Drones Strikes In Moscow - Missile Strikes In Ukraine
Today the Russian government revealed some numbers and information about its 'Special Military Operation'.
Today's 'clobber report' by the Ministry of Defense leads with this (machine translation):
During the day, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out group strikes using long-range high-precision air-launched weapons at central decision-making points where, under the guidance of specialists from Western intelligence agencies, terrorist acts were planned on Russian territory.All assigned objects are hit.
'Central decision-making points' are ministries and main headquarters. These had so far not been targets. More to that below.
Defense Minister Shoigu had a conference call with the military command and noted:
"Russian forces continue to inflict an effective fire impact on the enemy. Its losses this month alone totaled over 16,000 troops, 16 aircraft, 5 helicopters, 466 drones, over 400 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, and 238 field artillery pieces and mortars," Shoigu said during a conference call.He added that 196 HIMARS rockets, 16 HARM rockets and 29 Storm Shadow long-range cruise missiles were intercepted and destroyed during the reviewed period.
The numbers are, with the exception of the downed Storm Shadows, largely consistent with the numbers from the daily 'clobber report' in my spreadsheet. But I have only counted 17 reported Storm Shadow kills over the last month. I do not know where Shoigu's 29 is coming from.
Shoigu also spoke of targets of the recent drone attacks in Ukraine (machine translation):
“The deliveries of equipment and weapons to Ukraine are increasing. We monitor the volumes and routes of supply and, if identified, strike.In recent days, large warehouses of Western weapons in Khmelnytsky, Ternopil and Nikolaev have been destroyed, the American Patriot anti-aircraft missile system in Kyiv has been hit,” the Minister of Defense said.
"The military support of Ukraine only delays the hostilities, but cannot affect the outcome of the special military operation," the head of the military department is sure.
On today's drone strikes in Moscow he said (machine translation):
“This morning, the Kiev regime carried out a terrorist act in the Moscow region. I will note, on civilian objects.It involved eight aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles.
They are all amazed.
In Moscow, three drones were suppressed by electronic warfare, lost control and deviated from their intended targets.
Five more were shot down in the Moscow region by the Pantsir anti-aircraft missile and gun system, the Minister of Defense said.
Other people had claimed up to 20 drones. But there was little damage and no reports of any casualties.
Also today was the third large drone and missile strike on Kiev within 24 hours. The were a total 17 strikes on Kiev in May 2023. I do not believe that Ukraine's claim of shooting down all missiles and drones is in any way reasonable. There will be a lot of damage in places Kiev does not want to talk about. The air defense in Kiev and elsewhere is exhausted and likely to soon run out of missiles. That will certainly increase the effectiveness of Russian strikes.
President Putin seemed to confirm that today's attack on a 'central decision-making points' hit the headquarter of military intelligence in Kiev:
Mark Sleboda @MarkSleboda1 - 13:28 UTC · May 30, 2023Putin confirms recent Russian missile strike on Kiev regime military intelligence, under Budanov, which had claimed credit for several recent assassinations & terrorist bombings of civilians in Russia.
Budanov is a pretty nasty piece of s***. In a recent interview with Yahoo his threats were certainly not within the frame of any law:
The implication is that Budanov’s intelligence service, more commonly known by its Ukrainian acronym HUR, was behind a string of audacious and lethal attacks inside Russian territory — or what the Kremlin considers to be Russian territory. These include the August car-bomb assassination of Daria Dugina, daughter of Russia’s notorious far-right theorist Aleksandr Dugin, in central Moscow, and the suspected truck bombing in October that partially dismantled the Kerch Bridge, Russia’s only direct link from the Black Sea to occupied Crimea.U.S. intelligence has attributed Dugina’s killing to the Ukrainian government, although not specifically to the HUR. Asked about this allegation, Budanov said, “Don’t continue with that topic. All I will comment on is that we’ve been killing Russians and we will keep killing Russians anywhere on the face of this world until the complete victory of Ukraine.”
Budanov should note that the old warrior tale has been updated to: "Live by the sword, die by the dagger missile."
Posted by b on May 30, 2023 at 14:36 UTC | Permalink
next page »It’s Washington’s and Kiev’s official policy that all ‘Russians’ must leave The Ukraine. This implies the ethnic cleansing of some 10 million people.
That’s official policy barflies
Posted by: Exile | May 30 2023 14:46 utc | 2
Thanks for the posting b
I hope that these recent strikes took out Budanov and others at his level. Decapitation of the military leadership of Ukraine will help bring the SMO to conclusion.
Hey Pope Frank and King Chuck, how many more have to die to feed the God of Mammon?
Posted by: psychohistorian | May 30 2023 14:49 utc | 3
Many of the motley collection of drones hastily thrown against Moscow don't appear to be large enough to lift the fuel required for their journey.
Just enough to fly into the news.
Posted by: too scents | May 30 2023 14:52 utc | 4
Budanov is now a direct target.
Lindsey Graham is now on Russias Wanted List.
The ICC panel is also on Russias wanted list.
The list grows....
Posted by: HERMIUS | May 30 2023 14:52 utc | 5
Thank you b as always for your info and insights.
Is Zelensky back in Ukraine yet, or he is looking for an awards show to attend?
A direct attack on Moscow, and an increase of them, makes 'playing with fire' look like a cool dip in a pool of ice.
Things are coming to a head, and many are going to be surprised at Russia's resolve.
cheers!
Posted by: gottlieb | May 30 2023 14:53 utc | 6
Posted by: Skiffer | May 30 2023 14:42 utc | 1
"Yahoo news considers Moscow and St. Petersburg disputed territory."
It's war. Everythings up for grabs.
Posted by: Exile | May 30 2023 14:46 utc | 2
"It’s Washington’s and Kiev’s official policy that all ‘Russians’ must leave The Ukraine. This implies the ethnic cleansing of some 10 million people."
It means only the invaders. People who speak russian and live in Donbass etc. are Ukrainians.
Posted by: Membrum Virile | May 30 2023 14:53 utc | 7
When Lindsey Graham said "Russians are dying" in approval that US money is being well-spent, the Kyiv regime takes that as approval for it to kill its own citizens. For years, "Russians" has been the regime's word for anyone it hates and wants to kill, so this is US support for both genocide and and suppression of the regime's own subjects.
Posted by: Clubofinfo | May 30 2023 14:57 utc | 8
Ukraine is the white man's ISIS Caliphate which has the whole Nato war machine behind it. Budanov, Podolyak, Danilov etc. are the al-Baghdadis and al-Zawahiri's of this particular Caliphate. It's really doubtful that they would be in Kiev, they are probably hiding somewhere in secret bunkers or even Poland, or utilizing same green screens as Zelensky.
Posted by: unimperator | May 30 2023 14:57 utc | 9
The strikes on decision making centers is huge. Hopefully they took out a lot of western intelligence officers plus a slew of Nazi bastards. Classic case of "Fuck around and find out". Can't wait to see the details of who and what got wiped out!!
Posted by: Watzov | May 30 2023 15:02 utc | 10
One would figure that even the Handlers would tire of getting back in spades what they attempt to do to Russia. But then again they are dealing with what amounts to cannon fodder, so why would they.
It's clear that the RF military holds escalation dominance, and that the USA & Friends are staggering around like a drunken desperado fresh out of option. I expect that they will do something horrible, like critically damage the NPP or haul out some more bioweapons. Like all other confrontations throughout history, someone will have to feel enough pain to call it quits. It wont be Russia as far as I can tell...
Posted by: Chevrus | May 30 2023 15:05 utc | 11
Putin's answer to the question about today's drone raid on Moscow and the Moscow region.
http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/71256
Posted by: Paco | May 30 2023 15:06 utc | 12
thanks b..
the action on russias part seems proportional to the increase of weapons that the west is providing ukraine... i wonder if the west will make the connection?? at present they don't seem to care.. meanwhile more ukrainians and russians die.. this isn't exactly what lindsay graham was prescribing, but if he broadened his hateful rhetoric to include all slavs, it would suffice..
the way i see it everything is moving up the escalation scale incrementally... we are at a new plateau, with no sign of either party to this war - nato, or russia - backing off the escalation ladder.. is time running out for anyone here? hard to tell..
i agree with you about this piece of work budanov..but i am sure he is getting a lot of encouragement and support from the usual suspects - cia, m16 and friends...
Posted by: james | May 30 2023 15:07 utc | 13
@ Paco | May 30 2023 15:06 utc | 12
maybe it will come available later in an english translation... thanks.
