Russian Invasion of Ukraine 2022

[ATP]

Unbelievable - doing the same shit, i.e. using - and wasting - trained sailors as PBI.
For some reason repeating 1854 - when there actualy was rationale for it - has become a staple of Russian military SMO.
A SNCO from an aviation ASW unit doing groundpounder stuff?
WTF?
What next? Boomer crews diverted into driving IFVs - or leading bayonet charges?

Long tradition.If i remember correctly,they lost one mountain dyvision when they used it in failed attempt to retake Crimea.
Problem is,they used it as landing from sea...
Well,maybe it have sense.It was well trained mountain troops,if they wait in reserve they could start thinking.

Main reason why soviet troops do not mass mutined,except german stupidity - soviets killed them before they remain on front too long.

 

[Bacle]

 

[Husky_Khan]

Whoa. Seems to go even deeper.



For more context these ex-Wagner PMC Fighters were being interviewed by Gulagu, a Russian Prisoners Rights NGO that's apparently also been trying to arrange visas to extricate witnesses to safe countries. Back in the Fall of 2021 they released several stories about widespread sodomy, sexual abuse and systematic torture of prisoners taking place in the Russian prison system.

 

[lloyd007]

While I can easily believe it based on Russia's actions regarding Bucha / Mariupol / cruise missiling apartment blocks. I can also easily believe they're telling their captors what they want to hear, with or without coaching, especially since Wagners are a breed apart from the regular military and don't have the same trained / drilled / otherwise instilled loyalties towards the Russian state but rather a far more mercenary philosophy.

 

[Husky_Khan]

More leaked details on Egypt's role in the Ukraine War being allegedly revealed. Egypt paused its plans to supply Russia with forty thousand rockets secretly after talks with US Officials and instead decided to produce 152mm and 155mm artillery ammunition for Ukraine.



Also S-300VM Air Defense Systems, Apparently Meant for Export to Egypt, were instead being used by Russian Forces in Ukraine.



M2A2 Bradley IFV's Showing Up in Ukrainian Camo Patterns and Paintjobs.



Ukrainian River Patrol Boat Taken Out on the Dnipro River near Zaporizhzhia.



Allegations of the Ongoing Tradition of "Field Wives" Continuing in the Ukrainian Special Military Operation. Longer thread.

 

[Husky_Khan]

Putin visiting the troops, or Commanders at least, in the Kherson and Luhansk Region



President Zelensky meanwhile visited the city of Avdiivka on the front lines in the Donetsk Oblast.



Russians Confiscating Civilian Boats in the Kherson Region



There Goes The Ministry of Culture Building in Bakhmut.



One Leopard 2A4 Tank somehow decapitated another during the training of Ukrainian forcrs in Poland.

 

[lordhen]

One Leopard 2A4 Tank somehow decapitated another during the training of Ukrainian forcrs in Poland.

The Russians still keep 1st place in turret tossing.

 

[The Whispering Monk]

One Leopard 2A4 Tank somehow decapitated another during the training of Ukrainian forcrs in Poland.

Almost had this happen to a pair of Abrams in Ft. Irwin, CA. One was coming over a hill the 2nd was using as cover. Rolled right over it and down the other side.

 

[Husky_Khan]

Long thread detailing Russian Defenses in one part of Southern Ukraine.

Belts of Dragons Teeth likely covered with Minefields. A defensive line 300-500 meters back with trenches, dugouts and vehicle emplacements.



Danish M/97 Personal Mine Clearing System in Ukrainian Service.



Slovenian M-55S Tanks and American M2A2 Bradley ODS-SA Infantry Fighting Vehicles serving with the 47th Mechanized Brigade.



Russia alleges Ukraine Struck a Military Commissariat in the Russian Bryansk Oblast.



Russian Electrical Substation in Belgorod Allegedly Set Ablaze by a Ukrainian Drone Attack.

 

[Husky_Khan]

Another round of US Military Aid to the tune of $325 million. One entry of interest perhaps are the "precision aerial munitions."



First Documented Media of Turkish TRLG-230 Guided Missiles in Possession of Ukrainian Armed Forces. Range of seventy kilometers with a forty two kilogram warhead.



Ukraine Also Receiving PS-70 Radars from Sweden in Addition to the RBS-70 Short Range Air Defense Systems



Russian Wagner Soldier Sporting an FN Scar Assault Rifle Whilst in Bakhmut.



