Russia and Ukraine

[Thumpalumpacus]

Love it...but who's gonna fire off the nukes?

They also unassed their only remaining carrier (you know, the one that had to sail with a tug just in case) recently, and took that ship's crew to form a mechanized assault battalion.

In a surprising development, Russia has seemingly formed a mechanised battalion from the crew of its only aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov.

This new unit is reportedly involved in ground operations in Ukraine, according to open-source intelligence researcher Moklasen on X (formerly Twitter).

Initially stationed in the Kharkiv region, the battalion has since been redeployed to the Pokrovsk sector, according to the Ukrainian military. The formation of the battalion came to light after a message was shared on Russian social media platform Vkontakte, requesting help in locating personnel from military unit 78987.

This unit recently gained attention following the disappearance of Oleg Sosedov, a sailor from the Admiral Kuznetsov, who went missing during a Russian operation in the Kharkiv region in July. Sosedov, also linked to the battalion, was last seen during an assault on the frontier village of Sotnytskii Kozachok.

https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/russian-...n-ukraine/

No doubt a bunch of swabbies can storm a trench with aplomb.