Posted on 10/19/2023 9:56:25 AM PDT by canuck_conservative
The ATACMS strikes on Russian airfields in Ukraine's Luhansk region and the port city of Berdyansk in the Zaporizhzhia region on Tuesday destroyed nine helicopters, dealing one of the most significant blows against Russian aviation since the full-scale invasion began in February 2022...
The images show multiple scorch marks where Russian helicopters reportedly used to be.
The Institute for the Study of War, a U.S.-based think tank, said in an analysis of the conflict on Tuesday that the Ukrainian ATACMS strikes on Moscow's airfields in Luhansk and Berdyansk will likely prompt the Russian command to disperse aviation assets and withdraw some aircraft to airfields further from the front line.
ATACMS are capable of reaching targets 100 miles or more away. Tuesday's strikes marked Ukraine's first known use of the weapons...
Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Zelensky, said on social media Tuesday that "a new chapter of this war has (un)officially begun."
"There are no more safe places for Russian troops within the...internationally recognized borders of #Ukraine," he wrote. "This means that there is no possibility of retaining the #South, #Crimea, and the Black Sea Fleet in the medium term. The countdown has already begun."...
(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...
ATACMS earlier in the year could have changed the tide of the war by forcing Russian helicopters to stage from much further away. Biden slow walked support for Ukraine however. Shameful.
so why no Russian Victory Parade?
you said Ukraine “already finished”
a country that can fight back hard is not “finished”
Except it’s our stuff, not theirs. Why are we providing weapons of war to them? We shouldn’t be doing that.
There is still time for you to get over there and fight for The Zelenskyy
Good to know. More dead Russians and more destroyed equipment!
I hope we’ve saved some for the Israelis.
There's still time for Putin to activate the Keyboard Reserve and send you to the front as cannon fodder.
COST...A MIL AND A HALF EACH
No thanks. I am a man of Peace.
that’s why you want Israel to stop attacking Gaza
Yet another Hoser cheering for America's boys to go to war.
Yes, Peace now!
so Hamas can stay intact, and threaten Israel again
keep talking Jonnie
“The countdown has already begun.”
And what countdown might that be?
Russia shot down 3 of the 5 missiles and lost 2 helicopters. Hardly a game changer.
Funny thing for a cheerleader of Putin's war to proclaim.
It’s definitely a gamechanger if Russia has to move its helicopters out of ATACMS range.
I cheer for wholesomeness and manhood, not Neocons who refuse to fight.
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