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(18-01-2025, 10:12 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: Putin said the fresh bombardment was a "response" to Ukrainian strikes on his territory with Western missiles.
The nearly three-year war has seen a sharp escalation in recent days, with both sides deploying new weapons in a bid to gain the upper hand before United States President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January. We do not rule out the use of Oreshnik against the military, military-industrial or decision-making centres, including in Kyiv," Putin told a press conference in the Kazakh capital Astana, referring to the hypersonic missile.
Kyiv's govt district - an area of the capital where multiple government buildings are located - is protected with intense security, but fears for it have risen over the last week. Russia tested its new Oreshnik ballistic missile on Ukraine last week, and Putin boasted on Thursday that firing several of the weapons at once would have the equivalent force of a nuclear strike, or a "meteorite" hit.
Kremlin chief said overnight barrage was a "response to continued attacks on their territory by (US) ATACMS missiles". "As I have said repeatedly, we'll always be a response from our side."
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The Russian leader spoke hours after the overnight barrage that left more than half a million in Ukraine's western Lviv region cut off from electricity. Another 280,000 in the western Rivne region and 215,000 in the northwestern Volyn region also lost power, officials said. Ukraine's emergency services said the Russian overnight strikes inflicted damage in 14 regions across the country, with the nation's west hard-hit.
Zelenskyy said that Russia had also fired "cluster munitions" during the attack, calling it a "very despicable escalation of Russian terrorist tactics".
US President Joe Biden on Thursday said the attack showed the "urgency" of backing Kyiv ahead of Trump's return to office in January.
"This attack is outrageous and serves as yet another reminder of the urgency and importance of supporting the Ukrainian people in their defence against Russian aggression," Biden said in a statement.
AFP journalists in the capital heard blasts ring out overnight as air defence systems targeted Russian drones and missiles, with locals crowding into the underground metro system for cover.
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(18-01-2025, 10:16 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: Kremlin chief said overnight barrage was a "response to continued attacks on their territory by (US) ATACMS missiles". "As I have said repeatedly, we'll always be a response from our side."
Ukraine is producing this year 30,000 newer drone missiles that goes over thousand milles.Into Russia territory...
https://youtu.be/4efgN2Qcyuk?si=N9v4JzhxmgPrfTWo
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(19-01-2025, 04:16 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote:
Here are many more drone missiles in Ukraine list.
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Forbes: Russia promises soldiers 10-day leave for capturing Ukrainian “Baba Yaga” drones it can’t build. The $20,000 heavy Ukrainian UAVs have so rattled Russian defenses that commanders offer extended leave bounties while technicians refurbish captured drones for their own use.
https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/01/18/f...ant-build/
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[size=11]Ukrainian heavy Vampire drone. Photo: Ukrinform
Forbes: Russia promises soldiers 10-day leave for capturing Ukrainian “Baba Yaga” drones it can’t build
Ukraine’s fleet of heavy drone bombers, known to Russian forces as Baba Yagas, are playing a crucial but often overlooked role in the war, Forbes reports. These night bombers are inflicting significant casualties on Russian forces, though their impact is frequently underreported due to the challenges of interpreting thermal imagery footage.[/size][/size]
Quote:[size=11][size=11][size=11]“The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense acquired more than 2,000 heavy bomber drones through official channels last year,” technology journalist David Hambling writes, noting that the entire fleet costs approximately half the price of a single F-16 fighter jet, with each drone valued at around $20,000[/size][/size][/size]
https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/01/18/f...ant-build/
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(19-01-2025, 11:30 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: 18
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[size=11]Ukrainian heavy Vampire drone. Photo: Ukrinform
Forbes: Russia promises soldiers 10-day leave for capturing Ukrainian “Baba Yaga” drones it can’t build
Ukraine’s fleet of heavy drone bombers, known to Russian forces as Baba Yagas, are playing a crucial but often overlooked role in the war, Forbes reports. These night bombers are inflicting significant casualties on Russian forces, though their impact is frequently underreported due to the challenges of interpreting thermal imagery footage.[/size][/size]
https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/01/18/f...ant-build/
Ukrainian Ministry of Defense acquired more than 2,000 heavy bomber drones through channels last year,” technology journalist David Hambling writes, noting that the entire fleet costs approximately half the price of a single F-16 fighter jet, with each drone valued at around $20,000. These unmanned aircraft, which include varieties such as Vampire, R18, Nemesis, & Kazhan (Bat), carry substantial payloads of 20-40 pounds can strike targets up to 12 miles away.
