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Massive Ukrainian drone strike deep in Russian territory leaves 40 aircraft burning

I swear I searched with multiple key words, but couldn't find a thread.

The drones were launched from fake ceilings in trucks once they approached targets very, very deep in Russia. It was all done remotely. It's an estimated €2B loss and I've read that some of the planes were equipped to handle nuclear payloads.

The operation has been planned for 18 months and was personally overseen by Zelensky. The best part? The good ol' U.S.A. was not notified of the operation!!! Now Trump has a black eye, too!

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by Anonymousreply 173June 5, 2025 3:00 AM

Good!

by Anonymousreply 1June 1, 2025 3:45 PM

An operation by Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) using first-person-view (FPV) drones smuggled deep inside Russian and hidden inside trucks has hit 41 Russian heavy bombers at four airfields across the country, a source in the agency told the Kyiv Independent on June 1.

The operation — codenamed "Spider web" and a year-and-a-half in the planning — appears to have dealt a major blow to the aircraft Moscow uses to launch long-range missile attacks on Ukraine's cities.

The source said one of the airfields hit was the Belaya air base in Russia's Irkutsk Oblast, [bold]more than 4,000 kilometers from Ukraine.[/bold]

by Anonymousreply 2June 1, 2025 3:45 PM

This is all over Reddit. Four different airports were targeted. Also read that Moscow had just transferred a bunch of planes there for safety. They won’t be able to repair them, no parts.

by Anonymousreply 3June 1, 2025 3:50 PM

Some incredible footage of a launch from a truck and a drone closing in and bombing planes.

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by Anonymousreply 5June 1, 2025 3:54 PM

r4 is also:

*COVID: Hi, bitches, I'm back!*

[quote]This is suspicious coming immediately after RFK Jr. announced policy changes on Covid vaccines.

[quote]Sounds like leftwing propaganda getting ready for the 2026 midterms.

[quote]Democrats know they're losing public support, so they're out to steal another election via scare tactics.

by Anonymousreply 6June 1, 2025 3:56 PM

Thank OP for bringing us these joyful tidings, nice to hear cheerful uplifting good news stories like this

by Anonymousreply 7June 1, 2025 4:03 PM

I wish they could land one on Putin's head.

by Anonymousreply 8June 1, 2025 4:07 PM

Do Moscow next!!!

by Anonymousreply 9June 1, 2025 4:07 PM

[quote]Maybe now Trump will pull the USA out of "woke" Europe altogether and let them fight their own losing battles.

Given the "Ukrainian drone strike deep in Russian territory leaves 40 aircraft burning," it's hard to see how it's Europe that's losing.

by Anonymousreply 10June 1, 2025 4:12 PM

R9 they have already done some low level attacks on government officials and facilities in Moscow, but since it isnt really a high value military target they've focused on the bombers which very much are. And this attack will have cost Russia billions if they've taken out as many planes as the story says

In addition it looks like Ukraine has also taken out two rail supply links inside Russian territory

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by Anonymousreply 12June 1, 2025 4:20 PM

Belaya air base is on the border of freakin’ Mongolia!

by Anonymousreply 13June 1, 2025 4:22 PM

R11, go suck Putin's dick.

by Anonymousreply 14June 1, 2025 4:22 PM

"So what," Cunt R11? I love it how you always come on to every Ukraine thread and with your stinky vodka breath trying to shill for Mother Russia. Eat shir, loser. Blocked.

by Anonymousreply 15June 1, 2025 4:24 PM

The Ukrainians also seem to have attacked Russia's nuclear sub base in Severomorsk

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by Anonymousreply 16June 1, 2025 4:30 PM

And the Ukrainians have also blown up a military freight train.

They've had a busy busy night! (Or day, not sure what time it was when they did all this)

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by Anonymousreply 17June 1, 2025 4:32 PM

Now do civilian bombing attacks in Russian populated cities - like they've been doing for years in Ukraine.

Initially some brain-washed Russians will now be further in support of going after Ukraine, but eventually they'll just want it all to stop.

I don't understand how someone doesn't take down Putin - what kind of safeguards does he have in place that prevents that? He has killed so many close advisors, oligarchs, and others.

by Anonymousreply 18June 1, 2025 4:37 PM

We have no yet seen the full capabilities of drones. They could alter the balance of power more than nuclear missiles. At the very least, they are going to bring terrorism to a new level.

by Anonymousreply 19June 1, 2025 4:39 PM

Wow! 18 months of planning, amazing result. Slava Ukraini!

by Anonymousreply 20June 1, 2025 4:43 PM

Flatten the Kremlin next!

by Anonymousreply 21June 1, 2025 5:49 PM

Who's going to get defenestrated for this?

by Anonymousreply 22June 1, 2025 5:53 PM

Here's the story from NPR.

