Okay, looks like the Ukrainians are channeling their Inner Squaddies there.
"Nice tank. We'll take it."
"Nice tank. We'll take it."
Russian Invasion of Ukraine 2022
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Some nerd did comparisons of Russia's armored military vehicles in active service with documented losses according to Oryx. The numbers from the Military Balance in 2022 do not include vehicles in storage, of which Russia obviously has (or had) many.
Long Range Ukrainian UAV Strikes a Russian Borisoglebsk-2 Electronic Warfare Station over twenty kilometers beyond the frontlines.
US Military Transfers A Brigades Worth of Houthi Weapons Shipments to Ukraine. This includes about five thousand small arms including machine guns and RPG's as well as a half million rounds of ammunition.
Russian Military Press/Propaganda Team was apparently eliminated by a Ukrainian Artillery Strike near Kreminna in Northeastern Ukraine.
Russian reports of Starlink Connectivity Issues.
Long Range Ukrainian UAV Strikes a Russian Borisoglebsk-2 Electronic Warfare Station over twenty kilometers beyond the frontlines.
US Military Transfers A Brigades Worth of Houthi Weapons Shipments to Ukraine. This includes about five thousand small arms including machine guns and RPG's as well as a half million rounds of ammunition.
Russian Military Press/Propaganda Team was apparently eliminated by a Ukrainian Artillery Strike near Kreminna in Northeastern Ukraine.
Russian reports of Starlink Connectivity Issues.
Wait, those weapons were confiscated from the Houthi Rats? Well, that's an appropriate way of supplying one ally from another enemy, haha.
It was captured at sea.
Three Russian S-400 SAM Launchers May Have Been Destroyed in a Ukrainian Strike on Dzhankoy Air Base in Northern Crimea. A radar station and troop barracks may have also been struck. Russian Mi-28 and Ka-52 Attack Helicopters are based here as well.
Reports of a Ukrainian Drone Strike on a Russian Aircraft Factory in Tatarstan that services Russia's Strategic Bombers such as the Tu-160 and Tu-22. Located about a thousand kilometers from Ukraine, its as of yet unknown if anything was struck or if the drones were intercepted/missed.
Russia utilizing Iranian-made 130mm Artillery Ammunition for their fairly old (1950's era) M-46 Field Guns.
Fourteen people killed and sixty wounded when reportedly three Iskander Missiles Struck a residential neighborhood in the Northern Ukrainian City of Chernihiv. A Gynecology Clinic which was recently rebuilt after being damaged in a Russian strike in 2022 was apparently among the struck facilities.
Twitter Thread on how Economic Sanctions Affecting Russian LNG Industry as their tankers are unable to offload their goods even when arriving at destination or facing problems of payment even after delivery.
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Reports of a Ukrainian Drone Strike on a Russian Aircraft Factory in Tatarstan that services Russia's Strategic Bombers such as the Tu-160 and Tu-22. Located about a thousand kilometers from Ukraine, its as of yet unknown if anything was struck or if the drones were intercepted/missed.
Russia utilizing Iranian-made 130mm Artillery Ammunition for their fairly old (1950's era) M-46 Field Guns.
Fourteen people killed and sixty wounded when reportedly three Iskander Missiles Struck a residential neighborhood in the Northern Ukrainian City of Chernihiv. A Gynecology Clinic which was recently rebuilt after being damaged in a Russian strike in 2022 was apparently among the struck facilities.
Twitter Thread on how Economic Sanctions Affecting Russian LNG Industry as their tankers are unable to offload their goods even when arriving at destination or facing problems of payment even after delivery.
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@BlangerRick: WHO SAID SANCTIONS DON'T WORK? 1/6 Russia has been exporting gas in LNG form from the LNG2 facility in the arctic. However it’s run into problems, and this week NOVTEK who operate the plant has...…
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It probably has a lot of potential clients that use old ass 130mm Soviet artillery in their ongoing campaigns to bring Democratic Liberation to the Global South.
