The Russian Defense Ministry said Tuesday that Russian forces launched “retaliatory” strikes in southern Ukraine in response to the bombing of the Crimean Bridge by Ukrainian forces.
Russia said the strikes were launched against targets in Odesa and Mykolaiv, and Ukrainian authorities reported airstrikes in those cities.
“Last night, the Russian Armed Forces delivered a multiple retaliatory strike by seaborne high-precision weapons against the sites where terrorist attacks were being plotted against the Russian Federation with the use of drone boats and against the place of their production at a ship repair plant in the area of the port of Odesa,” Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Lt. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said, according to TASS.
Ukrainian officials reported damage to homes and port infrastructure in Odesa and said a major fire broke out in Mykolaiv. According to TASS, the Russian military claimed it destroyed 70,000 tons of fuel for Ukrainian military hardware. “All the targets designated for the strike were destroyed. Fires and detonation were registered at the destroyed sites,” Konashenkov said.
The Russian strikes on the port city of Odesa also came a day after Moscow suspended its participation in the grain deal that facilitated exports from Ukraine’s Black Sea ports. Russia said it could no longer guarantee the security of shipments out of Ukraine and said it would only return to the initiative when more obstacles to the export of Russian agricultural goods are lifted.
The bombing of the Crimean Bridge killed two civilians and injured a child. The bridge, which connects Crimea to the Russian mainland, is a sensitive target for Moscow. When it was first bombed in October 2022, the Russian military began large-scale missile strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure.
Zelensky has to come up with something to make the senile WH butler smile.
I don’t think strikes on ports in Odessa and Nikolaev are retaliation. If Kremlin is dumb enough to let Pentagon and especially English terrorists get away with it, it’s a green light for more terrorist attacks against Russia.
Medvedev now looks like a fool because he threatened harsh retaliation after the 1st terrorist attack on Kerch Bridge.
From what I can tell, Putin will retaliate against UK when he feels Russia can deal with the US response to that. The odds that his advisors recommend in a forceful way sooner retaliation rather than later retaliation are close to 100%.
I believe that the attacks on Odessa are to quiet the hawks a bit. My preference is for them to choose a course of action that results in few, or better yet zero, nuclear weapons being used. The attacks on Odessa let off some steam with no expected nuke activity.
“The attacks on Odessa let off some steam with no expected nuke activity.” There seem to be an ongoing process. The “steam” appears to be gelling up in the Russian consciousness into realization that there is only one solution–nuclear weapons. If the US wants a world without Russia, Russia doesn’t want a world at all. Their self-determination reality is coming fast upon them: They don’t want to die holding the big red button, they’ll want to die pushing that big red button. We’re putting the “EASY” decision sticker on that button. WE.ARE.SO.DUMB. …I know nothing? …Careful. This might be the only thing I ever get right. (Sarcasm)
Talk of nukes is nust talk, endless talk — for NATO to justify usung tgem. Just itching!
Russia has zero need fir nukes in Ukraine. Comical proposition. It has hundreds of thousands military personell equiped and ready outside Ukrainian borders. Still has not used airforce. Mostly sea based missile targetting. Russia has all the time on earth.
Neither russia or Ukraine have air superiority over Ukraine. russian aircrafts are being blown out of the skies, that’s why they don’t use much of their air force.
I am not sure that is the case. Only in Ukrainian propaganda Russian planes are taken down. Russia has not used aurforce as it is not required. Up until now no efforts are made to dominate Ukrainian air space, but Russia could do it in a matter of days. But why bother? It is the situation on the ground that counts. And not just the front, but the morale of populatiin. Contrary to what we are being told majority of Ukrainians want Russia to win at this point.
Except Western Ukraine, Hopefully everyone gets it -/ Western Ukraine will not remain in Ukraine. It should be independent -/ even though their “friends” in the West would allow them.
The Ukrainians are apparently pretty good with CGI, given the videos of Russian planes being taken down.
