Posted on 06/24/2024 9:13:14 PM PDT by delta7
The US-made long-range ATACMS missiles supplied by the Joe Biden Administration from hell to Kiev may not be the game changer they expected, but it sure turned the Day of the Holy Trinity holiday into a bloody tragedy on a Crimean beach.
Russia immediately stated that the US was responsible for the attack with five missiles that killed four people, including two children, and injured 151 more.
Reuters reported:
“The Russian Defense Ministry said four of the U.S.-delivered Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) missiles, equipped with cluster warheads, were shot down by air Defense systems and the ammunition of a fifth had detonated in mid-air.
Footage on Russian state television showed people running from a beach and some people being carried off on sun loungers.”
Watch: US ATACMS Cluster munitions strike Russian Civillians on a beach near Sevastapol., A US recon drone had scouted the area. 5 are dead, including children, 124 people have been reported injured five of them children who are in intensive care. US weapon, US Intel, Russian Dead. (Chay Bowes at X).
Responsibility for the deliberate missile attack on the civilians of Sevastopol is borne above all by Washington, which supplied these weapons to Ukraine, and by the Kyiv regime, from whose territory this strike was carried out’, the ministry said.”
The pentagon general said it is a war... this was yesterday. Has something changed. We may not be at Peace with Russia now, but we are not at War. We are party to a conflict with the potential for a war to breakout. By constantly calling this a war, it is the psychological conditioning for a future war with Russia... and let’s not forget China.
Funny how the Pivot to Asia fell out of the News with the new year.
I was never happy with all the US think tanks and MSM talking about the “coming war with China over Taiwan”. This kind of projection in the middle of a conflict is uncalled for. As everyone has been told the US cannot fight a two front war. We have budgeted for a 1.5 conflict lasing 10 days to 3 weeks.
As Ukraine has shown, the ten year lead that happened to arm Ukraine was exhausted at the beginning of 2023; the second major resupply for their 2023 Summer Offensive came at a time when Afghanistan was left with 80B in US weapons and equipment; instead the US taxpayer was on the hook for buying it to send it to Ukraine - shameful. The US has sent a batch of 300 Bradley’s, and a batch of 400 Bradley’s this year to Ukraine which is enough for 7 Uke Brigades.
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