How Western materials for #cigarettes wind up in Russian #missiles

#Russia importing raw materials to produce key #military equipment, including missiles, according to a new investigation published by the StateWatch

Documents showing #cellulose #acetate produced by European company #Cerdia is funnelled through #tobacco sector intermediaries ultimately reaching Russia factory for production of #Kalibr #CruiseMissiles

https://kyivindependent.com/how-western-made-materials-for-cigarettes-wind-up-in-russian-missiles-that-strike-ukraine/

#RussianAggression #sanctions #RussianInvasion

How Western-made materials for cigarettes wind up in Russian missiles that strike Ukraine

An investigation by the StateWatch think tank and United24 Media reveals how cellulose acetate produced by the European company Cerdia is funneled through intermediaries in the tobacco sector, ultimately reaching a Russian factory critical for the production of Kalibr cruise missiles.

The Kyiv Independent

💥 According to preliminary data, as of 09:00, 460 targets - 58 missiles and 402 drones of various types - were shot down/suppressed:

▪️1 anti-ship missile #Zircon
▪️ 7 #Iskander_M/#S_400 ballistic missiles;
▪️25 #Kalibr cruise missiles;
▪️24 #Kh_101 cruise missiles;
▪️1 guided air missile #X_59/69;
▪️402 hostile #UAVs of various types.

😡 The impact of 6 missiles and 28 strike #UAVs on 11 locations, as well as the fall of shot down (debris) #UAVs on 7 locations, was recorded.

▪️25 #Kalibr cruise missiles (launch area - the waters of the #Black and #Caspian_Seas);
▪️24 #Kh_101 cruise missiles (launch area - #Vologda region, #Russia);
▪️4 guided air missiles #X_59/69 (launch area - #Kursk region, #Russia, and the occupied territories of the #Donetsk region);
▪️430 strike #UAVs of the #Shahed, #Gerbera, #Italmas types and other types, about 250 of which are #Shaheds.

❗️ The main direction of the attack was #Kyiv region.

Russland griff mit fast 500 Drohnen und Raketen an; an 28 Orten kam es zu Treffern - Ukraine-Nachrichten

Die Luftstreitkräfte haben während des groß angelegten Angriffs der Russischen Föderation auf die Region Kiew am 14. März 460 von 498 Zielen abgewehrt.

Ukraine knocks out Russian Kalibr missile carrier Admiral Essen

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Unter Beschuss: Burschtyn, Riwne und weitere Orte: Die Russische Föderation hat den Westen der Ukraine massiv mit Raketen beschossen - Ukraine-Nachrichten

In der Nacht zum 7. Februar und am Morgen desselben Tages führten die Russen einen kombinierten Angriff der Russischen Föderation auf die Ukraine durch. Betroffen waren vor allem die westlichen Regionen.

📡 As of 9:00, air defence forces have shot down or suppressed by electronic warfare 244 aerial targets:
❗️ 226 out of 242 strike #UAVS;
🚀 8 out of 13 #Iskander_M/#S_400 ballistic missiles;
❗️ 10 out of 22 #Kalibr cruise missiles;
🚀 0 out of 1 medium-range ballistic missile (from the #Kapustin_Yar test site, #Astrakhan region - #Russia).

🤬 The impact of 18 missiles and 16 strike #UAVs on 19 locations was recorded.

☠️✋ Meanwhile, another 1030 occupiers have come closer to the ground.

Russische Angriffe in der Region Kiew: Rettungskräfte haben eine Familie mit einem Kind aus den Trümmern gezogen - Ukraine-Nachrichten

Rettungskräfte arbeiteten an 11 Orten, alle Brände wurden gelöscht; die Russen griffen die meisten Bezirke der Region Kiew an

Sunday, December 28, 2025

'Missiles and drones speak for Russia;' Zelensky blasts Moscow for 10-hour air attack ahead of Trump meeting -- Russia preparing to proclaim future Ukrainian elections rigged -- Russia's Syzran Oil Refinery under attack by Ukrainian drones -- En route to America, Zelensky shares his top priority for upcoming meeting with Trump ... and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/12/sunday-december-28-2025/

From https://t.me/times_ukraina

⏺Just recorded launches of #Kalibr cruise missiles from ships at sea: we expect them within 40-60 minutes if they are not decoys, — monitors.

If they appear, they will fly where the arrows are drawn on the map.

#ukraine #putinisamasskiller #putinisawarcriminal @kardinal691