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by Anonymousreply 23June 1, 2025 5:54 PM

This is how I act nicer towards Putin.

by Anonymousreply 24June 1, 2025 6:06 PM

I’m glad Ukraine pulled this off, but it worries me that Russia will do something devastatingly stupid in retaliation..

by Anonymousreply 25June 1, 2025 6:14 PM

It's called war, r25.

by Anonymousreply 26June 1, 2025 6:15 PM

R23 Hot photo of VZ with the headline 'deep inside'. Kind of triggering, don't you guys think?

by Anonymousreply 27June 1, 2025 6:26 PM

BBC story not only confirms OP's original link but adds that it looks like six airbases attacked, not four

[quote]It is reported that several other air bases, including Severniy in Ivanovo region, Dyagilevo in Ryazan region and Engels-2 in Saratov region, and Ukrainka in the far-east region of Amur, have also been targeted by Ukrainian drones.

$7 billion of damage, more than 40 planes - 34% of Russias strategic bombers

[quote]The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) claims today’s attack on airfields in Russia has struck 34% of Russia’s strategic bombers capable of carrying cruise missiles. In a post on social media, the SBU said its "Operation Spider's Web" cost Russia $7bn (£5.2bn).

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by Anonymousreply 28June 1, 2025 6:35 PM

[quote]The Russians can hit Ukraine with drones too and are taking more and more de jure Ukrainian territory by the day, while Ukraine is completely incapable of reclaiming any of it.

28 Feb 2022 20% 119,000 km2 (46,000 sq mi)

31 Dec 2024 19% 112,865 km2 (43,577 sq mi)

[quote]The Russians are also smashing Ukrainian military targets within Ukraine.

The Russians are also smashing Ukrainian civilian targets within Ukraine. FIFY

[quote]Anyway, Zelenskyy is just trying to perform a futile show of (a lack of) strength...

$7 billion of damage, more than 40 planes - 34% of Russias strategic bombers - see link at R28

More lies from a MAGA fascist. Now fuck off, you vatnik cunt.

by Anonymousreply 29June 1, 2025 7:03 PM

Were these drones developed or built by US companies?

by Anonymousreply 30June 1, 2025 7:10 PM

This is my favorite part of the above NPR reporting: "The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to disclose operational details, said the attack took over 1 1/2-year to execute and was personally supervised by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy."

VZ is one hot motherfucker.

Choke on Zelenskyy's big fat cock, Putin and all you Putin cucks.

by Anonymousreply 31June 1, 2025 7:10 PM

The Russian army is weak - they've lost thousands of troops, they have conscripts who don't want to be there, and their equipment is old and unreliable.

Why NATO hasn't stepped in yet and stopped all this is bullshit.

SOMEBODY has to stand up to these dictators. It's out of control.

by Anonymousreply 32June 1, 2025 7:15 PM

So while Trump and Vance were hectoring Zelenskyy in the Oval Office for relying on America to fight its battles, Zelenskyy was planning this series of attacks with no input from the Americans at all.

He's a leader. Trump and Vance are very, very small men compared to him.

by Anonymousreply 33June 1, 2025 7:17 PM

Hear hear, R33!

by Anonymousreply 34June 1, 2025 7:27 PM

People can congratulate Ukraine, but the response from Russia will be brutal.

by Anonymousreply 35June 1, 2025 7:33 PM

[quote]People can congratulate Ukraine, but the response from Russia will be brutal.

Your point, r35?

by Anonymousreply 36June 1, 2025 7:36 PM

R35, what are they going to do? Target another shopping mall and kill civilians as is their wont to do?

Look at the difference when Ukraine attacks -- debilitates with billions worth of irreplaceable damage, yet zero civilian deaths.

Russians simply keep attacking innocent civilians. Scum. And they wonder why they are a hated universal pariah.

by Anonymousreply 37June 1, 2025 7:36 PM

Now, hit the Kremlin

by Anonymousreply 38June 1, 2025 7:38 PM

R36 seems to think that the Russian Army isn't unprepared, inept, and incapable, and hasn't just been outsmarted by a better and well prepared Ukranian defense.

by Anonymousreply 39June 1, 2025 7:45 PM

R36 also seems to think the best defense for Ukraine is to not be on the offense. How dumb.

by Anonymousreply 40June 1, 2025 7:47 PM

Where do you get that, r39?

Where do you get that, r40?

by Anonymousreply 41June 1, 2025 7:49 PM

R22, probably the poor, bumbling half-drunk truck driver named Igor.

by Anonymousreply 42June 1, 2025 7:49 PM

I've read that the truck drivers were unaware of the infiltration. I can totally see that. Long haul truckers falling asleep with chemical or alcohol aid would be totally unconscious/blotto to the new installation working on their truck.

