Are we witnessing the last days of the Ukrainian state?
It’s hard to win a war if you don’t know the difference between war and terrorism! Washington was unable to teach either Zelensky or Netanyahu that killing children is not the key to winning wars.
Ever since Oct 10, 2022 when I first started chronicling these Russian air strikes on Ukraine, I have never before reported such a vast number of strikes in a 5-day period. And this may be just the beginning.
Translation with my notes in bold and in [brackets]
https://tsargrad.tv/news/putin-dal-signal-v-kieve-uzhe-stalo-gromko-temno-i-strashno_940019
PUTIN GAVE THE SIGNAL. IT'S ALREADY LOUD, DARK AND SCARY IN KYIV
This morning an air raid alert was declared throughout Ukraine. Later, information began to appear that explosions had been recorded in Kyiv and Kharkov. It looks like this is the beginning of retaliation for the massive attack on Belgorod. “We can hit squares in Kyiv and any other city.” This was previously stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin, answering questions from the Russian military.
Part of Kyiv is without power – [mayor Vitaly] Klitschko
In the morning there were reports that an air raid alert had been declared in Kyiv and 12 regions of Ukraine. This is according to the official notification source.
In particular, sirens are blaring in the oblasts of Vinnitsa, Dnepropetrovsk, Zhytomyr, Kyiv, Kirovograd, Nikolaev, and Odessa.
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They are also heard in the oblasts of Poltava, Sumy, Kharkov, Cherkassy and Chernihiv.
There is also unrest in the Kyiv-controlled areas of the DPR, Zaporozhye and Kherson oblasts. Later it became known that the entire map of Ukraine had turned “red”. Immediately there were reports of explosions on enemy territory.
A series of explosions occurred in Kharkov. Also, Ukrainian telegram channels report that “missiles are already hitting the Kyiv oblast.” The missile threat at the moment: Sumy, Poltava, Kiev, Cherkassy, Chernihiv oblasts.
In addition, there is no electricity in several areas of Kyiv. This is due to strikes. This message appeared in the telegram channel of the mayor of the city, Vitaliy Klitschko.
The mayor of Kyiv, Vitaliy Klitschko, announced a power outage in several districts of Kyiv.
“Some of the facilities and residential buildings in several areas of the capital are without power,” he writes.
Telegram channels also report that problems with communications and water supply are being recorded in the capital of Ukraine.
“Powerful explosions in Kyiv, Kharkov and the Kirovograd oblasts. A missile strike was carried out on Nazi targets. Bandera publics report about “Kinzhals, noted military correspondent Yuri Kotenok in his Telegram channel. [War correspondents often use Bandera as an adjective to describe the Neo-Nazi regime in Ukraine]
According to the latest data, after the first retaliatory strikes of today and a lull, explosions in Kyiv have resumed.
"The blows are being delivered. And there will be more tomorrow"
Let us remind you that on the afternoon of December 30, the Kiev regime committed a terrorist attack in the center of Belgorod on New Year’s Eve. Civilians, families with children went to the city New Year’s tree, some decided to go ice skating - it was at that moment that the Ukrainian militants struck. As a result, 24 people died, including children. The total is constantly growing. In all, 110 Belgorod residents were injured. Now the enemy, whose cunning knows no bounds [sarcasm], is feeling the blows of retaliation.
The logical question is: what about retaliation for the massive attack on Belgorod - will we hit Kyiv? Inconvenient but important questions were asked by wounded Russian soldiers directly to Supreme Commander-in-Chief Vladimir Putin. And we received the answers that everyone had long awaited.
The President of Russia, in response to the military man’s question, also commented on the enemy’s massive attack on Belgorod. Vladimir Putin did not hold back his emotions and directly called out what happened
"A targeted strike on the civilian population. Of course, this is a terrorist attack. Should we respond like this? Of course, we can. We can hit squares in Kiev and any other city. Denis, there are children walking there, mothers with strollers. I understand... I myself am seething. I want to ask you. Do we need to do this?" - the president noted. [Of course, Putin is not considering attacking civilians in response to the cowardly terrorism of Ukraine. He is establishing a contrast between terrorist Ukrainian tactics and decent, civilized Russian tactics]
To which the military man added that, of course, we are not talking about attacks on civilians, we need to hit the military, the infrastructure. He added: “We need one blow once and for all, so that they won’t be able to come to their senses and respond to us.”
Vladimir Putin then added: “And that’s what we are doing. Did you notice that literally the next day such blows were delivered. And today, in my opinion, they are being carried out. And there will be more tomorrow.”
The Russian military is firing high-precision weapons at places where the enemy makes decisions, at places where military personnel and mercenaries gather, and at other centers of this kind, the president recalled.
Non-working Ukrainian air defense? Two residential buildings were hit...
As the Russian President noted, the attacks that hit enemy military targets are quite sensitive.
