Ukrainian troops are still waiting for the supplies promised by the U.S. and the rest of NATO. “I hope we receive artillery shells soon,” Oleh Shyriaiev, commander of Ukraine’s 225th Separate Assault Battalion that is fighting near Chasov Yar, told Reuters on April 30. More trained troops (which don’t and won’t exist—ed.) and long-range weapons would also help Ukraine defend its territory more effectively, Shyriaiev said. “If we get long-range weapons, our leaders will cut (Russian forces) off from logistics and supplies.”
Meanwhile, the Kiev regime is apparently feeling the effect of Russian glide bombs. According to a report in Business Insider, Ukrainian forces fired dozens of attack drones at the Kushchyovskaya airfield, in Russia’s Krasnodar region, and at two oil refineries in southwest Russia, quite a distance from the front lines. The Kushchyovskaya base is home to Russia’s Su-34 and Su-35 fighter jets, which “are used daily in strike missions against Ukrainian frontline positions, including the heavy use of glide bombs,” Britain’s Defense Ministry wrote in an April 30 intelligence update. Russian fighters from Kushchyovskaya and other similar bases “typically conduct 100 to 150 sorties per day, a significant percentage of those launching munitions all along the front lines as Russia attempts to force breakthroughs through sheer firepower.”
It’s not clear, however, how much damage the Ukrainian strike actually did.
Ukrainian forces also attacked Crimea with ATACMS over the 24 hours to yesterday. The Russian Defense Ministry said Russian air defenses shot down six of them.
