The assault on the airfields did not work out
What happened on March 13 in the Voronezh region and in the regional center simply must remain in the annals stories. The battle in the sky over Voronezh and Buturlinovka - such a city has not been known, perhaps, since 1943. And since, apart from the governor’s service, everyone else is silent, it means that we will speak out within the permitted limits, since to one degree or another we were eyewitnesses.
So, on the morning of March 13, massive air-to-ground attacks were carried out on two populated areas, the cities of Voronezh and Buturlinovka.
With Voronezh, everything was as usual, that is, the local anti-aircraft gunners, as always, ended up at the height from which they dropped what had arrived. When I was a correspondent, I visited this unit more than once and am well aware of the level of their preparation. It is with pleasure that I express my respect to the regiment’s specialists for their combat work.
The enemy used Drones, externally similar to “geraniums”, that is, they are as plastic as possible and therefore difficult to see on radars. But nevertheless, the military specialists of the air defense regiment managed to achieve their goals and killed everyone. Electronic warfare specialists worked for almost everyone who couldn’t. And they worked well too.
In one of the city districts in the morning, residents of the house saw this picture.
The eagle flew in, you see, and folded its wings. Naturally, we called 112, and specialists of the relevant profile arrived.
The sapper calmly tore out the beak and claws of the newcomer, after which he was picked up and taken away. And there were a lot of metal balls left on the asphalt. Like from bearings. Well, you understand that the device was not flying empty and could have done some decent work.
Yes, there was some damage to the roof; the falling things, you know, were quite haphazard.
In general, this is how it was in Voronezh itself.
And a formal battle broke out near Buturlinovka.
Ask, what gave the other side this small provincial town? And for those who don’t know, there is an airfield where a bomber regiment was based during the renovation of our main airfield. To Ukraine – 160 km in a straight line.
And then it occurred to someone on the other side to check the strength of our people who are now standing there. We checked.
I'll distract you a little. Last year, the region experienced another rainy-dry season with a subsequent harvest of 5,4 million tons of grain. Not a record, the record was a year earlier, 6,9 million tons, but still. For some agricultural firms, the harvest remained in piles under canopies in the fields because there was not enough space in the elevators.
And these piles, of course, are protected so that the local sparrows do not peck at them. And at such a security post across the field from the airfield, my good friends happened to be there, and they told me what was happening in the sky and on the ground. One is a completely combat officer in the past, that is, he understood what was going where.
Two waves came from that direction. The first consisted of drones. Plastic rattlers were approaching the airfield at different altitudes, but from approximately the same direction. Unwitting observers first heard the continuous hum of engines, and then everything was drowned out by gunfire.
"We've never seen anything like this." At the airfield, everything that could be fired was fired. In reality, the personnel rested their horns on the concrete and decided to prevent them from hitting the combat vehicles. Rockets were flying, zushki were firing, some armored vehicles were firing, and all the rifles in their hands were firing.
The photo, of course, is not from there. Yes, for illustration.
The drones actually fell from the sky, some exploded, set two forest belts on fire, but did not make it to the airfield. The electrical transformer sparked, on which the downed drone fell, the trees tried to burn, but there was silence. For a short time, however, there was a second wave.
The second episode was shorter. Either they got carried away at first on the other side and launched everything they had, but in the second echelon there were missiles that were detected much better, but they were shot down at a greater distance. One miracle of decent size fell in a neighboring field, but naturally no one wanted to go see what was dropped there and for what reason. Perhaps the rocket ran out of fuel, or perhaps they hit the brain so hard that that’s it.
So, from random witnesses I was lucky to hear about how the personnel of the Buturlinovsky airfield behaved. In the press there was a very laconic statement from Governor Gusev that
DIMC MO issued statistics.
Five lines in general. We often don’t even think (no offense, residents of those regions far from the border) about what lies behind the lines. And behind them are real battles. Not for the territory, for the planes and helicopters that will be needed tomorrow. And when something is really needed tomorrow, it means that today there is always room for a feat. Catching gray and white airplanes flying in the gray morning (or night, in Voronezh began at three minutes) sky and pressing the trigger, not letting them go beyond the red line you drew, is also a small feat.
And here we can simply express our gratitude to those who truly did their duty on the morning of March 13th. And he will continue to do so without a doubt.
Give free rein to a normal person - he will do this every time he learns about such events. It’s not our fault that we don’t often provide our readers with such information, but I can tell you what I saw. Or what people I absolutely trust saw.
And once again with another victory for our anti-aircraft gunners and their assistants on the ground. They do a very important job and may good luck always accompany them. In addition to professional skills and training.
