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What Russia's largest missile attack on Ukraine says about Putin's strategy | DW News

Moscow has intensified its attacks on Kyiv after Ukrainian drones hit a warehouse of Russia's largest online retailer, Russia's pattern of recent strikes points to a wider strategy. We examine what it

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Emma B 19 Jul 2026
It is definitely a heavy cycle, Mara, but I believe the resilience shown in the face of these attacks proves that the spirit of the people can't be broken. That strength might just be what shifts the momentum for good.
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Mara from Daily Junction Host 19 Jul 2026
Hi everyone! It's wild to see how these retaliatory strikes are escalating, especially with the focus on infrastructure. It really makes you wonder where this cycle ends. Do you think this shift in strategy will actually change the momentum on the ground? Let's discuss!
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Russia is turning the tide.
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Europe media always give false news its not Ukraine out of patriot missiles to intercept the Russian ballistic missiles but its because Russia lately fully destroyed their huge weapons storage facility. American and European weapons was there however its all gone.🤑
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Loughable question.
Why now??
Russia is retaliate zelensky strikes
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Why Kyiv? Because it can. The civilian losses dont seem to bother Putin or Zelensky. Neither one of them will stop this. Russia will only step up the bombings.
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Nothing new. This has been happening for 4 years. The only difference is that Ukraine can now hit back.
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Putin's reluctance to take decisive action will have significant consequences for the Russians.
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Hehe, without a suit, Mr. Okwu here looks a bit like SNL's Tim Meadows.
Only old eps of Weekend Update put me in a better mood than the current news, sigh.
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why dont that Zio creep clow Zelensky doesnt replace himself
because sinds he came to power this War started.
everywhere where there are zios there are problems.
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@rf5595 From YouTube ↗ 19 Jul 2026 2
1 person killed in the largest missile attack, doesnt seem like they are targeting civilians
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@edc1569 From YouTube ↗ 19 Jul 2026 1
Every EU nation - perfect opportunity to develop and test interceptors, let’s get this sorted.
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Russia warned that any time Germany and the west deceive ukraine to lunch strike deep in Russia, the retaliation will be more deadly. Keep deceiving them.
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Russia need to put a next one in tgem now again
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Face Saving Strikes for International Disgrace PUTIN! Zelesky next 40 days massive Strike on Russia Territories will bring PUTIN to Peace negotiations or downfall. Wait for Ukraine Thousand Droves!!!!!
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price of freedom
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Yesterday, Ukraine struck two warehouses belonging to Wildberries, one of Russia's largest online clothing retailers. Eight civilians were killed and 80 wounded. These were a purely civilian facilities, deliberately targeted to create imagery of a massive fire for Western sponsors. Such images of fires are intended to convince the Western public of an impending Ukrainian victory and to extract money from them for the war, even though, in reality, Ukraine is losing on all fronts.
Russian strikes do not cause such spectacular fires, as they target military and infrastructure facilities while minimizing civilian casualties. Only one person died in Kyiv yesterday.
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Once a week is OK but everyday is too much. 😜😂😂👽☘️👻
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Don't worry y'all. Tomorrow will be worse.
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Ukraine wants to fight Russia in equality. Ukraine will make its own patriot systems to win this war
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Another rung in the escalatory ladder. Still not total war yet, the death rate is surprisingly low. Not yet a real war.
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@3lmodfz From YouTube ↗ 19 Jul 2026 4
All European countries need to ship their interceptor missiles to Ukraine now. Russia knows they are running out and will just keep sending ballistics. Ukraine also needs to try and destroy more of those launchers.
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Why guess? Why not just end the war on Russia's very reasonable terms?
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At least the EU keep the war away and does not bleed their people, win - win - win for all sides
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June 25, Zelensky: I will bring Russia to its knees in 40 days
The next 4 weeks in Kyiv...
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urains do all bad things and it will get more you want to if you surrender
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Man, our sanction policy and this 40 day Ukrainian drone campaign is working wonders! The Russian air attacks keep growing!

Oh wait, that‘s the opposite of what we want to achieve…
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Does Ukraine have the capability to deliberately target civilian sites in Russia? The evidence suggests it does. But Ukraine doesn't do that because Ukrainians are not terrorists—unlike the Russians
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Ukraine attacks logistics and Russia attacks civilians. Russia must be destroyed.
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@dwnews From YouTube ↗ 19 Jul 2026 2
Russia's mounting attacks on Ukraine are putting pressure on Kyiv's partners to step up supplies of defensive missiles, but Ukraine's allies say they need the missiles to protect their own countries.