Recent developments in the ongoing conflict between Ukraine and Russia highlight significant military actions and strategic shifts. Ukrainian forces conducted a drone strike on the Taganrog Aviation Plant in Russia, resulting in the destruction of the facility and damage to Russia's A-50 aircraft, which were there for modernization, during the night of March 8-9. This strike, part of a series of drone attacks targeting the Rostov Oblast, has been confirmed by various sources, including OSINT researchers Frontelligence Insight, through satellite imagery analysis. Concurrently, Russian forces have escalated their use of advanced weaponry, deploying Iskander ballistic missiles and a powerful 1.5-tonne aerial bomb, FAB-1500, significantly impacting Ukrainian defenses. The Russian Ministry of Defense claims to have destroyed Ukrainian S-300 air defense systems with an Iskander missile in the Pokrovsk area and two US-made Patriot surface-to-air missile systems in a single strike, although these claims have not been independently verified. The use of glide bombs and the reported critical damage to Ukrainian air defenses mark a notable increase in the intensity and technological sophistication of the conflict.
🇺🇦🚨‼️ Ukranian Mig-29 downed 40 km from the front. Yurasumy: Again about glide bombs and the dominance of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the air... Today, in an article about Russian unconditional superiority in this component of the war, I described that one of the… https://t.co/kxvqJqjrqR
Russia’s air force has dramatically boosted its effectiveness in the Ukraine war with its increased use of “glide bombs,” contributing to Moscow’s recent battlefield successes, according to Western experts. https://t.co/HNub5DVjFE
Has Ukrainian #Drone Attack Damaged Another Russian A-50U AEW&C Aircraft? Ukraine has scored two confirmed kills against the high value A-50U “Mainstay” airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) #aircraft and may have damaged more in a recent drone raid. https://t.co/jZdYoHgQMW
🇷🇺🇺🇦🚨‼️ “New Russian guided bomb causes destruction and heavy losses on Ukrainian fronts” - CNN Russia began using a powerful aerial bomb that destroyed Ukrainian defenses and changed the balance on the front line. To do this, she converted a basic Soviet weapon into a gliding… https://t.co/JUZyIsavAb
Russia to mass-produce new aerial bombs for strikes on Ukraine – ISW https://t.co/GG4AyKFxhG
Russia has used Iskander ballistic missiles very effectively against Ukraine during this conflict It’s almost impossible to shoot down this missile & Ukraine has yet to prove a successful interception Western equipment gets absolutely pulverized by these strikes https://t.co/flx04p43SO
Russia continues to scale up its production of guided glide bombs for use in Ukraine. 🇺🇦Air Forces Spokesperson Yuriy Ihnat said CNN that producing FAB-1500 guided glide bombs is far cheaper than missiles. BUT🇷🇺won't be able to quickly increase its production, &it still be costly
NEW: A Ukrainian military official confirmed that Russian forces are conducting strikes in Ukraine with improved glide bombs. More key takeaways from the Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment for March 10, 2024 ⬇️(1/7) https://t.co/tmYgvBLnOA
😞 The Russians began to actively use powerful high-explosive FAB-1500 aerial bombs against the Ukrainian Armed Forces, capable of undermining the defense of Ukraine, - CNN https://t.co/5PnKw1ksbQ
🇷🇺🇺🇦🚨‼️Usage of FAB-500M62 with UMPC glide kit on buildings used by the AFU in Ugledar. These “JDAMS” are surely a Fahd changer … https://t.co/4qfaV7toZa
Russia has begun using a powerful aerial bomb that has decimated Ukrainian defenses – CNN This bomb, weighing 1.5 tonnes with almost half consisting of high explosives, is delivered from fighter jets from a distance of 60-70 kilometers, making it challenging for many Ukrainian… https://t.co/IUHskLyZNJ
