⚡️🇷🇺 🇺🇦🎯 Our AFU Sources shared Details of the Patriot Air Defence System Destruction at the Zhulyany Airport in #Kiev⚡️

🔹 In Total, there were three launchers in the positional area.

One was destroyed, the second was seriously damaged, but survived. The third launcher escaped damage.

Two installations stood side by side, and the third was behind the building. The Russian "Dagger" flew between the installations, but closer to the first. There was a detonation of fuel.

Scraps of the first installation and pieces of soil/asphalt riddled the second.

🔹 Why the third Installation in Zhulyany was not involved and did not participate in repelling the blow (or, at least, its launches were not caught on video) is a question to which we have no answer.

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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ #Chronicle of the Special Military Operation for 16 May 2023⚡️

🔹 The Key Event of the past day was a massive strike on #Kiev, as a result of which one MIM-104 Patriot anti-aircraft missile system was destroyed, and another was damaged, but survived.

🔹 At the same Time, at the front, the assault squads of the PMC "Wagner" cleared two fortified areas of the AFU - "Constructor" and "Nest". The remaining units of the Ukrainian formations settled in the Domino area.

🔹 And at the Moment, an air alert has been announced in many Ukrainian regions in connection with the next launch of missiles and drones on enemy targets.

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◾A street shooting between Azov members and other armed group (unidentified) in residential streets of Zaporozhye had the locals fearing for their own lives.

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According to one of the NATO officers who provided headquarters support for counterattacks on the flanks of the Bakhmut group on May 12, Ukraine suffered one of the biggest losses since 2014 - 1,725 people were killed.

The strikes of the 2nd Azov brigade on the southern flank and two mechanized brigades and one motorized rifle battalion on the northern flank were stopped, and the losses amounted to one regiment.

The rapid withdrawal of Russian troops to the plain and the shelling of Russian tanks, artillery and Russian aircraft on the line of defense prepared at high altitudes led to heavy losses.

A large number of foreign mercenaries and far-right groups are stuck in Bakhmut. The Armed Forces of Ukraine have been trying for several days to ease the pressure on the group so that it can be withdrawn, but Russia nullifies these attempts with a massive bombardment.

👉Not sure where they got this info from to be honest... But I'll post it anyway

👉👉👉 Ukrainian Post
Avdiyivka

The enemy is concentrating its efforts on the offensive from Krasnohorivka-Kamyanka in the direction of AKHZ and the northeastern outskirts of the city.

Similarly - from Vodyanyi-Opytny to the southern outskirts of Avdiivka.

In both cases, there were no successes.

From Novobakhmutivka in the direction of Alexandropol, the occupiers went to storm again. They had prizes in the form of tickets to a Kobzon concert.

Very heavy fighting continues in Pervomaiskyi, the enemy is pushing towards the western outskirts. Ours are holding on!

The general situation remains difficult. The Defense Forces are steadfastly defending the entire direction!

🇷🇺🇺🇸🇺🇦 And here is that the US television network CNN, citing its sources, actually confirms that in today's night attack, the Russian armed forces managed to hit a Patriot launcher in Kiev.

The journalists, however, make a caveat and speak only of damage, not destruction, of the SAM system. And the damage is now supposedly being assessed to determine whether to send it for maintenance outside Ukraine or try to make repairs locally.

📌 But even if the US is not really trying to put a good face on a bad game, in any case the expensive launcher with the latest generation of munitions is at least temporarily out of action.

We can only highlight the performance of the Russian Armed Forces: despite the launch of up to 32 missiles, "Dagger" was able to successfully circumvent the Ukrainian anti-aircraft defence and destroy the US SAM system. In this context, there is no need to comment on the statements of the Kiev authorities on the interception of all targets.

"EXCEPTIONAL IN ITS DENSITY" ATTACK ON UKRAINIAN CAPITAL

📋🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ Two Majors #Report for the Morning of 17 May 2023; pub. 07:04📍

🔴 Against the Enemy Territory, air, ground and ship-based missiles, as well as UAV kamikaze strikes were carried out overnight. Explosions were heard in #Nikolayev, #Slavyansk, #Kramatorsk, #Kharkov, #Dnepropetrovsk, #Poltava and #Zaporozhye regions.

▪️ In #Artyomovsk, the advance is up to 200m. The enemy controls 1.46 km square. There is 1 building in the high-rise area under the control of the AFU. A block below Yubileynaya Street and a section of the private sector to the capture of #Bakhmut remain.
➖ The situation on the flanks is partially stabilized, with the enemy in our occupied strongholds under constant RF Armed Forces fire.

▪️ In the #Kherson direction, there are artillery duels.

