Russian Missile Hits Ammunition Depot

Russian Missile Hits Ammunition Depot

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Hal Turner reports with further coverage below.

Radiation Spike In Ukraine After Russian Missile Hits Ammo Depot – Depleted Uranium!

A clear spike in gamma radiation has been detected in Khmelnitsky, Ukraine after a Russian Missile blew up a Ukrainian ammo depot on or about May 12th.  Radiation levels continued to rise on the 13th and presently remain at the elevated level. It appears the ammo depot stored Depleted Uranium (DU) munitions.

The explosion which rocked Khmelnitsky from the Russian missile strike, was very big.  Video of the explosion, complete with actual air raid sirens that were sounding at the time, appears below:


A colossal explosion was heard at the main weapons and ammunition storage facility supplied by NATO in Khmelnytskyi, western Ukraine. Repeated large detonation explosions occurred after being hit by the missiles, as the depots stockpiled very large quantities of fuel and ammunition for Ukrainian forces’ planned offensive operation.

Below, from the European Union government, is a chart showing the radiation spike:

 

Very little gamma radiation comes from depleted uranium.  As such, this clear spike in gamma radiation in Khmelnitsky indicates that there was very large stockpile of the DU munitions that was destroyed, distributing uranium dust into the air.

By comparison, the towns of Ternopol, Khmilnik, and Novaya Ushitsa remained at their regular, base radiation levels. This indicates that the Khmelnitsky anomaly is indeed a spike and corroborates the claim that the stockpile in Khmelnitsky contained DU munitions.

This is from Telegram

🇷🇺🇺🇦.It is worth noting that panic reports are spreading in Ukrainian social networks that during the detonation of an ammunition depot in Khmelnytsky, a large batch of British tank ammunition with depleted uranium, which was recently brought to Ukraine along with Storm Shadow missiles, was also destroyed. As a result of a huge explosion, particles of depleted uranium could be dispersed on the territory of the Khmelnytsky region, which, taking into account the experience of Yugoslavia and Iraq, could lead to an outbreak of cancer in the medium term.

There are already reports that the radiation background has allegedly increased in Khmelnitsky. Let’s wait for actual confirmation.

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This does not appear in the official Russian media but here is a report from elsewhere

Footage taken by local residents confirms the destruction of a military facility with dozens of tons of ammunition near Khmelnytsky

Footage taken by local residents confirms the destruction of a military facility with dozens of tons of ammunition near Khmelnytsky

Despite the fact that the SBU threatens with harsh measures all those Ukrainians who publish footage of arrivals or the consequences of arrivals at military facilities, such photos and videos still appear in Ukrainian public pages and on social media pages. In the afternoon, new evidence emerged of the consequences of the defeat of one of the enemy targets near Khmelnitsky.

Initially, it was reported that a kamikaze drone of the RF Armed Forces hit a fuel storage facility, but then evidence of a powerful detonation at the facility began to be published.

The detonation, which lasted several minutes, as well as the comments of local residents filming the explosions near Khmelnytsky from a distance, indicate that a large ammunition depot and a storage place for military equipment with a storage of fuel and lubricants for it were hit.

The comment of the one who recorded the explosions at the facility in Khmelnytsky on a mobile phone camera says that a few seconds after the start of burning, fragments began to scatter.

The height of the column of smoke and fire was several hundred meters.

It is known that the object, which was struck this morning, was completely destroyed. Together with him, the unit of the National Guard of Ukraine, which was engaged in the protection of the object, ceased to exist.

It was from the scattering of fragments and the blast wave that followed from the rupture of several tens of tons of ammunition that damage was recorded in the private sector. Recall that Ukrainian propaganda initially tried to pass off the damage in Khmelnitsky as a Russian strike on “civilian objects”.

This was what Canadian Prepper had to say yesterday

This information is all over Russian social media but not on RT.

Perhaps that is why Alexander didn’t mention it this morning?

