Has it occurred to anyone else that any fascist POW released from Russian custody will become legal targets again soon?

Posted by: RMY_grendel | Oct 10 2022 3:44 utc | 204

Posted by: the pessimist | Oct 10 2022 3:31 utc | 201
Actually American and Brits made a point of sailing their warships past the bridge. They made a stink because Russia insisted that they take Russian navigators on board while passing the bridge. Then they found out that the Sea of Azov is, for the most part, rather shallow. In other words, their ships were rather restricted in movement. So they left again, not to return. And now there is no longer a reason to allow them passage, as the Sea of Azov is now a Russian lake.
I think Russia stunned the entire West by building such a bridge in about 2 years. Looking at our infrastructure, I don’t think Germany is capable of building even simple, short bridges anymore. We are not even capable of building railroad and train stations. Stuttgart has been digging a railroad tunnel for the last 10 years, or longer. And neither the tunnel nor the new train station will fulfill basic safety requirements.

Posted by: Martina | Oct 10 2022 4:19 utc | 206

Posted by: the pessimist | Oct 10 2022 3:58 utc | 203
You are absolutely spot on. But they didn’t want a connection to Russia – they wanted one to the West, as evidenced by their attempt to establish an American presence in Sevastopol, in Crimea.
I think it was Aksyonov who stated yesterday that in over 30 years, Ukraine did not build anything in Crimea, or for Crimea. All Ukraine knows is how to destroy.

Posted by: Martina | Oct 10 2022 4:31 utc | 208

@bar
For all the now bridge v truck forensic photo analysis obsessives……
First cut your baby teeth ……. Find the plane……
https://twitter.com/mtracey/status/1579172960329695235?cxt=HHwWhoDUtZncrOorAAAA

Posted by: Melaleuca | Oct 10 2022 4:59 utc | 210

@308 the pessimist
When you say ” they “, the Ukranians, prostituted themselves to the west, the Ukranian.people sought help from the West against the Soviet style corruption, not knowing the their corruption was fully engaged in the form of Blinken and Nuland with the deepest level of corruption in the form of Joe Biden and his son. Add the corruption at the highest level of used car crooks and war criminals Cameron and Hague.
East European Ex- Soviet corruption meets USUKIS corruption and falls in love. Torturevrendition prisons are set up by USUKIS in every East European country, in order to collectively destroy the Middle East and Islam through rabid Islamism. Already The South Asian Muslim world has been neutralised by Sufism and radicalised by 300 years of Anglosaxon corruption.
The Northern hemisphere is a powder keg waiting to explode, and Ukraine is the fuse.
If Russia can safely extract itself from the West and build a new future with the East, the fuse will be extinguished.
It is Russia ‘s desire to be connected to the criminal West and its toxic United Nations, that is to blame here.
Russia should grasp the rope of its SCO and cut out the cancer of Toxic Atlantacist politics, not Ukraine.imho

Posted by: Giyane | Oct 10 2022 5:17 utc | 212

blowing up the NordStream pipelines and the terrorist attack on/attempt to blow up the Crimean bridge are both “tremendous opportunities” (to quote Secr of State Blinkey)……
to start a third World War, don’t ya think?
we are this//close
oh yeah, and not to mention Zelensky’s wanting a preemptive strike on Moscow.
What a sociopathic lunatic!

Posted by: michaelj72 | Oct 10 2022 5:21 utc | 214

Explosions rock Kyiv in apparent missile strikes
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-kyiv-government-and-politics-8f625861590b9e0dd336dabc0880ac8c?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=AP
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Two explosions rocked Kyiv early Monday following months of relative calm in the Ukrainian capital.
The explosions were heard by AP journalists and appeared to be the result of missiles strikes.
Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klitchko reported explosions in the city’s central Shevchenko district. There were no immediate reports of casualties.
Live to air vid:
Al menos cuatro explosiones acaban de golpear Kiev, Ucrania, hace unos minutos.
Journo does a 7.5 duck n cover desk dive
https://twitter.com/MundoEConflicto/status/1579344125694210048

Posted by: Melaleuca | Oct 10 2022 5:52 utc | 216

@ Melaleuca | Oct 10 2022 5:52 utc | 214 with the twitter link…thanks….LOL!
The look on that guys face and his subsequent reaction is as clear a representation of the SMO as we can expect to get in the West.

