Ukraine never ceases to amaze at their resilience to continually find outside the box solutions to continue being a thorn in Putin's side,on Feb 22,2022 who'd have wagered that almost 2 yrs. later; over 80% of the forces possessed by Russia pre-invasion would be KIA,thousands of armored vehicles trashed,significant #'s of combat aircraft lost,the flagship of the Black Sea fleet and approx. 1/2 of remaining vessels sunk,not to mention the assymetrical warfare Ukraine has managed to conduct, w/ surprising, audacious attacks on Russian infrastructure ,think Vlad would want a do-over??My guess is the Ukrainians were using GPS to get close to the target and then using a cellphone connection to FPV the rest of the way to the target. They were doing this in the RC world years ago with a cell data dongle and using it to control a plane through the cellphone network, you can find YouTube videos online on how to do it and demo flights.
The Baltic states certainly know the score and the history,they weren't awakened,they never slept.
Did they ever consider running these pipes underground,it's pretty much Artic environment in Novosibirsk???These guys want to rearm their military? Maybe get the heat on an and keep the lights burning first. This is a corrupt kleptocracy where society itself is falling apart as law and order break down and people burn buildings to the ground and steal everything, they can get their hands on. No loss the entire heating system is fucked anyway after freezing and many of the buildings are fucked too.
I wonder if its happening with their oil pipelines too. The war drove up the price of scrap steel I'll bet, since so much was lost in Ukraine and this might be the result, the dismantling of the country! Rail tracks can weigh over 30 kilos a foot!
Their you go Vlad,80% pre-invasion forces KIA,50% Black Sea fleet open for scuba diving,100+ aircraft lost,and Finland and Sweden now in NATO,and no mulligans allowed.
Considering they did it on a shoestring with just in time arms deliveries makes it even more impressive and a real bargain with a lot of stuff that was going surplus anyway. Considering they had one hand tied behind their backs and looking at what they destroyed, no wonder Europe wants to fight them on their doorstep instead of their own by giving arms and support as the Ukrainians remove Europe's only real military threat for a decade. If they can beat the shit out of Russia under these conditions, why wouldn't they earn a place in NATO?Ukraine never ceases to amaze at their resilience to continually find outside the box solutions to continue being a thorn in Putin's side,on Feb 22,2022 who'd have wagered that almost 2 yrs. later; over 80% of the forces possessed by Russia pre-invasion would be KIA,thousands of armored vehicles trashed,significant #'s of combat aircraft lost,the flagship of the Black Sea fleet and approx. 1/2 of remaining vessels sunk,not to mention the assymetrical warfare Ukraine has managed to conduct, w/ surprising, audacious attacks on Russian infrastructure ,think Vlad would want a do-over??