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OCTOBER 2024

First Ukrainian Attack With US-Made ATACMS Missiles Hit Russian Berdyansk Airfield

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First Ukrainian Attack With US-Made ATACMS Missiles Hit Russian Berdyansk Airfield

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Ukrainian forces launched one of the heaviest attacks on the Russian rear areas. On the night of October 17, the AFU launched a missile strike at the airfield near Berdyansk, Zaporozhie region, where Russian helicopters were based.

Footage from the airfield confirmed large fire in the area and damage to Russian aircraft. Russian sources that are close to the military also confirmed significant losses in military equipment and some losses in people.

According to preliminary reports, at least six missiles were fired, three of which were shot down by Russian air defense forces. As a result, an ammunition depot was hit, and several helicopters were damaged to varying degrees. The Russian military officials are yet to comment on the attack. The Ukrainian media are likely to share the satellite imagery confirming the damage.

According to the local sources, fire was seen at the airfield for several hours and unusual sound of explosions was heard at the moment of the attack.

First Ukrainian Attack With US-Made ATACMS Missiles Hit Russian Berdyansk Airfield

Berdyansk airfield in September 2023

 

 

Apparently, the AFU used the MGM-140B ATACMS Block 1A (M39A1) ballistic cluster missile that were recently supplied by the US.  This missile contains 275-300 M74 submunitions that were reportedly found in the area of the attack.

Spent missile parts of American MGM-140A ATACMS missiles were found on the territory of the airfield in Berdyansk. The missiles have a 165 km range, but were carrying three times more submunitions on board, 950 instead of 275.

First Ukrainian Attack With US-Made ATACMS Missiles Hit Russian Berdyansk Airfield

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First Ukrainian Attack With US-Made ATACMS Missiles Hit Russian Berdyansk Airfield

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First Ukrainian Attack With US-Made ATACMS Missiles Hit Russian Berdyansk Airfield

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First Ukrainian Attack With US-Made ATACMS Missiles Hit Russian Berdyansk Airfield

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First Ukrainian Attack With US-Made ATACMS Missiles Hit Russian Berdyansk Airfield

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According to some Russian sources, along with ATACMS, the Ukrainian military launched cheaper Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bombs (GLSDB) also supplied by Kiev’s friends fom NATO.

Both GLSDB and ATACMS can be fired by ground-based MLRS M270 and HIMARS systems already in service with the Ukrainian military. The range of both exceeds 150 km. The most likely launch area was the Zaporozhye region.

In late September, several media reported that Joe Biden assured Vladimir Zelensky about the imminent transfer of the first ‘small batch’ of ATACMS. On the afternoon of October 17, Zelensky thanked “some partners” for supplying some “effective weapons,” obviously speaking about ATACMS.

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Erina

russia still fights with one hand tied behind its back, this kind of thing will happen again and nothing will change

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Ricardo2000

comment too long for the ignorant nazis who usually appear.

Martillo

excrement puking zionazi hog

Clyde is a commie loser

where is clyde and pampers filed academy with their low iq delusions? i miss them hope they are ok…

nikov

the russian border is the world’s longest. approx 58,000 km — the success/failure rate of attacks is quite abysmal all things considered. and the rate of success compared with the russian federation is also quite pathetic.

Snake

really ? thats the length of the border with ukraine ? how large is the russian army again ?

Sunny

yeah idk, if they cant protect their air fields then theyre making it too easy for the americans. meanwhile the ukrainian air force is still operational 2 years in.

wondering when we’ll get to see some hangars too. do you need me to come over and make them for you? ill be happy to do it.

a couple of hangars and some sandbags around your choppers and suddenly 0 damage, woah magic

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Brown nose dirtbag pvt.

russia needs to finish kiev nazis asap!

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Attila

putin….but but but i’m trying my best and still nothing happens..😠

censorshipp

russia should arm the palestinians

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Ivan Freely

and the hezzies; plus allow syria to fight unrestricted.

NDR7652

that should have been day one but arabs are stupid before you comment i ask are these not the same people who begged nato to bomb libya and syria ???

pizza delivery girl

it’s russia’s own fault and ignorance. instead of declaring a full war like israel did, she keeps playing games

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Brown nose dirtbag pvt.

i’m sure russia anticipated this, yet allowed it to happen.

q_prime

it is more complex than you think. the title is an indication of the tacit attack from the usa. ukrainian army is gone long time ago, usa and its nato vassals are directly present using ukrainian uniforms.

NDR7652

russia for some stupid reason still operates that these ukrainians are “slavic” brothers you would never see this type of incompetence from nato

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Dstroj

“you would never see this type of incompetence from nato”

instead you would see 50x level incompetence from hato, as has been evidenced from a thousand sf articles.

is your attention span that short? long game wins the war, counter response imminent…

NDR7652

and yet every bridge ( two years into operations ) across the dneiper river is still intact would you see this type of incompetence from nato ???

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Nahavar

it doesn’t change anything. another day, 500 ukro zombies less, new positions.gained

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rcentros

but the gains the russians achieve come from superior air power. they’ll lose that advantage if americans destroy more aircraft with these cluster missiles.

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Dstroj

all your faith in one american weapons system? sad, you have much to learn youngster…

jimbim

the famous russian patient is nearing masochistic levels.

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Beťar

toto by už nemalo ostať bez povšimnutia. rusko už musí konečne zareagovať. inak darebácky štát usa bude neustále zvyšovať dodávky zbraní a bude hnať rf do otvorenej vojny. ruské vojská by mali vypnúť satelity nad ukrajinou!!! ako odpoveď na dodávku rakiet pre ukrajinu!!!

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Malcolm Z

5 atacms were shot down and 4 glsd bombs ( shot down in skalovsk south of kherson). the video was filmed in kherson airfield 2022 and not in berdyansk.

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Jean Paul France

if the atacms move russian aviation away from the front, as they already did with the fleet, russian ground troops will lose the coverage and air support that are decisive.

this happens because the big boss takes prozac and his red lines are lgbt rainbows.

the kremlin propagandists have already said that these western weapons, like all the previous ones, are just confetti, it seems that russians don’t die on the front either, only ukrainians.

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Snake

these are lies, watch the video, at least 4 helicopters were completely destroyed not damaged and who knows how many died.

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LoveTheSmellOfBurntUkrainian

time break out the tactical nukes !

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Martillo

the jew khazar is destroying palestine to the applause of the western golem and yet jewlinsky and his coterie of ussan jews flies around the planet like a pop star. why is kiev not a smoldering pile of rubble like gaza and why is jewlinsky and his ghouls not maggot food since two years ago? russia needs to wake up and finish its war against the evil anglozionazi empire. don’t wait for a nuclear attack from these demons, president putin. it will come if you give them the chance.

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kenw6

russia should take down those american recon satellites and drones. just go for it.

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NDR7652

these himars and atacms weapons systems are attached to ukrainian field units.

kill the commander of the unit and his entire family that will stop them from using them

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