Russian Town Of Belgorod Near Ukraine Border Bombed ... By Russians. Oops!

[easyt65]

The Russian Defense Ministry called it an “emergency release of an air ordnance,” also “an abnormal descent of aviation munitions.”

Oops.

OOPS! Russia Accidentally Bombs Its Own City of Belgorod Near Ukraine Border

Euphemisms can be fun. Stephen Green had a good one when the Space X Starship exploded about four mi

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[EvilEyeFleegle]

The Russian Defense Ministry called it an “emergency release of an air ordnance,” also “an abnormal descent of aviation munitions.”

Oops.

OOPS! Russia Accidentally Bombs Its Own City of Belgorod Near Ukraine Border

Euphemisms can be fun. Stephen Green had a good one when the Space X Starship exploded about four mi

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This is the high-powered modern military that's supposed to have the world quaking?

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The explosion late Thursday was far more powerful than anything Belgorod residents had experienced before. Witnesses reported a low hissing sound followed by a blast that made nearby apartment buildings tremble and shattered their windows.
It left a 20-meter (66-foot) -wide crater in the middle of a tree-lined avenue flanked by apartment blocks, damaged several cars and threw one vehicle onto a store roof. Two people were injured, and a third person was later hospitalized with hypertension, authorities said.
In an editorial gaffe, an anchor on Russian state television followed the news about the local authorities dealing with the explosion's aftermath by declaring that “modern weapons allow Russian units to eliminate extremists in the area of the special military operation from a minimal distance.” The anchor looked visibly puzzled by the text that he had just read.
Russian commentators questioned why the warplane flew over Belgorod and urged the military to avoid such risky overflights in the future.
Some alleged that the bomb that was accidentally dropped on Belgorod could be one of a batch of modified munitions equipped with wings and GPS-guided targeting system that allows them to glide to targets dozens of kilometers (miles) away. The Russian air force has started using such gliding bombs only recently, and some experts say that they could be prone to glitches.
In October, a Russian warplane crashed next to a residential building in the port city of Yeysk on the Sea of Azov, killing 15 people. Yeysk hosts a big Russian air base with warplanes that fly missions over Ukraine.
Military experts have noted that as the number of Russian military flights have increased sharply during the fighting, so have crashes and misfires.
In another deadly incident in the Belgorod region, two volunteer soldiers fired at Russian troops at a military firing range, killing 11 and wounding 15 others before being shot dead.

 

[0311]

Either the pilot was poorly trained or there was a systems failure.

 

[para bellum]

Either the pilot was poorly trained or there was a systems failure.

Not necessarily.

It could be both.

 

[krichton]

Russians don't care who they're bombing. They see civilians and it's open game

 

[0311]

Another in long line of demonstrations on how poorly lead and poorly trained the once feared Russian Military is.

At one time the Russian Bear was greatly feared. Fulda Gap......the Russians Are Coming.....the Russians Are Coming.

Ukraine was suppose to be a 7-Day War. Kiev was suppose to fall in just 3-Days. One year later Ukrainians for preparing for another counter attack and Pooty has fired General after General who cannot beat the Ukrainian Army.

The Ukrainian Invasion was suppose to show how weak N.A.T.O. Now N.A.T.O. has expanded and more former Warsaw Pact Member Nations are part of N.A.T.O.

Ukraine is joining the European Union.

Pooty did not just step on his dick invading Ukraine, he is stomping on his dick with hobnail boots.

 

[para bellum]

Will Putin will keep bombing Russian cities until Ukraine submits?

 

[0311]

Will Putin will keep bombing Russian cities until Ukraine submits?

He'll bomb Moscow if is he has to.

 

[ShadyVsEsham]

 

[Ringo]

 

[Rogue AI]

Where was all this concern when Ukraine launched a missile at Poland? That's in the opposite direction of Russia. Talk about inept.

 

[Esdraelon]

This is the high-powered modern military that's supposed to have the world quaking?

