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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, 2023
Putin 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."
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.
Posted by: karlof1 | May 30 2023 15:40 utc | 27
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