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[MarcoAntonio]

Report da AP que também menciona incidentes anteriores:

Russia blames Ukraine for fuel depot blast; Kyiv denies role
By The Associated Press


A fiery explosion rocked a Russian fuel depot near the border around dawn Friday, and Moscow said Ukraine had attacked the facility, but Kyiv denied any involvement. There was no independent confirmation of details about the incident.

Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said two Ukrainian Mi-24 helicopters had entered Russian airspace “at an extremely low altitude” and attacked the civilian oil storage facility on the outskirts of the city of Belgorod.

He said the facility was supplying petroleum “to civilian transport only. The oil base has nothing to do with Russian armed forces.”

Regional Gov. Vyacheslav Gladkov said two workers at the depot were injured, he said. But Russian media cited a statement from state oil company Rosneft that denied anyone was hurt.

More than 300 firefighters battled the blaze, using a helicopter and a special firefighting train, the Belgorod mayor’s office said. Gladkov said he met with residents who were moved from their homes to a nearby sports facility. He also posted photos of craters and metal fragments in a rural area where he said explosions had damaged a power line and broken a window.

It would not be the first attack reported inside Russia since the war began Feb. 24, although there has been nothing as dramatic.

Oleksiy Danilov, secretary of Ukraine’s national security council, denied Ukraine was responsible.

“For some reason, they say that we did it, but in fact this does not correspond with reality,” he said on Ukrainian television.

Earlier, presidential adviser Oleksiy Arestovich said: “We are carrying out defensive operations on our territory. Russian authorities bear responsibility for everything that happens at Russian territory.”

Russian authorities “must figure out what’s going on in Belgorod,” he said. “Maybe someone smoked in the wrong place. Maybe there was something else. Maybe Russian troops are sabotaging orders and don’t want to enter Ukrainian territory by available means.”

Any airborne attack inside Russia would likely require skillful flying to avoid its air defenses.

The explosion drew a muted response from the Kremlin, with spokesman Dmitry Peskov saying it was not helpful for talks with Ukraine.

On Russian social media, some users expressed surprise that Ukraine was still capable of mounting such an attack or getting past Russian air defenses. Russia’s daily video briefings from the Defense Ministry often stress the number of Ukrainian planes and helicopters shot down or destroyed.

Belgorod is about 25 kilometers (16 miles) from the border and is roughly opposite Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city that which has been under Russian bombardment since the early stages of the war.

Earlier incidents in the Belgorod region had caused alarm locally but had little wider resonance in the context of the war, which Russia portrays as a “special military operation” with little effect on the lives of ordinary citizens.

On the first day of the war, three people were reported injured from shelling in Belgorod, although there was no independent confirmation. A statement from Russia’s state Investigative Committee said two adults and one child were injured, and an attempted murder probe was launched.

Another criminal investigation by the committee was opened March 1 after a report that two Ukrainian missiles from an Uragan launcher had landed in a rural area. That report also was not independently confirmed.

Gladkov said last week that a shell fired from Ukraine had exploded in a village in the Belgorod region in an incident in which the Russian Orthodox Church said had killed a military chaplain. A similar incident was reported to have damaged houses. There was no independent confirmation of those reports.

Other explosions March 29 were due to what Gladkov said he had heard was a fire at a munitions store in the border village of Krasny Oktyabr, citing “unverified information.” Ukraine was not blamed for the incident and Gladkov said he was awaiting official comment from the Defense Ministry, although none followed and the cause of the fire remained unclear.

AP


Mesmo neste último episódio, a Rússia não está a fazer tanto alarido quanto isso, o que afasta a hipótese de false flag. A questão agora é mesmo saber se são os ucranianos que estão a conseguir sabotar em território russo ou se são russos a sabotarem-se a eles próprios. E eu desconfio que nem Putin sabe se é uma coisa ou outra...

Parece que a guerra entrou agora numa fase de gaslighting ao próprio Putin!