Posted by: james | May 30 2023 15:10 utc | 14
In response to Membrum Virile@7,
Everything is always up for grabs in principle, whether there's a war or not. Whatever incompetent wrote the Yahoo news article implies something else, namely that there's a claim on Moscow and St. Petersburg from other states besides Russia.
The lunatics in Kiev know better than to open themselves up to international ridicule by claiming Moscow, which they incidentally built up as the antithesis of Ukraine. Even the liberal ex-pats who tour Europe with seminars on how to properly dismember Russia don't go that far. So who do you think Yahoo is alluding to, unless it's just a slip-up by someone who gets paid to write but doesn't know how?
Posted by: Skiffer | May 30 2023 15:19 utc | 15
Why did RF strike Ukrainian intelligence headquarters only now?
Posted by: GuardYourHumanity | May 30 2023 15:19 utc | 16
omg plz tell me they got Zelinsky roday too! Itz ze end of ze war if so!?
Posted by: BurnEye Minds3rdEye | May 30 2023 15:20 utc | 17
I find it worrisome that the drones could penetrate into the boundary of Moscow.
Posted by: YIU | May 30 2023 15:22 utc | 18
MSM says nothing about the second patriot and the strike on natoids in Kiev. All they talk about is how Ukr drones almost hit Putin in Moscow. Fell "right next to his house". They said there were over 30, Russians lied about the number.
Anyway, I'm sure the strikes on Moscow will continue and increase in frequency. Somehow Shoigu and his generals aren't in jail yet, so they'll continue to successfully fail until their little junta will be able to take power.
Posted by: rk | May 30 2023 15:26 utc | 19
The disparity in the numbers of Storm Shadows could be down to the interpretation of the word ‘intercepted’. The 17 might relate to those whilst in flight the remaining 12 could refer to one’s intercepted whilst in transit, possibly destroyed in the strike on the Khmelnytskyi depot.
Posted by: Milites | May 30 2023 15:27 utc | 20
Posted by: Skiffer | May 30 2023 15:19 utc | 15
"So who do you think Yahoo is alluding to"
I don't have the same sources as the Yahoo writer, but perhaps the separatists who attacked Belgorod recently?
Posted by: Membrum Virile | May 30 2023 15:28 utc | 21
Interesting mathematical model of AFU losses, by Alexander Rodgers (autotranslated link).
I have filed several mathematical models with formulas for myself, and I substitute the current numbers for comparison in them. Since the APU hides losses (and stupidly lies about 15 thousand in total), you have to use these same “open sources”.
At the end of winter (in February), Western politicians voiced the figure of the "Ukrainian offensive" at 100,000 fighters. A month later, by the end of March and the beginning of April, the figure of 60,000 was widely reported. And a few days ago, the former German Foreign Minister announced a figure of 30-40 thousand.
It is clear that we are dealing with a classic problem with two pipes, where there is the rate of destruction of the personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the rate of its replenishment. Obviously, the first one is much higher. And even if we do not have the exact values of the first and second, then we can easily determine the difference from these data.
These data, by the way, correlate with the reports of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, where the Armed Forces of Ukraine have an average of 600-800 confirmed KIAs daily.
It should be borne in mind that the real number of deaths is always greater than the confirmed number.
It is clear that all this is very approximate and fluctuations are possible, but the general trend is obvious. And somewhere in a month and a half or two months, the reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine will run out. Completely(with)
And then the front will begin to crumble, because there will be no one to replace those leaving, and the combat effectiveness of units with incomplete personnel falls in a quadratic progression.
These things always happen gradually and then suddenly.
That is why the trend is obvious (a stable downtrend), the West began to actively talk and write about the negotiations. Because when it starts to fall, the starting conditions for these negotiations will sharply become much worse.
https://twitter.com/TomFitton/status/1663372738340298754?s=20
Posted by: _unimperator_ | May 30 2023 15:28 utc | 22
HERMIUS no. 5
However:
"South Africa grants Putin and Brics leaders diplomatic immunity for summit"
Posted by: ThusspakeZarathustra | May 30 2023 15:30 utc | 23
"..People who speak russian and live in Donbass etc. are Ukrainians..." Membrum Virile@7
They are indeed-people from the borderlands.
But like the million or more Russian speaking Estonians and Latvians they are not allowed to engage in public activities, including exercising their franchises, unless they are certified speakers of the language chosen by the fascists as official langue de jour.
Since 2014 the Kiev Bandera/CIA state has been engaged in ethnic cleansing campaigns designed to drive out Russian speakers and egalitarians, socialists in particular, in order to allow immigrants from the west to take their places.
These are curious policies for the descendants of Pierre Elliot Trudeau to be imposing on the people of New, since 1780, Russia.
Posted by: bevin | May 30 2023 15:31 utc | 24
Posted by: bevin | May 30 2023 15:31 utc | 26
Russian-speaking Estonians & Latvians certainly have the right vote. Or what do you mean by 'exercising their franchises"?
Posted by: Membrum Virile | May 30 2023 15:37 utc | 25
... Budanov, Podolyak, Danilov etc. are the al-Baghdadis and al-Zawahiri's of this particular Caliphate. ...
Posted by: unimperator | May 30 2023 14:57 utc | 9
Agreed, it’s a CIA-Mossad production like the others. Arestovych has come out with some crazy stuff, are those other props in the Ukraine porno any worse than him? On Arestovych, I should have saved links for the extreme stuff he’s claimed to have said, a useful insight into how things stand amongst his sort and amongst his western patrons. They’re all terrible garbage, though, the worst Ukrainians in the world, working for the worst people in the world.
If anyone’s been keeping tabs on Arestovych’s more scandalous utterances, please feel free to post links.
Posted by: anon2020 | May 30 2023 15:37 utc | 26
Putin conducted a tour of an exhibition being held at Zotov Center. Here is some info on that:
Vladimir Putin toured stands on architecture and urbanism, fashion and culture, design and tourism. The exposition presents, in particular, Russian brands of clothing and footwear, costume jewelry and jewelry, watches and accessories, handicrafts products, entertainment content of domestic production, including film, video games, animation and music, technology devices, specific examples of the development of the tourism potential of the regions."Zotov Center" is open after reconstruction in the building of the former Moscow bakery No. 5 in November 2022. His projects are devoted to the study of the theory and practice of constructivism. Exhibition The space brings together works from Russian collections and storerooms museums, as well as private collections.
The person guiding Putin on the tour, General Director of the Agency for Strategic Initiatives Svetlana Chupsheva, asked the question Paco linked to @12:
Today we are meeting with you in the creative space "Zotov Center". I will tell you everything in a moment, Mr President, but I cannot help but ask first of all the question that concerns everyone today.In the morning, there was a drone attack on Moscow and the Moscow region. Can you give an assessment of what happened, what measures need to be taken to prevent this from happening again, and how we should respond to it?
Putin's reply was a review of the overall history of the situation in an effort IMO to explain the Why. IMO, although most know this history, his answer ought to be provided in full:
Vladimir Putin: You know, it all started a long time ago. I'll just take two steps from the center of the field-I'll have to repeat it.After the collapse of the USSR, it was inevitable that there would be some kind of competition between Russia and Ukraine-this goes without saying, but, apparently, those who were engaged in this, proceeded from the fact that everything would happen in a civilized way and, moreover, on the basis of our closeness, common historical, cultural, linguistic and so on next. But everything went the other way, unfortunately, which is also to be expected.
Basically, the territory called Ukraine was controlled from the very beginning by people who, led from the West, took the path of fighting not just with Russia, but creating an "anti-Russia"in this territory.
They had to take into account people who lived in the south-east of Ukraine-these are voters, a large number of voters, they had to take into account. Let me also remind you that during the formation of independent Ukraine from the very beginning, from the first step, Ukraine declared itself a neutral state – the Declaration of Independence says so.
Instead, they gradually-gradually-took a different path-joining NATO, an organization that is hostile to Russia and was created solely to fight the Soviet Union, Russia.
And in 2008, without any external signs, any military-political tension, they announced that they were joining NATO, they wanted to join NATO, and the Western countries-the countries of the alliance-in Bucharest, in my opinion, at the summit announced that the doors to NATO were open for Ukraine. Not only were we deceived and told that there would be no NATO movement to the east – but they also reached Ukraine. Well okay.
In 2014, as you know, they made a coup d'etat and simply began to destroy everyone who would like to build normal relations with Russia in one way or another. And in addition, they started a war in the Donbas, fighting. Then they deceived everyone to lull their vigilance, saying that they wanted to resolve the issue by peaceful means.