Man, those Ukrainian agents in Russia have balls the size of church bells.

by Anonymousreply 43June 1, 2025 7:55 PM

Apparently, Zelenskyy had some cards, Donolt.

by Anonymousreply 44June 1, 2025 7:55 PM

Why can’t they figure out where Pootie is holed up and bomb his fucking ass?

by Anonymousreply 45June 1, 2025 7:58 PM

I'm having an early Sunday cocktail (NOT vodka!) in a victory cheer to Ukraine. SLAVA UKRAINE!

by Anonymousreply 46June 1, 2025 8:01 PM

Zelensky has given Western Europe a great gift to help sustain and further its own security. It will not go unrecognized. As Trump crashes out economy, the EU will only rise.

by Anonymousreply 47June 1, 2025 8:02 PM

Apparently Dump knew nothing of this, being a cunt who can't be trusted. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

by Anonymousreply 48June 1, 2025 8:05 PM

^ OUR economy

by Anonymousreply 49June 1, 2025 8:05 PM

This feels at a similar level as the “beep beep boom” operation in Lebanon, which effectively single handedly changed the course of that conflict. We can only pray for a similar reckoning here.

Unfortunately though, Russia will revert to nukes if they are truly looking at a loss.

by Anonymousreply 50June 1, 2025 8:13 PM

[quote] Unfortunately though, Russia will revert to nukes if they are truly looking at a loss.

No, R50, it will not.

by Anonymousreply 51June 1, 2025 8:16 PM

People seem to think Russia has biger balls than it does.

by Anonymousreply 52June 1, 2025 8:19 PM

People also seem to think that Russia is some kind of behemoth that can take territories as it pleases.

When Russia was the current boogieman under Reagan, US officials were appalled at the state of the Russian war machine.

Nothing worked, it was crap when it was new and now there are no parts to fix it anyway.

Russia is still basically a third world mess.

by Anonymousreply 53June 1, 2025 8:31 PM

John McCain once summed Russia up as a gas station with nukes.

by Anonymousreply 54June 1, 2025 8:37 PM

Their nukes probably work as well as a SpaceX rocket these days.

by Anonymousreply 55June 1, 2025 8:53 PM

The incompetent, demoralized Russian Army full of 20-year-olds wouldn't even know how to deploy nukes. That's what it's come to. I'm putting my money on Ukraine.

by Anonymousreply 56June 1, 2025 9:05 PM

The Russians have been relying heavily on their strategic bomber fleet to deliver cruise missiles in their (frankly: terrorist) attacks on Ukrainian urban centers.

This attack will substantially reduce their ability to do so. Also keep in mind that they are not currently manufacturing either Tu-22 or Tu-160, relying instead on old Soviet era airframes which they are bringing into service. And they only do that in small numbers. I think they refurbished and brought online three Tu-160 last year (they call these Tu-160M). So these losses — 40 aircraft? DEVASTATING.

Good. The Russian campaign of terrorist attacked on cities is cruel, stupid, and pointless.

by Anonymousreply 57June 1, 2025 9:37 PM

It's hilarious that Russia is trying to paint this as a terrorist act. Ukraine targeted military bases, not civilians, which Russia has done against Ukraine, and which is terrorist.

Also this is a war Russia started. Fuck them.

by Anonymousreply 58June 1, 2025 9:53 PM

And I thought my weekend couldn’t get worse.

Pass the meth pipe.

by Anonymousreply 59June 1, 2025 9:57 PM

[quote]...with no input from the Americans at all.

Well, there was input from a few real Americans; it just came a little over 6 months ago.

by Anonymousreply 60June 1, 2025 10:03 PM

And the Russian bots on Twitter are spinning this as Zelenskyy “starting World War 3.”

by Anonymousreply 61June 1, 2025 10:03 PM

Pictures of the drones and the wooden cabinets affixed to trucks. More than one photo at link. Tiny but deadly little things.

I can't in a million years imagine Russia pulling off such a sophisticated, clinical strike. They just go for blind, wholesale mayhem and slaughter.

Putin must be shitting bricks about his remaining 60% of long strike capable aircraft. For all he knows, many could be gone tomorrow. That's the other facet of this operation: the psychological tactic is immeasurably important. Putin's really off his feet now.

Western Europe, get your shit together and go!

