Russia has decided to attack decision-making centers in Kyiv and intensified its strikes on Ukraine in order to "postpone" the counter-offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, - CNN

UAF military official noted that recently the Russian army has begun to expend more projectiles (missiles and kamikaze UAVs) than usual to confuse Ukrainian air defence.



(this was hinted at earlier as a possible response to UK sending missiles to Ukraine)


Meanwhile Ukraine to receive another type of US air defence system the 'iron dome' which works well against Palestinian home made rockets but against Russian hypersonic missiles probably not so much



The Jerusalem Post: "Iron Dome" will not cover Ukraine
The publication writes that Israeli systems will not save you from the latest Russian missiles, as they are designed to perform specific tasks and are not suitable for the Armed Forces of Ukraine


This sums up one of the main problems in the west as was mentioned in the last Macgregor interview posted, the west simply has not fought against an equal opponent for decades and have forgotten what it's like, politicians, the military and the press have lost their grip on reality.

In this interview below the UK reporter does not have a clue what he's talking about. NATO have run out of ammunition, ammo is kind of important in a war. ''If Putin uses nukes in Ukraine we'd drop one right on his head.'' FFS, no you won't because that would be suicide and besides Putin doesn't need to use nukes in Ukraine because the Ukraine and the west have run out of ammo. NATO would not 'easily' beat Russia because we've just watched most of our equipment and ammo be destroyed in the Ukraine.

How can these people have no idea as to what's been going on for the last 18 months??

Oh.... the Media and the gullibles ...

Ogee wrote: Wed May 17, 2023 5:34 pm I'm old enough to remember when an air defence system was supposed to stop missiles coming in and destroying them.

The United States is conducting an inspection and analysis of the use of Patriot systems, as "unforeseen" anomalies in the operation of these systems were found.

According to confirmed data, "Dagger" in Kyiv destroyed 5 PATRIOT installations, - Russian Ministry of Defense
According to reliable data, on May 16, as a result of a strike by the Kinzhal hypersonic missile system in Kiev, a multifunctional radar station was hit and completely destroyed, as well as 5 US-made PATRIOT SAM launchers, according to the Ministry of Defense.
Before that, the United States, through its media, admitted the fact of the strike and defeat of the Patriot system in Kyiv during the Russian strike.----------


At the same time, the United States confirmed the defeat of one launcher, and in Ukraine they strongly deny the strike, stating that all the missiles were shot down.

Ogee wrote: Tue May 16, 2023 4:25 pm Large radiation spikes in Khmelnitsky after the strikes on the Ukraine ammo dump. Ukr-psyops are saying Russia used a tac nuke but levels indicate a lot of Depleted Uranium shells were kept there.

The city has indeed seen an increase in electromagnetic radiation, only that it was already two days before the attack. In addition, we are talking about a small increase - the kind that can sometimes be seen on rainy days. If you had paid at least a little attention in your physics classes and knew what background radiation is, you wouldn't be spreading such nonsense information - but as you yourself admitted earlier you are an information junkie and must propagate anything that only agrees with your narrative....

NewLight wrote: Thu May 18, 2023 6:44 am

According to confirmed data, "Dagger" in Kyiv destroyed 5 PATRIOT installations, - Russian Ministry of Defense
According to reliable data, on May 16, as a result of a strike by the Kinzhal hypersonic missile system in Kiev, a multifunctional radar station was hit and completely destroyed, as well as 5 US-made PATRIOT SAM launchers, according to the Ministry of Defense.
Before that, the United States, through its media, admitted the fact of the strike and defeat of the Patriot system in Kyiv during the Russian strike.----------


At the same time, the United States confirmed the defeat of one launcher, and in Ukraine they strongly deny the strike, stating that all the missiles were shot down.

Fantastic. Rocket "Dagger" destroyed five launchers.

