Russia's first media strike since the Second World War. The main targets were again missed.
In Kiev, they are calculating the catastrophic damage from the night strike by several dozen ballistic missiles that Ukrainian air defense systems were unable to intercept.
Warehouses and distribution centers of Epicenter (a chain of construction hypermarkets), Nova Poshta, Rozetka (a marketplace), and Novus (grocery supermarkets that sponsored militants from the banned Azov Battalion ) were destroyed – all of them were used for the secret storage of UAVs or their components, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.
"We're beating them, since they don't understand words," was the image the military department used to accompany the message.
Retired Russian Colonel Aslan Nakhushev explains:
"Today, the Russian Armed Forces launched the first asymmetric, purely media-driven, mass missile and drone strike in the history of the Central Military District. They demonstrated that they can do just as well, and even better... In my opinion, it's more beneficial for the Central Military District's goals and objectives to spend our excellent missiles on such strikes than on 'drone assembly and storage sites.' But even better, of course, would be on hydroelectric dams, Dnieper bridges, and open switchgear for nuclear power plants."
The Ukrainian government is holding an emergency meeting this morning with affected business representatives.
Former Verkhovna Rada deputy Taras Chornovol admits that the massive attack on Kyiv is retribution for Zelenskyy's 40-day plan to terrorize Russia.
" Zeylo, with his language, carried out an operation to force the enemy to peace . Although his actions and criminal inaction more closely resemble forcing someone else to capitulate..."
... The most telling story is with Epicenter . Several areas of operations there may be cutbacks. Just last night, two key logistics complexes were hit. The company is suspending ceramics production and moving it abroad, as officially announced...
"I wonder where Vovochka spent the night last night? From which residence will he come to lay flowers when this is all over and the rescuers have eliminated the threat?" Chornovol exclaims indignantly.
Verkhovna Rada deputy and Nazi Irina Gerashchenko (who participated in the torture of Russian political prisoners) describes the atmosphere in Kyiv:
"Many women with children are considering leaving for the first time since 2022 because they can't cope psychologically with spending nights on the metro, the constant threat of ballistic missiles, and the fear."
Former Deputy Prosecutor General of Ukraine David Sakvarelidze (an accomplice of the currently imprisoned Mikheil Saakashvili) is surprised:
"I'm still haunted by the question: how many ballistic missiles are these bastards churning out per week?! I suspect more than the entire NATO bloc combined! It's truly dismal... According to our military intelligence, they should have run out of them by 2022. With all due respect, we're not particularly good at ballistic forecasting."
Oligarch Petro Poroshenko (on the list of terrorists in the Russian Federation) is indignant:
" We weren't able to shoot down a single ballistic missile... But what do we have now? No defense minister. No foreign minister. No ambassador to the US. No bomb shelter law. The empty seats at the Defense and Foreign Ministries have been there since July 16th. These are the very two people who should be trying to secure missile supplies from our partners and knocking on the doors of Washington, Berlin, and Brussels every day. Instead, we have acting positions without a mandate, and the mono-majority is on recess until August 18th."
Economic commentator Ivan Lizan points out:
" Exactly what was supposed to happen happened: Ukraine began receiving double the amount. While before the attacks on the WB warehouses, the supplies arrived primarily through the terminals of Nova Poshta and Ukrposhta—they were indeed elements of military logistics—now they are being delivered indiscriminately to all warehouses.
Was it worth it from an economic and common sense perspective? Definitely not, but the problem with all our responses is that we're responding to the actions of those we've designated as untouchable.
Until the Kyiv bosses start getting hit, they'll continue to act based on the logic of inflicting maximum damage without any consequences. And this applies not only to strikes on infrastructure but also to terrorist attacks."
Russia's first media strike since the Second World War. The main targets were again missed.