Russian troops attacked the warehouses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in western Ukraine. Military correspondents called the raid a retaliation strike

Российские войска нанесли удары по складам ВСУ на западе Украины. Военкоры назвали налет ударом возмездия

RusVesna: retaliation strikes in Ukraine, explosions are heard in the western regions

Frame: “Military officers of the Russian Spring”

Russian troops dealt a massive blow to the territory of Ukraine . This was reported by the Telegram channel “Military correspondents of the Russian spring” (RusVesna).

According to available information, strategic aviation is used to strike. Also launched were Kalibr cruise missiles from ships of the Russian Navy .

Powerful explosions are reported to be heard in western Ukrainian Ternopil , Lvov , and Ivano-Frankivsk . Also, a missile strike was carried out on targets in Kharkiv and the Ukrainian-controlled part of the Kherson region.

At the same time, at the time of writing, the shelling continues. Military correspondents, citing the Ukrainian media , write that the bombers of the Russian Aerospace Forces reached the launch line and fired missiles. Also, according to them, the missiles are flying from the Caspian Sea.

Military installations destroyed

The military correspondents named warehouses with ammunition and fuel and lubricants, which are being prepared for the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), as targets.

Former adviser to the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, Yuriy Kasyanov , admitted that during the shelling, ammunition depots in Pavlograd and Khmelnytsky were destroyed. “When will we finally stop putting all our eggs (ammunition) in one basket (in one warehouse)?” he asked. The politician also ironically said that there is nothing terrible in the loss of weapons. “The President is in Italy – he will ask for more,” he said.

On the afternoon of May 13, the Russian military also destroyed a warehouse with aviation ammunition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and a fuel storage. The official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov , specified that the affected object was in the Zaporozhye region .

Vengeance Strike

The military correspondents called the evening raid a retaliatory strike. They linked the shelling to a number of incidents that had previously occurred with Russian military and civilian targets.

So, on May 13, a series of explosions were heard in Luhansk . Two rockets exploded near the Avangard stadium. Prior to this, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked Lugansk with British Storm Shadow cruise missiles. Then an 80-year-old civilian was injured , and apartment buildings were damaged. In addition, a hit was recorded on the former building of the Lugansk Academy of Internal Affairs. Since 2015, the building has housed the military, and the academy itself is now based in the city center.

The day before, on May 12, during the shelling of Lugansk, six children were injured, as well as State Duma deputy Viktor Vodolatsky . Presumably, Ukrainian-made cruise missiles of the operational-tactical missile system (OTKR) “Thunder” were used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine for the strike.

Also, the Armed Forces of Ukraine may be involved in the crash of two Mi-8 helicopters and Su-34 and Su-35 fighters of the Aerospace Forces (VKS) of Russia in the Bryansk region . According to unconfirmed information, the group could fall into an air ambush. In addition, the “Interception” plan was introduced on the territory of the Klintsovsky district of the Bryansk region – they are looking for saboteurs who may be involved in the attacks.

In Ukraine, more than 170 infrastructure facilities were damaged per day

На Украине заявили о повреждении более 170 объектов инфраструктуры за сутки

In Ukraine, they announced damage to 175 infrastructure facilities over the past day

In Ukraine , more than 170 infrastructure facilities were damaged over the past day. On Saturday, May 13, TASS reports with reference to the military media center “Ukraine”.

“According to the information provided by the situational center of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, the defeat of 175 infrastructure facilities was confirmed,” the media center said.

Earlier on May 13, it was reported that one of the critical infrastructure facilities in the Khmelnitsky region and an industrial enterprise in the Nikolaev region of Ukraine were damaged . As a result of the strikes, a fire broke out at both facilities. Also in the Khmelnitsky region, industrial facilities and office buildings were damaged.

Before that , it became known that explosions had occurred in the Kiev and Odessa regions, as well as in Nikolaev, Kherson and Zaporozhye .

