Here we go again-Ukraine once again

[mapuc]

Originally Posted by Skybird

Heads seem to roll in the leadership of the Russian producer of the much praised S-300 and S-400 air defence systems. They were sold to the Russian military with the explict promise that they could intercept HIMARS missiles. Well, it seems they obviously cannot. The directors are now not just in danger of gettign fired (or already got), but even getting sued.


The bridge of Kerch is 400km away from Mykolajev and 300km from Zaporizhia. What options have the Ukrainians to attack it?

I made a search to read more about it and found this page/article

Russian Armed Forces, their ammunition and fuel warehouses are completely unprotected from the power of American weapons,” both the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine and Gerashchenko said in their comments. At the moment, there is no refutation of this claim by the Russian Ministry of Defense.

https://bulgarianmilitary.com/2022/0...himars-rocket/

Markus

[Buddahaid]

Good talk with Justin Bronk of RUSI about the air war in Ukraine.

[Catfish]

Originally Posted by Skybird

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The bridge of Kerch is 400km away from Mykolajev and 300km from Zaporizhia. What options have the Ukrainians to attack it?

Maybe the US can give Ukraine a few PrSMs.

[Skybird]

They could be fired by HIMARS, but so far the US have ruled out long er distance ammunitions.

[Dargo]

Originally Posted by Skybird

They could be fired by HIMARS, but so far the US have ruled out long er distance ammunitions.

Ukrainian Defense Minister Reznikov expects that Western countries will provide Ukrainian Armed Forces with shells for HIMARS missile systems capable of hitting targets at a distance of 300 kilometers. Think they're getting them.

[mapuc]

Originally Posted by Dargo

Ukrainian Defense Minister Reznikov expects that Western countries will provide Ukrainian Armed Forces with shells for HIMARS missile systems capable of hitting targets at a distance of 300 kilometers. Think they're getting them.

I thought they would not get them due to fear they-Ukrainian would use them to attack Russia.

Markus

[Dargo]

Originally Posted by mapuc

I thought they would not get them due to fear they-Ukrainian would use them to attack Russia.

Markus

Reznikov is saying he is confident that Ukraine will get the 300 km HIMARS ammunition a little misleading still, unlikely he would say something so bold if he wasn’t pretty sure they are coming. And yesterday's Russian attack will help Ukraine to get these ammunitions.

[Dargo]

Chinese Firms Are Selling Russia Goods Its Military Needs to Keep Fighting in Ukraine
Rising exports of microchips, aluminum oxide, other dual-use items undermine Western push to stall Russian war effort... https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinese...77403?mod=e2tw

[Dargo]

Putin’s long game in Ukraine may not play out as he predicts
President Vladimir Putin is betting that a long war in Ukraine will exhaust his adversaries sooner than it does Russia. He might be right, but there are ways for the United States and its allies to confound this strategy... https://www.washingtonpost.com/opini...nctions-biden/

[Dargo]

Russia is preparing "volunteer battalions" instead of mobilisation – Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council

Oleksii Danilov, Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council, said that Russia has started a covert mobilisation, forming so-called "volunteer battalions"... https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/07/15/7358313/

[Dargo]

Post-Boris Britain will continue to stand with Ukraine against Putin’s war
News of Boris Johnson’s resignation has sparked concern in Kyiv and celebrations in Moscow. However, both reactions are probably wide of the mark. Far from heralding a geopolitical shift in Westminster, the departure of the UK Prime Minister is a strictly domestic affair that will not alter Britain’s staunch support for Ukraine in its fight for survival against Vladimir Putin’s ongoing invasion... https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blog...st-putins-war/

[Skybird]

Germany'S biggest energy compoany UNIPER has started to use gas form the reserves to fulfill its contracts on electriv power. The gas reserves no longer climb, but currently have started to drop.

Russia has more or less openly threatened to not restart delivery of gas after the maintenance of Norstream 1.

German superhero Habeck' super"deal" with Quatar on delivering gas has meanwhile been found to have been not more than an unbinding declaration of intentions and ideas.

Not the only thing where it dawns on Germans that the man is talking much, but can deliver little. And he still agitates against nuclear energy while at the same time demanding an - unrealistic - speed for installing electricity heavy heat pumps.

Most Germans applaude these criminal clowns and even legitimise them by voting for them. They will get what they deserve, and it wont be pretty. The minority of the others wh warned and objected, get pulled down alongside with them.

[Skybird]

I jst red that the Ukraine got delivered - apparently by the UK - M270 MLRS systems, but again with range limitations in their ammunition to 80km.

[mapuc]

My opinion: Haven't we been hearing this a lot the last couple of month ?

“Putin will react to attempts to seize Kherson as an existential threat to Russia – as he considers that to be part of Russia already – and would be ready to use nuclear weapons,” Piontkovsky said, quoting Alexei Venediktov, former editor-in-chief, host and co-owner of recently banned Russian radio station Echo of Moscow.

https://news.yahoo.com/russian-dicta...sTLUjtUOxUiLAj

Markus

[Rockstar]

Originally Posted by Dargo

Russia is preparing "volunteer battalions" instead of mobilisation – Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council

Oleksii Danilov, Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council, said that Russia has started a covert mobilisation, forming so-called "volunteer battalions"... https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/07/15/7358313/

Volunteer’s I think may have a stronger desire and will to fight because they ‘want’ to be there. Of course that may change once faced with the realities of war. Like Mike Tyson said: “Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.”