By Yaron Steinbuch
A Ukrainian soldier (click here) has been hailed as a hero for blowing himself up to destroy a bridge in an effort to stop Russian tanks from invading his country.
Marine battalion engineer Vitaly Skakun Volodymyrovych was deployed to the Henichesk bridge in the southern province of Kherson when the Russian tanks advanced, the Ukrainian military said on its Facebook page.
“On this difficult day for our country, when the Ukrainian people give way to the Russian occupiers in all directions, one of the hardest places on the map of Ukraine was the Crimean intersection, where one of the first enemies met a separate marine battalion,” according to the post....
All those bridges should be gone already. When Russia occupied Crimea, no matter how pretty that bridge was all I saw was a strategy decision by Putin. It was a disguise. The bridge between Russia and Ukraine was all decked out as if a celebration between Occupied Crimea and Russia. According to some reporting from Putin's cabinet, they didn't even know his plans. That leads me to believe the military leaders didn't know either. They were carrying out military exercises when they were ordered to invade Ukraine.
Imagine what would be happening in Europe right now if the fishermen didn't turn back Russia's military games?
That young soldier that died while texting his mother, had no clue he was entering a war. This is Putin and only Putin. The country didn't know, the Russian cabinet didn't know and the military didn't know until they were ordered to start their advance. That is why this assault is such a disaster. There was no pre-planning only military exercises.
The bombs being sent into Ukraine from Russia reminded me of Hamas and their rockets that they rain down on Israel from time to time. They have no plan where the rockets will land, but, only a plan to launch them in the direction of Israel. That is exactly what is occurring between Russia and Ukraine. Russia is sending in missiles without any understanding of where they were to land.
I am surprised the bridges between Russia and Ukraine are still standing, railroad or otherwise. It is what allows Putin to bring heavy artiliary into Ukraine.
I half believe the Russian military leadership fought with Putin about the invasion.
The invasion is nothing short of disasterous and ill conceived.
My assessment is not wrong. It is lead by incompetents and Putin, himself, is calling all the shots. This has been a completely incompetent invasion into Ukraine. Putin carried out military games so the generals or commanders or whatever they are called in Russia would put the military in a perfect place and then Putin took over and carried out the orders to invade. Are the Russian military leaders still alive. It is looking more and more amateurish and more and more like there were strong objecgtions to even begin to advance into Ukraine.
I think Putin stands alone on this invasion. That is why the uptick in weapons being used. If he is solely with his finger on the button, there will be nuclear weapons flying. The West needs to come up with some intelligence on this mess and do something soon. Putin will continue to escalate the types of killing machines sent as he fails.
Putin needs to be asked to account for the leaders of this invasion. Who is responsible for all the civilian deaths and a rocket barrage into a nuclear power plant? The leaders that opposed him are in prison at the very least.
THIS LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE PUTIN POLITICS, right down to controlling the media reports. Someone wants to cover up this insane invasion with acceptable political outcomes.