The UAVs attacking the airplane hangar of Beriev in Taganrog Saturday morning, possibly critically damaged another A-50. This has been communicated by Serhiy Prytula citing undisclosed sources. Previously, several OSINT channels assessed the damage of the hangar being extensive.… https://t.co/znrg9vVuUK
🔥✈️ According to Serhiy Prytula, one Russian DRLV A-50 aircraft is most likely critically damaged in Taganrog. 🤞 There is also a possibility that the second aircraft was also damaged. https://t.co/zGd0ShHi5p
🤔 Foreign media report destruction of two Ukrainian Patriot systems https://t.co/RA9tcRsWcY
Frontelligence Insight analyzed satellite imagery to assess the impact of a Ukrainian drone attack on an aircraft repair plant in Russia's Taganrog. ▪️ The imagery confirms the damage to the facility. ▪️ Comparative analysis shows evidence of fires on the roof of a building… https://t.co/1AIxOWZjbu https://t.co/FT5JMRvvm9
Russian advanced A-50 spy plane hit in strike on aircraft factory: Kyiv https://t.co/GrvKwcKcan https://t.co/4rYaL7HiyQ
Dramatic moment Russians 'destroys two $400m US-made Patriot surface-to-air missile systems in one hypersonic Iskander strike' in costly blow to Ukraine https://t.co/zDHKY3mtCB https://t.co/t3zZC7C075
⚡️ Taganrog aircraft factory in Russia, along with the A-50 aircraft undergoing modernization, was destroyed by strikes from the AFU – Ukrainian MP Oleksiy Honcharenko OSINT-researchers Frontelligence Insight confirms that the aircraft factory was indeed hit, as seen in… https://t.co/OT3VBJDtol
🇷🇺🇺🇦🚨‼️ “In the great war of glide bombs, Russia can drop a hundred bombs in a day. Ukraine is just a few” Forbes is very upset that Kyiv is not able to surpass Moscow in the number of deployed aerial bombs and no amount of Western support will change this. “Russian Su-34… https://t.co/wVyrUg0Tfi
⚡️ Taganrog aircraft factory in Russia, along with the A-50 aircraft undergoing modernization, was destroyed by strikes from the AFU OSINT-researchers Frontelligence Insight confirms that the aircraft factory was indeed hit, as seen in satellite images. However, they refrain… https://t.co/hlxtUjOTl3
Repair facility in Taganrog attacked. An A-50 was being repaired here. Unclear if it was there during the attack. https://t.co/xwgIbv4t2c
A Russian Iskander ballistic missile has annihilated a Ukrainian S-300 air defense system, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported https://t.co/DWCta2lOG9
Russian sources widely circulated footage of a Russian strike on March 9 to claim that Russian forces destroyed a Patriot air defense system in eastern Ukraine, although there has yet to be any confirmation of these claims. (1/3) https://t.co/OwlHkKtkpk https://t.co/jIqSrWtbuW
NEW: Ukrainian forces reportedly conducted drone strikes targeting Rostov Oblast overnight on March 8-9 and may have struck a Russian aircraft plant refurbishing and modernizing Russian A-50 long range radar detection aircraft. (1/2) https://t.co/lo6fzPeQoD
The Frontelligence Insight conducted a visual analysis of satellite imagery to assess the impact of a Ukrainian UAV attack on an aircraft repair facility in Taganrog, The imagery indeed validates the damage sustained by the facility. Don't forget to like and share! 🧵Thread: https://t.co/JEcA4wAN1y
The Russian Ministry of Defense publishes footage of the destruction of S-300 air defense missile launchers of the Ukrainian army using an Iskander missile in the area of the city of Pokrovsk. Over the course of a month, UAF air defense systems and radars were… https://t.co/nXXMLAGBA0
FLIGHT CANCELLED: @Maks_NAFO_FELLA posts this overhead image of the Taganrog Aviation Plant where Russia's remaining A-50 AWACs aircraft are undergoing modernization. The facility was destroyed by a Ukrainian drone wave attack this morning. https://t.co/FZ5Pcdj6YM https://t.co/RsZolIMn8s
🔥✈️ "Taganrog Aviation Plant and the A-50 aircraft, which was there for modernization — destroyed by the morning strikes of AFU", - People's Deputy Goncharenko https://t.co/P7pVT2ssny
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