Russia-Ukraine War - News and Developments

[LeGenD]

Russia Makes Crazy Claim That U.S. Is Training Birds To Spread A Ukrainian Bioweapon (Updated)​

The Kremlin's invasion has now entered its 16th day and Russian forces continue to struggle to make real progress toward their objectives on the ground in Ukraine. In addition to turning to increasingly more brutal siege tactics in efforts to secure a number of important cities, which is causing a growing number of civilian casualties, Russian authorities look to be stepping up their disinformation campaign. Today, among other things, the Russian Ministry of Defense made a wholly unsubstantiated and outright bizarre claim that the U.S. government is somehow training birds infected with or otherwise carrying biological weapons to fly from Ukraine to Russia.

You can get yourself up to speed on the current state of the war in Ukraine with our previous rolling coverage here and then dive into the latest news below.

Russia Makes Crazy Claim That U.S. Is Training Birds To Spread A Ukrainian Bioweapon (Updated)

The Kremlin appears to be ramping up its disinformation campaign to a totally absurd degree as the conflict in Ukraine drags on.

www.thedrive.com

 

[dBSPL]

If you have to resort to taking Syrians from the SAA to fight for you in Ukraine...then your army has problems. The Syrians have manpower problems and he accepted to take them there?

Russia Makes Crazy Claim That U.S. Is Training Birds To Spread A Ukrainian Bioweapon (Updated)​

The Kremlin's invasion has now entered its 16th day and Russian forces continue to struggle to make real progress toward their objectives on the ground in Ukraine. In addition to turning to increasingly more brutal siege tactics in efforts to secure a number of important cities, which is causing a growing number of civilian casualties, Russian authorities look to be stepping up their disinformation campaign. Today, among other things, the Russian Ministry of Defense made a wholly unsubstantiated and outright bizarre claim that the U.S. government is somehow training birds infected with or otherwise carrying biological weapons to fly from Ukraine to Russia.

You can get yourself up to speed on the current state of the war in Ukraine with our previous rolling coverage here and then dive into the latest news below.

Russia Makes Crazy Claim That U.S. Is Training Birds To Spread A Ukrainian Bioweapon (Updated)

The Kremlin appears to be ramping up its disinformation campaign to a totally absurd degree as the conflict in Ukraine drags on.

www.thedrive.com

We are fighting against the Nazis
We are fighting against Islamic terrorists in Ukraine
We are destroying biological/nuclear weapons in Ukraine.

Sound familiar from somewhere?

 

[LeGenD]

Tu-141 "Strizh" Missile-Like Drone From The War In Ukraine Looks To Have Crashed In Croatia​

In what can only be deemed a totally bizarre event, Croatia's capital of Zagreb was awakened to a loud blast just hours ago only to find a large crater filled with what appeared to be aircraft parts. Some said it was a plane that crashed and that parachutes were seen nearby, others said it was a missile. After close examination of the visual evidence, The War Zone strongly believes this was actually a Tu-141 "Strizh" reconnaissance drone that must have severely malfunctioned and crossed over the entirety of Hungary or parts of neighboring countries and into Croatia from Ukraine. Flying direct from Ukraine's border to Zagreb is nearly a 350-mile journey. It has been reported that Ukraine has been putting the high-speed, Soviet-era drones to work in recent days following Russia's invasion of the country. Ukraine is the only known current operator of the Tu-141.

We were first alerted to the mysterious crash by @Darkstar_OSINT who quickly briefed us on the strange situation and the claims surrounding it. Upon inspecting the wreckage and considering the odd and somewhat conflicting reports, as well as the biggest news story of the year occurring in the region, we concluded only one aircraft really fit the bill—the Tu-141.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1502075701926797316

https://twitter.com/x/status/1502073947629699076

It just so happens one of the wings was left largely intact, allowing us to verify our hunch. Still, the fact that this drone flew so far off course is both puzzling and alarming. But it would not be the first loss of the Tu-141 of the war. Another went down in Ukraine just days ago.

The Tu-141 is a fascinating piece of Soviet-era hardware that Ukraine has upgraded and made useful following the invasion of Crimea in 2014. More of a cruise missile than a traditional drone, the aircraft is rocket-launched from its trailer and flies a predetermined course at transonic speed, collecting various forms of intelligence, before recovering via parachute. It can then be reset and used again.

