{"id":40426,"date":"2025-04-22T07:04:07","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T07:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/40426\/"},"modified":"2025-04-22T07:04:07","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T07:04:07","slug":"putin-humiliated-as-ukraine-wipes-out-20-russian-soldiers-world-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/40426\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin humiliated as Ukraine wipes out 20 Russian soldiers | World | News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ukrainian warplanes have destroyed a Russian drone launch site inside the Kursk region, killing up to 20 military personnel in what Kyiv described as a direct response to Kremlin aggression. The airstrike, carried out by the Ukrainian Air Force, hit a key UAV base near the village of Tetkino, just across the border from Ukraine<\/a>\u2019s Sumy region, said the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.<\/a><\/p>\n

The attack, on April 19, was confirmed in a statement on Saturday morning, saying the site had been used to launch reconnaissance, combat and FPV (first-person view) drones against Ukrainian targets. The statement said: \u201cOn April 19, 2025, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine<\/a> carried out a successful strike on an enemy UAV launch site near the settlement of Tetkino, Kursk region. \u201cThe facility was used by the enemy to launch reconnaissance, strike, and FPV drones.<\/p>\n

“As a result of the strike, up to 20 UAV operators were eliminated.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis strike of ours is a tangible response to the enemy’s actions against the Ukrainian army.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Armed Forces of Ukraine<\/a> will continue to destroy elements of enemy military infrastructure until a just peace will be achieved. No war crime will go unpunished.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anton Gerashchenko, a former adviser to the Ukrainian interior ministry, likewise referred to the raid on social media.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cThe site was used to prepare and launch reconnaissance, combat and FPV drones. Up to 20 Russian drone operators were eliminated in the strike.\u201d<\/p>\n

The strike comes amid growing concern in Ukraine<\/a> about Russia<\/a>\u2019s use of drone warfare, especially the use of low-cost FPV units to target frontline troops and civilian infrastructure.<\/p>\n

Ukrainian officials have repeatedly warned that Russia<\/a>\u2019s drone fleet, backed by cheap Iranian technology and domestic production, has become a critical component of the Kremlin\u2019s battlefield strategy.<\/p>\n

The latest strike also follows a series of Ukrainian attacks on military and energy infrastructure deep inside Russian territory, including strikes earlier this month on oil refineries in Tatarstan and Smolensk.<\/p>\n

Kyiv rarely comments on cross-border operations, but military intelligence has previously confirmed responsibility for similar drone and missile strikes.<\/p>\n

Tetkino, the target of the April 19 strike, lies barely a mile from the Ukrainian border and has previously been used by Russian forces as a launch point for cross-border operations.<\/p>\n

Russian military bloggers acknowledged the Ukrainian strike on Saturday morning, with some confirming casualties but offering no precise figures.<\/p>\n

There was no immediate response from Russia<\/a>\u2019s Ministry of Defence.<\/p>\n

The attack appears to be the latest example of Ukraine<\/a>\u2019s intent to push the war beyond its own borders in a bid to disrupt Russia<\/a>\u2019s ability to wage war, and in particular to degrade the Kremlin\u2019s growing drone threat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ukrainian warplanes have destroyed a Russian drone launch site inside the Kursk region, killing up to 20 military…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40427,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7655],"tags":[2595,19551,332,7661,23008,657,23007,23009],"class_list":{"0":"post-40426","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-russia","8":"tag-drones","9":"tag-kursk-region","10":"tag-russia","11":"tag-russia-ukraine-war","12":"tag-russian-drone-launch-site","13":"tag-ukraine","14":"tag-ukraine-airstrike","15":"tag-ukrainian-russian-conflict"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}