''shrugs'' no idea tbh, i just know that's what was explained to me by my cousin back in the day(ex military) it makes sense when you think about it though. Why show exactly how good you're cameras are?Then why is all the drone footage being released by the Ukrainians of substantially higher quality? Or imagery the US releases? (Here's another example. And another.)
Don't the Americans take military intelligence seriously as well?
Russian Invasion of Ukraine 2022
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TheRomanSlayer
Kayabangan, Dugo, at Dangal
Hopefully the Ukrainians don’t lose an Oplot in this case
Wargamer08
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They are starting to learn why war correspondents were so highly regarded and lauded in the days of yore. It's almost as if there is actually a war on or something.
Wargamer08
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My man, have you seen the way the average journalist has behaved the last couple years? I'm shocked some aren't getting shot at from both sides.
Some of them (maybe even most of them) to be sure, but those types usually don't bother to go out into the field, do they?
Chiron
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Lost in all the reports, but here is the aftermath with Kyiv's Mayor:
Chechens oddly using an FSA Nasheed in their video. But its catchy, so meh.
The Comrade Fathers of the Orthodox Church have come through for Comrade Putin ad marshalled him fresh troops.
Not posting the feeds on the Mykolaiv Strike as Soldier's Families were on the base and many of them, including young children were killed. If you want to see them, look them up yourself, but you have been fairly warned. As for what the fuck the families were even doing on the base after the fighting started, I can't tell you. UkA will have to explain that.
Luckiest Comrades alive.
What he has to do with the war is a mystery. Especially as he is seen as a Hero in Ukraine as well...
Edit: Was more tired than I thought, forgot to link the article where Yuri Gagarin's name was removed from the rolls of honor in the "West"
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SchrodingersWehraboo
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Thoughts? “Muh hypersonics” has been a defense commentary talking point for a few years now.
Agent23
Ни шагу назад!
EDIT: found an actual video of what is supposed to be the strike:
Intel Slava Z
I think that the first Missile strike on that foreign soldier training facility made NATO/The USA shit bricks,and this will make it even worse for them.
Anyway, here is a picture of the "repair factory" that got hit:
My, looks like there are a lot of combat aircraft on the adjacent field, me wonders if perhaps a lot of their ammo didn't go out in smoke.Or maybe the actual airfield was the target, or all those aircraft are there because they are in the process of being repaired and Russia didn't target them because they are foreign-owned, dunno.
Long-term this will degrade any and all war-making abilities for Ukraine, and I stand by my theory that the actual invasion will be mostly over once the mega-cauldron in the East is closed and boiled over.
Looks like Russia is actively going after remaining Uki Airforce assets now, it might be possible that the Belarussians might try and get a piece of Rivne Oblast, as there is some Belarussian population, that would make Lovov's district encircled by foreign borders from 3 sides and get the Poles in the area to succeed from whatever is left of Ukraine and petition to join Poland proper.
It will also give Kachinski's opposition a boost in the form of "but muh suffering Polish brothers" and "gibs back our Lovov" style rhetoric.
Kachinski, btw, is the one who is the real power behind the throne in Poland's current government and a rabid Russia hater for a host of reasons, some of them apparently being his delusion that the Russians killed his brother during an airplane crash at Katin.
Long-term Lovov, the refugee waves, EU sanctions and the economic damage will probably split Poland politically.
At some point some segment of their rightwing will be like "yeah, this shit is not working, and we keep getting buttfucked by the EU, time to rethink our relationship with the Russians."
Only Nixon can go to China and all that jazz.
90% chance they take Eastern Ukraine in some form, with the Dnieper serving as the new border.
75% chance they try and cut off the South, with a new Republic appearing there.
50% chance Belarus tries to pull something off with Rivne.
70 to 90% chance that Lovov becomes a hot potato between Poland and what is left of Ukraine.
Anyways, back to events closer at hand:
Big pro-Russia/anti-NATO protests in Bulgaria despite the government trying to divert attention from the war and the USA's Affirmative Action Defense Secretary coming to beg for our C-300s to give to Ukraine by jailing, then releasing our former Prime Minister and Chief Kleptokrat of many years with the aid of the EU's prosecutor general.
