[Breitbart] A massive drone strike rattled Moscow and its suburbs overnight into Sunday, injuring a woman and temporarily halting traffic at some of Russia’s busiest airports, while a huge nighttime wave of Russian drones targeted Ukraine, officials reported.
This came after Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law a pact with North Korea Saturday night, obliging the two countries to provide immediate military aid using “all means” if either is attacked. The agreement marks the strongest link between Moscow and Pyongyang since the end of the Cold War.
Earlier this week, Ukraine reported its troops engaged for the first time with North Korean units. U.S. officials earlier confirmed the deployment of at least 3,000 North Korean troops to Russia, fueling concerns this may further destabilize the Asia-Pacific and broaden Moscow’s war on Ukraine.
Both Moscow and Kyiv have kept a tight lid on casualty figures since the start of the full-scale war despite regular reports of Russian forces taking huge losses following “human wave” attacks that aim to exhaust Ukrainian defenses.
However, the chief of the U.K. defense staff, Tony Radakin, told the BBC that Russian forces had suffered their worst month of casualties in October since their full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. He said Moscow’s troops suffered an average of 1,500 dead and wounded “every single day,” bringing their total losses in the war to 700,000.
According to Radakin, ordinary Russians were paying “an extraordinary price” for the war, even as a grueling, monthslong Russian offensive in Ukraine’s industrial east continues to eke out gains. He did not say how UK officials had calculated the Russian casualty figures.
“There is no doubt that Russia is making tactical, territorial gains and that is putting pressure on Ukraine,” he said, but that the losses were for “tiny increments of land,” and Moscow’s mounting defense and security spending was putting an increasing strain on the country.
Radakin insisted that Ukraine’s Western partners should stand by it for “as long as it takes” to beat back Russian aggression, even as allies of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump have signaled that Kyiv may have to cede territory to seek peace.
On Sunday, the Kremlin’s official spokesman voiced cautious optimism about Trump’s upcoming presidency, saying: “At least, he talks about peace … he does not talk about confrontation.”
“The signals are positive. Trump, during his election campaign, said that he perceives everything through deals, that he can make deals that will lead everyone toward peace,” Dmitry Peskov told reporters at a briefing.
“He does not talk about a desire to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia, and this favorably distinguishes him from the current (US) administration,” Peskov said.
Meanwhile, Russia’s defense ministry said a total of 70 drones were shot down overnight in Russian territory, including 34 over Moscow’s outskirts. Russia’s aviation authority said flights were briefly grounded at major international airports including Sheremetyevo and Domodedovo.
A woman in her 50s suffered burns to her face, neck and hands after drones sparked a blaze in her village southeast of Moscow, local Gov. Andrei Vorobyov reported.
No one was hurt in Moscow itself, according to Sobyanin, although Russian channels on the messaging app Telegram carried eyewitness reports of drone debris setting fire to suburban homes.
Russia overnight launched a “record” 145 drones at Ukrainian territory, according to Ukraine’s air force, 62 of which were shot down. A further 67 were “lost”, the air force said, a likely reference to electronic jamming that caused the drones to veer off course.
At least one person was injured as Russian drones struck residential areas in Ukraine´s southern port of Odesa, local Gov. Oleh Kiper reported.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] The situation remains tense in the Kurakhovsky direction.
Ukrainian troops are wearing down the Russian invaders along the entire front line and in the rear.
Since the beginning of the day, 108 combat clashes have occurred on the front. The greatest activity of Russians is observed in the Pokrovsky and Kurakhovsky directions. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in a report as of 16:00 on Sunday, November 9.
In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy tried to advance towards Ukrainian positions in the areas of Kucherivka, Kruglyakovka and Lozove during the day. Two enemy attacks are still ongoing. In total, four combat clashes were recorded in the direction. Enemy aviation struck Kupyansk with five guided air bombs.
Russian troops have increased the number of attacks to 14 in the Liman direction . Combat actions took place near Grekovka, Nevsky, Torskoye and Belogorovka. Four combat clashes are ongoing. Enemy bombers carried out strikes in the areas of Terny and Yampolevka.
