One of the first video of the German supply "IRIS-T" missile defence system in action in Ukraine.
( This system is the most modern that the Ukrainian have to this day)
( This system is the most modern that the Ukrainian have to this day)
The War in the Ukraine
- Thread starter SampanViking
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And how you retaliate to that?
Its literally nothing, if you go and destroy a civilian building like the Rada its just bad press, this kind of PR stunts you can realistically speaking just go on with them if they happen. The Crimea bridge was different, but there is no room to make anything big over this in my view. Russia launched an invasion after all.
Ukraine bombs Crimea, Ukraine blows up the Kerch bridge, Ukraine attacks Belogorod, Ukraine now attempts an assassination.
And Russia hasn't retaliated?
There's only one explanation for this...Russia is not capable of retaliation without great pain on itself.
You could say Ukraine's attacks aren’t really an escalation, since Russia has invaded and captured significant amounts of territory. Also, the drone attack wasn’t an attempt at assassination.
Whatever it is
I think the retaliation itself (if it indeed happen) would just be limited to Cruise Missile attacks and some Gerans just like before
I think the retaliation itself (if it indeed happen) would just be limited to Cruise Missile attacks and some Gerans just like before
Big AFU losses in the roads in and out of Bakhmut:
SEAD wise:
Another radar 36D6
And another S-300 launcher (from February, video released now):
SEAD wise:
Another radar 36D6
And another S-300 launcher (from February, video released now):
You would be wrong to think the Russians would not escalate if the terror attacks on Russian territory continue to escalate.
Just look at what happened to Chechen leaders from the insurgency period. They are all dead. Even the one which escaped to Qatar was assassinated.
Just look at what happened to Chechen leaders from the insurgency period. They are all dead. Even the one which escaped to Qatar was assassinated.
Thing is, if Russia didn't escalate over the Kerch bridge suicide bombing which was far more serious than this, then I seriously doubt they'll escalate beyond another massive missile strike and call it a day.
Most of it was material damage. Only five people died in the Kerch bridge bombing incident. Even so the Russians started striking the Ukrainian energy grid after the attach on Kerch bridge. So I would not say there were no consequences. The bridge was struck on October 8th, and the Russians started their cruise missile strikes on the Ukrainian energy grid on October 10th.
The Ukrainian logic in all this strikes me as being really poor. There has been an implicit agreement between both sides since last March not to attack senior officials. The war isn’t going to suddenly stop because of it and Russians failed in their original plan of regime change a long time ago. Even the former Israeli PM attests to it: