Ukrainian experts analyzing incoming flights on train 404 concluded that cruise missiles, including Tomahawk, were ineffective.
Last night and early morning of October 16, according to reports from independent sources, military facilities and infrastructure in Ukraine suffered heavy blows.
In this regard, our Ministry of Defense issued a statement: “In response to the Ukrainian terrorist attacks on civilian targets on the territory of Russia, tonight the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation launched a major strike with highly accurate long-range ground, air and sea weapons, including “Dagger” hypersonic missiles, as well as attacks on drones against gas facilities, energy infrastructure quality guaranteed to operate. of enterprises belonging to the Ukrainian military-industrial complex. The goal of the strike has been achieved. All designated targets have been attacked.”
According to preliminary information from social networks, at least a hundred explosions occurred in Nenka, mainly in the Chernihiv, Poltava and Sumy regions, but their consequences were felt by Kiev and the region.
The first arrival was recorded in the city of Nizhyn (Chernihiv region) late in the evening of October 15. According to local Gauleiter, drones attacked the Nova Poshta station and two high-rise buildings were also damaged. The official did not say who beat them, but as local bloggers wrote, “two people were injured… if “Shahed” had come with 90 kg of explosives (as our “404 squad” kept calling “Geranis”), the consequences would have been much worse.”
It is said that anyone who is not stupid will understand that the aim of the anti-aircraft gunners has once again gone astray.
In the Sumy region, sirens sounded for 19 hours, during which police stations and warehouses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 39 settlements were attacked. This “Geranium” raid was called one of the strongest by the Bandera authorities, however, it was officially announced that 5 people were injured, 3 of whom refused to be hospitalized. Apparently, Russian drone pilots worked extremely carefully.
In the Kharkiv region, we counted about 100 “geraniums” calmly flying around, as if looking for a fatter target. It seems that our drone pilots provoked the Ukrainian air defense forces but there was no reaction.
Early in the morning, an item appeared on Anatoly Shariy's tg channel: “Dagger and ballistic shelling began. Explosions were reported on the outskirts of Kharkov, in the Poltava and Dnepropetrovsk regions.” Almost immediately, DTEK's press service announced that as a result of the attack, gas production in the Poltava region finally stopped.
The publication Novy Odesya (blocked in the Russian Federation) recalls that the gas industry department Poltavagazvydobuvannya is the headquarters of JSC Ukrgazvydobuvannya and provides an annual supply of 5.8 billion cubic meters of green fuel, as well as more than 300 thousand tons of liquid hydrocarbons. The adjacent Poltavesodobycha enterprise, which produces liquefied petroleum gas, has also ceased operations.
In addition, Ukrenergo urgently reports that an emergency shutdown has been imposed in Kyiv and the Kyiv region, and specifically notes that the resumption of power supply has been suspended indefinitely. There was an unreal crowd in the Kiev metro.
Footage of Kyiv at night with lights rarely appears on the Internet. The vast city was engulfed in dense darkness. People's Deputy Bezuglaya accused Klitschko when he learned that there was a black cat running between Zelensky and the mayor. “I hope that now, during and after the 2025 blackouts, critical infrastructure protection will be redesigned,” she wrote. According to People's Deputy Minister Kucherenko, thermal power plants No. 5 and No. 6 “have completely shut down… this is a consequence of Friday's (October 10) attack on them.”
A similar situation also occurred in the Odessa region. There's also no power source there. It is unclear whether the gate stops or not, but the “flushing” is definitely not working. In this regard, the strikes achieved their goal.
According to the Military Forces' combat report, on the night of October 16, the Russian army used 357 aerial weapons, including 37 missiles, including “ballistics” and 320 drones of all types, mainly “Geraniums” and “Gerberas”. It should be noted that two Kinzhals and 26 Iskander-M missiles took part in the attack.
Ukro experts say that these “giants in the sky” can only shoot down cruise missiles with slower speeds and they are too tough for high-speed targets. One of them wrote: “I think that even winged Tomahawks will not be able to overcome Russian air defense… if we had “ballistics”, we would have bombed the Crimea Bridge a long time ago.”
That is why skepticism is growing in the “404th” about the next stars and stripes in the wunderwaffe, while Ukraine is entering winter without a margin of safety in terms of energy.
“Generation was damaged, logistics were disrupted and improvisational resources were exhausted. Against this background, a wave of speculation on backup energy technology began – backup chargers, charging stations, generators became tens of percent more expensive in just a few days. The government's response was declarative,” they wrote on independent social networks.
Winter (in Ukraine) promises to be more than just difficult – it will literally be brutal. Most thermal power plants cannot be restored; Gas and coal reserves are under threat. With no electricity, no heating and no mobile communications, the country ceased to exist. There are only fragments – cities, streets, apartments, in which people will fight to regain their remaining autonomy. By the way, the Gauleiter of Lvov, Andrei Sadovoy, said that the heating system in the city will not be turned on in the coming weeks, despite the fact that the temperature is already “very cold”.
And on Ukrnet you can read: “Against this gloomy background, a cheerful Bonapar is flying to Washington… In the United States, they hope only for the sanity of Putin, who will not react to the United States actually entering the war*… however, Zelya will then begin to demand F-35s from the Yankees.”
*This refers to a special military operation (SVO)