“They are frequently targeted: the Russians will attempt to locate their position by their radio emissions, or will follow the drone back to them with a quadcopter,” Hambling writes, highlighting the dangerous conditions under which Ukrainian drone teams operate.
OSINT analyst: “Ukraine has pivoted to using heavy bomber drones to destroy vehicles, and posts tremendous numbers of losses per day using this method,” Perpetua notes on X. The impact of these drones has been so significant that Russian forces have begun repurposing captured Ukrainian drones for their own use. They are even “creating a supply chain to keep their trophy bombers in service,” according to OSINT analyst Roy.
The psychological impact on Russian forces is also notable. According to Hambling’s reporting, Russian soldiers can claim 10 days’ vacation for downing one of these drones, and folklore has emerged about the Baba Yagas “swooping down at night to carry away wounded Russian soldiers in their metal claws.”
In another news: Forbes: Russian tank dies lonely death in broad daylight as five Ukrainian drones strike. Ukraine’s largest air assault targets fuel and defense industries in 12 Russian regions
Frontline report: North Koreans face catastrophic losses near Kruglenkoe as Ukrainians reclaim positions
ISW: All 12,000 North Korean troops in Kursk may be (mostly all) maybe lost by April 2025.
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(19-01-2025, 11:20 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: Forbes: Russia promises soldiers 10-day leave for capturing Ukrainian “Baba Yaga” drones it can’t build. The $20,000 heavy Ukrainian UAVs have so rattled Russian defenses that commanders offer extended leave bounties while technicians refurbish captured drones for their own use.
https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/01/18/f...ant-build/
While full extent of damage inflicted by these night bombers may not be known until after the war, Hambling’s report suggests they represent a significant advancement in Ukraine’s drone warfare capabilities and a crucial element of their military strategy.
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Donald Trump’s plan to visit China within 100 days in office may pose a “real diplomatic dilemma” for Beijing but is “highly possible”, isit “highly possible”???...to
the observers?.
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(18-01-2025, 10:16 PM)Tee tiong huat Wrote: Kremlin chief said overnight barrage was a "response to continued attacks on their territory by (US) ATACMS missiles". "As I have said repeatedly, we'll always be a response from our side."
Putin / Ruizzian sending disabled soldiers to fight in eastern Ukraine occupy by Putin soldiers army.
https://www.youtube.com/live/yCvZROwic6o...UOPA0m_Srk
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Trump threatens tariffs on Russia if Putin doesn't 'settle now and stop' Ukraine war
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(8 hours ago)Tee tiong huat Wrote: Trump threatens tariffs on Russia if Putin doesn't 'settle now and stop' Ukraine war
What a weak Trump is so weak saying this old things?.
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(8 hours ago)Tee tiong huat Wrote: What a weak Trump is so weak saying this old things?.
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump said Wednesday he would impose high tariffs on Russia if President Vladimir Putin does not bring a stop to the "ridiculous" war in Ukraine.
"Settle now, and STOP this ridiculous War! IT’S ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE," Trump said in a post to Truth Social. "If we don’t make a 'deal,' and soon, I have no other choice but to put high levels of Taxes, Tariffs, and Sanctions on anything being sold by Russia to the United States, and various other participating countries."
This Trump is so weak on Putin, who is O and ok for him to go again to, to do his killing on Ukraine folks for more greedy for land.
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(8 hours ago)Tee tiong huat Wrote: What a weak Trump is so weak saying this old things?.
This Trump cannot
STOP PUTIN for his killing of Ukraine, he is more mad then Trump himself.
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(8 hours ago)Tee tiong huat Wrote: Trump threatens tariffs on Russia if Putin doesn't 'settle now and stop' Ukraine war
This msg don't work on Putin lehh.
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(8 hours ago)Tee tiong huat Wrote: This msg don't work on Putin lehh.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjw4q7v7ez1o
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