War with Russia

[briantrumpet]

Meh. I'm waiting on the actions.

Quite. A big boom on the Kerch Strait Bridge would send a nice message.

 

[Pinno718]

Quite. A big boom on the Kerch Strait Bridge would send a nice message.

A big boom on the Kremlin would send an even bigger message.

 

[briantrumpet]

A big boom on the Kremlin would send an even bigger message.

And an even bigger one might be returned, of a type that Ukraine hasn't got.

Let's do the bridge first, as it would be legitimate for returning Crimea to Ukraine.

 

[Pinno718]

I wonder if this is a sign of Russian military collapse:


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq5yhWVCffM

 

[Pblakeney]

Paper Tiger poking the bear?

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/russia...hter-jets-intercept-bomber-fighter-jets-adiz/

 

[Bazzer]

I wonder if this is a sign of Russian military collapse:


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq5yhWVCffM

I'm surprised Ukraine has allowed those couple of isolated groups to remain; unless of course they don't want to waste ammunition and are content the Russians have limited resources and are of no serious threat. I thought the groups had been cut off for at least a week.

 

[Bazzer]

How many oil refineries haven't been hit?

Apparently 22 out of Russia's 38 refineries, according to this report. So plenty of opportunity for more boom.
https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/09/24/ukraine-drone-strikes-russia-fuel-exports/

 

[Pinno718]

Apparently 22 out of Russia's 38 refineries, according to this report. So plenty of opportunity for more boom.
https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/09/24/ukraine-drone-strikes-russia-fuel-exports/

Come on Ukraine, you can do it.

I'm relying on Ukraine to counter balance China as it rises as the 1# superpower after Trumps UN shitey gob nonsense lies demented verbal diarrhea at the UN.
It sounds silly but a broken Russia is a lame duck ally and to varying degrees (all very subjective) the West will have shown more resolve and resilience than China anticipated and hopefully won't have an aggressive pop at Taiwan. North Korea can live in their totally propagandised bubble and things settle down.
Poland blocking the freight rail link is more significant than has been mentioned on Council telly. China will not be happy with Putin.

 

[Bazzer]

The heat turns up slightly on Crimea, as two transport aircraft and a radar are hit by Ukraine special forces.
This follows strikes earlier in the week on two seaplanes used to hunt for sea drones.

 

[Pinno718]

The heat turns up slightly on Crimea, as two transport aircraft and a radar are hit by Ukraine special forces.
This follows strikes earlier in the week on two seaplanes used to hunt for sea drones.

Meh, paywall.

 

[Pinno718]

Meanwhile, back at the ranch:

Nato countries scrambled more fighter jets after Russian planes neared Latvian airspace, the latest in a string of apparent provocations by Moscow.

Hungarian fighter jets intercepted a five-aircraft Russian flight over the Baltic Sea near the Latvian coast on Thursday, the Nato Allied Air Command said on Facebook.
The jets were “flying close to Nato airspace, not complying with international flight safety regulations,” the command said. They did not say that Nato airspace had been encroached.
Hungarian Gripen fighters returned safely to their base in Šiauliai, Lithuania, after the interception.
It came as US and Canada scrambled fighter jets to identify and intercept four Russian military planes off Alaska last night as concern grows over Moscow’s incursions repeated into Nato airspace.

Donald Trump did not comment on Thursday’s incident in a press conference but lashed out at Vladimir Putin for “killing people for no reason whatsoever”.
Nato chief Mark Rutte echoed calls by Trump to shoot down Russian fighter jets if they enter Nato airspace, adding: “Our military have trained and prepared for this. We know how to do this.”

 

[briantrumpet]

Meh, paywall.

Paywall on this one too, but would be interesting to read. Even without this, I'm slightly less pessimistic than I was a few months ago.

 

[Pinno718]

Why is Putin poking?
Is it the last gasp of a crumbling nation? Does it make him look powerful when the reality is that he's not?

 

[Pinno718]

Even without this, I'm slightly less pessimistic than I was a few months ago.

Yeabut I told you to keep your chin up and you didn't listen.

 

[Ianonabike]

This follows strikes earlier in the week on two seaplanes used to hunt for sea drones.

Archive for that paywalled link: https://archive.ph/s4zhq (though it doesn't appear to have captured the whole thing for some reason).