Russia - threadbanned users in OP

No. The SSO group of Ukraine blew up a bridge with enemy equipment going to Izyum.

Well there are pros and cons. On the one hand, as you point out they have the support but the countries likely to change their support for a country using all of its means, including terrorism, to defend itself from a much larger aggressor, are probably not offerring much support to begin with, I dont believe it would be a red line with the US for example who provide important support as opposed to well wishes and prayers. The pros are pretty substantial. For one thing, Russia is operating at this quite frankly unbelievable advantage of a shot to nothing. They are free to invade without risk of losing territory,infrastructure or civilians. They are in a position where they can exhaust their military options without having to defend themselves, which to me is a huge strategic advantage. Attacks on Russian soil may in the short term lead to some hardened support within russia for the war but those russians were hardly swing voters to begin with, Russia already 100% controls the internal narrative. However, persistent and ongoing terrorism within Russian cities would psychologically effect the russians, eventually they would have to wonder "is this worth it?", once they see their own loved ones being hurt and their standard of living being further diminished by the increased security and fear that will no doubt be a response. Killing relatives or friends of the Russian leadership would be particularly effective as well as infrastructure that effects large populations like power stations or transportation hubs.

The Ukrainians have the higher moral ground, they are the defenders, they have the right to use all the means at their disposal to defend their loved ones. No point in being afraid to offend someone in Germany or Kazakhstan , when they offer no real support anyway. As far as Russian threats are concerned, what will they do? Commit war crimes? Execute POWS? Target civillians? This is already part of their war doctrine. Nothing to lose as far as I can see.

Apparently the horde are jamming GPS signals in Ukraine.

Perhaps the US could supply a GLONAS jammer if they don't already have one.

A ship that is hit doesn't necessarily sink.

What we do know for sure is that the ship suffered a very serious explosion because Russia have confirmed this.

It would be very interesting if they could damage gas pipelines like Nord Stream 1. That would really get Europe's attention.

Collaborator bridge should have stayed where it was.

Thanks for that.

I reckon the new thread chorus is

The group of the SSO of Ukraine blew up a bridge with enemy equipment heading to Izyum

😂

Old story, but this article about North Korea using a Russian GPS jamming system in 2012 claims that it had a radius of 100km

I believe the main significance to this story and the images is that building had managed to survive two previous major wars, and then the orc horde arrived.

Cloaking mechanism was activated. Automatic response to damage on all Klingon ships

Speaking of piling up bodies:

Ukrainians are annoyed that the horde won't take back 1,500 bodies that are clogging up their mortuary freeezers.

Meanwhile, in St Petersburgh, a lucky few limbless orcs manage to make it to a holding pattern of stacked ambulances waiting their turn to disgorge their critical condition cargos.

"In St. Petersburg hospitals brought more than a hundred seriously wounded in Ukraine orcs

According to Ukrainian intelligence, about a hundred invaders in these vehicles – with severed limbs"

Afraid of loosing a few more!

And it just shows the usual Russian propaganda, why move the fleet if it was only an accidental fire on the Moskva, though they will claim the other ships don't have the protection offered by the Moskva, that is all.

Ahh FFS you compare what the sleeveen Dev did with regards Hitler to what the Swiss did enabling Hitlers war machine for over 5 years.

Yes that happened in the 40s, but don't ever forget the Swiss banking system still refused to return funds to the families of holocaust victims, who had lodged money into Swiss institutions before the war, until the 1990s when a US senator helped force the US government to threaten to withdraw banking licenses in the New York.

Only then did the Swiss start releasing funds.

Also the Swiss have long provided a conduit for every despicable scumbag dictator in the world to lodge and hide their ill gotten gains.

And you compare Switzerland a country that existed almost in the same makeup since the 13th century, with only a period of less than 20 years under foreign domination since then, with a state that has existed only a 101 years and which has spent 600 years under foreign occupation with continous ethnic clensing of the indigenous population.

Ireland has only known prosperity for the last 30 years so couldn't afford to do much with regards investment in defense.

Yes a lot more should be invested in maritime defenses, something of course Switzerland doesn't have to worry about unless you count lakes Geneva and Constance.

I have nothing but distain for a lot of what Switzerland stands for, because they are the ones that make money out of others misfortunes.

They did very well financially out of WW2 and they did very well out of the suffering in Africa that has existed ever since that continent got independence.

Now they may be very officious and organised, it may have a better form of democracy, it may be a beautiful country, but that doesn't change the facts of how it got a lot of it's wealth and power.

BTW I would have thought you kiwis would still be relying on the Royal Navy to protect your shores.

After all you guys used to give enough young lives to fight Britain's wars.

Anyway when are you going to grow a pair and declare proper independence 😉