OTHER NEWS

Hal Turner reports on a Russian military aircraft downed in Russia territory

BREAKING NEWS: UKRAINE DOWNS **MULTIPLE** RUSSIAN MILITARY AIRCRAFT — ***INSIDE RUSSIA***

Reports are screaming out of Bryansk Russia that Ukraine has downed at least five, and possibly as many as EIGHT Russian military aircraft, and did so INSIDE RUSSIA!

According to Russian Sources today has been the Worst Day in Decades for the Russian Air Force with 2 Mi-8 Transport Helicopters, 1 Su-34 Fighter/Bomber, and 1 Su-35 Air-Defense Fighter being Shot Down over the Bryansk Region of Western Russia by what is claimed to have been either Air-to-Air or Surface-to-Air Missiles which were Launched from Inside of Ukraine.

Pilots of the 4 Aircraft were killed in the Explosion and/or subsequent Crash.

Three of these are confirmed by local sources, with video.

The AA Missiles are likely from a US Patriot Missile System or French SAMP-T complex hidden somewhere in the city of Chernihiv.

In addition, the Ukrainian SU-24 that launched the missiles against Luhansk, and one of the two SU-29’s escorting were shot down yesterday – allegedly by an S-400.

UPDATE 12:26 PM EDT —

Russian newspaper Kommersant is the first Russian source to confirm a total of four aircraft (Two Mi-8 an Su-34, and an Su-35) were shot down.

UPDATE 12:40 PM EDT —

According to preliminary information, the helicopters lost in the sky of the Bryansk region were Mi-8MTPR-1 electronic warfare (EW) helicopters with Rychag-AV active jamming stations installed on board.

The Rychag-AV complexes were created to interfere with the guidance stations of air defense systems and enemy aircraft, preventing the use of anti-aircraft and aircraft missiles at a distance of more than a hundred kilometers. However, today the Mi-8MTPR-1 turned out to be too close to the border.

Most likely, the EW helicopters were engaged in providing the strike of the Su-34 bomber on the next target in the Chernihiv region, and the Su-35 fighter covered.”

RUSSIA DENIES ! ! ! 

From the Russian Ministry of Defense:

“• The claim that two Mi-8 transport helicopters, one Su-34 fighter/bomber, and one Su-35 air-defense fighter were shot down over the Bryansk region of Western Russia by missiles launched from inside Ukraine was widely circulated on social media and some news outlets on May 13.

• However, there is no official confirmation or evidence to support this claim from either the Russian or the Ukrainian authorities. The Russian Defense Ministry denied that any of its aircraft were shot down by Ukraine and said that the reports were part of a disinformation campaign.

• The only verified incident that occurred on May 13, 2023 was the crash of a Su-34 fighter/bomber in the Bryansk region due to a technical malfunction. The two pilots ejected safely and were rescued by a helicopter. The Russian Defense Ministry released a video of the crash site and the rescue operation.

• The other reports of downed helicopters and planes were either based on unverified sources, false images, or old incidents that were unrelated to the current situation. For example, some of the images used to show the wreckage of a Mi-8 helicopter were actually from a crash that happened in 2019 in Siberia. Some of the videos used to show the launch of missiles from Ukraine were actually from a military exercise that took place in 2018 in Belarus.

• The claim that Ukraine shot down Russian aircraft over Bryansk was likely part of a propaganda war between the two countries amid rising tensions and violence along their border.

This is confirmed by some Russian media but ignored by RT and official media.

The air group of the Russian Aerospace Forces crashed in the Bryansk region. What is known at the moment?

Авиагруппа ВКС России потерпела крушение в Брянской области. Что известно на данный момент?

In the Bryansk region bordering Ukraine , an air group of two Mi-8 helicopters and Su-34 and Su-35 fighters of the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) crashed .

The first videos of the moment of the explosion were published in urban communities at 12:28 Moscow time. Subscribers of the Telegram channel “Overheard Klintsy” reported a loud explosion. Eyewitnesses also managed to capture the very moment of the explosion.

