Well, howdy there internet people, let's bow again. So today we are going to talk

about Ukraine and we are going to talk about special things that happen sometimes.

We are going to talk about what we know, we're going to talk about what Russia believes

they know, we're going to talk about what the most likely primary and

secondary objectives were

and we are going to talk about things that go bump in the night.

Okay, so if you missed it, Ukrainian Special Operations engaged in a insertion into Crimea.

Around 4 a.m. a number of inflatable boats zodiacs I don't know if they were

actually zodiacs but the little rubber boats with the engine on the back that you see in all

the you know the special operations movies some of those went ashore Ukrainian

special operations they hoisted a flag.

There was almost certainly an engagement of some kind.

That is what we know, okay?

And that's all we know, Because Ukraine smartly is not saying exactly what occurred.

Now, what does Russia think they know?

If you look at the reporting and by reporting in this case I'm not

talking about Russian state TV, I'm talking about internal conversations, their

telegram channels, the military bloggers, all of that.

Somewhere between two and eight boats came ashore, maybe.

They might have used mortars from the sea. It is possible that they successfully hit a plane and a Sam facility and they might have also engaged another facility.

There is reporting that some were, some Ukrainians were hit.

But they don't know how many were there. Now by the time it's all said and done, trust me Russia is going to say that they got everybody and it

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