https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7937102/australia-could-train-ukrainian-t...



Updated October 11 2022 - 9:23am, first published 9:20am







Australian troops could help train Ukraine's armed forces following Russia's "appalling" attack on Kyiv, Defence Minister Richard Marles has declared.

Russia has launched a barrage of missiles at Kyiv, which Vladimir Putin claims is in retaliation for the blowing up of the Crimean bridge built by Moscow to supply its military.

At least 11 people have been killed following the assault.

Mr Marles said he was with Ukraine's Ambassador to Australia Vasyl Myroshnychenko when the "appalling" missile offensive was launched at the country's capital.

"The sense of heartbreak was really palpable," he told Sky News on Tuesday.

"We need to be making sure we are supporting Ukraine over the long term so that we're putting them in a position where they can actually resolve this conflict and end it on their own terms."

Mr Marles said sending Australian personnel to train Ukrainian forces was under consideration, as was supplying extra weaponry Ukraine has called for.

"Training is one of the measures that is being looked at," he said.

"We will be working up further support for Ukraine and that's a conversation that we're having."

Mr Myroshnychenko labelled the latest Russian attack "horrendous" and said his children grew up near a playground hit by one of the missiles.

"The only purpose is to scare people, to terrorise people," he told ABC News Breakfast.

"It is sending a strong message - that is, Russian revenge for the Kerch Bridge (linking the Crimean peninsula).

"It is only intimidation and it is psychological pressure. This is a war crime, what Russians have done, and they will be held to account."

Mr Myroshnychenko called on the government to provide more support to his nation.

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton said Ukraine "deserves our support" and the government should listen "carefully" to the requests of Kyiv.

"There is a role for Australian troops in training, particularly if we're giving equipment," he told Sky News.

Australian Associated Press

chimera wrote on Oct 11^th, 2022 at 3:47pm:



I think it might prudent if we try and stay out of that war?

https://www.unz.com/pescobar/terror-on-crimea-bridge-forces-russia-to-unleash-sh...








Bastrykin told Putin, “we have already established the route of the truck, where the explosion took place. Bulgaria, Georgia, Armenia, North Ossetia, Krasnodar… The carriers have been identified. With the help of operatives of the FSB, we managed to identify suspects.”

Russian intel leaked crucial info to military correspondent Alexander Kots. The cargo was ordered by a Ukrainian citizen: explosives packed in 22 pallets, in rolls of film under plastic wrap, were shipped from Bulgaria to the Georgian port of Poti. Afterwards, the cargo was loaded onto a truck with foreign license plates and proceeded overland to Armenia.

Clearance at the Armenia-Russia border was smooth – according to the rules of the Eurasian Customs Union (both Russia and Armenia are members of the Eurasian Economic Union, or EAEU). The cargo evidently avoided detection through X-rays. This route is standard for truckers traveling to Russia.

The truck then re-entered Georgia and crossed the border into Russia again, but this time through the Upper Lars checkpoint. That’s the same one used by thousands of Russians fleeing partial mobilization. The truck ended up in Armavir, where the cargo was transferred to another truck, under the responsibility of Mahir Yusubov: the one that entered the Crimean bridge coming from the Russian mainland.

Very important: the transport from Armavir to a delivery address in Simferopol should have happened on October 6-7: that is, timed to the birthday of President Putin on Friday the 7th. For some unexplained reason, that was postponed for a day.

The driver of the first truck is already testifying. Yusubov,
the driver of the second truck – which exploded on the bridge – was “blind:”
he had no idea what he was carrying, and is dead.

At this stage, two conclusions are paramount.

First: This was not a standard ISIS-style truck suicide bombing – the preferred interpretation in the aftermath of the terror attack.

Second: The packaging most certainly took place in Bulgaria. That, as Russian intel has cryptically implied, indicates the involvement of “foreign special services.”

issuevoter wrote on Oct 12^th, 2022 at 8:28am:



The tracks are easy to replace -
it's whether the structure of the bridge is beyond a fast repair.

'Russian news agencies quoted the deputy prime minister, Marat Khusnullin, as saying the divers would start work on Sunday at 6am, with a more detailed survey above the waterline expected to be complete by the end of the day'.

So first examine underwater....

https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-war-what-do-satellite-images-of-the-kerch-bri...
The undamaged road appears blacker than the collapsed road. This suggests the underneath blast lifted the broken part which then deflected the blast onto the surface to the side, blackening it.

The deflection may have sent the heat to the train.