Russia - threadbanned users in OP

Hoping this is true

So we can...

Edit: the bridge seems to be fine

This be the ship?

The missiles the ship was carrying must have went boom in the initial hit.

Where are these naval drones coming from? Are they built in Ukraine or abroad?

Good strike, they all make a difference as long as the ships go quicker than they can be replaced

Russia is the gift that keeps on giving in terms of NATO.

If they keep this war up, they won't have a Black Sea Fleet left. Along with a diminished airforce including reduced number of A50s. They can't send in the Armata tank because its too "expensive". In other words it was only built to look good at Moscow parades but to actually fight a war, no chance. Won't be too many foreign buyers of an expensive tank that can't actually fight.

Their refineries are being decimated and they've had to restrict oil exports.

Their border with NATO has been doubled. They've essentially lost the Black Sea to Ukrainian sea drones and the Baltic Sea to NATO.

And demand for their much vaunted weaponry such as the S400 will likely diminish.

And they are losing all their armour with every passing day.

Never interrupt your enemy when he's making a mistake!

Persumably (guessing here of course) China may have told Kim in private that they will be good to backfill anything that is sent into the war to help the "unlimited friend" Russia destroy Ukraine, and he doesn't have to worry.

I kind of doubt NK would be able to easily/quickly replace the stockpiles of shells, missiles etc. they are sending or they would be so generous and helpful to Russia if they thought this was going to empty out their arsenal. I think the regime there is pretty extremely paranoid, and would not deplete their military completely, no matter what Russia promises.

That trick can only be pulled off one time, and then it just becomes China supplying Russia with weapons via NK.

If NK shipped 2 million shells, that's enough for Russia to be firing 20k a day for 100 days. They could easily send another shipment after 100 days or when Russia runs low.

Hard to tell what sort of deal they have. done. Could have been just a once off to clear out most of the NK stockpile.

Can ships around 100M fit through that canal? Great news to wake up to another ship down. Hopefully a few more go boom this year.

In terms of NATO yes, in terms of Ukraine the war is still hell costing lives every day and bringing it to a successful end must be priority over endless slow bleed of Russia

The only country who can end this war is, you guessed it, Russia. Its been a complete disaster for them that only gets worse with each passing day.

The longer they stay in Ukraine the more the damage they do to their own country.

Putin is borrowing from the Hitler playbook. "If I can't win, I am determined to drag my own country down with me". Most dictators are like that.

Russia will not end the war as long as Putin is in charge, which is for the foreseeable future, which is why Ukraine needs better weapons. I don't really care about Russia being dragged down, what I want to see is a peaceful Ukraine where its citizens aren't dying fighting or because of Russian rockets. That will only come with Putin dying or being overthrown or killed

Nobodies going to be escorting Putin anywhere. Even if the siloviki were to turn on him (very unlikely since they're basically his trusted old St Petersburg buddies) he has his very own insurance policy in the shape of his private army the Roskvardia. So there'd have to be a war in Moscow itself to get him out. He wouldn't go quietly.