Posted by: psychohistorian | Oct 10 2022 6:02 utc | 218

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-63193124?at_medium=custom7&at_custom2=twitter&at_campaign=64&at_custom4=EAE49A2C-485F-11ED-BB13-0F322152A482&at_custom3=%40BBCBreaking&at_custom1=%5Bpost+type%5D#
Posted at 17:04……BBC correspondent ducks as Kyiv blast heard
Ukraine war: BBC journalist ducks as explosions happen in central Kyiv
Our correspondent Hugo Bachega was reporting live on the war in Ukraine as explosions were heard in the capital Kyiv.
You can see the moment above. Hugo and the camera crew have reached shelter.
———-
Posted at 16:53
First strike on capital for many months
Paul Adams
Reporting from Kyiv
At least two explosions were heard in central Kyiv shortly after 08:00 local time (06:00 BST).
A BBC crew on the roof of our hotel witnessed one of the missile strikes. Air raid sirens had sounded about 90 minutes earlier.
This is the first time Kyiv has been hit for many months and the explosions also appear to be much more central than strikes earlier in the war.
There are reports of overnight attacks in Dnipro and Zaporizhzhia as well.

Posted by: Melaleuca | Oct 10 2022 6:11 utc | 220

It could have been a triggered explosion but it seems even more complicated since the observers wouldn’t know how long unloading takes, and I assume they would need to have visual on the truck, which might expose them to being spotted should they loiter around, plus it seems the only place to trigger it would be from the bridge, behind the truck, making them stuck on the bridge, which is all possible, but they chance losing their cover later with all the security cameras. I also imagine that with the explosion being so large it seems very unlikely that it could be hidden from either drivers, or the people loading and unloading it. Again, it seems that it was a gasoline explosion judging by the fireball and the falling embers and not conventional explosives or fertilizer/ammonium nitrate. Theres a video from early in the SMO of a Ukranian truck blowing up at a distribution/depo as it’s getting loaded/unloaded, it claims to be weapons and has a fireball about a quarter as large as this explosion, but it hardly pulverizes the semi or the loading dock/building, the whole thing seems ducktapable! This explosion is much larger, almost all fireball and no visible shockwave (could be the low illumination), so hiding such device to create such a fireball seems improbable.
Do you have a link to the info claiming that the FSB are questioning the other driver? And yes , I’m aware the ukranazi have been salivating at the thought of blowing up the bridge, and it’s a “war” and I care because it interests me, why do you ask? Plus, I don’t know if the FSB know or don’t know exactly what happened, to me it looks like a suicide bombing, but maybe you know what they know.

Posted by: BahFucyou | Oct 10 2022 6:16 utc | 222

psychohistorian | Oct 10 2022 6:02 utc | 216
Yeah. Central Kiev and Lviv have been great places for celeb journos to earn their “war reporting” cred.
Nice motel. Restaurants on the company credit card….
1000km from the front.
Simple narrative……
………And then one day, doing a simple, no-brainer live cross, a missile makes it all a bit “real”.

