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Fire at Podolsky Mechanical Plant (Manufacturer of Missile Components) in Moscow | 4 hrs ago
Sabot? If the shoe fits...
Cheers!
Sabot? If the shoe fits...
Cheers!
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Difficult to say if it will have an impact on missile production or not. If there were a lot of hard to replace components there, they might be a long time coming. Best case is the fire hit the part of the warehouse where electronics storage is because they would have a lot of problems replacing that gear.Fire at Podolsky Mechanical Plant (Manufacturer of Missile Components) in Moscow | 4 hrs ago
Sabot? If the shoe fits...
Cheers!
The MLRS that was apparently in use in the video I saw a few weeks back was mounted on an LCT (landing craft, tank) not on a barge. We've seen evidence of LCT-based MLRS previously in the war, also in the riverine and littoral areas near Kherson.More confirmation from Ukraine that they did capture the kinburn spit. @petit_bateau had mentioned that the area had been subject to humans attacks from barges so I’d they can barge a humans I guess they could unload munitions to support ground forces. Lots of chatter about raids across the river, Opsec seems to have broken Down a bit.
"a NATO country diplomat told me: “This is getting ridiculous. "
I don't know why you would have to be any particular nationality to be pissed about the Ukrainian response here."a NATO country diplomat told me: “This is getting ridiculous. "
I don't gamble but I'd put $20 on it being a French or German diplomat.
They should move them to the Russian border and shoot them down over Russia. If anyone's civilians are to be subjected to the side effects of war, it should be the aggressor.I think the NATO nations bordering Russia should move their missile batteries to the border and shoot down any missiles within range. It would help Ukraine and protect themselves. A purely defensive move.
why, because the French and German support has been pathetic at best.I don't know why you would have to be any particular nationality to be pissed about the Ukrainian response here.
I am willing to give them the benefit of the doubt and assume that they assumed it was a Russian launched rocket. This is certainly reasonable.
OTOH, if they knew the situation and engaged in such extreme misinformation....
Zelinsky sounds more reasonable than your anonymous diplomat
The MLRS that was apparently in use in the video I saw a few weeks back was mounted on an LCT (landing craft, tank) not on a barge. We've seen evidence of LCT-based MLRS previously in the war, also in the riverine and littoral areas near Kherson.
By the way these MLRS are of the unguided variety, not the HIMARs variety. Very difficult for Ukraine to give HIMARs the appropriate level of force protection if they go LCT-mount.
What is happening on Kilburn Spit is unclear
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There are also rumours regarding other left bank (east bank) locations.
NATO has said the munitions which struck Poland was a Ukrainian S-300 air defense missile. They have decided not to exercise Article 5 against Ukraine (little sarcasm there). Just what it appears on the package. A stray piece of munitions that landed in an awkward place. No boom today.
Since the collapse of Kherson, it's become increasingly clear how completely demoralized, under equipped, and just worthless the Russian troops are. Russian commanders are unwilling to try to exercise even simple battlefield tactics due to fear of friendly fire and miscommunication. As a result they are taking hue losses trying to capture strategically unimportant locations. This has been true for some time, but it's gotten worse and more obvious lately as they've burned through their experience troops and are just throwing mobilized soldiers at the Ukrainian positions.
The fact that we've heard so much noise about multiple beachheads on the left bank of the Dnipro suggests they've been completely ineffective in establishing an effective fallback line. Should be relatively easy to defend against a massive river/ gulf crossing but they can't even do that.
Right now only thing that seems to be keeping Ukraine back is getting a big enough beachhead to secure equipment transfer and supply lines. Once that is done, seems very unlikely Russia will be able to hold anything they currently hold in Kherson and perhaps Crimea.
Stoltenberg was a bit vague today about the incident but NATO should have exact tracking of all missiles close to the borders. It's their job. The statement was probably the best solution in the current situation. IMHO.
France and grlermany have done quite a lot. Look to Italy or Hungary."a NATO country diplomat told me: “This is getting ridiculous. "
I don't gamble but I'd put $20 on it being a French or German diplomat.
Also worth mentioning that Germany is taking a massive economic hit by supporting sanctions and taking the brunt of Russia's reprisals and the loss of their gas supplies.France has been lagging behind, but Germany is the 3rd largest donor nation
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Per GDP Eastern European countries are outstripping everyone, including the US.