Yes, Russia HAS demonstrated that they do not have a professional, well supplied military and that their logistics are woefully inadequate. Putin was likely lied to about the state of the military but that only makes him more dangerous. IF he loses, he dies along with much of his immediate circle of oligarchs. Enough of the military still support him that it's entirely possible they'd obey a command to use tactical nukes as a way of shocking the enemies of Russia into a ceasefire in place to keep an out of control escalation from occurring.

In fact, that is his stated doctrine. Freeze a conflict in place by using a nuke and assuming the west wouldn't have the balls to retaliate in kind, Or FTM, to retaliate in any serious way at all. They call it "escalate to de-escalate". Western generals have already said that such a first use would lead to the total decimation of the entire Black Sea fleet and ALL Russian units in the field throughout Ukraine, including Crimea. So... yeah, let's laugh at Russia and keep pushing.

 

[para bellum]

Where was all this concern when Ukraine launched a missile at Poland? That's in the opposite direction of Russia. Talk about inept.

Ukraine did not launch that missile at Poland. It was a Ukr S-300 that was targeting a cruise missile heading for Lviv. The S-300 failed to intercept and landed in Poland.

Talk about inept though. Russia's new autonomous battlefield robot scores it's first kill...

 

[Rogue AI]

para bellum Actually they did launch that missile at Poland. The Ukraine is responsible for their own munitions, to include factoring in a potential miss. They are inept.

 

[para bellum]

para bellum Actually they did launch that missile at Poland. The Ukraine is responsible for their own munitions, to include factoring in a potential miss. They are inept.

No, you can't just *not* intercept a missile aimed at one of your cities because there happens to be a border nearby.

Ukraine fired the SAM at a Russian cruise missile, not a neighboring country. Poland understands that, even if you don't.

The responsibility falls on Russia because Ukraine was acting in self-defense.

 

[para bellum]

In fact, that is his stated doctrine. Freeze a conflict in place by using a nuke and assuming the west wouldn't have the balls to retaliate in kind, Or FTM, to retaliate in any serious way at all. They call it "escalate to de-escalate".

This is a myth. That term was coined by westerners (much to the Kremlin's delight).

Russia's stated policy only allows for nukes to be used if there is an existential threat to the Russian State. i.e. If there is a conventional army approaching Moscow, Russian doctrine reserves the right to use a nuclear weapon.

Even the threat of using nukes in Ukraine violates the NPT. Nuclear Weapons States (the P5) pledge not to use or threaten to use a nuclear weapon against any Non-nuclear Weapon State.

 

[EvilEyeFleegle]

This is a myth. That term was coined by westerners (much to the Kremlin's delight).

Russia's stated policy only allows for nukes to be used if there is an existential threat to the Russian State. i.e. If there is a conventional army approaching Moscow, Russian doctrine reserves the right to use a nuclear weapon.

Even the threat of using nukes in Ukraine violates the NPT. Nuclear Weapons States (the P5) pledge not to use or threaten to use a nuclear weapon against any Non-nuclear Weapon State.

I think that a bout of sanity will break out..after Putin dies.
The immediate issue is can Russia contain his last acts of defiance? A dying man might not give a shit..or, he might. Putin loves Russia...his version anyway.

We'll see..but Russia would cease to exist..as a nation-state..if they pop a nuke..and the Oligarchs know it.

 

[Rogue AI]

para bellum Don't be silly, the Russian missile didn't come from the west. The only way to hit Poland is by firing the air defense late. At which point, yes, you let it hit its intended target. Worse, the neo-nazis tried to cover their idiocy by lying about it.

 

[para bellum]

para bellum Don't be silly, the Russian missile didn't come from the west. The only way to hit Poland is by firing the air defense late. At which point, yes, you let it hit its intended target. Worse, the neo-nazis tried to cover their idiocy by lying about it.

The missile most likely came from the Black Sea, but it could have came from Kursk or Belgorod. Russia fired 95 missiles and drones at Ukraine infrastructure and civilian targets that day.

Either way, a failure to intercept could easily land in Poland.

And no one expects Ukraine or anyone else to *not* try to shoot down the missile in that situation.

 

[Rogue AI]

para bellum Trying is fine, so long as it isn't done stupidly or irresponsibly. The Ukraine was stupidly irresponsible and then lied about it. Two innocent Poles died, but you folks don't care about that.