07 Aug: OPERATION STORM! Ukrainians pave the path to AIR SUPREMACY! | War in Ukraine Explained

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Recently, there have been a lot of updates from the Russian-controlled territories.

Here, Ukrainians launched a three-day-long combined effort to strike Russian military facilities in the Luhansk region, Crimea, and the Russian Federation.

On the fourth of August, two days ago, Ukrainians launched a huge missile attack on Luhansk, targeting a machine-building plant that Russians had repurposed to store and repair tanks and military equipment. Ukrainians used eight ground-launched ATACMS missiles and four air-launched Storm Shadow cruise missiles for the attack. The head of the Russian LPR stated that Russian air defense had shot down 4 of these missiles but that the remaining eight had effectively hit their target. The strikes hit warehouses and fuel depots on the facilities’ grounds, causing large smoke clouds to appear over Luhansk city.

One day prior, Ukrainians also performed a successful large drone attack on military targets in the Rostov region. Ukrainians effectively struck fuel depots on their way to their main target, as local inhabitants posted videos of several petroleum tanks going up in flames, as Russian officials noted that 15 Ukrainian drones had hit their targets. The primary Ukrainian target, however, was the Morozovsk airfield, as NASA FIRMS satellite data shows the entire base was engulfed in flames.

After the dust had settled, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense shared satellite images of the aftermath of the strike, showing the airfield had suffered extensive damage. The most impressive photos were that of the warehouse where glide bombs and air-to-air missiles were stored, showing the entire facility was leveled to the ground. The footage also shows that one Russian SU-34 fighter bomber was destroyed completely, and two more were damaged by shrapnel and debris. Ukrainians also hit four technical and operational buildings and two repair hangars, which were all damaged by the explosions.

On the first day of the operation, one day before the airfield strike, Ukrainians launched a series of attacks on high-value targets in Crimea with HIMARS ATACMS, Storm Shadow, and a large number of drones. Russian military analysts noted that for months now, Ukrainians have been using new flight paths for their attacks, flying over the black sea to circumvent Russian electronic warfare systems and attack their targets from behind.

Satellite footage of one of the targets shows that Ukrainians struck a Russian S-400 air defense base, destroying at least one S-400 system and damaging another, while the fate of two others remains unknown. Next, Ukrainians destroyed another S-400 and one S-500 anti-ballistic missile system with HIMARS ATACMS missiles near the Kerch bridge. The total cost of these lost air defense systems is over three and a half billion dollars, not counting the possible repair cost for one damaged and two missing systems.

Interestingly enough, Ukrainians reportedly also struck the Russian Rostov-on-Don submarine again, and this time possibly for good. As you may remember, Ukrainians hit the same submarine almost a year prior, after which many naval experts stated the vessel was damaged beyond repair. Nevertheless, Russians seem to have invested a lot of time and money into repairing it, as the submarine was reportedly conducting trials in the Sevastopol harbor. While satellite images remain inconclusive, the Ukrainian defense ministry claimed the successful strike on the drydock sank the submarine, this time for good. If further images show these claims to be accurate, it would be another devastating blow and an embarrassing loss for the Russian black sea fleet.

In general, Ukrainian strikes on Crimea focus on Russian air defense systems near vulnerable critical infrastructure, forcing Russians to redeploy more of these systems away from the front line. This, in turn, puts Russian high command in a nasty dilemma. They have to weaken either their air defense network around military facilities in the north and east or risk Ukrainians successfully striking high-value targets in Crimea, like the Kirch Bridge or the Sevastopol harbor.

These Ukrainian strikes had three mutually supportive yet distinct objectives in order to ease the situation for Ukrainians and simultaneously undermine the Russian position. The first is that the attack on the airfield in Rostov and the machine-building plant in Luhansk…

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  2. Interesting that Russia is sending air defense systems to Iran
    This will leave the Ukraine front short of air defense

  3. USA, a super rich country spent a few millions and destroyed billions of dollars of it's most dangerous enemy's equipment and yet republicans want to stop the aid to Ukraine. They are simply working for Russia not for USA. This takes significant time for Russia to replace these assets, it's not like US military spending that can tolerate these losses.
    Ukrainians are simply making USA a safer place and still republicans have a hard time understating this.

