Posted on 05/08/2022 5:32:44 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
See my post 20. It was a variant with longer range.
The also have/had ships that carry the chopper.
SoCal Pubbie: Deny reality all you want, but find better excuses.
I wish I had said that in my post.
Did Ukraine destroy a Russian frigate the other day or was this just more propaganda?
Okay, let’s dig deeper. If they are Russians on a Russian-controlled island, why do they take defensive position to secure the landing and unload weapons and ammunition in such a fashion as if it is an air assault operation?
“...expect the Poles, Czechs, and Baltics to send in a large expeditionary force under the Ukrainian flag”
Illegal. None of those soldiers will want to be labelled a “spy” or “mercenary” to be shot at capture. Also not necessary. The UKRs have over 8 million men of service age to draw from. Since many speak UKR and Russian they are much better suited than foreigners. Plus the whole C&C and fighting for their homeland aspect.
Accordiug to some on this forum, Russia has full air superiority so this could not have happened.
“why do they take defensive position to secure the landing and unload weapons and ammunition in such a fashion as if it is an air assault operation?”
Because apparently some Russian troops still follow their training? Perhaps they were air assault troops?
Why should you do it on your own base?
CINO fappin thread
Air superiority nor air supremacy. So random attacks like this can still occur. And it’s possible these SU 27s are from Poland or other NATO stocks and flew from outside Ukraine.
BTW if I were Ukrakne I would attack Sevastopol.
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Tell Putin to go home.
Training.
It’s always done that way in a combat zone, especially if they are reinforcing or coming in from rear echelon area since it is closer to the front. But I don’t know it could be a friendly fire incident or a Russian drone strike. I just don’t see it as likely. If it was an assault group (UKRs) there would be much more than one Mi-8 going in. With all the ammo IMO it was a reinforcement group that was there for resupply and rotation.
RIP
The Russian Navy claims it downed three Mi-8s, two fighter jets, and sank one landing ship in the incident. So it is likely a Ukrainian propaganda trying to turn things upside down as usual.
At least you’ve abandoned your bogus combat radius excuse, that’s a start. Others have addressed the reason why troops would exit in such a fashion. For good reason. The video shows they could be attacked anywhere.
The range issue stands for the original Mi-8 mentioned in the original report.
Roll over and say Hi to Nancy.
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