Now they are already openly saying that they cheated only in order to accumulate forces and unleash military operations, including in relation to the Crimea. Now, as you know, they have reached the point of drone strikes.
The Russian Armed Forces that were forced to respond-Russia was forced to respond to the war unleashed by the Ukrainian regime in the Donbas, we were all forced to respond with the launch of a special military operation - are striking at the territory of Ukraine, but with high-precision weapons of long range precisely at military infrastructure facilities or at ammunition depots or fuel and lubricants used for conducting combat operations.
We have already discussed the possibility of attacking decision-making headquarters and decision-making centers. Of course, the Ukrainian military intelligence headquarters, which was hit two or three days ago, also belongs to this category.
In response, as you know, the Kiev regime chose a different path-the path of attempts to intimidate Russia, intimidate Russian citizens and attack residential buildings. This, of course, is a clear sign of terrorist activity.
First of all, I want to say that the Moscow air defense system worked normally and satisfactorily, although there is something to work on. We faced the same problems at the Khmeimim airfield in Syria, and the territory of our Khmeimim air base itself and Moscow, a huge European metropolis, is simply not comparable. But in general, it is clear what needs to be done to strengthen the air defense of the capital, and we will do it.
But I am not so much concerned about this as about attempts to provoke a response from Russia. Apparently, it is designed for this: they provoke us to mirror actions. Let's see what to do about it.
But the citizens of Ukraine, who, of course, do not have a word now, because total terror has been unleashed against the civilian population in Ukraine, still need to know what the current leadership of this country is pushing for, and just understand that there are still other threats associated, for example, with attempts to disrupt the work at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant or use some "dirty" devices of this kind related to the nuclear industry. We've already said this many times: we know what they're up to.
It is clear that, no matter what we say, they will always look for the culprits in Russia, but this is not so: we did not unleash this war, I repeat, in 2014-the Kiev regime unleashed a war in the Donbas - and we do not use the means that the Ukrainian bigwigs use.
And this attack on peaceful facilities in Moscow is another proof of this. But I repeat once again: the air defense system in our capital worked normally. We have a lot to work on, I'll say it again, and we know what needs to be done.
Clearly, Putin's answer was directed at all Russians, not just Muscovites. I recall what Putin said about the terrorists involved in the Second Chechen War who were also backed by CIA/MI-6, that there's no negotiating with them as they're all to be eliminated wherever they're found. IMO, those words like so many others were never heard by the West, but they stand as policy nevertheless. The US Congress funds Terrorists and has for decades. I wonder what percentage of Russia's population know that fact and how they feel about it? And of course, it's easy to understand why Putin vowed to eliminate the Outlaw US Empire's hegemony and why China and other nations agree.
@29
What the Russians are doing by way of their conduct is demonstrating a clear distinction between themselves and the US led block of maniacs. An accurate accounting of what's happened will show the Russians were literally dragged into this.
Posted by: chunga | May 30 2023 15:46 utc | 28
Posted by: anon2020 | May 30 2023 15:37 utc | 28
Here are a few of Arestovich quotes. Pretty sure there's more to be found. Recall that he resigned in early January after the episode of the Ukrainian A/D missile in Dnepro.
"The idea of Ukraine, one of the central national ideas of Ukraine, is to lie, as much as possible, to ourselves and to others. Because everything will collapse if we tell the truth".
https://t.me/levigodman/5942
He resigned in early January from Zelensky advisor post.
Aleksey Arestovich wrote a letter of resignation from the post of non-staff adviser to the office of the President of Ukraine. This happened after his recent statement that the house in Dnepropetrovsk was destroyed due to the work of the Ukrainian air defense.
◾️“I wrote a letter of resignation. I want to set an example of civilized behavior: a fundamental mistake, then resign, ”he said."
https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses/19207
“They didn’t want to kill anyone”: Arestovich spoke about the beginning of the SMO
After leaving the post of adviser to the Office of the President, Arestovich launched into all serious frankness - he said that the Russian special operation was conceived as a bloodless mission and should have passed without casualties.
“They tried to wage a smart war... Such an elegant, beautiful, lightning-fast special operation, where polite people, without causing any damage to either a kitten or a child, eliminated the few who resisted. And they didn’t even eliminate them, but offered to surrender, switch sides, understand and etc. They didn't want to kill anyone. Just sign the renunciation."
https://t.me/Slavyangrad/30253
Aleksey Arestovich, recently resigned Presidential adviser to Zelensky...
The Ukrainian operation against the people of Donbass, fully supported, funded and armed by the West - was illegal, because an 'anti-terrorist operation', as it was called 2014-2022, cannot be implemented against a civilian population.
https://t.me/inessas1992/3199
"The west deceived Russia. They promised not to push NATO to the east, and they did. They turned Ukraine into a huge anti-Russian country.
If I was in Russia's shoes, I would have done the exact same thing."
https://twitter.com/sahouraxo/status/1635385205690368001
Posted by: unimperator | May 30 2023 15:47 utc | 29
Russia announced they attacked the Intelligence Directorate in Kiev today. I ask why it took over a year and a half to do so. How many other important military targets in Ukraine remain untouched. The entire western world is actively working on their destruction and take every Russian aversion to escalation as confirmation that they are free to do whatever they want. If I was Russian I would be seriously pissed watching it's people civilian and military dying knowing my government wasn't doing everything possible to end this conflict.
Posted by: JustAMaverick | May 30 2023 15:55 utc | 30
The Carpetbagger Fiona Hill, a notorious anti-communist who has morphed into russophobia for, if not fun, considerable profit recently surprised the world by coming close to talking sense in Estonia, where she was addressing one of the CIA's regional get togethers,
"Hill titled her speech “Ukraine and the New World Disorder,” and subtitled it, “The Rest’s Rebellion Against the United States.” Immediately it is clear she is about to get some things very right and others very wrong. The transcript of this speech is well worth reading. It is here.'
But first read Patrick Lawrence's article at Consortium News
https://consortiumnews.com/2023/05/30/patrick-lawrence-deaf-but-not-blind-on-us-decline/
Posted by: bevin | May 30 2023 15:56 utc | 31
According to a story posted on the Gateway Pundit, there were between 25 and 32 drones in the Moscow attack and there are pictures of damage to two apartment buildings. Part of this information is from the unreliable DailyMail and equally unreliable NY Times. The article is highly speculative and includes the question of whether these drones were supplied by the US. I provide the link for whatever it is worth.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/05/another-strike-vladimir-putin-two-dozen-suspected-ukrainian
Posted by: Belle | May 30 2023 15:56 utc | 32
People who speak russian and live in Donbass etc. are Ukrainians.
Posted by: Membrum Virile | May 30 2023 14:53 utc | 7
According to whom??? in 2019 Poroshenko threatened to exterminate the population of the Donbass.
Budanov, recently threatened to exterminate all Russian speakers in Ukraine..
Are you a troll???
OR.....
Simply an imbecile???
INDY
Posted by: Dr. George W Oprisko | May 30 2023 15:57 utc | 33
Chunga 29
Everybody already knows this already. And who gives a damn about a future accurate accounting. You either win or you lose and the winner writes the history.
Posted by: JustAMaverick | May 30 2023 15:58 utc | 34
The Ukrainian operation against the people of Donbass, fully supported, funded and armed by the West - was illegal, because an 'anti-terrorist operation', as it was called 2014-2022, cannot be implemented against a civilian population.
https://t.me/inessas1992/3199
Are you a troll???
Are you negating 9 years and 14,000 civilian deaths as immaterial???
The Facist Nuland emplaced coup regime headed by Poroshenko, and now Zelensky pursued a genocide against Russian speakers in Ukraine ever since the Nuland/NED financed $5,000,000,000 USDF Coup in 2014...
AND....
Bragged about it!!
Wake up!!
INDY
Posted by: Dr. George W Oprisko | May 30 2023 16:01 utc | 35
bernhard
"But I have only counted 17 reported Storm Shadow kills over the last month."
My count based on the daily briefings is:
Date Claimed Cumulative Remark
Intercepts
15-May 1 1
16-May 7 8
20-May 2 10 mininum. Quantity is not specified in the briefing, but plural "missiles" is used.
21-May 2 12 mininum. Quantity is not specified in the briefing, but plural "missiles" is used.
26-May 2 14
27-May 2 16
28-May 3 19
29-May 3 22
I think you have counted only 1 for each of May 20 and 21. This would give a total of 17 to May 28.
The standard of English in the daily briefings is very high and grammatically correct and precise.
On May 20 the briefing states:
"Air defence facilities have intercepted 12 HIMARS multiple rocket-launching system projectiles, Storm Shadow long-range cruise missiles,...."
