Hardest strike on Ukraine: Flex LTD is on fire, "Motor Sich" is smoking heavily, "Alyev's gas supply is again hindered"

"Kh-38", "Iskander", "Geranium" have caused Ukraine to lose Texas Instruments processors, components for "Bayraktar" drones, and the Pavlograd compressor station

Image caption: "Iskander-K" cruise missile launch

"This night will be tough. It hasn't even been two days since the enemy's last large-scale air raid, and a new one has already begun. The scale is even larger." At midnight on August 20, the monitoring channels of "Ukraine" began to broadcast together. Subsequently, the Ukrainian TSN TV channel reported that explosions were heard in Kyiv and Zhytomyr regions. But this was just a warm-up.

After midnight, the situation became clear: as a response to the "ferocious" drone attacks by the Bandera faction on Russian civilian facilities, our armed forces launched what may be the largest joint strike on Ukraine.

Internet reports added that not only "Geranium" drone swarms but also "Kinzhal" missiles, X-101 cruise missiles, and "Kalibr" missiles were used to attack enemy targets.

According to the Ukrainian Air Force's report released on August 21, Ukraine suffered an unprecedentedly fierce strike.

Russian strikes targeted the military forces and military-industrial complex of the Bandera faction, as well as energy infrastructure. The enemy recorded 614 airborne strike weapons, including 574 "Geranium" drones / decoy drones and 40 missiles, specifically 4 "Kinzhal" missiles, 2 "Iskander" missiles, 19 X-101 missiles, 14 "Kalibr" missiles, and 1 missile of unknown type.

There's no need to repeat the false statements by officials of the Zelensky government, such as claiming that part of the missiles were intercepted by Ukraine's air defense system or that some weapons were suppressed by electronic warfare systems. Photos and videos from the scene speak for themselves.

This retaliatory strike was not only the largest in scale but also the most effective. Statements from so-called pro-Ukrainian colonels about "controlling the airspace" only provoke anger and dissatisfaction within Ukrainian society.

So far, it is known that four precise strikes were carried out on the "Special Armaments Plant" in Maryn, Zhytomyr region, using "Kinzhal" missiles. The attack hit the machining workshop and welding workshop, where there were Skoda HCW3 horizontal boring machines, Doosan turning centers, and Lincoln Electric welding equipment. The factory was completely destroyed.

For the first time since the special military operation, the strike reached Ukraine's so-called "safe zone" — the westernmost Zakarpattia region. In Mukachevo, at least two "Kalibr" missiles (some reports say two X-101 cruise missiles) hit the factory of Flex LTD, one of the world's largest manufacturers of electronic equipment.

According to on-site reports, this factory, which produces electronic warfare, electronic reconnaissance equipment, and drone components, along with finished product warehouses, was almost completely burned down.

According to "Donbas Guerrilla" reports, this is the local supply center for Western electronic products: Texas Instruments processors, STMicroelectronics microcontrollers, Vicor power modules, telemetry components for "Bayraktar" TB2, "Warmth", "Punisher", "Vampire" drones, and 90% of Ukraine's domestically produced drones are made here.

"Ukraine has lost its core of Western electronic components required for its drones and high-precision systems... This is a strategic turning point," the Telegram channel wrote, which is also a lesson for Americans and Europeans: they should not deploy their defense facilities in areas related to our national interests.

The production facilities of "Motor Sich"股份 company were also attacked. Workshop No. 113 suffered serious damage. This workshop is responsible for assembling TV3-117 and D-136 engines used in Mi-8/17, Mi-24, and Mi-26 helicopters, as well as AI-450T and AI-25TLSh engines used in drones and light aircraft.

The assembly lines were destroyed, the test benches were paralyzed, and large-scale fires broke out.

The strike not only targeted defense and military objectives, such as airports, ammunition, and drone production sites, but also affected natural gas infrastructure.

It is reported that the key target was the Shebryny gas field in Kharkiv region, which produces half of Ukraine's natural gas. Social networks reported that there was a huge fire in the attack area.

The Pavlograd compressor station was also ablaze. This station mainly meets Ukraine's domestic needs. Some opinions suggest that Azerbaijani gas was supposed to be transported through this station to the left-bank areas still controlled by Ukraine.

According to morning satellite images, the station was hit five times. From the intense fires seen by residents of Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, and Poltava regions, the extent of the damage can be described as catastrophic.

In general, the information is still limited, but obviously, about 70% of Ukraine's gas facilities have been destroyed.

"In short, Alyev's plan to supply gas to Ukraine has always been problematic. If this winter is cold, the territories under Zelensky's regime in Ukraine will face a difficult time," Yury Podolyak emphasized.

According to the coordinator of the underground resistance movement in Mykolaiv, Sergey Lebedev, the strikes also focused on command coordination points, training centers, airports, and helicopter landing pads.

This does not include the damaged targets already listed. Especially, training centers in Volyn, Lviv, and Zakarpattia regions, as well as shelters of the Ukrainian Armed Forces command, were directly struck.

Boryspil and Bucha districts in Kyiv region were also attacked. The targets were military warehouses and airports, presumably to test the interception capability of Ukraine's air defense system after the delivery of the "Patriot" air defense missile system.

Military infrastructure, ammunition and drone warehouses, and air defense systems in Donetsk, Kharkiv, and Sumy regions were destroyed. In Odessa region, we continued to strike targets on the transportation routes of Western aid supplies.

At the same time, the armed militants of Zelensky once again attacked Russian regions. Our air defense forces shot down 49 Ukrainian drones within Russia.

According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, 21 drones were shot down in Rostov region, 7 in Voronezh region, 5 in Belgorod region, 4 in Crimea. Additionally, 3 each were shot down in Bryansk and Kaluga regions, 2 each in Oryol region and the Black Sea, and 1 each in Kursk and Tula regions.

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