Colonel Tarmo Kundla, Head of the Ops Department of the Estonian Defense Forces' (EDF) General Staff, believes that Russia is currently on the offensive at the combat zone in Ukraine, but the capture of several settlements will not bring it success at the operational level.
Ukraine did strike the ship. what does this tell you about their capabilities? well, it s pretty huge. just as a reminder, snake island is right there. this is where that incident occurred. so it is a guided missile cruiser. here s a picture of it in dock at russian-occupied crimea. the other important thing about this, this is a guided missile cruiser that handles all the cruise missiles of the naval type that the russians have. it can fire those, range of about 400 or so miles into enemy territory or adversary territory. the other popularity thing about this is this is the flagship of the russian black sea fleet. that s where the admiral is when he is running naval operations in the black sea. so if this ship was hit and it was damaged by the ukrainians, that s a major, major tactical victory for them. colonel, against all odds,
The latest escalation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict brought important shifts in the status quo, underscoring the necessity of a political settlement. A peace based on equal respect for both peoples’ rights will take time, however. Steps to lower the temperature are urgent in the interim.