The comma after the HIMARS means the number 12 does not include the Storm Shadows intercepts.
The use of plural, "Storm Shadow missiles", means a minimum of two but perhaps more.
The phrasing in the May 21 briefing is identical.
Therefore, properly read, the briefings report a minimum of 19 to May 28 and 22 to May 29.
The briefing for May 30 does not claim any Storm Shadow intercepts.
I conclude there were a total of 11 intercepts on May 20 & 21, this brings the total to 29 as claimed by Shoigu
Posted by: ltexpat | May 30 2023 16:02 utc | 36
Posted by: Dr. George W Oprisko | May 30 2023 15:57 utc | 34
Take a look at Poroshenko today, taking refuge in some underground pass, and the video where he vowed that "they'll live in basements while our children go to school"
https://t.me/boris_rozhin/87354
Posted by: Paco | May 30 2023 16:07 utc | 37
@35
The civilized world gives a damn because nobody wants a carbon copy of the US. Russia is building a consensus and durable partnerships.
Posted by: chunga | May 30 2023 16:08 utc | 38
It does appear as if the UAF may have lost between 50K and 72K dead in the very long battle for Bakhmut - but then again the figure come from Chef P who has been known to spin a tale or two. However taking into account MIA and WIA then you might think casualties have been 3X at least the number of KIA. So even taking a fraction of this, UAF losses look heavy - possbly catastrophic.Though I do wonder how many were badly trained impressed conscripts and how many truly effective and motivated troops. More of the former I suggest, but a terrible loss all the same and will do no good for Ukraine's overall national resolve.
Re the debate re a false flag WMD type situation, my personal fear is that a FF event will take place not to escalate this into a direct war between NATO and Russia but to create a justification for something else. The something else might be some form of no fly zone or physical occupation of western Ukraine/Odessa etc or maybe something different. It would be designed to persaude gullible western voters. And believe me they are gullible.
Now you may ask what is the difference between a shooting war and this type of involvement? And you would be right to do so as the difference is paper thin.But we see daily examples of western political and military leaders creating a narrative of sub-human Russia and Russians, egged on by a tame press. They are not on the face of it evidently completely rational. So who is to say what they will do? I personally think the adults in the room are actually toddlers, and are playing catch with the nuclear football.
I see no sign of rational behaviour and statements from the west just now, just a ratcheting up of inflammatory language. This may all be an act, but events tend to take on a mementum of their own...
Posted by: marcjf | May 30 2023 16:14 utc | 39
I wish the Russians would put down the hammer. Hard.
Posted by: G wiltek | May 30 2023 16:15 utc | 40
chunga 39
I understand your point, but what does it have to do with countering ever increasing western escalations? I believe most of the world at this point are not worrying about Russia and China becoming a new US copy, they are worrying that Russia will might lose. You allow Washington to endlessly escalate without consequences is the easiest way to bring about the very thing you are trying to avoid.
Posted by: JustAMaverick | May 30 2023 16:17 utc | 41
Clearly, Putin's answer was directed at all Russians, not just Muscovites.
Posted by: karlof1 | May 30 2023 15:40 utc | 27
And directed to the Global Majority, to an extent. I’ve not looked yet, but I can certainly imagine President Putins’s comments getting some extensive coverage in the Chinese media for instance.
Posted by: West of England Andy | May 30 2023 16:20 utc | 42
From where I'm at these pin prick drones make for sensational headlines but as I understand it there are hundreds of thousands of Russian troops over there and they're not playing horse shoes. They are prepared for any significant military escalation. I believe they could smother this thing at any time but are giving plenty of time to report to the negotiating table.
Posted by: chunga | May 30 2023 16:24 utc | 43
"Russia announced they attacked the Intelligence Directorate in Kiev today. I ask why it took over a year and a half to do so. How many other important military targets in Ukraine remain untouched. The entire western world is actively working on their destruction and take every Russian aversion to escalation as confirmation that they are free to do whatever they want. If I was Russian I would be seriously pissed watching it's people civilian and military dying knowing my government wasn't doing everything possible to end this conflict.
Posted by: JustAMaverick | May 30 2023 15:55 utc | 31"
In the 30 posts preceding this one? Excuses, etc.
This is, after all, a mechanical flamethrowers vs.the Nazis conflict. Not a g.d. picnic.
Moscow is their Washington D.C. Think about it that way.
Posted by: Elmagnostic | May 30 2023 16:29 utc | 44
Posted by: ltexpat | May 30 2023 16:02 utc | 37
Yes, I‘e been reading the briefings in the same way; the quantity reported (if any) only refers to the equipment mentioned immediately afterwards, before any further punctuation marks of any kind.
I suppose we could even call them “comma separated values”.
Posted by: West of England Andy | May 30 2023 16:29 utc | 45
Posted by: Dr. George W Oprisko | May 30 2023 16:01 utc | 36
Please read more carefully.
It was a quote from Arestovich saying that the Ukraine's "ATO" operation, which was payed and armed by US and UK in Donbass was illegal, because ATO operation can't be implemented against civilians (in this case, even domestic civilians). He additionally said that all the Ukrainian soldiers participating in ATO operation are criminals, due to shooting cities with rocket launchers, artillery and aviation.
Posted by: unimperator | May 30 2023 16:34 utc | 46
@ JustAMaverick | May 30 2023 16:17 utc | 43 who missed the civilization war memo
The SMO by Russia is part of a larger civilization war between the China/Russia axis and empire. One does not build a multipolar war by Might-Makes-Right response to the empire bully which you and others keep calling for.
The bully of God Of Mammon empire is being brought to its knees slowly as to not trigger nuclear response by a loser mentality. It has worked so far and we are to be thankful for the steady hands on the tiller of the China/Russia axis ship.
Posted by: psychohistorian | May 30 2023 16:38 utc | 47
https://vk.com/wall701885602_75113
I thought for a long time, what can the Supreme Commander be doing today if he does not plan to address the nation in connection with the attack of Ukrainian UAVs in Moscow?Peskov brought clarity. It turns out that today the head of state works in the Kremlin and plans to hold a meeting with representatives of the creative industries.
https://tass.ru/politika/17877643Began to break the head: "What are creative industries?". Never heard such a phrase. I had to turn to Yandex.
It turns out that 16 creative industries are recognized in the world: the art industry; folk crafts; music, performing arts and cultural and leisure activities; cinema and animation; photo; publishing activity; television and radio broadcasting; IT and computer games; advertising; architecture; design; fashion; jewelry business; activities of libraries, archives and museums; cultural heritage; education in the creative industries.
All the same, the actions of the President of the Russian Federation in recent months make us seriously think about the adequacy of certain of his actions and decisions. Or about the adequacy of his inner circle, planning a similar daily routine for the president. Although this can also be explained by the conspiracy theory that this is done on purpose. In order to compromise him as much as possible, since some of the elites have already written him off as scrap and are preparing public opinion for his departure.
Trying to push a massive attack of Ukrainian UAVs on the Russian capital by a meeting with representatives of the creative industries into the background, it is necessary not to understand at all what is happening in the country and in the world. We all saw something similar last fall, when he opened the Ferris wheel in Moscow at a time when our troops in the Kharkov region were retreating at the Russian border with heavy losses. Or his constant concern for the development of ecotourism and autotourism during the period of heavy fighting in Ukraine. And much more...
Where are we going? Where is the country headed?
Posted by: shadowbanned | May 30 2023 16:46 utc | 49
Russia announced they attacked the Intelligence Directorate in Kiev today. I ask why it took over a year and a half to do so. How many other important military targets in Ukraine remain untouched. The entire western world is actively working on their destruction and take every Russian aversion to escalation as confirmation that they are free to do whatever they want. If I was Russian I would be seriously pissed watching it's people civilian and military dying knowing my government wasn't doing everything possible to end this conflict.Posted by: JustAMaverick | May 30 2023 15:55 utc | 31
This just in:
https://t.me/Slavyangrad/48433
AFU have shelled a temporary accommodation centre in Belgorod Region, with injuries and fatalities, the region's governor has said.He promised to give more details later. Right now he is heading to the location of the incident.
How long will we have to wait for justice to be handed out to everyone deserving?
Posted by: shadowbanned | May 30 2023 16:48 utc | 50
Posted by: unimperator | May 30 2023 15:47 utc | 30
Specifically, in the past, he remarked on the degree of contempt in which he, his fellow politicos, and their constellation of “associates”, held the Ukrainian population - happy to see them all perish, was the subtext.
