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Local sources report a fire and explosions at Russian ammunition depots in occupied Irmino, Luhansk Oblast, about 20 km from the closest Ukrainian positions. The facilities were allegedly hit by the Ukrainian artillery several hours ago.
NCjack
(10,294 posts)SoonerPride
(12,286 posts)Hekate
(94,218 posts)🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻
doc03
(36,508 posts)2naSalit
(91,935 posts)That I can check off that square on my Bingo card now?
I was expecting a different type of spontaneous combustion but this might qualify!
Deuxcents
(19,301 posts)abqtommy
(14,118 posts)military showing their poor math skills too? Sure looks like it. Go Ukraine!
Gore1FL
(21,749 posts)They probably need large quantities on site if they expect to have any. On-demand deliveries aren't a thing with the Russian military.
roamer65
(36,962 posts)chowder66
(9,770 posts)speak easy
(10,342 posts)COL Mustard
(6,806 posts)You'd think someone is sending a message or something. I love coincidences. What is this, 9 or 50 lighting strikes or something???
TomSlick
(11,731 posts)God is on the side with the best artillery.
Pachamama
(17,000 posts)Evolve Dammit
(18,346 posts)yaesu
(8,100 posts)As Russia launched its invasion, the U.S. gave Ukrainian forces detailed intelligence about exactly when and where Russian missiles and bombs were intended to strike, prompting Ukraine to move air defenses and aircraft out of harms way, current and former U.S. officials told NBC News.
That near real-time intelligence-sharing also paved the way for Ukraine to shoot down a Russian transport plane carrying hundreds of troops in the early days of the war, the officials say, helping repel a Russian assault on a key airport near Kyiv.
It was part of what American officials call a massive and unprecedented intelligence-sharing operation with a non-NATO partner that they say has played a crucial role in Ukraines success to date against the larger and better-equipped Russian military.
The details about the air defenses and the transport plane, which have not previously been reported, underscore why, two months into the war, officials assess that intelligence from U.S. spy agencies and the Pentagon has been an important factor in helping Ukraine thwart Russias effort to seize most of the country.