Russia and Ukraine flashpoint

[EpicRandy]

Cobretti2 said:

Here is another thought.

Human Error? All it takes is someone to punch in the wrong degrees (and not many) and instead of hitting Ukraine it hits Poland. Are there any places in Ukraine along the same longitude that were worth hitting for Russia to cause major damage to the power grid?

If human error is the case you got to wonder how much trained military Russia has left.

Hopefully it doesn't start WW3 but rather forces Russia to rethink that it could and pull out of Ukraine.

It certainly is a human error or malfunction. After all we did witness in the past a russian missile do a complete 180° and fall right back where it was launched. Also Russia stupidity would reach new height if they willfully poke Nato with missile. But if that's the case, it falls on Russia to come clean asap offer condolence, apologies, offer reparation and/or concession and reassure Poland that it would not happen again. But all they do is to deny the incident, which can only be interpreted as bad faith from them.

However in the end it does not really matters. Poland security is not assured and a repeat of the incident is possible. Also the missile hit 15km deep inside poland. How much citizen are now at risk?

While I agree a direct conflict should be avoided here. It is reasonable for Nato to take defensive action. This incident might be the one that will push Nato to finaly close Ukraine sky.

Last edited by EpicRandy - on 15 November 2022