But you’re correct that neither the Russians nor the Ukrainians are using much in the way of manned fixed-wing air. Not because it is “not required,” but because both sides have good air defenses, making it silly to send a trained pilot and expensive plane in to get shot down instead of using a missile strike or drone swarm.
And in Ukraine’s case, they have very few, if any, planes left and even fewer places to land.
Out of all the Russian military gear, the AA defensive systems ARE excellent — for both sides. I don’t think you’ll find any experts that disagree with that.
The new way of using manned aircraft has become as lauching long range precision guided weapons, as the Israelis do against Syria from over Lebanon. Nobody doubts the Israelis have air superiority and use manned aircraft, but that is how they do it now.
Air superiority does not mean what you believe it means.
I don’t care about who’s propaganda it is. Oryx has a list of visually confirmed 78 russian combat aircraft losses. What Ukrainians are you referring to that want russia to win? No data exist that suggest that. In russian TV sure.
The world shouldn’t work like that if a country gives up it’s nuclear arsenal and gets security guarantees, after one of the signatories invades, that the other signatories won’t help.
They will.
We’ll see if Karelia will go back to Finland, Petseri to Estonia, Kuril Islands to Japan, Königsberg to Germany after the vote, of course.
Ukraine ceased to be after the coup… Get over it.
Russia has air superiority. The US military distinguishes between air superiority, which Russia has, from air dominance for total freedom of action, which Russia does not have.
To give examples, Russia can do what the US did in Italy and France in 1944, but not what it did over Iraq for decades.
Thanks, Bianca. But, I’m still not feeling better. You really think the Russians are going to defeat the west, then the west will accept defeat and retreat? They will make peace with Russia and live happily ever after? Of course, I hope there is everlasting peace but I still think the west doesn’t want it at all. Remember? Our leaders are stupid and more importantly are even more evil than stupid. (Sarcasm)
The only issue is this “activity” didn’t let off any steam. It probably built up more. Now the question if this is intentional or Kremlin desperately trying to maintain peace.
You are misreading situation, Attacks on Mykolaevo snd Odessa are expanding the front. Shippments through Odessa are no longer safe. And I am not talking grain. Ukraine armchair strategists in the West need to think about this one. A just one-off retaliatory strike? Or a change in strategy? This is the last thing Ukraine needs. With expiry of shipping corridor guarantees, Black Sea becomes war theater again, All those brigades that Western advisors urge Ukraine to apply to counteroffensive may be needed for defense.
Yeah I can see that but from my perspective, the clean up op in Ukraine is a tactical engagement, not strategic. The strategic and geostrategic goals remain the same. Kremlin had the option to shut down marine supply route since the start. Like WokeAmerican is saying here, strikes on Nikolaev and Odessa ports are more likely to be a political move aimed for internal consumption.
Crimean Bridge and Crimea can’t be safe until Black Sea coast is completely liberated from neo-Nazi/NATO occupation from Crimea to Rumanian border.
You sound just like those Kremlin Nazis.
How is your de-nazification project going? Did you guys finally define what it means?
I think you need to define what it means. Ukraine has deprived its ethnic Russian population and Ukrainian looulation ofvall civil rights, traken prooerty and lives arbutrarily. Ukrainian Nazis are in power with nice boy Zelenski fronting the operation. And even Christan Irthodix Church is under attack as Nazis are West Ukrainian Catholics and are clear about their genccidal goals. Since Orthodox Christians are 2/3 of Ukraine — it us a massive task to get rid of them. Why do you think Zelenski is throwing hundreds if thousands thise Christian Orthodox soldiers into the pountless battles. Reduce the undesirable population. Wake up
Retaliatory strikes? Lol. They are the victims now.
Were the thousands before just goodwill strikes.
What a clown 🤡 show the kremlin got going on.
You can’t possibly be as clueless as your posts suggest. Honestly, ^this one^ is world-class idiotic.
