Preliminary
Recently, the Russian Ukrainian battlefield has had a major impact on the situation, the Ukrainian army first covered with drones, and then precisely bombed the Bergorod reservoir dam with the "Hymas" rocket cannon.
This explosion caused the lower river Donetsk water level to rise, directly disrupting the supply lines of the Russian military four brigades, and armored vehicles fell into the mud and could not move.
In the face of this situation, Putin not only angered that this was a "war crime", but also directly officially announced the "Haiyan" nuclear-powered cruise missile test completed, the wave of confrontation, it is not easy to stop the escalation of the situation.
Floods cut supply lines
Have you noticed that the Ukrainian army has understood the "precision strike" in this move?
In the two days from October 25th to 26th, they first used hundreds of drones as "bait" to trick the Russian air defense system into being too busy to touch the ground. Then three US-made "Haimas" rocket launchers went straight to the dam. Go to the gate.
Although the Russian army stopped 34 drones, the gate control area of the dam was still smashed, and the three-story operation building collapsed into ruins.
This "Hamas" is not an ordinary weapon, with a total weight of 10 tons, can be launched in the transport aircraft, landing 15 minutes can open fire, 16 seconds can lock the target.
With this flexibility and accuracy, one hit a point, directly paralyze the dam drainage system.
As of October 29, the water level of the reservoir has dropped by 1.2 meters, and the downstream Donets River has directly risen into a "big river", soaking all the Russian trenches and bunkers in Vovchansk in the water.
The Russian media's telegram channels were all smashed: The supply lines of four Russian brigades were completely cut off。 Those light armored vehicles were stuck in the mud and could not move. The troops that had crossed the river before became "isolated islands", and it was difficult to join the main force.
To know when the summer, the river here is about to dry, the Russian truck can directly open on the river bed, supplies delivered what is called a good. now well, the flood bubbles, before the 82nd Navy Corps of Army was directly destroyed, only a command department left to withdraw to complete.
However, the Russian army did not sit still and wait for death. Now it has set up an encirclement in Kupyansk and Red Army City, trapping tens of thousands of Ukrainian troops inside, making it clear that they want to fight a "war of annihilation."
Although the Ukrainian army took the opportunity to recover three villages and shot down a Ka-52 helicopter on October 29, it was still far from completely reversing the situation.
Nuclear deterrence head-to-head
To be honest, Russia's counterattack came quickly and fiercely.
As soon as the dam was blown, Putin directly called it a "war crime." He turned around and sent missiles and drones to blow up 147 targets in Ukraine. Electricity was cut out in half of Kiev, making heating a problem in winter.
It's even more tense here in Belgorod. More than 1,000 residents in 10 settlements downstream have all been evacuated urgently, fearing that the dam will collapse again and 12 streets will be flooded.
The most worrying thing is nuclear deterrence.
On October 26, Putin directly announced that the Haiyan nuclear-powered cruise missile has completed key tests。
What's wrong with this missile? It does not need to carry a pile of fuel and relies on small nuclear reactors to generate electricity. It can fly in the sky for 15 hours, travel 14,000 kilometers, and circle the earth without any problem.
And it can fly on the ground, and it can also change its path, and the existing missile defense system can not stop at all.
To be honest, this is a “move nuclear bomb” that frightened people, and clearly warned Ukraine and NATO: don’t play with fire.
There was also a huge uproar internationally this time.
The United Nations held an emergency meeting, but as a result, no resolution was made because of the mutual pinch between Russia and the United States.
The Russian side blamed the Ukrainian army with the Geneva Conventions, but the West pretended to be confused.
The United States simply added 500 million dollars in aid directly to the “Patriot” air defense system; the European Union also followed up with new sanctions and targeted the Russian military-industrial supply chain.
They really want to stop, no one dares.
Civilians have committed serious crimes.
From another perspective, the most unlucky people in this war are still ordinary people.
As of October 30, floods and airstrikes have killed 58 people, including 29 Russian civilians and more than 2,000 homeless.
Some Russian soldiers took a video complaining that the bunker was completely flooded and trembled with cold; It's even worse in Ukraine. There is a girl in Kiev who just entered elementary school. She was fine at home, but she was injured by a drone bombing. Now she can only look at the ruins in the hospital and cry.
The environment is also affected.
The water of the Donets River mixed with sediment and chemicals rushed downstream, killing a piece of fish and cutting off the migration routes of all three fish species.
Previously, the Kahovka Dam was bombed, and the flood brought a pile of mines and pollutants, creating a 20-kilometer "death zone" that could not be recovered for decades.
Now this situation is estimated to be another rubbish, and farms must also be destroyed.
What's even worse is that winter is coming.
Ukraine's power grid was almost overwhelmed by the explosion. Kiev has a power outage for more than 6 hours a day. Generators in supermarkets have been robbed, and prices have doubled several times.
A 55-year-old retailer said: “Now I’m not afraid of bombing, I’m afraid of power outages.
Climbing the eighth floor can withstand, the winter has no heat, it is really not to survive.
The evacuated people in Belgorod were even worse. They were crowded in temporary resettlement sites, with insufficient quilts and heating, and even those who stuttered had to rely on relief.
conclusion
To put it bluntly, this battle is "immortals fight, and mortals suffer".
The Ukrainian army blew up the dam and the Russian army threw missiles. Both sides shouted to win, but those who suffered were the common people who hoped for a stable life.
What strategic tactics, nuclear deterrence, in the end, not even civilians pay? winter is coming, I really hope that this gunshot can stop sooner, otherwise the guilty people will only be more and more.