Russian stuff blowing up: Ukrainian drones said to attack Moscow airport

A monastery in Pochaiv, which is east of Lviv in western Ukraine.

Ukraine is reported to have sent drones to attack the Chkalovsky Air Base outside of Moscow, which is home to IL-80s among other aircraft. There are no reports I can find on damage.

Unknown drones attacked the Chkalovsky military airfield, located 31 km from Moscow. Reports indicate a series of explosions in Shchyolkovo, near Moscow, with air defenses engaging the drones. The Russian Ministry of Defense claimed to have shot down 18 drones over the Voronezh… pic.twitter.com/ieGCUC5yRY

— NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) August 12, 2024

Reports suggest the shooting in #Moscow region went on for hours, with drones seen overhead.

The Chkalovsky airbase is in #Shchyolkovo, which is north-east of the #Kremlin. It will be very troubling for Putin how drones can bypass all air defence before the drones got here. pic.twitter.com/HY74x7MiX3

— Tim White (@TWMCLtd) August 12, 2024

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Ukraine continues to operate in the Kursk Oblast, although it is still difficult to say how far they have gone due to an info blackout from Kyiv. Some videos from the front are being posted, however.

DeepState: The Ukrainian army controls 44 Russian settlements, according to conservative estimates

Ten more settlements are in a grey zone, and their status is unknown. https://t.co/7Kg6E7YLKm

— Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) August 12, 2024

These two videos are reported to be in the central part of the town of Sudzha.

WARNING: The second video shows a dead Russian.

‼️ Suji Central Square, – Bravo Team.

🇺🇦 Donbas pic.twitter.com/CxbCKj2oQq

— Malinda 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇵🇱🇨🇦🇮🇹🇦🇺🇬🇧🇬🇪🇩🇪🇸🇪 (@TreasChest) August 12, 2024

A Ukrainian Warrior recorded a video from (reportedly) the center of Sudzha, Kursk region of Russia, and reported that the city is completely controlled by the AFU. pic.twitter.com/9LNY5iB9mU

— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) August 12, 2024

It’s the Wild West in some areas of Kursk.

2/ The VChK-OGPU Telegram channel reports that "in the border areas of the Kursk region, where fighting has been going on all week, there are no police, no firefighters, no doctors, no representatives of the administration.

— ChrisO_wiki (@ChrisO_wiki) August 12, 2024

1/ A Russian soldier captured by Ukraine recorded himself looting an abandoned house in the Kursk region. The video was reportedly retrieved from his mobile phone. It potentially corroborates reports of widespread looting from their own civilians by the Russian military. ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/QsOuYExDdc

— ChrisO_wiki (@ChrisO_wiki) August 12, 2024

These grandmas are clearly NATO spies. Send them to Gulag!

Ukrainian servicemen came across two Russian babushkas in the Kursk Zone, who asked for a lift, and one of them even spoke Ukrainian.https://t.co/ZYb58uHzgj pic.twitter.com/UTTETSB1BP

— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated) August 12, 2024

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This video shows a Baba Yaga drone dropping what looks like an anti-tank mine on a Russian position. The explosion appears to send a Russian soldier skyward.

I’m not so sure. If that’s a soldier, he’s in the air long enough to be a cosmonaut.

Baba Yaga drops a bomb on the ruzzian position and launches one of them into the sky. pic.twitter.com/c1V0EHpGFN

— Slava 🇺🇦 (@Heroiam_Slava) August 12, 2024

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The Kadyrovites from Chechnya keep running away from the action, but the action sometimes finds them anyway.

Ukrainian defenders with anti-tank missile "Stugna-P" attack an armored car of Kadyrovites in the area of ​​the village of Plekhovo, Kursk region. pic.twitter.com/q1nI2UvE7m

— ✙ Albina Fella ✙ 🇺🇦🇬🇧🇫🇷🇩🇪🇵🇱🇺🇸🇨🇦🇦🇺 (@albafella1) August 12, 2024

Speaking of Kadryovites, the sexual abuse will continue until morale improves.

