I know that the letter from the Cossacks to the Turkish Sultan is apocryphal, but the legend and the painting certainly seem to capture something in the Ukrainian psyche: indomitable humour in the face of an enemy.
I understand your enthusiasm, but wishing death upon conscripts who have been pressed into battle with little or no training, and no desire to be there at all, seems a little callous.
Moscow had claimed the Kerch crossing was virtually untouchable – protected by layers of defences from trained military dolphins to the latest missile systems – making the attack particularly damaging.
Maybe if the dolphins had frickin’ laser beams on their heads the bridge would still be intact.
the whole russian shitshow (aka the war) reminds me of the scene on the Naked Gun, where somebody falls and why lying on the asphalt ever worse thing happen to the person … (the marching band)
Looking at the video again there was a HEAVY East/West wind. You can see it in the railroad bridge burning and also the road bridge. When looking at the rail fire it’s ALL from the bridge blowing west. None of the smoke is East of the bridge. When looking at the road bridge it’s coming from the East blowing over the road. If it was a truck bomb there wouldn’t be any smoke East of the bridge due to the wind yet it all appears to come from the East billowing up and over the bridge.
I suspect the bomb was timed to meet the rail cars knowing they contain fuel and all the sparks in the smoke (which are substantial) are some form of incendiary device designed to ignite the ruptured fuel tanks.