In the Seversk direction, the enemy advanced near Verkhnekamenskoye and carried out air strikes with guided aerial bombs in the Seversk area.
In the Kramatorsk direction, defenders repelled an attack by the occupiers in the area of Belaya Gora. The enemy continues to destroy Chasov Yar with air strikes, and today has already dropped nine UABs and carried out strikes with unguided air missiles.
In the Toretsk direction, the invaders attacked six times in the area of Toretsk, Dilievka, Shcherbinovka and Nelipovka. Four attacks were repelled, two battles are still ongoing. The enemy dropped two UABs on Konstantinovka.
The enemy remains highly active in the Pokrovsky direction. Clashes of varying intensity have broken out here 28 times today. Fighting is currently ongoing in the Luch area.
The situation remains tense in the Kurakhovsky direction . Near Ilyinka, Novoselidovka, Novodmitrovka, Maksimilyanovka, Dalniy, Yekaterinovka and Antonovka, 16 assaults have been repelled, and seventeen battles are currently ongoing.
In the Vremovsky direction, the Russians are trying to advance near Bogoyavleniye, Trudovoye and Maksimovka. In Pridneprovsky, the defenders repelled one enemy assault.
In other directions, the enemy is launching air strikes and artillery shelling at the positions of our troops and populated areas.
Today, the Russians have carried out nine airstrikes on Kurshchyna , dropping 15 UABs. Also in this direction, Ukrainian soldiers are repelling enemy attacks, of which there are already 13 today.
Let us recall that over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces eliminated 1,660 occupiers. Since the beginning of the full-scale war against Ukraine, the Russian army has lost 707,540 soldiers.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] The situation at the front remains difficult and has a tendency to worsen, the commander-in-chief noted.
The situation at the front tends to escalate. This was stated by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrsky following a conversation with the Commander of the US Armed Forces in Europe Christopher Cavoli on Saturday, November 9.
"At the beginning of the conversation, I informed my American colleague about the situation on the front line. The situation remains difficult and has a tendency to escalate. The enemy, using its numerical advantage, continues to conduct offensive actions and concentrates its main efforts on the Pokrovsky and Kurakhovsky directions," the commander-in-chief wrote on Facebook.
Syrsky noted that there is extensive information about the preparation of North Korean military personnel to participate in combat operations on the side of Russian troops.
The Commander-in-Chief reported that during the conversation the American side confirmed strict compliance with the undertaken obligations to provide the Ukrainian Armed Forces with the declared range of weapons and military equipment.
Let us recall that since the beginning of the day, 108 combat clashes have occurred on the front. The greatest activity of Russians is observed in the Pokrovsky and Kurakhovsky directions.
Over the past 24 hours, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have eliminated 1,660 occupiers. Since the start of the full-scale war against Ukraine, the Russian army has lost 707,540 soldiers.
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^ From Grom's link: Biden administration allows American technical teams to be in the war-torn country to maintain F-16 fighter jets and Patriot missiles
Not a surprising development. Multiple commenters here have mentioned the logistics tail that accompanies modern wonder weapons. You need parts and maintenance techs to keep things running. Sending "advisors" is quicker than training the locals, but leads to headlines in the Daily Mail about "Russian Missiles Kill Americans"
The Russian Ministry of Defense failed to provide it usual daily operational briefing, so we will be using the Russian Ministry of Justice summaries.
Direct Translation via Google Translate.
[NewsFront] 19:44 Governor of Belgorod Region Vyacheslav Gladkov:
Emergency in Valuysky District.
– At the entrance to the village of Stary Khutor, a passenger carblew upon the ammunition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The worst thing has happened - a civilian has died. The man died on the spot from his wounds before the doctors arrived. I express my sincere condolences to the family and friends of the deceased.
His wife, in serious condition with multiple shrapnel wounds, was taken away by passing transport and handed over to an ambulance team. She is currently being taken to the Valuyskaya Central District Hospital. She is receiving all the necessary assistance.
