Ukraine struck Russian air defence systems near the town of Yevpatoriya in the west of occupied Crimea in a long-range overnight attack on Thursday, the Ukrainian military said.
Russia’s defence ministry said in a statement that its air defences had shot down 11 drones overnight over the peninsula, which Russia seized from Ukraine in 2014. It made no mention of any damage.
A video circulated on social media showed powerful explosions and a plume of smoke rising in the night sky illuminated by a blaze. Reuters could not immediately verify the video.
A Ukrainian intelligence source told Reuters the attack destroyed a “Triumf” air defence system in a joint operation of the Security Service of Ukraine and navy.
How long did the Russians say this war would last again? A week?
Remember how all of the Ukraine’s military was paid off anyways, so Russia could just march right in unopposed! 😅
They will be welcomed as liberators!
72 hours is the usually quoted figure. To be fair, this was also the western estimate for how long until Kyiv fell before we knew quite how big Zelensky’s balls were and quite how shit the Russian military was.
Credit to the UAF too, they did a tremendous job with very limited resources in the early days.
And credit the mud!!!
Don’t forget the tractors
And fifteen billion mile long unsupported columns of armored vehicles which ran out of gas
Using Zelenskys massive balls of steel as a tank barrier was kind of ingenious
Anyone who thought this war would be over in a matter of weeks or even months was living in fantasy land. It’s going to be a long haul conflict, neither side is going to give up. Eastern Ukraine has been a conflict zone since 2014 and it will probably remain that way for many more years.
This article suggests 10 days from actual Russian plans, as opposed to the 3 day figure quoted.