Ingram85 Posted August 7, 2022 Share Posted August 7, 2022 (edited) When are all these highly trained extra Ukraine soldiers and fancy dan super tech weapons rumoured a few months ago being deployed? Edited August 7, 2022 by Ingram85 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted August 7, 2022 Moderator Share Posted August 7, 2022 1 hour ago, Ingram85 said: When are all these highly trained extra Ukraine soldiers and fancy dan super tech weapons rumoured a few months ago being deployed? Some were reportedly heading to Kherson in the last couple of days and the top General of the Ukraine armed forces was saying in mid-July that the middle of August was going to see a big change in the fighting 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKP90 Posted August 8, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted August 8, 2022 On 02/08/2022 at 21:37, Mandy Lifeboats said: Russia's other "Friends" are unlikely to turn into War Allies. India isn't going to oppose NATO military especially with Pakistan ready to take advantage. Iran doesn't have much to offer without nukes. The same applies for North Korea. Brazil just can't make a difference so far away from the conflict zone. Syria's got its own problems. The Chechens, Georgians and Belarusians might use the chance to resolve their own issues. When Vietnam decare war on the US it will see "Born In The USA" back in the charts but not much else. Small point, but having spent time in Vietnam, they are not likely to go to war with anyone, not least the US. The US may be obsessed with the Vietnam war, but the Vietnamese are much more future facing in my experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandy Lifeboats Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 50 minutes ago, HKP90 said: Small point, but having spent time in Vietnam, they are not likely to go to war with anyone, not least the US. The US may be obsessed with the Vietnam war, but the Vietnamese are much more future facing in my experience. That was my point. Russia may have countries that will trade with it. But it has no real military allies of any note. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 Everyone watching on waiting for the nuclear disaster at Europea biggest nuclear power plant. Do the G7 leaders have their “we should have acted sooner” speeches drafted up ready? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandy Lifeboats Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 There is an interesting report from the Royal United Service Institute which is being widely publicised. They have examined 27 of Russian's most advanced weapons which have been captured in Ukraine. They have identified 450 separate electronic components purchased from Western Countries. Its now a case of stopping Russian getting their hands on any more. But there are 2 more interesting possibilities. It may allow NATO to build electronic weapons to target those components. But it may also allow NATO to supply those components via third parties and include "other things" within the electronic components. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdabush Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 Some fairly big explosions at Novofedorivka airbase in Crimea today... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted August 9, 2022 Moderator Share Posted August 9, 2022 13 minutes ago, djdabush said: Some fairly big explosions at Novofedorivka airbase in Crimea today... So how long before Sevastopol becomes the new Pearl Harbour? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelVilla Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 Let's hope this guy is right. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 Welcome news. But it's a bit concerning what happens next in terms of escalation if the US have given Ukraine long range rockets. I suppose they've calculated Russia ain't gonna do squat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 The US never said they were not giving them long range rockets just they had an agreement with the Ukrainians that they wouldn't be using them to hit targets inside Russia. Crimea is not technically part of Russia so diddums. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdabush Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 Surely they are going to attack the Kerch Bridge sometime soon? Must seem like an extremely juicy target for Ukraine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandy Lifeboats Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 The best case scenario for Russia is that only a couple of planes were destroyed.. But there will be debris all over the runway that will need to be removed. Some of it will be tiny and need people to remove it by hand. That’s a lot of troops occupied for the next few hours or a few troops occupied for a long time. Let’s hope it’s the later and the runways remain closed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandy Lifeboats Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 5 minutes ago, djdabush said: Surely they are going to attack the Kerch Bridge sometime soon? Must seem like an extremely juicy target for Ukraine. Bridges are not easy to destroy. Bridges are some of the strongest structures we build. Think about when you see building demolished on TV. That’s achieved by people carefully placing explosives in dozens of weak spots and carefully timing the explosions to go off in a pattern. But Ukraine is slowly beating down the bridges defences. Today’s attack on the nearby airbase will reduce air cover. Striking ships in the Black Sea will reduce naval cover. HIMARS will be targeting ground to air defences. Regardless of whether it’s attacked or not. It will use massive resources to protect it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted August 9, 2022 Moderator Share Posted August 9, 2022 It seems like the Russian population of Crimea is trying to leave via the Bridge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted August 9, 2022 Moderator Share Posted August 9, 2022 Russian Defence Ministry on the Crimean Airfield explosions: Quote "At about 15:20 on the territory of the Saky airfield near the village of Novofedorivka, several pieces of aircraft ammunition detonated in an enclosed storage area. Measures are being taken to extinguish the fire and find out the causes of the explosion. According to the report from the site, there was no deliberate strike on the enclosed ammunition storage area at the airfield." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandy Lifeboats Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 Excellent trolling from the Ukrainian Ministry Of Defence on Twitter. Simply asking if it might have been caused by a carelessly discarded cigarette? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnkarl Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 Is this the pre course for the newly arrived HIMARS rockets or likely an f16 with some medium range ammo? Hard to tell I guess. Either will damage anything within Ukrainian borders, Izium likely being the next target. The anti radar missiles that hit around Kherson oblast showed that something big was afoot, and it sure wasn’t ammunition combusting for no reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amsterdam_Neil_D Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 Oil price will get Russia. Same price as pre war, they are selling it at around 40% discount now. There is not a lot of movement available. They might end up with <3k barrel hopefully. Waste of time that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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