War re Ukraine: Thread

grarpamp grarpamp at gmail.com
Sat May 13 09:39:35 PDT 2023


Drone Wars Coming...


Russia Establishes Anti-Drone Police As Threat To Cities Grows

Russia has launched an anti-drone police force in St. Petersburg,
which is likely to also be rolled out in other major cities, as the
population comes under increasing threat by drone activity from
Ukraine.

The force's head, Roman Uvarov, described its purpose as to "ensure
the protection of public order" during large public events, such as
this week's Victory Day celebrations which took place in major cities
across Russia.

Reuters describes that "The unit will include officers armed with
sniper rifles and carbines, groups trained to neutralize unmanned
aerial vehicles, and mobile patrols to detain those suspected of
operating drones."

"Video footage from this year's Victory Day parade showed heavily
armed officers standing on rooftops above Palace Square holding
drone-detection equipment and groups of snipers patrolling along the
nearby Neva river in boats," the report continues.

The creation of anti-drone units follows the May 3rd drone attack on
the Kremlin complex, which Russian leaders called a 'terroristic'
attempt to assassinate President Putin.
Getty Images

A small drone was filmed exploding just above a large dome of the
Kremlin complex. Anti-drone weaponry may have intercepted it in the
split-second before impact, some footage appeared to show.

In addition to these small-scale drone attacks on cities, there's been
a devastating drone campaign targeting Russia's oil infrastructure as
well...

    When an oil depot in Russian-annexed Crimea was attacked in late
April, the resulting fire sent a plume of thick black smoke into the
sky.

    The incident at the facility in Sevastopol was one of at least
five attacks on oil infrastructure in southern Russia in less than two
weeks. There was also a double attack on the Ilsky oil refinery in the
Krasnodar region, a strike on an oil refinery in the Rostov region, a
reported attack Wednesday on the Druzhba oil pipeline carrying Russian
crude to Eastern Europe and an attack on an oil storage facility
Thursday in Russia’s Bryansk region.

    Attacks on energy infrastructure in both countries have been a
common tactic since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine last year.

    🚩Clearest footage of the drone attack against the #Kremlin
pic.twitter.com/4Gvztzq86r
    — Michael A. Horowitz (@michaelh992) May 3, 2023

The strikes on oil facilities could be aimed at dampening Russia's
logistical and supply lines ahead of Ukraine's counteroffensive, which
has been previewed as coming at some point in the Spring.


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