Ukraine Just Blew Up Russia’s Main Missile Base In Occupied Crimea
www.forbes.com
It’s fair to call the Cape Tarkhankut site the linchpin of Russian air and naval defenses across the Black Sea. Which is why the Ukrainian armed forces blew it up.
    • tabarnaski@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      325·
      2 years ago

      I tend to agree with you, but I also think it’s important to know how the “enemy” thinks and interpret the news. I don’t think we should lock ourselves up in echo bubbles only reading stuff we agree with.

      • Pisodeuorrior@kbin.social
        243·
        2 years ago

        In theory I’d agree with you. I don’t mind reading of nuances or different opinions than mine.

        In general however, conservative media are worthless piece of shit embarrassments that I don’t want to waste time on.

        There’s a difference between discussing with sometime with a different opinion, and stopping in the middle of the road responding to every deranged, mentally challenged ignorant mean crack addict who yells their vision of the world from the top of a soap box.

      • Chainweasel@lemmy.worldEnglish
        16·
        2 years ago

        We don’t need to post their blatant propaganda as if it were a reliable source in order to do that though.

    • Obinice@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      2 years ago

      Conservatives like the Tories, who are like"fascist-lite", or conservatives like USA conservatives, who are full on “nazi level fascists”? 😅

      I think Forbes is scummy for many reasons and never liked them, you’ve given me another reason to dislike them.

          • madcaesar@lemmy.worldEnglish
            75·
            2 years ago

            Because, just like FOX News we don’t want to support any of their shit.

            Just because there is one berry in the mountain of feces, we don’t need to go digging for it.

            Plenty of better news sources to support anyway.

    • heef@lemmy.worldEnglish
      42·
      2 years ago

      I agree with the referencing a horrible twitter user in the article being a bad thing, but your stance on conservatives, especially your username, is very fascist in of itself.

      • Impassionata@lemmy.worldEnglish
        42·
        2 years ago

        is very fascist in of itself.

        No. It’s not fascist to have a firm and authoritative opinion. It is, perhaps, violent and authoritarian in outlook, but conservatives have just tolerated if not endorsed an insurrection under false pretenses and those conservatives have yet to kill the traitor responsible for it, so contemplation of violence is justified because this ‘cold civil war’ as Vivek called it is not going to end with that boomer criminal in power ever again.

    • assassin_aragorn@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      2 years ago

      I remember reading recently that Western powers assessed why the counter offensive wasn’t working as well as it could, and they determined it was troop placement I believe. I’m willing to bet they provided advice here to get them back on track.

  • PottedPlant@lemmy.worldEnglish
    65·
    2 years ago

    The messaging coming from Budenov, the Ukrainian head of intelligence:

    “We have the ability to hit any part of the temporarily occupied Crimea as of now. Absolutely at any point we can get the enemy. Those who have done stupid things, it’s better for them to leave,”

    “And those who are waiting must prepare and do everything to help, first of all, the intelligence agencies, and then further, when the troops go into the open.”

    Psyops for sure, but part of me wants it to happen. Now with this battery gone it definitely sets the stage.

    • andrei_chiffa@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      2 years ago

      I don’t think it’s only a psyops.

      One think is getting hit by drones and missiles. It’s a whole different level to not spot a landing squad crossing almost 100km of sea, land and blow up your critical military installation.

      They likely already did it last year, when they blew up planes on a Russian base in Crimea, but it is nice to see that they still very much can do it.

      • Treczoks@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        That is one of the key points of this war. The Russian army is an army of the age of tanks, with a handful of air support and some missiles. The Ukrainian army has already entered the age of drones, and uses it wisely.

    • lemme_at_it@lemmy.worldEnglish
      52·
      2 years ago

      I read a theory about why Ukraine has not completely destroyed the bridge to Crimea, even if they were able to, was to leave a way out & not fight the occupying troops into a corner, at which point their destructive unpredictability is worse than just letting them leave . This could be similar

      • severien@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        2 years ago

        No, that doesn’t make a lot of sense. Russia has enough boats/ships to evacuate Crimea if they wanted. They used to supply the whole Crimea woth ships before the bridge was built.

        If Ukraine could, they would definitely destroy the bridge. But it’s just very difficult task.

        • ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          2 years ago

          Putin would forbid any evacuation plans. A bridge allows scared soldiers a way to run away without permission from command.

          • severien@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            2 years ago

            WTF, the bridge has checkpoints on both sides, you’re not going to somehow sneak thousands of soldiers.

              • severien@lemmy.worldEnglish
                1·
                2 years ago

                You think they would mutiny? Then they can just steal some of the many ships in the harbors.

                And again, 20 km long bridge is a perfect place to destroy / stop whatever you want. It’s a chokepoint, hell to get through if the other sode doesn’t want to let you go through.

  • theodewere@kbin.social
    32·
    2 years ago

    i wonder if Russians realize how nervous they should be… maybe seeing Russians shoot down Russians outside Moscow will start to wake them up…