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EnergiseR2 wrote: Wed May 03, 2023 1:57 pm

GogLais wrote: Wed May 03, 2023 1:24 pm

EnergiseR2 wrote: Wed May 03, 2023 1:12 pm

Yeah. What did you decide on?

But I work out it couldn’t tried I.

Stick it in ChatGPT like you do all your other posts

Guy Smiley wrote: Wed May 03, 2023 9:15 am I reckon the offensive is well underway lads....

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/fu ... 023-05-03/

A fuel depot was on fire early on Wednesday near a crucial bridge linking Russia's mainland with Crimea, a Russian official said, days after Moscow blamed Ukraine for an attack that set fire to an oil depot in Sevastopol.

Flames and black smoke billowed over what appeared to be large tanks emblazoned with red warnings of "Flammable" in videos posted on Russian social media, though Reuters could not independently verify either the fire reports or the videos.

"The fire has been classified as the highest rank of difficulty," Veniamin Kondratyev, the governor of the Krasnodar region lying across the Sea of Azov from Ukraine, said on the Telegram messaging app, adding that there were no casualties.

Kondratyev said the blaze broke out in the village of Volna. The hamlet is close to the Crimean bridge over the Kerch Strait, a major artery for Russian forces, as it links the mainland to the Crimean peninsula that was annexed in 2014 from Ukraine.

The incident came days after a drone strike set ablaze a Russian fuel storage facility in the Crimean port of Sevastopol on Saturday, in what Moscow called a Ukrainian attack.

Ukraine did not claim responsibility for the Sevastopol attack, in line with its standard practice during the conflict, which began in February 2022.

Hellraiser wrote: Wed May 03, 2023 7:02 pm

Guy Smiley wrote: Wed May 03, 2023 9:15 am I reckon the offensive is well underway lads....

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/fu ... 023-05-03/

A fuel depot was on fire early on Wednesday near a crucial bridge linking Russia's mainland with Crimea, a Russian official said, days after Moscow blamed Ukraine for an attack that set fire to an oil depot in Sevastopol.

Flames and black smoke billowed over what appeared to be large tanks emblazoned with red warnings of "Flammable" in videos posted on Russian social media, though Reuters could not independently verify either the fire reports or the videos.

"The fire has been classified as the highest rank of difficulty," Veniamin Kondratyev, the governor of the Krasnodar region lying across the Sea of Azov from Ukraine, said on the Telegram messaging app, adding that there were no casualties.

Kondratyev said the blaze broke out in the village of Volna. The hamlet is close to the Crimean bridge over the Kerch Strait, a major artery for Russian forces, as it links the mainland to the Crimean peninsula that was annexed in 2014 from Ukraine.

The incident came days after a drone strike set ablaze a Russian fuel storage facility in the Crimean port of Sevastopol on Saturday, in what Moscow called a Ukrainian attack.

Ukraine did not claim responsibility for the Sevastopol attack, in line with its standard practice during the conflict, which began in February 2022.

It's shaping operations targeting Russian logistics, it'll probably be at least another fortnight before the tanks start rolling.

Hellraiser wrote: Wed May 03, 2023 7:02 pm

Guy Smiley wrote: Wed May 03, 2023 9:15 am I reckon the offensive is well underway lads....

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/fu ... 023-05-03/

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A fuel depot was on fire early on Wednesday near a crucial bridge linking Russia's mainland with Crimea, a Russian official said, days after Moscow blamed Ukraine for an attack that set fire to an oil depot in Sevastopol.

Flames and black smoke billowed over what appeared to be large tanks emblazoned with red warnings of "Flammable" in videos posted on Russian social media, though Reuters could not independently verify either the fire reports or the videos.

"The fire has been classified as the highest rank of difficulty," Veniamin Kondratyev, the governor of the Krasnodar region lying across the Sea of Azov from Ukraine, said on the Telegram messaging app, adding that there were no casualties.

Kondratyev said the blaze broke out in the village of Volna. The hamlet is close to the Crimean bridge over the Kerch Strait, a major artery for Russian forces, as it links the mainland to the Crimean peninsula that was annexed in 2014 from Ukraine.

The incident came days after a drone strike set ablaze a Russian fuel storage facility in the Crimean port of Sevastopol on Saturday, in what Moscow called a Ukrainian attack.

Ukraine did not claim responsibility for the Sevastopol attack, in line with its standard practice during the conflict, which began in February 2022.

It's shaping operations targeting Russian logistics, it'll probably be at least another fortnight before the tanks start rolling.

Guy Smiley wrote: Wed May 03, 2023 9:35 pm

Hellraiser wrote: Wed May 03, 2023 7:02 pm

Guy Smiley wrote: Wed May 03, 2023 9:15 am I reckon the offensive is well underway lads....

