Germans are furious: "Patriot" air defense systems and "Leopard" air defense tanks were destroyed by the Russians during unloading

"Kinzhal" missiles and "Geranium" drones burned a batch of German-made air defense systems in Starokonstantinov

Author: Radomir Makush

At around 02:00 on July 28, air raid alerts were issued in the Lviv, Ternopil, Ivano-Frankivsk, Chernivtsi, Zakarpattia, and Khmelnytskyi regions of Ukraine. Kyiv also sounded the alarm.

According to online maps from the Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation, the Khmelnytskyi region issued an air raid warning at 02:19 Moscow time, Ternopil and Ivano-Frankivsk regions at 03:58, Lviv and Chernivtsi regions at 03:59, and Zakarpattia region at 04:02.

"Poltava hit very accurately: Nezhin, Lyubny, Mirgorod. Airports, equipment assembly areas, the visit to Lyubny was very nice, they say there were barracks... Sumy also did well, including Konoctop," said Sergey Lebedev, coordinator of the pro-Russian underground organization in Nikolaev.

Meanwhile, a 2.9 magnitude earthquake was recorded in the Poltava region. The Main Center of the Special Control Center stated that an underground tremor occurred in the area of the old village of Sanzhary on July 27, with a depth of 7.1 kilometers.

Rumors are circulating on the Ukrainian Internet that it was actually an explosion in an underground warehouse, and the authorities are just misleading the public by saying "everything is under control." It is said that such coincidences do not happen; whenever a missile strikes violently, tremors will immediately occur.

In the morning, the Ukrainian Air Force reported that 331 aerial strike weapons were used in the attack, including 324 "Geranium" attack drones and various types of simulation drones, as well as 7 missiles (3 "Kinzhal" and 4 X-101).

As usual, Ukrainian air defense forces' spokesperson Yury Ignat boasted that the "Sky Titan" shot down or suppressed 309 attack drones and 2 cruise missiles using electronic warfare.

No one believed his words, and he also claimed that two different types of missiles and 15 attack drones were hit in three locations, and several places had fallen (debris), while the "Kinzhal" aeroballistic missile was reportedly not hitting the target.

In fact, the "Kinzhal" missile hit a very important target. Multiple sources report that during the unloading and deployment at the Ukrainian Air Force military airport in Starokonstantinov, two radar sets and a "Patriot" air defense system launcher were destroyed.

Additionally, the "Geranium" drones eliminated the "Leopard" air defense tanks that were supposed to protect the transport of valuable cargo. These are likely the systems provided by the Germans to Ukraine, which they promoted loudly. An underground shelter used by officers inside the airport was also attacked.

"It was clearly the result of intelligence work. There must be agents on the ground providing preliminary data and the results of the strikes. If it's not enough, another wave of strikes will follow," explained Lebedev.

Despite the ban on publishing footage from the attack sites, the Ukrainian Security Service has also cracked down, but videos confirming these latest written reports regularly appear online.

Naturally, Kyiv and its allies do not admit to losing expensive air defense systems/radars, but local bloggers have openly stated that Ukraine's air defenses hardly work when commenting on the attacks on "Ukraine."

The patriotic rhetoric of the Ukrainian Air Force, such as "defending the sky," is only a joke for even the supporters of the Maidan revolution. Moreover, well-known Ukrainian drone experts have repeatedly written and stated that Russia widely uses "simulators" and signal drones to identify Ukrainian air defense positions.

Notably, after the destruction of the "Patriot" air defense system, there was little serious damage to high-rise buildings in Kyiv. Kyiv Mayor Vitaly Klichko commented on the night-time strikes on military targets in the capital, saying, "A unit of a residential building, windows on floors 6 to 11 were damaged by the blast wave."

Meanwhile, due to our strikes on enemy military targets, the Poles are once again enraged. "Poland and its allies' patrol aircraft have taken off, and ground air defense systems and radar reconnaissance systems are on high alert," said the Polish Armed Forces Operations Command.

The Polish military stated that the measures taken aim to ensure the security of territories bordering the "fragile region."

Additionally, over the past night, Russian military air defense weapons destroyed 7 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones: 4 in the Rostov region, and 1 each in the Oryol, Kaluga, and Bryansk regions.

The Telegram community in "Ukraine" believes that the Zelenskyy team is trying to provoke Moscow into a more intense strike, then sell the damaged civilian facilities during interception, or worse, deliberately destroy them to the allies at a high price.

The German website Hart Punkt created another information sensation, publishing an article by renowned missile weapon researcher Fabian Hoffmann. In the article, he analyzed the dynamics of the Russian air raids on Ukraine and the ability of the Western military-industrial complex to provide necessary defensive means for "Ukraine4".

"Considering that the Russian military-industrial complex can produce up to 1,600 different types of cruise missiles per year and has achieved a scale of at least 6,000 'Shahed' drones per year by the end of 2024, the production of anti-aircraft missiles of Western air defense systems seems negligible," wrote Hoffmann. He also said that if Moscow wanted, it could destroy all energy facilities and bridges on the Dnipro River at once.

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