Despite being subsonic and carrying a smaller warhead than the "hypersonic" Kh-47M2 "Kinzhal," the Kh-69, first of all, was able to penetrate Ukraine's weakened air defense.
Second, it can be launched from small tactical-class aircraft such as the Su-34 👇
While hitherto, the takeoff of long-range strategic bombers such as the pictured Tu-95MS was a telltale sign of large-scale, long-range missile attacks with Kinzhal or Kh-101 missiles, the Kh-69 can be launched from the more numerous, smaller jets from closer to the frontline 👇
Want to know how Ukraine can resist Russia in 2024? Look to Bilohorivka
@tatarigami_UA analyzed satellite images, videos & testimonies from a city heroically resisting the Russian onslaught to show the tactics Ukraine should use 2 gain the advantage 🧵 euromaidanpress.com/2024/03/20/wan…
@Tatarigami_UA 1/ Bilohorivka, a town in the Siversk direction, has been holding out against daily Russian attacks for over a year. Despite ammunition shortages and a lack of air defense, Ukrainian units have heroically resisted Russian advances in this strategically important area. 👇
@Tatarigami_UA 2/ Russian assaults typically involve company-sized forces supported by BMPs, tanks, guided air-dropped bombs (KABs), and FPV drones. They aim to swiftly seize positions and fortify themselves, making it difficult for Ukraine to compel them to evacuate due to limited artillery 👇
Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev again reiterates Russia’s genocidal goal to destroy Ukraine: EXPLAINER
In front of a map with Ukraine partitioned by its neighbors, he stated that the concept of an independent Ukrainian identity must “disappear for good”: “Ukraine is Russia."
Medvedev shared this map in his Telegram in July 2022, claiming that this is how "foreign analysts" see the future of Ukraine; today, he presented it again at a festival in Sochi.
❓ Here, Medvedev is reiterating the Russian imperial narrative that Ukraine is an "artificial nation" consisting of "Russian, Polish, Romanian and Hungarian lands."
After invading Ukraine, Russian officials have claimed that Ukraine's neighbors plan to partition Ukraine, particularly - that Poland is "planning an invasion."
Russian President Putin regularly brings up this genocidal idea, which aims to destroy Ukrainian nationhood (, ).
The last time he did it was in December 2023 at a board meeting of Russia's "Defense" Ministry. Then Putin said that "many residents of western Ukraine want their territories to return to Poland, Romania or Hungary, and only Russia can be the guarantor of the territorial integrity of the Ukrainian state":
But overall, the narrative that Ukraine does not "deserve" to exist as an independent nation is a staple of Russia's genocidal propaganda
It is also an open constatation of Russia's goal to destroy Ukraine as a state, nation, and identity.
The latest such notable constatation occurred when @TuckerCarlson aired the unchallenged genocidal speech of Putin: euromaidanpress.com/2024/02/09/gen…
Other notable examples of the Kremlin's genocidal plans laid bare:
- 26 Feb 2022: An article published on RIA Novosti on 2nd day of Russia's invasion claims that Putin started solving the "Ukrainian question": "After all, the need to solve it would always remain the main problem for Russia” euromaidanpress.com/2022/03/05/put…
This year's Dusseldorf carnival, known for its political floats, featured an abundance of criticism of Russia, Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump, and German pro-Putin politicians 👇
🔹Patriarch Kirill, leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, goes down on Russian President Vladimir Putin. Kirill, a staunch proponent of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, is considered to have contributed to authoring the ideology of the "Russian world," according to which "Holy Russia" is fighting against the "Godless West" in Ukraine
📷Screenshot from Ladeshaupstadt Dusseldorf official youtube channel
US Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump is shown stabbing into the back of a Ukrainian soldier
This refers to Trump's influence on the holdup for Ukraine aid in the US Congress
📷Screenshot from L.Z. Film/Youtube
Russian President Vladimir Putin is shown choking on Ukraine ("Choke on this!!!; Two years old but unfortunately still relevant" say the signs)
Ukraine has destroyed half of Russia’s combat power with 5% of the US defense budget, and the tech magnate has reaped millions from the process. So, what’s up with Elon Musk’s tweets on Ukraine? (1/4) euromaidanpress.com/2023/10/02/no-…
Aiding Ukraine against Russian aggression sends a message to China that the US is committed to defending crucial interests. Russia's difficulties in Ukraine may make China rethink its prospects in a conflict against nations equipped with Western military technology. (2/4)
All the funds the US allocates for weaponry in Kyiv remain within the United States. Ukraine receives only the equipment, while the money is channeled to American defense companies. (3/4)
Kherson's Rykove lies more than 100 km behind the lines. Its pre-2016-decommunization name was Partyzany, meaning "partisans".
More footage of fire and detonations in occupied Rykove
📹 via UNIAN
The fire and detonations in Rykove are going on in the area of grain elevator used as a military base by Russians, according to exiled adviser to Mariupol mayor Petro Andriushchenko