Utah Bob #35998 Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 But I hope this doesn’t end up like the Winter War of 1940. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted April 1, 2022 Author Share Posted April 1, 2022 The Russians got their butts kicked, fell back, regrouped and came back hard.in the end, the Finns had to sign a treaty and cede 10% of their eastern border territory to Stalin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 Time will tell. No real reason to believe that it won't go on for a long time. Withdraw, regroup, get it together; come back. I'm not too optimistic, myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muleshoe Bill SASS #67022 Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 The battle has been interesting. I especially find the Russian troops ignorance about Chernobyl very instructive. The directive of the Russian brass and Putin making Ukrainian Nazis the fiends calls the Russian fear and hatred for the WW 2 Nazis to the forefront. The resolve of the people to fight is strong there. An insurgency will develop as this continues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 Ukrainian helicopters took out a fuel depot 20 miles over the border in Russia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderRiverCowboy Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 Congrats on supporting the money wash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted April 2, 2022 Author Share Posted April 2, 2022 4 minutes ago, PowerRiverCowboy said: Congrats on supporting the money wash Which has nothing to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted April 2, 2022 Author Share Posted April 2, 2022 One idiot reporter this morning was amazed that the helicopters could fly that distance. “20 miles! It must have taken a long time”, he said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badlands Bob #61228 Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 I think hitting the fuel depot was a warning shot. It let Putin know they are capable of bringing the fight to mother Russia. The Ukrainians seem to be a lot smarter about this war than the Russians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. James H. Callahan Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 14 minutes ago, Utah Bob #35998 said: One idiot reporter this morning was amazed that the helicopters could fly that distance. “20 miles! It must have taken a long time”, he said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. James H. Callahan Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 2 minutes ago, Badlands Bob #61228 said: I think hitting the fuel depot was a warning shot. It let Putin know they are capable of bringing the fight to mother Russia. The Ukrainians seem to be a lot smarter about this war than the Russians. Makes you wonder what they could have done it we had armed them to the teeth. JHC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted April 2, 2022 Author Share Posted April 2, 2022 8 minutes ago, Capt. James H. Callahan said: Makes you wonder what they could have done it we had armed them to the teeth. JHC They were smart. Two choppers could easily have been mistaken as returning Russians. A whole squadron would be another matter. Whoever was in charge of air defense in that sector will be eating borscht in Siberia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badlands Bob #61228 Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 I'm guessing that the fuel depot is supplying the Russian army operating in Ukraine, which makes it a very good target. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 And reports are that no civilians were killed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted April 2, 2022 Author Share Posted April 2, 2022 1 hour ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: And reports are that no civilians were killed. Which is amazing. I would expect the Russians to say a bus load of children and ten senior citizens died. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 3 hours ago, Utah Bob #35998 said: One idiot reporter this morning was amazed that the helicopters could fly that distance. “20 miles! It must have taken a long time”, he said. Dumb B-----d couldn't tell a helicopter from a mule show....but I'll bet he sure gets a food salary for knowing so little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Father Kit Cool Gun Garth Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tex Jones, SASS 2263 Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 This is part of an editorial in the Wall Street Journal: "...The peace terms Russia is demanding in negotiations suggest that such a consolidation in Ukraine’s east and a long-term occupation is now Russia’s goal. He’ll have won the long-sought “land bridge” between the Crimea and the Donbas. Mr. Putin could claim victory, pause for some years while he re-arms, continue trying to assassinate Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and otherwise make political, cyber and other trouble for a Western-leaning Ukraine government. That’s why Mr. Zelensky now wants to go on the offensive. The more territory his forces can win back, the stronger position his country will have at the bargaining table. The experience of Russia’s behavior in Georgia in 2008 and eastern Ukraine in 2014-15 is that Mr. Putin doesn’t give up territory once his troops occupy it. The result is another “frozen conflict,” with the country he has invaded weaker than before and more vulnerable to more Russian mayhem..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 9 minutes ago, Tex Jones, SASS 2263 said: This is part of an editorial in the Wall Street Journal: "...The peace terms Russia is demanding in negotiations suggest that such a consolidation in Ukraine’s east and a long-term occupation is now Russia’s goal. He’ll have won the long-sought “land bridge” between the Crimea and the Donbas. Mr. Putin could claim victory, pause for some years while he re-arms, continue trying to assassinate Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and otherwise make political, cyber and other trouble for a Western-leaning Ukraine government. That’s why Mr. Zelensky now wants to go on the offensive. The more territory his forces can win back, the stronger position his country will have at the bargaining table. The experience of Russia’s behavior in Georgia in 2008 and eastern Ukraine in 2014-15 is that Mr. Putin doesn’t give up territory once his troops occupy it. The result is another “frozen conflict,” with the country he has invaded weaker than before and more vulnerable to more Russian mayhem..." Ya know, turn about is fair play. Mr. Putin would do well to remember that. It would only take one dedicated individual to get close enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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