Two Ukrainian drones were shot down in Sevastopol in the morning, according to the governor of the region. 

The governor of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhaev, said that loud explosions over the city early in the morning were the work of the Russian air defense Forces.According to him, two drones were shot down over the sea near Belbek.
In addition, he added that all services are operating normally.

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Ukraine Defends Against Russia’s Inexpensive Drones With Far Costlier Missiles

The New york Times estimated that it costs up to seven times more to use a missile to shoot down a drone than it does to launch one. The Iranian drones can cost as little as $20,000 to produce, while the cost of firing one of the surface-to-air missiles used by Ukraine can range from $140,000 for a Soviet-era S-300 to $500,000 for a U.S.-made NASAM, or National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System.

Ukraine’s forces have used antiaircraft guns and small-arms fire to down some drones, but increasingly, as the Russians have taken to launching assaults at night, Kyiv has also relied heavily on missiles fired from warplanes and the ground. Officials said that Ukraine has employed surface-to-air missiles known as NASAMs multiple times over the weekend to counter drones.

Some of Ukraine’s antiaircraft guns, like the Gepard 2 radar-directed mobile gun system, are inexpensive in comparison with other Soviet-era and European defense systems being deployed. And some of the American-made interceptor missiles are relatively expensive.

The cost is irrelevant as long as the West keeps providing military assistance to Ukraine, NYT concluded..

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The Russian Federation is preparing for a new massive strike against Ukraine, Vadim Skibitsky, a spokesman for the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, said in an interview with RBC Ukraine.

"We see that aviation is now training, flying from one airfield to another. "There has been training of crews in delivering strikes over the past day." "So, the process of preparing for the next shelling is underway," he said.

A lot also depends on the weather. According to him, now it's "just normal, suitable weather for the use of more high-precision weapons."

"Shaheeds" (Geran-2) now, as a rule, work in the dark, and missile weapons can be used during the day. "And now the weather, at least in Kyiv, is suitable," the representative of the GUR said.
 
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🇷🇺 Russian politician and former chief of Roscosmos, Rogozin, who was wounded in Donbass while celebrating his birthday in a restaurant, has sent the recovered shrapnel from the Caesar howitzer used by Kiev to the French ambassador to the Russian Federation. Here is the accompanying letter:

"Please give the shrapnel cut by surgeons from my spine to President Emmanuel Macron." And also tell him that no one will escape responsibility for the war crimes of France, the USA, the UK, Germany, and other NATO countries in Donbass.

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Kyiv Nazis are worried: an AWACS aircraft, Il-76 A-50U, with registration number RF-50608, landed at the Belarusian airfield in Machulishchi.

Kyiv propaganda notes that before that, this aircraft flew to Belarus on February 24, 2022. The registration number and arrival information were published by Ukrainian sources (channels), which, to put it mildly, do not always disseminate reliable information.

A-50 can be used to detect and track air and surface targets, alert command posts of automated control systems of the Armed Forces of the air and surface situation, control and strike aircraft when they are aimed at air, ground, and sea targets, as well as serve as an air command post.

The potential offensive of Russian troops in the Volyn region is getting closer...#source

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"Nine sanctions packages and less than zero impact"

It seems that former Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt has begun to suspect something about the effectiveness of the sanctions. According to the table he attached, the trade turnover of the Russian Federation and most EU countries has only increased since February compared to last year.

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Russia will start serial production of a new generation of electronic warfare systems for countering drones within two months, 🇷🇺 Rostec's press service has said. It is noted that the new electronic warfare systems will be both airborne and ground-based.

The state corporation also stressed that their enterprises are increasing the rate of production of weapons and special equipment. This applies to attack and transport helicopters, new and upgraded combat fighters, frontline bombers, strategic missile carriers, transport aircraft, and combat training aircraft.
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Russian War correspondent @epoddubny writes :

It is reported that the fighters of the Wagner PMC have managed to breach the defence lines of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas around the village of Opytne near Artemovsk (Bakhmut). Now Wagner fighters are trying to reach Bakhmut from the south-eastern outskirts.

Heavy fighting continues in the area of Kleshcheyevka. 

To the north of Artemovsk (Bakhmut), hostilities have broken out near Podgorodne. Also, the Wagnerians have the initiative in the direction of Krasnaya Gora, south of Soledar.

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