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/fu ... 023-05-03/

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It's shaping operations targeting Russian logistics, it'll probably be at least another fortnight before the tanks start rolling.

There's been a couple of weeks now, of isolated 'incidents' that point to preparatory work softening up various vulnerabilities. Ukraine's assistant defense minister said back then that the counter had started. I understand that the sight of tanks rolling signals the full on assault that many are relying on but I think it's fair to say the campaign is underway.

Bakhmut has been a sideshow, consuming Wagner personnel in the meantime. There's a little bit of rope a dope about that.

tabascoboy wrote: Wed May 03, 2023 4:21 pm Judging by the shouting of "retaliation coming!" I'm going to guess they just needed an excuse for another big missile attack that they will claim to be a success since they really have nothing else to gloat over during the May 9th parade.

ASMO wrote: Thu May 04, 2023 1:08 pm

tabascoboy wrote: Wed May 03, 2023 4:21 pm Judging by the shouting of "retaliation coming!" I'm going to guess they just needed an excuse for another big missile attack that they will claim to be a success since they really have nothing else to gloat over during the May 9th parade.

Its no better than a bloody firework, it did not even take down the flagpole, completely rancid, no question it was a false flag.

Uncle fester wrote: Fri May 05, 2023 1:06 pm Wagner threatening to pull out of Bakhmut.

BBC News - Yevgeny Prigozhin: Wagner Group boss says he will pull troops out of Bakhmut
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65493008

Uncle fester wrote: Fri May 05, 2023 1:06 pm Wagner threatening to pull out of Bakhmut.

BBC News - Yevgeny Prigozhin: Wagner Group boss says he will pull troops out of Bakhmut
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65493008

tabascoboy wrote: Fri May 05, 2023 1:11 pm

Uncle fester wrote: Fri May 05, 2023 1:06 pm Wagner threatening to pull out of Bakhmut.

BBC News - Yevgeny Prigozhin: Wagner Group boss says he will pull troops out of Bakhmut
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65493008

Would be funny if a genuine threat and actually arried out - even funnier if UA can artillery shell the shit out of them as they go

Uncle fester wrote: Fri May 05, 2023 1:22 pm

tabascoboy wrote: Fri May 05, 2023 1:11 pm

Uncle fester wrote: Fri May 05, 2023 1:06 pm Wagner threatening to pull out of Bakhmut.

BBC News - Yevgeny Prigozhin: Wagner Group boss says he will pull troops out of Bakhmut
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65493008

Would be funny if a genuine threat and actually arried out - even funnier if UA can artillery shell the shit out of them as they go

Don't interrupt your enemy when he's making a mistake.

Wonder could it be an attempt to entice Ukraine out of their defensive posture and try to pull them into a trap?

Hellraiser wrote: Fri May 05, 2023 8:43 pm

Wyndham Upalot wrote: Fri May 05, 2023 9:43 pm The UAF Arms/Logs support from aligned allies has increased very, very rapidly these past 4 weeks; sufficient to provide near on 80% re-supply to critical assets designated for an offensive, as most commentators have surmised. What they do with it, I'll defer to the likes of Fishy, Hells and OS ... just my two-penneth from a part-time-supplier perspective.

Guy Smiley wrote: Fri May 05, 2023 11:30 pm Apparently Russia deployed phosphorus bombs in Bakhmut. Pretty desperate sort of a move if true.

Wyndham Upalot wrote: Fri May 05, 2023 11:16 pm Minden has been a first collect point. I'll leave it at that. It's weird that that the old BAOR seems to be reinstated, cz there's plenty of backfill there.

tabascoboy wrote: Fri May 05, 2023 10:28 am

Hellraiser wrote: Sat May 06, 2023 1:02 am

Wyndham Upalot wrote: Fri May 05, 2023 11:16 pm Minden has been a first collect point. I'll leave it at that. It's weird that that the old BAOR seems to be reinstated, cz there's plenty of backfill there.

One thing I didn't until recently have a lightbulb moment about is the Syvash. People go on about the Perekop isthmus being the only entry route to the Crimean peninsula, but then you realise that the Syvash is only 0.5-1m deep on average, with the greatest depth being 3m. And it dries out massively in the Summer.... and the Red Army famously crossed the Syvash with 20k men in November 1920 in -12 C conditions to win the Siege of Perekop during the Russian Civil War....

Hellraiser wrote: Sat May 06, 2023 12:05 am I've seen independent Russian media state that, as of end of April, Russian casualties stood at a confirmable absolute minimum of 270k. Some 60k KIA and 210K WIA.