THE RUSSIANS STARTED A "HUNT" FOR THE PATRIOT. AIR DEFENSES CAN’T COPE / Missile strike update for May 29, 2023
Ukrainian air defense can’t cope. The mayor of Kyiv is clearly panicked.
Here’s your daily missile strike update for May 29, 2023
Below you will find a translation with my notes in bold typeface and in [brackets]. You can consult the map linked here, and also read my explanation of possible motives for these strikes.
I started chronicling the daily Russian air strikes on Ukraine infrastructure in an attempt to avoid being lied to by the Western press, which had falsely claimed starting in March of 2022 that Russia was running out of missiles. I knew that Russia would not have been foolish enough to invade Ukraine if it was not 100% certain that it had enough armaments to prosecute a war of indefinite duration.
So far, my data show no dates have been missed since Oct 10, 2022.
29.05.2023
Air alert declared in two regions of Ukraine
In the Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv regions of Ukraine announced an air alert
MOSCOW, May 29 - RIA Novosti. An air raid alert was again announced on Monday in the Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv regions of Ukraine, as well as in the territories of the DPR and Zaporozhye regions controlled by Kyiv, according to the data of the online map of the Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation.
Earlier on Monday, the alarm was already announced throughout Ukraine.
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https://tsargrad.tv/news/russkie-otkryli-ohotu-na-patriot-pvo-ne-spravljaetsja_793711
THE RUSSIANS STARTED A "HUNT" FOR THE PATRIOT. AIR DEFENSES CAN’T COPE
The Russians have started a "hunt" for the American-made Patriot anti-aircraft missile system. This is reported by various sources. Ukrainian air defense can’t cope. The mayor of Kyiv is clearly panicked.
An air alert was announced in Kyiv and the Kyiv oblast. Sources informed that "Russian missiles" are flying to the Ukrainian capital.
Publics immediately issued numerous messages with calls to go down to shelters. A few minutes later, posts appeared that talked about powerful explosions.
Almost immediately, this was confirmed by the mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko.
Explosions in the city! In the central oblasts. Stay in cover!
- he wrote in his Telegram channel.
A UA insider said that "explosions almost every second" are heard in the Ukrainian capital.
According to Klitschko, the blow fell on the city center. Eyewitnesses speak of black smoke over Kyiv's Zhuliany airport.
Hunting the Patriot
The hunt for Patriot continues, which was started by Russian troops after planes and helicopters were downed,
- writes Telegram-channel "Resident".
In the same messenger, the ZeRada channel published a 1-second video, which allegedly shows traces of anti-aircraft missiles. The authors of the post counted seven simultaneous launches and also put forward an assumption about "another hunt for Patriot air defense systems."
There is no confirmation of a hit on the American complex at the time of publication of the article.
A little later, "Resident" issued a preliminary version that the blow to the Ukrainian capital was inflicted by "Iskanders". It is noted that the missiles were launched from the north and flew along a ballistic trajectory. [The Iskander is also, like the Kinzhal, a hypersonic missile and is also capable of unpredictable zig-zags. Though a wee bit slower, at 6-7 Mach, than the Kinzhal (12 Mach in final flight stage), it is also impossible to intercept.]
The speaker of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Yuri Ignat, claims that various modifications of the Iskanders were used. "Iskander-K" represents cruise missiles, "Iskander-M" - ballistic missiles.
"What type of weapons were used, we will disclose later," Ignat promised.
Telegram channel "Joker DPR" shared the data that it received from "spies from the Ukrainian command."
In Kyiv, seven important military facilities were hit by Russian missiles, including an imported air defense installation. It's not about quantity, it's about quality
- wrote the author of the channel.
Kyiv version
The Kiev City Military Administration (KGVA) on social networks issued its own version of what is happening. Ukrainians are convinced that all the missiles that flew to the capital were shot down by air defense systems. The debris reached the ground, but did not lead to critical damage. There is no information about possible victims yet. [This is total nonsense as these hypersonic missiles cannot be shot down. Ukrainian authorities are discrediting themselves]
The head of the KGVA, Sergei Popko, noted that Russia "changed tactics." If earlier the Ukrainian authorities recorded only night attacks, now the strike was carried out during the day.
