Zelensky didn’t come away with much with his ATACMS attack, and it’s doubtful the Russians will take it nuclear or even start World War III over the provocation. It will have no impact on the war; Russia will win. From Simplicius at simplicius76.substack.com:
As could be expected, immediately upon receipt of “authorization” from Biden, Ukraine reportedly launched an ATACMS strike on the Russian 67th GRAU depot in Bryansk region.
The difference this time is the Russian MOD themselves officially announced the usage of 6 ATACMS, of which 5 they claim were shot down:
Another report claimed that Ukrainian official sources reported Russia only shot down 2 out of the 6. It’s difficult to believe shoot down claims from either side, as both regularly make up “shoot downs” to cover for successful strikes, but in this case we’ll see when the BDA satellite photos appear if there’s any real damage commensurate with more than one hit.
But first let’s get a few things straight. Multiple people have suggested the one clear video of the strike is infact recycled footage, with claims that even NASA’s FIRMS map has refuted any large scale explosions took place:
Reading that Frenchy Storm Shadow fired into RF territory by UKES.
RF “Doomsday” Control Plane circles Moscow.
(H/T-JR)
FUSA only has 50 ATACMS to spare.
Disarming ourselves to defend other places?
WTF?!
This just in from Skelethal:
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