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   NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (noelreports@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 16-Jan-2025 17:50:13 JST NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦

   Overnight, Ukrainian air defense repelled a Russian shahed drone attack. In total, 55 were launched towards Ukraine, 34 were shot down and another 18 were supressed by electronic warfare.

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     This partial report is somewhat misleading: So, only 3 #Shahed drones hit something. Doesn't sound 2 bad. However, Zelensky stated:

     "More than 40 missiles were involved in this strike, including ballistic ones. At least 30 were destroyed. There were also over 70 Russian strike drones overnight." 1)

     So, there were at least 15 more drones of a different make and over 40 missiles, including ballistic ones. About 10 hits included...

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     https://tsn.ua/en/ato/zelenskyy-reacted-to-the-massive-missile-and-drone-strike-on-ukraine-2744715.html

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     According to media reports, #Russia's target was, again, #Ukraine's energy infrastructure. Some missiles and drones did find their targets: emergency generators needed to be employed.

     The potentially most important news, however, was that #Ukraine was not (only) on the defensive: it provoked this particular attack 2 days ago.

     Via #TheIndependent:

     "*#Ukraine launches one of the largest #missile and #drone attacks of war...

     https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-ukraine-war-missile-drone-attack-putin-b2679414.html

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     ...into #Russia* 2)

     #Moscow say #Kyiv fired six US-made #ATACMS ballistic missiles, six British #StormShadow cruise missiles and at least 146 #drones.
     👉Officials vowed the attack would not go unanswered👈..."

     "The actions of the Kyiv regime, supported by its Western curators, will not go unanswered," the [#Russian defence ministry said." 2)

     IMO, the #Kremlin regime is preparing options for (potentially) non-#HybridWarfare...

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     https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-ukraine-war-missile-drone-attack-putin-b2679414.html

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     ...strikes against #NATO. The attacks against #underwater data cables in the #BalticSea don't seem to be enough anymore. There have repeatedly been illegal, sometimes massive, exploratory drone flights over Continental European military and infrastructure installations. Today, #Germany started a change in its laws, so that the #Bundeswehr can shoot down such #UFOs in the future. 3) This...

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     ...is but one example, though.

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     3)
     This Cabinet decision might not make it through the #Bundestag now, as there will be an early #GeneralElection in #Hermany next month:

     https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/innenpolitik/bundeswehr-drohnen-108.html