[MarcoAntonio]

Ukrainian security official denies Kyiv is behind Belgorod fuel depot strike

Ukraine's top security official has denied accusations by Moscow that Kyiv was behind an attack on an oil depot in the Russian city of Belgorod.

"For some reason they say that we did it, but according to our information this does not correspond to reality," said Ukrainian Security Council Secretary Oleksiy Danilov.

In the last few hours, Russia claimed two Ukrainian Mi-24 helicopters were responsible for the strike, which sparked a blaze at the fuel depot.

Moscow said the helicopters attacked after crossing into Russian air space at an extremely low altitude at around 5am this morning.

Russia added that the facility in Belgorod does not supply fuel to the military.

Sky News

[djovarius]

Boas,

Os Russos "só" se esqueceram de uma regra essencial. Uma coisa é bombardear um território, tipo na Síria, outra coisa é a ocupação do terreno físico.
Se for pequeno e perto, tipo Ossétia do Sul, tudo bem... mas a Ucrânia é grande, não dá para ocupar assim, a não ser numa "blitzkrieg" à moda da 2º Guerra, em que se mata e destrói tudo sem pensar. Nenhum General, hoje, aceita massacrar populações civis, para além da questão dos crimes de guerra.
Mesmo os EUA no Vietname, aprenderam bem a diferença entre bombardear e ocupar. As baixas são mais que muitas, como sabemos. Tanto Franceses como Americanos sairam mal na foto do Vietname.

Portanto, o que os Russos agora querem é o que a Ucrânia pode dar em troco de estabilidade na região, digamos, definitiva. Uma faixa que inclua apenas o Donbass mais a ligação à Crimeia - o mar de Azov ficaria 100% Russo.
A Rússia não pode aspirar a mais, até porque não aguentará uma Guerra longa. Parece que não aprenderam com as lições da Alemanha e do Japão no último conflito destes últimos...

Abraço

dj

[BearManBull]

O MOEX sem dar sinais menos negativos mas falta avançar ali na resistência de curto prazo para gerar alguma definição que o rumo da guerra acalme.


Realmente fiquei completamente abismado com o total flop das forças armadas russas, acho que nem eu nem ninguém no mundo estava à espera de tamanha salada russa. Aqueles Zs pintados à mão nos tanques... devem ter um diretor de marketing, formado em pintar barris de vodka.

No final a unica capacidade que demonstraram realmente foi a de causar miséria e destruição tanto para os ucranianos como para os próprios russos.

Por outro lado fica visível que de momento (e pelo menos para a próxima década) a NATO não tem absolutamente nada que temer, que pode dizimar o exercito russo sem grandes problemas mas claro que isso expõem a maior debilidade do recurso ao desaire nuclear...

Agora falta o Putin tentar lavar a cara e pelo menos acredito que se vai focar fortemente no que já referi, controlar um eixo terrestre que ligue a Crimeia com a Russia.

[MarcoAntonio]

Mais guerra psicológica...

Russia is responsible for explaining what happened in Belgorod, says Ukraine

As we've been reporting, allegations emerged this morning that Ukrainian helicopters had destroyed a fuel depot in Belgorod, close to the border near Kharkiv.

If true, this would be the first airstrike by Kyiv's forces on Russian territory since the conflict began.

Speaking of the claims, Ukrainian presidential advisor Oleksiy Arestovych said it would be up to Russia to explain what happened in their territory.

He said: "As for what is happening on the territory of the Russian Federation, the leadership of the Russian Federation is responsible for that.

"Consequently, it is their job to find out what is happening in Belgorod. Maybe somebody smoked in the wrong place, or something else. Maybe, Russian military are sabotaging their orders and use available means because they don't want to enter Ukrainian territory."

Sky News


Recorde-se que este é o segundo episódio naquela região e que no primeiro episódio, os russos ficaram estranhamente silenciosos. Não há nenhuma evidência de que tenha sido sequer um ataque, apenas uma alegação muito discreta dos russos e não voltaram a falar do assunto. Agora, no segundo episódio vê-se bem que é um helicóptero mas o helicóptero é de um modelo que tanto pode ser russo como ucraniano.