Then there were remarks he made outlining and endorsing the extreme terror acts and imagery of ISIS as part of their “campaign”.
The last thing that comes to mind was that a captive held at the Olenivka (Donetsk) prison stated that Arestovych has personally ordered that the torture and murder of Russian POWs be filmed for use in propaganda operations - the prison was struck by HIMARS shortly afterward.
That’s just what comes to mind now, there were more subject and more details, all very informative, very damning.
From what I’ve previously read of him, I assume that Arestovych has been rubbing shoulders with the engineers and operators of the West’s stable of terror proxies, their shit has rubbed off on him, and he has occasionally made unguarded remarks that are very revealing.
His statements since the Olenivka prison hit have had the flavour of trying to distance himself from his dalliance as a snuff producer, having been sufficiently incriminated as to need the witness dead.
To be fair to Arestovych, I think all the top Ukrainians are as bad as him, he just did too much coke on occasion and ran his mouth off.
Posted by: anon2020 | May 30 2023 16:48 utc | 51
sigh; is Reddit offline or something?
Unfortunatelly, Ukrainians have more and more air war assets.
Posted by: srbin | May 30 2023 16:40 utc | 52
Please could you provide a table (you know, just like the one b did in his article...) listing all these “more and more air war assets”? Because I’m struggling to find anything to back up your claim.
Posted by: West of England Andy | May 30 2023 16:54 utc | 52
Media/Narrative manipulation management .....
Makes no difference on the ground .... bit like a small girl throwing a pebble at an Elephant and running home to Mammy claiming a direct hit but ...
... will simply increase support within RF for harsher measures against leadership in Kiev ...
Designed to divert Bakhmut/Artemosk away from any western_MSM and internal Ukrainian media attention ...
Posted by: Don Firineach | May 30 2023 16:56 utc | 53
It means only the invaders. People who speak russian and live in Donbass etc. are Ukrainians.Posted by: Membrum Virile | May 30 2023 14:53 utc | 7
Only by passport.
The only people who can reasonably be called "Ukrainians" are in Galicia (that's three regions -- Lvov, Ternopol and Ivano-Frankovsk).
Everyone else is Russian, at various levels of brainwashing -- there are many more people who have not forgotten they are Russian than is publicly visible, but it is also true that Banderite tentacles have spread very far because the Kremlin didn't lift a finger to stop it for 30 years.
Even Kiev is to this day a Russian speaking city, and it was entirely so until very recently -- literally almost nobody spoke Ukrainian there until speaking Ukrainian became a political statement.
If people in Kiev are genetically indistinguishable from those in Bryansk and Kursk (and they are), and they all speak Russian, then what are they but Russians?
Furthermore, there are literal siblings fighting on opposite sides of the war -- how is one of them Russian while the other is somehow "Ukrainian"? Not to mention that you will have to go very far west into Ukraine to start finding a significant portion of the population that has no close relatives in Russia. Most of them have cousins, aunts and uncles, etc. on the other side of the border, and vice versa for most of central and southern Russia.
Ignorant Westerners should never speak on issues they know nothing about.
Posted by: shadowbanned | May 30 2023 16:56 utc | 54
I feel that a major escalation is coming in days or weeks.
A rehousing center for Belgorod refugees was shelled today with dead and wounded. UK is explicitly defending Ukrainian attacks against soft targets in Russia. Russia has been vocal about UK and US complicity in attacks on Russia, and has claimed that it has right to use severest measures to defend its territory.
Would not be surprised to see Russia pull its UK and Finland ambassadors. If that happens watch out.
Posted by: WJ | May 30 2023 16:58 utc | 55
@ karlof1 | May 30 2023 15:40 utc | 27
thanks karl.. excellent summary from putin on where this is all at and where it came from too.. it strongly backs up @ unimperator | May 30 2023 14:57 utc | 9 commentary as well..
@ unimperator | May 30 2023 15:47 utc | 30
it is surprising he is still allowed to speak freely on this... i can see the fascists wanting to silence him asap..
@ Sergei | May 30 2023 16:18 utc | 44
lol.. stay out of trouble living in your moms basement working for a pittance for langley..
Posted by: james | May 30 2023 17:00 utc | 56
Karlofi @27, quoting Putin:
"Of course, the Ukrainian military intelligence headquarters, which was hit two or three days ago, also belongs to this category."
Hit 2 or 3 days ago? But not acknowledged until today, or was there another one today?
Posted by: wagelaborer | May 30 2023 17:00 utc | 57
Ukieville isn't the only place NATO is priming for more war. Serbia/Kosovo is next, not Moldova, "NATO is creating another battlefield on European continent":
NATO calls for easing tensions on one hand, but on the other hand, increases military presence. It seems that NATO is just buying time to arm Kosovo, analysts argued. From its past wars, it's clear the US is quite good at pretending fairness in stopping a fight while helping one side, buying time for those it supports by calling for a ceasefire. The promises made by NATO and other Western countries to protect the Serbs in Kosovo simply cannot be fulfilled. An article in the Financial Times said that the West's push to heal the divide between Serbia and Kosovo is ill-fated.Song Zhongping, a Chinese military expert and TV commentator, told the Global Times that NATO forces did not truly engage in peacekeeping in Serbia and Kosovo, but rather aimed to maintain the basic fact of "Kosovo's independence" and helped Kosovo oppress Serbs. Serbia's sovereignty and national security aren't NATO's priority.
"The Russia-Ukraine conflict has not yielded any results for peace, and there is a possibility of escalation. The possibility of renewed conflict in the Balkans also exists. Because the Russia-Ukraine conflict has not achieved the desired effect for the US, Washington needs to create a new war on the European continent," Song said.
From the perspective of the US, the country is not concerned about the possibility of more wars breaking out in Europe, as it is not directly involved in the region. Washington can withdraw its military forces at any time. Washington actually hopes to see chaos in Europe, as well as the mess of the European economy and Europe's dependence on the US. The US does not want a united and strong Europe to exist. Meanwhile, as the Russia-Ukraine conflict has consumed much of the US energy and resources, the US is likely to view the worsening rift between Serbia and Kosovo as an opportunity that it can take advantage of to weaken Russia's influence in Serbia and the Balkans.
The ultimate goal of the US is to have both Europe and Russia suffer losses, which is more in line with its global strategy and hegemonic interests. Now the US sees Europe as two powder kegs, one in a hot war and one about to explode. In Washington's eyes, Europe's crisis is an opportunity for the US to take advantage of. [My Emphasis]
Much the same could be said of Moldova, although it's not yet in the same state of ferment as Serbia/Kosovo. The situation begs this question: Can NATO afford a two-front war in its current condition? And another: How much aid can Russia lend Serbia?
i see the western msm has changed out the headlines to 'drones attack moscow'.... i guess covering the details on bakhmut just won't fly..
Posted by: james | May 30 2023 17:06 utc | 59
Hello,
I am just saying, don't be so hard towards Budanov or his buddies, I am from India and it has seen multiple terror attacks from enemy groups (We have many) who don't care about number of civilians dying as long as they are Indian people.
Atleast Budanov is careful enough to target only the people who publically support the military operation.
Posted by: Shaurya | May 30 2023 17:07 utc | 60
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My source in Kyiv said that as a result of a strike on a military facility on Rybalsky Island, one of the control centers was hit. With the beginning of the air raid, the personnel of the center descended into the shelter, but the Russian Aerospace Forces used a missile with a penetrating warhead, which pierced through the building, penetrated the foundation and exploded, destroying the shelter, where at that moment there were up to a hundred officers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and civilian personnel, including twenty foreign military from the USA and Great Britain, who interacted between the Center and similar Western headquarters.
A rescue operation was immediately launched. Its results are unknown, but, according to the call center of the Kyiv "Ambulance", more than ten ambulances were immediately pulled there and about thirty trips were made. On the same evening, two helicopters urgently took off from Kyiv towards the border with Poland.
---------------------- Ramzai
Posted by: ostro | May 30 2023 17:09 utc | 61
Given the narratives being pushed by Russian English-language media, I think this drone attack was a real psychological shock to the Russian leadership. I expect to see more stories from RT talking about the need for peace now.
Posted by: bodysnatcher | May 30 2023 16:56 utc | 58
You really think the Russian leadership weren’t prepared for, or expecting such a terrorist attack? As for RT, I’ve had some doubts about them long before the SMO started, There have been occasions it has come across as a Russian-based equivalent of CNN.
Posted by: West of England Andy | May 30 2023 17:10 utc | 62
skiffer (1)
"Yahoo news considers Moscow and St. Petersburg disputed territory."
