Ukraine and Only Ukraine. If it isn't about Ukraine then fuck off

[LeoV]

Does not fit the strategy for an army that hopes to advance, and prepped for it for months.
Does fit a retreating army, scorched earth.

Look at which side feels upset and which side gloats.

Russians blew the dam up in the 40's, history repeats itself often.

 

[LeoV]

Russian sources don't seem that sad that the Nova Kakhovka dam is destroyed.

Fighterbomber: "The more problems crests have, the easier it is for us. In general, the collapse of the dam from a military point of view suggests that for some time downstream there will be no offensive operations and we can spend this time eliminating the counterattack"

Fighterbomber is Telegram channel with a lot of ex military members and run by an independent ex soldier.

 

[Rain Man]

This is asymmetric warfare from the Russians who know they don't have a military answer to the counter-offensive. The incursions into Belgorod are the Ukrainian version of the same thing.

 

[LeoV]

Missile attack;
Ukraine air defence took down 35/35 incoming X-101/X-555 cruise missiles. Launched from Russia’s Caspian Sea airspace by 6 TU-95 strategic bombers.

No reports of missiles hitting something.

 

[LeoV]

Mixed signals in Russia, as usual.

MOSCOW June 6: http://INTERFAX.RU — The dam of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station in the Kherson region collapsed on Tuesday night due to the collapse of one support, a representative of the emergency services of the region said.

 

[LeoV]

Looks like the bottom half of the dam holds for now.

 

[LeoV]

Nuclear expert comments;@energybants

Zaporizhzhia NPP, Europe's largest, draws cooling water from a reservoir whose dam is now severely damaged. 5 reactors are off & cold.One is working on a low level Almost no cooling water needed. Unfolding event, but not a serious risk for nuclear accident.

Not a serious risk, still a risk in the long run I guess.

 

[Sisyphus]

Russian sources don't seem that sad that the Nova Kakhovka dam is destroyed.

Fighterbomber: "The more problems crests have, the easier it is for us. In general, the collapse of the dam from a military point of view suggests that for some time downstream there will be no offensive operations and we can spend this time eliminating the counterattack"

Fighterbomber is Telegram channel with a lot of ex military members and run by an independent ex soldier.

I know there were reports of some Ukrainian forces operating near Oleshky about a month ago, but I just don’t see that a serious offensive downstream of the dam was really ever on the table (unless I misunderstand the geography in that area).

If it was Russia, maybe flooding downstream does give them some peace of mind to shorten the front, but it seems more like a disaster generated to intentionally hand Ukraine a massive crisis rather than for some other defensive significance.

 

[LeoV]

If it was Russia, maybe flooding downstream does give them some peace of mind to shorten the front, but it seems more like a disaster generated to intentionally hand Ukraine a massive crisis rather than for some other defensive significance.

Maybe you are right.
A crises just as reason is something Russians can not easily admit on telegram.

Some speculate it was a Russian error, trying to flood a little bit to wipe away the islands that are contested. Not unthinkable. Still a crime against humanity.
Russian army with all the PMC and the army running around does not look like a well organized structured army.

There is no reason why Ukr would have done it, none, damage to big. Cities now without water supply. Tactical not a gain. Would upset allies. Russia has done enough crimes already this extra one is not important. etc etc.

 

[spankoka]

Maybe the USN (or Japan) could send Ukraine a few Landing Craft Air Cushion.

 

[Keith]

 

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[spankoka]

All that can be done now about crimes against humanity at this point, is document them well. Look how long it took to catch up with the Lockerbie bomber, or Adolf Eichmann-but they eventually ended up in court. It would be productive if the US joined the Rome Statutes. I think Mr. Biden is leaning in that direction, but I suppose it is up to the Senate.

 

[kent_island_sailor]

All that can be done now about crimes against humanity at this point, is document them well. Look how long it took to catch up with the Lockerbie bomber, or Adolf Eichmann-but they eventually ended up in court. It would be productive if the US joined the Rome Statutes. I think Mr. Biden is leaning in that direction, but I suppose it is up to the Senate.

Problem if we sign on to the ICC, we have a few of our own that might end up there.

 

[Keith]

 

[Keith]

Amazing how the French just don't get it.

 

[Virgulino Ferreira]

We have a few Brazilian volunteer combatants who died fighting alongside the Ucranians.

The first to die was André Hack Bahi, almost exactly one year ago. Trained nurse, former Brazilian military and former French Foreign Legion, where he gained real combat experience. Killed by machine gun fire in Sieverodonetsk.



Thalita do Valle died a few days later. Paramedic and sniper. She fought against ISIS in Kurdistan, where she received her military training and became a Peshmerga warrior. (Video above from Thalita herself).

Her small unit was doing reconnaissance in an evacuated village. The mission was to find and evacuate any remaining civilians. A humanitarian mission, which sometimes took days. They were camping in an abandoned house when they heard a drone and shortly after came under artillery fire.

An incendiary bomb set the building ablaze, and the unit had to leave the building. When they left, Thalita was missing.

The house where they were camping.

Douglas Búrigo escaped from the burning building. When he realized that Thalita had not gotten out, he returned to the building to rescue her. As soon as he entered the building, a large explosion killed him.