Kerch bridge attack - missing russian generals explained - drone wars

Ukraine War Update July 17th 2023
Russian Special Military Operation

Kerch Bridge attack - map

Kerch straits only access to the Sea of Azov

Major Russian supply line

Dual carriageway for cars and dual carriage for trains

Oct 2022 - Ukrainian Truck bomb - destroyed - a section of the bridge

Today - appears to be missile strike has caused a span of the car bridge to fail - with 2 fatalities - some horrifying footage

There is talk that Ukraine may have reprogrammed some Soviet S-200 AD missiles (range 300km) or SS and SCALP.

This will see reprisals from Russia as - likely a SS or French SCALP - given the distance, and the fact that Russia considers Crimea and the Kerch bridge to be Russian territory - seen as direct missile attack with UK or French missile on Russia.

This will not extend the Black Sea Grain Deal

The Missing Generals

Let me speculate….

Much noise recently from Ukrainian channels that RUssia is undertaking a purge of military commanders due to them not being loyal to President Putin…. However Military Summary Channel has suggested something else may be going on and I tend to agree.

In the last month:
General Surivikin Russian army general serving as Commander-in-Chief of the Aerospace Forces
Has not been seen publicly since his video addressing Evgeny Prigozhin during the insurgency - much speculation that he has been imprisoned for disloyalty.

Colonel General Mikhail Teplinsky, Popov, Mizintsev, Seliverstov,

Kharkov
Missile strike - reportedly struck two trains that were loaded with NATO equipment.

Lancet Drones - 200K 1m in development - Alexander Zakharov - gave a tour of factory and described the new version Lancet drones. New version Izdeliye-53 - new swarming capability - one can detect a group of targets and call in other loitering munitions to join the attack.

1 FPV drone - can do what 10s or hundreds of shells could do - so while we speak about ammunition shortages - bugger concern may be drone shortages.

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