Were there Ukrainian naval asset nearby that Russian might be shooting at?
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Were there Ukrainian naval asset nearby that Russian might be shooting at?
My 2 penneth on this is that I do not see the "Huge Convoy" we keep hearing about, as the strike force intended to take the Capital, but rather this is the force that will move into place linking the Northern force with the Southern and keep the resulting Encirclement firmly in place.
I cannot think of any other reason why a force of that size would simply be sitting and waiting.
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Get ready for the economic realignment from Russia to China.
Ignore the headline.
Ignore the headline.
A train carrying 747 tonnes (747,000kg) of goods left Liaoning province for Russia despite sanctions imposed by the United States, European Union and their allies
No the Ukrainian navy was completely destroyed by Russian forces in the opening hours of the initial invasion; they may have thought that it could have been an Ukrainian merchant vessel however that would still be a civilian target non the less. As for the Estonian ship its likely to hit a Russian mine.
Well, the commercial ship situation is a bit of a mess really. Since the Russians have Bastion-P in Crimea and the Ukrainians have Neptune you would need an investigation to find out. Russia's Black Sea ports is where grain is loaded onto ships. So unless they can clean up that area in a moderate amount of time it could pose a huge problem in terms of global food supplies. But then again I don't think harvesting season is coming any time soon. Perhaps coal shipments would be more of an issue.
There is a report about 4 Chinese nationals killed in a strike on a dormitory in Ukraine. Apparently the Ukranian president confirmed it
The Ukrainians had been developing a long distance guided MLRs system, has anyone heard anything about it being used since the conflict started?
Ukraine is a story of tragedy. Ukraine was once the core of the Soviet Union. It was almost more core than Russia itself. All 3 major Cold War Soviet leaders were Ukrainian: Khrushchev and Brezhnev were both full Ukrainian, Gorbachev was mixed Ukrainian and Russian. In the Soviet days, Ukraine had higher GDP per capita than Russia.
After the end of the Cold War, Ukraine fell on hard times. While Russia still has their resources, defense and nukes, Ukraine was left with the industry. Due to shock therapy and attempts to integrate with the west, their industrial base became uncompetitive and unable to function. So while Russia itself slowly crawled back as a resource, arms and energy (both the actual energy and the infrastructure like pipelines, reactors, petrochemical, etc) provider, Ukraine had nothing as it's industrial base fell apart due to lack of business. This economic situation less to political radicalization, which drove further instability, which led to 2014, which led to today.
The only country harder hit by the Soviet collapse could be North Korea. Ukraine went from basically ruling Russia to being a basket case overnight.
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