Live Conflict Ukraine-Russia War

[UkroTurk]

Massive Strike

19 people were killed and more than 130 wounded as a result of Russia’s massive strike on Ukraine.

Russia's massive strike on Ukraine on December 29 could have cost the occupiers $1.273 billion.

TU22M3 was shot down over Kursk. Waiting official confirmation.

 

[Gary]

Seems like the Russian air force has figured out ways to maximize the number of payloads getting through Kyiv's thick air defense layer

 

[Relic]

I suspect that Russia will keep their SU-57s far away from Ukrainian air space, out of sheer terror that they will be yet another Russian weapon that underperforms its Western "equivalent." Patriot systems will likely make quick work of them, and some more Russian aerospace engineers (just like the ones that created Kinzhal) will die sudden and unexpected deaths in the aftermath.

 

[Relic]

Seems like the Russian air force has figured out ways to maximize the number of payloads getting through Kyiv's thick air defense layer

Mass saturation? That's not a new tactic, it's a tried, tested and effective one. Russia launched 122 missiles and 36 drones last night. The attack cost them more than $1 Billion usd. They would do it more often, but they can't. Launching volleys of 100+ missiles on a consistent basis would see them fall to critical levels extremely quickly. It's no secret that the reason they've backed off from large scale saturation strikes with cruise / balistic missiles is because their inventories have become uncomfortably low.

 

[Asena_great]

Zelensky is Jewish by nationality and naturally also seeks support from Jews. The State of Israel was created primarily by Jews from Ukraine and Poland, not American or Western European Jews. The power of Jews in Ukraine has always been strong, the communists from Russia in 1917 were 90% Jews at the initial stage. At one time, Jews wanted to build their state in Crimea, and not in Palestine.

i thought Ukrainians were Nazis and Russians were fight the Nazis i guess i mistakenly learn the situation other way around

 

[Soldier30]

A massive missile strike was launched on Ukraine on December 29. The Russian army launched a massive attack on Ukraine today. Cruise missiles Kh-101 and Kh-555 were used from Tu-95MS aircraft, supersonic missiles Kh-22/Kh-32 from Tu-22M3 aircraft. Iskander ballistic missiles, Kinzhal hypersonic missiles and Geranium kamikaze drones were also used. Some of the missiles were shot down, some fell on city blocks, and the video shows the fall of one of the downed missiles. The Ukrainian army announced the interception of almost all Russian missiles. The strikes were carried out on critical infrastructure facilities, the Army Academy in Lvov, warehouses and facilities in Kyiv and Kharkov, and the building of the Artem rocket and space enterprise in Kyiv. There is no exact information yet. Strikes were also carried out in Dnepropetrovsk, Ternopil, Rivne, Khmelnitsk, Vinnitsa and Zhitomir.

 

[Gary]

You know it's bad when they resorted to lies

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1740739292090265616

 

[MaciekRS]

"The Polish military confirmed that a Russian missile violated Polish airspace on the morning of 29 December. According to media reports, it could have been an Kh-22 or Kh-101 missile."

Poland confirms Russian missile flew in its airspace — online.ua

The Polish military confirmed that a Russian missile violated Polish airspace on the morning of 29 December. According to media reports, it could have been an Kh-22 or Kh-101 missile.

news.online.ua

Poland says Russian missile likely entered and left Polish air space

Poland, a member of the Nato alliance, has said that a Russian missile appears likely to have entered the Polish airspace after an unidentified aerial object was detected on Friday morning in eastern part of Poland, bordering Ukraine.

www.thefirstnews.com

 

[mehmed beg]

i thought Ukrainians were Nazis and Russians were fight the Nazis i guess i mistakenly learn the situation other way around

? General Vlasov?

 

[Relic]

Britain announced today that they will send 200 air defense missiles to Ukraine in response to last night's attack by Russia. The type of missile was not specified, but it's believed to be ASRAAM, which are compatible for Ukraine's NASAMs systems. Each ASRAAM is valued at approximately $220,000 usd, bringing the value of the package to approximately $44 million usd.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/britain-send-200-air-defence-missiles-ukraine-2023-12-29/

 

[Relic]

USA defense contractor Raytheon will continue producing AIM-9X and AIM-9M Sidewinder missiles at maximum capacity, for the foreseeable future. Raytheon will continue building 2500 AIM-9 missiles annually, as Ukraine uses a hight volume of them in their NASAMs and BUK air defense systems.