O próprio Putin deve estar nesta altura a perguntar-se quem foi...

[MarcoAntonio]

Os russos estão a retirar do norte de Kiev, podem seguir aqui:

https://liveuamap.com/

Julgo que já coloquei esse link aqui no forum. Sigo esse mapa mas sempre com uma pontinha de sal dado o pendor pro-ucrania e a qualidade da generalidade das fontes (frequentemente são posts nas redes sociais e de fontes ucranianas). Acho útil de seguir mesmo assim...


Não há muitas alternativas também. A melhor fonte na minha opinião são os updates diários do ISW. De resto, vários outros mapas em orgãos de comunicação social (a versão do FT, por exemplo) são pelo menos parciamente baseados nele e noutros casos meras replicações (BBC por exemplo). Há também a versão do wiki mas que tem tido montes de problemas, interrupções e inconsistências devido a disputas quanto às fontes.

[PMP69]

https://defence-blog.com/ukraine-army-shoots-down-russian-mi-28-attack-helicopter/


Pedro

[mais_um]

Ucranianos dizem que recuperaram Ivankiv, um vilarejo a uns 60 kilometros a nordoeste de Kiev onde os russos tinham feito base. O governador de Chernihiv diz também que as forças russas estarão a retirar-se. Julgo que o raio seguro em torno de Kiev já terá mais de 50 kilometros, falta saber se a retirada dos russos no norte vai ser completa, o que parece começar a desenhar-se...

Os russos estão a retirar do norte de Kiev, podem seguir aqui:

https://liveuamap.com/

[MarcoAntonio]

Uma coisa é esconder, outra é dizer-lhe na cara que está a correr mal e dizer-lhe quão mal está a correr.

Como digo, isto só funciona se realmente tiver algum fundo de verdade.



Não creio de resto que seja preciso controlar quem quer que seja, será um processo natural que resulta de ele eliminar/afastar quem não lhe diz amen. Hoje só terá contacto com os que partilham da visão dele e dos que não têm a coragem de o contrariar. Contacto, virgula, falta saber até que ponto ele tem contactos mais próximos do que as videoconferências ou os subordinados sentados a uns 10 metros na outra ponta da mesa...

[PMP69]

Marco, não acredito que Putin não seja o pai dos planos de invasão, ou que em último caso não os tenha aprovado e esteja por detrás das suas alterações.

O que foi divulgado nos últimos dias não é que não tenha sido Putin a planear a invasão nem nada semelhante. É, antes, que a informação que lhe estão a fornecer não é fiável. Que ele está rodeado de yes mans e outros que têm receio de lhe transmitir informações fieis do que se está a passar no terreno. São duas coisas bem diferentes.

Não acredito que isso aconteça, que seja impossível esconder-lhe essas informações, pois tinham que controlar dezenas de pessoas próximas dele e sob pena de terem um final triste.

Acredito, como já disse várias vezes, que haja uma corrente no FSB e Kremlin que esteja a boicotar esta guerra, por não concordar com ela.

Pedro

[MarcoAntonio]

Marco, não acredito que Putin não seja o pai dos planos de invasão, ou que em último caso não os tenha aprovado e esteja por detrás das suas alterações.

O que foi divulgado nos últimos dias não é que não tenha sido Putin a planear a invasão nem nada semelhante. É, antes, que a informação que lhe estão a fornecer não é fiável. Que ele está rodeado de yes mans e outros que têm receio de lhe transmitir informações fieis do que se está a passar no terreno. São duas coisas bem diferentes.

[PMP69]

Não é branqueá-lo. É jogar com ele psicologicamente e instigar ainda mais confusão nas fileiras à volta dele. A informação deve ter algum fundo de verdade, pelo menos, não fazia sentido estarem a divulgar isto se não tivesse. Se realmente estivesse tudo estável à volta dele, isso reforçaria Putin psicologicamente... assim mostram que sabem a confusão que se passa lá e ao mesmo tempo instigam ainda mais a desconfiança e paranoia dele.