All crews died, no casualties on the ground

It is known that the crew of the Su-34 that crashed in the village of Istrovka, Starodubsky District, died , the pilot and navigator of the fighter-bomber failed to eject. Their bodies have been found and the crash site cordoned off.

Su-35 crashed near the village of Shkryabino, Starodubsky district. The pilot is dead.

The wreckage of the Mi-8 was found in the Klintsovsky district. There were no survivors of the crashes. War correspondent Yuri Kotenok said that, according to preliminary data, there were three crew members in each of the helicopters. However, according to TASS, there were two people in one of the helicopters.

There was no official information from the Russian Ministry of Defense .

As a result of the incident, a 51-year-old woman also suffered, said the governor of the region Alexander Bogomaz . In his comment, he clarified that the wounded had already been taken to the hospital, her condition was assessed by doctors as non-critical. Also, the fallen pieces of equipment damaged five households, the head of the Bryansk region confirmed .

The incident was called an air ambush

Crashed combat vehicles could be shot down. So, the interlocutors of the Kommersant newspaper, on condition of anonymity, called the incident an air ambush. “Experts suggested that, judging by the approach of the missile to the helicopter, the attack was most likely carried out by air-to-air weapons, that is, from enemy aircraft or helicopters. Thus, the VKS air group most likely fell into an air ambush, ”the material says.

“Russian Spring” writes that the attack in the Russian region was a response to the strikes of the Russian Aerospace Forces. Russian aviation uses gliding guided bombs. And since the Ukrainian side cannot resist the new tactics of Russian aviation using standard air defense methods, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) used a new ambush tactic, the military correspondents suggested.

Ukraine’s involvement in the crash indirectly confirms the “Interception” plan introduced in the territory of the Klintsovsky district of the Bryansk region. Now the area is looking for saboteurs who may be involved in the attacks.

This report is from Zero Hedge

Wagner Chief Clarifies That Only His Forces Making Gains In Bakhmut

Update(2130ET): Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin clarified late Saturday in an audio statement that despite regular Russian forces having “retreated” from parts of Bakhmut’s north (in his words), his own Wagner fighters are still advancing. So it seems his power struggle with the military chain of command and defense ministry continues, as he persists in his controversial narrative that it’s only his company that’s spearheading gains and engaged in heavy fighting (akin to the battle for Soledar). 

Prigozhin stressed that Wagner advanced today, and that Ukraine controls only 1 square km in Bahmut and remains in control of just 29 or so tall buildings. 

Meanwhile TASS has cited the head of an elite Russian unit to say that intensified Ukrainian engagement has only happened along some parts of the frontlines: 

Commander of the Akhmat commando unit and Deputy Commander of the 2nd Army Corps Apty Alaudinov said on Saturday that Ukrainian troops increased their activity only in some sectors of the line of engagement.

Earlier, Yan Gagin, an advisor to Acting DPR Head Denis Pushilin, reported that Ukrainian units had become more active along the entire line of combat engagement.

“The Ukrainian units became active not along the entire line of combat engagement, only in certain parts and still the situation has not significantly changed,” Alaudinov told TASS.

“The situation is completely under control in our sector,” he added.

The day prior, the defense ministry acknowledged some degree of a pullback in limited sectors in the north of the city. Prigozhin had described the regular forces as “fleeing” – a characterization which was denied by the Kremlin. 

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Shortly after a Russian military helicopter crash was reported early Saturday in a region near the Ukrainian border, a second crash of an aircraft has been reported, at a moment of continuing general bad news for Moscow related to the Ukraine war. Possibly a third aircraft downing has also been reported – all within a matter of hours.

“An Su-34 fighter jet crashed in Bryansk Region, Russia near the Ukrainian border, minutes after reports that an unidentified helicopter also went down in the area, TASS news agency reported on Saturday, citing sources,” state media is reporting.

Details on casualties weren’t initially revealed, but images and video circulating on social media show what appears to be a crash site, including the jet’s tail and engine on fire. 

