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Le Monde: Attack on Russian airfields would not have been possible without US satellite communications
2025-06-04
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] The attack by drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) on Russian military airfields could not have been carried out without American satellite communications. This was stated by former French army officer Guillaume Ancel in an interview with the French newspaper Le Monde.

"This is possible and conceivable only with the support of a powerful satellite communications system. Since the Ukrainians do not have such experience, if they were able to act remotely, this is certainly a credit to the United States," he noted.

The former military man also expressed confidence that Washington continues to transmit intelligence to Kyiv about the location of strategic facilities on Russian territory.

Ansel suggested that US President Donald Trump was thus sending a "signal" to Russia.

As reported by the Regnum news agency, on June 1, the Kiev regime carried out terrorist attacks against five Russian airfields: in the Murmansk, Irkutsk, Ivanovo, Ryazan and Amur regions. The attacks were carried out using FPV drones, which are controlled by an operator using real-time video.

All attacks on military airfields in the Ivanovo, Ryazan and Amur regions were repelled. All fires were extinguished, there were no casualties or fatalities. The Defense Ministry also added that some of the participants in the terrorist attacks were detained.

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Medvedev calls retaliation inevitable for attack on Russian airfields
[Regnum] Retaliation for the attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on Russian airfields is inevitable, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said on June 3.

"To all those who are worried and expecting retribution. You need to worry - this is a characteristic of a normal person. Retribution is inevitable," Medvedev wrote on his Telegram channel.

He called for remembering that Russian troops are currently continuing their active offensive.

“Everything that is supposed to explode will certainly explode, and those who are supposed to be exterminated will disappear,” Medvedev wrote.

The negotiations between Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul are needed not for a compromise peace “on unrealistic conditions,” but for the speedy victory of Russia and the complete destruction of the neo-Nazi government in Kyiv; this is the meaning of the Russian memorandum on the settlement of the conflict, the deputy chairman of the Security Council emphasized.

As reported by the Regnum news agency, on June 1, the Russian Defense Ministry announced that the Kiev regime had committed a terrorist attack using FPV drones against five Russian airfields in the Murmansk, Irkutsk, Ivanovo, Ryazan and Amur regions. Fires broke out at two airfields. They were extinguished, there were no casualties. Some of the participants in the terrorist attacks were detained.

The Russian Federation's memorandum on the settlement of the conflict in Ukraine, published on June 2, assumes, in particular, the Kiev regime's refusal to join NATO, the withdrawal of the Ukrainian Armed Forces from the territories of regions that returned to Russia in 2022, confirmation of Ukraine's non-nuclear status, and ensuring the rights and freedoms of the Russian-speaking population, as well as the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.

Posted by:badanov

#2  The attack ... could not have been carried out without American satellite communications

Maybe. Maybe not.
By treaty, the bombers in question must be out in the open for verification.
Commercial satellite imagery is readily available.
The comm links between the drones and operators could have been digital radio locally, or via cell phone for longer distances.

tl;dr: It was a brilliant operation, but carried out with off-the-shelf parts. It would be unsurprising to learn the Ukrainian intel service had some outside help.
Posted by: SteveS   2025-06-04 14:33  

#1  How do you know they didn't get the intel while Biden was still in office?
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2025-06-04 11:31  

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