Marco, não acredito que Putin não seja o pai dos planos de invasão, ou que em último caso não os tenha aprovado e esteja por detrás das suas alterações.

Mais, provavelmente os militares nunca tiveram o controlo da guerra nas suas mãos. Estamos a falar de generais que fizeram as guerras da Chechénia, Geórgia, Ucrânia e Síria, não acredito que cometessem tantos erros como os que têm sido cometidos.

Levei mais para, não nos vamos livrar dele e vamos ter que lidar com ele no pós-guerra. Não admirava que no fim alguém pagasse esta factura e que Putin saísse apenas chamuscado.

Pedro

[MarcoAntonio]

Não é branqueá-lo. É jogar com ele psicologicamente e instigar ainda mais confusão nas fileiras à volta dele. A informação deve ter algum fundo de verdade, pelo menos, não fazia sentido estarem a divulgar isto se não tivesse. Se realmente estivesse tudo estável à volta dele, isso reforçaria Putin psicologicamente. Assim mostram que sabem a confusão que se passa lá ao mesmo tempo instigam ainda mais a desconfiança e paranoia dele.

[PMP69]

Agora, claro, a guerra não acaba porque o Putin tem de arranjar uma forma de sair da bronca em que se meteu.

Uma forma que possa vender dentro como sendo uma vitória...

Essa a grande questão, mas não vejo saída.

Mas achei estranho as notícias que têm saído, via EUA/RU, que o Putin não sabia de nada, que estava a ser mal informado ...... cheirou-me a esturro, como se estivessem a tentar branqueá-lo.

https://sicnoticias.pt/mundo/conflito-russia-ucrania/se-putin-nao-e-completamente-informado-do-fracasso-que-esta-a-ter-como-vao-os-negociadores-elaborar-um-acordo-duradouro/

Pedro

[MarcoAntonio]

Agora, claro, a guerra não acaba porque o Putin tem de arranjar uma forma de sair da bronca em que se meteu.

Uma forma que possa vender dentro como sendo uma vitória...


O que o Putin esperava, está a acontecer. Apenas que no sentido contrário do que ele previa.

[MarcoAntonio]

É para chatear. Quanto mais a guerra avança, mais se percebe que os russos é só conversa. Vai-se a ver hoje já é sexta-feira e já vem o Peskov dizer que não há interrupção do fornecimento do gás aconteça o que acontecer...

Russia says it will not yet cut off gas supplies to Europe

As we’ve been reporting, Russian president Vladimir Putin signed an order on Thursday stating “unfriendly” foreign countries must pay for gas in roubles or risk supplies being cut.

The order will begin affecting payments from late April.

Speaking to reporters, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said there is not an immediate threat to Europe’s supplies.

"Does this mean that if there is no confirmation in roubles, then gas supplies will be cut off from April 1? No, it doesn't, and it doesn't follow from the decree.”

Russia supplies the European Union (EU) with about 40% of its gas imports, and 30% of its oil, which are mainly paid for in euros and dollars.

BBC

Agora é recuar e ver a conversa no início da semana.

Hoje é dia 1 de Abril no resto do mundo. Que para os russos é 1 de Abril o ano inteiro...

[Lusitanus]

Entretanto os russos afirmaram que o putativo ataque ucraniano a um depósito de combustíveis na Rússia pode prejudicar as negociações entre a Rússia e a Ucrânia. Então e os ataques russos na Ucrânia não prejudicam as negociações? Só os ataques ucranianos em solo russo é que prejudicam?

[MarcoAntonio]

Ukraine refuses to confirm or deny depot strike

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba says he cannot confirm or deny reports of Ukraine's involvement in the strike on the fuel depot in Belgorod, as he did not have the military information.

