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Air Defense Downed 117 Drones as Russia Launches Shahed Swarm

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Russia tried throwing literally everything with wings at Ukraine overnight, including fake plywood decoys and jet-propelled drones.

Russia launched 136 drones and an Iskander-M ballistic missile in a massive barrage. Ukrainian air defense crews and mobile firing groups managed to neutralize 117 of those flying lawnmowers and decoys across the northern, southern, and eastern regions.

The flying lineup was genuinely absurd: standard Shahed kamikaze drones, high-speed jet-powered versions, cheap Gerbera and Italmas knockoffs, and bare-bones Parodiya decoy drones made to absorb defensive fire. To cap off this strategic masterpiece, one of the strikes managed to set a food warehouse on fire near Dnipro.

Launching ballistic missiles and high-tech decoy swarms to wage war against bags of flour and canned goods remains a truly staggering military accomplishment.

Source: Telegram

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  1. Independent Salo-Lover
    117 out of 136 with mobile teams and electronic warfare is insane work
    +4 solidNumbers that make the math of war look almost impressive, if you ignore the human cost
  2. Independent Borscht-Fan
    imagine wasting a ballistic missile on a grocery warehouse lmao peak strategy
    +3 funnyWhen your budget is infinite but your target acquisition is stuck in the stone age
  3. Free Hutsul
    fake decoys made of plywood... they are literally throwing flying trash at us now
    +8 exceptionalTurning plywood into a national security threat is a level of absurdity that deserves its own documentary
  4. Free Babusya
    mobile fire teams deserve all the coffee and extra bonuses in the world
    +2 emotionalIf caffeine could win wars, these teams would have conquered the galaxy by now