Crimean Airbase Goes Boom

[ichkeria]

At Saky

https://www.kyivpost.com/russias-war/breaking-ukrainians-strike-russian-military-airbase-in-crimea.html

Missile?
Sabotage?
Accident?

Answers on a postcard

[Khandro]

Hand of God?

[William51]

Missiles i hope.

[ichkeria]

Accident unlikely despite Russian media claims, as it was two separate booms quite a way apart.
If missile, that’s a LONG way.
But Russian air defences have taken a pounding over tte last two days

[youngmafbog]

Oh dear, never mind.

Load the next rocket up.

[ichkeria]

There are rocket attacks ongoing on Russian positions in Kherson region.
In S Zaporizhzhya (esp Melitopol) also

[davebro]

I hope Putin is counting the cost of his war.

[ichkeria]

Some sources are saying the attack took out 37 planes and 6 helicopters which would be the largest single day loss in the history of the Russian airforce if true.

There’ll be retaliation, as there always is, against civilians. But the last lot of missiles they fired were almost all shot down.

[Khandro]

Medusa says of the varying reports that it is a 'developing story', but sounds like it's developing into something nasty for Putin's war.

https://meduza.io/en/news/2022/08/09/multiple-explosions-at-russian-airbase-in-crimea

[The Builder]

Probably wishful thinking on my part Ich, but I do wonder if perhaps a lot more ordnance/missiles are getting through to the Ukrainians than we are told about.
There must be countries who are sympathetic, but are reluctant to be seen aiding the effort.

[ichkeria]

I think you’re right Builder. 110 countries at the last count were contributing to the war effort in one way or another.
Lots of rumours flying around: what is known us that there currently is a large tailback of traffic on the Kerch bridge out of Crimea …

[ichkeria]

This from the BBC website:

“ So far, the region has been spared the intense bombardment that other areas of Ukraine have suffered”

I’m a fan of the BBC but sometimes I wonder who if anyone edits their output

[Khandro]

How can anyone be a fan of the BBC?

[Khandro]

^^ that should read BBC news

[Peter Pedant]

roland rat - no the other one - asks whether it went
boom-boom

a lot of it around - France-24 - 'un gros boum!'

I was gonna say I had no Latin for it - - but I haaaaaave! (pllayfully like tantalising a cat with some string) - fulgur sonat

hey what about - - Fulgur nuntiat fuldescendit

[Peter Pedant]

which would be the largest single day loss in the history of anything

what - even on Barbarossa day - June 22 1941 ?
( m,y papa escaped from POW camp on 21 July)

[Peter Pedant]

june june chrissakes

[ichkeria]

The BBC in fairness can’t report stuff until they have some sort of verification but the comment about Ukraine is idiotic. You can’t compare it with the rest of the unoccupied country

[ichkeria]

Possibly up to 45 planes were taken out some say PP

[ichkeria]

The comment about “Crimea”

[Peter Pedant]

that 's a lorra lorra planes
how much does a plane cost now?

I always thought destroying planes on the ground was a bit of a dumb game. I mean you know, didnt they hear them coming ete?

that is how the Germans screwed the French May 1940 innit
chute de France and all that