🔵 In #Zaporozhye Region - a missile strike by the AFU on #Berestovoye village of Berdyansk district hit a grain elevator and warehouses. Hit a grain elevator and warehouses. At the same time, the vast majority of the missiles were shot down by the air defence while still crossing the front line.
➖ Enemy offensives are expected in the #Pologi and #Orekhov area with the objective of reaching the Sea of Azov. The work of enemy agents and spotters has intensified.

▪️ From the #Kursk region, it was reported that in the locality of #Glushkovo, a border guard checkpoint came under fire from the AFU with the help of drones on May 16. 5 people were injured.

▪️ On the DPR, the enemy fired 357 rounds of ammunition. #Gorlovka, #Golmovsky, #Zaytsevo, #Ozeryanovka, #Panteleymonovka, Krasny Partizan, #Yasinovataya, #Donetsk, #Aleksandrovka and #Yevgenovka came under fire. A civilian was wounded.

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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ Frontline #Summary for the Morning of 17 May 2023; pub. 08:01⚡️

🔹 In the #Zaporozhye Direction, Russian troops shelled #Kamenskoye, #Orekhov, Malaya Tokmachka, #Belogorye, #Gulyaypolskoye, #Zheleznodorozhnoye, #Gulyaypole, #Malinovka and #Olgovskoye.
💥 The AFU launched strikes against #Tokmak and #Berdyansk. (Fig. 1)

🔹 On the #Donetsk Front, the RF Armed Forces, supported by artillery, conducted assault actions in the city limits of #Maryinka and on the southwestern outskirts of #Avdeyevka. Ukrainian troops held their positions.
💥 AFU positions came under fire in #Novomikhaylovka, #Georgiyevka, #Ostrom, #Krasnogorovka, #Pervomayskoye, #Karlovka, #Lastochkino, #Steponoye (#Petrovskoye), Nyu-York (#Novgorodskoye), #Petrovka, #Toretsk, #Zheleznoye, #Severnoye (a settlement northwest of #Gorlovka), and #Druzhba.
💥 The Ukrainian army hit #Donetsk and #Vodyanoye. (Fig. 2)

🔹 Southwest of #Bakhmut, Russian forces counterattacked near #Ivanovskoye (#Krasnoye) after artillery strikes. They failed to regain their lost positions.
➖ In the town itself, the Wagner PMCs, supported by artillery, continued their assault in the western and northern parts. There is an advance. "Musicians" drove a wedge between the last areas of the Ukrainian garrison's defence and reached the road from #Bakhmut to #Khromovo.
➖ Russian forces counterattacked near Orekhovo-Vasilyevka and #Minkovka. They managed to regain control of a number of abandoned lines.
💥 The RF Armed Forces launched strikes against Aleksandro-Shultino, #Konstantinovka, #Stupochki, #Bogdanovka, #Grigorovka, #Spornoye, and #Verkhnekamenskoye.
💥 The AFU hit the positions of the Wagner PMCs in #Bakhmut. (Fig. 3)

🔹 In the #Lugansk Direction, Russian troops attacked in #Novoselovskoye and from the previously occupied #Masyutovka. In the latter area they managed to reach the #Oskol River.
💥 Under fire the AFU positions in #Belogorovka, #Makeyevka, #Stelmakhovka, #Berestovoye, #Tabayevka, #Kislovka, #Kupyansk, #Kondrashovka, #Zapadnoye, #Dvurechnaya, #Novomlynsk, #Figolevka, #Krasnoye Pervoye, #Mitrofanovka, #Kamenka and #Dvurechenskoye. (Fig. 4)

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⚡️🇷🇺🇺🇦⚔️ #Highlights of Russian Military Operation in #Ukraine on 16 May 2023⚡️

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◾US Turns Blind Eye To Human Rights Violations By Its Proxies.

◾The US has deliberately ignored the backgrounds or activities of its proxies, brushing aside their human rights violations and war crimes, newly released documents show.

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‼️🇺🇦🏴‍☠️🇷🇺🇺🇸Zelensky shot down all the "Daggers" over Kiev: the clown was not informed that CNN had already recognized the hit of the rocket on the Patriot
In the evening address, the drug-addicted president also thanked the military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for 18 out of 18 missiles shot down. “Therefore, we are constantly working on visits that will bring more opportunities, more Patriot, IRIS-T, Crotale, Hawk, NASAMS systems,” Zelensky said.

🇷🇺🇺🇦 On AFU use of latest US anti-aircraft missiles

In an attempt to repel a Russian attack on targets in Kiev today, the AFU made extensive use of air defence assets. However, components of the anti-aircraft missiles fired landed directly on the streets and captured the lenses of photographers.

Images of the munition debris made it possible to determine precisely the type of missiles used by the Ukrainian formations that night: they turned out to be US Cost Reduction Initiative (CRI) PAC-3s, as evidenced by their distinctive design elements.

