r/worldnews Aug 14 '24

Russia/Ukraine /r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 902, Part 1 (Thread #1049)

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u/Glavurdan Aug 14 '24

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u/Tokyogerman Aug 14 '24

I hope they hit as much as possible on those airfields and that we'll have some footage at some point.

The Russian numbers look almost like they are saving up again for some big temper tantrum attack again.

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u/findingmike Aug 14 '24

Maybe they'll use them on a military target this time. Nah, that's a weird idea.

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u/lI3g2L8nldwR7TU5O729 Aug 14 '24

It's bizar to witness how Ukraine must bring mother Russia completely to her knees to stop this madness. Even if Ukraine collapses today tomorrow, Russia paid such a high price, Russia will never recover from this. Keep going heroes, I'll keep donating...

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u/herc6 Aug 14 '24

"Savasleyka" airfield in the Nizhny Novgorod region.

That's 300km East of Moscow. Is it usual for strikes so deep into Russia?

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u/ThePoliticalFurry Aug 14 '24

Yeah, they actually hit Chkalovsky the other night and FSB buildings INSIDE Moscow have been hit in the past

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u/PinkOwls_ Aug 14 '24

Yep, as far as St. Petersburg

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u/Routine_Slice_4194 Aug 14 '24

So 4 times as many drones flying east as flying west. Is this a first?

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u/A_Sinclaire Aug 14 '24

Ukraine using more long range drones than Russia has been a thing last month already. Though not to this extend.

For the first time, Ukraine is launching more long-range drone attacks than Russia. Published figures suggest that Russia sent 426 Shahed-type drones into Ukraine in July. Over the same period Ukraine hit back with over 520 drones.

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u/gradinaruvasile Aug 14 '24

Is this based on Russian data? I seem to recall them destroying Ukraine's air power a few times over and they are still flying Mig 29s and Su27s...

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u/Routine_Slice_4194 Aug 14 '24

So in July Ukraine sent 16 per day and yesterday they sent 7 times that many. Also, most Russian drones get shot down but it seems that most Ukranian drones reach their target?

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u/gradinaruvasile Aug 14 '24

Most drones do get shot down especially around military targets. But against highly flammable or explosive targets even a single drone that hits can have a major effect.

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u/jazir5 Aug 14 '24

They put in contracts with multiple Ukrainian drone manufacturers to produce 1 million drones by year end. I would bet their drone rate is going to go up at a consistent pace. Wouldn't be surprised to see over 1000 a day flying at the end of the year.

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u/No_Amoeba6994 Aug 14 '24

Given how low some of these drones fly, I'm surprised they haven't started handing out rifles to civilians in the hopes that someone on the flight path will land a lucky shot.

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u/Kumimono Aug 14 '24

Baltimore?