By decision of the operational headquarters on August 28, 2024, a ban on entry to Stary Khutor was introduced. I would like to remind all residents once again, especially those settlements where a state of emergency is in effect or entry is temporarily restricted: without permission from the heads of territories who are in contact with the military and have information about the operational situation, you cannot come to closed villages - it is life-threatening!
18:46 Head of the DPR Denis Pushilin:
Unfortunately, information continues to arrive about the consequences of shelling of cities in the Republic.
– In the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka, as a result of the detonation of a previously unexploded cluster submunition, a woman born in 1967 was killed. Also, due to an enemy attack using barrel artillery, a man born in 1956 received moderate injuries; he is receiving the necessary medical care.
The total number of victims today has increased to five people: three died, two people were injured.
Four civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged in the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka (two administrative buildings, an outpatient clinic, a boiler room).
– By this hour, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have carried out eight armed attacks, firing about 20 rounds of ammunition. They used 155 mm barrel artillery and an attack UAV.
18:23 Governor of Belgorod Region Vyacheslav Gladkov:
– The village of Novoye, Volokonovsky district, againwas subjected toattacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Three civilians were wounded.
Explosive devices were dropped from an unmanned aerial vehicle onto the territory of a private home. A woman and a man, who were outside at the time, were injured. They were taken to the Volokonovskaya Central District Hospital by a passing vehicle. Doctors diagnosed the woman with a foot wound, and the man with a blind shrapnel wound to the leg. After receiving medical care, they were released for outpatient treatment. The third victim was also injured as a result of an explosive device being dropped from a drone. An ambulance team is taking the man with various shrapnel wounds to the Valuyskaya Central District Hospital. He is receiving all the necessary assistance.
– In addition, as a result of repeated discharges in the village, various damages were recorded to two passenger cars and a GAZelle.
17:59 Russian Ministry of Defense:
Around 16:00 Moscow timestoppedan attempt by the Kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using an aircraft-type UAV against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation.
A Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle was destroyed over the territory of the Belgorod region by air defense systems on duty.
17:25 A mercenary from Colombia shows the bodies of his brothers-in-arms killed in the area of Chasovy Yar —video.
16:53 DPR Representative Office in the JCCC:
Attackstrike UAV from the Ukrainian Armed Forces:
– Gorlovka (Central City District): discharge of explosives from a UAV.
16:24 Verkhovynsky TCC kidnapped a Kiev resident and is forcibly holding him in a basement without food or water, about thisstatedhis wife.
15:48 Onvideofrom Kharkov, as local publics write, police and TCC are trying to stop the car, threatening with weapons. The driver is trying to escape from the chase.
15:15 Another Ukrainian occupier, Yevgeny Chaykovsky, was liquidated in the Kursk region —photo.
14:29 Governor of Belgorod Region Vyacheslav Gladkov:
Armed Forces of Ukraineinflicteddrone strikes on three populated areas. There were no casualties, according to preliminary data.
– In the city of Shebekino, an FPV drone attacked an apartment building – windows were knocked out and the facade was damaged.
In addition, as a result of three UAV attacks, the glazing, facades, warehouse and equipment of three buildings of one of the enterprises were damaged.
– In the Volokonovsky district, in the village of Novoye, as a result of several explosive device drops from a drone, one unit of agricultural machinery was damaged.
- In the village of Borisovka, a drone dropped an explosive device. As a result of the explosion, windows were blown out in one residential building. Two cars were damaged by shrapnel.
13:44 Russian soldiers eliminated Ukrainian soldier and TV cameraman from Mariupol, Alexey Andreyev.
Was destroyed in the Bogdanovka area of the Artemovsky district -photo.
12:52 In UkrainediscoveredColombian mercenary Numarul Machado Navas , born January 20 , 1991 , age 33 , in El Blanco , Magdalena , Colombia .
He arrived in Ukraine in the fall of 2023 , where he joined other Latin American mercenaries.
11:53 In Poltava region the entire team of SC Poltava before the First League matchtook awayin the TCC. There, everyone was given summonses and released to the match.
