Battle for Odessa starts soon. US Spy Planes watching from Romania.
Battle for Odessa starts soon. US Spy Planes watching from Romania.
For the love of God, stop the War Porn. Get out and get some fresh air.
The Russian Navy has been landing troops and supplies in southern Ukraine almost unopposed. Their control of the Black Sea has been the deciding factor in this invasion. Ukraine desperately needs sophisticated stealthy drones armed with anti ship missiles. Very much doubt they will get any.
Hope the $350m package included anti ship missiles.
“Substantial #Russian Navy force, including landing ships, advancing on Odessa area today”
Should encourage Ukraine to negotiate in better faith.
If Ukraine has javelins on shore they will rip those landing craft to pieces with lots of Russian dead
I had to laugh this morning when I read Zelensky of Ukraine has demanded the RUSSIANS surrender.
I thought you said the Russians were defeated?
Considering what happened to Russians in Odessa a few years ago I don’t think the Russian military is going to treat them with kid gloves
Preliminary analysis of the vessels suggests 3 groups. Two are made up of combatants, and one has several landing ships. The landing ships appear to have sailed directly from their staging position off the Crimean coast. Analysts are searching the imagery for more vessels.
The northern group, in a line-astern formation, appears to be led by a tug boat. Behind it are two Ropucha class landing ships, another tug boat and a trailing Ropucha.
The second group, in the middle, are in a square formation. These appear to be smaller warships such as missile corvettes.
The southern group is led by the Slava Class cruiser Moskva. This appears to have two Alligator class landing ships, and the Ivan Gren class landing ship Pyotr Morgunov. There is also a smaller warship, possibly a Buyan-M class missile corvette.
https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2022/03/russian-navy-landing-ships-seen-approaching-ukrainian-coast-near-odessa/
But the Tik tok’rs the White House sent out said that Putin was losing!!!
The Russian navy is weaker than the Pakistani. It has no real aircraft carrier and Odessa’s harbour is mined. This is going to be another fiasco for Putin.
Russian major general killed by Ukrainian forces in Mariupol
fifth Russian general killed
No battle today.Just lobbed a few missiles and went home.
This is from 3/8 but one of best analysis i’ve seen.
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“capturing Odessa has little immediate strategic value. The city is blockaded by the Russian Black Sea fleet and is located in a relatively isolated corner of southwestern Ukraine. Second, an operation to capture the city would be fairly difficult. Advancing overland would involve crossing several rivers whose bridges could be destroyed to slow Russia’s advance. Additionally, the supply line from Kherson to Odessa would be 200 kilometers long and exposed to Ukrainian attack from the north. Amphibious and airborne landings are difficult too. Ukrainian forces at Odessa have had over a week to prepare defenses. Much of the coastline is made up of cliffs making any amphibious landing only feasible at a handful of nearby beaches. There are videos of some of these beaches being mined, in additional to other defenses being prepared. An airborne landing would be difficult, as Ukrainian anti-air defenses are still functional and American airborne early warning intelligence is being reported to the Ukrainians. I believe instead Russia will keep the prospect of an advance on Odessa possible in order to keep Ukrainian forces tied down in the city. During the early days of the war there were repeated rumors of Russian air and amphibious assaults on Odessa, and on day 8 (March 4th) the Black Sea fleet made a very public appearance near Odessa. I suspect all of this is simply Russian strategic deception meant to keep Ukrainian forces near Odessa and not sent to Kiev or elsewhere.”
https://cartographer.substack.com/p/russias-invasion-of-ukraine-day-12?s=r