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The Russian military used an FPV suicide drone to destroy French-made Crotale short-range air defense system worth almost $9 million in the Kursk region, Deputy Head of the Russian Armed Forces’ Main Military-Political Department, Akhmat Special Forces Commander Major General Apty Alaudinov said on August 22.
“Fighters of the Aida team of the Akhmad Special Forces burned down a Crotale missile system deployed in an attempt to intercept our helicopters on a mission to deliver a strike on Martynovka,” he said. “This system costs eight million euro [$8.9 million], and my troops used an FPV drone worth around 60,000 rubles [approximately $660] to destroy it.”
On August 23, photos surfaced on social networks showing what was said to be the system before and after being hit. However, the photos are yet to be verified.
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Ukraine received only two Crotale NG [Next Generation] systems, the latest version of the legacy Crotale, from France around two years ago.
The system, which is equipped with search and targeting radars as well as an electro-optical tracker, was designed to intercept airborne ranged weapons and aircraft, from cruise or anti-ship missiles to helicopters, drones or low-flying high-performance fighter jets.
The main feature of the Crotale NG is the VT-1 command-guided missile, which has a range of 11 kilometers and six kilometer ceiling.
Kiev forces launched a surprise attack in Kursk on August 6. Western-made weapons played a key role in the attack, which indicates that it was orchestrated with help from NATO.
The deployment of one of Ukraine’s only two Crotale systems in Kursk shows how Kiev forces are squeezing their remaining resources to maintain their attack on the Russian region, which has already reached a halt. The Russian military is now working to eliminate the entire attack force.
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russia will prevail.
no they will not. they have all of the might of europe, the us and two asian powerhouses against them. they will slowly turn the screws sanctioning russia and cutting off economically and financially. russia cannot beat the hegemon and increased attacks on the russian interior. the west and ukraine want russia subserviant and compliant with western diktat. unfortunately this is the reality now.
delusional. russia is barely even touched. considering how poorly the “invasion of russia” is going for ukraine. in 3 days russia occupied and held its own in some of of kiev. two weeks in, and ukraine cannot even take kursk. embarassing.
the embarrassment is that rus military/intel ineptness led to rus being invaded 6 aug 2024. the top brass should have been arrested.
rus messed up in kiev 22 while in kherson 22 rus pulled out leaving citizens to be slaughtered. note: donbass has been legally rsn territory since sept 2022, so rus has been occupied by ukr since then.
meanwhile sf, like bel*us*v, wages war with an xl spreadsheet. n*to are lovin’ it.
10 000 ukrainians launching suicide raids is not an invasion. keep derp alive!
check your dictionary (‘invasion’, ‘subjective’, ‘occupation’). meanwhile keep ignorance (and denial) alive, eh?
it is not clear what the ukies are doing in kursk. they sure invaded , but rather like in surgery , minimally invasive. the primary objective , seemingly capture of the kursk npp , didn’t succeed, so they try now to expand this minimally invasion to full invasion, which they hope to be able to defend. given the balance of power it is a joke. but yes , it was invasion.
10000 really. exactly 10000 not 10001 or 10002 or whatever. how do you know its not 30000 quoted on some other sites. seems a figure plucked from thin air and is meaningless whilst ukraine forces have free reign coming and going with no border controls and wandering and driving around in kursk villages.
“in kherson 22 rus pulled out leaving citizens to be slaughtered”, far too hard judged , the reason was rather to prevent own defeat and surely huge own losses in an unfavorable location. the later development confirmed gen. surovikin was right. also the word “slaughtered” is somewhat inappropriate, i would express: “leaving citizens to be eventuell persecuted by the ukrainians”. the russians chose seemingly the lesser evil.
the word ‘slaughtered’ doesn’t get there! families were marched into the street by ukranazis (the ones ptn returned home from azovstal?) then civilians (young and old) were randomly shot in the back and head.
rus had 8+ years to prepare an action and still f*cked up. shills small/big like cld/rttr lie daily “this changes nothing” as the incompetence of sprpwr rus’s leadership paves the way to its potential downfall.
denial is the new veracity in sf.
keep dreaming and keep watching cnn. then vote for the orange man or scamala and feel happy lol
russialready won moron hillbilly amerikan–see your taliban therapist for more sodomy
what “asian powerhouses” are against russia? it’s been obvious for a long time that sanctions hurt the u.s. puppets more than they hurt russia.
nah, govts don’t care if the sanctions affect their citizens in the west, can see everything carries on like normal, people adapt. the sanctions are definitely hurting russia. asian powerhouses s. korea and japan.
“they will… and they will… ” , these are not arguments but expression of hope . “russia cannot beat the hegemon” , but it’s already happening. “sanctioning russia” , the hype is over , in europe it is already a phrase to lose elections. nobody wants the sanctions , except for some transatlantic politicians and media. and even they confirm , that it doesn’t work and that it destroys own economies. so also your phrase “all of the might of europe” can be doubted.
how much taliban semen do you swallow?
don’t trust the official numbers given by the west. they send far more weapons than they say.
yes , but obviously not enough and no game changers.
hahaha what a joke. a superexpensive drone defense system is destroyed by a cheap drone. all this stuff nato is dumping in ukraine is not even working. they are emptying their stockpiles it is just war profiteering by the elites
who f***ing cares how much the missiles and systems cost (aside from sf and bel*us*v)? a war like this about security of territory, prevention of incursions, impenetrability of borders + safety of all rus citizens (new + old) whether in krsk, blgorod, svstpl or khersn – not xl! the usa encourages wars for profit, but even that would quickly change if new orleans or seattle or socal was taken over.
that is not at all what the war is about. it is about the russian state surviving in the third decade of us hybrid war against it. don’t stop derping until you get enough!
that is what all wars (hybrid or not) are about – and always have been.
and even one swallows your us-propaganda about rus ‘surviving’, for a putative superpower rus its leadership is either (1) doing a sh*t job or (2) a us-scripted job.
take your pick, us-shill, the us-friendly rus leadership is culpable both ways.
for example germany will cut soon the financial support to ukraine due to own dramatic economic problems caused by the so called sanctions against russia. (which in fact were never sanctions but in reality self-destruction program forced on germans by the transatlantic elite). that will have of course effect on the art of weapons sent to ukraine and further worsen the ukie situation. thus money is still an argument.
money is a factor, but not an argument during war. uk sank itself into sh*tloads of us-loans in ww2, existentially it had no choice. rus has no choice now!!
grmny isn’t being bombed or invaded, the ukr conflict is not existential for it – so that’s a false comparison.
as long as rus fails to defend itself and push back ‘hard’ the west sees a chance + can print more money to pursue the downfall of the cis (and rus itself).
the comparison is not correct in the sense of military war , but economically it is very comparable. the program of self-destruction is in full swing. one could even think this is the primary goal of this war. russia will be (more or less) weakened , ukraine is a pawn sacrifice , the main target is europe , which will disappear as a competitor after the war.
this is not an ‘economic war’ but a war that weaponises economics (sanctions, trade routes, shipping, contracts, currency, nat. resources, bank holdings etc.) as part of the bigger picture. all wars do.
hungry for resources, us+eu want to weaken, then split, rus/cis. this has always been neocon planning (‘rand report’). the denial of ‘pro-rus’ commenters is ‘rabbit in headlights’ stuff.
if usa sees its chance it will move on rus regardless of implications for europe.
kursk is the end of ukraine—as ukies retreat and die—moron amerikan talibanned humiliated come to sf because they are mean bitter inferiors live in ugly cesspool