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When we do planning, if there is any chance — even a small one — that we could impact civilian infrastructure, we wouldn’t do that,
The meaning of the deep strikes is huge,
said one of the unit’s co-founders, who goes by the call sign Fidel The work ... When I get old, when I’m a grandpa, I will tell my grandchildren about this.”
I’m sitting in the front seat monitoring basic information about speeds, altitude. We just have to be sure that it’s seeing what we are seeing. You are 100 percent focused on the task.”
Drone operators were too busy to speak with a reporter during the mission, but on a later phone call, an operator explained The strikes are good for morale, complicate Russian planning, and tie up air defenses,
This type of drones, we control only on the launch site,
Does an energy infrastructure ceasefire make much sense for Ukraine? Their energy system has been hard hit, but Ukraine is emerging from winter. And they've gotten pretty good at roughing up the Russian refining sector with drone strikes, taking roughly 10% of capacity offline."
In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, David Sheppard, a journalist, wrote Eliminating the energy revenue that Russia uses to fund its war on Ukraine is the path to peace. With Russian allies like China and collaborators in Europe, sanctions won't do it alone, so these Ukrainian strikes must expand. Putin the strong leader who loves his country, sure."
Garry Kasparov, vice president of the World Liberty Congress, wrote on X in January White House readout. Note the U.S. has to get Kyiv to agree to halt bombing of *Russia's* energy infrastructure to make the 30-day ceasefire stick. Kyiv has hit the Moscow oil refinery, the Tuapse oil refinery and (just today) targeted a fuel and energy facility in Astrakhan. You might say Ukraine holds a few 'cards' in this agreement."
Michael Weiss, an editor at The Insider, wrote on X about the White House's press release following Trump and Putin's call Unfortunately, we see that so far there has been no reciprocity on the part of the Kyiv side. There have been attempts to strike at our energy infrastructure facilities,
The president has not given any other orders (to the contrary),
They were just lining up in combat order, six of them were shot down by 'Pantsirs' (a surface-to-air missile system) and another one was destroyed by a (Russian) military aircraft,
Russian air defense forces were ordered to neutralize the drones. Six were shot down by Pantsir air defense systems, while one was intercepted by an airborne Russian fighter jet,
So much for a pause in the attacks on the energy sector or an 'energy truce' from the enemy,
the railway said in a statement It is these types of nighttime attacks by Russia that destroy our energy sector, our infrastructure, and the normal life of Ukrainians,
President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Telegram Today, Putin effectively rejected the proposal for a full ceasefire,
Obviously, the contribution capabilities will vary, but this will be a significant force, with a significant number of countries,
We want to see if we can bring that war to an end. Maybe [we] can, maybe we can’t, but I think we have a very good chance,