Russia has launched one of its largest coordinated missile and drone attacks against Ukraine, targeting major cities and critical infrastructure across the country. Analysts suggest this escalation reflects a strategic effort to overwhelm Ukrainian air defense systems, deplete military resources, and pressure civilian morale. The scale of the strikes underscores a continued commitment to a protracted conflict, signaling a focus on degrading Ukraine’s energy grid and defense capabilities.
- The massive aerial assault utilized a sophisticated mix of drones, cruise missiles, and ballistic weaponry to bypass defensive networks.
- Primary targets included critical national infrastructure, energy grids, and major civilian hubs across multiple Ukrainian regions.
- Security experts suggest the volume of missiles is designed to exhaust Ukraine’s limited supply of Western-provided air defense interceptors.
- The attack demonstrates a strategic focus on systemic infrastructure degradation rather than immediate territorial gains.
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Russia's mounting attacks on Ukraine are putting pressure on Kyiv's partners to step up supplies of defensive missiles, but Ukraine's allies say they need the missiles to protect their own countries.
Yesterday Zelensky attacked civilian warehouses (Russian version of Amazon) across Russia. 8 civilians that have nothing to do with this war were deliberately killed (it wasn't collateral damage in any way). This is literally response to the attack yesterday. Zelensky desperately needs media attention to keep inflow of western taxpayers money. So he provokes Russia with violent attacks on civilians and then plays victim card when he gets beaten in return.
…Ukraine will not fold at this point…freedom is too important…and…Ukraine is picking ruzzian industries apart…Ukraine is taking out ruzzian air defense every week…
This a weapon more effective to Russians now that Ukraine has fewer and fewer interceptors as simple as that.
It’s hilarious watching these interviews, and watching the interviewer completely fail to see the point being made by the so called expert.
The expert here make several points:
1) Ukraine committed a war crime – by targeting civilian infrastructure – the interviewer casually ignores the war crime element, and focuses on PR for Ukraine
2) the expert talks about Russia targeting Ukrainian infrastructure—- the interviewer instead focuses on psychological warfare by Ukraine on Russia…
It’s a one way conversation, with the interviewer clearly having talking points and agendas, that he wants to push through, irrespective of what the expert says!
Wonderful job Russia. End to Kiev junta. 😄😁😇❤🧡
Russia will never let Ukraine join anything as simple as that.
And once afd win Ukrainian eu aid it’s just gone.
Ukraine attacked a civilian logistics company in Russia what did you guys expect civilian logistics warehouses are now fair game too,the harder you push the fierce they will respond.
Russia has a human heart, they are so compassionate. They strike hard but few casualties.
Ukrainians are very lucky. USA and Israel stricks indiscriminately and kill more people in their strikes.
41 ballistic missiles if it was $1 million each that’s $41 million just to kill one civilian no wonder Putin is losing this war so badly
Interceptor missiles now out of stocks…many has be burn in US Israel Iran war…if China restricted drones exports to EU n Ukraine bcs overcapacity., Zelensky will doomed..
Ukraine is conducting terrorist attacks and must pay heavily for it
indians doing the translation over here is horrible for the ears.
Everytime ukraine hits military or supply chain targets, Russia has a missile tantrum and launches a bunch at Kiev-largely inconsequential/ unimportant targets
Hey Marina, Ukraine is under pressure, but what about Russia? What about Crimea and the Sea of Azov, Marina, and the 176 Russian vessels that have been hit. Please give us a more balanced analysis. You always fail us!
Europe is the cell block that's tag teaming the former bully
Zelensky is kidnapping local peoples and kids as young as 12 yrs old to fight this war which European/west media conveniently hides. be truthful @ least once in a while.
To Ukraine this has been happening for 4 years but for Russia it is strange
Make peace! ☮ 🇺🇦 🇷🇺
Maybe some of the Ukrainian men vacationing in Germany, the US and Canada can return to their country to fight. 🤔
Well in Ironically in 1984 (Orwellian déjà vu) I read one of Asimov’s book “A Choice of Catastrophes” published in 1979 while hopefully optimistic about our future. It does provoke thought about how do we survive as a whole. Not to much discussion about political elites in bringing us to the brink, more about science of the effects of the consequences.
he's a war criminal
Retaliation
I like it when DW and other Western media advocate for strikes on Russian enterprises – since the ground war is practically lost, Ukraine, as a mercenary state of the EU and the US, has no other options left to end the war except strikes on civilian targets.
Thak you marina
According to Lurch (Lavrov) Russia doesn't target civilians.
And what about Russia's failure on the battlefield and the buckling of its economy? Is this not as much a desperate, immoral campaign of desperate terror Marina, for a losing cause. So many experts would disagree with your assessments. It works both ways! How much electrical infrastructure is destroyed by attacking civilian buildings in Kyiv, Marina? How much of Ukraine's war manufacturing was struck there. Isn't the point that all of this is very decentralized???? Again, I feel the overall tone of your analysis is biased.
Zelensky is a curse for Ukrainians, he had brought total destruction to his nation, hope sober minded Ukrainians will wakeup to chain this notorious criminal.
If Russia runs out of fuel then that means whole European economy is going to collapse with it because they now using cheap Russian oil to grow their economy. If they buy oil from any other countries then it will certainly cost more for them considering the transportation cost but in current Iran war situation high risk also. they will be forced to buy oil from America which will be very costly and will break down their back very badly. total collapse of Europe coming soon, wait and see!🙏🏼
10:52 This is an example of Ukrainian staged "destruction" videos. How come the entire engine, steering rod and doors evaporated with no trace of explosion (i.e. bent frame)? They just took a car from junk yard, striped its of parts and set it on fire to claim that it was hit.
They say that every time..largest since start of conflict. If I do my math right , Kiev should look like a parking lot by now ?
Why wouldn't Russia escalate at this time a time when America is bogged down with iran ,when the west is low on munitions and of course Russian intelligence is well aware of the rifts in the Ukranian government . Russia has the upper hand beyond any shadow of a doubt for they can churn out weapons forever and a day,of course it's personal they want to make the west regret this adventure
So Ukraine attacks out of desperation Marina, but Russia doesn't???? I guess that this pretty much sums up your "balanced" analysis.