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TexasTowelie

(122,505 posts)
Tue Aug 12, 2025, 07:42 PM Aug 12

Putin's Army Nerve Center Struck by Ukraine - Jason Jay Smart



Ukraine has, in just seven days, dismantled the core of Russia’s war machine. This is not random fire but a deliberate campaign of precision strikes against the most critical points in Russia’s military production.

The Monokristall plant in Stavropol is gone, leaving missiles, tanks, and aircraft without eyes. In Crimea, the TRLK-10 Skala-M radar is destroyed, opening a massive gap in air defenses. The Orenburg helium plant, vital for missile testing and aerospace systems, is offline. The Saratov Rosneft refinery burns, cutting jet fuel and diesel supplies. In Yaroslavl, the armored vehicle engine plant is wrecked, halting tank and APC output. The Neptun control systems facility in St. Petersburg is struck, crippling Russia’s naval command. Even Alabuga in Tatarstan, hub for Shahed drone production, is hit deep behind the lines.

Each was a single point of failure. Together, they create cascading paralysis. Russia is blind, immobile, and disarmed. Its ability to see, fuel, deploy, and coordinate forces is collapsing.

The evidence is clear. Ukraine’s strategy is precision warfare - dismantling the infrastructure that keeps Putin’s military alive and shifting the balance of power in this war.

CHAPTERS:
00:00 Ukraine Hits Russia’s Weak Points
01:32 Crimea’s Radar Blind Spot
03:58 Frontline Units Get New Drones
05:32 Ukraine Strikes Cripple Russia’s War Machine
09:38 Russia’s Economy on the Brink
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Putin's Army Nerve Center Struck by Ukraine - Jason Jay Smart (Original Post) TexasTowelie Aug 12 OP
Instead of killing civilians and destroying historic cultural buildings the Ukrainians are after the basic tools of war. Biophilic Aug 12 #1

Biophilic

(5,993 posts)
1. Instead of killing civilians and destroying historic cultural buildings the Ukrainians are after the basic tools of war.
Tue Aug 12, 2025, 07:46 PM
Aug 12

Totally different mentality, totally different approach.

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