Apparently Yahoo has lost it's way,their head is so far up their collective ass they will never see the light, until that blinding flash on that nuclear day.
Zero Hedge 404.
Posted by: Bill | May 30 2023 17:14 utc | 63
I am thinking more and more of the years from 1968 to 1975 when anyone with a pulse and two brain cells knew that US had lost and Vietnam would win. Even in Washington they knew this perfectly well. The killing went on. The munitions sales went on. The military hoohah went on. Reality was never an issue.
Also reminds of the dauphin idiot of Vietnam, John McCain. Who would go on to play a major role in bringing us the current war.
An entire generation of capable competent intelligent people who knew what was happening were thrown under the bus to prefer the idiot dauphin and his peers.
Posted by: oldhippie | May 30 2023 17:14 utc | 64
By the way, there were only 8 Nazi "drones" flying into the Moscow region. Some got caught in trees, 2 or 3 flew into high rise building windows, leaving the wings outside. No one was hurt. Window panes are repaired. Shouldn't Biden buy Ukies some kites?
Posted by: ostro | May 30 2023 17:16 utc | 65
Shouldn't Biden buy Ukies some kites?
Posted by: ostro | May 30 2023 17:16 utc | 71
He should buy them some weather balloons. After all, these have a track record of striking panic, shock and terror into the heart of the North American continent. Bound to be successful in Russia...
Posted by: West of England Andy | May 30 2023 17:26 utc | 66
wagelaborer | May 30 2023 17:00 utc | 63--
IMO, many SMO actions go unreported but are tabulated. A few days ago the annual holiday for Russia's Border Guards occurred with Putin sending them congratulations and a short pep talk, but that wasn't registered here. How many subversive activities are detected and stopped daily that we never hear about?
One observation Escobar made when he traveled to Moscow at the beginning of May was the city's mood was one not at war. I wonder what he'd find now after two different drone attacks? As an onlooker, I expect attacks to be made on major Russian cities since attacks are being made on major Ukie cities. Yes, there's a difference as Russia claims to target only military targets while Ukies target civilians almost exclusively--facts the West lies about constantly but RoW is properly informed about. At least one Neocon has chosen to see and report on reality: The World is Revolting against the Outlaw US Empire. And that means the Empire is losing the Info War, which is an extremely important fact that b continues to remind us about weekly.
If anyone wants to see some images of some damage by the Biden's Nazi drones...https://iz.ru/1520849/izvestiia/zapreshchennyi-prilet-chto-izvestno-ob-atake-bpla-na-moskvu-i-podmoskove
Posted by: ostro | May 30 2023 17:30 utc | 68
[email protected] happened, complete bs, Russia doesn't have anything that can penetrate a paper bag let alone a hardened bunker....all those ambulances were the hooker squad running errands......
....on another note ...
Cheers M
Posted by: sean the leprechaun | May 30 2023 17:36 utc | 69
t means only the invaders. People who speak russian and live in Donbass etc. are Ukrainians.
Posted by: Vile Membrum | May 30 2023 14:53 utc | 7
Absolute horse shit! If that were in any way true, why has the Kiev regime been firing artillery shells at these civilians since the ‘Anti Terrorist Operation’ in 2014.
These ethnic Russians are exercising their right to self determination (the same basis as the founding of the Ukrainian SSR just one hundred years earlier) and have declared themselves independent of the Kiyv regime. Having beaten off the neo-Nazis sent to kill them, they have held a referendum and voted overwhelmingly to become part of the Russian Federation.
But in your Nazi apologising head that doesn’t count as democracy, because it doesn’t fit with what the news media has told you to think.
Arrogant hypocritical imperialist mindset shaped by the propaganda channels of your ruling elite, “they are Ukrainians”. Who the hell gave you the right to tell people how they can identify themselves. I think the people themselves who are derided as ‘Moskals’ and have endured a storm of British and American missiles fired at them by the CIA regime are in a better position to decide how to identify themselves. Try and get it into your poorly functioning brain, they identify themselves as Russians and have been culturally and linguistically for centuries.
Posted by: Lev Davidovich | May 30 2023 17:40 utc | 70
....on another note...many here try to downplay the up coming NATO air exercise as just that.....may be ...but if Russia is tapping, a'hem, underground parking facilities, on Dr Morrow's island.....then Houston.... NATO has a problem that will require a stand down (everyone, laugh together) or it will require a kinetic response greater than the sum total of it's current parts....err..bits and pieces.
Just saying, stage looks about set.
Cheers M
Posted by: sean the leprechaun | May 30 2023 17:42 utc | 71
"...Moscow is their Washington D.C. Think about it that way..." Elmagnostic@47
More like their DC and New York rolled into one.
DC is just an admin centre for the federal government. Moscow is an ancient capital, the heart of a nation, more like Paris or London.
Hence the population discrepancy: DC about 800,000; Moscow 12 million
Posted by: bevin | May 30 2023 17:42 utc | 72
OldHippie-70
And like the American War in Vietnam, we may start seeing a "Sir no SIR!" type scenarios in the ranks of the AFU. The video of a broad daylight fragging that showed up recently lends itself to that notion. What I think many fail to comprehend is that the RF will not stop if the recent past is an example. Take Chechnya for example: Russia was reeling from so much sabotage and death by thousands of cuts while taking on forces assembled by the Saudis, Brits, USAns etc. RF military was in much worse shape than now, they had far fewer and much older weapons and got chewed up not once but twice.
But they did not stop because they new what they were up against, and it was much more than some rag tag separatists.
As far as the "concerned" and those that express outrage that the RF is not trouncing all over the vast territory of Ukraine laying siege to every city they come across: Get Real. While I realize most of these types are trolls, there are virtual grounds for concern. It appears that the RF had hoped to 1. gain a bunch of territory quickly with few troops, 2. mass up and hope Ukraine would listen to reason. Clear the latter did not happen, so from then on it's all about the economy of force, not overextending and using what you have to best effect. We have seen how NOT to do it, as the AFU trades bodies for time and some temporary gains. Leaving the lights on in Kiev can be seen as a token of good will, but we all know that outside forces seek to keep the escalation going.
Remember, all the world is watching. Russia does not need to be seen as the monster that the NATO poodles make it out to be. Everything is "by the numbers" and done in an orderly fashion. It's also a game of endurance and duration. Does one imagine that the EU is just going to press on as the cost of living doubles?! Now take NATO air drills, the coming USA election hoo-ha, and as much Gladio-Festivities as you can cram into a stressed and panicked barrel of monkeys. Explosive.
Posted by: Chevrus | May 30 2023 17:47 utc | 73
how rotten to the corps the US are.
Posted by: Butte Bill | May 30 2023 16:09 utc | 40
Yuk yuk, I see what you did there. Yes, I'm fine with joking about it, but that's the kind of thing early in a thread that can really derail relevant conversation into the Culture Wars™ morass.
Posted by: Tom_Q_Collins | May 30 2023 17:49 utc | 74
By the way, Belarus is now a nuke country...poor Baltic mini states...
Posted by: ostro | May 30 2023 17:50 utc | 75
SouthFront
The strike on the headquarters of the GUR are confirmed by the footage from Kiev. Traffic was blocked on the Havana Bridge which links Rybalsky Island, where the intelligence headquarters is located, with Podol. The day before, the Russian strike was reported in the area but Ukrainian officials did not confirm it.
Video plus updates - does look like GUR HQ direct hit ....
Posted by: Don Firineach | May 30 2023 17:51 utc | 76
wagelaborer | May 30 2023 17:00 utc | 63--
IMO, many SMO actions go unreported but are tabulated. A few days ago the annual holiday for Russia's Border Guards occurred with Putin sending them congratulations and a short pep talk, but that wasn't registered here. How many subversive activities are detected and stopped daily that we never hear about?
One observation Escobar made when he traveled to Moscow at the beginning of May was the city's mood was one not at war. I wonder what he'd find now after two different drone attacks? As an onlooker, I expect attacks to be made on major Russian cities since attacks are being made on major Ukie cities. Yes, there's a difference as Russia claims to target only military targets while Ukies target civilians almost exclusively--facts the West lies about constantly but RoW is properly informed about. At least one Neocon has chosen to see and report on reality: The World is Revolting against the Outlaw US Empire. And that means the Empire is losing the Info War, which is an extremely important fact that b continues to remind us about weekly.
Posted by: OldGringo1 | May 30 2023 17:53 utc | 77
"Russian troops intercepted 29 long-range Storm Shadow cruise missiles in a month", - Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday, May 30.
Well, the UK should send Camilla...