"I am a civilian," he told reporters in Warsaw, according to AFP.

Ukraine's defence ministry has also declined to comment, with Reuters quoting spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk saying: "Ukraine is currently conducting a defensive operation against Russian aggression on the territory of Ukraine, and this does not mean that Ukraine is responsible for every catastrophe on Russia's territory...

"I will not confirm or deny these allegations."

The governor of the region said the attack was carried out by two Ukrainian helicopters, but Ukraine has not claimed responsibility.

BBC

[BearManBull]

Não sei se os Russos têm capacidade para defender o seu povo, os militares já vimos que não, se calhar deviam render-se já ao Volodymyr Zelensky para não sofrerem mais.

Eu por mim até que estaria bem. Se isso termina-se com a guerra, perfeito.

[MarcoAntonio]

Ucranianos dizem que recuperaram Ivankiv, um vilarejo a uns 60 kilometros a nordoeste de Kiev onde os russos tinham feito base. O governador de Chernihiv diz também que as forças russas estarão a retirar-se. Julgo que o raio seguro em torno de Kiev já terá mais de 50 kilometros, falta saber se a retirada dos russos no norte vai ser completa, o que parece começar a desenhar-se...

[Carrancho_]

(...)
Agora nas outras regiões onde a Russia já tem inclusivamente a guarda nacional, esquece aquilo não volta para as mãos do ucranianos. Defender é mais fácil do que atacar e parece-me claro que a Russia está a abandonar todas as posições a norte para se concentrar nessas posições, com o exercito todo na linha sudeste é praticamente impossível para a Ucrânia recuperar território.

Se há algo que esta guerra já nos ensinou é que não devemos subestimar a capacidade dos Ucranianos. Há 2 meses ninguém diria que conseguissem segurar uma invasão Russa sequer por uma semana, quanto mais ao fim de um mês partir para a ofensiva. Helicópteros Ucranianos a atacar em território Russo, pelo menos para mim, ainda era impensável há 1 semana.

Não sei se os Russos têm capacidade para defender o seu povo, os militares já vimos que não, se calhar deviam render-se já ao Volodymyr Zelensky para não sofrerem mais.










Engarrafamento nas bombas de gasolina após ataque Ucraniano

[BearManBull]

A India dá a impressão de estar neutra a pender para o lado russo...

[mais_um]

Ainda sobre a questão da desinformação, um artigo interessante:

Western spy agencies weaponize intelligence in attempt to undermine Putin

(CNN)Western intelligence agencies are waging a psychological war over Ukraine directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin, an expert at the genre, who is now effectively taking a dose of his own medicine.

The United States and its allies are painting a picture of a bogged down, demoralized and dysfunctional Russian military taking disastrous losses on the battlefield, and are simultaneously conjuring a vision of growing political tension inside the Kremlin. They claim the Russian leader is isolated, poorly advised and lacking real intelligence on just how badly the war is going.

Western governments are preventing Putin from defining the narrative of the war -- just as they did before it began, when their declassified intelligence correctly called an invasion many geopolitical experts thought was unlikely.