11:26 Investigators from the Russian Investigative Committee willinvestigateanother crime of the Ukrainian Armed Forces against civilians of the Donetsk People's Republic
According to the executive authorities, as a result of the attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on a vehicle of an energy supply organization in the village of Ozeryanovka in the DPR, two employees were killed and one was injured.
The Investigative Committee of Russia will establish all the circumstances of the incident and the circle of persons involved in the commission of the crime.
10:54 Russian Armed Forces eliminated another Ukrainian lieutenant Roman Khopta —photo.
He became an officer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the age of 19 in 2022. However, in 2024 he was sent to the Kursk region, where he was liquidated by Russian fighters.
10:18 Governor of Belgorod Region Vyacheslav Gladkov:
Information aboutinflictedUkrainian Armed Forces strikes on our region over the past 24 hours:
– One aircraft-type UAV was shot down by the air defense system over Belgorod. No consequences.
– In the Belgorod district, 17 rounds of ammunition were fired at the villages of Krasny Khutor, Pushkarnoye and Shchetinovka during 2 attacks. One drone was shot down by the air defense system. There were no casualties or damage.
– In the Borisovsky district, one shelling by barrel artillery was carried out on the village of Bogun-Gorodok, during which 8 rounds of ammunition were fired. No casualties or damage.
– In the Valuysky municipal district, two men drove a car into the closed village of Stary Khutor. As a result, the car was blown up by an explosive device, and one of the men received shrapnel wounds to his hand, but refused medical assistance. The vehicle cannot be restored.
– In the Volokonovsky district, the Stary farm was subjected to one attack, during which 4 shells were fired. No damage.
– In the Grayvoronsky municipal district, 22 rounds of ammunition were fired at the villages of Bezymeno and Kozinka during 3 shellings. There were no consequences.
– In the Krasnoyarsk region, 3 UAVs were launched at the village of Vyazovoe and the farm of Arkhipov, and 3 munitions were dropped from one drone. Two private houses and a car were damaged.
– In the Shebekinsky municipal district, 7 munitions were fired in the city of Shebekino and the village of Krasnoye during 2 shellings and attacks were carried out using 2 drones, one of which was shot down. 16 private houses and 2 cars were damaged.
09:50 Criminal Kyiv regimecontinuesto shell civilian infrastructure of populated areas of the left bank of the Kherson region, yesterday during the day the Ukrainian Armed Forces released:
– according to n.p. Ermine 4 shells;
– 3 shells to the settlement of Kairy;
– 3 shells in the village of Zavodovka;
– 9 shells in the village of Novaya Kakhovka;
– 5 shells to the village of Aleshki;
– 11 shells in the village of Dnepryany;
– according to n.p. Korsunka 4 shells;
- 2 shells in the village of Obryvka.
As a result of shelling by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a private residential building was damaged in Gornostayevka. Two civilians were injured in Aleshky and Novaya Kakhovka.
During the night, the Kiev regime continued to shell civilian infrastructure in the villages of Kakhovka, Kazachi Lagerya, Novaya Mayachka, Aleshki, and Dnepryany, firing a total of 18 shells from cannon artillery.
Civilian casualties and destruction of infrastructure are being clarified.
09:23 DPR Representative Office in the JCCC:
After 00:00recordedshelling from the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the direction of:
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFront] 23:58 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 11/09/2024 to 00:00 11/10/2024.
Eight facts of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC over the past 24 hours.
There were reports of one civilian being injured.
DAMAGED:
Two residential buildings,
Three trolleybuses,
One civil infrastructure facility.
Eight artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction.
A total of 24 units of various ammunition were fited.
21:54 Air strike on Ukrainian Armed Forces air defense system in Khar'kov region.
Three FAB-500 reached targets in the area of the settlement Borovskaya Andreyevka. As a result, the temporary deployment point of the 1st Bn of the 43rd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was destroyed, losses amounted to 35 Ukrainian servicemen.
20:48 Russian army burns Abrams and Leopard tanks in battles in Kursk region –video.
The Prince Vandal drone on fiber optics destroys the M1A1SA Abrams of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region. And our soldiers eliminated the German Leopard 2 of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region along with the crew, finishing off the burning tank with an FPV drone and artillery.
