Russian Ukraine Invasion

[Yazata]

Back to the war.

After several nights of Russian missile attacks, the Ukrainians struck back pretty forcefully with a number of Stormshadow/SCALP missiles (British and French versions of the same heavy cruise missiles, produced by the same manufacturer) last night, targeting the Russian military bases in Sevastopol Crimea. Russian air defenses went into action and were seen to shoot down several of the attacking missiles. But multiple missiles got through and reportedly the Information and Computing Center of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, Belbek Military Airfield, as well as the Operations Base of the 810th Guards Naval Infantry Brigade were all hit with large explosions.

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Russia answered back tonight with long range cruise missiles of their own, aimed not only at Kyiv where a number of explosions were reported, but also at military and logistic targets in the hitherto fairly quiet far west of Ukraine. Some of these missiles approached very close to the Polish border before doubling back and attacking the Ukrainian targets from the west. There are reports of multiple explosions in and near the western city of Liviv. This is a major logistics/training hub for western military equipment, and there are recurrent rumors of US and European soldiers there in training and advisory roles.

The Polish military is reporting that at a Russian cruise missile crossed into Polish airspace for 39 seconds, before it reentered Ukrainian airspace and headed towards Lviv.

The Poles say:

"We would like to inform you that on March 24 this year at. 4.23, there was a violation of Polish airspace by one of the cruise missiles launched this night by long-range aviation of the Russian Federation. The targets of the strikes were towns in western Ukraine.

The object entered Polish space near the town of Oserdów (Lublin Voivodeship) and stayed there for 39 seconds. During the entire flight, he was observed by military radar systems.

Tonight all necessary procedures to ensure the safety of Polish airspace were launched. Among other things, Polish and allied aviation was activated."

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[Yazata]

And today Russian missiles hit several Kyiv buildings reportedly used by Ukrainian State Security, their equivalent of the US FBI and Russian FSB.

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