The main event of the past weekend was Russia’s massive strike on Kyiv and its surrounding regions. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the strike was carried out in retaliation for terrorist attacks on civilian facilities in Russia. In particular, the Ukrainian army’s strike on a student dormitory in Starobilsk in the Luhansk People’s Republic. As a result of that strike, 21 teenagers were killed, most of whom were young girls.
On the night of May 24, Russian forces launched a significant missile attack on Ukrainian military targets in Kyiv and the surrounding areas. More than 100 missiles and 700 strike drones were launched in total. Almost all types of ballistic and cruise missiles were used in the attack, including Iskander, Kinzhal, Zircon, Kalibr, and others.
Explosions were reported in five districts of the Ukrainian capital. The headquarters of the Ukrainian Army’s Ground Forces Command was hit. Facilities on the grounds of the Separate Presidential Regiment Named After Hetman Bohdan Khmelnytsky were destroyed. Military factories within the city were also targeted. Hits were reported at the Artem and Analitpribor enterprises, as well as at the automated systems factory. A 10,000-square-meter shopping center was completely burned down; it is believed to have housed a Ukrainian army weapons depot. Additionally, strikes were carried out against several logistics hubs handling military cargo transit.
The Russian “Oreshnik” missile system was used against targets in Bila Tserkva, a city in the Kyiv region. This hypersonic missile is one of the most advanced and highly classified weapons in the Russian army’s arsenal. According to video footage recorded by eyewitnesses, the Oreshnik warhead consists of 36 submunitions. The missile struck the support infrastructure of a military airfield. It is believed that long-range drones assembled at this facility were used deep within Russian territory.
Other regions of Ukraine were also targeted, though not to the same extent. Russian cruise missiles hit the Starokostiantyniv airfield, home to F-16 fighter jets provided to Kyiv by Western allies. In Poltava and Kremenchuk, fuel and energy infrastructure facilities were targeted. Fires were reported at petroleum product storage facilities.
The Ukrainian government used the strike to draw international attention. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sibiga requested an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council, as well as a joint meeting of OSCE bodies. Kyiv may be using this attack as a pretext to secure additional Western military aid, particularly air defense missiles.
Overall, the Ukrainian strike on the student dormitory and Russia’s subsequent retaliation are more indicative of further escalation than of the parties’ desire to make peace. The conflict could evolve entirely into a mutual destruction of rear infrastructure, given the current trend toward a slowdown in the pace on the front lines.
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ukraine is likely hiding military assets behind civilians. just like the israeli military. a few powerful strikes by russia are probably not enough to stop the corporate banker globalists for continuing the planned forever war they desire. this thing may have no end. what tragedy
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russia warned foreign nationals to get out of kiev, that means nato inside their bunkers, russia should have wiped foreign hostile embassies of the face of the earth a long time ago.
warned the nazis. latest policy from the jews.
no, they are hiding civilians as military assets. then russia kills the kidnapped in the concentration camp.
burn out the black heart of the ukie nazi terror regime.
ukraine’s death and misery-supporting regime is going to finally die now that russia realised it can’t negotiate with nazi skinheads, bearded warlords, and people with skull tattoos all over their bodies
they should have been dealt with a decade ago put putin thinks these inbred savages are slavic brother
you are both forgetting one thing: the (ignorant) people of the world were not ready to hear any of this 10 years ago. they were still highly brainwashed by their tv and would have easily jumped on the “russia = aggressor” train. now, when russia takes off one glove, the majority of the people side with russia because the west + ukraine have proven themselves to be the terrorists.
a typical example how you can get the rabbit to disappear. it have murdered since 1492, and started the war in ukraine, by export nazism back to europe, from its import of those, after it occupied europe.
no, no, he thinks nazis from “us” are his brothers, and kills slavs, to the last dollar to the kidnappers in kiew.
it can only negotiate with those financiers. the nice banksters, that made the misery, by finance shooting on police and protesters alike. death and misery causing entity “us”. its only a final solution possible on that thing.
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russia would have done better targeting the little green joo’s inner circle and decapitate his grubby regime.
take out their financiers should be closer to the root cause. the entity that have live from death since 1492.
well as long as the western blogospheres’ heros in pootin’s kremlin give advance warning to their western ‘partners’ of impending strikes, then all will be fine,
unfortunately, not for the parents and families of those trainee teachers though, as with the fallen and missing from the kursk region. eventually, the pied piper will run out of breath, and excuses.
“partners” means nazis, in newspeak. thats why 9/11, and mass murder in the hospitals are censored.
matem todos, chega de nazistas na ucrania putin tome toda a ucrania!
one can see russia had to work 4 years to build up sufficient resources to carry out the retaliation. russia can only manage this kind of activity once or twice a year so any threats made by russia to evacuate the foreigners are not serious.
very nice explanation
after they had warn the nazis 😂 i find something funny, as soon i read sonar21: “no country is going to sign up to be policed by its competitors.” except the whole of europe, and russia 😂 its only to burn some japanese, probably with napalm, and all kill them self for the demon einsteins nazi “us”. extinct the entitys with genocide as policy ! make it cost them ! treat them according to their own mentality !