Russia is slowly wrecking much of Ukraine, and killing and wounding untold numbers of Ukrainian troops, while you and other propagandized imbeciles cheer on the crazies who refuse to negotiate an end to this slow-motion catastrophe.
Listen, toolbag — as I’ve said to you before — post your sources. You’re obviously full of s**t.
Russia is attacking Ukrainian infrastructure for sure, but the effects are minimal. Odessa is an important port but the Ukes are getting a majority of their supplies through Poland.
Russia is playing DEFENSE and their only real advances are up in Kupiansk — and only after they’ve massed 100,00 troops. Does that seem like they can go on the offensive at will? It seems to me they can’t find their ass with both hands!
“Listen, toolbag — as I’ve said to you before — post your sources. You’re obviously full of s**t.”
Wait, seriously, you need sources to support my assertion that Russia is slowly wrecking much of Ukraine, and killing and wounding untold numbers of Ukrainian troops?
Here.
So, Individual pictures? You’re kidding me, right? Do you believe THAT’S how general damage assessments are made? (That actually says a lot about how you think.)
You should really do one of two things. Either go play where you won’t be recognized as the nasty moron you are or pull your head out of your ass and attempt rational discussion for a change.
Posts like yours, tossed out thoughtlessly and without pause for reflection, just dig you in deeper. You really should learn the First Rule of Holes.
https://ukraine.un.org/sites/default/files/2023-06/P1801740d1177f03c0ab180057556615497.pdf
First, let me point out that the assessment (verified by their own “heat maps”) indicates a vast majority of the damage is in the eastern portion of the country. That is NOT the whole country. Do you really think I — or anyone else — would dispute there is significant damage to that part of Ukraine? There is a war going on.
Second, YOU are the one who throws out generalizations like “Russia is slowly wrecking much of Ukraine”. If you wish to argue like an adult, then keep your statements trained on facts and not hyperbolic opinions.
AND if the Turks decide to put the Ukrainian grain on Turkish ships? As I’ve also said before: f**k around and find out.
What if the Turks do decide to put Ukrainian grain on Turkish ships? How do you imagine that would make a difference to the course of the war?
1) Turkish Navy
2) N. A. T. O.
Just an appetizer:
https://en.mercopress.com/2022/03/01/turkey-prepared-to-limit-russian-warships-transit-between-the-black-sea-and-the-mediterranean
An appetizer for what, you twit? Of course Turkey limited warship transit through the straits. What have you been imagining that means?
I’m gonna let someone else explain it to you. (I can’t talk to you anymore. It’s like trying to explain algebra to a 3 y/o.) Maybe Mr. Knapp can do it. He seems to have more patience.
Patience won’t help. A reasonable explanation is necessary.
Huh?
Hahaha. You really can’t figure it out, can you?
No, I can’t figure out what you meant.
Anyone else notice a gap between the levels of NATO/US escalation and MSM preparations of their idiot populations? Are they waiting for a big false flag? They may want to start the feverish war drums in the background or they’re going to have a lot of work ahead to convince us that we should all die. Even the fully brainwashed masses don’t seem to have it on their radar. I don’t get it–not that I necessarily always get it. (Sarcasm)
So who invaded who? Or is Putin a CIA agent?
Russia invaded Ukraine. Tell us why you think that happened
Because Putin wants to reestablish the Soviet Union, of course. EVERYBODY knows that…. 😉
NATO did a violent, murderous, illegal coup in Ukraine, then moved its military in and made it a threat against Russia, then refused to talk about it. Now it complains about the only remaining option it left to Russia. Just hype from liars.
Lol. Where did you hear that? RT?
Hilarious
RTs track record for veracity beats the hell out of our MSM.
Got WMDs?…
LMAO. RT is LITERALLY a russian propaganda channel paid by Kremlin. Transnistria, leveling Chechnya twice, Georgia, Syria. And Ukraine since 2014. And Wanker group aka russia is involved in many terrorist attacks in African countries.
Why is it that all the far left and far right people support the russia?
Call them what you will but they tell the truth.
