I thought the same thing when I read Euphonious_Polemic’s post.
That one would burn down, fall over and then sink into the swamp…
“But the fourth one! The Fourth one Blew UP!”
And, thus, the word “Portemkin” was born.
Subtle.
Said by whom? A conversation with a Russian soldier and … who? Could you give us the source for this?
This is from yesterday and others have addressed it, but I had wanted to point out that we are seeing the advantage of having many motivated citizen soldiers.
The difference is that they are rightly not on the front line where they would get butchered, but providing defense in depth, allowing the army to commit more professional soldiers to the fight, knowing that someone is there with a certain amount of weapons to slow down attackers if they punch through the front lines. That is huge and is allowing the Ukrainians to fight much more effectively.
Thank you. I appreciate the perspective you bring to this thread.
Look at 0:13 in the video posted earlier:
Rail tracks. It looks like they go east along the coast to join the main line.
American volunteers on the battlefield:
Looks like I missed those (to be fair, the close-in view is less than ideal). The tracks you mention in the film might be used to move the unloading/loading cranes as required. Doubt we’ll know for sure, I seriously doubt the Rus will confide in us, and while I’m sure NATO/USG have much better views, I doubt we’ll get to see them.
Still, it requires someone with an understanding of priorities, logistics and schedules and having the authority to make people do the things that are necessary to make a port work…and those folks seem to be in short supply in the Modern Russian Army,
We shall see.
Google maps doesn’t show any rail line anywhere near the port.
On Google Maps, it looks like the rail goes east along the coast. Photographs of Berdyansk support this:
It looks to be non-electrified freight track. Someone more knowledgeable than me would be needed to say how useful this is to a military.
Rails in ports are often for cargo cranes. Pretty common. Coronado and 32nd St in San Diego had such.
Those rails just don’t look like heavy duty freight rails to me.
They do appear to lead from the port docks to the main line, though. They are shown on Google Maps regular/non-satellite view.
To add:
The tracks lead to here, where it looks like a train would have to stop and then head off north, while facing in the same direction, towards Verkhnii Tokmak. As per the railway map I posted earlier in the thread, north to Verkhnii Tokmak is the only route out for trains from Berdyansk.
Better to call it the Bay of Azov, or the Slough of Azov.
Good News/Bad News. Precision bombs are running out. So, Russia will lob old artillery that lands in the general direction of their target. It’ll still do considerable damage and kill people.
At least Russia can’t accurately target hospitals and refugee columns. 
Guardian live blog
[Private Frost]: What the hell are we supposed to use, man, harsh language?
that’s literally what Navy Seals and mini subs are for.