Ed Lavandera reports on what Ukraine calls Russian retaliation attacks in the port city of Odesa after the sinking of a Russian flagship, and then CNN’s Paula Reid talks to military analyst Mark Hertling about Putin’s changing strategy in Ukraine.
Russia is “retaliating” against Ukraine for defending its country. That’s rich;
The Universal strategy against all bullies is to show no fear and don’t be intimidated, In the end, bullies are always cowards. Nato cannot let empty threats prevent further support to the Ukrainians;
This is heartening. Ukraine has invested wisely in its military, and it seems to be paying off in spades. Slava Ukraine!!!;
Well, it would be all fine and good for Russia to issue such an intimidating declaration if it weren’t for a few pesky little details: a majority of the weapons being used by Ukraine are not FROM the US. If they were it’s probable the Russian military would be in much worse shape than it’s in now.
The Javelin- which has been the real show-stopper – is actually a British product. The Neptune missile, which sent the Moskva down to meet Neptune in person, is actually a Ukrainian device – originally designed for the Russian military. The Bayraktar TB2 drone – which the Ukrainians have been writing songs about – is from Turkey, not the US.
It’s also worth mentioning that NATO and “the WEST” (for whatever pejorative value that idiotic generalization is worth) are not the sole sources of Russia’s woes. It’s a lot closer to the truth to say it’s the ENTIRE United Nations. Even countries supposedly “friendly” to Russia are not solidly committed to them. China may have abstained from voting for Russian sanctions, but that does NOT mean they have cut off ANY trade whatsoever with Ukraine, neither has India, Iran, and many other countries that are decidedly NOT “the West” or even slightly NATO. I wonder what THEY might be selling the Ukrainians? Military and financial aid is also flowing into Ukraine from countries as far-flung as Israel, Brazil, South Africa, Malaysia, and even Putin’s ex-pals in Venezuela. Not a terribly “Western” group of countries there.
The “unpredictable consequences” had already occurred when Russia stuck its greedy hand into Ukraine and pulled back a bloody stump. They sprang from a crooked bunch of dirt-bags in the Fifth Service of the FSB conning Putin into giving them lots of unmarked cash to fund “Russian-loyal” resistance groups in Ukraine that NEVER existed. Putin’s spies were simply pocketing the money intended for these “resistance groups” and sending bogus reports back to Moscow, so they would send them even more untraceable cash to pocket. This whole war is a direct result of Putin’s own paranoid gullibility: Viewers’ Comments.