These high-speed interceptors were first tested in 2011 and are used from 16-round M902 launchers of the US MIM-104 Patriot system. The remains of these elements found on the streets of Kiev objectively confirm the transfer of the latest missile defence systems to the AFU.

📌 The supply of these missiles together with the transfer of other Western-made SAMs indicates the serious intentions of NATO countries to "close the sky" over the Ukrainian capital.

Still, these weapons are not a panacea: according to video footage, at least one missile fired by the Russian Armed Forces hit the target, impacting exactly in the positioning zone of the Ukrainian air defence. It is very likely that today the AFU has one less Patriot launcher.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦🚀💥 After the alleged destruction of the PATRIOT PAC3 batteries in Kiev by the Kinzhal hypersonic missile, confirmed by the Russian Ministry of Defense, the analysts of the "Guerras y Geopoliticas" channel allowed themselves to make 2 analyses, here is the first

First of all, it is important to highlight the cost benefit of the Patriot system, and it is what we will analyze below:

💬Each PAC3 battery costs the US Army about $500 million, presumably the export version is worth twice as much and is degraded in functionality so its secrets don't fall into enemy hands.
PAC3 missiles cost $5-8 million each, at least 30 PAC3 missiles were used in kyiv meaning at least $150 million dollars were spent in kyiv on those shots. With the destruction of the 2 Patriot batteries in kyiv, more than $1 billion was spent and lost.

It is important to count the loss of life among the competent personnel operating these highly complex batteries, these batteries are operated by dozens of specialized personnel. We are convinced that they were experienced contractors or NATO units, possibly German and American.

Finally, to all these expenses and losses, which this destruction of the patriot meant, one must consider the impacts of the residues of the 30 PAC3 missiles launched on buildings, cars, infrastructure and lives in Kiev.

Now, speaking of the cost of the Kinzhal hypersonic missile, it can be said that it is valued at $2 million each missile, if one or at most 2 were used to destroy the air defenses of the Kiev Patriot, we make a total expense of $4 million for Russia. If we compare the expenses between Russia and Ukraine in these attacks and defenses, we are talking about an abysmal expense made by the Ukrainian regime, which will be VERY expensive for the US

It is important to note that the West has never had good air defenses as its vision of war is to gain magical and instant “acquired” air supremacy by having a larger fleet of NATO aircraft than Russia. NATO and its stealth planes: F117 (defeated by Soviet air defenses in Yugoslavia), F22 (which has only shot down a defenseless little Chinese balloon), F35 (which is not really stealthy when it has big bombs outside its fuselage), and the B2 Bomber demonstrate where the American priority was.

While the Soviets followed by the Russians developed excellent multilayer and integrated air defenses. It is not just the S-300, S-400 and S-500 but the Tor, Pantsir and Buk that complete the Russian air defense shield. As of today, the only air defense system that boasts of shooting down hypersonic (non-ballistic) cruise missiles is the S-500 Prometheus operated by Russia and which has not been exported like the S-400.

The official score in kyiv:
🇺🇸 Patriot PAC3 -30 vs +1 🇷🇺 Kinzhal

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About deliveries of German Vector/Scorpion UAVs to Ukraine

German UAV manufacturer Quantum-Systems GmbH will transfer 105 Vector reconnaissance drones to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The drones will be sent as part of a new military aid package for Ukraine, announced by the German Defense Ministry on May 13. It will be the largest in the history of the Ukrainian conflict: the cost of weapons will be almost $3 billion, which is approximately equal to the total volume of all previous deliveries from Germany since February 24, 2022.

This is the second batch of Vectors supplied under contracts between the governments of Germany and Ukraine: last year, the Ukrainian army also received several dozen UAVs of the same model.

🔻The main feature of this drone is that it can be assembled as a fixed-wing UAV (Vector modification) or as a tricopter (Scorpion modification). The main characteristics also depend on the type of modification.

▪️ The drone can fly up to 2-3 hours at speeds up to 72 km/h . Electro-optical and infrared sensors allow it to detect targets at any time of the day.

▪️ The Vector/Scorpion UAV is transported in a special backpack, assembled in 2-3 minutes and takes off vertically without the need for a takeoff site. To perform reconnaissance functions, it is equipped with near-silent electric motors and the ability to broadcast video to ground stations in real time over secure communication channels.

🔻 Our colleagues from Germany @Ubersicht_Ukraine_Kanal note another feature of the drone: it can carry a payload ( for example, an explosive ) weighing 700-800 grams in a special compartment.

It is likely that drones will be put into service with individual UAV strike companies in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, created at the beginning of this year.

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🇵🇱 Radiation spikes in the air appeared in eastern Poland

Yesterday in Lublin the measuring instruments recorded a sharp increase in bismuth levels by 6-7 times.

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