Day 309.
Today, The Russians Tried To Conduct The Last Massive Missile Strike On Ukraine Before The
New Year.
The Goal Of This Strike Was To Take Out The Ukrainian Energy System And Force The Ukrainian
To Spend The New Year In The Dark With No Electricity.
However, The Strike Did Not Go As Planned.
It Seems Like The Russians Failed To Prepare Their Air Defense System, So Once They Launched
Their Missiles And Their Own Air Defense Started Shooting Them Down.
As A Result, The Russians Shot Down At Least Four Of Their Missiles And Even A Fighter
Jet.
The Jet Exploded And Also Killed The Russian Pilot.
In Fear That Their Defense May Start Shooting Down Commercial Planes Passing By, The Russians
Closed The Sky Within The 200 Km Radius Of The Place Where The Accident Happened.
And This Is Where It Gets Interesting.
The Place Where The Russians Shot Down Their Fighter Aircraft Is The Notorious Engels Strategic
Airfield.
As You Remember, Russian Sources Reported That The Ukrainians Struck This Airfield With
Drones On 5th And 26th December.
And If The First Strike Targeted And Successfully Damaged Several Russian Bombers, Then The
The Second Strike Allegedly Damaged Five Russian Bombers And Destroyed The Control Post, Killing
17 Servicemen And Wounding 26.
Many Of Them Are Allegedly The Pilots Who Were Supposed To Participate In Today’s
Missile Strike.
Understandably, The Russian Ministry Of Defense Received Devastating Criticism, And Everyone
Started Asking Why They Could Not Protect A Strategic Airfield With Carriers Of Nuclear
Weapons Located 600 Km Deep Inside Russia.
To Avoid The Third Embarrassment, The Russians Decided That The Best Protection
Would Be To Just Empty The Airfield And Don’t Give The Ukrainians A Cause To Attack It.
Yesterday, Ukrainian Intelligence Confirmed That The Russians Had Relocated All The Bombers
That Was Left After The Strike To The Base Located 7 Thousand Kilometers Away From Ukraine.
They Have Also Pulled In More Air Defense Systems In The Region To Make Sure That No
Ukrainian Drone Can Get Through And Hit This Base For The Third Time.
However, Such A Heightened Level Of Alertness Seems To Have Caused Trouble As Well.
It Seems Like The Russians Failed To Timely Identify That A Passing-by Fighter Jet Was
Friendly, So They Shot It Down.
This Clearly Shows That The Mere Fact That The Ukrainian Might Reach Russia's Deep Rear
Positions Are Playing A Huge Role.
Previously, The Russians Wouldn’t Even Bother, Assuming That The Only Aircraft That Could
Fly So Deep Inside Russia Could Only Be Russian.
But Now They Need To Make Sure That The Object Is Friendly.
A Somewhat Similar Situation Happened In Crimea.
As You Remember, Over The Last Week, The Ukrainians Have Conducted Several Massive Drone Strikes,
And These Drones Often Got Quite Deep Into Russian-controlled Territory.
So, Today, When The Russians Launched Their Missiles From The Black Sea, Some Russian
Air Defense Systems Started Shooting Them Down.
Today It Was Reported That There Was A Series Of Explosions Near Hanoi.
Locals Say That They Heard Three Or Four Explosions Around The Time The Caliber Rockets Were Heading
In The Direction Of Ukraine.
Regional Officials Confirmed That The Explosions Were Caused By The Air Defense, But Did Not
Specify The Targets.
Finally, In The Breast Region Of Belarus, A Rocket Fell Around 25 Km From The Ukrainian
Border.
Judging By The Photo, It Looks Like It Was A Rocket From An Air Defense S-300.
Belarusian Sources Immediately Claimed That It Was A Ukrainian Rocket, Although They Did
Not Assert Whether It Was An Accident Or A Deliberate Attack.
Other Sources Suggest That It Might Have Been An Unsuccessful Launch By The Belorussian
Air Defense, Similar To What We Saw In Hanoi And Saratov.
This Is Entirely Possible Because All These Incidents Involve S-300 Systems And The
The Air Defense System Is Centralized, The Same Errors Can Cause Similar Accidents Anywhere.
Ukraine Immediately Responded To The Accusations And Showed A Willingness To Jointly Conduct
An Investigation.
Overall, The Russians Showed The Worst Performance With This Missile Strike.
Several Weeks Prior, Ukrainian Intelligence Estimated That The Russians Planned To Launch
Around 120 Missiles.
However, It Looks Like Their Plans Went Sideways.
First, Ukrainian Preventative Actions Rendered One Of The Most Valuable Airfields
In Russia Inoperable.
Secondly, The Ukrainians Have Also Conducted A Lot Of Drone Strikes In Crimea, Putting
The Local Air Defense Is On High Alert.
So Thirdly, When The Russians Launched Their Rockets, It Caused Paranoid Air Defense Operators
To Make Premature Decisions, Which Led To Shooting Down Their Missiles And Jets.
As A Result, Only 69 Rockets Entered The Ukrainian Sky.
54 Of Them Were Shot Down, Implying A 78% Success Rate.
Even Though, In General, The Repercussions Were Mild, Some Rockets Still Hit Ukrainian
Ground.
Some Of Them Landed In Residential Areas.
So, A Massive Mess
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