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    Quote Posted by Ravenlocke (here)
    https://x.com/Zlatti_71/status/1810211326834135087
    The FSB stopped an attempt to hijack a Russian aircraft carrying nuclear weapons to Ukraine.
    Not carrying nuclear weapons(!), but capable of doing so. Here's a better photo of the plane, which is a supersonic bomber, large, fast and advanced.



    This is an astonishing story, though it seems to make little practical sense. Besides embarrassing the Russians, what would they do with this aircraft?? If it fell into Ukrainian hands, the Russians would just destroy it immediately and easily, whether on the ground or in the air.

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    Hungarian Prime Minister Orban announced that he is going to Washington from Beijing.
    To meet with Trump, maybe...??? That would send the entire US and EU political circus into immediate rabid melt-down.
    There's a NATO summit in Washington very soon, this week or next.

    Is Hungary in NATO ?


    And . . . just on cue . . . a scandal to fill the news with for the summit.

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    • Russia Drops ODAB 1500 Bomb:

    The use of explosive weapons has long defined the brutality of war. But a new and particularly destructive weapon has entered the fray in Ukraine: the thermobaric bomb, also known as a "vacuum bomb." These devices unleash a devastating blast wave and consume surrounding oxygen, inflicting horrific injuries and causing widespread destruction.

    The battle for control of eastern Ukraine intensified in May 2024 as the Russian military ramps up its offensive in the Kharkiv region. The city of Volchansk has become a focal point, with Ukrainian forces facing a relentless barrage of artillery and air attacks.

    Then, on May 21st, the fight took a terrifying turn. Russia deployed the ODAB-1500 thermobaric bomb for the first time. This weapon, nicknamed the "Father of All Bombs'' by some, is designed to unleash a brutal combination of extreme heat and pressure, devastating anything caught in its path.

    The attack, reported by ANNA News, resulted in substantial damage to the building and inflicted severe casualties on the personnel inside. The exact extent of the losses remains under assessment. A video of the strike, shared on the Telegram channel Severen Veter, confirmed the involvement of the Russian air force, although the precise timing of the attack was not disclosed.
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    The Russian Defense Ministry has published evidence of Ukrainian biolabs producing toxic substances, and the Kiev regime's use of toxic chemicals against civilians.

    Russian forces discovered a chemical lab in Avdeyevka used for producing toxic substances, said Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, Head of the Troops of Radiological, Chemical and Biological Defense of the Russian Armed Forces. Found in a destroyed building, the lab could produce at least 3 kilograms of toxic chemicals daily. Analyses revealed the presence of sulfuric acid and sodium cyanide, suggesting toxin production.

    Furthermore, Ukraine used chloropicrin, mixed with chloroacetone, in areas like Donetsk and Gorlovka in May, and hydrocyanic acid in Belgorod's Graivoronsky District in June.

    https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1810355017750397288

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    ☢️ Ukraine's imports of spent nuclear fuel* is overseen by Volodymyr Zelensky's office head Andrei Yermak and sponsored by the Soros Foundation — Russian MoD

    The Ukrainian Armed Forces have used chloropicrin many times near Donetsk, Bogdanovka, Gorlovka, Kremennaya and Artemovsk, head of the Russian Chemical Defense Forces, Igor Kirillov, has said.

    In total, the ministry has recorded more than 400 cases of Ukraine's use of non-lethal toxic chemicals.

    Other statements by the military department:

    🔳 The United States and Germany, together with Ukraine and the technical secretariat of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, are preparing to launch a special mission to investigate the facts of the use of chemical weapons in Ukraine. Their goal is to bring charges against Russia based on fabricated evidence;

    🔳 The Americans have already allocated about $400,000 for the creation of such fakes;

    🔳 Ukraine continues to import spent nuclear fuel via Poland and Romania, turning it into a dumping ground for highly hazardous waste;

    🔳 Ukrainian assault groups are equipped with grenades with US-made C.S. substance, homemade chemical munitions;