The reason the “far” left and right haven’t jumped on the War Wagon is they share the same basic principles that caused them to be exiled into the fringes of the political sphere by liars and charlatans who have seized the levers of power from a foolish old man.
Baloney! Lee Camp and Chris Hedges were on RT, and they are clearly not Russian propaganda.
We don’t support Russia, that’s ridiculous. But neither do we support the U.S. proxy war against Russia, nor the U.S. empire.
Things that never happened, for 500 please. Chechnya, Transnistria, Georgia, Syria was all NATOs fault. And Putin is a secret CIA asset that made NATO bigger. Now even Finland and Sweden wanted to join.
NATO is controlled by the U.S. If it weren’t for the U.S., NATO probably would have disbanded shortly after the Soviet Union did, and it certainly wouldn’t have expanded eastward.
Russia launched another series of attacks on Odessa and Nikolaev — second consecutive day — and made it clear that the attacks are in retribution for the attack on the Kerch Strait bridge.
Apparently, the bridge is already partially open to motor vehicle traffic.
A bad trade for Kiev.
A correction, they let the grain deal EXPIRE. They didn’t end it, they just didn’t renew it. Because the opponents’ part of the deal was to reconnect the Russian Agricultural Bank to SWIFT, and other measures to allow Russia to sell grains, and they have refused.
AP and others write that Ukraine’s grain goes to “countries in Africa that are threatened by hunger,” but not much of the grain goes there. Russia has been contacting countries all over Africa, Asia and South America to explain their actions and how this won’t change much for them.
In fact, as Putin says, any food shortage in these countries is mainly due to the insane shutting down of Western, primarily U.S., businesses during corona, reducing trade the Third World depends on, and then Biden printing massive amounts of dollars which were used to buy up food.
The attack on the bridge by the way, Sky News and others gloat that it “humiliates Russia” and “hurts Russia’s arms transports”. But Russia doesn’t transport any arms by the CIVILIAN road over the bridge. In fact, they don’t even transport arms by the railroad over any longer, the railroad the Ukies failed to hit.
At the same time as they gloat about Russia being severely hurt, Sky News puts at the top of their story that Russia “claims” it was done by Ukraine, but “others point the finger at Russia”. Incredible.
Of course Russia did it. We know they blew up their own pipelines and attacked the Kremlin. Why wouldn’t they blow up a bridge — the longest in Europe — that they have celebrated as a singular achievement and that holds enormous symbolic and economic/strategic significance for them? 🙄
I wonder if among the multitude of various attacks those wiley wruskies undertook during these recent days, they picked the “succesful” ones and declared THOSE were the retalitory ones.
After all it would be foolish to actually undertake one for the purpose of retaliation and it was not so great a “victory” and share about it.
“Russia Launches ‘Retaliatory’ Strikes After Crimean Bridge Attack The strikes hit targets in the southern cities of Odesa and Mykolaiv”
Poke the bear and his claws will rip your flesh from bone.
Ukraine killed a family on summer vacation and damaged the Kerch Bridge.
The grain deal has lapsed due to disingenuous practices by the West. Just to make sure Ukraine understands the Odessa port has been destroyed and unrestricted anti-ship operations are now in play as all of Northern Black Sea is a No Transit Zone.
Using the grain corridors to launch military strikes on Crimea was the last straw.
Will Africa starve? NO, most of the grain from Ukraine went to China and Europe anyway.
Therefore, the flag state of a ship attempting to reach the Ukrainian Black Sea ports will be deemed as “taking part in the Ukrainian conflict on the side of the Kiev regime,” the Russian Defense ministry said in a statement.
The military said it also declared certain areas in the international waters of the Black Sea to be “temporarily unsafe” for navigation. The areas are located in the north-west and south-east of the waterway, the military noted, adding that all the necessary navigational warnings have already been published as required under existing procedures.
https://www.rt.com/russia/579972-black-sea-military-ships/
Gonna be hard to get insurance and crews. Again.
Mainly insurance.