If Ukraine takes it over, sluice gates can be closed... unless they don't exist.1 - they could have opened said sluice gates, no need to destroy the dam for that. Only Urk needs that.
If Ukraine takes it over, sluice gates can be closed... unless they don't exist.1 - they could have opened said sluice gates, no need to destroy the dam for that. Only Urk needs that.
Kherson fell...@AnimalNoodles "Kherson will fall any day now."
And, no, we're not going to let you live that down, you fucking vatnik.
1 - they could have opened said sluice gates, no need to destroy the dam for that. Only Urk needs that.
Opening the sluice gates does not produce nearly as big an opening as actually blowing the dam, which the Russians are well-aware of from already trying that last year.
the russians tried to blow up their own dam? lol suuuure they did. Just like they blew up nordstream and issued viagra to thier soldiers to rape ukrainian women with.
I never claimed individual soldiers werent committing acts of rape. i mocked the ridiculous claims that russians were literally being issued viagra by the russian army in order to help them rape ukrainian women.
Your reading comprehension is just as bad as your power of prediction. The post you were replying to said they'd tried opening the sluice gates already. Idiot.the russians tried to blow up their own dam? lol suuuure they did. Just like they blew up nordstream and issued viagra to thier soldiers to rape ukrainian women with.
If the Russians indeed want to blow said dam, they wait for Ukr forces to be in the area, to immobilize/damage them, and finish said forces with arty, not before.Opening the sluice gates does not produce nearly as big an opening as actually blowing the dam, which the Russians are well-aware of from already trying that last year.
They could have, and then when they lose control of the dam, the Ukrainians simply close the sluice gates, and while it takes some time to recover from that, it is not as difficult as having to repair a dam before they can even begin any other kind of effort.1 - they could have opened said sluice gates, no need to destroy the dam for that. Only Urk needs that.
Because the Ukrainians are not going to focus an assault of doing a large scale water crossing like that.....If the Russians indeed want to blow said dam, they wait for Ukr forces to be in the area, to immobilize/damage them, and finish said forces with arty, not before.
Doing it right now is illogical.
They could have, and then when they lose control of the dam, the Ukrainians simply close the sluice gates, and while it takes some time to recover from that, it is not as difficult as having to repair a dam before they can even begin any other kind of effort.
the russians tried to blow up their own dam?
Completely logical in order to stall/halt the Ukrainian offensive across a wide region. It's Russia that's playing for time now.Doing it right now is illogical.
It's amazing that you can write with such self assured confidence when you've been wrong about almost every claim or prediction you've previously made on this conflict, and in fact have no special knowledge the rest of us don't. Probably less, given your inability to correctly parse simple English. Don't you get tired of being wrong?The chances of that happening are vanishingly small and both sides know it.
Ukraines current ground offensive has accomplished little and is stuck in the so-called 'crumple zone' with considerable losses and was unable to even the reach the first lines of real defenses. How exactly will they take the dam? It was never in any danger of falling.
Ukraine is also unable to mount any serious and sustained attack across the dnipro and both sides know it. landing small numbers of troops on boggy islands only to have them blown up by artillery does not count. Russia was on no real threat from that side.
lol,It's amazing that you can write with such self assured confidence when you've been wrong about almost every claim or prediction you've previously made on this conflict, and in fact have no special knowledge the rest of us don't. Probably less, given your inability to correctly parse simple English. Don't you get tired of being wrong?
"Bakhmut will fall any day now."lol,
I have been wrong about many things. I admit that.
But..so has everyone else. like the people who predicted Ukraine would be in crimea by the spring, or that russia was running out of X. Or that the sudden advances into largely evacuated areas were signs that the Ukrainians were ready the drive out the russians. We are all speaking from ignorance here.
I have maintained since this got serious that
1) the russians are targetting the Ukrainian army, not waging a maneuver war yet.
2) the Russian doctrine is to abandon positions that are untenable and simply trade space
3) Russia is growing in strength and Ukraine is getting weaker.
4) Ukraine is taking far larger casualties
And I am right. the minutae of arrows back and forth across muddy fields is less important than those things.
Anyways, If you can tell me how the ukrainians can launch a sustained amphibious invasion across the dnipro, im waiting for it.
The only place i think they can make actual lasting gains ATM is around soledar and Bakhmut where the Ukrainians are putting a great deal of pressure right now. And if the Russian determine the position is untenable they will simply evacuate and shell it as per Russian doctrine laid out by Gerasimov.
I will say this.lol,
I have been wrong about many things. I admit that.
But..so has everyone else. like the people who predicted Ukraine would be in crimea by the spring, or that russia was running out of X. Or that the sudden advances into largely evacuated areas were signs that the Ukrainians were ready the drive out the russians. We are all speaking from ignorance here.
I have maintained since this got serious that
1) the russians are targetting the Ukrainian army, not waging a maneuver war yet.
2) the Russian doctrine is to abandon positions that are untenable and simply trade space
3) Russia is growing in strength and Ukraine is getting weaker.
4) Ukraine is taking far larger casualties
And I am right. the minutae of arrows back and forth across muddy fields is less important than those things.
Anyways, If you can tell me how the ukrainians can launch a sustained amphibious invasion across the dnipro, im waiting for it.
The only place i think they can make actual lasting gains ATM is around soledar and Bakhmut where the Ukrainians are putting a great deal of pressure right now. And if the Russian determine the position is untenable they will simply evacuate and shell it as per Russian doctrine laid out by Gerasimov.
All of these things are contradicted by the actual facts on the ground.1) the russians are targetting the Ukrainian army, not waging a maneuver war yet.
2) the Russian doctrine is to abandon positions that are untenable and simply trade space
3) Russia is growing in strength and Ukraine is getting weaker.
4) Ukraine is taking far larger casualties