Posted by: Melaleuca | Oct 10 2022 6:16 utc | 224

The head of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, reported to Vladimir Putin that, without a doubt, the terrorist attack on the Crimean bridge was staged by the Ukrainian special services. Moreover, citizens of Russia and foreign states participated in it at different stages of preparation.
– We have already established the route of the truck, where the explosion occurred. These are Bulgaria, Georgia, Armenia, North Ossetia, Krasnodar… Carriers have been established. With the help of FSB operatives, it was possible to identify suspects from among those who could prepare a terrorist act, Bastrykin emphasized.
According to the KP.RU website, two heavy vehicles were involved in this operation. The delivery scheme was as follows. The cargo – 22 pallets of film, 9 rolls each (one pallet weighs about a ton) – arrived by sea in the Georgian port of Poti from Bulgaria. The customer was a citizen of Ukraine. Then he was loaded onto a truck with foreign numbers, the driver communicated with the customer via WhatsApp. From Poti, the truck went to Armenia, where the cargo was cleared according to the rules of the Customs Union – they say this is a typical, unsuspicious route for truckers traveling to Russia – then the car entered the territory of the Russian Federation through the Verkhny Lars checkpoint. The one through which some Russians flee to Georgia from mobilization. The end point was the city of Armavir, where the pallets were reloaded onto another truck, which went towards the Crimea.
Apparently, the explosives were somehow planted in rolls of film. Moreover, it was not visible on the X-ray.
And it was made in Bulgaria. This means that in addition to Ukraine, foreign special services could also participate in the organization of this terrorist attack.
The driver of the first truck is already testifying. Most likely, like the driver of the second truck, he was used blindly and did not know that he was lucky.

Posted by: Paulg | Oct 10 2022 6:20 utc | 226

Put Kiev’s sodden lights out, should’ve been done yonks ago. Is it only Donbass folks who should be crouching in basements?
This way support for the regime from the capital could fracture. Then again, they’d probably shoot any war protesters, or worse still, send them to the frontline. lol

Posted by: WTFUD | Oct 10 2022 6:31 utc | 228

@ Melaleuca
Why believe in BBC?

Posted by: Paulg | Oct 10 2022 6:34 utc | 230

Tweets about a hit on Z’s offices.
https://twitter.com/GeromanAT/status/1579348836954558464?s=20&t=XZr7LwKNWu__SsYwT9uOPw

Posted by: Patroklos | Oct 10 2022 6:41 utc | 232

Paulg | Oct 10 2022 6:34 utc | 227
Which is why I’m verifying across multiple sources.
Also…. Rule of “incidents”.
First reports have info that often later is memory holed or given a 180….

Posted by: Melaleuca | Oct 10 2022 6:43 utc | 234

One hand of God is soft and supple. It is the first attempt to welcome sinners home.
But the other hand is hard and direct. It accomplishes its goals by means of its authority.
Once its goals are attained, the feminine hand can again soothe the weary and forlorn.
“When you are just new, you should love the mother.
In your prime, you understand the father’s love.
In old age, you return to the love of the mother.”
~ Tao Te Ching
…
Is this SMO not following the same path, being ushered in by one who understands it (Putin) for the benefit of those benighted ones who refuse to see how the west has completely corrupted their ability to reason?
The gloves are off and the Fatherland is not taking your shit no mo’.

Posted by: NemesisCalling | Oct 10 2022 7:06 utc | 236

No No No No!
Few here want to get caught up in amerikan troll bullshit about the WTC action. For one thing it is irrelevant to Ukraine, for another haven’t amerikans distracted themselves enough with 57 varieties of that nonsense? People believe what they believe about what happened the day amerika copped a minuscule amount of blowback, they have a couple of million opinions. One thing is for sure no one will change their opinion on the strength of derp driven posts for whatever POV they advocate, plus the rest of the world doesn’t give a flying fuck – sort it on an amerikan blog not an international one.

Posted by: Debsisdead | Oct 10 2022 7:29 utc | 238

All the western MSM shouts about Russia is attacking Ukrainian civilians, but at the same time they also state that the cities don’t have electricity. So, is it civilians or infrastructure were attacked?

Posted by: Paulg | Oct 10 2022 7:35 utc | 240

Posted by: Paulg | Oct 10 2022 7:26 utc | 234
That’s just Surovikhin reporting for duty.
“ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED!!!???”

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Oct 10 2022 7:36 utc | 242

Are Western sponsors of Ukraine now happy that Russia turned on the heat a bit more? Ordinary ppl die while the leadership and their families sit comfy far away. Russia has the escalation dominance over everything Ukraine & its sponsors can offer short of a NATO intervention with mobilization all over Europe (one I wont take part in, because I wont fight for those warmonger who refuse to negotiate peace).