“You know, what is the point of what they are doing: they want to: a) intimidate us and b) create some kind of uncertainty in our country. But we, for our part, will increase the blows that I specified. Of course. Not a single such crime - and this is, of course, a crime - against the civilian population will go unpunished. This is 100%. There can be no doubt," Vladimir Putin noted. [Putin is referring to the deadly strikes on public areas in the Russian city of Belgorod]
Let us recall that the monstrous crime committed by the enemy, attacking civilians in Belgorod, was a strike with two cluster munitions from the Vilkha and Vampire MLRS of Czech production. This was previously announced by the Russian Ministry of Defense. [The Vilkha – Olkha in Russian – multiple launch rocket system is of Ukrainian manufacture. It is believed to be the missile system used to destroy the Kakhovka dam, a strike falsely blamed on Russia throughout the western msm]
"The Ukrainian Armed Forces' missile attack on the center of Belgorod - on peaceful passers-by, on children at the New Year's tree - terrorism. Only Zelensky could give the order to commit such a terrorist act. And this is a crime, and many analysts expressed confidence that the enemy’s goal was precisely a strike on the city center and a crowded area of civilians.
“And this crime, and many of his other atrocities prove: he is a terrorist, and the administration he heads is "a terrorist organization. They must be recognized as such in Russia. They do not negotiate with terrorists. They are destroyed," said political scientist Elena Panina. [This is an ominous statement indicating that Russia may well try to capture Zelensky and try him at a tribunal]
As political scientist Marat Bashirov noted in a telegram, “in Russia they respect opponents who did not commit acts of terrorism or genocide, but fought according to the rules.”
“A clear signal from President Putin: we want peace, but on our terms, and on the other side there should not be the terrorist Zelensky among the signatories,” he added. [Another very ominous sign]
Blogger Sergei Kolyasnikov believes that now, as part of retaliatory strikes, the Russian Aerospace Forces are working out a new mixed strategy using UAVs and missiles.
“All night, drones triggered Ukrainian air defense, then missiles flew, and after them more than a dozen even more interesting missiles, Kinzhals, flew. But do not believe those who slander the non-working Ukrainian air defense. They have already knocked out at least two residential buildings,” - concluded the blogger.
As for Russia, our country, according to Putin, will increase the production of shells, “and by multiples.”
“They were supplied with more than 400 tanks - 450 or whatever, and in a year we will produce and overhaul 1,600. This is not a state secret, in fact, there will probably be more. And so on for almost every item. Therefore, despite the fact that from time immemorial they have set the goal to deal with Russia, we ourselves will deal with them faster, it seems,” the president noted.
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Video link: https://vk.com/video-170320622_456254418
Missile attack on Ukraine today: Kinzhals hit command posts of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Kyiv
Kyiv in fire and smoke: NATO officers were destroyed, as well as the Iris air defense system and more than a thousand missiles for them
01/02/2024
Since last night, the Russian Armed Forces have used up to 40 Gerans - in the morning they launched missiles from 20 strategic aircraft, and also carried out missile strikes from fighter jets, incl. hypersonic Kinzhals - this time there were more than 11 of them. In total, the enemy counted more than 110 missiles.
The combined attack included the launch of decoys and strikes against enemy air defense positions in the capital region. In Kyiv there are interruptions in electricity, water, and communications. The Nazis had a hard time in Kharkov; explosions were heard at the Kropyvnytskyi airfield.
Preliminary digest of the results of attacks on military targets on the territory of Ukraine
▪️ 8 “Daggers” were fired, all hit targets and destroyed the Patriot air defense system, a buried warehouse with AtacMS missiles, and a buried command post of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. According to some reports, and the Turks confirm them, 9 generals were killed, one of them was Zaluzhny’s deputy.
▪️ In the Kharkov region, two Iris T air defense systems, 4 Gepard air defense systems, two command centers and about 65 officers were destroyed. It is reported that mercenaries have arrived at the location.u-24
▪️ In the Kyiv region, in addition to the Patriot air defense system, 4 command centers and two hotels with mercenaries from Sweden, Denmark, Lithuania and Estonia were destroyed. More than 78 people were killed, about 1000 missiles for Iris T and NASAMS were destroyed in the Goloseevsky district of Kyiv.
A warehouse with Storm Shadow missiles was destroyed in Krapivnitskoye. More than 25 missiles. Plus two SU-24 aircraft and a repair base.
▪️ In Odessa, it is impossible to count the losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the BC, fuel and lubricants. 4 active BND employees and 7 officers of the Czech Armed Forces were killed. 2 French-made radars were destroyed.
▪️ Thousands of enemy UAVs were destroyed in the Kyiv, Sumy and Kharkov regions. 23 workshops for their assembly were destroyed, some along with their personnel.
▪️ More than 45 civilian houses were damaged by Ukrainian air defense missiles. [The damage and injuries caused by falling Ukrainian air defense missiles are invariably blamed on the Russians in Kiev and the US media just automatically believe and repeat these absurd allegations] Due to the installation of air defense systems and missile defense systems in the center of residential areas of Kyiv, 2/3 of the anti-missile missiles hit high-rise buildings and civilian infrastructure.
In addition, by shooting down our missiles and UAVs in close proximity to the city, where air defense/missile defense clusters are located, the warheads of the missiles and drones fell on the city and detonated.
▪️ Three warehouses and a hangar storing anti-ship missiles and Harpoon installations were destroyed in Odessa.
▪️ It is reported that a huge number of command posts containing British and Polish troops have been destroyed.