    🔳 The Ukrainian military use analogs of the poisonous substance "Tabun" against Russian politicians in the liberated territories;

    🔳 Ukraine attacked Russian Armed Forces positions in Graivoron district of Belgorod region in June with a drone carrying a munition containing toxic hydrocyanic acid;

    🔳 A Ukrainian chemical laboratory, presumably for the production of poisonous substances, was found in one of the neighborhoods of Avdeevka;

    🔳 A number of Western publications expressed concern over Ukraine's creation of a "dirty bomb" using radiochemicals;

    🔳 The import of spent nuclear fuel to Ukraine is supervised by Andrei Yermak, head of Zelensky's office, and sponsored by the Soros Foundation.

    *Spent nuclear fuel is fuel that which has been withdrawn from a nuclear reactor following irradiation

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    ❗️More than 400 cases of Ukraine using non-lethal toxic chemicals have been recorded during the special military operation, said head of Russia's Radiation, Chemical and Biological Defense Troops Igor Kirillov.

    Kiev likewise uses chemical agents to combat riots on a regular basis, with assault groups being equipped with them.

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    https://x.com/tassagency_en/status/1810307256161861888



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    Moscow rejects Kiev’s allegations of Russian missile strike on civilian targets

    According to report, the Russian Armed Forces carried out a high-precision strike on Ukrainian defense industry sites and air bases in response to Kiev’s attempts to attack energy facilities inside Russia

    MOSCOW, July 8. /TASS/. The Ukrainian authorities’ allegations about a Russian missile strike on civilian targets are untrue, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.

    "The allegations made by Kiev officials about a deliberate Russian missile strike on civilian targets are absolutely untrue. Numerous photo and video reports from Kiev, which have been made public, make it clear that damage was done by a falling Ukrainian air defense missile launched from a missile system deployed within the city limits," the statement reads.

    According to the ministry, the Russian Armed Forces carried out a high-precision strike on Ukrainian defense industry sites and air bases in response to Kiev’s attempts to attack energy facilities inside Russia. All designated targets were hit.

    The Russian Defense Ministry pointed out that "the Kiev regime has been throwing such tantrums for years, each time ahead of a get-together (summit) of its NATO sponsors."

    "The goal of such provocations is to ensure the further inflow of funds for the Kiev regime and a continuation of the war until the last Ukrainian," the statement added.
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    Russian forces wipe out three US-made HIMARS rocket launchers in Ukraine operation

    Russia’s Battlegroup West inflicted more than 495 casualties on the Ukrainian army in its area of responsibility over the past day, the Defense Ministry reported

    MOSCOW, July 8. /TASS/. Russian forces destroyed three US-made HIMARS multiple rocket launchers and up to 10 foreign specialists responsible for their use over the past day in the special military operation in Ukraine, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Monday.

    "Operational/tactical aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile troops and artillery of the Russian groups of forces destroyed three US-made HIMARS multiple rocket launchers and up to 10 foreign specialists responsible for their use and struck massed enemy manpower and military hardware in 122 locations," the ministry said in a statement.

    Russia’s Battlegroup North strikes three Ukrainian brigades in Sumy Region over past day

    Russia’s Battlegroup North inflicted casualties on three Ukrainian army brigades in the Sumy Region over the past day, the ministry reported.

    "Battlegroup North units inflicted casualties on manpower and equipment of the Ukrainian army’s 115th mechanized, 106th and 116th territorial defense brigades in areas near the settlements of Veselovka, Basovka and Konstantinovka in the Sumy Region. Over the past 24 hours, they repelled three counterattacks by assault groups of the Ukrainian army’s 92nd assault brigade. The enemy’s losses amounted to 260 personnel," the ministry said.

    The Ukrainian army also lost four motor vehicles and a 152mm 2S3 Akatsiya motorized artillery system in that frontline area over the past 24 hours, it specified.

    Russia’s Battlegroup West inflicts over 495 casualties on Ukrainian army in past day

    Russia’s Battlegroup West inflicted more than 495 casualties on the Ukrainian army in its area of responsibility over the past day, the ministry reported.