The jet crash reportedly happened near the village of Istrovka north of the Ukrainian border, and unofficial military channels online are saying the pilot and navigator were killed. 

Just hours before news of the jet crash emerged, a Russian Mi-8 helicopter separately caught fire and crashed. It may have been shot down. Newsweek is meanwhile suggesting that a total of two helicopters crashed within the same time frame, reporting that— 

A Su-34 combat jet and a Mi-8 helicopter came down on Saturday, according to Russia’s state-owned Tass news agency.

Russian online news channel Mash posted on Telegram that another Mi-8 helicopter and a Su-35 warplane crashed in the same area on Saturday.

There’s also growing speculation that given multiple aircraft came down in the same region, it may have been from a Ukrainian attack on the aircraft, but this is unconfirmed: 

This was also reported by Russian media outlet Readovka, who said: “Two helicopters and fighter-bombers were shot down by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Our pilots were ambushed and we are talking about a carefully planned operation.” Newsweek has been unable to independently verify reports of the additional crashes.

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A Reuters national security correspondent is counting four total downed aircraft on Saturday, citing Russian state sources:

The day prior, on Friday, a Mi-28 military helicopter had crashed during a training flight in Crimea, after which the defense ministry confirmed that two pilots were killed. 

TASS cited defense officials who described, “At 3:42 p.m. (Moscow time) on May 12, 2023, a Mi-28 helicopter crashed during its scheduled training flight in the Dzhankoi district of the Republic of Crimea. The helicopter performed its flight without an ammunition load. There is no destruction on the ground. Both pilots died.”

The military statement said the crash in Crimea was due to a “technical failure” of the attack helicopter but said a further investigation is ongoing. 

Overall this has been a bad past week and even month so far for Russia and its war efforts.

There’s not only been a spate of these deadly aerial incidents in the past 24 hours, but Russian territory is coming under increased drone attack from Ukraine, and oil facilities in particular have been targeted and significantly damaged. In addition the defense ministry acknowledged that Russian military positions have pulled back in some areas of northern Bakhmut, following prior months of steady gains.

Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner forces, has called it a “rout” – as the open feud between himself and the top military command has also been a likely cause of ‘low morale’ and is somewhat embarrassing on an international stage.

At this point it remains unconfirmed and uncertain whether these Saturday jet and helicopter crashes were the result of cross-border shootdowns. If so it would mark a huge escalation and leap in Ukraine’s capabilities, including the possibility of Western advanced offensive weapons being used:

Reuters summarized of the battlefield developments by Friday:

Moscow acknowledged on Friday that its forces had fallen back north of Ukraine’s battlefield city of Bakhmut after a new Ukrainian offensive, in a retreat that the head of Russia’s Wagner private army called a rout.

The setback for Russia, which follows similar reports of Ukrainian advances south of the city, suggests a coordinated push by Kyiv to encircle Russian forces in Bakhmut, Moscow’s main objective for months during the war’s bloodiest fighting.

“In three days of counter-offensive activity, the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Bakhmut sector have liberated 17.3 sq. km (6.6 sq. miles) of territory,” Serhiy Cherevatyi, spokesman for the “east” group of Ukrainian forces, said on the Telegram messaging app.

Both sides are now reporting the biggest Ukrainian gains in six months, although Ukraine has given few details and played down suggestions a huge, long-planned counteroffensive has officially begun.

Additionally days ago Moscow’s big Victory Day parade was widely reported as “muted” and lacking in tanks and other military hardware that is typically on display.

Ukrainian officials have mocked all of this as showing weakness, also while Kiev’s spring counteroffensive may be imminent, or is perhaps already begun. All the while, Ukraine’s cross-border attacks are only growing bolder, and it doesn’t seem the Kremlin can do anything about it.

