{"id":11202,"date":"2022-11-28T21:49:20","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T19:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/?p=11202"},"modified":"2026-01-21T11:37:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T09:37:25","slug":"the-russians-are-preparing-tu-95-and-tu-160-strategic-bombers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/?p=11202","title":{"rendered":"The Russians are preparing Tu-95 and Tu-160 Strategic Bombers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A Russian guided-missile cruiser went on combat duty in the Black Sea for the first time in days, Ukrainian media reported, citing statements by Natalia Humeniuk, head of the joint press center of the Pivden (South) Operational Command, on air during the national joint news bulletin 24\/7 on November 28.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The initial observation is that a guided missile cruiser is on combat duty in the Black Sea for the first time in a long period, none have been seen there for days. It is a surface warship armed with eight Kalibr cruise missiles. This means that preparations have begun and that armed cruisers are in bases and can be engaged within hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Khomeniuk has stated that the beginning of the week will most likely be marked by another Russian missile attack. At the time of writing on November 28, there is a storm in the Black Sea, but missile cruisers can launch missiles despite the weather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the same time, for their part, Russian media are reporting that Ukraine is expecting one of the biggest hits from Russian strategic bombers, signaling a further escalation of the massive missile attacks that are Moscow&#8217;s new tactic recently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Ukrainian military, in the near future, one of the largest missile strikes may be launched on the territory of Ukraine. According to Ukrainian sources, a total of up to 20 strategic bombers of the Russian Aerospace Forces may be involved in strikes, and given the serious problems with Ukrainian air defense systems, the latter may prove almost critical for the energy and military sectors. of Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Considering that each Tu-95 and Tu-160 strategic bomber is capable of carrying 12 tactical and strategic cruise missiles, the total strike could include 240 missiles, which today is a big problem even for advanced air defense systems, while Armed Ukrainian forces have only a small amount of modern means of Western air defense systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It should be noted that there are no official statements from Russia about the preparation of massive strikes against the energy and military infrastructure of Ukraine, however, this can seriously worsen the position of Kiev, since the latter is not completely ready for the development of such status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is recalled that the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky warned yesterday that the next week may be as difficult as the previous one, because the Russians are preparing new strikes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zelensky called on Ukrainians to observe safety measures during air raid alerts and help people around them whenever possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He went on to say that, as of the evening of November 27, most parts of Ukraine had only blackouts. &#8220;The situation is under the control of the energy authorities.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ukrainian president noted that the situation on the front remains &#8220;very difficult&#8221;, especially in the Donetsk region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Russian guided-missile cruiser went on combat duty in the Black Sea for the first time in days, Ukrainian media reported, citing statements by&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27650,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2362,7,3830],"tags":[58,1156,1976,3395],"class_list":["post-11202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-military-science","category-research","category-war-in-ukraine","tag-russia","tag-ukraine","tag-war","tag-war-in-ukraine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11202"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11204,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11202\/revisions\/11204"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}