    "Battlegroup West units gained more advantageous positions and inflicted casualties on formations of the Ukrainian army’s 103rd territorial defense brigade and 1st National Guard brigade in areas near the settlements of Stelmakhovka and Artyomovka in the Lugansk People’s Republic," the ministry said.

    The Ukrainian army’s losses in that frontline area over the past 24 hours amounted to more than 495 personnel, a tank, four armored combat vehicles, 14 motor vehicles and a US-made AN/TPQ-36 counterbattery radar station, it specified.

    In addition, Russian troops destroyed three field ammunition depots of the Ukrainian army, it said.

    Russia’s Battlegroup South inflicts over 570 casualties on Ukrainian army in past day

    Russia’s Battlegroup South inflicted more than 570 casualties on the Ukrainian army in its area of responsibility over the past day, the ministry reported.

    "Battlegroup South units improved their forward edge positions and inflicted casualties on manpower and equipment of the Ukrainian army’s 72nd mechanized and 80th air assault brigades in areas near the settlements of Konstantinovka and Belogorovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic. The enemy lost more than 570 personnel and nine motor vehicles," the ministry said.

    In counterbattery fire, Russian forces destroyed three US-made 155mm M198 howitzers, three 152mm D-20 howitzers, a 122mm 2S1 Gvozdika motorized artillery system, a 122mm D-30 howitzer, a US-made 105mm M119 howitzer and a US-manufactured AN/TPQ-50 counterbattery radar station, it specified.

    Russia’s Battlegroup Center inflicts over 385 casualties on Ukrainian army in past day

    Russia’s Battlegroup Center inflicted more than 385 casualties on the Ukrainian army and destroyed a US-made Abrams tank in its area of responsibility over the past day, the ministry reported.

    "Battlegroup Center units improved their tactical position and inflicted casualties on formations of the Ukrainian army’s 47th and 110th mechanized and 109th territorial defense brigades in areas near the settlements of Rozovka, Novgorodskoye and Novosyolovka Pervaya in the Donetsk People’s Republic. They repulsed five counterattacks by assault groups of the Ukrainian army’s 31st mechanized and 95th air assault brigades," the ministry said.

    The Ukrainian army’s losses in that frontline area over the past 24 hours totaled more than 385 personnel, a US-made M1A1 Abrams tank, three motor vehicles, a 122mm D-30 howitzer and a US-made 105mm M119 howitzer, it specified.

    Russia’s Battlegroup East advances to better positions over past day

    Russia’s Battlegroup East gained better positions and inflicted casualties on two Ukrainian army brigades in its area of responsibility over the past day, the ministry reported.

    "Battlegroup East units took more advantageous positions and inflicted casualties on manpower and equipment of the Ukrainian army’s 72nd mechanized and 58th motorized infantry brigades in areas near the settlements of Vodyanoye and Prechistovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic," the ministry said.

    Russian forces also repelled an attack by assault groups of the Ukrainian army’s 123rd territorial defense brigade, it said.

    Russia’s Battlegroup East inflicts 140 casualties on Ukrainian army over past day

    Russia’s Battlegroup East inflicted roughly 140 casualties on the Ukrainian army in its area of responsibility over the past day, the ministry reported.

    "During the last 24-hour period, the Ukrainian army lost as many as 140 personnel, an armored combat vehicle, eight motor vehicles, a UK-made 155mm FH70 howitzer and a 152mm D-20 artillery gun. Also, an electronic warfare station of the Ukrainian army was destroyed," the ministry said.

    Russia’s Battlegroup Dnepr inflicts 90 casualties on Ukrainian army over past day

    Russia’s Battlegroup Dnepr inflicted roughly 90 casualties on the Ukrainian army in its area of responsibility over the past day, the ministry reported.