It is a tough position for a Russian leader who has often deployed information warfare himself, notably while meddling in US and European elections. The remarkable detail of the declassified intelligence assessments must also be especially galling to Putin, a former KGB officer and intelligence chief. And they leave open the possibility that Western intelligence agencies have the capacity to see deep into the Kremlin's war effort and internal politics, which is likely to infuriate the Russian leader and could open further cracks in his regime.
The willingness of Western governments to be so open about what they are seeing inside Ukraine and Moscow has surprised even some veteran spies.
"It makes intelligence professionals, even former ones like me, nervous, because, of course, it's so ingrained in us to protect sources and methods," Steve Hall, former chief of Russia operations for the CIA, told CNN's Ana Cabrera Thursday.
Part of the intrigue about the US showdown with Putin and the intelligence angle is being fed by the nature of the covert community itself. Outsiders have no way of independently assessing the full accuracy of the information being pushed into the public view by their leaders. So we don't know where it's all coming from or from whom. But of course, that's the point, and it's keeping the Russians guessing too.
The attempt to portray the war in Ukraine as a disaster for Russia is coming at a moment when Western officials are discounting Moscow's claims that it is deescalating the conflict in Kyiv and elsewhere. Instead, they say, Putin's forces are "repositioning" -- possibly for an intensified assault in eastern Ukrainian regions where Moscow has been pummeling civilians and razing cities. Such a tactic could be designed to unite Russian-held areas with Crimea, which Putin seized in 2014, and to give Moscow a direct corridor to the Black Sea through Ukraine.
The inside story of the war
In recent days, Western officials have sketched a remarkable portrait of the war.
In Australia on Monday, one of Britain's top spy chiefs, Jeremy Fleming, said that Putin had "massively misjudged" the war, the resistance of the Ukrainian people and his own military's capacity, and had been poorly served by his subordinates.
"We've seen Russian soldiers -- short of weapons and morale -- refusing to carry out orders, sabotaging their own equipment and even accidentally shooting down their own aircraft," said Fleming, who heads GCHQ, the UK's equivalent of the National Security Agency. Fleming's frankness was extraordinary coming from a leading espionage agency chief. But it is being mirrored in the United States where there were new reports on Wednesday that opened a window into the war and Putin's inner circle.
An official told CNN's Jeremy Diamond that Putin is being "misinformed" by advisers about how badly the Russian military is performing and the impact of sanctions on the Russian economy. \White House communications director Kate Bedingfield then said on camera that the Russian leader's advisers were "too afraid to tell him the truth." She said there was now a "persistent tension" between Putin and his military leadership.

On Wednesday, this new stream of declassified assessments made headlines. On Thursday, President Joe Biden was asked about them in a public setting, as officials presumably knew he would be. The sequence gave the President the chance to further amplify the US narrative.
"There's a lot of speculation," Biden said, though of course that speculation had been driven by information that the White House had allowed into the public domain. Asked how badly Putin was being misinformed by his advisers, Biden replied, "I'm not saying this with a certainty -- he seems to be self-isolating, and there's some indication that he has fired or put under house arrest some of his advisers." While Biden said that the US didn't have that much hard evidence, his comments unleashed a whole new torrent of attention on Putin's current situation.
So what exactly are Western governments trying to do with this novel use of declassified intelligence assessments? Especially given that in many previous geopolitical crises, intelligence was kept secret by routine?

As with the pre-invasion messaging, it's clear that the US does not want the Russians to be able to create a dominant narrative of their own about the war through disinformation. Creating a picture of a failing war also helps maintain support for the tough Western stand against Putin. It may also improve morale among Ukrainians who are resisting Russia's onslaught. And it gives Western leaders a political opening to argue their policies are working as they manage public opinion on the war.
By providing a look into the disarray among Russian troops, the allies may be able to build internal political pressure on the Kremlin. Given the Moscow government's crushing of independent media, there will be few illusions that the Russian people will hear the US version of events, though tech-savvy younger Russians with VPN passwords allowing access to foreign internet services might.
But a drumbeat of humiliation for Russia could further sow discord inside the military, political and intelligence elites. In recent days, it has almost seemed as though Western officials, by discussing the situation in the war so openly, have been trying to address Putin and his advisers directly.
The complications of an intelligence-driven strategy
It's unlikely the intelligence stream will dry up any time soon. That's because it seems to be rooted in a morale problem inside Russian armed forces, which became obvious thanks to eavesdropping.
"They're whipping out their cell phones and trying to communicate with each other, both tactically, 'Where are you? Where's your unit?' and perhaps also back home in Moscow. That makes it really easy to collect," Hall said.
"And then, it's an interesting political decision to say, look, it's worth perhaps showing the Russians how good we are at collecting this stuff, in order to get the word out to citizens of both countries, citizens of the world, as to what's really going on in the Russian military right now," Hall added.
"It's an interesting decision, but it's been very illuminating."
Still there is reason for caution in interpreting the war solely based on the West's declassified assessments.
Intelligence, by definition, is a murky business. The information about the Russian operations in Ukraine and the apparent isolation of Putin in Moscow only tell the outside world what the Western intelligence services want to release. There is, therefore, no way for outsiders to know whether these snapshots give the full picture or a more selective one.

