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The Russians had a 40km long convoy. They're not lacking in trucks.
The War in the Ukraine
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The Russians had a 40km long convoy. They're not lacking in trucks.
Propaganda victory, and its pretty convenient for UAF assets to hit without a plethora of air defense/aircraft like in the east.
This is not example of active but rather inactive.
what Ukraine is doing is sending one plane or drone here there in essentially empty places or places that Russia withdraws .they dont have organize formations that can operate round the clock in most dense combat environment.
this how combat training done in previous years in southern military district. entire regiments will fly in one takeoff with mix weopons targeting hundreds of targets . if Ukraine continue with this approach it will lose people for nothing. its better to be realistic.
No. I would call it a real victory. But if we believe both reports then Ukraine suffered major equipment and personnel losses.
Trading out a couple Russian short range SAM systems for two Ukrainian fighter aircraft and three transport helicopters with infantry is kind of shitty. But Ukraine did knockout the air defenses on the island.
Welcoming if they are offered is not the same as asking for it.
The only ones pushing this narrative of Russia asking/getting weapons from China are the same people and think tankies that have been itching for an excuse to fight with China and sanction it out since Obama's Pivot to Asia.
Replacing the Tor on the island will be easier for Russia than it'll be for Ukraine to replace those planes, though.
Also, the Island is of little tactical or strategic value as far as it can be seen other than deviating some Russians resources to the area but any gain on it will be short lived as the Russians can pulverize the island as there no civilian infraestructure on it.
Sometimes Ukraine seems more keen on fighting the Twitter and OSINT war than the actual war on the ground.
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Well this is always the trouble with 30 second video clips. You know your getting the edited highlight without seeing what else happened.
Snake Island is a useful base to operate from especially if Russia is looking to undertake an Amphibious Assault on the Budjak region, south of Odessa city.
Snake Island is a useful base to operate from especially if Russia is looking to undertake an Amphibious Assault on the Budjak region, south of Odessa city.
I think deployment of anti ship missiles would be the real threat. It'll increase the exclusion zone for the Russian navy considerably, putting more of Ukraine out of range of ship launched ballistic missiles.
If Ukraine does retake the island, we may actually see the first use of tactical nuclear weapons. It'll be very difficult for Russia to retake the island conventionally. A single tactical nuke would make sense, there's no civilian population and it would effectively deny Ukrainian use of the island for the rest of the war.
What would stop Russia from just droping a FOAB on the island to wipe whatever the Ukrainians manage to deploy there?