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Russian-Ukrainian Strikes Amid Another Scandal: Kyiv Purchased Chinese Drones at a 20-Fold Markup (Videos)

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Russia and Ukraine continued their mutual exchange of strikes on November 23-24. The Ukrainian Air Force reported that on the night of November 24, Russian forces deployed 162 attack unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), of which 125 units were shot down or suppressed by air defense systems. For its part, the Russian Ministry of Defense stated that overnight, Russian air defense systems destroyed 93 Ukrainian UAVs over several regions, including Belgorod, Voronezh, Nizhny Novgorod, Krasnodar Krai, as well as over the waters of the Azov and Black Seas.

Strikes on Ukrainian Territory

The primary thrust of Russian forces during this period targeted objects in eight regions of Ukraine, with the most intense attacks hitting Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions.

In Kharkiv and the surrounding region, preliminary data indicates at least 16 objects were hit. A key episode was a strike on the “Serp i Molot” 110/35/6 kV substation, which left approximately 10,000 subscribers without power.



In Dnipropetrovsk region, strikes affected the energy system, leaving more than 60,000 consumers without electricity. Significant damage was inflicted in Pavlohrad, where the targets included fuel and lubricant storage facilities near the railway depot and the unloading platform of a central processing plant used by the military for logistics and equipment storage



Furthermore, on the evening of November 23, a strike on the “Dnipro-Western Donbas” water pipeline in the area of Pavlohrad, Ternivka, and Shakhtarske disrupted water supply.

In Chernihiv region, strikes hit a substation and an oil depot in the Koriukivka district, and on the outskirts of Chernihiv, according to the Russian side, a UAV launch site was destroyed. In Chernihiv itself, a private enterprise was hit. In Slavutych, Kyiv region, four strikes on an energy facility were recorded.



In southern Ukraine, attacks continued on objects in Odesa region. In Izmail, port infrastructure was again targeted, damaging equipment and causing a fire on a vessel. In Artsyz, a strike hit the airfield area, which, according to some reports, is used for pilot training and UAV launches; an electrical substation was also damaged.



In Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, the targets included a temporary deployment point on the territory of a former hospital and an oil depot. Reports also mentioned strikes on a tank training ground and positions of Ukrainian air defense missile systems. Explosions were noted in Kramatorsk and on the outskirts of Zaporizhzhia.

Strikes on Russian Territory

On November 23, according to open-source data, the Shaturskaya GRES power plant near Moscow was attacked, although local authorities did not comment on the incident. In Ryazan, the governor reported the fall of “debris” on an enterprise, presumably at an oil refinery.

In the territories of the DPR, according to information from Ukrainian sources, electrical substations were attacked. The “Yuzhnaya” substation was hit near Shakhtarsk, and strikes were also carried out on substations in Dokuchaevsk and Starobeshevo.

Amid the hostilities, information emerged about a corruption scheme in arms procurement for Ukraine. According to an investigation by the Czech outlet Radiožurnál, the company Reactive Drone has been engaged since 2022 in reselling Chinese drones to the Ukrainian side at a significant markup.

According to the investigation, the company purchased batches of drones in China for $1.7 million (approximately 36 million Czech crowns), but invoiced Ukraine for nearly $33 million (around 700 million crowns), representing a markup of approximately 20 times. Meanwhile, the Czech tax authorities lost at least $5 million (130 million crowns) in tax revenue, as significant sums were transferred to bank accounts in China.

Despite the investigation being launched, the scheme not only continued into 2024 but the resale volumes increased. Currently, the company’s CEO has been detained, and the accountant is under investigation. Police have seized accounting documents and frozen approximately 384 million crowns in the company’s accounts. The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense has not commented on the situation. This case illustrates the complexities and risks associated with arms procurement in a conflict, where significant financial flows can become subject to abuse.


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Niccolò Machiavelli

not only that….

denis stielerman, co-owner of the ukrainian company fire point, admitted that the display of the fp-5 flamingo missile at idex-2025 was not a weapon, but a distracting model.

the aim was to cover the mass purchase of the old ai-25 and ai-25tl aircraft engines abroad, so that everything would look like a project of a british-emirate company⚡️⚡️⚡️

the missile was not made, but the legend was invented.
told ya…..🤓

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Freddie

he would not have been allowed to admit that if it were true . they aren’t allowed to tell the truth and especially never in war , because the truth is always classified, and is top secret .everything they say is permitted to serve a purpose which is to protect themselves.

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the narrative

two words that you will never hear from nato member nations. we’re losing or we lost. watching the rhetoric issued by the paid talking heads to avoid this statement, is entertaining to those who see through the empires of lies. what is common = all the nations that use this technique allow usury laws and attack nations that do not.

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Freddie

they haven’t lost at all,they’ve still got another 99 years from the 100 they said they’re going to back ukraine for obviously despite no media admitting they heard or knew about the pledge
very revealing in itself . do you think 🤔

Freddie

emperor charlemagne allowed usury. the holy roman emperor title was granted to him in return

the narrative

the cia has spent many years building and creating international strawman businesses to launder purchases from any nation. so if chinese parts are found in ukrainian drones, it should be no surprise to russia who is responsible for the drones. how long was syrian oil routed by the cia through turkey by truck to ports to supply israel ? at least 5 years that i remember. i think the grayzone might have documentation.

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Freddie

just remember the cia was really a nazi operation certain influential american non patriots took in thousands of nazis after ww2. set them up . hitlers former head of personal security was set up to run it. thousands of others were deployed into other advantageous operations and endevours also .

Freddie

and the nazis were monarchists. they pretended to be socialists they deceived the people . they lied. the first thing hitler did once being made chancellor was the night of the long knifes where he had the socialists murdered and then he changed the laws to make himself an absolute autocrat effectively. like an emperor.thats how they work.

Freddie

and they rewrite history . they censor delete ,i’ve seen them just rip pages out of books that contained evidence against them , lie fabricate invent and create .allegedly now i don’t trust anything i m allowed to read or hear or see .and never anything i’m forced to submit too and agree with . common sense,obviously .

homer sawyer durak

u must be a moron americunt

Freddie

the bush’s prescott bush cousins of the windsors through mary queen of scots, no doubt were amongst those families henry ford who built the nazis trucks and vehicles from his plants there too , he even used jewish slave labour, and there were others, possibly the du pont family in pharmaceuticals and industrial chemicals also . but there was many more
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Vanya

who makes a worse “ally”, the russians or the chinese?

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