Similarly, Raytheon will continue to build approximately 1200 AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles annually for the foreseeable future. Not only does Ukraine use AMRAAMs in their NASAMS systems to intercept Russian cruise missiles, they will also be the primary long range weapon fielded by the F-16 Fighting Falcons that Ukraine is set to receive.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/breaki...ction-for-foreseeable-future-exec-says/?amp=1

US DoD increases AIM-9X Sidewinder production to 2,500 missiles - Airforce Technology

Under a contract with the US DoD, Raytheon will provide for additional material and labour for more AIM-9X Sidewinder missiles.

www.airforce-technology.com

 

[UkroTurk]

Britain is sending around 200 air defence missiles to Ukraine to help protect civilians and infrastructure from Russian drones and bombing, the British ministry of defence said on Friday.

The shipment comes as Russia unleashed one of its biggest missile attacks on Ukraine of the war, according to Kyiv, killing 18 civilians and wounding dozens others.


The air defence missiles, manufactured in Britain by defence contractor MBDA, are designed to be launched from aircraft including Typhoon and F-35 fighter jets, the defence ministry said.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/britain-send-200-air-defence-missiles-ukraine-2023-12-29/

 

[Relic]

Britain is sending around 200 air defence missiles to Ukraine to help protect civilians and infrastructure from Russian drones and bombing, the British ministry of defence said on Friday.

The shipment comes as Russia unleashed one of its biggest missile attacks on Ukraine of the war, according to Kyiv, killing 18 civilians and wounding dozens others.


The air defence missiles, manufactured in Britain by defence contractor MBDA, are designed to be launched from aircraft including Typhoon and F-35 fighter jets, the defence ministry said.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/britain-send-200-air-defence-missiles-ukraine-2023-12-29/

ASRAAM's as I mentioned earlier. Essentially, a domestically produced AIM-9 Sidewinder. They can be used in both NASAMs and FrankenSAM Buk systems. They can also be fired as air-to-air interceptors by the F-16s that Ukraine will soon get.

 

[Afif]

ASRAAM's as I mentioned earlier. Essentially, a domestically produced AIM-9 Sidewinder. They can be used in both NASAMs and FrankenSAM Buk systems. They can also be fired as air-to-air interceptors by the F-16s that Ukraine will soon get.

Nope, it is a very much different weapon. To fire it from NASAM and F-16 it would require software change and integration.

 

[Gary]

drone wars

Russia says 21 people killed in Ukrainian attack on Belgorod

Moscow says it shot down 32 Ukrainian drones, a day after Russia launched one of its deadliest attacks of Ukraine war.

www.aljazeera.com

 

[Gary]

There are chatters that Russia will declare war on Ukraine after the Belgorod attacks.

 

[Relic]

There are chatters that Russia will declare war on Ukraine after the Belgorod attacks.

One can only hope!!

It would kick the West's ass into getting serious about providing support to Ukraine. Russia is operating on 75% of a war footing anyways, but the West is trying not to escalate the conflict. If Russia just declares war, the West can stop being afraid of being the party guilty of escalating the conflict and simply provide Ukraine what it needs to smash the rest of the Soviet stockpile.

 

[MaciekRS]

That jokers from russia wanted to summon Czech representative before UN.
Good response

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1741152887231693069

 

[Relic]

That jokers from russia wanted to summon Czech representative before UN.
Good response

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1741152887231693069

This is how the entire world should treat Russia... Like they're a joke. They're not going to start launching nukes so nobody ought to be afraid of them. The world should just start treating them as the unwanted, redheaded stepchild of the world that they are.

 

[Gary]

the West can stop being afraid of being the party guilty of escalating the conflict and simply provide Ukraine what it needs to smash the rest of the Soviet stockpile.

Such as ?

You know what , even if they wanted to the options are simply not there, if the West wants to send "whatever Ukraine wants" it would probably in the form of sending their remaining battle tanks, ammo, and everything, which is already in short supply for their own defense. The UK has like 150 tanks in its entire inventory, sending all to Ukraine is simply not an option.

Sure the U.S could send some of their weapons and ammo stockpile, but something tells me the guys and gals in the Pentagon are now looking alarmed at the numbers that are simply not there to sustain a war with Russia + stockpiling for war with China.