  5. Russia is so bad at war that it almost seems like they're intentionally trying not to win for educational purposes. "How Not to Win a War" on shelves, Christmas 2025.

  8. Thanks for the update, informative video as always. Stay safe, and maybe consider working together with Nafo?
    Warm greetings from the Netherlands🇳🇱.

  10. Do we believe they hit the storm shadows they fly low real low cannot be diverted and only climb and dive on target at the immediate target?? The record for hitting Storm Shadow/SCALP is extremely poor. How do you know when the Putin and his team are lying? their mouths are moving.

  18. Ukraine has won the war. The Russians are going through the motions until it dawns on them that they lost a long time ago.

  21. Newsweek reports that the Russian railways are close to collapse. they can't replace ball bearings on the wagons. the news for Putin just gets better. and the Air Force has had a brilliant hunt. Slava Ukraine!

  22. looks like pre conditions testing for splashing the kerch bridge … any day now look for the cloud of dust where there was a bridge

  26. An S-400 system is comprised of many batteries, calling the total cost of these systems as part of the losses isn't accurate because likely only a few batteries were destroyed.

  27. Come sempre informazioni sempre precise e interessanti.
    I miei complimenti.
    Io sto notando che l'Ucraina nelle sue azioni si sta, comportando sempre più seguendo la dottrina della NATO e lasciando gradualmente le linee di comportamento sovietiche in battaglia.
    L'arrivo degli F16 sta intensificando sempre più l'uso della dottrina occidentale, con attacchi mirati ad infrastrutture vitali, uso di truppe altamente specializzate per sgomberare trincee e fortificazioni.
    Restano ancora a favore Russo l'uso delle DEVASTANTI bombe plananti, ma credo che sia oramai questione di tempo, basterà che un paio di piloti degli F16 siano pronti per ingaggiare direttamente i Su34 in missione ed abbatterne un paio perché le cose comincino a cambiare drasticamente.
    Vorrei far notare che l'arrivo dei (pochi) F16 in realtà ha liberato i (pochi) Mig 29 e Sukoi da missioni di protezione e bombardamento, per loro ALTAMENTE a rischio, mentre ora possono operare in modo più specifico e protetto.
    Già con l'arrivo dei prossimi 4/6 F16 le cose non potranno che migliorare.

  28. Watch what almost all international news say about Ukraine war..
    Just search little bit and you'll find the reality what is really happening and not from propaganda on youtube. And…. you are right…. Ukraine is the only country in the world's history whose army advances BACKWARD.

  32. ukraine not forcing the youth to fight for the country has no country to return to once russia occupy most of ukaine.

  33. March 24, 2022 – Putin: "You sunk my battleship!" (Saratov)
    April 13, 2022 – Putin: "You sunk my battleship!" (Moskva)
    June 17, 2022 – Putin: "You sunk my battleship!" (Veliky Ustyug)
    September 13, 2023 – Putin: "You sunk my battleship!" (Minsk)
    September 13, 2023 – Putin: "You sunk my submarine!" (Rostov-on-Don)
    November 4, 2023 – Putin: "You sunk my battleship!" (Askold)
    December 26, 2023 – Putin: "You sunk my battleship!" (Novocherkassk)
    February 1, 2024 – Putin: "You sunk my battleship!" (Ivanovets)
    February 13, 2024 – Putin: "You sunk my battleship!" (Caesar Kunikov)
    March 4th, 2024 – Putin: "You sunk my Patrol Boat!" (Sergei Kotov)
    March 21st, 2024 – Putin: "I sunk my own fishing trawler!" (Captain Lobanov)
    March 24th, 2024 – Putin: "You sunk my landing ship!" (Azov)
    March 24th, 2024 – Putin: "You sunk my landing ship!" (Yamal)
    May 14th, 2024 – Putin: "You sunk my battleship!" (Tsiklon)
    August 3rd, 2024 – Putin: "You re-sunk my submarine!" (Rostov-on-Don)

    Ukraine: "At some point soon there will be no more ships in the Black Sea Fleet for us to sink!"

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