19:56 Nikolaev region. UAV attack.
Enemy Telegram channels report an explosion on the eastern outskirts of Nikolaev. In particular,reportedabout a fairly powerful explosion at a military fuel production facility in the Nikolaev region. The attack was carried out by a Geranium kamikaze UAV.
18:42 Tanks and other armored vehicles are burning: Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers who defected to Russia continue to burn enemy equipment while advancing in the Pokrovsky direction.
The fighters of the Maksim Krivonos Detachment continue to turn multi-million dollar American equipment into scrap metal.
This time, the soldiers destroyed a group of Ukrainian Armed Forces militants, a T-80BV tank, and burned a Nazi infantry fighting vehicle. A Viking armored vehicle and a Spartan armored personnel carrier were also destroyed.
17:47 Crews of the 122mm BM-21 Grad MLRS of the Tula paratroopers destroyed concentration of Ukrainian Armed Forces infantry.
Having received the coordinates of a group of Ukrainian infantry attempting to quickly leave their occupied positions, the artillerymen fired a precise salvo of rockets at the designated square and destroyed the fleeing enemy infantry.
16:21 Russian Army surrounds Kurakhovo, breaking through the flanks: 17 km to complete encirclement.
To close the cauldron around Kurakhovo is less than 17 kilometers. This means that all communications of the Ukrainian troops are under attack by towed artillery of the Russian Federation from the northern and southern flanks. The strike range of most types of artillery systems is 20-30 kilometers. Also, most of these 17 kilometers are in the drone strike zone.
East of Kurakhovo, Russian troops continue to press with the support of armored vehicles in the direction and area of the Dolgaya gully. From Pobeda to Konstantinovka, they advanced in a section up to 3.8 km wide to a depth of 1.5 km. East of Bogoyavlenka, Russian troops advanced along the gully and forest belts in a section up to 3.6 km wide to a depth of 1.6 km. Clashes continue on the southern outskirts of "Lesnaya Dacha".
West of Shakhtyorskoye, west and northwest of Yasnaya Polyana and in the Maksimovka area, the intensity of military actions remains high. East of the latter, the Russian Army has advanced in a sector up to 4.3 km wide and up to 1.8 km deep.
15:44 Ka-52M crew as part of a mixed tactical group destroyed manpower and armored vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces units in the border area of the Kursk region.
14:32 Artillerymen of the North group of forces struck temporary accommodation sites for personnel and military equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Sumy Oblast.
The targets were destroyed by a strike by MLRS crews from the North group of forces.
13:41 Fighting at Chasy Yar: special forces hunts the infantry of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The special forces unit "HUNTER" of the 51st Guards Army of the Russian Armed Forces carries out raids on the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces at night, contributing to the successful advancement of Russian troops at the front.
12:35 A Rosgvardia UAV operator destroyed a Ukrainian Armed Forces tank retreating from combat positions in the Kursk region –video.
11:36 Ukrainian Armed Forces artillery gun destroyed in Kursk region by direct hit from Russian FPV drone –video.
10:40 Calculations of the 122mm BM-21 MLRS "Grad" of the "West" group of forces destroyed combat armored vehicles, a concentration of manpower and a special forces group of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area where the special operation is being conducted.
09:47 FPV drone operator of the 42nd Motorized Rifle Division hit a Ukrainian dugout with manpower in the Zaporizhia region —video.
09:25 The enemy runs without looking back:
So look like captured positions, destroyed military equipment and manpower of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border area of the Kursk region.
Naval infantry of the North group of troops are successfully fighting Ukrainian armed formations in the border area of the Kursk region, approaching the State border every day.
In one of the areas, servicemen of the naval infantry brigade set up an ambush for Ukrainian Armed Forces militants: they destroyed their positions along with military equipment produced by NATO countries.
