Adam_S

What Kerch bridge doing?

Somehow despite having all its vehicles destroyed at least three times over, the Ukrainian army continues to advance.

4 hours ago, KV7 said:

Will Zaporizhzhia loose coolant soon then ? 

The reactors have all been in cold shutdown for months now, so hopefully that won't be too much of a problem. A potentially bigger issue are spent fuel pools which may still require cooling.

Check the date:

https://www.kchf.ru/eng/photos/photos_intelligence/en_ivan_khurs_07.htm

14 minutes ago, Mighty_Zuk said:

https://news.walla.co.il/item/3580829

Israel to gradually withdraw 24 AH-64A Peten helicopters from service by 2025. Currently considers whether to buy the Echo model or wait for the FARA that will be available only around 2030's.

One of the options presented is to buy the Echo model through the Ukraine aid program, giving the A model to Ukraine and backfilling with E model.

That would be a pretty sweet deal. The E model is a massive upgrade over the A.

The Bilhorod People's Republic continues to expand.

It's also possible that it's the same bunch of guys who pulled out from one place and went and hit them somewhere else. What a fun game of whack-a-mole for Russia.

Rumors that the Democratic Republic of Bilhorod has become a nuclear state are yet to be confirmed.

3 hours ago, Stuart Galbraith said:

I think we have been looking at this as a military action. It seems more appropriate to evaluate it as performance art, and from me its getting top marks.

The Ukrainians have been masters of psy-ops and no mistake. As an aside, type Vpp Belgorod into Google Maps and check out the reviews.

2 minutes ago, crazyinsane105 said:

Yeah, because Belgorod is more or less completely undefended, and taking this territory means absolutely nothing. Twitter bots making false comparisons yet again
 

If they are able to go in further and actually destroy Russian depots, that gives some credibility. Otherwise this seems to be a very dumb move, not very different when Iraq invaded Khafji in 1991. Completely unexpected and the coalition was surprised by it, but overall it didn’t do anything to change the war

It does mean that Russia has to find some troops from somewhere to kick them out though at a time when they're badly needed elsewhere. What's to stop them hitting somewhere else too? It's a long border.

https://twitter.com/JayinKyiv/status/1660686910220652545

42 minutes ago, Stuart Galbraith said:

Which is fairly moronic, considering how many times Ukraine has attacked targets in Crimea without suffering any consequences.

I believe you are quite right. Personally, I think the Ukrainians should be allowed to bomb Moscow if they want to. Can you imagine Roosevelt saying in 1940 'Say, we will give you bombers, but you mustnt attack Germany with them!' whilst London is being Blitzed? Its wholly moronic, and fully in keeping with this White Houses retarded thinking.

And yes, Russia might use Atomic weapons. But they might have done that with us supplying arms to Ukraine, and we took the risk. Any risk is worth taking to ensure Russia loses, and I dont believe Biden gets that.

There are a number of bucketfuls of sunshine complicating things this time around though. Some of the Russian ones might even still work.

There appear to be some wild rumors flying around on Twitter that Russia has been invaded by, basically, itself.

https://twitter.com/albafella1/status/1660558086052929538

I think ATACMS would be more useful in a way. They can't have many aircraft that can launch Storm Shadow/JASSM.

1 hour ago, Stuart Galbraith said:

As it has an IR seeking capablity, Im wondering if it would be viable against shipping. If you dropped the bridge, then started targeting ferries, Crimea is suddenly horribly vulnerable.

If those ships are moored in Sevastopol, then it's definitely do-able.