Posted by: ostro | May 30 2023 17:56 utc | 78
@karlof1 #64
SouthFront ...
KOSOVO CRISIS IS RAGING OUT OF CONTROL
https://southfront.org/kosovo-crisis-is-raging-out-of-control/
Posted by: Don Firineach | May 30 2023 17:56 utc | 79
Gilbert Doctorow has a post that includes a video by an Indian TV news source that says Lukashenko is in critical condition in a Moscow after a meeting in the Kremlin, alleges poisoning by the Kremlin.
If Lukashenko is indeed near death's door in a Moscow hospital, it doesn't make sense to me that he would have been poisoned by the Russians, considering they have placed nuclear weapons in Belarus.
Posted by: Perimetr | May 30 2023 17:57 utc | 80
In response to Membrum Virile@21,
Even if you take those clowns at face value, their maximalist position was to supplant the current Russian government (by way of which they aren't actually separatists) which wouldn't place Russian territorial integrity in doubt. There were photos floating around of sheets for an independence referendum for Belgorod, but supposing that was genuinely part of their plan and they somehow managed to pull it off and even get international recognition, they would still be a pretender Russian government -- they weren't passing themselves off as Belgorodians or some other unique entity and they weren't disputing Moscow & St. Petersburg as being part of Russia.
Meanwhile, you're suggesting that Yahoo news is banking on a separate non-Russian state emerging on Russian territory in the future and claiming Moscow & St. Petersburg for itself based on a dozen Russian neo-Nazis taking selfies in Belgorod on their American jeeps and with Ukrainian support, who are furthermore presumed dead going on weeks now. That's a bit of a stretch for supposed news reports, don't you think?
Posted by: Skiffer | May 30 2023 17:59 utc | 81
Posted by: Don Firineach | May 30 2023 17:51 utc | 86
Posted by: ostro | May 30 2023 17:09 utc | 67
More Nato staff buried under ruble of GRU headquarters then. Probably the hit in Belgorod was also a Nato tantrum following the strike.
Posted by: unimperator | May 30 2023 18:07 utc | 83
Posted by: unimperator | May 30 2023 18:07 utc | 96
GRU... meant GUR headquarters.
Posted by: unimperator | May 30 2023 18:08 utc | 84
Posted by: karlof1 | May 30 2023 17:00 utc | 64
The US has shipped "Made in URSS" arms to Ukraine and claims not to be involved when these arms are used against Russia. Does this mean Russia could ship captured "Made in USA" arms to Serbia, while claiming not to be involved if these arms are used against Kosovo?
I understand Russia is unwilling to enter in war with NATO. But does this extend to Camp Bondsteel? Kosovo is not in NATO; some NATO countries do not even recognize Kosovo as a country.
Posted by: Passerby | May 30 2023 18:08 utc | 85
Zuesse can get a bit carried away at times - but his facts are generally sound ..
CHRONICLING U.S. GOVERNMENT’S PLANNING WW 3 IN EUROPE
Written by Eric Zuesse
The U.S. Government’s plan for World War Three in Europe is going to be run through NATO, but first the EU will be subordinated to NATO; and this was revealed in Washington DC on 5 April 2023, at a forum that was held by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, which, though controlled by the U.S. White House, receives its funding from all U.S.-allied Governments (including in Asia), and from the NATO-authorized armament manufacturers such as Lockheed Martin, and from U.S.-and-allied extraction corporations such as ExxonMobil, and from U.S.A. drug corporations such as Merck, and from U.S. high-tech such as Google, and from finance such as JPMorgan Chase. It is a public/private partnership that serves its donors to the extent of their donations to it, and that is, at its highest executive level, being controlled by the U.S. President and Congress. Among its top donors are some firms that might not be well known, such as MUFG Bank, which is the largest bank in Japan.
It is also funded by foundations, and here are only the biggest of those donors:
Our world’s very existence is being placed at extremely severe risk by these agents of U.S.-and-allied billionaires. Apparently (according to the CSIS chief), either Russia will defeat NATO in Ukraine, or NATO will defeat Russia in Ukraine: there will be NO negotiated settlement of THAT war.
This is the most dangerous moment in world history.
https://southfront.org/chronicling-u-s-governments-planning-ww-3-in-europe/
It really does look like the Europeans have been genetically engineered with a virululent zombie strain of Russophobic Lemmings' DNA .... I must have escaped but I'm close to despair ....
Posted by: Don Firineach | May 30 2023 18:10 utc | 86
@gottlieb, #6:
Things are coming to a head, and many are going to be surprised at Russia's resolve.
Yes it is indeed the salami slicing tactics of the Empire at work, testing Russia's limit at the expense of Ukrainian lives in the event that Russia loses patience and lowers the bigger stick. This is going to happen as long as Russia stays away from striking the real culprits, i.e, NATO
Only way to find a way to stop this creepish strategy of the West is to strike at NATO direct instead of Kiev. Bloody noses may be more alerting to them than showing them what you can do to their cronies. Never mind that this may invoke the notion of drawing NATO directly into the war. Russia knows all along the war is with NATO and has openly/repeatedly said so. So, what's wrong with making it physically so? Use the weapons that NATO supplied as the excuse guilt indicator of NATO's crime in this shenanigan.
Poland, or the Baltic States, or Germany, are appropriate candidates for a few missiles as a test. And if NATO is indeed drawn into the fray, count on China to enter physically too. China knows Russia cannot fight WW3 alone. They'll find an excuse to get involved. It's obvious the Empire is taunting WW3. It's also obvious the Eurasian Alliance is actually more prepared than the slumping West for such a vigorous remake of the Mother Earth. Let the West have their turd pie, and eat it too!
Posted by: Oriental Voice | May 30 2023 18:11 utc | 87
It’s Washington’s and Kiev’s official policy that all ‘Russians’ must leave The Ukraine. This implies the ethnic cleansing of some 10 million people.
That’s official policy barflies
Posted by: Exile | May 30 2023 14:46 utc | 2
Yes. And that 10 million are Ukrainians, for those who love Ukrainians And who think they are 'supporting' Ukrainians when they 'support Ukraine' and that would be all of them wouldn't it?
They completely misunderstand and hence are complicit in the virtual suicide of 300,000 Kiev Ukrainians and god knows how many Donbas Ukrainains and the utter deliberate destruction of Ukraine. I feel they may well reconsider their support if they knew these thing.
So please TELL them at every opportunity for it is my experience, my observation, that NO ONE tells them!
@abrogard, #103:
What exactly are you saying? pardon my English proficiency, but I'm not exactly sure what you are pointing out. Are you saying the Russians in Ukraine actually consider themselves Ukrainians, including those in Donbas, and would as soon wish the Russians under Russia Federation's command to kaput and get the hell away?
Please enlighten!
Posted by: Oriental Voice | May 30 2023 18:18 utc | 89
NATO?
Forget NATO. It is only good at supplying arms, instructors and what not and of course, fighting poor countries like Afghanistan, but even from there NATO got kicked out. If NATO has to fight Russia, would a German die for a Pole, or a Frenchman die for a Slovak? Or, ...well?
Posted by: ostro | May 30 2023 18:18 utc | 90
The IMF "bent" the Ukrainian authorities, arranging a "fun life" for entrepreneurs in wartime.As you know, on March 15, 2022, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky announced a tax reform in wartime conditions.
In particular, the head of state announced the following innovations:
▪️instead of VAT and income tax, a rate of 2% of turnover and simplified accounting are introduced;
▪️for small businesses (the first and second groups of sole proprietorships), voluntary payment of a single tax is established;
▪️all checks are canceled for all businesses, "so that everyone works normally."
And for a while, these rules really worked. Until the International Monetary Fund "entered" Ukraine, with which the country's leadership signed a Memorandum of Cooperation. In real life, the IMF forced the Ukrainian authorities to cancel all tax concessions, although no one canceled martial law in the country.So, from July 1, FLP can expect the following changes:
▪️2% business tax will be canceled if the turnover is less than UAH 10 billion;
▪️documentary checks will resume in territories where there are no hostilities;
▪️Return fines for non-compliance with tax obligations.
And this is just the beginning - the IMF wants to raise taxes to the level of 6-7% of GDP. This applies to all major taxes: the Fund wants to raise the income of individuals by 2-3% of GDP, the single social contribution - by 1% of GDP, VAT - by 1% of GDP, excise - by 1.5% of GDP.That is, the IMF sees the tax burden on the "killed" economy of a warring country much higher than it existed in peacetime.
