhia, a key region in the south."

This advance has been confirmed, with the Ukrainians already reclaiming the major town of Robotyne, and if they can bolster their positions, and continue their momentum, it represents a huge swing in their favour. There are two further Russian defensive lines, but this first one was, in theory, the toughest to breach, protected by a 1km long minefield, with no paths through it, which the Ukrainians have successfully negotiated. However, the minefields between the first and second, and second and third, lines are far less intimidating, with numerous supply paths through them which the Ukrainians would have been watching and mapping using drones. It's been reported that the Russians are taking soldiers from elsewhere along the line to support this area, and not using reserve troops, which would have been the logical thing to do - if they actually have any reserve troops left. If true, let's hope the Ukrainians have further troops poised to take advantage of the resulting thinner defensive lines.

Rimmer · September 6, 2023

Russian Helicopter Pilot Details His Defection Flight To Ukraine

At about 4:30 p.m. Aug. 9, Russian helicopter pilot Maxim Kuzminov and two crew members boarded their Mi-8AMTSh Hip combat transport helicopter at Kursk airport for what appeared to be a routine mission. But unbeknownst to the crew, this would be the last flight these men and their aircraft would take for Russia. It wasn’t until the helicopter - which had reached its maximum altitude and was traveling under radio silence - then dipped down very low as it crossed the Russian border that anything seemed out of the ordinary.