Ukrainian pilots carried out an effective strike on an “enemy facility” in the Russian-occupied Luhansk region on April 13.
Explosions were reported in the area of a machine-building plant.
⚡️The 🇺🇦Ukrainian military launched a missile attack on 🇷🇺Russian targets in temporarily occupied Luhansk.
— 🇺🇦Ukrainian Front (@front_ukrainian) April 13, 2024
Several Storm Shadow/SCALP cruise missiles are believed to have been used in the strike pic.twitter.com/lm0kHDBVrJ
Lt. Gen. Mykola Oleshchuk, Commander of the Ukraine’s Air Forces reported on his Telegram channel:
“After a pause, I thank the pilots of the Air Forces for a successful and – most importantly – effective strike on an enemy facility in the Luhansk region on April 13, 2024. The Ukrainian pilots did an excellent job and returned to the base.”
Oleshchuk emphasized: “There will be more such strikes on Russian logistics centers behind the front lines as soon as Ukraine receives MORE missiles from its Western partners.”
The Air Force commander did not specify what types of missiles were used. But the Storm Shadow/SCALP missiles provided by the UK and France are the most likely air-launched missiles in Ukraine’s arsenal.
Russian HQ Struck and damaged in Luhansk during this morning's Storm Shadow strike
— OSINT (Uri) 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇮🇱 (@UKikaski) April 13, 2024
Damaged
The Defense Forces of Ukraine successfully hit the Command Center of the enemy's "Center Group" of Forces in temporarily occupied Luhansk.
Glory To Ukraine!
StratCom AFU
General Staff… pic.twitter.com/ha2gS25VjF
In May 2023, Kyiv received a batch of Storm Shadow long-range cruise missiles from the UK.
In August 2023, France confirmed that similar SCALP missiles had been transferred to Ukraine.
However, since Ukraine does not field any NATO aircraft, adjustments were needed to resolve the incompatibility issue.
As a workaround, Ukraine equipped its Su-24Ms and Su-24MRs supersonic bombers with the Storm Shadows using decommissioned pylons from the RAF Tornado GR4 fighters, according to military analysts. But as a result, it is also believed that coordinates were entered pre-flight as the pilot could not relay target information using Soviet avionics.
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With the imminent arrival of US-made F-16 fighter jets, Ukraine’s air-to-surface strike capability should be enhanced.
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JOHN Guest • 1 second ago
@Imokru2, you showed up here just to promote putinrump and say that? Whose side were you on again? Educate yourself or look stupid...your choice.
Here's a few russian genocide against Ukrainian events which explain why Ukraine will not quit
* 1921-1922 Famine in Ukraine 1.5 million Ukrainians starve to death as food is confiscated and taken out of Ukraine to feed Russian cities.
* 1929-1930 De-kulakization: Over 500 000 farmers and families in Ukraine are sent to Siberia, executed, or sent to concentration camps.
* 1932-1933 Holodomor famine from caused by USSR's Joseph Stalin claimed the lives of 3.9 million Ukrainians or about 13 percent of its population at that time......
***May 2022 report by 30 internationally recognized legal scholars chronically acts that constitute genocide in the current war by the Putin regime. That was 3 months into war. Putin's genocide language and attempts have gotten worse since then..thousands of children kid napped and brainwashed...hydrodams bombed to destroy entire downstream villages...double taps on first responders...630 churches bombed...targeting civilian infrastructure to freeze all Ukrainian citizens..etc...etc.
Putin's regimes genocidal crimes will not be forgotten. Russia's shame will be multi generational.
Hopefully this did more than cause damage, and took out some high ranking Russian commanders. Glory to Ukraine!
Trump asked the speaker of the House to meet with him at his residence. They then met with the press, where Trump announced a plan for Ukraine. The materiel and cash could be considered a loan. Once the recalcitrant House members come onside, aid would then be forthcoming. The loan could be paid by other NATO members or it could be forgiven at some future date.
Expect a deal to be announced soon.
Congratulations Ukraine's brave pilots and support teams. UK and France thank you for the badly needed longer range capabilities!
While the USA continues in its politically barely functioning gridlocked state (thus no ATACMS), Germany needs to step in with its own TAURUS missile aid package. Same with any other ally that can fill the current gap of MRGA caused USA supply unreliability. Please stop the excuses.....Ukrainian's and your own growingly angry electorate have heard all that can be bared.
In the absence of sufficient air defence ,which will never be 100% attained, the only option remaining for a nation facing a genocidal aggressor is longer range offence. Surrender and cease fires are not a sane option for a smaller nation on the receiving end of genocidal putin's regime (who outrageously commands 'double tap' to intentionally kill rescuers ...yes again today 3 were killed). Ukraine needs the ability to take out the sources of russia missile manufacturing and targeting systems.
Russians need to share in the pain their greedy tyrant leader inflicts on Ukraine.
@John, Get over it! Calling this war a genocide is equivalent to branding Trump a NAZI. You know as well as I what the definition of genocide is.
@Imokru2, Maybe you should move on elsewhere if you think Russia’s war on Ukraine is not genocidal. You are no ally of ours if that is your opinion.
@Imokru2, you showed up here just to promote putinrump and say that? Whose side were you on again? Educate yourself or look stupid...your choice.
Here's a few russian genocide against Ukrainian events which explain why Ukraine will not quit
* 1921-1922 Famine in Ukraine 1.5 million Ukrainians starve to death as food is confiscated and taken out of Ukraine to feed Russian cities.
* 1929-1930 De-kulakization: Over 500 000 farmers and families in Ukraine are sent to Siberia, executed, or sent to concentration camps.
* 1932-1933 Holodomor famine from caused by USSR's Joseph Stalin claimed the lives of 3.9 million Ukrainians or about 13 percent of its population at that time......
***May 2022 report by 30 internationally recognized legal scholars chronically acts that constitute genocide in the current war by the Putin regime. That was 3 months into war. Putin's genocide language and attempts have gotten worse since then..thousands of children kid napped and brainwashed...hydrodams bombed to destroy entire downstream villages...double taps on first responders...630 churches bombed...targeting civilian infrastructure to freeze all Ukrainian citizens..etc...etc.
Putin's regimes genocidal crimes will not be forgotten. Russia's shame will be multi generational.
@Imokru2, YOU ARE DEFINITELY A NAZI, MOTHRFUCKER !!