Tu-141 "Strizh" Missile-Like Drone From The War In Ukraine Looks To Have Crashed In Croatia (Updated)

The mysterious craft that slammed into Croatia's capital appears to be a Soviet-era jet-powered drone that only Ukraine operates.

www.thedrive.com

 

[jamahir]

Not Photoshop, and there is no use of images unrelated to the news. A real video totally on the topic. But With Russian flag.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1502232208781762560

If you have to resort to taking Syrians from the SAA to fight for you in Ukraine...then your army has problems. The Syrians have manpower problems and he accepted to take them there?

It is a reciprocal action that the Syrians and possibly some Palestinians will now be helping Russia in Ukraine just like how Russia has been helping Syria defend against the same puppet master - NATO.

You should also notice that Oryx is heavily pro-Ukrainian,but like OSINT said,it's more or less ok. From what I've heard,the Russian tank losses were a bit above 100,not 173.

Don't bother debating these mindless people. One day they will claim that 99 Russian tanks were lost ( Oryx ), the next day 300+ ( The Kyiv "Independent" ). A bunch of liars and disinfo experts.

 

[Foinikas]

We are fighting against the Nazis
We are fighting against Islamic terrorists in Ukraine
We are destroying biological/nuclear weapons in Ukraine.

Sound familiar from somewhere?

America?

Lol I just saw this video on Facebook,someone had shared it saying "So how did the sea reach Kharkov?"

The person who originally uploaded it must have taken a video from Beirut and said it's from Kharkov...

 

[dBSPL]

Aggressor side's AD systems and Aircraft losses, during first 2 week:​

Self-propelled Anti-Aircraft Guns (8, of which destroyed: 5, abandoned: 3)​

• 8 2K22M1 Tunguska: (1, 2, 3 and 4, abandoned and later destroyed) (5, abandoned and later destroyed) (6, damaged and abandoned) (7, abandoned) (8, abandoned)

Surface-To-Air Missile Systems (28, of which destroyed: 11, damaged: 1, abandoned: 6, captured: 10)​

• 6 9K33 Osa: (1, destroyed) (2, destroyed) (3, damaged and abandoned) (4, abandoned) (5, captured) (6, captured)
• 4 9K35 Strela-10: (1, abandoned) (2, abandoned) (3, abandoned) (4, captured)
• 2 9A310M1 TELAR (for Buk-M1-2): (1, destroyed by Bayraktar TB2) (2, damaged)
• 1 9A39M1 TEL (for Buk-M1-2): (1, destroyed by Bayraktar TB2)
• 3 9A310M2 TELAR (for Buk-M2): (1, destroyed by Bayraktar TB2) (2, destroyed by Bayraktar TB2) (3, destroyed by Bayraktar TB2)
• 1 9A39M2 TEL (for Buk-M2): (1, destroyed by Bayraktar TB2)
• 3 9A330 Tor TLAR (for 9K330 Tor-M): (1, abandoned) (2, captured) (3, captured)
• 2 9A331 TLAR (for 9K331 Tor-M1): (1, abandoned and destroyed) (2, captured)
• 2 9A331M TLAR (for 9K332 Tor-M2): (1, destroyed by Bayraktar TB2) (2, captured)
• 4 Pantsir-S1: (1, abandoned and destroyed) (2, captured) (3, captured) (4, captured)

Radars (1, of which destroyed: 1)​

• 1 9S18М1(-1) (for Buk-M1-2): (1, destroyed)

Jammers And Deception Systems (1, of which damaged: 1)​

• 1 R-330BMV Borisoglebsk-2B: (1, damaged)

Aircraft (12, of which destroyed: 12)​

• 5 Su-25 close air support aircraft: (1, destroyed) (2, destroyed) (3, destroyed) (4, destroyed) (5, destroyed)
• 2 Su-30SM multirole aircraft: (1, destroyed on the ground) (2, destroyed)
• 4 Su-34 strike aircraft: (1, destroyed) (2, destroyed) (3, destroyed) (4, destroyed)
• 1 An-26 transport aircraft: (1, destroyed)