Also, as with our COIVD lockdown protests this is getting next to zero coverage.
In funnier news, we get more Ukrainian crossdressing:
Intel Slava Z
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Twitter Updatery
Lithuanian (and Latvian) Aid Convoy consisting of lots of donated vehicles, especially SUV's, filled with Humanitarian Aid to be sent to the Ukraine.
A fifth? Russian General Reportedly Killed in Ukraine, this one apparently in the Kherson Raid/Strike. Also a Lieutenant General as opposed to a Major General as the other ones. Andrey Mordvichev.
Rob Lee offered some short analysis on the War and what people should be looking at in the next two weeks with four major important parts of the conflict to look at. The Joint Forces Operations Area being the Ukrainian Forces located on the Donbass Front.
A Russian Airborne Colonel was killed during fighting in the Ukraine as well reportedly.
Benny Hill moment...
Footage of the devastation of Mariupol by Russian shelling.
Ukraine war: Drone footage shows ashen aftermath of Russian offensive on Mariupol
Veteran owned Florida Gun Manufacturer KelTec is devoting a line of production to sending semi-automatic rifles to the Ukraine after attaining an Export License from the United States government in a short period of time.
americanmilitarynews.com
Lithuanian (and Latvian) Aid Convoy consisting of lots of donated vehicles, especially SUV's, filled with Humanitarian Aid to be sent to the Ukraine.
A fifth? Russian General Reportedly Killed in Ukraine, this one apparently in the Kherson Raid/Strike. Also a Lieutenant General as opposed to a Major General as the other ones. Andrey Mordvichev.
Rob Lee offered some short analysis on the War and what people should be looking at in the next two weeks with four major important parts of the conflict to look at. The Joint Forces Operations Area being the Ukrainian Forces located on the Donbass Front.
A Russian Airborne Colonel was killed during fighting in the Ukraine as well reportedly.
Benny Hill moment...
Footage of the devastation of Mariupol by Russian shelling.
Ukraine war: Drone footage shows ashen aftermath of Russian offensive on Mariupol
Veteran owned Florida Gun Manufacturer KelTec is devoting a line of production to sending semi-automatic rifles to the Ukraine after attaining an Export License from the United States government in a short period of time.
Navy veteran-owned US gunmaker sends 400 rifles to Ukraine
A former U.S. Navy pilot who owns the Florida-based gun manufacturing company KelTec sent 400 semi-automatic rifles to resistance forces in Ukraine
americanmilitarynews.com
planefag
A Flying Bundle of Sticks
You mean a bunch of boneyard MiG-23's and two MiG-21s? They've been parked out there since 2007 by the way. Museum curators of the world have suffered a great loss. Thoughts and prayers please.
Since we're on the topic of airfield strikes, the Ukrainians have released a TB-2 drone footage compilation which includes, at the beginning, the MLRS strike on Kherson airfield the drone apparently spotted for. Also gives a very good look at what MLRS cluster munitions look like when they're going off:
I would've thought that with 50+ helicopters and the airbase at Crimea close by the Russians would be able to conduct aerial patrol/ISR to keep Urkainian MLRS vehicles out of range, especially given the terrain is winter-barren, flat as a plate and almost completely devoid of any cover or concealment, but I suppose that the VKS moves in mysterious ways.
Next we have rare footage from the inside of an attack helicopter during actual combat as it engages targets - this one is from a Russian KA-52 Hokum operating near Hostomel airport.
Apparently the Russian MoD described the landing at the end as a "tactical landing operation." This operation is apparently still ongoing, as the aircraft (which was spotted at (50.61619, 30.19469) on Feb. 27th was seen still present in commercial satellite imagery taken on the 17th. I presume the pilot's ground mission is ongoing.
And lastly, an interesting "before/after" commercial satellite imagery comparison of the infamous "convoy" route:
Agent23
Ни шагу назад!
Yup, nothing like putting all those vehicles on a truck so that they can be a nice, juicy target.
And with the vans you basically get a 2 for 1.
But hey, if they want to help the Russians conserve ammo then that is their business.
Has any of this actually been corroborated by sources other than Twitter spam?
