John Fedup
The Bunker Group
Long term, Ukraine needs Western support to continue and Russia can count on Chinese support as well as their own larger MIC. Without significant long range missiles to lay some hurt on Russia, Ukraine will be in trouble.
The Russian-Ukrainian War Thread
This railway is in Poland. That is unprecedented.Poland seems to be outraged by this terrorist attack and will bring these terrorists to justice.
Explosion on Polish railway was ‘unprecedented act of sabotage,’ says PM – Europe live
Donald Tusk says ‘worst fears confirmed’ over damage on route used to ferry aid deliveries to Ukrainewww.theguardian.com
(Nordstream was a singularity in the space-time continuum). I love the "unprecedented" part.
The Nordstream sabotage was in international waters. Also, the Russian state owned >50% of the stock in the pipeline, & was at war with Ukraine. Poland is not at war with anyone. And the pipeline was not being used, & a non-Russian alternative was due to open next day. It didn't damage anyone economically at the time, though it could potentially have been damaging if the war had ended quickly.
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I think even with some long range missiles Ukraine will be in trouble. There's little evidence that long range strikes have a big influence on the course of the war.
It isn't though. We've had vague accusations of Russia being behind explosions at western military industrial facilities, and behind drones spotted near an airport. Now we have vague accusations of railway sabotage. If we believe these accusations then Russia has been active in EU countries for a while. If we don't, then this is hardly anything.
Of course Ukraine would rather have then not have. But operating technology requires support, maintenance, and in wartime repairs and replacements. Having a mix of different things is inconvenient but it gets worse when the mix is getting whittled down in all categories. And it's likely that for some types you simply won't get enough parts, and won't get any replacements. This applies to all kinds of equipment, including locomotives. The more types are in service, the more complex it is to keep all the types working. So even with a mix of western locomotives replacing Ukraine's own fleet, it's likely a mixed fleet will operate worse. And there's the matter of declining foreign support. If that support can be focused on military assets, that's one thing. But if it has to be stretched to energy infrastructure support, rail logistics support, economic support, and then also military aid...
Look like the loading of oil tankers has resumed. I admit it I bought they hype here and thought it was no simple thing to reload a tanker and would take weeks to rebuild the capacity at a port. Definitely should have read more up on what that process actually entails
newsukraine.rbc.ua
Russia's Novorossiysk resumes oil loadings after Ukraine strike hits key terminal - Reuters
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rsemmes
Active Member
Not exactly confused but, the "perspective" is that Ukraine is in "a desperate wartime situation" and it could be even worse?
How much of that superiority is Russia (for political reasons) using? This looks like a kind of limited war, at least to me. Six/seven hundred thousand men, a 10:1 superiority?
rsemmes
Active Member
German hydrogenation plants in WW2 and the war on terminals during the Iran-Iraq War.Look like the loading of oil tankers has resumed. I admit it I bought they hype here and thought it was no simple thing to reload a tanker and would take weeks to rebuild the capacity at a port. Definitely should have read more up on what that process actually entails
Russia's Novorossiysk resumes oil loadings after Ukraine strike hits key terminal - Reuters
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If Russia is prosecuting a limited war and bleeding casualties because of that, I don't see how that helps their political reasons. That is unless they care more about western opinions than their own peoples concerns, and I highly doubt that.