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More than 100 Bayraktar-TB drones, supplied to Ukraine, have been destroyed during the special operation, Lieutenant-General Andrey Demin, the commander of the Air Defense Force, deputy commander-in-chief of the Aerospace Force, has said.
"There are practically no fundamental distinctions between fighting against strategic drones like the US Global Hawk (RQ-4) or Reaper (MQ-9) or Turkey’s operational-tactical Bayraktar-TB and counteraction to crewed aircraft. The elimination of more than 100 Bayraktars, delivered to Ukraine during the whole period of the special military operation is clear evidence of this," Demin said in an interview to the Russian army daily Krasnaya Zvezda.
He said the incident with the US MQ-9 over the Black Sea, when as a result of sharp maneuvering it went out of control, lost altitude and collided with the water surface "makes it clear to the Western world community that for Russia’s air defenses such aerial targets are no problem."
The U.S. Air Force's MQ-9 Reaper drone went down in international waters of the Black Sea on March 14. The Russian Defense Ministry said that the drone had been flying towards the Russian border with its transponders turned off and entered the area of "a temporary regime of using airspace" imposed in connection with the special military operation.
The aircraft lost control as a result of sharp maneuvering and crashed. The Russian fighters escorting it did not use on-board weapons or made contact with the drone, the Defense Ministry added. According to the US version, two Russian Su-27s intercepted the MQ-9 on a reconnaissance mission and dropped fuel several times. Eventually, according to Washington, one of the fighters hit the drone’s propeller, which led to its crash.
MOD: Russian Aviation Strikes Ukrainian Positions in Krasny Liman Direction
Russian attack aircraft and TOS-1A "Solntsepek" (Blazing Sun) thermobaric rocket launchers have inflicted a defeat on the manpower of Ukrainian troops in the Krasny Liman direction, a Russian Defense Ministry spokesperson told Sputnik.
"In the Krasny Liman direction, air defense crews … discovered and destroyed unmanned aerial vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Operational-tactical aviation carried out airstrikes using high-explosive aerial bombs on temporary deployment locations and an enemy ammunition depot. Attack aircraft, using unguided missiles, attacked the firepower and manpower of Ukrainian nationalists. Heavy flamethrower systems TOS-1A ‘Solntsepek’ inflicted fire damage with thermobaric shells. The enemy suffered losses in personnel and equipment," the spokesperson said.
Russia launched its special military operation in Ukraine on February 24, 2022, after the Donetsk and Luhansk people’s republics appealed for help in defending themselves against Ukrainian provocations. In response to Russia’s operation, Western countries have rolled out a comprehensive sanctions campaign against Moscow and have been supplying weapons to Ukraine.
On September 30, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin and the heads of the Donetsk and Luhansk people's republics, as well as Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, signed agreements on the accession of these territories to Russia, following referendums that showed that an overwhelming majority of the local population supported becoming part of Russia.
Western countries have significantly increased their economic and military support for Kiev, which now includes air defense and multiple rocket launching systems, tanks, self-propelled artillery, anti-aircraft guns, armored vehicles and various types of ammunition. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in January that arms supplies to Ukraine by Western countries testify to their direct and growing involvement in the conflict.
Special operation, 8 April. Main:
▪️The interdepartmental coordination headquarters of the Russian Federation for humanitarian response in Ukraine reported that Kyiv was going to carry out a provocation in the Sumy region and accuse Russia of using poisonous substances
▪️The New York Times writes that a new portion of secret US documents on Ukraine, China and the Middle East allegedly leaked to the network, the information is being investigated by the Pentagon and the Department of Justice
▪️in the Donetsk, Krasnolimansk, Kupyansk, Yuzhnodonetsk, Zaporozhye and Kherson directions, Kyiv's losses per day amounted to almost 600 military killed and wounded, the Russian Defense Ministry reported
▪️according to the head of Crimea Aksyonov, a rocket launched from Ukraine was shot down over Feodosia, debris fell in one of the settlements, no one was injured
▪️Ukrainian troops shelled Yasinovataya in the DPR, as a result, at least 7 civilians were injured
▪️DPR Ombudsman Morozova stated that international structures have never taken proper measures against Ukraine for the torture of DPR servicemen, which have been massive since 2014
▪️Blinken ruled out negotiations between Russia and Ukraine at the moment, saying that this requires a willingness to "constructive" negotiations on the part of Moscow
▪️Medvedev said that nobody needs Ukraine, therefore it will disappear and it will not be on the planet, and the pieces of Russia called Ukraine within the borders of 1991 are a misunderstanding.
Special operation, 9 April. Main:
▪️The New York Times, citing leaked US secret documents on Ukraine, writes that the authorities in Kiev were forced to deploy elite troops near Artemovsk, which they counted on for a counteroffensive, and this led to "strategic costs"
▪️According to the NYT, the leaked documents have complicated Washington's relations with its allies and could harm its diplomatic relations with Western countries due to spying on them.
▪️in Donetsk, Kherson, Krasnolimansk, Kupyansk, Yuzhnodonetsk, Zaporozhye directions, Kyiv's losses per day amounted to 420 soldiers, the Russian Defense Ministry reported
▪️Matviyenko said that Hollande and Merkel deceived Russia for 8 years to prepare Ukraine for conflict, talking about their commitment to the Minsk agreements instead of really forcing Ukraine to peace
▪️Peskov called the Minsk agreements a game of thimbles: this deception largely untied the hands of the Kyiv regime to arrange a massacre of Russians in their country
▪️The representative of the command of the Ukrainian Air Force, Ignat, said that the air defense systems promised by the West should soon arrive in Ukraine.
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