Kinzinger is a TruBeliver as well, Termite
Posted on 07/08/2023 4:56:26 AM PDT by Timber Rattler
I think you remark quite apt.
As to descending into the weeds of borders issues, in the case of this thread, maritime, you are correct in observing in jolly screenwriter fashion, “Rule of law, eh? I got your rule of law. I got it right here. Talk to the missile battery.”
How many angels might dance on the head of a cluster munition, and what are borders during a war, these keep us all quite busy in the weeds.
As you observed, "The way things are working out is a shock to virtually everyone." Everyone. And more shocks to come, it is assured.
Reptilian-
Where else would this death merchant go?
All these cold blooded creatures slither around together.
Seeking the ruin of souls.
And, in the meantime, beating the crap out of the war criminals from Russia
Yeah. One death merchant reptile beating crap out of the other death merchant reptile, cheered on by death merchant reptiles.
How's the Ukrainian counteroffensive going, Timber? Ukraine has lost 20,000 troops and hasn't even reach the first Russian defense line.
Yet, here you are bragging about a proxy war that has been abysmal failure.
Ukrainians are dying and their country is shrinking in proxy war started and losing, you sociopathic POS. You only give a damn about keeping the money laundering machine in Ukraine going because you’re getting a small piece of the action.
The Russian military was defeated in the battle that drove them off, and a number of boats hit and sunk.
“On 14 April, Ukrainian claimed their anti-ship missiles fired from Odesa struck and sunk the Moskva, a Russian guided missile cruiser that served as the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet. This forced Russia to withdraw its ships beyond the range of the missiles, leaving the island exposed as it increased the difficulty of resupplying the occupying forces by sea.[43]
Self-propelled howitzer 2S22 Bohdana shelling Snake Island from the Odesa Oblast
From 26 to 30 April OC South claimed strikes on the Russian forces on the island left a control post hit and two anti-aircraft missile complex Strela-10 destroyed as well as 42 Russian soldiers killed.[44][45][46][47]
On 1 May, Ukrainian Air Force Command South claimed to have launched an attack on Snake Island that destroyed Russian equipment stationed there,[48] and the next day at dawn two Russian Raptor patrol and landing boats were sunk by a Baykar Bayraktar TB2 drone. Video footage was released showing the boats being struck by guided bombs followed by explosions and fires on them.[49][50]
On 7 May, Ukraine officials reported and displayed footage of a Russian Serna-class landing craft located in the Black Sea being destroyed near Snake Island by a Ukrainian Baykar Bayraktar TB2 drone.[51][52] Ukrainian Baykar Bayraktar TB2 drones were used to destroy two Tor surface-to-air missile launchers, one of which was in the process of being unloaded from the Serna-class landing craft, possibly clearing the way for a pair of Ukrainian Su-27s conducting a high-speed, low level bombing run that day.[53][54] Satellite photos seem to back up the footage,[55] but Russia claimed it was repaired and will soon return to service.[51]
Later, footage of a Ukrainian drone strike on a hovering Russian Mi-8, the marking the first known aerial kill by a drone, on Snake Island was released,[55][56] and independently verified by Reuters.[57] An additional two or three Raptor-class patrol boats were also destroyed by a TB2 drone. The Ukrainians claimed to have killed 46 Russian service members during the attacks.[58][59] Meanwhile, on the same day the Russian Ministry of Defense claimed Russian forces repelled Ukrainian attempts to retake Snake Island.[60][57] During the 7 May actions, Ukrainian forces losses according to Ukrainian media reached 10 killed and the assault craft Stanislav.[4][61]
On 9 May, Ukrainian presidential adviser Oleksiy Arestovych said that Russian army holding the island is an advantage for Ukraine, as they can repeatedly assault Russian targets on the island.[57] The UK Ministry of Defense reported that according to their analysis, Russia was trying to reinforce an exposed garrison on the island, where upon Ukraine had successfully launched drone attacks against resupply vessels and air defenses.[62] The status of the island is critical to both Ukraine and Russia as a military asset.[63]
On 12 May, Ukraine claimed it had attacked Russian logistics ship Vsevolod Bobrov near Snake Island while it was attempting to deliver an air defense system, causing it to catch on fire and be towed back to Sevastopol. Russia did not provide a comment on the event, and there were no reports of casualties.[64][65] On the same day, Maxar Technologies captured a satellite image of a Russian Serna-class landing craft taking evasive maneuvers from a Ukrainian missile.[66]
On 16 May, the Russian Defense Ministry claimed that a Ukrainian Su-24 was shot down near the island.[67] On 1 June, Ukraine claimed that Russian forces had installed multiple rocket launchers on the island.[68]
On 17 June, Ukraine sunk the Russian tug Spasatel Vasily Bekh with two Harpoon missiles, preventing it from delivering vital supplies such as weapons and personnel and forcing Russia to rethink their position on the island. The Russians claimed that out of 33 crew members, 10 were missing and the other 23 were injured.[69][43][70][71] Three days later Ukrainian forces struck gas platforms near the island that it said Russian forces had been using by installing radio jamming equipment.[72][73] Strikes continued the next day, with Ukraine claiming the destruction of military vehicles as well as anti-aircraft and radar systems, likely a Pantsir-S1,[74] claims that Russia denied.[16] Russian officials countered that the Russian forces have intercepted all of the incoming rounds, destroyed 13 drones, and repelled an amphibious assault; this has been met with doubt by the online publication The Drive.[75]
On 27 June, Ukrainian officials released footage of Ukrainian forces conducting 10 precision strikes on the island. A second Pantsir-S1 was reportedly destroyed in the attack. The Russian MoD denied that their system was destroyed and instead claimed that their Pantsir system destroyed 12 rockets and a Ukrainian Su-25.[76] Ukraine’s southern command stated that there was an ongoing operation to recapture the island.[72]
These regular attacks against the island and its resupply ships made the Russian position untenable.[43] According to Ukrainian officials, the Russian Air Force attacked Ukrainian rocket and artillery positions in the Odesa Oblast with Su-35 fighters in order to reduce the intensity of the Ukrainian attacks on Snake Island. Three Kh-31D missiles were reportedly fired, but Ukrainians claimed no casualties or damages were reported. On 29 June, Ukrainian forces claimed to have destroyed one of four helicopters, possibly a Ka-52, that were approaching the island during a search and rescue operation.[77][78]
Recapture
On 30 June, Russian forces retreated in what has been described as a major Ukrainian victory and a propaganda coup.”
Kinzinger is a TruBeliver as well, Termite
The Biden regime/Deep State/globalist/neocon trolls are inmbeciles.
Hatfield
vs McCoy
the liberal illiterate idiots
He returned to the ‘Snake Hole” where he belongs!
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