Not sure if there's enough of it left to call it a fleet anymore. More like a black sea flotilla or squadron. Or reef I guess... more below water than above it at this point.Damn, way to go Britain. I think that does indeed qualify as a shit ton. They used decoys too? Black Sea fleet isn't long for this world.
Did Ukraine say 40 or did Russia say 40; i.e, i suspect it was less than 40 storm shadows with Russia upping the number to make it look like a massive attack to justify their inability to defend against a couple of missilesUkraine really lit the shit out of the Crimea / Black Sea Fleet.
In obvious tit-for-tat blows I'm looking forward to seeing what Russia's response is because that was just a devastating development for Russia. Down to three troop transports. Apparently Ukraine has a shit ton of Storm Shadows on hand to fire 40 in what I imagine amounts to one large volley.
I mean technically theyre correct if the missile is intercepted by the target 😂The Russians always lie and to launch such an attack the Ukrainians would have to put 20 Fencers in the air at the same time which seems unlikely.
Russian descriptions of attacks are not to be trusted. They routinely say all missiles were "intercepted" when there is clear video of missiles impacting on target.
Sometimes you use a ship to intercept a missile. #russiandefenseThe Russians always lie and to launch such an attack the Ukrainians would have to put 20 Fencers in the air at the same time which seems unlikely.
Russian descriptions of attacks are not to be trusted. They routinely say all missiles were "intercepted" when there is clear video of missiles impacting on target.
Of late, there has been a focus on Czech Republic finding and working to secure up to 1.5 million artillery shells.
Fact is, even if fully provided to Ukraine. 1.5 million shells is only 4,000 /day. Far less than Russians use. Full scale industrial war requires a lot of ammo. A lot more.
Monsters walk amongst us.Republicans taking Ukraine hostage under Trump's orders is something I will never forget. Seems to me it's another obligatory favor he's gifting his Russian manager over at the Kremlin with, and millions of rank and file Republicans are signifying their approval by their silence.
Their religious fundies are silent due to their being busy exploiting McConnell's stacking the SCOTUS with activist religious fundies of their very own, the nationalists are too busy attempting to push Trump as their isolationist dream come true, the militias are regaling over their being recruited by Trump as his personal stand back/stand by shock troops, and the racists of the nation are stupid drunk over the fact that they have one of their very own at the top of the food chain giving them status, recognition and legitimacy that was taken from them back in the 60's.
In their short-sighted selfishness, they are willing to sacrifice Ukraine's nascent democracy and the added security it brings to our existing democracies for what, a dictatorship at home led by a very well kompromized and vulnerable dictator-wanna-be whose own selfishness is prioritized over the very safety and security of the nation he wants to lord over? Really?
Not that specific report, but it is sad that is now simply taken as normal that Russia is repeatedly and openly committing grave violations of every single element of the Geneva Conventions war crimes lists - almost as if they are using it as their daily "to do" checklist in Ukraine.Have we seen this?
World News // 1 day ago
Russia executed 32 Ukrainian POWs in past three months, routinely tortures captives, says U.N.
March 27 (UPI) -- Ukrainian prisoners of war are being executed by their Russian captors in ever higher numbers amid ongoing human rights and abuses and inhuman treatment, United Nations monitors said.
Not that specific report, but it is sad that is now simply taken as normal that Russia is repeatedly and openly committing grave violations of every single element of the Geneva Conventions war crimes lists - almost as if they are using it as their daily "to do" checklist in Ukraine.
And that's just the stuff we find out about, undoubtedly orders of magnitude far worse and in far larger numbers than the rare examples that actually manage to get reported - as Russia is providing precisely zero access to any international agencies, independent press, or monitors of any kind behind its lines.
Ukraine Is Now 'Holy War,' Russian Church Declares
The Russian Orthodox Church said that the war in Ukraine is "defending the single spiritual space of Holy Russia."
Only thing holey in Russia is Vlad's brain.
It is something I will never forgive.Republicans taking Ukraine hostage under Trump's orders is something I will never forget.
Not intending to divert, just mentioning that churches the world over have their own unique survival instincts and will make the "necessary adjustments" to keep their place of influence over their memberships in the nations they exist in. Was interesting to me how in WWII, various Christian nations, especially their troops getting shelled in their foxholes and trenches on both sides of the conflict prayed to the same God wishing for Him to give them His blessings to kill their evil Satanic enemies before they get killed themselves.
The Russian inability to use combined arms and force protection is mind boggling, no sense of self preservation at all.-1 costly Buk M2 target acquisition radar by uh apparently Ukrainian FPV lol