Posted by: Arne Hartmann | Oct 10 2022 7:40 utc | 244

… They do allow it. … Your masters and owners take pleasure from this.
Posted by: oldhippie | Oct 9 2022 16:36 utc | 57
It’s bad enough for that sort of material to exist at all but censoring reasonable opinion while deliberately allowing that is complicity. In RoW, not hopeless imprisoned in the 5-Eyes kompromat gulag, how does this Twitter stance look if RF diplomats bring it to the attention of their opposite numbers?

Posted by: anon2020 | Oct 10 2022 7:50 utc | 246

What a beautiful morning it is!

Posted by: Night Tripper | Oct 10 2022 7:57 utc | 248

Tear your eyes away from the burniung bridge – two pieces of news which look to alter the course of the war and it’s outcome
1-MK Bhadrakumar reports on the ‘gamechanging OPEC+ production cuts
https://www.indianpunchline.com/opecs-body-blow-to-biden-presidency/
« Potentially, this could have an impact beyond the US-Saudi relationship and could change the security picture in West Asia more than anything since the 1979 Iranian Revolution. »
This is not hyperventilating, even the westie inclined oil major friendly OilPrice.com is allowing itself less than the usual doses of Russia Bad in favour of a more realistic account, along the very same lines as MKB
2-John Helmer’s report on RF ongoing degradation of the Ukie electrical grid to the point of closing it down
‘ “War is war, whether you want to use terms like hybrid war or proxy war. It means destroying the enemy’s capacity to make war. Shutting off the power in the rump Ukrainian state will do just that to the Ukrainians. If they then start to flee for refuge to Poland and Germany, this will be a disaster unparalleled in recent European history. Just the attendant collapse in telecommunications will make the place a madhouse. You can well imagine the rest. Already there are queues for water in Nikolaev, and who knows where else. How does queueing for water, if there is any, in temperatures of minus-20C to minus-40C sound? This won’t be like the blackouts from US sanctions and attacks in Cuba or Venezuela – there they didn’t have to worry about freezing to death, the pipes bursting, or irreparable damage being done to billions of dollars’ worth of pumping, electrical, and other equipment due to freezing.” »
Updates from
Tass –https://tass.com/emergencies/1520123
Sputnik –https://sputniknews.com/20221010/multiple-explosions-reported-in-center-of-kiev-1101666220.html

Posted by: Gerrard White | Oct 10 2022 8:09 utc | 250

Why is Lvov hit? Maybe because that’s where Zelly is hiding underground, ready to run away to Poland.

Posted by: Paulg | Oct 10 2022 8:12 utc | 252

“…the reality that the Russian belief that are under attack is based upon decades of fact?”
Posted by: William Gruff | Oct 9 2022 17:48 utc | 85
“The Russian do not just “feel” or “believe” they are under attack. They do, and everyone here should, recognize THAT as the reality which it is; and what it is, exactly, that is attacking.”
Posted by: DoesItReallyMatter | Oct 9 2022 18:18 utc | 98
How was Russia under attack when it invaded Ossetia in 2008?
How was Russia under attack when it invaded Crimea, Luhansk and Donbass in 2014?
But perhaps all that is just brotherly love in action; war is peace anyone?

Posted by: Cережа | Oct 10 2022 8:15 utc | 254

From Slavyangrad

❗️Ukraine is entering the Stone Age
According to Strana V, infrastructure problems have started in almost all of Ukraine – there is no electricity, water, and internet.
Eastern Ukraine has been hit hardest by the operation of backup lines. The main lines were hit earlier.
Western Ukraine also suffered critical infrastructure damage but continues to operate on backup lines from Poland.
“Thermal power plants and main enterprises in many cities have been damaged and the Ukrainian air defense system is overloaded,” a source told the channel.
A third wave of Russian strikes on AFU facilities is expected, he said.

https://t.me/Slavyangrad/13158

Posted by: Down South | Oct 10 2022 8:15 utc | 256

But… but… muh himars!
Yenwoda

Posted by: alek_a | Oct 10 2022 8:20 utc | 258

Melaleuca @ 252

Twitter…”Asking for a friend” Serious question: where are the American air defenses in Ukraine? Didn’t they send tens of billions worth of equipment?

