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TexasTowelie

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Fri Jun 20, 2025, 11:08 PM Friday

Russia's Air Defenses Are Failing: Ukraine's Strikes Hit Deep - Jason Jay Smart



Russia’s air defenses are failing. Ukraine’s strikes are landing deeper—and Russia can’t stop them. Russians - and the Kremlin - realize that there is something going seriously wrong.

🔥In the last 24 hours:
-- 80+ Ukrainian drones hit 10 Russian regions
-- Sirens blared in Volgograd, Belgorod, Kursk, Kaluga, Saratov
-- Volgograd’s airport shut down
-- Russia’s airfields were caught unprepared

💥Since June 1 - all contributing to a disaster for the Kremlin.
-- Operation Spiderweb launched 117 drones
-- Tu-95 and Tu-22 bombers destroyed at Russian airbases
-- Airports in Moscow and Volgograd closed multiple times
-- Trains, bridges, and fuel depots sabotaged
-- Kazakhstan cut off gunpowder exports
-- Israeli airstrikes hit Iranian drone factories supplying Russia

👉 Putin can’t stop the strikes. His border is broken—and the illusion of control is collapsing.
🔥This isn’t a tactical shift. This is the beginning of strategic collapse.
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Russia's Air Defenses Are Failing: Ukraine's Strikes Hit Deep - Jason Jay Smart (Original Post) TexasTowelie Friday OP
If "This is the beginning of strategic collapse." Danascot Saturday #1

Danascot

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1. If "This is the beginning of strategic collapse."
Sat Jun 21, 2025, 10:25 AM
Saturday

Why is Russia building up it's military presence on it's border with Finland? I understand they're pissed about Finland joining NATO but why is it devoting military resources to Finland that could be used against Ukraine? Is this strategic or is it yet another blunder by Putin?

https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/06/19/russia-finland-border-buildup-defense-readiness/

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