Some captures, lots of artillery imported from China since the Iran-Iraq war, which is copies of Soviet stuff.
Buba
A total creep
OK. And with embargos it makes sense for Best Islamic Republic to make its own ammo. Selling it to others (either on price or pissing over sanctions) is a side benefit, I'd guess.
SoliFortissimi
Well-known member
Dear me, looks like the was/were army will have the last laugh after all.
A bill finally passed the house, authorizing $95 billion in spending in support of Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan and packaged with legislation to compel the divestment of TikTok from Chinese Communist Party Owned companies within one year. It also includes additional sanctions against Russia and Iran. It still has to pass the Senate but that actually seems pretty likely at this juncture.
Almost $61 billion of the bill is focused on Aid to Ukraine, though if previously aid is any indication, two thirds of the money will be spent and invested in America. Of the just under $61 billion for Ukraine, around $23 billion will be spent on replenishing US weapon stockpiles and facilities. Another $26 billion will be going to Israel including over $9 billion in Humanitarian Aid and just over $8 billion for the Indo-Pacific Region, primarily Taiwan.
The bill passed the House 311-112 with 112 Republicans dissenting. Trump himself expressed support for passing Aid to Ukraine in a statement on April 12th.
Almost $61 billion of the bill is focused on Aid to Ukraine, though if previously aid is any indication, two thirds of the money will be spent and invested in America. Of the just under $61 billion for Ukraine, around $23 billion will be spent on replenishing US weapon stockpiles and facilities. Another $26 billion will be going to Israel including over $9 billion in Humanitarian Aid and just over $8 billion for the Indo-Pacific Region, primarily Taiwan.
The bill passed the House 311-112 with 112 Republicans dissenting. Trump himself expressed support for passing Aid to Ukraine in a statement on April 12th.
Lord Sovereign
The resident Britbong
There’s going to be more than a few sighs of relief in Kyiv tonight.
prinCZess
Warrior, Writer, Performer, Perv
The bill did have some hundreds of millions of dollars for 'refugee and entrant assistance' included on its own, and was intentionally split apart from HR2 (the 'sweetener' border bill that was talked about in prior months--much as I don't think that one was a good idea just because e-verify is fricken terrifying). Congress directing funding to specific usages on border security as that bill did nullifies much of executive discretion when it's blanketed to agencies wholesale (which was a problem in prior bills on the topic that just assigned funds to CBP), and certainly is better than more refugee assistance.
More broadly, once again the bill is just Republican jello-spining in full effect. When you have something every member of the minority wants, you have leverage to pass other things you want alongside of it. Johnson's promise not to do omnibus bills went dodo quick, but instead of using the package of Ukraine-Israel-Taiwan aid (and refugee assistance, and economic assistance and etc.) to obtain more Republican priorities, he used it to just pass the thing Democrats wanted with a minority of Republican votes. It's McCarthy's debt-limit surrender all over again. From a pure political-strategy perspective it was an abject failure even independent of all argument about its merits.
Russian Tu-22 Backfire Bomber was Shot Down over three hundred kilometers away from the Ukrainian Border during a missile launching mission. All four crewmembers were reportedly killed with the other bombers apparently cancelling the strike mission. A Ukrainian S-200 was reportedly used to fell the bomber, potentially similar to the S-200 used to down an A-50 Airborne Electronic Warfare Aircraft back in February over Russian Airspace.
Analysis of the Russian Turtle Tanks, the next generation evolution of the Russian Main Battle Tank.
Rest in Peace Russell "Texas" Bentley, a Communist activist, failed pro-Marijuana Legalization Candidate, felony drug trafficker and later fugitive from justice who eventually served five years in prison born from a wealthy Texas family. In 2014 he left for Donetsk to become a Russian propagandist and ditched his old family to marry a Russian wife and vowing to liberate and de-Nazify Kyiv to bring into the Slavic Union, then cross the English Channel, and eventually liberate the United States.