Replying for a friend: In McMansions all around the suburbs of DC and Maryland, ranch homes in Wyoming, 5000sq apts. in Manhattan, and some more McMansions all around the Bay area and Seattle.

Posted by: LightYearsFromHome | Oct 10 2022 8:24 utc | 260

No trolls, no hand wringers? Perhaps their day did not start with a cup of coffee? Be interesting to see if this created a snowstorm in Zelensky’s quarters.

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Oct 10 2022 8:26 utc | 262

I spoke to soon. “How was Russia under attack when it invaded Ossetia in 2008?”
UN agreed peacekeepers killed.

Posted by: Peter AU1 | Oct 10 2022 8:30 utc | 264

Zelensky Oct 8:

The Executive Board of the IMF has just supported the provision of about $1.3 billion to Ukraine under the Rapid Financing Instrument.
The money will go to Ukraine today. |[Day before the Kerch Bridge fireworks]|
Thanks @KGeorgieva and the IMF Executive Board for the support!

https://twitter.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1578429506418663429?cxt=HHwWioCjkb7R2ucrAAAA
So. Is Zelensky in central Kiev… or a bunker in Poland??
He’s still got his selfie stick…
https://twitter.com/Flash_news_ua/status/1579384303984971776

Posted by: Melaleuca | Oct 10 2022 8:32 utc | 266

⚡️”The Office of the President is trying, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and the Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States, Markarova, to arrange an urgent phone call with Biden.
Also now, Foreign Minister Kuleba was ordered to organize a phone call with at least one of the European leaders. Also with British Prime Minister Liz Truss.
The source indicates that they are calling everyone, trying to get through to at least someone. I wonder who will not pick up the phone and ignore. After all, many are really tired of the Ukrainian crisis, and Zelensky knows this very well,” writes the Ukrainian TG channel Legitimny.

https://t.me/Slavyangrad/13182

Posted by: Down South | Oct 10 2022 8:33 utc | 268

… The road bridge is continuous, it was fabricated on land and pushed out over its piers.
…
Posted by: Lapin | Oct 9 2022 18:46 utc | 105
Like the Millau Viaduct, where even the cable-stay towers were jacked along as part of the continuous road deck.
8:10
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aqaI3L4Y5dg

Posted by: anon2020 | Oct 10 2022 8:36 utc | 270

Posted by: Down South | Oct 10 2022 8:15 utc | 253

Western Ukraine also suffered critical infrastructure damage but continues to operate on backup lines from Poland.

Looks like Poland just scored itself a new mouth to feed. Hope they have the gas to carry Ukraine through the Winter.

Posted by: Arch Bungle | Oct 10 2022 8:36 utc | 272

And no way I’m stopping drinking now; bye bye Monday 😛

Posted by: Sunny Runny Burger | Oct 10 2022 8:38 utc | 274

This seems to be the penultimate strike of its kind. From the grid perspective, this looks like it can still be balanced (e.g. grid can be brought back up), but now Ukraine will be electricity import reliant rather than exporting, heaping more misery on European consumers and raising the price drastically inside Ukraine. The NPPs don’t yet have to go into shutdown. One more strike like this, and the grid of Ukraine will be down for months. Look at the lead time on parts for the grid, particularly substation transformers… In Europe and US, good luck getting one within 18 months.
It affects train transport and fuel most pressingly, but if power is down as things start to freeze, then bursting pipes etc. will take down other infrastructure.

