Scappa
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- Jul 5, 2017
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Great news if they have taken another out of the fight, but it should be pointed out that a) this is not a new tactic and b) these Ropucha class vessels are large ships capable of (and have been used extensively for) shifting multiple fighting vehicles and hundreds of troops and/or cargo, and firing grads and strela missiles.I was thinking last night, that we hadn't had a 'big bang' from Ukraine for a few days. Well here we have it.
Ukraine seems to have almost bypassed the front line and is focusing on a series of strikes on military targets deep inside Russia.
I assume it is all designed to degrade Russia's ability to supply its front line (by hits on oil refineries and arms depots). But why the attacks on landing craft? Unless Russia is planning to land (or re-land) anywhere, they're a bit superfluous. Is Ukraine clearing the decks? Taking risk off the table?
I wonder if Ukraine is planning anything to help Russia celebrate the presidential election in March?
Novocherkassk and Olenegorsky Gornyak have been hit and taken out of service for long periods of repair, while the Minsk was ostensibly destroyed in dry-dock in the Stormshadow strike that also took out the Kilo class submarine Rostov-on-Don.
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