Escuadrilla Azul
Tech Sergeant
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- Feb 27, 2020
How the fire started? Sabotage? SSM? ASM?
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How the fire started? Sabotage? SSM? ASM?10 minutes of the fire on board of BDK-69 Orsk.
By the way, local tug boats that could pull the ship away, just left - as seen in the first minutes.
Probably, signing "Burn MF".
They don't have chemical weapons afaik. At least they haven't trained for using them since the'90ies and their stock was officially destroyed in 2017. Of course they could still have a small reserve of the stuff but they definitely cannot produce them in a large scale.
I think it's quite unlikely that Russia will use chemical weapons.
No, I meant Russia. Russia signed the treaty in 1993. According to the OPCW was the whole Rusian chemical stock destroyed in 2017. Of course they can have some hidden somewhere, but the capacity to make more is not there.I'm assuming that "they" in your post refers to NATO. Is this accurate?
Now, sit down before you hear this.Believe it or not, but Chornobayevka airbase near Kherson was hit by Ukrainian artillery again - for the sixth time - last night and again Russian equipment was destroyed.
RF army continued to use the airfield after five strikes. Where is that groundhog?
No, I meant Russia. Russia signed the treaty in 1993. According to the OPCW was the whole Rusian chemical stock destroyed in 2017. Of course they can have some hidden somewhere, but the capacity to make more is not there.
Love to think it was the same, but seems one shows snow on the ground and the other doesn't.Just came across this news bit.
It appears that the Russian AFV that opened fire on that sedan on the highway, killing the elderly couple, was ambushed and destroyed shortly after.
If this is the case, then justice for those grandparent came swift and hard.
It seems the news agencies from India have done a good job attaining combat footage and giving accurate coverage.Just came across this news bit.
It appears that the Russian AFV that opened fire on that sedan on the highway, killing the elderly couple, was ambushed and destroyed shortly after.
If this is the case, then justice for those grandparent came swift and hard.
Note the snow where the AFV was ambushed was sparse and in shadows of the trees.Love to think it was the same, but seems one shows snow on the ground and the other doesn't.
Tonight on MSNBC, Retired General Barry McCaffrey called for anti shipping misses to be sent to Ukraine. Also anti aircraft missiles.Evidently some of these cruise missiles have come from naval vessels off Odessa. I have seen film footage from Odessa showing these vessels lined up off-shore. Does Ukraine have Exocet Missiles or equivalent to take these vessels out? Can they be provided by NATO or is that equipment too difficult to deploy?
Jim
From the Russian AFV poorly led, fed and protected crew's perspective, if (as shown on Ukraine media) every Ukrainian is a possible Molotov-armed partisan, where ambush by MANPATS is constantly feared, a civilian car driving towards your position might just evoke an order of kill all vehicles that approach. The Russians may have feared the car was scouting and reporting targets. It's a war crime, but I wonder how many innocent civilians in cars were considered possible insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan and destroyed "just in case" by US and Coalition AFV crews (and drone operators).It appears that the Russian AFV that opened fire on that sedan on the highway, killing the elderly couple, was ambushed and destroyed shortly after.
Which supports my theory that Russians may consider every approaching civilian and vehicle a fair target.So much for being greeted as a "liberator"!