Ukrainian War Developments
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Ammunition exploded on the missile cruiser "Moscow". According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, due to a fire on the missile cruiser "Moscow", a detonation of ammunition occurred, the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet was seriously damaged. Now the ship is afloat, the fire has been extinguished, the explosions of ammunition have stopped. The missile cruiser "Moscow" is planned to be towed to the port
A video of the combat departure of a group of attack helicopters was published by the Russian Defense Ministry. The group consisting of the leading Mi-24 helicopter and the Mi-28N and Ka-52 wingmen performed tasks to support the ground group of troops. During the mission, a Buk missile of Ukraine was fired at the leading Mi-24 helicopter. The Mi-24 dodged the missiles and went to the side, the return fire of the Mi-28N and Ka-52 helicopters, the Ukrainian Buk air defense system was destroyed.
A video of the combat departure of a group of attack helicopters was published by the Russian Defense Ministry. The group consisting of the leading Mi-24 helicopter and the Mi-28N and Ka-52 wingmen performed tasks to support the ground group of troops. During the mission, a Buk missile of Ukraine was fired at the leading Mi-24 helicopter. The Mi-24 dodged the missiles and went to the side, the return fire of the Mi-28N and Ka-52 helicopters, the Ukrainian Buk air defense system was destroyed.
Will it deter them from joining I'm not sure but it will make NATO citizens life in fear again. The threat of a nuclear strike might just always be around the corner.
Especially since the US is talking about normalizing the use of tactical nukes since the Trump presidency.
Those two nation already factored in the need to scale up their military defense resources? How much will those social democratic countries need to sacrifice in their social safety nets to be able to meet natos requirement and weapons platform standards. Sounds like a nice tribute to US MIC.
Moscow says it will respond to Western interference in UkraineRussia will perceive convoys delivering arms from NATO states to Ukraine as legitimate targets for its military once they reach Kiev controlled territory, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov warned in an interview published on Wednesday.
Regular contact with the US is impossible for Russia, considering “Washington’s unabashed support for militaristic intentions of the Kiev regime [and] the pouring of modern weapons” into the country by NATO members, the diplomat explained Moscow’s goal now is to make it abundantly clear for the US and its allies that Russia will use harsh methods in response to attempts to stymie its military in Ukraine.
“We are warning that American-NATO transports carrying weapons across the Ukrainian territory are considered legitimate military targets,” he stressed.
Moscow has maintained this position from the early days of hostilities in Ukraine. This week, the Russian defense ministry reported destroying four launchers from a battery of the S-300 air defense system delivered to Ukraine by an unnamed European nation.
The weapons in question was believed to be from Slovakia, which announced donating an S-300 battery to Ukraine last week. Slovak Prime Minister Eduard Heger called the Russian claim “propaganda,” citing Kiev’s denial of the report.
In an interview with TASS news agency, Ryabkov said Washington de facto refused to give straight answers about Pentagon-funded biolabs in Ukraine. Moscow and China said they were concerned that the labs were used for bioweapons research, an allegation that US officials have denied. The lack of a proper answer to legitimate questions “confirms that our concerns have grounding,” the Russian diplomat said.
Ryabkov said that all talks between Russia and the US on strategic stability and nuclear deterrence have been frozen. New START, the last treaty on nuclear arms reduction binding the two nations, which has survived since the Cold War, will remain in force until February 2026, he said.
The official added that American attempts to damage Russia through economic sanctions failed to achieve their goal, contrary to the “expectations that the Russians would surrender, as the West convinced itself.” The restrictions are hurting Western nations and businesses too, he pointed out. And while they may slow down Russia’s development, in the long run they won’t stop it, Ryabkov assured.
Washington “is irritated by our calm focus on the tasks of stabilizing the economy and ensuring its sustained functioning in the environment of unprecedented foreign pressure,” he said.
Moscow attacked the neighboring state in late February, following Ukraine’s failure to implement the terms of the Minsk agreements signed in 2014, and Russia’s eventual recognition of the Donbass republics of Donetsk and Lugansk. The German and French brokered Minsk Protocol was designed to give the breakaway regions special status within the Ukrainian state.
Russia has since demanded that Ukraine officially declare itself a neutral country that will never join the US-led NATO military bloc. Kiev insists the Russian offensive was completely unprovoked and has denied claims it was planning to retake the two republics by force.
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That’s dangerously naive. Russia has been holding back massively and has a huge amount of scope for escalation and brinkmanship if they chose to do so.
They can declare a NFZ over the Black Sea and shoot down NATO drones to prove they are serious without starting a war.
They could announce a change to their rules of engagement to consider anything actively tracking their forces as active combatants that are providing targeting information to the Ukrainians, and thus free to be engaged without warning.
The main reason western Ukraine has been largely left thus far is because the VKS couldn’t mount effective SEAD/DEAD there owing to NATO AWACS and ISR being able to act as untouchable early warning radar and control centres for Ukrainian SAM TELs, who don’t even need to turn on their own radars before engaging.
With that advantage, SEAD is impossible, and every missile TEL vehicle needs to be destroyed to achieve DEAD, which is prohibitively costly. That’s why Russian air power has been so lacking in this campaign, in western Ukraine especially, and why NATO weapons shipments can flow freely into Ukraine without getting bombed to dust as soon as they cross the boarder.
Take away that AWACS support and weapons shipments become viable targets as Ukrainian SAM effectiveness drops off a cliff.
It works for North Korea, though
Ukraine has attacked Russian territory again.
Details on the village of Klimovo, Bryansk region
Confirmed: AFU hit the village of Klimovo in the Bryansk region - shells hit residential buildings, 7 people (among them one child and one pregnant woman) were injured.
Locals talk about three explosions at 12.08. The injured are in the hospital, three of them are in serious condition, one leg was torn off. Schools have been closed and children have been sent home.
Schools in the border areas of the Bryansk region are switching to distance learning from April 15.
I would expect this to be good enough reason to escalate.
Details on the village of Klimovo, Bryansk region
Confirmed: AFU hit the village of Klimovo in the Bryansk region - shells hit residential buildings, 7 people (among them one child and one pregnant woman) were injured.
Locals talk about three explosions at 12.08. The injured are in the hospital, three of them are in serious condition, one leg was torn off. Schools have been closed and children have been sent home.
Schools in the border areas of the Bryansk region are switching to distance learning from April 15.
I would expect this to be good enough reason to escalate.
Putin has like 0.000...1% of the balls that Super Kim has.
Its an insult to even compare Putin with Super Kim
Jesus, just shut up, you're already doing this in the first place, and if you weren't then what the hell are you doing. All those Russian troops who will now come back home in body bags or castrated/mutilated is all on you Putin, if you don't take this "special operation" seriously then the army will take more losses than necessary, and all for what? For some dumb hope of making room for "negotiations"
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