And there is nothing surprising here: the only thing that worries the IMF is its own rent, and they are fighting for this in the Memorandum. The purpose of the Fund is to increase the tax burden, its own rent and distribute it.
https://t.me/rezident_ua/18053
Posted by: Down South | May 30 2023 18:19 utc | 91
Posted by: shadowbanned | May 30 2023 16:56 utc | 60
“If people in Kiev are genetically indistinguishable from those in Bryansk and Kursk (and they are), and they all speak Russian, then what are they but Russians?”
Why are there people recognised as Belgians? One half speaks french, has cousins in France, are genetically indistinguishable etc. And the other half the same, only landuage is flamish and the country Netherlands.
I will educate you. They have a country, Belgium, with internationally recognised borders, whose citizens they are. Exactly the same as Ukrainians. No matter the language they speak, or genetics, they are Ukrainians. Borders recognised internationally, also by Russia in 1991. Guaranteeing their borders too. My my, what a agreement incapable nation Russia is.
Posted by: Membrum Virile | May 30 2023 18:20 utc | 92
Everyone knows that Geo Leros works closely with Western funds and his constant criticism of Zelensky is a long game for the Western lobby, as the partners will “merge” Zelensky and his monopoly of power. It won't happen now, but it will happen, we know it and many in big offices know it.If he refuses to leave himself, then such corruption schemes of the ZeErmak team will go on the air that he will turn from a hero into an anti-hero.
We are watching.
The main thing is that Ze does not "remove" Geo Leros under the pretext of the arrival of a Russian UAV in his "home", or in some other way.
Ze hates Geo Leros.
https://t.me/legitimniy/15499
Posted by: Down South | May 30 2023 18:21 utc | 93
Re: the drone strikes, TASS has this piece: https://tass.com/politics/1625317
MOSCOW, May 30. /TASS/. The Kiev authorities were trying to intimidate Russian citizens with the drone raid on Moscow and to provoke the Russian leadership into similar retaliatory actions, President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday during a visit to the Zotov Center while answering a question from the head of non-commercial organization Agency of Strategic Initiatives Svetlana Chupseva regarding Tuesday's UAV attack on Moscow. Putin linked the attack on the Russian capital to the Russian Armed Forces' strike on the Ukrainian military intelligence headquarters some time ago.Ukrainian UAVs attacked Moscow and the Moscow Region on Tuesday morning. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the attack involved eight drones, five of which were shot down and another three, disabled by electronic warfare means. Two people in Moscow turned to medics for help. Neither required hospital treatment. A number of buildings suffered minor damage.
TASS has summarized Putin's main statements on the subject.
On Russian army actionsRussia strikes the territory of Ukraine, but does so "with high-accuracy long-range weapons and targets precisely military infrastructure facilities, or warehouses with ammunition or fuel and lubricants used in combat operations."
Two or three days ago, the Russian army hit the headquarters of Ukraine's military intelligence service.
In the meantime, the Kiev regime has chosen another way - that of intimidating Russian citizens and "hitting residential buildings."
"This is a clear sign of terrorist activity," the President said.
On Kiev's provocationsThe purpose of the drone attack on Moscow was "to trigger a response from Russia."
The citizens of Ukraine, "who now do not have a say, as total terror is afoot in Ukraine against the civilian population," should know "what the current leadership of their country is pushing for."
Other threats coming from the Kiev regime include "attempts to disrupt the operation of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant" and "to use some dirty devices related to the nuclear industry."
On repulsing UAV attackMoscow's air defense system performed "normally, satisfactorily."
"Although there is room for improvement."
The Russian Armed Forces faced similar problems at the Khmeimim airbase in Syria.
"In general, it is clear what needs to be done to make the air defense of the capital tighter."
Posted by: West of England Andy | May 30 2023 18:23 utc | 94
karlof1@64. thank you for your links & translations. one of the singular wonders of empire is its inability to realize pain & horror does not yield the desired results. it simply cannot compute that terror wins neither minds, hearts nor a win win. amarynth today listed the results of countries now signed to trade in yuan.
Posted by: emersonreturn | May 30 2023 18:24 utc | 95
He should buy them some weather balloons. After all, these have a track record of striking panic, shock and terror into the heart of the North American continent. Bound to be successful in Russia...
Posted by: West of England Andy | May 30 2023 17:26 utc | 72
LOL.
Very true.
Weather ... er I mean "spy"... balloons are truly a formidable threat, as they warrant a Homeland Defense response ratcheted up to DefCon 1 and the scrambling of fighter jets to shoot them down.
If Ukraine deployed a balloon with an image of Zelensky playing a piano with his penis, this would likely cause major "shock and awe" in Russia.
Posted by: ak74 | May 30 2023 18:27 utc | 96
Posted by: Skiffer | May 30 2023 17:59 utc | 93
I can’t speak for Yahoo. Those people who attacked Belgorod indeed weren’t separatists. But if they were to get what they want, my understanding is that Russia would not have all the areas it claims today. Crimea, eastern Ukraine etc.
And theoretically they could provoke an insurgency, revolution, whatever, and claim they have a captured a suburb of St. Petersburg.
Realistic? Hell no! But strange things can happen. I’ve seen equally unlikely scenarios predicted here many times :)
Posted by: Membrum Virile | May 30 2023 18:34 utc | 97
@ oldhippie | May 30 2023 17:14 utc | 70
that is a really important and relevant observation.. thank you.. needs to be repeated more frequently..
@ West of England Andy | May 30 2023 18:17 utc | 104
lots of fake bevins on this thread as well by the look of it..
Posted by: james | May 30 2023 18:51 utc | 99
PR, Again.
Knee jerk "discussions" on "war on Russia" after attacks on Moscow residential areas is just that--knee jerk media fodder. I reiterate again--Russia is at war with NATO whose proxy, a Nazi Kiev regime, is based on "Ukrainstvo"--a concept discussed so many times that I am not even going to bother. Russia is filled with refugees from 404 and among those people there are very many who are fanatical Ukies and SBU/GUR/CIA/MI6 assets. Judging by the look of those drones (see the video where S1 Pantsir takes one out) those are relatively small short range drones launched either inside or slightly outside of Moscow.
Tuesday’s failed drone raid on Moscow was an attempt at payback by Kiev for Russia’s latest airstrikes on a Ukrainian decision-making center, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has claimed. This comes after the Russian Defense Ministry reported that eight plane-type UAVs were shot down near the Russian capital. “It is clear that we are talking about the response of the Kiev regime to our very effective strikes on one of the decision-making centers. This strike took place on Sunday,” Peskov told journalists after the attack. President Vladimir Putin later confirmed that Russian forces struck Ukraine’s military intelligence headquarters in Kiev “two or three days ago.” Peskov stated that he was not aware if the drone launch sites had been determined, but argued that the attack “once again confirms” the need to continue the military operation in Ukraine until its goals are achieved. The spokesman also said the authorities and military personnel in Moscow and Moscow Region had carried out their duties properly and that the air defense systems also “worked well.”
It is pure terrorism (see definition of terrorism) which is directed against civilian targets and civilians. It is MO of the 404 special services "trained" by CIA/MI6 and some other foreign "special services" who excel in matters of terrorizing civilian populations. I guess when one consistently gets its ass handed to it, this is the only thing which is left to do. In general, and it is axiomatic, the terrorism is a weapon of the weak. And when one looks at such specimen as Lindsey Graham, who is a certified supporter of terrorism, among many others who exist in the corridors of power in the West, one gets to know everything one needs. I reiterate--the only war combined West is capably of conducting is PR. Terrorist actions are the part of this war and have a tacit support among Western political "elites" and media. And yes, they are desperate.
Following the raid, Putin stated that “Kiev’s attack on civilian targets in Moscow confirms what method Kiev uses,” calling Tuesday’s incident “terrorist activity.” Russian officials have suggested that the goal of the drone raid was to spread panic in Moscow. “Ukraine and its Western handlers would certainly like to see lines of cars leaving Moscow, closed shops, and demonstrations,” the deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Defense, Aleksey Zhuravlev, said, noting that Kiev had ultimately failed to achieve its goal of spreading panic and that the attack has not affected life in the capital in any way.
Everything one needs to know. I have nothing more to add. Now it is a matter for FSB and MVD to deal with the issue, but since Russia allowed millions of 404 refugees, such actions will continue, because NATO cannot fight and win at the real battlefield. Knowing who runs modern West--I am not surprised.
Posted by: smoothiereposter | May 30 2023 18:55 utc | 100
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Yahoo news considers Moscow and St. Petersburg disputed territory.
Posted by: Skiffer | May 30 2023 14:42 utc | 1