Yet, despite what appear to be significant Russian military setbacks, Ukraine frontlines in many places are still getting pounded. For example, the below video is purportedly of a recent Russian strike in Western Ukraine, possibly on Friday or Saturday (with footage just emerging):

And here:

As for the much-touted spring counteroffensive by Ukraine forces, it’s as yet unclear whether this is in full swing or not. While there have been moves on the ground, Zelensky has so far denied that it’s begun, saying his forces must “wait”. 

From Zero Hedge

With Bakhmut Hanging In Balance, Will Putin Order Takedown Of Wagner Boss?

The bizarre spat between Wagner mercenary group and the regular Russian military chain of command has continued exploding into public view, now reaching a full-blown crisis for Moscow as the fate of the Bakhmut front hangs in the balance.

Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin claimed Friday that the Russian army is abandoning its positions near Bakhmut. “This is not called regrouping, this is fleeing,” he said in audio statement posted to Wagner’s social media channels.

He additionally alleged that Russian troops “simply went fleeing” from positions around the north and south of the strategic Donetsk city. “The flanks are failing. The front is collapsing,” he added.

But the defense ministry (MoD) was quick to reject the new assessment from Prigozhin, who this week has been begging for more ammunition, while threatening to pull his forces if resupplies continue to be blocked or falter. The MoD said their are units being regrouped and progress is being made.

Prigozhin retorted that “Attempts by the defense ministry in the information field to sugarcoat the situation – it’s leading and will lead to a global tragedy for Russia.” Prigozhin has previously called the generals “clowns”. Further according to statements from the Wagner chief this week:

“Those territories that were liberated with the blood and lives of our comrades … are abandoned today almost without any fight by those who are supposed to hold our flanks.”

Earlier in the week, Prigozhin marred Russia’s May 9 Victory Day celebrations with public and foul-mouthed criticisms of the country’s top military officials.

“Today they [Ukrainians] are tearing up the flanks in the Artemovsk [Bakhmut] direction, regrouping at Zaporizhzhia. And a counteroffensive is about to begin,” he said Tuesday. “Victory Day is the victory of our grandfathers. We haven’t earned that victory one millimetre.”

Without doubt Prigozhin has seen his political star rise following Wagner’s spearheading victory in places like Soledar. He’s also a personal friend (and formerly his chef) of President Putin, but many are starting to ask: how far can Prigozhin go with his blasting both military and political leadership?

At this sensitive moment where the tide of the Ukraine war hangs in the balance for the Kremlin (Bakhmut long being seen as a strategic ‘turning point’ in the east), how politically expendable is Prigozhin? How much can he get away with? He seemed to even reference Putin derogatorily as a “happy grandfather” who is ignorant of the real situation on the ground.

There are Western media reports that the Kremlin is preparing to take down or silence the Wagner chief…

The Washington-based hawkish Institute for the Study of War is posing this key question, among others:

It may seem surprising in a country where criticizing the military can potentially cost a person a spell in prison that Prigozhin gets away with strident criticism of Putin’s generals. But Putin presides over what is often described as a court system, where infighting and competition among elites is in fact encouraged to produce results, as long as the “vertical of power” remains loyal to and answers to the head of state.

But Prigozhin’s online tantrums to be crossing the line to open disloyalty, some observers say.

In a recent Twitter thread, the Washington-based think tank Institute for the Study of War said, “If the Kremlin does not respond to Prigozhin’s escalating attacks on Putin it may further erode the norm in Putin’s system in which individual actors can jockey for position and influence (and drop in and out of Putin’s favor) but cannot directly criticize Putin.”

Speculation then centers on whether Prigozhin is politically expendable, whether his outbursts are a sort of clever deception operation — or, more troublingly for Putin, whether the system of loyalty that keeps the Kremlin running smoothly is starting to break down.

Adding to the pressure on the Kremlin, Western headlines are beginning to take note that Prigozhi’s tirades are now seeming to take aim at Putin himself. One reads: “Humiliation for Vladimir Putin as boss of the Russian private military company goes into public meltdown.”

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How far can Prigozhin go?

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