Seems Turkey decided to lock everybody out of the Black Sea, not just Russia
Ukrainian War Developments
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Ka-52 and Mi-35M tank hunting footage
I don't think these TB2s are being flown by UKR tbh. They can take off on improvised runways and serviced by UKR but I believe they're being controlled and directed by E-8s in western territory. There's nothing RUS can do about this.
Actually finding an armored convoy isn't all that easy in a large country when your country is being hit on all sides, your radars are down and you don't have your own satellite recon. People can't follow a convoy without getting shot. So how do they even know where a convoy is? data feeding.
You can see this is happening from progress on each front. In the east and near Crimea, RUS forces are having success because nothing can fly nearby. UKR forces don't seem to know where they are and are getting encircled. But in the north and west with air line of sight near borders with the west progress is slow and they're losing much more material.
You see this is stuff that had been planned previously.
I know some people were being pessimistic about Russia, but this could be what you call "two steps forward one step back".
No such thing as negative publicity. China's clearing system is going to get a boost and Russia is more than happy to ride along.
All planned along. Just free publicity for China. What's there not to like?
Isn't Black Sea connected to Russian mainland via rivers? Tatarstan even has a shipyard. Some of the Black Sea fleet's frigates were built in Tatarstan. Which means warships can enter the Black Sea from the Russian mainland via rivers.
They do, but is mostly limited to Buyan-M size ships.
There's been 3 videos of TB-2 strikes so far. At least one seemed to be against an abandoned convoy.
In the Azerbaijan there were complilations of 5-6 attacks every day. All looked pretty devastating.
Either the Russians are doing something to reduce the number of attacks (ECW?), or the Ukrainians are holding back for fear of reprisals, or something else.
It will also remove those tycoons power or sway over Russian internal politics. The tycoons that had geopolitical analyst at work had more than enough time to diversify away from their western assets. I expect a lot of think tanks earning some big cash the next couple of decades.
If there is a lesson to be learned for any medium to large sized powers by the Russian attack on Ukraine (and many from the US on others countries in the previous decades) is that nuclear deterrent is the only real guarantee in a might is right world.
Israel, Pakistan and North Korea pretty much all confirm this.
I think widespread nuclear proliferation is a given in this decade and the next.
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