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (3, of which destroyed: 1, captured: 2)​

• 1 E95M target drone (likely used as unmanned bait in order for Ukraine to reveal the location of air defence systems): (1, captured)
• 1 Orlan-10 reconnaissance UAV: (1, destroyed)
• 1 Eleron-3 reconnaissance UAV: (1, captured)

Helicopters (12, of which destroyed: 9, damaged: 1, abandoned: 2)​

• 2 Mi-8 transport helicopter: (1, destroyed) (2, destroyed)
• 2 Mi-24V/P attack helicopter: (1, destroyed) (2, destroyed)
• 2 Mi-35M attack helicopter: (1, destroyed) (2, destroyed)
• 3 Unknown Mi-24/35 attack helicopter: (1, destroyed) (2, destroyed) (3, damaged)
• 3 Ka-52 'Alligator' attack helicopter: (1, destroyed) (2, damaged and abandoned) (3, damaged and abandoned)

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[sammuel]

Russia Makes Crazy Claim That U.S. Is Training Birds To Spread A Ukrainian Bioweapon (Updated)​

The Kremlin's invasion has now entered its 16th day and Russian forces continue to struggle to make real progress toward their objectives on the ground in Ukraine. In addition to turning to increasingly more brutal siege tactics in efforts to secure a number of important cities, which is causing a growing number of civilian casualties, Russian authorities look to be stepping up their disinformation campaign. Today, among other things, the Russian Ministry of Defense made a wholly unsubstantiated and outright bizarre claim that the U.S. government is somehow training birds infected with or otherwise carrying biological weapons to fly from Ukraine to Russia.

You can get yourself up to speed on the current state of the war in Ukraine with our previous rolling coverage here and then dive into the latest news below.

Russia Makes Crazy Claim That U.S. Is Training Birds To Spread A Ukrainian Bioweapon (Updated)

The Kremlin appears to be ramping up its disinformation campaign to a totally absurd degree as the conflict in Ukraine drags on.

www.thedrive.com

We are fighting against the Nazis
We are fighting against Islamic terrorists in Ukraine
We are destroying biological/nuclear weapons in Ukraine.

Sound familiar from somewhere?

"
We are fighting against the Nazis
We are fighting against Islamic terrorists in Ukraine
We are destroying biological/nuclear weapons in Ukraine. "



We are fighting birds !

It is bird season

~

 

[UKBengali]

Yes rumor's are that they have lost quite a few senior officers and many of their raids have gone pear shaped. Only think left now is for Russia to actually release information on their losses - which will probably never happen.

Yes they got booted out of the airport outside Kyiv after they took it on the 2nd day.

I think they have certainly lost thousands killed so far but probably nowhere near the 11,000 claimed by Ukraine.

Losses on both sides are a tragedy as 99% of Russian personnel in Ukraine had no say in going in and probably don't want to be there to kill or be killed.

 

[dBSPL]

"
We are fighting against the Nazis
We are fighting against Islamic terrorists in Ukraine
We are destroying biological/nuclear weapons in Ukraine. "



We are fighting birds !

It is bird season

~

Your 'bird' analogy reminds that:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1502127111980605449

 

[Invicta]

Yes they got booted out of the airport outside Kyiv after they took it on the 2nd day.

I think they have certainly lost thousands killed so far but probably nowhere near the 11,000 claimed by Ukraine.

Losses on both sides are a tragedy as 99% of Russian personnel in Ukraine had no say in going in and probably don't want to be there to kill or be killed.

I was going to mention that but wasn't sure if they were VDV or other Heli borne units.

 

[Type59]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1502189000521568258

https://twitter.com/x/status/1502185643174211586

https://twitter.com/x/status/1502184522238070786

I be shocked, if Iran does not purchase any of these captured weapons. Reverse engineered Javelin would be a key asset for Hezbollah. Trophy anti atgm system is not effective against top attack weapons.

 

[Wood]

Putin should be made to pay financially for all this damage.

 

[F-22Raptor]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1502246428105756673

 

[Wood]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1502232208781762560

 

[Messerschmitt]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1502241760784883714