"This is the sixteenth attack on Kyiv since the beginning of the month," the post reads.
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Urgent! Send airports ASAP!
Dear Best Friend Joe Biden,
I recently contacted you and requested F-16s. I understand they are on the way and wish to thank you from the depths of my democratic freedom loving heart.
Unfortunately, I had omitted to ask you for airports. The evil Russians have destroyed several of mine.
I have had the privilege to visit two of your very fine airports, Dulles and Kennedy, and am humbly beseeching you to send me those two if possible, ASAP.
Greetings from democratic, sovereign NON fascist Ukraine!
Slava Bandera!
Your humble groveling servant (name your wish and I’ll leap to fulfill it),
Volodymyr Zelensky
President of the sovereign US-loyal democratic state of Ukraine
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KYIV UNDER THE MOST MASSIVE ATTACK OF "GERANS": WHAT IS HAPPENING ON THE FRONTS OF THE SPECIAL MILITARY OPERATION
Military experts report the latest news from the fronts of the special military operation in Ukraine.
[Though no dates are given here, the author is apparently talking about the massive strikes on Ukraine this past weekend]
The recent attack was the most severe for Kyiv since the beginning of the special military operation, according to sources. For example, the author of the telegram channel "Rybar" in his recent chronicles of the special military operation, reporting on massive attacks by Russian troops on the territory of Ukraine, writes that "Kiev was the main target of the strike."
According to statements from the field, this was the most massive Geran raid since the beginning of the special operation, the source clarifies. - Hits were recorded in several infrastructure facilities. At the same time, at least two air defense missiles hit residential buildings. [Geran, which literally means, geranium, is the name of the Russian-made attack drone most commonly used in attacks on Ukraine. The Ukrainians normally report it as Shehad, the name of an Iranian-made drone that Ukrainian intel agencies and media. There would be a motive for Ukraine to pretend the Gerans are Shehads because Ukraine considers Iran an enemy and would just love to have the US hit Iran with more sanctions, though at this point, Iran is virtually sanction-proof. Recently, Zelensky has asked the US to sanction Iran for 50 years!]
The geography of missile strikes by the Russian Armed Forces on the territory of Ukraine has rapidly expanded. Explosions have already sounded in the Lvov, Zhytomyr, Khmelnytsky and Rivne oblasts. [If you consult the map linked here, you will see that they are all West of Kiev. Russia recently reported that it now has improved its ability to locate remote targets, which could explain why more Western areas are being hit]. A series of powerful explosions thundered in Kyiv. The chairman of the movement Мы вместе с Россией / My vmeste s Rossiey (We are together with Russia) [Vladimir Rogov said that explosions were recorded in Odessa, Uman, Kremenchug.
There are also explosions in Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Vinnitsa, Nikolaev and Chernihiv oblasts [also, all west of Kiev, with the exception of Chernigov], - he wrote in his telegram channel. - The reason for what is happening is the nightly flowering of "Gerans" [a play on words since Geran means geranium] and the arrival of polite missiles. An air raid alert has been declared in a significant part of the post-Ukrainian space controlled by the Zelensky regime. Sirens are heard everywhere.
This weekend, at the same time, was marked by an increase in the intensity of attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the border areas of the Belgorod oblast [located in Russia proper, across the border]. The military correspondents noted that the enemy was trying to turn the border into a "gray zone" and transfer military operations to this area.
Analysts of the telegram channel Dva mayora (Two Majors) noted the massive strikes that the Russian Armed Forces inflicted last night with missiles and Geran UAVs on enemy targets in Kiev, Lviv, Zhytomyr, Khmelnytsky, Odessa, Nikolaev, Vinnitsa, Kirovohrad, Cherkasy and Poltava oblasts.
