The storm was not bad here. Sure hit hard 40 miles east of here in Cabool where they had baseball to softball sized hail. They sounded the tornado sirens because they wanted people to stay inside. Softball sized hail can kill. I was reading a book off the Internet and it got so weak it took 3-4 minutes to load a page. These pages are the equivalent of about 10 pages. Monday night was a worse storm. Jimmy Carter. A lifetime of service. A hero.
I sure hope they get those Patriots the Israelis are discarding soon. The Israelis need U.S. approval
Approximately half of the North Korean missiles fired by russia at Ukraine went off trajectory and exploded in midair, — Ukraine's Prosecutor General's Office for Reuters.
Ukrainian prosecutors report that they have examined the wreckage of 21 of around 50 North Korean ballistic missiles launched by russia between late December and late February.
North Korean missiles account for a tiny portion of the strikes carried out by russia during its war in Ukraine, but their alleged use has raised alarm from Seoul to Washington, as it could mean the end of a nearly two-decade-old consensus among permanent members of the United Nations Security Council to prevent Pyongyang from expanding its nuclear and ballistic missile programs.
The last recorded use of the KN-23 took place on February 27, the prosecutor's office said, adding that the total number of launches it identified was consistent with intelligence reports that North Korea had delivered about 50 ballistic missiles to russia.
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⚡️ DESTROYED 59 AIR TARGETS: 39 MISSILES AND 20 ATTACK UAVS
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On the night to May 8, 2024, the Russian invaders launched a combined strike with missiles of various types and attack UAVs.
In total, the enemy used 76 means of air attack - 55 missiles and 21 attack drones:
- 1 Kh-47M2 "Kinzhal" aeroballistic missile (launched from the Tambov region - Russian Federation);
- 2 "Iskander-M" ballistic missiles (from TOT of Crimea);
- 4 Kalibr cruise missiles (from the Black Sea area);
- 45 Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles from Tu-95 MS strategic aviation aircraft (launch area of Saratov Region - Russian Federation, Caspian Sea area);
- 1 "Iskander-K" cruise missile (from Crimea);
- 2 Kh-59/Kh-69 guided air missiles (from the occupied Zaporizhzhya region);
- 21 shock unmanned aerial vehicles of the "Shahed-131/136" type (from Primorsko-Akhtarsk regions, Kursk region - Russian Federation).
💥 Fighter aircraft, anti-aircraft missile forces of the Air Force, mobile fire groups and electronic warfare units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine were involved in repelling the enemy's air attack.
As a result of anti-aircraft combat, 59 air targets were destroyed:
- 33 Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles;
- 4 Kalibr cruise missiles;
- 2 Kh-59/Kh-69 guided air missiles;
- 20 attack UAVs of the "Shahed-131/136" type.
The enemy continues to attack the critical infrastructure of Ukraine and other important strategic objects. I thank everyone who today made every effort to prevent the enemy from achieving his goals.
Today, May 8, Ukraine celebrates the Day of Remembrance and Victory over Nazism in the Second World War. We honor the fallen of that terrible war, we honor the Ukrainian heroes of our time, who this time are defending their native land from racism!
🇺🇦 Together to victory!
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🇺🇦 Air Force Commander Lieutenant General Mykola Oleschuk
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Ruzzia ceased using the Kerch Bridge to supply weapons and ammunition after Ukrainian Security Service attacks, — The Independent.
Following two successful attacks by the SSU on the Kerch Bridge in October 2022 and July 2023, russia restricted the transportation of arms across it. According to The Independent, which cites satellite imagery, there have been no military trains on the bridge for three months. Currently, russia uses land routes in occupied eastern Ukraine to supply weapons to the front line.
Earlier, Vasyl Malyuk, the head of the Security Service of Ukraine, said that 42 to 46 trains carrying weapons and ammunition used to pass through the Crimean bridge daily before the attacks. Now, even cars are going through the bridge in reverse, and their weight should not exceed 3.5 tons.
As a reminder, in October 2022, the SSU hit the bridge with a truck filled with explosives, and in July 2023, “Sea Baby” marine drones struck the bridge's abutments.
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The russian assault with motorcycles near the village of Novomykhailivka did not end well.
It should be noted that everyone is trying to adapt to the new realities of war and therefore make a fortress out of a tank or use the speed of motorcycles and quad bikes to escape from FPV drones. No mass successful solution from drones has yet been found.
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Extremely Graphic
I am a Democrat who supports Ukraine in their battle against The Russian Z fascist invaders.
I am a 72 year old Covid hermit who
lives on 10 acres in a sparsely populated area of the Ozarks. I heat with wood that is leftover by the lumber industry. When cutting oak for lumber only the trunk is used.
The largest town is population 2992. The county is 13k people scattered over 713 square miles.