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by Anonymousreply 62June 1, 2025 10:04 PM

Zelensky no longer shares intelligence with US, so Trump must be pissed, jejejejjejeje

by Anonymousreply 63June 1, 2025 10:05 PM

I would laugh if Russia ends up [italic]losing[/italic] land due to their own hubris and stupidity.

by Anonymousreply 64June 1, 2025 10:14 PM

They have plenty of land to lose with nobody on it that nobody wants.

by Anonymousreply 65June 1, 2025 10:16 PM

What a pathetic fucking country. Hey, where did all the MAGAts/Putin cucks go? I guess they realuzed this thread was a losing cause for them--much like Russia is discovering with Ukraine. Zelenskyy is brilliant. Putin is on his way out.

by Anonymousreply 66June 1, 2025 10:18 PM

This is it! This is the sign!

Glory to Ukraine! Glory to her heroes!

by Anonymousreply 67June 1, 2025 10:29 PM

So Zelensky does have the cards after all!!

by Anonymousreply 68June 1, 2025 10:40 PM

Finland must be laughing their asses off about this. And those people only laugh when something is *really* funny!

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by Anonymousreply 69June 1, 2025 10:42 PM

Zelenskyy should lie and insist he told Trump everything about the attack and that he's had the details for months!

by Anonymousreply 70June 2, 2025 12:40 AM

Now I definitely want alpha Zelinsky in me often, and quite deeply.

by Anonymousreply 71June 2, 2025 12:43 AM

By the way, more explosions heard deep inside Russian territory over the past few hours 🤭

by Anonymousreply 72June 2, 2025 12:59 AM

[Quote] It's hilarious that Russia is trying to paint this as a terrorist act.

Remember this is Russia we are talking about. The country that declared logic to be “against the orthodox faith” during the age of reason.

Or, a more recent example, the huge uproar in Russia when the movie Matilda came out — the movie about the affair between the future tsar Nicholas II and a ballet dancer. Why? Because they had declared him a saint in 2000, and saints don’t have love affairs.

Russia and “making sense” is like oil and water.

by Anonymousreply 73June 2, 2025 1:10 AM

There's been no comment from the White House as far as I can tell. I guess laying off 100 NSC personnel and saddling your Secretary of State with three other roles has its consequences.

by Anonymousreply 74June 2, 2025 1:13 AM

The number of people at Free Republic who are cheering for Putin is truly remarkable.

A generation ago, he was one of their most despised — remember Sarah Palin's "keep an eye on Putin" comment?

They are a cult. Truly.

by Anonymousreply 75June 2, 2025 1:23 AM

R75, they should be all gathered and sent to Russia. Traitors. "American patriots," my ass

by Anonymousreply 76June 2, 2025 1:27 AM

I read massive Ukrainian dong

by Anonymousreply 77June 2, 2025 1:33 AM

R77, Putin just took a massive Ukrainian dong up his ass today.

by Anonymousreply 78June 2, 2025 1:35 AM

[quote]Putin just took a massive Ukrainian dong up his ass today.

Why weren't explosives attached to it?

by Anonymousreply 79June 2, 2025 1:38 AM

[quote]I'm having an early Sunday cocktail (NOT vodka!) in a victory cheer to Ukraine. SLAVA UKRAINE!

You can get Ukranian vodka R46 - in fact its the ONLY vodka you can get here now. Russian vodka has been off the shelves for at least a couple of years now

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by Anonymousreply 80June 2, 2025 1:55 AM

I prefer gin, anyway, R80.

by Anonymousreply 81June 2, 2025 1:58 AM

Best news of the weekend, by far!

I like how the Ukrainians did NOT tell the Trump WH -- obvious reason being the high chance that telling Trump's people = telling Putin's people.

by Anonymousreply 82June 2, 2025 2:06 AM

R79, because he knew Putin's prostate would be tickling and exploding for more!

by Anonymousreply 83June 2, 2025 2:09 AM

If Trump had been notified he would have tipped off Putin.

by Anonymousreply 84June 2, 2025 2:09 AM

Comment from Reddit thread on this;

[quote]The best part about this is that those fleets were already being pushed too hard for the maintenance ability of the Russians and now the remaining aircraft are going to be pushed even harder to the point where they simply won't have any operational aircraft soon. I think the US keeps about a 1/3 of it's fleet out for maintenance at any given time and that's with unlimited super power monopoly money to spend and the technical know how to keep things running.

[quote]This could be the end of a whole bunch of aircraft not even touched by the attack.

