[BenLurkin]

Somebody please tell me again, why are our tax dollars going to blowing up Russian islands?

[RedMonqey]

Not Russian but Ukrainian.

Otherwise I agreed.

Not our monkeys, not our circus.

[PIF]

Somebody please tell me again, why are our tax dollars going to blowing up Russian islands?
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Not in this case. Ukraine built SPGs where the weapon of choice:
Wheeled, self-propelled 2S22 Bohdana 155 howitzer, 52 caliber, max range 42km, compatible with standard NATO ammunition ... Bogdana demonstrated a range of 40 km with ERFB-BV extended range shells with improved aerodynamics. It also demonstrated a range of 42 km with rocket-assisted shell. Range with a standard HE-FRAG shell could be around 30 km. So this Ukrainian artillery system outperforms the older Soviet howitzers and is on par with modern Western howitzers

[Chad C. Mulligan]

Not a Russian Island, and it’s recapture only means that Putin no longer expects to mount seaborne invasions. Not that big a deal.

[Daffynition]

Compare and contrast:

Block Island:

Snake Island:

[Boogieman]

“blowing up Russian islands”

There are only 3 “Russian islands” in the Black Sea and none of them have been “blown up”.

[grwcfl537]

Because it was a Ukrainian island.