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🇺🇦🇷🇺 ZELENSKYY WARNS PUTIN: UKRAINE KNOWS WHERE RUSSIA’S WAR MACHINE IS HIDING Volodymyr Zelenskyy has delivered a direct warning to Moscow: Ukraine knows the locations of Russia’s military factories, oil depots, gas storage facilities and other strategic infrastructure, and it is developing weapons capable of reaching them. “We need tools that can reach further, and that is exactly what we are developing,” the Ukrainian president declared. His message comes as Ukraine continues expanding its domestic long-range strike capabilities, seeking to bring more of Russia’s military-industrial infrastructure within reach. For Kyiv, these operations are intended to disrupt the facilities, logistics and resources that sustain Moscow’s invasion, while forcing Russia to devote additional air defenses to protecting its own territory. Zelenskyy also made clear that Ukraine has no intention of absorbing Russian attacks without responding. “They strike us every day, and we will retaliate every day. The scale of our response will continue to grow.” The warning reflects a broader shift in Ukraine’s strategy: reducing its dependence on foreign-supplied long-range weapons while increasing its ability to strike military targets deep inside Russia. Putin’s forces continue attacking Ukrainian cities and infrastructure. Zelenskyy is now promising that Russia’s own war-supporting facilities will face growing pressure in return. And Ukraine is developing the weapons to make that possible.

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🇺🇦🇷🇺 IF STORM SHADOW CAN REACH RUSSIA, IMAGINE WHAT AN UNRESTRICTED UKRAINIAN ARSENAL COULD DO 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇩🇪 British-supplied Storm Shadow cruise missiles have been demonstrating their value to Ukraine, with recent strikes drawing renewed attention to the vulnerability of Russian military and defence-industrial infrastructure. Now imagine Ukraine operating with a much broader selection of Western long-range weapons, without political restrictions on their employment against legitimate military targets. American ATACMS ballistic missiles. German Taurus cruise missiles. American JASSM-ER air-launched missiles. Tomahawk cruise missiles. These are different weapons, with different ranges, flight profiles, launch requirements and operational advantages. They are not interchangeable, and Ukraine would need compatible launch platforms, sufficient ammunition and the necessary targeting capabilities to employ them effectively. But the strategic implications of combining such systems would be considerable. Russia would face a more complicated defensive problem, having to protect military airfields, ammunition depots, logistics hubs, command facilities and defence-industrial sites against several types of long-range threats. That would force Moscow to make difficult choices about where to concentrate its air defences and which military assets to prioritize. Long-range weapons cannot win a war by themselves, and even sophisticated missiles can be intercepted. But they can make it significantly harder for an invading army to sustain operations while treating infrastructure deep behind the front as relatively secure. Storm Shadow has already shown why long-range precision strike capabilities matter. The bigger question is how much Ukraine’s operational options would expand if it had access to the full range of Western systems, in meaningful quantities and without the restrictions that have repeatedly shaped their use.

🇺🇦🇬🇧🇷🇺 STORM SHADOW MISSILES HIT RUSSIA'S WAR INDUSTRY WHILE PUTIN'S RESIDENCE GETS HEAVY AIR DEFENCES Ukraine is taking its long-range strike campaign deeper into the machinery that keeps Russia's weapons production running. On Sunday, British-supplied Storm Shadow cruise missiles were reported to have struck the Energia plant in Yelets, a Russian facility associated with the production of specialized batteries used in military equipment, including Iskander ballistic missiles, Pantsir air-defence systems and guided munitions. The reported attack follows strikes against other Russian electronics manufacturers, including Kremniy-El in Bryansk, VZPP-S in Voronezh and Proton in Oryol. These facilities represent different links in Russia's military supply chain. Microelectronics, semiconductors, power systems and specialized components are essential to manufacturing sophisticated weapons. Damaging a production site can create problems that extend well beyond the immediate physical destruction, particularly when replacement equipment and specialized components are difficult to obtain. Russian military commentators have expressed growing frustration over the apparent vulnerability of such facilities. Accounts of the Energia strike describe mobile air-defence teams attempting to counter incoming missiles, raising questions about the protection available to strategically important factories. Meanwhile, Russian sources have drawn attention to the extensive air-defence infrastructure reportedly surrounding Vladimir Putin's Valdai residence. Claims that approximately 50 defensive positions protect the area have circulated, although the precise deployment and the comparisons with industrial sites require independent verification. The contrast raises an uncomfortable question for Russia's military planners: how should limited air-defence resources be distributed between political leadership, population centres and the industrial infrastructure sustaining the war? The full extent of the damage at Energia remains unclear, and claims about production disruptions or casualties have not been independently established. But Ukraine's apparent focus on Russia's defence-industrial supply chain reflects a broader objective. Rather than simply intercepting Russian weapons after they are launched, Kyiv is seeking to disrupt the facilities that help manufacture them. And the deeper those strikes reach, the more difficult Russia's task of protecting its vast military-industrial network becomes.

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BURNING: On Sunday, British made Storm Shadow cruise missiles targeted Russia’s Energia factory. The facility manufactures thermal batteries providing power to Pantsir air defense systems, Iskander ballistic missiles and various glide bombs.

❗️🇺🇦 In general, according to the results of the analysis of the last three months, the average rate of shooting down UAVs of the “Geran 4” type is almost 60%. When repelling individual attacks, the effectiveness of shooting down jet UAVs can be as high as 80%. Today, a significant role in the destruction of jet UAVs is played by tactical aviation - F-16, Mirage, MiG-29. At the same time, the issue of strengthening our “small air defense” in conditions of a shortage of anti-aircraft guided missiles is important and this issue is being given considerable attention today. MFGs are equipped not only with machine guns and related equipment, but also with portable anti-aircraft missile systems. With the help of MANPADS today, our soldiers are quite successful in shooting down enemy jet drones.