    "Battlegroup Dnepr units inflicted casualties on manpower and equipment of the Ukrainian army’s 128th mountain assault brigade near the settlement of Nesteryanka in the Zaporozhye Region. The Ukrainian army’s losses amounted to 90 personnel, five motor vehicles, a UK-made 155mm FH70 howitzer and two 152mm D-20 howitzers," the ministry said.

    Russian air defenses destroy 30 Ukrainian UAVs, five HIMARS rockets over past day

    Russian air defense forces destroyed 30 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), four Hammer smart bombs and five HIMARS rockets over the past day, the ministry reported.

    "During the last 24-hour period, air defense capabilities shot down four French-made Hammer guided aerial bombs, five US-made HIMARS rockets and 30 unmanned aerial vehicles," the ministry said.

    In all, the Russian Armed Forces have destroyed 626 Ukrainian warplanes, 277 helicopters, 27,344 unmanned aerial vehicles, 540 surface-to-air missile systems, 16,528 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,369 multiple rocket launchers, 11,556 field artillery guns and mortars and 23,453 special military motor vehicles since the start of the special military operation, the ministry reported.
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    China’s Xi says Ukraine ceasefire in everybody’s interests

    The Chinese leader also highlighted the need "to contribute to de-escalation as soon as possible"

    BEIJING, July 8. /TASS/. Ukraine and Russia would be better served laying down their arms and finding a diplomatic solution to their problems, Chinese leader Xi Jinping said at a meeting with visiting Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

    "It is in the interests of all parties to end hostilities and find a political solution as soon as possible," China’s state broadcaster CCTV quoted Xi as saying. "At present, following three principles is of paramount importance: preventing fire from going beyond the battlefield, preventing escalation and preventing anyone from fueling the conflict," Xi insisted.

    He also highlighted the need "to contribute to de-escalation as soon as possible."
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    From zero to "hero" in five weeks: Why NATO training doesn't help Ukrainians

    Over 40,000 Ukrainian troops have completed training as part of the UK-led Operation Interflex, Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said during a press conference with his British counterpart John Healy in Odessa on July 7.

    What's wrong with the much-touted NATO training of Ukrainian troops and can it prove effective?

    ▪️Operation Interflex, launched in June 2022, was designed to train ordinary Ukrainian men and women with little to no previous military experience "to survive and be effective in frontline combat," as per the UK government's website.

    ▪️Interflex's course is delivered over five weeks and includes "weapons handling, battlefield first aid, Law of Armed Conflict training, patrol tactics and rural environment training."

    ▪️Retired US Army Major General Paul E. Vallely and ex-Pentagon analyst Michael Maloof explained to Sputnik that it's virtually impossible to turn a Ukrainian soldier from zero to hero in five weeks or so.

    ▪️The training Ukrainian troops receive in different NATO countries also lacks uniformity which complicates combat coordination, CIA veteran Larry Johnson told Sputnik.

    ▪️Battlefield assessment by Germany’s Bundeswehr leaked during Kiev's botched counteroffensive in July 2023 said the Ukrainian military was failing to implement NATO training.

    ▪️Ukrainian soldiers slammed NATO training for being "rigid", "ineffective", and taken from manuals that were at odds with the realities on the ground in Ukraine.

    ▪️Politico reported in September 2023 that Ukrainian soldiers' training was based on NATO counterinsurgency warfare in Afghanistan and Iraq.

    ▪️Jack Watling of the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) wrote in July 2023 that NATO troops and instructors appear unprepared for conventional warfare. Much of the training provided has been poorly designed and complicated by "bureaucratic constraints," as per the British analyst.

    https://x.com/SputnikInt/status/1810342448385671672

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    ‘Untrue’: Russia slams Ukrainian claim of attack on civilian targets
    Claims by Ukrainian officials that Russia deliberately attacked civilian targets in Kiev on Monday are “absolutely untrue,” the Defense Ministry in Moscow has stated.

    The Ukrainian capital was rocked by a series of powerful explosions earlier in the day, according to numerous videos published by local media. Civilians on the ground were reportedly injured.

    Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has accused Moscow of deliberately targeting a prominent children’s hospital, claiming that “it’s impossible that Russia does not know where its missiles fly and must fully answer for its crimes.”

    Ukrainian Interior Minister Igor Klimenko has branded Russia “a nation of terrorists and scum,” adding that at least seven people were killed in the capital.

    The Russian military confirmed firing a barrage of long-range missiles on Monday, but stressed that it was targeting military factories and airfields in Ukraine.

    “Claims by representatives of the Kiev regime alleging a purportedly deliberate Russian strike on civilian sites are absolutely not true,” the statement said.

    “Numerous photos and videos from Kiev irrefutably confirm destruction by a Ukrainian anti-aircraft missile, which was fired by a launcher positioned inside the city,” it stated.

    Russia reportedly used hypersonic air-launched Kinzhal missiles in the barrage. Senior Ukrainian officials have claimed that the weapons are vulnerable to interception by Patriot missile systems. Last week, a senior air defense commander said that no Kinzhal had pierced the American-made shield so far, despite Moscow firing over 20 of them.

    “All the Kinzhal missiles launched at the Ukrainian capital since the deployment of Patriot systems was announced were successfully stopped. Not a single ballistic missile since May 2023 reached its target in the capital,” Colonel Sergey Yaryomenko, commander of the 96th air defense brigade, told the Ukrinform news outlet.

    Moscow has previously said that Kiev exaggerates its interception rates. The Ukrainians claim to have shot down more Kinzhals than Russian forces have actually deployed, according to senior Russian military officials.

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    https://x.com/RT_com/status/1810378315091345827



    https://www.rt.com/russia/600622-estonia-bunker-tests/

    EU state testing bunker designs
    Estonian authorities are planning to build a defensive line along the border with Russia by 2025

    Estonia is preparing to test a series of prototype bunkers, set to be part of a fortification line along its 294-kilometer border with Russia, the news outlet ERR reported on Monday.

    The project is set to include 600 bunkers and is expected to cost Estonian taxpayers some €60 million ($65 million). The government is still deciding on a final design for the bunkers, and is currently considering three different models. The Estonian Defense Forces will be testing the prototypes in September by firing 155-millimeter shells at them.

    The government is yet to determine the exact locations of the structures, but the procurement process for building them has already concluded. The head of the infrastructure department at the State Center for Defense Investment, Kadi-Kai Kollo, told ERR that authorities are looking to place the bunkers on state-owned land, but will also be in talks with private landowners by the end of the year.

    The construction of the so-called ‘Baltic Defense Line’ was initially announced in January by Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur. Latvia and Lithuania have also joined the project.

    In addition to the bunkers, the defense line is set to feature anti-tank barriers, concrete triangles dubbed ‘dragon’s teeth’, razor wire, and anti-tank mines. It is noted, however, that these devices would only be put in place in the event of a conflict.

    The authorities in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius, announced last week that they had drawn up plans to ring the entire city with anti-tank obstacles, namely steel-beam ‘hedgehogs’ and concrete dragon’s teeth structures, before the end of the year.

    Mayor Valdas Benkunskas said the city expects to have the obstacles ready by the fall of this year, claiming that Vilnius is “one of the main military targets, so it is necessary to do everything possible, in addition to military measures, to protect it.”

    A number of NATO countries, particularly those in eastern Europe, have recently claimed that Moscow might choose to attack a member of the US-led military bloc once the conflict in Ukraine is concluded. The alleged threat has been used by the Western leaders as justification for increasing military spending and providing additional support for Kiev.

    Moscow has vehemently denied plans to attack any EU or NATO nation, dismissing such concerns as propaganda. Russian President Vladimir Putin has suggested that such claims by Western leaders are “utter nonsense and intimidation of their own population just to beat money out of them.”
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    ‼️🇷🇺🇺🇦💥 As far as #Russians deliberately hitting a children's hospital in Kiev, here's a video and a photo by Ukrainian sources.

    The photo depicts the remains of an air defense missile with striking elements.