As the naval infantry brigade servicemen themselves say, the enemy did not expect such a tough rebuff. After unsuccessful frontal attacks, the militants were taken by surprise. Naval infantrymen were able to take advantageous positions for further control of the movement and destruction of light and heavy combat equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
As a result of the battle, the naval infantry captured Western-made weapons, flags and personal belongings of the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants. While retreating, the enemy leaves dead and wounded comrades in their positions.
Realizing that they will not return to this territory, the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants mine certain areas of the terrain. In order to ensure safety for the advance of our infantry, the naval infantrymen destroy the mines planted by the enemy.
08:46 A fighter with the call sign “Truth” spoke about captured documents and chevrons of Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen destroyed by the Black Sea Fleet naval infantrymen —video.
08:00 Telegram channel «Fisherman»:
Chronicle of the special military operation for November 8, 2024
– Ukrainian formations attacked an oil refinery in Saratov with drones. The Russian Armed Forces hit enemy targets in Sumy, Odessa, Khmelnytsky and Kyiv regions.– In the Kursk direction, according to some reports, Russian troops have entered the active phase of the offensive in the Sudzhansky region in the direction of Staraya Sorochina.
– In the Donetsk direction, Russian troops expanded the zone of control to the southwest of Maksimilyanivka in the direction of Kurakhovo.
– In the South Donetsk direction, the Russian Armed Forces are attacking west of Trudovoye and advancing in the forest belts east of Bogoyavlenka.
[Regnum] Azerbaijan and Armenia are close to reaching a final agreement on the text of the peace treaty. This was stated by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev during a telephone conversation with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on November 9.
“Armenia’s significant delay in submitting proposals on the text of the document had a negative impact on the process, but despite this, the parties are close to reaching a final agreement on the text of the document,” says a statement distributed by the Azerbaijan State News Agency ( AZERTAC ).
According to him, it was Baku that initiated the principles underlying the peace treaty between Azerbaijan and Armenia. He noted that negotiations towards finalizing the text of the treaty will continue after the end of the United Nations Climate Conference (COP-29).
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on July 21, Aliyev stated that the conclusion of a peace treaty between the two republics is impossible until the Armenian authorities amend the country's constitution. According to him, the current constitution of Armenia poses a territorial threat to Azerbaijan, since the document provides for a reference to the 1990 declaration of independence, according to which Nagorno-Karabakh is part of the country. This clause prevents the conclusion of a peace agreement, the Azerbaijani president noted.
In August, Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed that Moscow is ready to continue assisting in the development of an Armenian-Azerbaijani peace treaty and advancing the process of border delimitation and demarcation. The conversation between the Russian head of state and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan also touched on the normalization of relations between Baku and Yerevan.
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[Regnum] The frigate Admiral Golovko, a carrier of hypersonic anti-ship missiles Zircon, began passing through the English Channel, the press service of the Northern Fleet reported on November 9.
"The frigate has now crossed its narrowest part, the Pas-de-Calais. The Admiral Golovko frigate's long-distance voyage began on November 2, when it left the Northern Fleet's main base, Severomorsk," the press service told TASS.
The sailors have already conducted several exercises on ship protection and defense during the passage in the waters of the Barents, Norwegian and North Seas. Since leaving Severomorsk, the frigate has already covered more than 1.5 thousand nautical miles.
The frigate Admiral Golovko is a multi-purpose ship with guided missile weapons, designed to solve problems in distant sea and ocean zones. The frigate was accepted into the Navy in 2023. In 2024, as part of the strategic command and staff exercise Okean-2024, the frigate's crew successfully carried out missile and artillery firing at sea, air and coastal targets, including the Kalibr cruise missile.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, the Northern Fleet press service previously reported that over the next few months, a detachment of ships and vessels will be engaged in long-distance missions in various areas of the World Ocean. The main objectives of the mission are to demonstrate the flag and ensure Russia's naval presence in operationally important areas of the distant ocean zone.
In June, retired US Army officer Daniel Davis said Western air defenses were unable to protect them from Russia's hypersonic Zircon missiles. Hypersonic weapons are not yet in the US military's arsenal. Russia, a leader in developing the weapon, has developed numerous examples of the missile in recent years, including the air-launched Kinzhal and the sea-launched Zircon.
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