New footage: Ukranian P-18 Air defences being taken out in Sumy region: "The usual suspect #Kh35 missile variant U is probably the weapon used. The upgraded version of the Kh-35U was equipped with the latest active-passive radar system, which was hardware-software adapted to the selection of ground-based radio-contrast and radio-emitting targets. Furthermore, in the terminal sections of the trajectory the Kh-35U, is able to implement the "slide" mode with dive angles of about 80 degrees, overcoming the angular sectors of view of the radar illumination of enemy SAMs, previously rising to ascending sections near the "dead zones" of SAMs, to then fatally drop on them"
Ukraine struck Russian aviation factory in Voronezh region, Ukrainian spy source says By Reuters April 9, 20245:56 AM PDTUpdated 2 hours ago April 9 (Reuters) - Ukraine's military spy agency GUR struck a main production facility of a Russian aviation factory in Russia's Voronezh region, a Ukrainian intelligence source told Reuters. Russia's defence ministry said earlier on Tuesday that two drones were downed over the region. The source said the 711th aviation repair plant in the town of Borisoglebsk was hit https://www.reuters.com/world/europ...onezh-region-ukrainian-spy-source-2024-04-09/
Video Shows Russia's Prized EW Jamming System Destroyed in HIMARS Strike New footage appears to show a Ukrainian strike on an advanced Russian electronic warfare (EW) system in the south of the war-torn country, as both sides push on with hunting key drone and counter-drone assets along the frontlines. Ukraine apparently targeted a Russian Leer-3 EW system in Ukraine's southern Zaporizhzhia region, which is partly controlled by Moscow's forces. The video, which looks to have been posted by a Ukrainian serviceman and then shared on social media, is attributed to airborne drone specialists with Ukraine's 129th Territorial Defense Brigade. https://www.newsweek.com/russia-ele...aine-himars-strike-video-zaporizhzhia-1888312
It's astonishing how many open windows there are in Russian prisons. Another Russian Dissident Turns Up Dead in Kremlin Custody Alexander Demidenko had reportedly helped hundreds of Ukrainians flee Russia and return home. https://www.thedailybeast.com/russian-activist-alexander-demidenko-dies-in-kremlin-custody?ref=home
Sad video interview with Ukranian solider: Most injures wont get them taken off the battle field, they have to lose limbs:
Let's see what the Kremlin's church is up to... Oh, how "Christian" of them. Russian Orthodox Church declares “Holy War” against Ukraine and West https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blo...h-declares-holy-war-against-ukraine-and-west/ The Russian Orthodox Church has approved a remarkable new document that spells out the Kremlin’s intention to destroy Ukraine while also making the ideological argument for a broader confrontation with the Western world. The decree was issued during a March 27-28 congress of the World Russian People’s Council, which is headed by Russian Orthodox Church leader Patriarch Kirill. It calls the invasion of Ukraine a “Holy War” with the explicit aim of extinguishing Ukrainian independence and imposing direct Russian rule. Churches often issue decrees stating official positions on key issues, but rarely do these proclamations involve calls to violence or territorial ambitions. Russia is mentioned 53 times in the 3000-word document, underlining the very clear focus on the Russian state’s earthly interests. “From the spiritual and moral point of view, the Special Military Operation is a Holy War, in which Russia and its people are defending the single spiritual space of Holy Russia,” the document states, using the Kremlin’s preferred euphemism for the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The decree goes on to stress Ukraine’s status as part of the wider “Russian World,” while underlining the need to extinguish Ukrainian statehood once and for all. Following the conclusion of the current war, it states, “the entire territory of modern Ukraine should enter Russia’s exclusive zone of influence. The possibility of a political regime hostile to Russia and its people existing on this territory must be completely excluded.” (More at above url)