Maintenance death spiral

by Anonymousreply 85June 2, 2025 2:13 AM

Absolutely brilliant. They clearly didn’t tell Trump or his idiots of the planet they would have snitched to Putin.

by Anonymousreply 86June 2, 2025 2:20 AM

No doubt. Trump claimed he was going to get tough with Putin,

but TACO.

by Anonymousreply 87June 2, 2025 2:31 AM

They sent him some TACO belli via DoorDash…he missed the National Intelligence Update

by Anonymousreply 88June 2, 2025 2:42 AM

Bravo Zelenskyy. Fuck you MAGAts and Dump. No one other than these cunts would cheer on Russia.

by Anonymousreply 89June 2, 2025 3:03 AM
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by Anonymousreply 90June 2, 2025 3:07 AM

The brilliance of Zelensky's truck mission is that it would have been invisible to Starlink. I think Musk is no more reliable than Trump at keeping secrets and part of Starlink's mission is spying. In the past, we would have been certain that it would be spying on US enemies, but Trump has upended all of that.

by Anonymousreply 91June 2, 2025 3:32 AM

You just figured that out?! ;)

by Anonymousreply 92June 2, 2025 3:36 AM

[quote]People can congratulate Ukraine, but the response from Russia will be brutal.

No doubt. Watch Trump hurry to protect and defend Putin.

by Anonymousreply 93June 2, 2025 3:45 AM

Slava Ukraine.

by Anonymousreply 94June 2, 2025 3:47 AM

When I saw that video of Zelensky dancing in heels and hose for a comedy skit I fell instantly in love. Any man that could laugh at himself that much was a man Id want to know . REAL men can laugh at themselves. Its not a coincidence trump nor putin can .

by Anonymousreply 95June 2, 2025 3:59 AM

Finland should use this as an excuse to take back landed ceded to the USSR back in the day. And while they're at it, take St. Petersburg, too. At least it would be run by a civilized culture.

by Anonymousreply 96June 2, 2025 4:18 AM

Excuse? Finland’s reason for existing was an “excuse?!”

by Anonymousreply 97June 2, 2025 4:29 AM

R97, go get defenestrated.

R95, I love his sense of humor.

by Anonymousreply 98June 2, 2025 4:33 AM

So it's been nearly 24 hours and the White House still hasn't made a statement? How embarrassing.

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by Anonymousreply 99June 2, 2025 1:03 PM

What can the idiot Dump regime say? "Uh...uh...uh..." Fucking cunts.

by Anonymousreply 100June 2, 2025 1:25 PM

[quote] "Uh...uh...uh..."

Sounds like Melania in the throes of her donkey show.

by Anonymousreply 101June 2, 2025 1:30 PM

[QUOTE]If Zelensky did mention this date on purpose - "1 year, 6 months, and 9 days from the start of planning", then we get to this interesting post of November 2023, where he promises "some serious long-range stuff":

Zelensky:

[QUOTE]Today, I held a separate meeting with the Minister of Strategic Industries of Ukraine, and I can say it was optimistic. We're preparing, among other things, some serious long-range stuff to make sure the occupiers feel the might of Ukraine.

More to come? They didn't plan just one operation, right? Part of the psych warfare.

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by Anonymousreply 102June 2, 2025 1:48 PM

Trump will blame Biden until his last breath

by Anonymousreply 103June 2, 2025 2:57 PM

You know how they have light shows with drones? I’d like to see one over Moscow, where the display ends with a lighted arrow pointed towards the Kremlin. Then the drone at the tip of the arrow fires an explosive at one of the onion domes. KA-BOOM!

by Anonymousreply 104June 2, 2025 2:57 PM

More about the truck drivers and the operation. Apparently, police are checking all trucks now causing massive multi-kilometer lines and traffic snarls.

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by Anonymousreply 105June 2, 2025 3:59 PM

Ha! Ha!

by Anonymousreply 106June 2, 2025 4:09 PM

A scathingly brilliant idea!

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by Anonymousreply 107June 2, 2025 4:11 PM

The Russian war bloggers are now claiming it was “only” 14 bombers destroyed. Only!!! Imagine if, during the Iraq war, the Iraqis managed to destroy 14 B-52 bombers on U.S. soil!!!

(Of course the Russians are famed for their honesty. I’m sure 14 is not accurate. I would guess more like 25, halfway between Ukrainian and Russian claims.)

But this is all very Russian — stumbling to victory is how they win. WWII was a great example. Absolutely SCANDALOUS ineptitude in the command and supply structures in the beginning, somewhat corrected while the war went on. But the Russians didn’t win WWII because they got good. They won because they were able to eventually manage their mediocrity (at best) and swamp the Germans with numbers. They took eight million military deaths — shoveling their men like kindling into the furnace of war.

(By the way, let’s give credit where it’s due - Russian soldiers are very stolid and extremely tenacious. That tenacity is what saved the Soviet Union in 1941.)

So it’s their conviction that they will drown the Ukrainians in men eventually. No doubt.

