Ukraine War watchers- Is Russia setting up invasion of Odessa?

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17. I don't see any real, measurable evidence Moscow can project the force necessary

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via an amphib assault. Their Black Sea fleet has made no major sorties and has been rendered impotent since summer last year to avoid another flagship being blown up.

The Russian air-force, a necessary component of any sea-born invasion has never achieved anything close to even parity in the air, let alone air command, and generally been noted only by its relative absence (most likely due (my guess only) to lack of flying hours for Russian pilots as well as the critical shortage of precision-guided munitions).


Both the Hudson Institute and CSIS conclude that as it stands, Russia (and specifically its Black Sea Fleet) simply does not have the logistical capacity or throughput to engage in a seaborne assault of the magnitude it would require.