So, on the morning of March 13, massive air-to-ground attacks were carried out on two populated areas, the cities of Voronezh and Buturlinovka.
With Voronezh, everything was as usual, that is, the local anti-aircraft gunners, as always, ended up at the height from which they dropped what had arrived. When I was a correspondent, I visited this unit more than once and am well aware of the level of their preparation. It is with pleasure that I express my respect to the regiment’s specialists for their combat work.
The enemy used Drones, externally similar to “geraniums”, that is, they are as plastic as possible and therefore difficult to see on radars. But nevertheless, the military specialists of the air defense regiment managed to achieve their goals and killed everyone. Electronic warfare specialists worked for almost everyone who couldn’t. And they worked well too.
In one of the city districts in the morning, residents of the house saw this picture.
The eagle flew in, you see, and folded its wings. Naturally, we called 112, and specialists of the relevant profile arrived.
The sapper calmly tore out the beak and claws of the newcomer, after which he was picked up and taken away. And there were a lot of metal balls left on the asphalt. Like from bearings. Well, you understand that the device was not flying empty and could have done some decent work.
Yes, there was some damage to the roof; the falling things, you know, were quite haphazard.
In general, this is how it was in Voronezh itself.
And a formal battle broke out near Buturlinovka.
Ask, what gave the other side this small provincial town? And for those who don’t know, there is an airfield where a bomber regiment was based during the renovation of our main airfield. To Ukraine – 160 km in a straight line.
And then it occurred to someone on the other side to check the strength of our people who are now standing there. We checked.
I'll distract you a little. Last year, the region experienced another rainy-dry season with a subsequent harvest of 5,4 million tons of grain. Not a record, the record was a year earlier, 6,9 million tons, but still. For some agricultural firms, the harvest remained in piles under canopies in the fields because there was not enough space in the elevators.
And these piles, of course, are protected so that the local sparrows do not peck at them. And at such a security post across the field from the airfield, my good friends happened to be there, and they told me what was happening in the sky and on the ground. One is a completely combat officer in the past, that is, he understood what was going where.
Two waves came from that direction. The first consisted of drones. Plastic rattlers were approaching the airfield at different altitudes, but from approximately the same direction. Unwitting observers first heard the continuous hum of engines, and then everything was drowned out by gunfire.
"We've never seen anything like this." At the airfield, everything that could be fired was fired. In reality, the personnel rested their horns on the concrete and decided to prevent them from hitting the combat vehicles. Rockets were flying, zushki were firing, some armored vehicles were firing, and all the rifles in their hands were firing.
The photo, of course, is not from there. Yes, for illustration.
The drones actually fell from the sky, some exploded, set two forest belts on fire, but did not make it to the airfield. The electrical transformer sparked, on which the downed drone fell, the trees tried to burn, but there was silence. For a short time, however, there was a second wave.
The second episode was shorter. Either they got carried away at first on the other side and launched everything they had, but in the second echelon there were missiles that were detected much better, but they were shot down at a greater distance. One miracle of decent size fell in a neighboring field, but naturally no one wanted to go see what was dropped there and for what reason. Perhaps the rocket ran out of fuel, or perhaps they hit the brain so hard that that’s it.
So, from random witnesses I was lucky to hear about how the personnel of the Buturlinovsky airfield behaved. In the press there was a very laconic statement from Governor Gusev that
In the Buturlinovsky district, a private house and a transformer substation were damaged. In the Sovetsky district of Voronezh, the roof of a store was partially destroyed.
DIMC MO issued statistics.
Air defense duty systems intercepted and destroyed 58 UAVs over the territories of Belgorod (11 UAVs), Bryansk (8 UAVs), Voronezh (29 UAVs), Kursk (8 UAVs), Leningrad (1 UAV), Ryazan (1 UAV).
Five lines in general. We often don’t even think (no offense, residents of those regions far from the border) about what lies behind the lines. And behind them are real battles. Not for the territory, for the planes and helicopters that will be needed tomorrow. And when something is really needed tomorrow, it means that today there is always room for a feat. Catching gray and white airplanes flying in the gray morning (or night, in Voronezh began at three minutes) sky and pressing the trigger, not letting them go beyond the red line you drew, is also a small feat.
And here we can simply express our gratitude to those who truly did their duty on the morning of March 13th. And he will continue to do so without a doubt.
Give free rein to a normal person - he will do this every time he learns about such events. It’s not our fault that we don’t often provide our readers with such information, but I can tell you what I saw. Or what people I absolutely trust saw.
And once again with another victory for our anti-aircraft gunners and their assistants on the ground. They do a very important job and may good luck always accompany them. In addition to professional skills and training.
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