A tv commentator on Russian tv just said that the Russian airman who made video of the devastation and posted it should be shot as a traitor to Russia. That’s the mindset we are dealing with here. Like Dee Plorable, marinated in vodka.

by Anonymousreply 108June 2, 2025 4:27 PM

R108, I agree with much of what you say except:

[quote] Russian soldiers are very stolid and extremely tenacious.

They appear to be utter failures.

by Anonymousreply 109June 2, 2025 5:19 PM

The are good in porn

by Anonymousreply 110June 2, 2025 5:22 PM

[Quote] They appear to be utter failures.

Not sure what you mean by failures, but if you mean the individual soldier is failing to attack or defend bravely (what I was referring to), IMO that is confusing the war situation with the bravery of the men fighting.

I’m actually amazed that the Russian conscripts keep going forward into the teeth of the Ukrainian defense, which has got extremely good at killing.

The Russians aren’t getting massacred in Ukraine because they’re cowards. They’re getting massacred because their leadership has bad tactics, bad logistics, doesn’t care about the men, and is corrupt.

It actually reminds me a lot of the Russo-Japanese War. The Russians were defending there. Their leaders were stunningly incompetent and the Russian soldier suffered tremendously for it. But the Japanese saluted their stubborn bravery.

by Anonymousreply 111June 2, 2025 5:52 PM

The Mossad team behind the Hezbollah pagers must be looking on in admiration.

by Anonymousreply 112June 2, 2025 6:11 PM

Slava Ukraine!

by Anonymousreply 113June 2, 2025 6:26 PM

[Quote] The Mossad team behind the Hezbollah pagers must be looking on in admiration.

Gross comparison. The Israelis are the Russians of Israel/Palestine.

by Anonymousreply 114June 2, 2025 6:31 PM

You’re more gross than them!

Are you a professional asshole, or just a talented amateur? Let us know.

by Anonymousreply 115June 2, 2025 6:38 PM

[quote]Russian soldiers are very stolid and extremely tenacious.

Who have more than met their match. Not many would have backed Ukraine to hold out for over three years, but here we are. Astounding that Putin can still somehow at home spin his barbaric inept invasion as a continually worthwhile activity. The would-be mighty Russian bear has so obviously failed in its aggressive expansionism. And will equally obviously try barbarically to overcompensate for its manifest failure.

by Anonymousreply 116June 2, 2025 6:42 PM

The Clash!

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by Anonymousreply 117June 2, 2025 6:49 PM

[quote]Gross comparison. The Israelis are the Russians of Israel/Palestine.

Nah, both Ukraine and Israel are facing an existential threat from hostile neighbours who are being armed by Iran.

That's why the US and Europe has been backing both countries, with some exception, e.g. Ireland and Hungary are both backing Iran/Russia for different reasons.

Now that's not to put Zelensky and Netanyahu on equal footing, the former is a hero and the latter a villain.

by Anonymousreply 118June 2, 2025 6:50 PM

Eire back Russia?! Can I snort a line of whatever you’ve got?

by Anonymousreply 119June 2, 2025 6:52 PM

[quote]Russian soldiers are very stolid and extremely tenacious

Maybe back in WWII when Russia was attacked and they were fighting Nazis. Since then, not so much.

by Anonymousreply 120June 2, 2025 7:04 PM

Ireland are most definitely backing Iran.

President Goblin's gushing letter to the President of Iran despite their status as a rogue state, blaming Israel for leaking it and Ireland's determination to redefine the meaning of genocide makes it clear who they are backing in war there. They want Israel to lose. They hate Israel. It is in their blood.

And like most on the far left Sinn Fein want Ireland to stop arming Ukraine but they are in opposition. They don't like Putin but they are fully relaxed about Russian aggression. Many in Ireland was full and unambiguous neutrality on all issues, including opposition to NATO.

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by Anonymousreply 121June 2, 2025 7:05 PM

Let’s not forget the Russian winters, r108.

SHE, more than anything, halted the German advance.

And the Ukrainians have proven tougher than the Russians by miles.

by Anonymousreply 122June 2, 2025 7:06 PM

R118 and R121 are right - both Ukraine and Israel are facing an existential threat from hostile neighbours who are being armed by Iran. Both are outnumbered, but definitely not outsmarted

Iran makes many of the drones that Russia is using against Ukraine

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by Anonymousreply 123June 2, 2025 7:14 PM

[Quote] Are you a professional asshole, or just a talented amateur? Let us know.

Spare us, ziono crazy.

The Russians have descaled that Ukraine doesn’t exist. It’s really THEIRS! They are entitled to take it over and annex it. There’s no such thing as a “Ukrainian.”

When these supposed “Ukrainians” fight back, they are TERRORISTS.