    The video depicts not a single child being rescued but, instead, a bunch of military, some with their backpacks on, which is not usually seen during rescue operations and is indicative of them leaving their quarters with their stuff in a hurry.

    In short, it appears Ukrainians hit their own quarters with their own air defense. #Ukraine

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    Russia was targeting military objects in Kiev, and the strike on the hospital was caused by an AIM-120 air defense missile from the NASAMS system used by the Ukrainian side. This is evidenced by the proportional dimensions of the missile (diameter and length) and the nature of the damage (collapse of only a small part of the building and shrapnel damage on neighboring buildings). Footage showing shrapnel typical of air defense missiles was shared directly on Ukrainian Telegram channels.

    The length of the AIM-120 missile is 366 cm, the diameter is 17.8 cm, and the length-to-diameter ratio is 1/20.6. For the X-101, these parameters are 745 cm, 74.2 cm, with a ratio of 1/10, and for the Kh-55, they are 588 cm, 51.4 cm, with a ratio of 1/11.4. In the screenshot from the video, it is clearly visible that even with the angle of the footage, the length of the missile exceeds its diameter by more than 15 times.

    Indirect evidence includes the absence of the characteristic sound of Russian missile engines (the whistle in the second video is present but differs from that of a X-101) and the arrival of the projectile from the western direction.

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    🚨🇺🇦 Pro-Ukraine Telegram channel ADMITS that Ukraine bombed the hospital & lied about it;

    "The Office of the President made a mistake by instructing propaganda to widely promote the video and compare it to Patriot in order to convince Ukrainians that the enemy struck the hospital. It’s easy to compare photos of the X-101 on the internet and then look at the NASMAS missile to understand the simple truth: our air defense hit Okhmatdyt. For Bankova, it is now important to use the tragedy for a new emotional wave before the NATO summit, but by comparing the video and photos, we will face a major scandal in the future when Western journalists write about it." - RezidentUA

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    🇷🇺⚔️🇺🇦The Russian Armed Forces break through the defenses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Pokrovsky direction:

    What is known about the Russian offensive in this section of the Northern Military District zone?

    ❗️ Units of the Russian Armed Forces in a short period knocked out the enemy from the villages of Sokol, Novopokrovskoye, Umanskoye, Yasnobrodovka and Netailovo. This success was partly the result of a mistake by the Ukrainian command and the flight of the defeated 115th brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Ocheretino, writes Sputnik Near Abroad;

    ❗️The elite 47th brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was pulled out to “put out the fire.” It had to destroy half of its M1A1SA Abrams tanks and M2A2 Bradley ODS-SA fighting vehicles just to delay the advance of the Russian Armed Forces along the Durnaya River;

    ❗️The hope of Ukrainians was another line of fortifications. But she was not destined to save the situation. The Russian Aerospace Forces crushed it with FAB-500 and FAB-1500 aerial bombs with UMPC. Now the enemy hopes to get a hold on the Volchya River;

    ❗️New successes in this sector of the front became possible due to the fact that the reserves of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were constrained by a series of strikes by the Russian Armed Forces. They have to defend in the South Donetsk, Toretsk and Kupyansk directions, as well as maintain a group on the border with Russia.

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    🇷🇺🇺🇦Regarding questions about what kind of missile hit the hospital in Kiev.

    1. Here is the rocket caught in the video.
    2. Russian X-101 rocket
    3. Anti-aircraft missile SAM "Patriot PAC-3"
    4. NASAMS anti-aircraft missile

    The conclusions, in my opinion, are obvious.

    Thanks to the resident of Kiev who photographed this rocket.

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    ‼️🇷🇺💥🇺🇦 In Krivoy Rog, a plant owned by oligarch Akhmetov, which manufactures equipment for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, has been destroyed.

    The footage shows the aftermath of a missile strike on the northern mining and processing plant of the "Metinvest" holding, which produces modular bunkers for the Ukrainian Armed Forces and other. #Ukraine #Russia

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