And the information that does filter out is still limited. An official cited by CNN's Diamond and Kevin Liptak on Wednesday declined to provide additional details of Putin being misinformed by his advisers other than what was reported. The intelligence community declassified and downgraded a summary of their findings but not the material itself.
As always, intelligence agencies are taking strenuous steps to avoid identifying their sources and the methods that were used to collect the intelligence.
There have been multiple times in recent American history -- for example, before the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, when US intelligence assessments have proven to be faulty. In this crisis, however, the covert community has repaired some of its reputation. For weeks, the US warned that Putin was getting ready to send his forces across the Ukrainian border. Even the Ukrainians were skeptical.
Then hours before the invasion actually happened, the US issued a warning that the incursion was imminent -- and was proven correct.
Still, the problems encountered by the Russian invading force have surprised Western intelligence agencies and have caused a reassessment of assumptions about the supposed might of Russia's military forces and leadership.
The head of US European Command, Gen. Tod Wolters, said at a Senate hearing this week that there could be an intelligence gap that led the US to overestimate Russia's strength and underestimate Ukrainian defenses.
But even that oversight only underscores the surprisingly poor performance of Russia's forces, and draws attention to it, further advancing the West's goals.

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/04/01/poli ... index.html

[mais_um]

Tirando no Donbass, não têm avanços significativis, e mesmo no Donbass há "bolhas" de resistência.

Pedro

Exacto, foi o que eu disse.

Já agora se for verdade que foram os ucranianos tiro o chapéu aos pilotos.

War in Ukraine: Russia accuses Ukraine of attacking oil depot

An oil storage depot is on fire in a Russian city just north of Ukraine after what the local governor said was an attack by two Ukrainian helicopters.

A video shared on Twitter shows a blaze near apartment blocks in Belgorod, some 40km (25 miles) from the border.

Some clips appear to show rockets hitting the oil depot.

However, Ukrainian aircraft have not struck targets in Russia previously. Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov's claim was not confirmed by Ukrainian officials.

Belgorod, a city of 370,000, lies just north of Ukraine's second city Kharkiv, which has been heavily shelled by Russian artillery and remains surrounded by Russian forces.

Governor Gladkov said in a Telegram message "there was a fire at the oil depot because of an air strike carried out by two Ukrainian army helicopters, which entered Russian territory at low altitude". "Nobody was killed," he added.

He said emergency workers were trying to contain the fire as quickly as possible and that there was "no threat" to residents. The emergencies ministry posted video of the blaze on Telegram.

Interfax news agency reported that residents nearby were evacuated and two people were injured at the depot. It said eight fuel tanks were on fire and nearly 200 firefighters were on the scene. The depot is run by Russian state oil firm Rosneft.

On 29 March several explosions were reported at an ammunition depot near Belgorod.

Ukrainian helicopter pilots have plenty of experience of flying low and fast to avoid being detected by military radar and air defence systems. They have been doing just that in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine for years, where a large part of that territory is held by Russian-backed separatist forces.

But flying low and fast at night, well into Russian territory, to launch an attack on an enemy fuel depot, would have required great bravery and finely-honed flying skills.

BBC defence correspondent Jonathan Beale says this war has shown that low-flying helicopters are still vulnerable to short-range air defence systems, and a number of Russian helicopters have been shot down by shoulder-launched surface-to-air missiles.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60952125

[BearManBull]

Vyacheslav Gladkov, governor of Belgorod region, accused Ukraine of being behind the blaze without providing further evidence.

Lol quem vai a guerra...