Now substitute the world Israelis for Russians, and Palestinians for Ukrainians. 100% match.

by Anonymousreply 124June 2, 2025 7:25 PM

Zelensky can sit on my face anytime!

by Anonymousreply 125June 2, 2025 7:25 PM

V8fascist as reliably dense and evil as ever.

by Anonymousreply 126June 2, 2025 7:27 PM

[Quote] The Russians have descaled

Should read

The Russians have declared

by Anonymousreply 127June 2, 2025 7:27 PM

R124 Cindy called: you can have that daughter of hers for what you will… just her view.

by Anonymousreply 128June 2, 2025 7:53 PM

Zelensky on Russia's proposal for a 2-3 day ceasefire: IDIOTS.

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by Anonymousreply 129June 2, 2025 8:27 PM

Ireland chose to be on the wrong side of history in WWII as well.

by Anonymousreply 130June 2, 2025 8:50 PM

[quote] It actually reminds me a lot of the Russo-Japanese War. The Russians were defending there. Their leaders were stunningly incompetent and the Russian soldier suffered tremendously for it. But the Japanese saluted their stubborn bravery.

And what has happened since then. We might be talking about the same ethnicity but that was generations ago. A distant memory discussed by historians like you. For which I am grateful.

Given Russian emigration to the west over the last thirty years I don't believe the same level of pride remains in homeland.

by Anonymousreply 131June 2, 2025 9:18 PM

R130 knows that the Irish Free State was legally “neutral”—only an asshole would infer some Axis link.

by Anonymousreply 132June 2, 2025 9:27 PM

Is being neutral in a war against Nazis a good thing?

by Anonymousreply 133June 2, 2025 9:34 PM

Ask the Swiss

by Anonymousreply 134June 2, 2025 9:52 PM

GO UKRAINE! Great news! Love it.

by Anonymousreply 135June 2, 2025 9:57 PM

This is such beautiful, beautiful news!

by Anonymousreply 136June 2, 2025 10:19 PM

It may have changed warfare in general

by Anonymousreply 137June 2, 2025 10:23 PM

I love that Dump and his MAGA White House thugs all dumped on and belittled Zelenskyy, saying Ukraine is nothing without the US and that Ukraine should just bend over without lube for Putin, and the Zelenskyy pulls this off. I wish Ukraine could just nuke Russia.

by Anonymousreply 138June 2, 2025 11:08 PM

That was awesome, R105. Flawlessly executed.

by Anonymousreply 139June 2, 2025 11:51 PM

[quote]I love that Dump and his MAGA White House thugs all dumped on and belittled Zelenskyy...

Zelenskyy had to sit and listen to never-soldier Trump proudly spew, "You don't hold any cards..." - while knowing that this meticulous sophisticated plan of modern warfare was well underway. It's been said so often, but always needs repeating, how colossal a moron history will judge Trump to be.

by Anonymousreply 140June 3, 2025 5:07 AM

Oh how I wish Zelensky would have stood up and bitch slapped trump and maybelline into next week !

by Anonymousreply 141June 3, 2025 5:15 AM

He kinda did by cunt punting their bestie, r141

by Anonymousreply 142June 3, 2025 5:41 AM

The Ukrainians mined the Kerch Bridge with 1100kg of TNT which was detonated today, damaging the underwater supports. It's the third time the bridge has been attacked...Russian security must be pretty lax.

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by Anonymousreply 143June 3, 2025 11:44 AM

R143 oh wow that's going to be a nightmare to fix. And expensive. Difficult enough in peacetime, doing underwater remedial work on bridge foundations, but under hostile fire that adds a whole other level of problems

by Anonymousreply 144June 3, 2025 11:51 AM

Russia is a shithole

by Anonymousreply 145June 3, 2025 12:30 PM

I hope he RUINS Russia. Ruins them. Scumbags

by Anonymousreply 146June 3, 2025 12:37 PM

The bridge was closed only for 2.5 hours. I guess Russia has not done much in the way of checking other bridge supports for attached TNT.

by Anonymousreply 147June 3, 2025 12:54 PM

R147, the Russians said that the bridge was closed only "temporarily" but that may prove only that they care about appearances rather than structural integrity.

by Anonymousreply 148June 3, 2025 1:17 PM

"Nice little country you have there. It would be a shame if something bad were to happen to it."

by Anonymousreply 149June 3, 2025 1:28 PM

[quote]"Nice little country you have there. It would be a shame if something bad were to happen to it."

"Oh we'll be fine Don, you're never likely to visit."

by Anonymousreply 150June 3, 2025 2:16 PM

The hits keep coming! A few hours ago Ukraine bombed out a part of the Crimean bridge. Russia needs that bridge.

