re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict.

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Well, my broader point wasn't that anyone *should* be banned, it's that consistent standards should be applied. Be that with moderation or criticism. They most certainly are not.

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I agree with you there. The problem is any poster that does not post pro Ukraine propaganda is criticized and called a Russian Bot. I use to actually try and debate them but its pointless even if you are posting pro Ukraine sources like Rob Lee they will still call you a Russian Bot if its not positive for Ukraine. That is why I just ignore them at this point

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After decades of combat tours, jumping out of planes with machine guns, Ranger school, and all the other junk they did to me I'm used up

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Tim Kennedy himself

Barron! You didn't answer my question so I've got to repeat it

Can I PM you? I could use the side work and I figure if I'm already on the internet.....

Drones target Moscow, Russian oil facilities in reported large-scale Ukrainian strike

September 12, 2025 2:20 am (Updated: September 12, 2025 7:34 am)

Drones have targeted multiple regions in Russia, including Moscow and St. Petersburg, in a large-scale overnight attack, Russian officials and media outlets reported on Sept. 12.

The attack reportedly caused fires on a vessel in the Primorsk Port and at a Lukoil facility in Smolensk. Residents of Leningrad Oblast said the attack was one of the most massive strikes on the region since the start of the full-scale war.

The Kyiv Independent could not verify these reports at the time of publication.

Over 30 drones were shot down over Leningrad Oblast, regional Governor Aleksandr Drozdenko said.

Drone debris crashed at separate locations in Tosno, a town 53 kilometers (33 miles) southwest of St. Petersburg, but caused no casualties or damage, he claimed. Fragments and wreckage also landed in other villages in the region, including Vsevolozhsk, Pokrovskoye, and Uzmino.

Earlier in the night, Drozdenko said that air defenses were at work over the Pushkinsky district of St. Petersburg.

The attack caused a fire on a vessel in the Primorsk Port, Drozdenko reported. He claimed the fire was extinguished and that there is no threat of flooding or oil spills.

Drozdenko later reported that the attack caused a fire to break out at a pumping station in Primorsk. He said it was extinguished without casualties.

The Primorsk Port is the largest Russian oil-loading port in the Baltic Sea.

The drone threat in the region forced St. Petersburg's Pulkovo Airport to shut down — an increasingly common procedure amid intensifying Ukrainian drone strikes. Nearly 50 flights have been disrupted or canceled due to the closure.

Residents of St. Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast continue to report explosions, according to the Russian opposition news channel Astra.

Drones also targeted the Russian capital. At least nine Ukrainian drones have been shot down near Moscow, Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said.

Sobyanin said on Telegram that emergency crews were headed to the site where the drone debris fell. The mayor did not provide details as to where the drones were shot down or provide information on any damage.

Russian Telegram channels, citing resident accounts, reported explosions in the communities of Mozhaysk and Dedovsk in Moscow Oblast, located just west of the outskirts of the capital.

Another wave of drones attacked the Russian city of Smolensk, according to officials and local residents. Smolensk Oblast Governor Vasily Anokhin said air defense units were repelling a UAV attack over the region, but gave no further information.

Smolensk residents reported explosions in the city. In footage posted to social media, eyewitnesses claimed that the drones targeted a nearby Lukoil facility. Video shows smoke and flames rising from a large fire at an undisclosed site.

Anokhin did not mention oil facilities or any possible targets in his report.

Ukraine's military has not commented on the reported attack.

The Kyiv Independent

This is key because the Ukrainians lead the world in drone technology with the Russians at #2. If the Russians do threaten the rest of Europe, it's not going to come from conventional military strategy, it's going to come from drones, and the Europeans need to be ready. With the Ukrainian's technology and the Europeans capital and production capabilities the Russians wouldn't have a chance in that area, either.

But they need to work together, and they might need a little more time to catch up to the Russians.

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After decades of combat tours

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All American or Sky Soldier?

You are too young for us to have been in the same place at the same time, but we could have been close. I was a Red Devil in the late 80s early 90s. I sold out right away, always a 11A.

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The attack reportedly caused fires on a vessel in the Primorsk Port and at a Lukoil facility in Smolensk.

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Lukoil Smolensk is/was a fuel depot. The Before photo:




More importantly, the Primorsk Port is the largest Russian oil-loading port on the Baltic Sea.

And yes, that would be the Bavovna of the Week™.

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Minister Sikorski, unless you have another copy of the Epstein tapes, TACO doesn't care what you are saying. He only does what Putin and Netanyahu tell him to do. For the same reason.

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yet you ignore that and say tgere is a double standard

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I was pretty obviously talking about the recent criticism and accusations from Leopold.

The ban point was mostly at the fact that people like you were screeching for him to be banned in the old thread but had nothing to say about other spammers that you ideologically agree with.