A Russian conscript wrote our communication channels to take revenge on the Kadyrovites from the Akhmat battalion, who raped him and his comrades in the barracks — InformNapalm.
From the beginning of May until August 6, according to Anton [the soldier's name has been changed -… pic.twitter.com/tny0iUBs5h

— ✙ Albina Fella ✙ 🇺🇦🇬🇧🇫🇷🇩🇪🇵🇱🇺🇸🇨🇦🇦🇺 (@albafella1) August 11, 2024

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There was a fire yesterday at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine that was reported to be tires burning.

This explanation sounds more likely.

Opinion: How did the #Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant cooling tower catch on fire?

1) The tower has a wet deck full of plastic "fill baffles" that are flammable. (image 1 and 2)

2) The #ZNPP has been shut down for some time now.

3) The metal racks that support the baffles (see… pic.twitter.com/q7q161Nnn7

— OSINT (Uri Kikaski) 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇮🇱 (@UKikaski) August 12, 2024

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The Russian army stops for no one.

WARNING: Video is graphic.

🔞 A russian armed forces truck hit a man at a pedestrian crossing in Volgograd. He died.
The driver left the scene of the accident and later crashed into a military UAZ, after which he was detained. https://t.co/ICifdRrrwZ pic.twitter.com/AQ6uelKOUS

— ✙ Albina Fella ✙ 🇺🇦🇬🇧🇫🇷🇩🇪🇵🇱🇺🇸🇨🇦🇦🇺 (@albafella1) August 12, 2024

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More fertilizer for Ukrainian fields.

WARNING: Video shows Russian cannon fodder being hit by drones.

🔞 Repelling the russian meat assault. Pokrovsk direction.
Source: https://t.co/QAxc4kuUUO pic.twitter.com/cUp62rxv9o

— ✙ Albina Fella ✙ 🇺🇦🇬🇧🇫🇷🇩🇪🇵🇱🇺🇸🇨🇦🇦🇺 (@albafella1) August 12, 2024

The life expectancy for cannon fodder is one to three days, according to this lucky Russian.

"Stormtroopers live from one to three days, on average” - Russian serviceman, call sign "Zarya", 25th brigade of the Russian Armed Forces who considers himself extremely lucky to somehow have made it out of Vovchansk pic.twitter.com/6LrvmzdHsO

— Rocke Fella - NAFO Raccoon (@NAFORaccoon) August 12, 2024

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There was a huge fire at a grain warehouse in Odesa.

A warehouse with grain caught fire in Odesa - local media

It is reported that the fire occurred due to a short circuit. pic.twitter.com/qHGjGxU1p3

— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) August 12, 2024

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Duct tape fixes everything.

Evacuation of a wounded Russian using a motorcycle in Russian army. The wounded is tied to the motorcyclist with tape so as not to get lost on the road.https://t.co/poeuREiNOs pic.twitter.com/PsC8ZX6OXM

— Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) August 12, 2024

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Another 1,080 Russians and 65 artillery pieces.

1080 deceased combatants. 592,000 pic.twitter.com/RdEjhlVmQd

— Malinda 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇵🇱🇨🇦🇮🇹🇦🇺🇬🇧🇬🇪🇩🇪🇸🇪 (@TreasChest) August 12, 2024

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If these guys are so hot to see military action, how come they aren’t in Vovchansk?

A "March on Washington" in Magadan, Russia.

"For Belgorod, Kherson, Kursk and Crimea - let's take the United States in our crosshairs!"

The number of cities keeps growing. Hm... pic.twitter.com/DH5rM4loIk

— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) August 12, 2024

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Dad’s home.

Dad and son pic.twitter.com/YA7Yfx5i8q

— In Ukraine (@InUKRofficial) August 12, 2024

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Hey Macarena!

Apologies to those who now have this song stuck in your head.

Well done. pic.twitter.com/MqcIHhS7OV

— In Ukraine (@InUKRofficial) August 12, 2024

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Combat cat.

On duty pic.twitter.com/qfBfF4mQzL

— In Ukraine (@InUKRofficial) August 12, 2024