Sadly, he will never see that future as he disappeared while in Donetsk City, turning up dead a week later. His wife alleges he was kidnapped by Russian soldiers. Some reports state he showed signs of being raped before being killed with reports varying as to whether he was shot to death, or beaten to death... or some combination of both due to accusations of him being a NATO spy.
He was sixty four years old.
Analysis of the Russian Turtle Tanks, the next generation evolution of the Russian Main Battle Tank.
Rest in Peace Russell "Texas" Bentley, a Communist activist, failed pro-Marijuana Legalization Candidate, felony drug trafficker and later fugitive from justice who eventually served five years in prison born from a wealthy Texas family. In 2014 he left for Donetsk to become a Russian propagandist and ditched his old family to marry a Russian wife and vowing to liberate and de-Nazify Kyiv to bring into the Slavic Union, then cross the English Channel, and eventually liberate the United States.
Sadly, he will never see that future as he disappeared while in Donetsk City, turning up dead a week later. His wife alleges he was kidnapped by Russian soldiers. Some reports state he showed signs of being raped before being killed with reports varying as to whether he was shot to death, or beaten to death... or some combination of both due to accusations of him being a NATO spy.
He was sixty four years old.
Pentagon Already Poised to Start Shipping $1 billion in new military Aid to Ukraine as soon as President Biden approves the bill.
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United States Secretly Shipped Long Range Missiles to Ukraine, an extended range version of the ATACMS that came out of the already approved Military Aid to Ukraine but went unannounced. The Missiles were apparently used to strike at a military Airbase in Southern Crimea last week and just yesterday, Russian troops in the occupied port of Berdyansk on the Sea of Azov. Around a hundred ATACMS Missiles were part of a $300 million military Aid shipment to Ukraine that went unannounced.
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Britain Announced a 500 million pound military Aid package for Ukraine which will include more Storm Shadow Cruise Missiles, 1600 air defense missiles, 400 military vehicles and sixty boats.
Ukrainians Air Dropping Caltrops on the Road to Disable and Immobilize Vehicles so they can be more easily targeted by FPV drones and other strikes.
US Government has been working with Starlink to limited the use of the Starlink Internet Service by Russian Forces.
Recent Missile Strike by the Russians a Few Days Ago Toppled the Tall Kharkiv Television Tower.
Russians Showing Footage of them Having Captured a Leopard 2A6 Main Battle Tank. Red Effect video on the possible fallout.
AP News said:
Pentagon set to send $1 billion in new military aid to Ukraine once Biden signs bill
The $95 billion foreign aid package, including billions for Israel and Taiwan, gained Senate approval Tuesday and President Joe Biden said he would sign it Wednesday.
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United States Secretly Shipped Long Range Missiles to Ukraine, an extended range version of the ATACMS that came out of the already approved Military Aid to Ukraine but went unannounced. The Missiles were apparently used to strike at a military Airbase in Southern Crimea last week and just yesterday, Russian troops in the occupied port of Berdyansk on the Sea of Azov. Around a hundred ATACMS Missiles were part of a $300 million military Aid shipment to Ukraine that went unannounced.
New York Times said:
U.S. Secretly Shipped New Long-Range Missiles to Ukraine
Ukrainian forces for the first time used a longer-range version of weapons known as ATACMS, striking an airfield in Crimea and Russian troops in southeastern Ukraine.
Britain Announced a 500 million pound military Aid package for Ukraine which will include more Storm Shadow Cruise Missiles, 1600 air defense missiles, 400 military vehicles and sixty boats.
Ukrainians Air Dropping Caltrops on the Road to Disable and Immobilize Vehicles so they can be more easily targeted by FPV drones and other strikes.
US Government has been working with Starlink to limited the use of the Starlink Internet Service by Russian Forces.
Recent Missile Strike by the Russians a Few Days Ago Toppled the Tall Kharkiv Television Tower.
Russians Showing Footage of them Having Captured a Leopard 2A6 Main Battle Tank. Red Effect video on the possible fallout.