Russia - threadbanned users in OP

Had no idea that Sean Penn was in Ukraine filming a documentary when Russia invaded, the result looks like a really interesting watch.

He was making all sorts of threats when wager where camped near poland even sent helicopters over the border now he is quite as a mouse since prigozin's demise did he didnt go to the funeral

I didn't realise he was vocal about that. I had assumed it was just Wagner acting the bollix

That was a pretty depressing watch. You could pretty much guess what everyone was going to say, and the "I have no interest in politics" group was big. Apathy and brainwashing.

Agreed, their support for Putin is only as strong as Putin's hold on power. If Putin is perceived as weak, or if his actions threaten to seriously deteriorate their quality of life, that support will disappear like snow in Summer. Just a few weeks ago a mutineer on his way to challenge Putin's authority was celebrated like a rockstar in Rostov, simply because he was briefly seen as a realistic alternative. 

There's not much point in assessing voting patterns like 1420 are doing there in a country with no experience of democracy and where no realistic democratic alternatives are offered.

They don't need to storm crimea. Get it under fire control and the Himars will do the rest.

I feel better after seeing this

From the Isthmuth of Perekop pretty much all of Crimea will be within GLSDB range. Which should be arriving soon. Not to mention the arrival of F-16s which will have nothing to threaten them in the south from Russia if the landbridge is broken.

Once Russia loses the landbridge and the Crimean bridge is an underwater tourist attraction they haven't a goddamn hope of holding Crimea. It's effectively a dead-end turkey shoot. Ukraine won't have to enter it by force. And Russia knows this well. Or they'd have retreated there already. Instead of burning through their reserves to hold the frontline in the south where it is.

Ya but can't missiles like those be shot down similar to planes and drones in a way that more "dumb fire" stuff can't which is more what I was thinking.

"the Crimean bridge is an underwater tourist attraction".

🤣 brilliant. Once it starts to grow marine life we should petition to have it named "Putin's Folly Reef"

Looks like they have a homegrown missile with 700+ km range.

But I suspect when Ukraine reach the Azov sea, they can launch their drone boats, when they reach closer or eroded Russian air defences, they can use their own drones to attack the bridge. Maybe when there's a nice target on the rail bridge.

Also mentioned was the GDLB's, stormshadow's etc... They actually have multiple options and they just need 1 to hit it to take it out of action. Then the Russians are stuck using ferrys to supply Crimea, which will be more targets to sink.