Welcome to the party pal.
Any comments about the Ukrainan 1000km drone strike
Putin simply can't be allowed to survive this.
Negotiations cannot take any other form than Ukraine issuing ultimatums and, by God, that's looking increasingly likely.
Putin has been expertly boiled beyond the last point at which he had any domestic credibility left.
I hate to rain on the parade of those who invested themselves so heavily in "mighty", "noble" Russia's "integrity".
Slava Ukraini
How do you negotiate with someone who will just attack you again in 5 or 6 years time once they're built up an army of conscripts?
Russia in it's current form has to go, it's as simple as that.
Pro Ukraine?
A Ceasefire now aalows Russia te to regroup and begin a new offensive better prepared.
Good write-up here on pro Ukraine but balanced subtack.
If negotiations don't start soon, tens of thousands of people will needlessly die because some diplomats refuse to start talking.
Is that a trick question, or should we know the answer?
Moldova reports a missile landing on their territory
Another stray air defence?
Like zo...
I believe in one of the videos something is picked in the top left corner before impacting,
Adding to your theory they could have developed their own air launched cruise missiles???
I know there was talk of home grown drone that could reach out to Russia but nothing more was heard until last night
The same Way they fly mission's into occupied territory everyday, Russia has the same holes in their air defense as everyone else,
Russia is huge compared to some countries they won't have the air defense systems covering every inch of their territory
A serious escalation by Ukraine... How are Ukraine able to get missiles/aircraft/drones so far into the USSR Russia without being shot down?!
I read somewhere that a fuel bowser was hit at one of the airbases which would account for the disproportionately large explosion.
Moldelectrica warns about possible blackouts across Moldova
Re: Airbase Blast.
Here is some interesting footage of the attack. You can clearly hear a Jet Engine riar overhead and, around 12 seconds later, the blast is visible. The engine sound may or may not be related, but as someone who spent a lot of time over the years around Mil jet engines, that sound lacks the high-pitch whine of a small, cruise-missile-type turbofan engine. I'll ask other aviation nerds on here what they think, but to my ears, that's a pretty powerful sounding either twin-jet or single engine on full mil-power. ( without afterburner).
Secondly, the latest Ukranian-developed drone, recently tested by Ukraine, carries a 75kg warhead. That blast, from what I can tell and what other observers have commented on, is significantly larger than 75kg.
Here's my theory. It's not beyond the bounds of possibility, that Ukraine may have launched either a Mig-29 or member of the SU- family, having converted it into a drone-ship filled with explosives. They have an excellent aeronautical engineering industry quite capable of doing this and it has precedence. Converted fighters were used extensively by the US for both as targets for missile testing, and for decoys/attacking during the Vietnam war.
I'm looking forward to finding out what really happened and what wreckage will be disclosed at the site.
What's your thoughts?
Russia blamed NATO and the west even though there were no NATO or western troops, so why stop now? They can still claim the drones were developed with NATO assistance, western know-how and components.
Those new drones only have a 75 kg warhead , there's a limit to what they can do,
although every airbase,and military facility out to about 1000km from Ukraine now needs air defence , pulling them away from the front ..
They can play any card they want, that is so frustrating. If not that one, another made up one will do just as well. All arrogance, delusions, dissimulations and lies. While Ukraine under ruthless attack has to be seen to “play fair” and not do this, that or the other lest they provoke an escalation by the bear, hurt their international standing, and what have you. Ukranians are bearing up amazingly well under the double standards of this situation.
At least they are now striking more targets inside Russia so hopefully the situation is slowly changing.
So now, with Ukraine having developed its own long range drone system, Ruzzia can no longer play the NATO, we will start www3 card, Ukraine is free to fire at will? No NATO/US/ UK etc weapons being used.
Maybe they need to go really big next time and give Grumpy here something to worry about.
Air defense is active in Dnipropetrovsk region amid new Russian missile attack
everytime UA hit something huge, ruskies lose their sh!t.
Just to prove RuSSia lives in their own little (they think is insulated from the real world and consequences) bubble.
We've had the sledgehammer to the head broadcast and the delivery of a sledgehammer to EU offices.
Now we have on social media the hanging of Ukrainian collaborators in occupied areas and the pictures shown with signs on their bodies warning to Ukrainians in occupied areas. Zero fukks given.
I won't show links. It's easy found. All it shows is desperation by the Rashist forces and more evidence to sink the sh1thole of a country back to their isolationist wishes.
Russian Orthodox Church should be banned in Ukraine simply because it's an agent of the enemy. And this doesn't affect religious freedom in any way, Orthodox churches are free to practice the Orthodox faith as independent churches, just as Orthodoxism prescribes.
Every cloud and all that...
Only an incredibly stupid person could not know what he's talking about.
Don't see a full on landing happening myself anytime soon but as has been pointed out you let yourself down with your original tone.
Could? Will!
Belgorod is no longer the most dangerous place in russia
Honouring fallen hero’s.
Russian airbase hit 1000km from Ukraine last night, several TU95 bombers damaged , ukraine recently tested a new drone with over a 1000 km range carrying a 75kg warhead,
This could be a game changer
There's a fundamental issue to why it's almost impossible for Ukraine to secure the left bank amphibiously at this stage. Logistics.
If you want to think that raising a flag in a swamp in the gray zone invalidates my statement, be my guest.