Ukraine (Mod Note & Threadbanned Users in OP)

Is Russia trying to keep the Ukranians army out of range of Crimea?

Does Ukraine now need to advance much further from the city to get Crimea in its sights?

There's a video of the Ukrainians using himars pointed right at the banks of the Dnieper this morning.

An absolute barrage of missiles, impressive really.

The himars have really proved themselves to be extremely effective weapons

THIS:

What a great day for Ukraine and hopefully more to come

A resident was quoted as saying that the Russians were agressive, unfriendly and very moody.

Might that be bc the resistance was strong enough to ruin their PR presentation towards the civilian population?

I mean it must be obvious that they needed to put on a friendly face towards the supposedly liberated population.

Just couldn't make the pretence bc they weren't allowed to "make themselves at home"?

I reckon it is an easier life to be part of the Ukrainian army than to be a civilian in a part of the country occupied by Russia.(maybe that is obvious)

It's still a very likely possibility now that they have shown they can strike the kirsch bridge and ships with their new naval drones ,they have already caused the blacksea fleet to be locked in at svastaspol which leaves them open to other attacks such as drones or missles from either HiMars or attack aircraft

News seems to be getting better and better for the Ukrainians.

Comfirmation in that they've retake control of the dam and therefore yet again control the water supply to Crimea. That in itself should be interesting.

They've apparently launched two successful amphibious assaults to the south of Kherson and to the east across the Dnieper.

Oleshky it appears has been liberated but it's not 100% yet, the Ukrainians have asked for oeprational silence on their southern flank and if we move back to their Donbas assault, it would seem that Russia has suffered some intense losses ar svatove and are in retreat which would mean that the cities of Kreminna, Rubizhne and Severodonetsk are now for the taking.

The week has really built itself for a cracker for the UA.

And it seems the Russians are bringing back from retirement their tanks from the 60s, really scrapping the bottom of the barrel now.

Two dead after stray Russian missiles strike Poland. Both Poland and Hungary convening their defence councils, according to the Guardian. The Baltics making noises about “brothers in arms” and defending “every inch of NATO territory.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/nov/15/russia-ukraine-war-live-news-updates-kherson-victory-marks-beginning-of-end-of-russian-war-zelenskiy-says#top-of-blog

Poland and NATO have a huge decision to make here. Escalating the war is surely in nobody’s interest when Russia is on the back foot and Putin has decided (for now) to tone down the nuclear rhetoric? Surely a strike on Russia is out of the question then. Could they now justify committing NATO boots on the ground in Ukraine, or ATACMS, to push the Russians out of striking distance of NATO?