And here is the same Patriot that destroyed

200 thousand good Russians
https://www.rbc.ua/ukr/news/viyni-ukrayini-rosiya-vtratila-viysko-k-16-1684318666.html
In the war in Ukraine, Russia lost an army, like 16 NATO armies, - rating data

Russia's losses in the war in Ukraine are the largest losses in any war since World War II. In particular, the Russian Federation lost an army in Ukraine, like 16 armies of NATO countries.

It is reported by RBC-Ukraine with reference to the Global Firepower rating.

"In 28 member states of the Alliance, the number of armies is lower than Russia lost a little more than a year. By comparison, Moscow destroyed an army of 16 NATO armies in Ukraine," the report says.

As noted, the number of these 16 armies is 193 thousand people, which is 7 thousand less than Russia has already lost. In particular, the TOP-5 included:

Bulgaria - 25 thousand regular troops;
Finland - 24 thousand regular troops;
Hungary - 23 thousand regular troops;
Norway - 23 thousand regular troops;
Lithuania, Denmark - 16 thousand regular troops.
Interestingly, Russia's losses do not exceed the number of armies of only three NATO countries, namely:

USA - 1 million 390 thousand regular military;
Turkey - 425 thousand regular soldiers;
France - 205 thousand regular soldiers.
As reported, according to Wednesday morning, May 17, the Ukrainian military liquidated 610 Russian soldiers per day, the total number of losses of the Russian army since the beginning of the invasion is more than 200,000 military - 200,590 military. In addition, the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed nine tanks and 16 UAVs.

Recall that in April 2023, the average daily level of losses of the Russian army in the war with Ukraine decreased by about 30% after exceptionally heavy losses in January-March.



that is, some citizens of different countries generally don’t give a fuck how many people died in this war and on both sides, you are more interested in how many were destroyed by “One dagger missile, Patriot air defense system ?

https://www.globalfirepower.com/countries-listing.php

b]https://www.moscowtimes.ru/2023/05/17/u ... sha-a43182[/b] Three scientists of the Novosibirsk Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, who were engaged in the creation of hypersonic aircraft, were arrested in turn by the security forces under the article "treason."

Source: The Moscow Times

Details: It is reported that on Tuesday, May 16, ITAM employees published an open letter in which they announced the arrest on suspicion of treason Valery Zvegintsev, Doctor of Technical Sciences and chief researcher, who founded the high-velocity aerogasdynamics laboratory at the institute.

Since April 7, Zvegintsev has been under house arrest. Its immediate supervisor, director of ITAM Alexander Shiplyuk, was placed in the Lefortovo pre-trial detention center in August last year, a few days after the arrest of chief researcher Anatoly Maslov. Both were charged under the same article - 275 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation "Treason." Maslov was suspected of transferring data related to hypersonic technologies to China.

Shiplyuk and Maslov have been working on hypersonic missiles for over 10 years. They presented the experimental design of such weapons back in 2012 at a scientific seminar in France. Four years later, a work jointly authored by two scientists appeared on aerodynamic research at hypersonic speeds.

Shiplyuk has also been involved in the protective coating of hypersonic missiles in recent years.

In total, in the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, which is known for its strong potential in the field of physics and mathematics, 16 people were prosecuted, including the former head, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexander Aseev. One of the scientists, 54-year-old Dmitry Kolker, head of the laboratory of quantum optical technologies at Novosibirsk State University, died in a Moscow pre-trial detention center shortly after being arrested by the FSB.

What came before: On the night of May 16, Russian invaders attacked Ukraine with 18 missiles of various types, including six hypersonic Kinzhals. The Ukrainian air defense system shot them all down.

A few days before that, the military destroyed another "Dagger" on approach to Kyiv.

Recall: President Vladimir Putin announced the creation of hypersonic weapons in Russia in 2018. In particular, he boasted of the Zircon, Avangard and Kinzhal missiles.

Putin assured that any air defense was powerless against the "Dagger".