Posted on 03/19/2022 7:15:10 PM PDT by McGruff
The headquarters of the 36th Ukrainian Naval Infantry Brigade based in the southern city of Mykolaiv is no more. It is now a pile of rubble, where on Saturday rescuers continued to search for bodies of missing marines.
An early morning rocket attack a day earlier destroyed the base’s barracks where an unknown number of marines were sleeping. It killed more than 40 marines, according to a senior Ukrainian military official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to reveal sensitive military information.
That number would make it one of the single deadliest attacks on Ukrainian forces since the start of the war three weeks ago. But there are indications that the death toll could be much higher.
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“I tell you, what American Firsters should do. Redicule the neo- cons and Dems who called Russia a major threat to the US.”
I do it every day because they are toilet scum, lower than whale shit.
No, I meant they are not the threat that those who tried to bring down Trump made them outta be. It was the hoax of hoaxes.
The British DefSec Wallace on the third day said “all 300 are expended”. It is now a third week and the strikes intensify.
It is amazing that the Russians are losing while still here razing cities to the ground.
Good thing Ukraine is winning.
“Battalion” is a thousand men or less, out of what is probably, by now, a mobilized force of 400,000 plus including militia. Look at the (very many) videos of Ukes in the field out there. I see a horde of good ol’ boys, especially the militia.
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Sitting back and shooting long range rocket artillery is an easy thing to do. Even the smaller systems go 50km.
Begs the question. Why would elite soldiers be congregating in barracks in a location well known to the Russians and within artillery and drone directed missile range? Seems senseless.
Have to agree to disagree
P.s I personally wish none of this was happening. But I am a realist, not an idealist. Idealism can be dangerous
P.s I personally wish none of this was happening. But I am a realist, not an idealist. Idealism can be dangerous
You never sleep in a military building that is on any normal target list!
Been drinking the MSM Kool-Aid much? I very much doubt Ukraine is winning this thing, but go ahead and dream. 🤣
From the bleachers here it doesn’t appear Russia had much of a plan..
Where did I say Ukraine is winning ? Russian losses is not the same as Ukraine winning.
Hah! Maybe Zelenskyyy can make a cameo appearance as the cabaret piano player.
Casablanca, Netflix-style.
It is not an explosion but a sonic boom.
I’m sticking with “fake”:
1. Sonic booms are doubled for things long enough for people to notice the time gap. This had a single boom; 2. No smoke trail where it was moving; 3. Hypersonic missiles described as “almost impossible to track”, which doesn’t appear to apply to a blazing, white hot shooting star-like object, that even a dude on a street can point his smartphone towards and film (allegedly).
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