Russia & Ukraine

A new, very in depth article (dated yesterday) from UK news source - The Independant


https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...sia-ukraine-air-strikes-weapons-b2526347.html

The Russian glide bombs changing the face of the war in Ukraine

Winged explosives weighing up to 1,500 kilograms – and nicknamed the ‘building destroyer’ – have had a devastating impact wherever they have been used, writes Tom Watling. Kyiv is battling them as best it can but needs Western allies to step up and provide more weapons, air defences and ammunition


In a Ukrainian stronghold near the front line, less than 20 miles from the eastern city of Donetsk, a winged bomb is seen hurtling towards a multistorey building.

The 1,500-kilogram explosive hits the structure in the town of Krasnohorivka, erupting into a fireball before engulfing the whole building in a plume of grey and black smoke.


The camera, filming from several hundred metres away, shakes as the ground beneath it rocks from the aftereffects of the explosion.


When the smoke subsides, the building has been completely destroyed.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...sia-ukraine-air-strikes-weapons-b2526347.html


 
Ukrainian soldier from the 46th Separate Airmobile Brigade, which is based in the Donetsk region, has described the effect of these bombs as “hell”.

He told CNN: “The damage done by it is very serious. If you survive, you are guaranteed to have a contusion. It puts a lot of pressure on soldiers’ morale.”

There are three reasons they are proving so deadly. Firstly, their explosive impact is significant compared to artillery and munitions otherwise used on the front lines, owing to their size and weight.

Secondly, they can be fired from a distance of around 40km (25 miles), meaning Ukraine is forced to use longer-range missile interceptors that are in shorter supply. The modifications of these old bombs are cheap to carry out.


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A FAB-1500 bomb completely destroys a multistorey building in Krasnohorivka (Telegram )
 
Maksym Zhorin, the deputy commander of Ukraine’s 3rd Separate Assault Brigade, who were the last soldiers left in Avdiivka before it fell, described how Russia was dropping between 60 and 80 of these bombs every day. Ukrainian estimates suggest not a single building in the small city remained intact by the time the Russians moved in.

“These bombs completely destroy any position. All buildings and structures simply turn into a pit after the arrival of just one,” he said.
 
Businessman said:
I never post news article from pro Russian sites, I only repost from pro US and western sources when they admit how bad the situation is for Ukraine (eg my last post was from CNN and next article in my next post is from the UK Independant newspaper)

It is you and your team of shills who post biased pro Ukraine articles from pro US/Ukranian sites.

Video footage, i repost from X/twitter as long as the videos are clearly not fakes.
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Yet all of your posts match the Kremlin propaganda posts being pushed for the week. Quite amusing.
 
gwb-trading said:
Yet all of your posts match the Kremlin propaganda posts being pushed for the week. Quite amusing.
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I dont scan russian news sites, I only read western sources NYT, Washington Post, Forbes, CNN, Politico, UK Telegraph - UK Independent, UK Daily Mail etc.

If the Kremlin is putting out stuff that is the same as all these pro US sites, then it cant be fake propaganda can it?, it must be true.

The situation in Ukraine must be really dire if the pro US/UK sites are reporting this much bad news.
 
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Businessman said:
I never post news article from pro Russian sites, I only repost from pro US and western sources when they admit how bad the situation is for Ukraine (eg my last post was from CNN and next article in my next post is from the UK Independant newspaper)
It is you and your team of shills who post biased pro Ukraine articles from pro US/Ukranian sites.
Video footage, i repost from X/twitter as long as the videos are clearly not fakes.
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In your defense, there are certain people (@gwb-trading ) who hate being hit with reality.
We shouldn't fear balance, it's good to hear both sides of the story, in fact it's healthy for the discussions. Who wants overly biased western bs propoganda?
Posters though who deliberately lie and distort, they are the real shills and I'll block them.
 
gwb-trading said:
Yet all of your posts match the Kremlin propaganda posts being pushed for the week. Quite amusing.
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Do you think non stop spamming with fake Ukrainian propaganda somehow gives you any credibility?

Anybody visiting this forum can see exactly who you are and what you represent - lowlife Ukrainian shill being on payroll

Your Nazis supervisor really should consider transferring you to avdiivka as here you clearly useless
 
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