"All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again." (109 Viewers)

[MiTasol]

It turned out to be not a drone but an Iskander 9М727 missile that didn't explode. The standard warhead is 480 kg; the explosion could ruin half of that building.
Google translated:

У будівлю Кабміну влетів не "Шахед", а 9М727 - крилата ракета ОТРК "Искандер" | Defense Express

Бойова частина російської крилатої ракети "Искандер-К", яка влучила у будівлю українського уряду, вагою 450 кг, не вибухнула

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Hi Dimlee

Do you have a link to the original page because that Gobble translation is gobbledegook.

 

[SaparotRob]

Ukraine should return the favor and attack/destroy the Kremlin.

There's at least 3 roadway bridges in Moscow, linking Moscow with the "New" Moscow, the swanky new business center. I'd love to see those dropped, if only to really, really annoy the oligarchs. I do agree with burning the Kremlin.

 

[MiTasol]

Yes. I actually tend to think it may come easily. By this I mean that I can see the Ukrainians strikes and the like making life for Russian forces in Crimea untenable (basically starve them out) and then essentially walk in.

I tend to agree with this and add that cutting off all their refined oil products would make it very difficult for the Russian military because SAM's and radars etc need fuel for the generators to be usable as well as to move. Cutting off their natural gas would be a big win too as that would make their cooking and heating this coming winter almost impossible. I love the symbolism of killing Putin's bridge but feel leaving it up so the Russians can evacuate would be worthwhile except that Putin would probably have troops waiting to assassinate the evacuees.

 

[Admiral Beez]

The approach from the north is risky due to flat terrain and short flight time from the Crimean bases.

If Ukraine could launch an amphibious assault, could they sustain it?

 

[Glider]

Russia accuses Finland of preparing for War

Deputy Chairman of Russia’s Security Council and former president Dmitry Medvedev accused Finland of preparing a forward staging area for an attack on Russia, citing Helsinki’s NATO membership and growing defense cooperation with the alliance. Medvedev claimed that Finland had

defence-blog.com

I am sure that I remember Russia increasing its infrastructure and barracks facing Finland once it joined NATO. My guess is that Russia is very aware that if anything kicked off, Finland and NATO would be all over the partly trained and poorly equipped Russian forces.

Russia does seem to be getting nervous.

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian glide bomb struck a village in eastern Ukraine as people lined up outside to receive their pensions on Tuesday, killing at least 21 and wounding nearly two dozen others, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and a regional official said.

The bomb hit the Donetsk region village of Yarova, Zelenskyy said in a post on Telegram. The village lies less than 10 kilometers (6 miles) from the front line.

It was the latest Russian attack to kill civilians. More than 12,000 Ukrainian civilians have been killed in the three-year war, the United Nations says.

With U.S.-led peace efforts making no headway in recent months, Russia has escalated its aerial barrages of Ukraine. On Sunday, Russia hit the capital, Kyiv, with drones and missiles in the largest aerial attack since the war began on Feb. 24, 2022.

Russian glide bomb attack in eastern Ukraine kills 24 people collecting their pensions

Officials say a Russian glide bomb has struck a village in eastern Ukraine as people stood in line in the open air to collect their monthly pension.

apnews.com

 

[Lucky13]

View: https://youtu.be/_FklFw0aVrs?si=Ym8Gh7O_O0mROlrU

 

[Lucky13]

View: https://youtu.be/aHcsGUsjpec?si=Nm7-D0Hc8rpIMixW

 

[GTX]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkngFw0-4SU

 

[GTX]

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian glide bomb struck a village in eastern Ukraine as people lined up outside to receive their pensions on Tuesday, killing at least 21 and wounding nearly two dozen others, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and a regional official said.

The bomb hit the Donetsk region village of Yarova, Zelenskyy said in a post on Telegram. The village lies less than 10 kilometers (6 miles) from the front line.

It was the latest Russian attack to kill civilians. More than 12,000 Ukrainian civilians have been killed in the three-year war, the United Nations says.

With U.S.-led peace efforts making no headway in recent months, Russia has escalated its aerial barrages of Ukraine. On Sunday, Russia hit the capital, Kyiv, with drones and missiles in the largest aerial attack since the war began on Feb. 24, 2022.

Russian glide bomb attack in eastern Ukraine kills 24 people collecting their pensions

Officials say a Russian glide bomb has struck a village in eastern Ukraine as people stood in line in the open air to collect their monthly pension.

apnews.com

Russian strike on Ukraine village's pension pot collection point kills 24

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a guided bomb had struck the village about 24 km from the city of Sloviansk.

www.abc.net.au

 

[GTX]

Heroes and villains: Russia braces for eventual return of its enormous army

 

[GTX]

'Five days to get out': a Ukrainian soldier's remarkable escape

 

[GTX]

Reduced U.S. air defense deliveries raise alarm over Ukraine’s ability to counter Russian missile and drone attacks

Reduced U.S. air defense deliveries raise alarm over Ukraine’s ability to counter Russian missile and drone attacks

www.armyrecognition.com

 

[GTX]

Zelenskyy: Putin told Trump that Donbas would fall in ‘3 to 4 months’

Ukraine’s president also said Russian attack that killed at least 21 civilians was “frankly brutal.”

www.politico.eu

 

[GTX]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtWBO4rW1t0

 

[GTX]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIYMVrba5s8

 

[GTX]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxapAZRYJ6I

 

[Dimlee]

Hi Dimlee

Do you have a link to the original page because that Gobble translation is gobbledegook.

У будівлю Кабміну влетів не "Шахед", а 9М727 - крилата ракета ОТРК "Искандер" | Defense Express

Бойова частина російської крилатої ракети "Искандер-К", яка влучила у будівлю українського уряду, вагою 450 кг, не вибухнула

defence-ua.com

 

[GTX]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMs7BLMTMOc

 

[Dimlee]

If Ukraine could launch an amphibious assault, could they sustain it?

I'm afraid that the amphibious operation itself is hardly possible today due to the deficit of landing ships. The last one was sunk in 2023.
As for sustainment, I think it can be successful only after a serious degradation of enemy air and missile capabilities. Strike UAVs will also remain a problem, as the operation in Krynky bridgehead has demonstrated. Ukrainian marine drones can be used for supply, but there should be thousands of them...