Ukraine

[Countryfox]

53 minutes ago, turlo said:

see the video on the top left and there's a small wake under the bridge just before the explosion - first few seconds of the video

 

 

Looks more like the truck to me ...  in which case either something hit it (drone maybe) or it was a suicide bomb ..  

 

[Bellend Sebastian]

Just been reading that one of the things supposedly protecting the bridge was 'military dolphins'.

 

No sardines for you lads, you've proper let everyone down

[yorkie1999]

1 hour ago, Countryfox said:

 

Looks more like the truck to me ...  in which case either something hit it (drone maybe) or it was a suicide bomb ..  

 

Looks like it comes from under the bridge to the right to me.

 

Edited 8 October 2022 by yorkie1999

[Tinman]

[Alf Bentley]

On 08/10/2022 at 12:58, Bellend Sebastian said:

Just been reading that one of the things supposedly protecting the bridge was 'military dolphins'.

 

No sardines for you lads, you've proper let everyone down

 

They just weren't fit for porpoise.

[Countryfox]

33 minutes ago, Alf Bentley said:

 

They just weren't fit for porpoise.

Shocking post Alf on such a serious thread ..  you orca know better ! 
 

[Bellend Sebastian]

55 minutes ago, Alf Bentley said:

 

They just weren't fit for porpoise.

 

21 minutes ago, Countryfox said:

Shocking post Alf on such a serious thread ..  you orca know better ! 
 

It's material like this that will help win the war 

[westernpark]

Genuine question. What do people reckon Putin will action in response for the bridge attack? I see a national security council meeting has been called by the Russians.

[SpacedX]

3 hours ago, Alf Bentley said:

 

They just weren't fit for porpoise.

Bottlenosed it. 

[Daggers]

11 minutes ago, westernpark said:

Genuine question. What do people reckon Putin will action in response for the bridge attack? I see a national security council meeting has been called by the Russians.

He’ll probably write an open letter. 

[urban.spaceman]

They should blow the rest of it up for a laugh

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63195504

[Ginger_Filbert]

Not sure how many but sounds like Kyiv has been struck by a few missiles this morning. 

[Countryfox]

Quelle surprise ..  

[Collymore]

13 hours ago, westernpark said:

Genuine question. What do people reckon Putin will action in response for the bridge attack? I see a national security council meeting has been called by the Russians.

 

14 minutes ago, Ginger_Filbert said:

Not sure how many but sounds like Kyiv has been struck by a few missiles this morning. 

There's your answer

[Ginger_Filbert]

2 minutes ago, Collymore said:

 

There's your answer

And now Lviv. 

[Collymore]

6 minutes ago, Ginger_Filbert said:

And now Lviv. 

Which is only 40 or so miles away from the Nato border. 

 

Just shows you how one tiny miscalculation could send us in to world war so easily.

[st albans fox]

5 minutes ago, Collymore said:

Which is only 40 or so miles away from the Nato border. 

 

Just shows you how one tiny miscalculation could send us in to world war so easily.

40 miles is a fairly large miscalculation! 

[Collymore]

1 minute ago, st albans fox said:

40 miles is a fairly large miscalculation! 

I'm no expert in missile tech but if they use satellites, Russians rely on their own GLONASS system.

 

I'm pretty sure it's easy to jam the system over areas - I'm sure I read the Russian pilots didn't know where they were half the time early on in the war and ended up relying on some pretty primitive tech. 

 

I'm sure there's fail safes and other navigation systems. All it takes is one missile fly on a few minutes extra and it's WW3!

 

 

[st albans fox]

34 minutes ago, Collymore said:

I'm no expert in missile tech but if they use satellites, Russians rely on their own GLONASS system.

 

I'm pretty sure it's easy to jam the system over areas - I'm sure I read the Russian pilots didn't know where they were half the time early on in the war and ended up relying on some pretty primitive tech. 

 

I'm sure there's fail safes and other navigation systems. All it takes is one missile fly on a few minutes extra and it's WW3!

 

 

In case anyone else is worrying, a stray missile landing in a nato country will not spark WWIII

Edited 10 October 2022 by st albans fox

[fox_up_north]

My group whatsapp with some refugees has been a bit more active than usual, this morning. We have a few from the "occupied" areas but most are Kyiv or nearby. This has definitely affected them. 

[Ginger_Filbert]

Interesting if true. 
 

 

[Sol thewall Bamba]

A conventional ground campaign to re-take Crimea could genuinely be quite straightforward to Ukraine if they have the resources. Russia cannot re-supply by air or sea given the fact they STILL () haven't got air superiority and the flagship of their fleet in the region is now crewed by the cast of finding Nemo. 

 

Not sure even Putin would be mad enough to Nuke a region he's been calling Russian for the best part of a decade. 

[Sol thewall Bamba]

17 hours ago, westernpark said:

Genuine question. What do people reckon Putin will action in response for the bridge attack? I see a national security council meeting has been called by the Russians.

Probably fire off some 40 year old missiles into Ukraine because that's pretty much the extent of his options. 

[whoareyaaa]

7 hours ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Probably fire off some 40 year old missiles into Ukraine because that's pretty much the extent of his options. 

That's what he did  

[Salisbury Fox]

Really useful article about Putin’s BS claims on Ukraine from an historic perspective. Well worth a read:

 

https://snyder.substack.com/p/russias-crimea-disconnect?publication_id=310897&post_id=77483174&isFreemai