Accounts of Russian Mobiks Being Forced or Coerced to Sign Contracts With Wagner PMC including being held captive by them and hidden away from Russian military authorities.

 

[Husky_Khan]

Combat Footage from near Bakhmut taken by a Ukrainian soldier during a Russian Assault/Bombardment.

Warning, it does show (blurred) casualties up close and people getting shot by gunfire/grenades and the like.



And in Tweet form.

 

[Marduk]

Combat Footage from near Bakhmut taken by a Ukrainian soldier during a Russian Assault/Bombardment.

Warning, it does show (blurred) casualties up close and people getting shot by gunfire/grenades and the like.



And in Tweet form.

Love it how subtitles use the term "orcs" while the soldiers really use a very colorful term for male homosexuals.

 

[Husky_Khan]

Military Aid Package from Canada Announced. Includes Anti-Material Sniper Rifles, radio stations and bridging equipment.



Germany Says it's Sending a second IRIS-T System to Ukraine. They also sent a hundred Patriot missiles to Ukraine along with the Patriot System they donated.



First Documented Loss of a Ukrainian AN/TPQ-37 counter-artillery Radar to a loitering Munition strike.



First Documented Media of the US Made Switchblade-600 Loitering Munition, or at least wreckage of it. Taken by Russians.



Russian Su-34 somehow released aerial ordinance onto the Russian city of Belgorod near the border of Ukraine. It reduced a building to a crater and reportedly injured at least twice people.

 

[strunkenwhite]

"abnormal descent of aviation munitions"
followed by rapid unplanned disassembly no doubt

 

[Husky_Khan]

Czech Military Deliveries to Ukraine, including 37 of the T-72EA Tanks which are being financed by the United States and Netherlands.



Ukraine's Soviet-era Air Defense Systems are Sourcing Air Defense Missiles From Lots of Places, Including these missiles for the Osa System from Jordanian Stocks apparently.



Head of the Russian Rusich Paramilitary Group States They Aren't Fighting Ukrainian Neo-Nazis but for "living space."

"abnormal descent of aviation munitions"
followed by rapid unplanned disassembly no doubt

Apparently it was two bombs. One hasn't exploded.......... yet.



There is even video of the Boom. Russian drivers acting like Russian drivers.

 

[Bacle]

UK Defense Ministry: Russia cancels WWII march as it could highlight scope of its losses in Ukraine

This year, Russia’s annual May 9 celebrations to commemorate the Soviet Union's victory against Nazi Germany will not include the traditional "Immortal Regiment" march where Russians commemorate their fallen.

kyivindependent.com

Heh, the Russian May Day festivbities won't have the 'Immortal Regiment' memorial march this year. Guess the Kremlin doesn't want to show how bad the losses have been in Ukraine.

It may have something to do with the fact Wagner's head has openly said even he doesn't think their are any 'Nazi's' to defeat in Ukraine.

 

[Husky_Khan]

Apparently the Bomb Release Over Belgorod might not of been accidental at all. Russian jets might be releasing 'glide bombs' over major Russian cities like Belgorod with the intention of them gliding over the border to hit Ukrainian targets.



In this case the glide part of the glide bomb didn't work so two bombs were dropped into the middle of a major Russian city.

Anyways, three thousand people have been evacuated while explosive ordinance disposal operations went on.

 

[lloyd007]

Apparently the Bomb Release Over Belgorod might not of been accidental at all. Russian jets might be releasing 'glide bombs' over major Russian cities like Belgorod with the intention of them gliding over the border to hit Ukrainian targets.



In this case the glide part of the glide bomb didn't work so two bombs were dropped into the middle of a major Russian city.

When they have all the rest of the Russian countryside to deploy these glide bombs... why are they deploying them over a major city?

 

[Bacle]

When they have all the rest of the Russian countryside to deploy these glide bombs... why are they deploying them over a major city?

Wonder how many of those explosions in Belgorod have been failed launch attempts for glide bombs, and not Ukrainian/Free Russian partisan actions.

 

[Aldarion]

Basic lessons of war in Ukraine:
Basic Lessons of War in Ukraine So Far

I wager that doesn't cover half of it, but eh... still an OK overview.