Chiron
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Russian Strikes on fuel supplies and depots are forcing the Territorial Forces to use horses and WW2 stuff. Makes sense as the UkA now has to allocate fuel carefully to those units that most need it and do the most damage. Still a DP-27 is better than nothing Comrades, but find a certified gunsmith who can convert it to RP-46.
When the war ends, and we can dig through all the censorship primarily from big tech, it will be clear to all that the UkA was getting the worst of it, never had a chance, and was only fighting so no one could say they were cowards who ran. I can respect that. And if the face to face meeting in Ankara really does go through between Zelensky and Putin, they should get in the ring and finish it there. Pay-per-view, fight till knockout. Winner takes all. And no Comrades, the Mayor of Kyiv can't be Zelensky's champion, but he can at least be Zelensky's coach.
Ladders. eh, war never really changes. I've seen garbage trucks used to force entries, ladder trucks, harpoon guns, and the like. If it works, it works, and can't argue.
Doesn't surprise me if true. Kherson City alone was home base to 4 Brigades of the UkA and those bases were seized in the first 48 hours. The 57th UkA Brigade was right on the border of Crimea at half strength when the fighting started and was routed quickly. 57th is back up to full strength now having got the other half on the rolls and absorbing the remnants of other units. At the rate the UkA is losing critical military infrastructure, depots, and fuel supplies, they will give out well before the Russians do as their reserves are moved up.
The more I go through Telegram which is not censoring Russian Media, the more clear it is that the UkA losses are either 1 to 1 vs Russia or higher than theirs, and that is not sustainable for UkA. They can still launch counter-attacks, but their gains are fleeting and reversed quickly and Russian Forces gain more ground and further improve their positions to support further offensive action.
Agent23
Ни шагу назад!
As RWA said, they couldn't last 3 days without Shtrafbats, now it looks like they can't last 3 weeks without trying to use
Tachankas, what is next?
Are these clowns larping as Nazis or as revolutionary era Bolsheviks?
This truly is the best timeline.
Ankara, Shmankara, the Coked up Clown of Kiev needs to walk barefoot to Moscow and kiss the Bog-Tzar's ring.
To motivate him further Kadirov can drive his victorious troops in front of him and behind him, and he can either almost get a sniff of coke or a cattle prod to the ass, every time that happens he is to shout as loudly as he can "Ahmat Sila!"
Knowing Kadirov, he will try to pull just that!
I can taste the soyboy tears already!
This shall be glorious.
Well, in fairness to the Russians, they were expecting a lot less resistance and are fighting with one hand behind their backs and sent pretty old equipment in, while the Ukrainians got tons of support and mercilessly used human shields.
The guys on the Duran for example think that there were a lot more Bairaktar drones based on Russian info they had seen, however that is unconfirmed.
Also, Ukraine was a lot better off than anything the USA has invaded, and the Russians are winning without the use of massive amounts of shock and awe/reducing everything to rubble with their airforce, then rolling in.
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planefag
A Flying Bundle of Sticks
That would require Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance assets that can range deep into western Ukraine to actually locate convoys, followed by strike sorties to attack them. So far no such sorties have been seen and the ISR doesn't seem to be working out so well.
But tomorrow is always a new day.
They've been improvising. With the help of some "donations" from abandoned T-72s, of course.
Russian hypersonic missile strike on Lvov, Ukraine was well worth the missile it seems.
ASB Military News on Gab: '$400 million worth of Western supplied weaponry d…'
Over $400 million USD worth of Western supplied gear up in flames with hundreds of foreign mercs getting blasted to heaven/hell as well.
Oh, and the Russians are back to their old tricks.
gab.com
ASB Military News on Gab: '$400 million worth of Western supplied weaponry d…'
Over $400 million USD worth of Western supplied gear up in flames with hundreds of foreign mercs getting blasted to heaven/hell as well.
Oh, and the Russians are back to their old tricks.
ASB Military News on Gab: 'Russian Air Force draws a giant penis in the sky …'
ASB Military News on Gab: 'Russian Air Force draws a giant penis in the sky over Crimea, — pointing into Ukraine. Second video in comments shows view from Crimea.'