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On the night of January 18th, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation launched massive retaliation strikes on the territory of Ukraine. In their turn, Ukrainian forces attacked Russian rear infrastructure with drones. The both warring sides suffered damage.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that 46 Ukrainian UAVs were destroyed by Russian air defense forces last night. In particular:
- 18 Ukrainian UAVs were destroyed in the Bryansk region;
- 11 in the border Kursk region;
- 7 in the Kaluga region;
- 5 in the Tula region;
- 3 in the border Belgorod region;
- 2 in the Voronezh region.
Most of Ukrainian UAVs were destroyed but some of them reached their targets. Ukrainian attack again targeted Russian rear fuel depots. As a result of the strikes, a fire broke out at an oil depot in Uzlovskoy district in the Tula region.
According to local reports, at least one Ukrainian drone struck an industrial facility in the town of Lyudinovo in the Kaluga region. A local oil depot reportedly caught fire. No victims were reported as a result of the attack.
Russian oil depots, gas storage facilities and energy infrastructure facilities became the priority targets of Ukrainian attacks in recent months. Their strikes and wreckage of intercepted UAVs, as well as NATO missiles, have damaged a significant number of depots in the Russian rear regions. After recent Russian retaliation strikes on Ukrainian thermal power plants, energy substations, airfields, military facilities, and the largest gas storage facility in Europe in the Lviv region, Ukrainian strikes intensified. However, their results are yet to bring any critical damage to the Russian energy system or economy. Price on the Russian domestic market and price of fuels and lubricants, as well as their export supplies are not affected. The highest price for Kyiv’s strikes with NATO missiles is payed by Ukrainians.
On the night of January 18th, Ukraine came under another Russian retaliation attack. The Russian military confirmed another wave of combined strikes on facilities of the military and industrial complex of Ukraine that was launched in response to Kyiv’s attacks on civilian infrastructure in the Belgorod region with the US-made ATACMS missiles on January 16th.
The Russian military officially confirmed that one of the targets was Ukrainian Luch Design Bureau in Kyiv. This entreprise designed and manufactured long-range guided Neptune missiles and ammunition for Olkha multiple rocket launchers.
‘The goal of the strike has been achieved, all targets have been hit,’ the Defense Ministry summed up.
The Ukrainian media confirmed Russian strikes in the area of the targeted design bureau. The streets were flooded with sewage water. The local mayor confirmed damage and victims.
According to local reports, there were more Russian strikes in the capital and on its outskirts. Fires broke out at different sites in Desnyansky and Shevchenko districts. Explosions also thundered in Brovary.
The Ukrainian military claimed that in total, Russian forces launched four Iskander missiles, two of which were allegedly shot down by Ukrainian air defense. 24 Russian drones out of about 40 UAVs launched during the attack were allegedly destroyed. Moreover, 14 Russian drones were “locally lost”, according to the Ukrainian Air Force. No efforts of Ukrainian air defense allowed to avoid heavy damage across the country.
Russian drones and missiles were spotted in the Kyiv, Cherkassy, Poltava, Chernihiv, Zhitomir, Sumy, Kharkiv, Khmelnitsk, Kirovograd, Dnepropetrovsk and other regions.
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Another industrial facility came under Russian attack in the city of Zaporozhie. According to local reports, at least two Iskander missiles targeted the local Iskra plant, where the Ukrainian military repairs HIMARS MLRS from the US. A large fire heavily damaged workshops of the plant and the administrative building was almost destroyed.
The local authorities also confirmed damage to an industrial facility in Pavlograd.
While Russian missiles and kamikaze UAVs are destroying Ukrainian military infrastructure in the strategic rear, Russian heavy bombs continue pounding the Ukrainian military in the war-torn regions, including in the Kharkiv, Zaporozhie and Dnepropetrovsk regions.
so basically ukraine attacks russia, russia after some days preparation repondsm when russia responds ukraine are ready and launch simultaneous attack. ukraine now have the advantage to retailiate and daily attack because of nato and their endless money supply, support and equipment. rusiia need several days to prepare and then the volley is only one time then must stop for weeks to prepare again. ukraine are getting stronger and the upperhand.
tike tok amerikunt moron tiresome–russia won–burgerland humiliated
only uperhand in hillbilly burgerland is when you are in gay bar w mulatto diek in your mouth–russia won–cope find new homo husband
ukraine have infinete material as long as the west supplys them but they dont have infinete troops. if the west would manage to get some people to send voluntarys ukraine would win until the moment where the russians would be so threatened to turn to nukes and then game over for everyone.
what infinit??? except usa all nato ammo and arms reserve stocks empty. if donald stops the supply, ukros would have fully naked arses and no nothing within few months, game over.
is that prediction of the outcome of western help based on the successful outcomes in afghanistan and iraq? vietnam? korea? thanks for derping hard when you derp, derpster.
a) efficiency of ukronazis attacks about 15 to 20 pct of intrinsic possible force whereas b) the efficiency of russia’s attacks is closer to 75 to 90 pct of avalable efficiency. better weapons better planning.
lol you moron. most nato members debt to gdp over 100%, poor gdp growth, empty reserve stocks on ammo and armament and whole nato arms and ammo production is below 50% of russian capacities. so what endless money and equipment supply are you crack drug dreaming of?
it’s very clear that the ukrainians have the upper hand. that’s why they should have the ato wrapped up any day now, and the last of the moskals will be driven from the basements in donbas. only took a few hours, just as porky predicted. thanks for derping.
we have many fire watchers in california that can help former ukraine burn faster
amerikuntland is on verge of bankruptcy–121% debt to gdp —huge layoffs all corporations–half commercial real estate empty —russia thrives; 15% gdp to debt
biden did his best .
these attacks are not retributions but part of the ongoing war. just saying🤔
you’ve been just saying for what is it now 15 years or so ?
moreovers very popular with these alleged different authors of the bits of column fillers.