Putin/Russia calls up 160,000 conscripts

[Spur's Addiction]

Ukraine just hit a Russian airbase 1,700 km/1,056 mi from the border with Ukraine. This was a long range drone strike.
This is equivalent of a drone hitting Charleston IAP that was launched from Oklahoma City, OK.
This is total game changer if this technology gets proliferated and means any airbase is vulnerable to this kind of attack.
It may be the greatest threat to western airpower since its inception.

https://x.com/NOELreports/status/2050188493465223523

I remember about a year or so ago Ukraine did an attack way inside the border of Russia. The drones were in the back of big trucks. The trucks drove deep into Russia, stopping near an airbase, and then the drones were released from inside the trucks and swarmed to the airbase and took out a bunch of bombers and infrastructure.

Ukraine is definitely the leader in using drones in Military applications.

 

[JimG]

Warfare has/is certainly being changed. Meanwhile I keep hoping sane voices in Russia will bring this carnage to an end.

Russia being such a huge country, they are not capable of defending most of their airspace. Ukraine can pick at them at will.
The past 6 weeks have been unprecented in the amount of long range airstrikes coming from Ukraine. And Ukraine is aggressively developing more capability.
We don't know how this will end, but for sure Russia is getting a lot more than they bargained for.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Russia being such a huge country, they are not capable of defending most of their airspace. Ukraine can pick at them at will.
The past 6 weeks have been unprecented in the amount of long range airstrikes coming from Ukraine. And Ukraine is aggressively developing more capability.
We don't know how this will end, but for sure Russia is getting a lot more than they bargained for.

Short of a complete collapse on the part of Ukraine I'm beginning to wonder if Russia has lost the momentum to win this war.

 

[JimG]

Short of a complete collapse on the part of Ukraine I'm beginning to wonder if Russia has lost the momentum to win this war.

The original objective was to quickly overthrow the entire Ukrainian goverment and install a pro-RU regime (3 day SMO).
RU still retains control of about 1/10th of Ukr that they initially took in '22 and Ukr doesn't have the means to retake.

Those front lines are nightmares and certain death traps with mine fields & drone kill zones. Neither side has the ability to mount any noteworthy ground offensive.
And now with Ukr drones & missiles freely hitting targets inside RU, RU is certainly reeling with no end in sight.
Especially enjoyful is daily videos of Ukr taking out expensive RU air defense units which are hard to replace. This is classic western style SEAD/DEAD using drones instead of missiles launched from jets.

Of interest, it seems Putin is now hunkering down, fearful of an overthrow & fearful of Ukr drones hitting him.

You might take a look at this article:

Vladimir Putin fears an assassination attempt and a coup, tensions among security services are rising, an EU intelligence agency says

https://istories.media/en/stories/2026/05/04/vladimir-putin-fear/

 

[Blitzkrieg]

MSN

Casualties nearing 1% of the total Russian population.

 

[JimG]

MSN

Casualties nearing 1% of the total Russian population.

And what % of those are foreign nationals that were recruited promising good jobs in Russia?
I see where N Korea set up a memorial to their troops blasted in the war by Ukrainian drones.