Think you will find there was no helicopter on board instead the helipad had an air defense system attached to it as part of the Kerch bridge defence system.
Four ships in a row: Defence Intelligence explains why Ukrainian drones started sinking Russian vessels – video
The Magura V5 Ukrainian uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) are successfully destroying Russian ships by acting in groups and being controlled by skilled operators.www.pravda.com.ua
That means one more step towards the kerch bridge joining the black sea "submarine" force.
That’s an interesting reading of Macron’s statements. Call me a conspiracy theorist but it seems to me a public attempt to convince Zelensky that the cavalry are not coming. There’s no European consensus on that let alone in the USA. Maybe Macron thinks Zelensky’s least worst option is to try for a peace deal before the US presidential election?
I would be a bit happier about that idea if our nuclear deterrent test launch hadn't flopped into the sea last week....
The issue with direct involvement is the coalition forces would inevitably take tens of thousands of casualties and whilst most wise Europeans do not want to see russia advance in Ukraine I am not sure we are ready to commit such a great price to being inflicted on our military personnel. Also putin is now so committed to the land that has been stolen, that russians are now so indoctrinated to believe that these are russian lands, that they are russian motherland, the prospect of russia resorting to tactical nuclear weapons in such a scenario has become dangerously high. Once that genie is out the bottle there is a very high risk of European military and civilian losses escalating from tens of thousands to tens or hundreds of millions. Sure russia will take many casualties too but it is clear putin's russians will accept vast casualties as a worthwhile price for russian "greatness". Even if a European coalition inflict 10 to 1 casualties against russia it will not feel like a win and Western leaders are in no rush to suffer that legacy. All that said, I think given russia's clear intentions, such an encounter will happen when russia makes its next territorial move or two. I fear that in hindsight you will be proven right, a terrible high price paid now might well be cheaper than an even greater price paid later.
If the collective west doesn’t step up and provide proper assistance what choices has Zelenskyy anyway ?You guys who think Zelensky has a choice.
If they don’t fight, they are fuc!ed anyway
You guys who think Zelensky has a choice
If they don’t fight, they are fuc!ed anyway
It's not a binary choice, was it wasn't in 2014, it isn't now
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, but the rest should of been doing more (maybe those in the east who know what they are up against have been doing as much as possible?)I agree. If USA won’t help then it’s time Europe got itself together and did what it should be doingThe west have to step up
it’s such a shame that it has slipped back for Ukraine because of Trump
How do you see the war ending?
nuclear missiles eradicating the human race ?
But even if Putin stopped in Ukraine at Odessa (which he wont) then he will just carry on to Transnistria and Moldova.
