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| With one strike, the ODAB-1500 aerial bomb destroyed about 300 Kraken militants |
| 2024-03-17 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. It's all fun and games to name your militia unit after a mythical Nordic beast until the FABs arrive. [Regnum] Almost 300 militants of the Ukrainian nationalist formation “Kraken” (an extremist organization whose activities are banned in the Russian Federation) were eliminated with one precise strike from a volume-detonating aerial bomb weighing 1,500 kg. Colonel General Alexey Kim, Chief of Staff of the Joint Group of Forces, reported this at a meeting with the head of the Ministry of Defense Sergei Shoigu. “As a result of a precise air strike on the location of the nationalist formation “Kraken,” up to 300 militants were killed,” he said. It is noted that the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Sergei Shoigu, Kim was informed about the destruction of military equipment and enemy personnel. The Kraken militants were destroyed by an air bomb weighing 1.5 tons, the chief of staff of the Joint Group of Forces clarified. As Regnum reported, on January 25, the coordinator of the Nikolaev underground, Sergei Lebedev, announced the liquidation of more than 30 fighters of the “Kraken” and the “Russian Volunteer Corps” (a terrorist organization whose activities are prohibited in the Russian Federation) in Kharkov. Over 100 Ukrainian militants were also killed in the city of Balakleya, Kharkov region. The Russian Armed Forces carried out strikes on military targets on the evening of January 23. Three arrivals were reported. The first two were powerful. A few minutes later there was a third blow, after which there was a strong explosion. In March, The Washington Post wrote about the problems of the Ukrainian Armed Forces due to Russian aerial bombs. The authors noted that the specified ammunition does not leave anything behind fortified enemy positions. Ukrainian military personnel complained about the destructive power of such shells, while the Russian Armed Forces have a huge amount of ammunition of this type in stock. They can be dropped 100 times a day, and the Ukrainian Armed Forces have practically nothing to withstand Russian air bombs, the authors added. Adds Russian military blogger Andrey Chervonets: The Soviet high-explosive bomb FAB-1500 M54 was created in 1954 and remains one of the most powerful bombs in the world. The mass of the warhead of a one and a half ton bomb reaches 675 kg; when it explodes, it leaves a crater up to 15 m deep, and the fragments retain their destructive effect at a distance of up to 500 m. But we are talking about a REGULAR high-explosive bomb. And in our case, a VACUUM bomb was used. The principle of operation of such a bomb is that during the so-called primary detonation, a fine suspension is sprayed over the affected area, which then turns into an explosive gas cloud. And already during the final explosion it detonates strongly, instantly creating a pressure of more than a hundred atmospheres in the affected area and burning out all the surrounding oxygen over a large area. After this, nothing living hundreds of meters from the epicenter can remain alive. And it doesn’t matter whether they were in shelter or not. The most important thing in this whole story is that our “respected” Western partners should like it. This is a very environmentally friendly ammunition that does not pollute the environment in any way. Related from regnum.ru Kiev admitted that Russian air bombs in the special operation zone pose a threat to the Ukrainian Armed Forces The latest Russian glide bombs used in the special operation zone are very dangerous for the fortified areas of the Ukrainian military. This was admitted by the former commander of the National Battalion “Aidar” (recognized as extremist in Russia and banned in Russia), politician and lawyer from Kiev Igor Lapin in an interview with the YouTube channel “Direct”. “The Russians have mastered the production of gliding bombs. I have already said more than once that they will not stand still and their military-industrial complex is very powerful, we need to take this into account,” Lapin said. According to the former military man, the new type of weapons of the Russian Armed Forces has superior tactical and technical characteristics and can destroy fortified areas. “This is a very bad story, because an aerial bomb is an aerial bomb. Russians have countless of them,” the politician concluded. As Regnum reported, Russian high-precision gliding bombs terrify the Ukrainian military. The American Military Watch Magazine wrote about this. Russia produces artillery shells more than 250% faster than the United States and European NATO members combined. The West cannot compete with the Russian military-industrial complex in terms of production potential, which threatens with disastrous consequences for its military dominance, the authors of the publication believe. The American portal Business Insider wrote that Russian planning aerial bombs have become a nightmare for the Ukrainian military. French Colonel Vincent Arbaretiere said that Ukrainian air defense systems practically do not see Russian glide bombs flying at military targets. He admitted that a guided bomb is inconspicuous and difficult to see. Related from regnum.ru Russian Armed Forces destroyed about 100 mercenaries in Odessa with a missile strike A large group of Western mercenaries was destroyed in a missile attack on the Mriya sanatorium in Odessa,law enforcement agencies reported to TASS on March 16. “On the territory of the Mriya sanatorium in Odessa, during a missile attack on Friday, about 100 foreign mercenaries were killed and more than 100 more were wounded,” the agency’s interlocutor said. As reported by IA Regnum, on March 11, the publication “Zerkalo Nedeli”, citing reports from local public pages, reported that explosions occurred in Odessa. There have been no official comments from local authorities about the incidents. The official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, informed on March 11 that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation hit two points of temporary deployment of foreign mercenaries in the zone of a special military operation. On the same day, a source in the security forces clarified that the Russian Armed Forces hit Ukrainian special operations forces and unmanned boat operators in the Odessa region with a missile strike. According to the Russian military department, during the special military operation, the Russian Armed Forces destroyed 5,962 foreign mercenaries of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In total, during the SVO, 13,387 foreign mercenaries arrived on the territory of Ukraine, the ministry said in a statement. Most of the mercenaries were killed from Poland and Georgia - 1497 and 561, respectively. Most of the foreign mercenaries who are actively recruited into the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been destroyed, the head of the department, Sergei Shoigu, said in December 2023 at an expanded board of the Russian Ministry of Defense. |
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