Social media platforms are at present abuzz with a video that sure accounts declare showcases the decimation of two M901 launchers for the MIM-104, purportedly provided by Germany. These accounts assert that Russian forces utilized Iskander ballistic missiles for this operation.
The footage presents a huge explosion, sometimes indicative of launcher-ammo presence. In accordance with these social media accounts, this serves because the preliminary affirmation of the obliterated Patriot M901 launchers.
Nevertheless, counter to the circulating claims, Russia’s Defence Ministry needed to intervene to debunk components of those allegations. By means of their official Telegram channel, the Ministry clarified that the explosive imagery truly corresponds to the destruction of a Ukrainian S-300 anti-aircraft missile system, not the aforementioned Patriot. They did, nonetheless, affirm using the Iskander ballistic missile throughout this operation. Additional particulars divulged by the Ministry recommend that the scene of devastation was within the space of Pokrovsk, nestled in Donetsk.
The newest claims
Rumors have been swirling for the reason that finish of January this 12 months, suggesting that Russia has efficiently annihilated two Patriot techniques. Nevertheless, you’ll discover it attention-grabbing to know that there was no official affirmation of this declare from both Ukrainian or Western sources.
Let’s dig a little deeper. Up to now, the one verified occasion of a Patriot being destroyed occurred final 12 months. The incident revolved round a decommissioned Patriot complicated’s launcher, which was hit within the residential areas of Kyiv. Sounds catastrophic, proper? But, it’s value noting that, primarily based on credible sources from the US, the injury didn’t wreak appreciable havoc and the setup was duly eliminated for repairs.
Iskander strikes once more
It’s no secret that the Iskander land-based ballistic missile system has been beneath scrutiny in current weeks. To jog your reminiscence, only a few brief days in the past, it got here to mild that the American-furnished HIMARS MLRS was annihilated by none apart from Iskander.
Lately, the primary cases of a decimated HIMARS have cropped up. This revelation has garnered official recognition from Ukraine, Russia, and the USA. Up to now, Russia has typically asserted that they’ve shattered HIMARS, however these claims have remained unconfirmed by Ukraine or its Western allies.
The deployment of Iskander in opposition to HIMARS has sparked a flurry of inquiries, the newest being from Roman Kostenko, the secretary of the parliamentary committee of Ukraine. He posed, “It’s fairly a complicated course of to goal an Iskander missile in such a method… I am longing for the consultants to expose why this occurred – it’s obvious that the HIMARS was launched from a hid location, and now it’s clear that enemy surveillance has elevated their efforts to pinpoint the placement of the HIMARS,” Kostenko shared with the Ukrainian media.
Russia is taking a threat
From mid-February to the current, there’s been a vital pattern in Ukraine. This pattern means that the Russian management, chargeable for the particular army operation in Ukraine—a time period they like over ‘conflict’ or ‘invasion’, is taking substantial dangers. This threat is clear within the deployment of the Su-57 into the battle area. If the claims that Ukraine has succeeded in taking pictures down at the least twelve Su-34s are correct, it additional emphasizes these dangers.
Regardless of the difficult circumstances, the Russian army persists in using the bottom and aviation sources inside their attain. Latest information from Russia verifies that the FAB-1500-M54, one in all their strongest bunker-busting bombs, has now entered mass manufacturing. This bomb made its debut within the Ukrainian battle final 12 months, nonetheless, it was obtainable solely in restricted portions on the time. The bomb’s harmful capability is so huge that its explosion generates a fireball as tall as a 20-story house constructing.
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
On February 21, 2022, Russia said that its border facility was attacked by Ukrainian forces, ensuing within the deaths of 5 Ukrainian fighters. Nevertheless, Ukraine rapidly dismissed these allegations, labeling them as ‘false flags’.
In a notable transfer on the identical day, Russia introduced it formally acknowledged the self-proclaimed areas of DPR and LPR. Curiously, in response to Russian President Putin, this recognition lined all of the Ukrainian areas. Following this declaration, Putin despatched a battalion of Russia’s army forces, tanks included, into these areas.
Quick ahead to February 24, 2022, world headlines have been dominated by a vital incident. Putin commanded a forceful army assault on Ukraine. Led by Russia’s spectacular Armed Forces positioned on the Ukrainian border, this assault wasn’t spontaneous however a premeditated motion. Regardless of the circumstances resembling a conflict, the Russian authorities refrains from utilizing this time period. They’d quite discuss with it as a “particular army operation”.
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