Russian authorities said Ukrainian drones were downed over northern Crimea on Monday night, while Ukraine’s Military Intelligence claimed the attacks destroyed Russian Kalibr cruise missiles.
“The mysterious series of blasts continues the process of Russia’s demilitarization and prepares the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea for de-occupation,” Ukrainian Military Intelligence said in a statement without formally taking credit for the attack.
The drones targeted Dzhankoy in northern Crimea, where local authorities said the attacks hit civilian areas. “All the drones targeted civilian facilities. One was shot down above a technical school and it fell on the land between the school building and the dormitory,” said Oleg Kryuchkov, an aide to the head of Crimea.
“There are no military facilities in the vicinity. The other [drones] were downed over residential areas. Apart from explosives, each had shrapnel in it,” Kryuchkov added.
Ukrainian officials have been vowing to retake the Crimean peninsula, which has been under Russian control since 2014, even though the Pentagon doesn’t think it’s a realistic goal and the people of Crimea are happy they’re part of the Russian Federation.
Despite the Pentagon’s view on Crimea and the risk of escalation, Biden administration officials have expressed they support Ukrainian attacks on the peninsula. The Monday night drone attack came after a US MQ-9 Reaper drone was downed in the Black Sea near Crimea after being intercepted by Russian fighters. Russian officials claimed that the MQ-9 was gathering targeting data for Kyiv.
The Biden administration is inviting Moscow to use tactical nukes. If there is a major assault on Crimea, which is considered to be Russian territory now, who knows what will happen next. Biden is not interested in the efforts of China to stop the war, give peace a chance, so the drooler in chief will signal an OK. Meanwhile, we have train Ukraine army on use of Patriot missiles, UK wants to send depleted uranium shells to Ukraine, and, top Republicans are urging Biden to send cluster bombs to Ukraine. What could go wrong?
The Russians will not use nukes (tactical or otherwise) even should Crimea be taken back by the Ukrainians – they will not do so because breaking the nuclear taboo will cost them a lot if perhaps not all remaining countries willing to engage with them.
i agree that russia would hesitate to use nukes.
however uncle sam is a master at the false-flag game which is much more likely to happen. and russia did not take crimea aaway from ukraine, the cimean people chose to be a part of russian federation. everybody here knows that which is why most of your comments seem to be suggestions that russia has stolen crimea.
The US will also shy away from using nukes, for a slightly different reason but using nukes would almost certainly cause the kind of escalation the NATO partners have been trying so very hard to avoid.
Ukraine did not cede Crimea nor was it a case of Ukraine granting Crimea an independence referendum and them opting to vote to leave – it was a case of Russia taking Crimea by force and then holding a referendum while they controlled the area, the vote count and the options on the ballots.
“the NATO partners have been trying so very hard to avoid.”
There are no “NATO partners”; there are NATO subordinates who do what we tell them to do and say. NATO is to the US, what the Warsaw Pact was to the Soviet Union. One boss and a bunch of paid-off or black-mailed followers
Sure because NATO has after all several times invaded non compliant NATO members – oh wait that has never happened.
In most cases, we are the big boss and they follow our directives. Once in awhile there is some talk back from Turkey or Hungary, but France, Germany, UK, all in all the time.
No but they all liked the aggression against Iraq, Serbia, Syria, Libya and Afghanistan.
Just plainly wrong, several US administrations have failed to get the other NATO members to do even the bare minimum of securing sufficient military funding.
E.g. Germany did not participate in either Iraq war – and these were not NATO wars exactly because the US could only get a coalition of the willing – do not confuse the fact that we often have similar interests with the US being the boss and we mere followers.
That’s why I said “in most cases”.
So really mostly in the cases where interests align – and hence not the big boss that others just have to follow.
after the ukrain govt was ousted in a coup fostered by uncle sam and replaced by a puppet govt in 2014, ukraine began bombing crimea who’s people spoke the russian language. probably they shouldn’t have done that because russia stepped in and immediately ousted ukraine from crimea. international law be damned. uncle sam does not recognize international law, so why should you?
Factually incorrect the Russians occupied Crimea less than a week after Yanukovych had fled Ukraine so no government had begun shelling Crimea before the Russians had taken military action.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Euromaidan
Russian troops started occupying Crimea February 24
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_invasion_of_Ukraine
– there simply was not time for the new government in Kyiv to start a military action between February 22 and February 24, let alone for the Russians to see it and start their (re)action – so your theory is in conflict with the timeline.
Give peace a chance and fight for a new economic model.
You must own shares in Lockheed or Raytheon. Cause it sounds like business as usual to you.
Strawman – however – if that’s what you truly believe than consider that correctly analyzing things isn’t your strong point.
I think your previous comment was self explanatory. And I don’t use straws. Now hurry up with your stock tip.
Thankfully Ukraine does not have nuke weapons or these insane criminals would use them!
Then why mention them?
right. nobody should ever mention things until after the fact
The intent to re-take territory has resulted in two world-wars. World War 1: Alsace. World war 2: connecting Germany to East Prussia again.
OK here is something re ICC arrest warrant for Putin because he is a “war criminal”
The ICC accusation directed against Vladimir Putin of “kidnapping” or “deportation” of Ukrainian Children borders on ridicule.
The Azov Battalion as well as Ukrainian forces have routinely bombed civilians in Donbass since 2014.
Since 2014, residential neighbourhoods, schools, hospitals, ambulances, etc. have been routinely targeted. From the 2014 Euromaidan and the US sponsored Coup d’Etat to 2022), up to 14,000 Donbass residents have been killed.
https://www.globalresearch.ca/i-c-c-arrest-warrant-for-vladimir-putin-for-kidnapping-ukrainian-children-borders-on-ridicule/5812752
George W. Bush is considered a war criminal and he’s still safely on his ranch sitting there pulling burrs out of his arse. The notion that Putin will be arrested is fantasy.