Posted by: dask | Oct 10 2022 8:40 utc | 276

https://twitter.com/The_Real_Fly/status/1579391060295315458?cxt=HHwWhMCj5aTzj-srAAAA
Map of contact points across Ukraine (so far) today

Posted by: Melaleuca | Oct 10 2022 8:41 utc | 278

Kadyrov:
Zelensky complains about arrivals in Kiev and other cities.
And how did you, lokh-Zelensky, think: you can, but others can’t?
That is, for eight years it was possible to bomb civilians, destroy the infrastructure of LDPR cities, cover a nuclear power plant with shells, blow up bridges, fire at important objects, but as it flew on your head, so suddenly it became impossible for anyone?
We warned you, Zelensky, that Russia hasn’t really started yet, so stop complaining like a cheapie, and better, before it arrives, run. Run, Zelensky, run without looking back towards the West.
Now I am one hundred percent satisfied with the conduct of the FREE.

https://t.me/intelslava/38804

Posted by: Down South | Oct 10 2022 8:44 utc | 280

Massive missile fire on Ukraine
On this morning of October 10, most of the Ukrainian regions and major cities controlled by kyiv are hit by massive Russian missile fire.
According to Russian-speaking Telegram channels, at least 60 explosions were heard in kyiv, 47 in the Nikolayev region, 27 in the Vinnitsa region, 20 in Kharkov, 15 in Lvov and 15 in Odessa.
The plan of the Russians would thus include three phases of strikes and would be:
✔️ “overload” the Ukrainian air defense system;
✔️ destabilize the functioning of the energy system of Ukraine;
✔️ Hit military sites.
Ukrainian authorities and media report that throughout the country there are problems with electricity supply and Internet connection.
The video shows one of kyiv’s power plants being hit and on the image the drop in Internet traffic.

https://t.me/Slavyangrad/13189

Posted by: Down South | Oct 10 2022 8:46 utc | 282

@245 Nighttripper
What a beautiful morning it is!
Not for residents in Kiev and elsewhere who were subject to missile attacks. Getting blown up on your morning commute to work can put a downer on your day.
From a military perspective civilian attacks are self-defeating. It hardens resolve and achieves nothing.

Posted by: Tom UK | Oct 10 2022 8:48 utc | 284

And no way I’m stopping drinking now; bye bye Monday 😛
Posted by: Sunny Runny Burger | Oct 10 2022 8:38 utc | 271
Bravo!

Posted by: Gerrard White | Oct 10 2022 8:51 utc | 286

fyi
the neo-nazis in Kiev crossed the red line, egged on by their American and british masters.
https://twitter.com/The_Real_Fly/status/1579392302606213125
Editor in Chief RT:
“The Crimean bridge was the red line from the very beginning. It was obvious”

Posted by: michaelj72 | Oct 10 2022 8:52 utc | 288

Posted by: Tom UK | Oct 10 2022 8:48 utc | 281
Yeah, thats just how it worked out in Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Posted by: DaVinci | Oct 10 2022 8:58 utc | 290

Da’am ma’am dat fast.
Memes incoming already….
https://twitter.com/GringoTex/status/1579393535270584320?cxt=HHwWgIDQ5ayDkesrAAAA

Posted by: Melaleuca | Oct 10 2022 9:00 utc | 292

Well i think the bridge convos are over. Onto the utter disbelief of tik tokkers and media hiding under news desks as the city infrastructure is taken out. Now survival kicks in as winter comes. Waiting for all those empty transport planes after unloading weapons to then fill up with ukie refugees for the return flight to usa. /s

Posted by: Hankster | Oct 10 2022 9:01 utc | 294

selfie sticks and smart phone cameras can no longer be recharged…
Lapin | Oct 10 2022 8:53 utc | 286
That might be the “tell” on whether Zelensky is in Kiev or Poland….

Posted by: Melaleuca | Oct 10 2022 9:02 utc | 296

Very glad to announce that as of today, Ukraine can export electricity to the EU market.
It will provide an additional source of electricity for the EU.
And much-needed revenues to Ukraine.
So we both benefit. #StrongerTogether
https://twitter.com/vonderleyen/status/1542459370633584640

Posted by: Lapin | Oct 10 2022 9:04 utc | 298

“The evacuation of Western ambassadors has begun.”
Down South | Oct 10 2022 9:00 utc | 290
Thing is….. with electricity and internet out….. and major rail hubs now hit….
They may be stranded….

Posted by: Melaleuca | Oct 10 2022 9:06 utc | 300