By 6 am, the main part of the air alerts was canceled, but explosions began in Snigirevka, Nikolaev oblast, which is used as a logistics point for the transfer of the Armed Forces to the Kherson direction, the analysts specified.
At the Avdeevka sector, the Russian Armed Forces stormed Pervomaiskoye and took up positions in the south of the village. In Marinka, fighting continues on the western outskirts.
In the east of the Zaporozhye Front, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are using HIMARS MLRS in our near rear areas, insiders write. - At night in the front-line villages, one of the blows fell on the civilian population, there are dead. Artillery is being withdrawn to the combat contact line.
The enemy is trying to disrupt the logistics of the Russian army, with strikes with Storm Shadow missiles at Mariupol, but our air defense prevents targets from being hit.
Enemy drones and sabotage-recon groups are active in the Kherson direction. South of Davydov Brod, the enemy is concentrating forces in plantations and small villages, forming a rear base for a strategic reserve from among the units of the 10th Army Corps, the main part of which is brought to the contact line on the Zaporozhye Front.
In addition, as analysts note, the enemy continues indiscriminate massive shelling of the Belgorod oblast, and in the Kharkov oblast there is a "hidden accumulation of enemy troops."
Analysts of the telegram channel of military commissar Semyon Pegov "Wargonzo" report that in the Uglodar sector, our artillery shelled Bolshaya Novosyolka, Shakhtyorsky, Prechistovka, Novoukrainka and the city itself. The Armed Forces of Ukraine launched a missile attack on Yuryevka on the shores of the Sea of Azov.
On the Donetsk front, the Russian Armed Forces conducted assault operations in Maryinka, in the direction of Pervomaiskoe and Severnoe (a settlement west of Avdiivka [RU spelling is Avdeevka]). Under shelling positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Novomikhailovka, Pobeda, Georgievka, Avdeevka and Severnoe (a settlement north-west of Gorlovka).
Bakhmut's situation is different.
In the Bakhmut area, the Armed Forces of Ukraine advanced towards Kleshcheevka. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation attacked near Khromovoe, analysts report. Artillery hit the positions of the Ukrainian army in Predtechina, Stupochki, Ivanovsky, Chasovy Yar, Bogdanovka, Grigorovka, Kramatorsk, Orekhovo-Vasilyevka, Privolye, Vasyukovka, Disputable and Verkhnekamensky. APU fired at Bakhmut.
In the Luhansk direction, Russian troops, with the support of artillery, managed to advance towards Belogorovka. This time from the northeast:
Thus, they are trying to encircle the Ukrainian garrison in this settlement.
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https://ria.ru/20230529/udar-1874828939.html
29.05.2023
The Russian armed forces struck Ukrainian airports with precision weapons
MOSCOW, May 29 - RIA Novosti. The armed forces launched a missile attack on Ukrainian airfields at night, the Defense Ministry said in a summary of the special operation.
"The goal of the strike has been achieved. All designated objects have been destroyed," the ministry said.
The Russian military managed to hit command posts, radar posts, aviation equipment, storage facilities with weapons and ammunition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The ministry clarified that for the group strike they used high-precision long-range air-launched weapons.
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Over the past day, Kyiv suffered the greatest losses in the Donetsk direction. Russian fighters destroyed:
up to 145 Ukrainian servicemen;
two armored fighting vehicles;
two pickup trucks and a D-30 howitzer.
In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy lost up to 65 fighters, in the Krasnolimansky direction - up to 50 military personnel, in the South-Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions - up to 140 people, in the Kherson direction - up to 20 military personnel.
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Israel attacks Damascus for 17th time this year
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Iran to unveil hypersonic missile soon
Keep your eye on Iran. It is highly advanced.
Israel fears the IRGC.
https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/485282/Iran-to-unveil-hypersonic-missile-soon
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Good article on those “non-existent” Ukro-Nazis
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I'm new to Don's Substack. You seem to have a pretty good line on what is happening. Are you in Russia? I am rather shocked by how much lack of genuine reporting there is considering how many refugees are pouring into western countries and how much money is being spent.
Very good and well done Don!