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by Anonymousreply 151June 3, 2025 2:20 PM

(n/m, already posted, I hadn't refreshed the Replies)

by Anonymousreply 152June 3, 2025 2:22 PM

Cost efficient, too.

[QUOTE]Ukraine’s drones that attacked Russia‘s strategic fleet cost around $1000 . The SBU said they deployed ~160 drones. So the total cost was -$160000 (not counting trucks, logistics and operatives risking their lives). The effect: billions and billions of dollars lost for Russia. In fact, it’s impossible to even estimate the cost because assets like Tu-95 can’t be produced anymore.

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by Anonymousreply 153June 3, 2025 3:22 PM

Womp fucking womp, Pootz!

by Anonymousreply 154June 3, 2025 9:08 PM

The Russian General in charge of aircraft mysteriously fell out of a window yesterday, oh my!

by Anonymousreply 155June 3, 2025 11:37 PM

Vasyl Malyuk, who was in charge of orchestrating the drone attack. I wouldn't want him to get pissed off with me.

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by Anonymousreply 156June 3, 2025 11:41 PM

R155, I looked online and didn’t see anything confirming that. The general would be Sergey Kobylash, who famously bombed a children’s hospital. Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy.

by Anonymousreply 157June 3, 2025 11:46 PM

R156, Jesus is that what passes for 42 y/o in Russia?

by Anonymousreply 158June 3, 2025 11:48 PM

R158 - he probably looked like that at 12 too.

by Anonymousreply 159June 3, 2025 11:52 PM

He’s Ukrainian r158.

by Anonymousreply 160June 3, 2025 11:52 PM

😂

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by Anonymousreply 161June 4, 2025 12:40 PM

I dunno, they’ve found a few traitors with high level government positions now. It’s scary to think the effect they’ve had on Ukraine’s war effort.

by Anonymousreply 162June 4, 2025 2:32 PM

R162, interestingly, they weren’t in a position to squeal on the top secret drone strike, so my feeling is Ukraine may have had an idea who these people were, and waited until after the drone strike to have them arrested.

by Anonymousreply 163June 4, 2025 2:48 PM

well the above image is from February 12, 2025. So this guy was outed before the drone strike.

by Anonymousreply 164June 4, 2025 3:01 PM

The drone strike was planned directly by a small group of select trustworthy people including Zelensky himself, so it looks like the the head of counter terrorism at R161 wasnt in that select group.

And I am sure Ukraine has plenty of its own equivalent moles within the Russian administration, secret services and armed forces. Plenty of Russians hate Putin and with good reason, quite a few have some Ukrainian ancestry and/or connections

by Anonymousreply 165June 4, 2025 3:05 PM

Oh you’re right r164, thanks for picking that up. In any case, I think and hope the Ukrainians are on top of making sure they root out any moles.

by Anonymousreply 166June 4, 2025 3:35 PM

If the USA can survive having a Russian asset as POTUS they will be just fine too.

by Anonymousreply 167June 4, 2025 7:01 PM

You really believe the US will survive a second Trump term? Have you seen what he has already done in destroying our government in just 130 days?

by Anonymousreply 168June 4, 2025 7:48 PM

[quote][R130] knows that the Irish Free State was legally “neutral”—only an asshole would infer some Axis link.

There's neutral, and there's the Prime Minister signing a book of condolence at the German Embassy for Hitler.

But still, thank god for warmongers United Kingdom, France and Germany arming Ukraine while Ireland claims moral superiority.

The Irish Republicans Sinn Fein are disgusted Ukrainian weapons are being built in Belfast and paid for by UK taxpayers. Very similar to the Marjorie Taylor Greene approach.

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by Anonymousreply 169June 4, 2025 8:30 PM

So Sinn Fein would be alright if the UK annexed Ireland tomorrow, and the Irish would be wrong to fight their invader?

by Anonymousreply 170June 4, 2025 9:11 PM

Erm 170, have you ever heard of The Troubles?

That's essentially what Sinn Fein believed happened, and still believe is happening.

But yes, they believe in peace when it's other countries being invaded but can always justify killing English kids with bombs.

by Anonymousreply 171June 4, 2025 9:16 PM

In the nick of time.

[QUOTE]Russia planned operation Zeus' Lightning, largest-ever cruise missile attack on all of Ukraine for the night of June 1 to force Ukraine's hand at Istanbul the next day. Ukrainian drones destroyed many of these very bombers, already fueled, hours before they were to take-off.

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by Anonymousreply 172June 5, 2025 1:31 AM

Ha!

Their little planned attack to force Ukraine to capitulate blew up in their faces! Literally.

So they lost fully loaded bombers. Womp fucking womp, motherfucker!

by Anonymousreply 173June 5, 2025 3:00 AM
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