Perhaps I’m totally naïve on this, but I don’t see anything to indicate Putin can make any demands of this nature at the negotiating table. His ass and his country’s future are in the proverbial sling.
This might be a little tougher than Putin thought...
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The good news is, once this is wrapped up, it’s a low barrier to entry business. And setting that aside, the Russian tradition of samizdat will more than take care of information dissemination in the interim.
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That "debriefing" read exactly like a Hawkeye Report thread on a recruit that spurned Iowa.
"We didn't want him anyway. We have better options. Everything is going to plan!"
Except for the nuclear part, this is, of course, why the Russian/Iranian backed Houthis just launched a massive missile assault on Saudi Arabia's - you guessed it - Liquified natural gas facilities. The exact same ones needed to help Europe replace Russian gas. Hardly a coincidence.
Yemen’s Houthi rebels have unleashed a barrage of drone and missile attacks on Saudi Arabia, targeting a liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant
Middle East has been at war for 19 years straight now.
Wow, didn't they already leak earlier this week that 10,000 Russian soldier and 5,000 "others" have been killed?
I could be wrong of course, but the base in the Crimea is very important to Russia. Sevastapol is their warm water port and has been jealously guarded for centuries. I didn't realize this but Ukraine is leasing the base to Russia now. (After one of the previous Soviet leaders gave it away for some reason.) For Putin to survive he has to make his military happy and I think giving up the port will just upset the military even more on top of this war.
Things like this "seal the deal" on any future companies investing infrastructure in Russia.
No different than a large bankruptcy default.
I mean, if you just count 1 russian next to or in every piece of equipment destroyed other than the drones, you would have 4K+ troops dead.
Maybe by disarm the Ruskies just mean "we'd like you to give us our stuff back".
Has anyone else seen the movie The Beast? It is a 1988 film about a russian tank unit in Afghanistan. It is a good look at current day Russian tank technology.
Interesting, that this "warm water port" was a point I brought up in the first few pages of this thread, and had some idiot telling me they had "plenty" of other ports.
But, nope. Sevastapol is a major warm-water port "asset" for them, and Ukraine should cancel that lease as part of any ceasefire.
That's a major strategic chunk of land for Russia, and they should lose it.
Yes. Great movie! And the current tanks are almost as terrible as that tank
Dog has two big things working against him in life. 1. He isn't terribly clever. 2. He's wrapped in grievances and a full time professional victim.
UKR commercial drone drops three RKG-1600 bombs (upgraded old RKG-3 HEAT grenades) on unidentified vehicle. Two hits
Jesus, every single bullet point is a lie.
Yeah this was strange. I was following the practice session for the F1 race in Jeddah this weekend and the explosion happened while they were running. One of the drivers was even concerned because he was smelling burning oil and thought it was coming from his car.
As predicted by many. MBS isn't horribly smart, and he has a bit too much autocrat in him to understand that cozying up with the Russians isn't going to be a good alliance for him.
Switzerland is moving along with the team, and expanding sanctions.
I suppose if they really want to get in with both feet they'd start seizing the tens of billions of dollars they are holding for Russians.
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/a...-swiss-adopt-more-eu-sanctions-against-russia
I suppose if they really want to get in with both feet they'd start seizing the tens of billions of dollars they are holding for Russians.
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/a...-swiss-adopt-more-eu-sanctions-against-russia
I read yesterday that his legs were "broken" after the incident, but I suppose "crushed" would be a better verb, and difficult to survive. It would have been a shame if he could have been saved, but the Red Cross or other medics/physicians were not able to save him due to unsafe conditions generated by the Russians.
I question anyone who volunteers to fight in a war for another country. I'd guess that he misses the adrenalin boost he gets in these environments. That kind enhanced state is addictive and makes one feel alive. especially in comparison to the mundane everyday lives so many of us have.I admire his bravery but does he really not know that a tank is?
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And he's really, really, really. I mean REALLY, dumb.
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Son, we live in a world that has walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Who's gonna do it? You?
Reminds of the Dennis Miller bit when the Berlin Wall came down. It was something along the lines of: "I guess I view it like if Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis had a reconciliation. I haven't really enjoyed any of their previous work together, and I'm not sure I need to see the new shit right now."
Russia is moving the goalposts. They are still putting pressure on Kiev, but will be happy if Ukraine formally gives them Crimea and the eastern area as a land bridge to Crimea. It will be a tough decision for Ukraine to keep fighting for those areas.
I think you are right. A good book written by a UK writer/mercenary is My War Gone By-I Miss It So.
Born to a distinguished family steeped in military tradition, raised on stories of wartime and ancestral heroes, Anthony Loyd longed to experience war from the front lines--so he left England at the age of twenty-six to document the conflict in Bosnia. ... Google Books
Originally published: 1999
Author: Anthony Loyd
I believe he is doing it to get Russia to force Iran to cut off supplying the Houthis with weapons...of course, Houthis destroying Saudi gas facilities is good for Russia in stopping Europe from diversifying. International relations can be complicated.
Andrei Sukhovetsky, Deputy Commander of the 41st Combined Arms Army
Major General Vitaly Gerasimov, First Deputy Commander Of The 41st Army
Major-general Oleg Mitiayev, commander of 150th motor-rifle division
General-Lieutenant Andrey Mordvichev commander 8th CAA
Major-General Tushaev (Chechen)
LTG Yakov Rezantsev, Russia’s 49th CAA commander, in Chornobaivka near Kherson. not yet confirmed
Guards Colonel Konstantin Zizevsky commander of the 247th Guards Air Assault Regiment
Colonel Yuryi Agarkov, the commander of 33rd motor-rifle regiment (Kamyshyn, Volgograd oblast) of 20th Guard motor-rifle division
Colonel Alexander Vladimirovich Zakharov, 6th tank regiment commander
Colonel Sergei Porokhnya commander of the 12th separate guards engineering brigade
Colonel Sergey Sukharev, commander of 331st Guards Airborne Regiment (of the 98th VDV Division)
Colonel Igor Nikolaev Commander of 252nd Motor Rifle Regiment, the 3rd Motor Rifle Division.
Colonel Alexei Sharov, commander of the 810th Marine Brigade
Colonel Sergey Savvateeyev, Deputy commander of Rosgvardia SOBR
Colonel Nikolay Ovcharenko, the chief of engineer troops of Western Miliatary District.
Commander of the 45th Engineering Regiment a part of the 1st Guards Tank Army
Captain of 1st rank (=colonel) Andrei Paliy Deputy of Black Sea Fleet commander
Colonel Ruslan Rudnev was a Su-25 attack aircraft pilot based in the Far East. He was killed in Ukraine and buried on March 1
Colonel? Denis Shishov, the commander of the 11th Air Assault Brigade
Lt Colonel Denis Glebov, Deputy Commander of the 11th Separate Airborne Assault Brigade
Lt Colonel Dmitry Safronov, Commander of the 61st Separate Marine Brigade
Lt.colonel Alexei Khasanov, deputy commander of 31st Fighter aviation regiment
Lt Colonel Mikhail Orchikov was deputy commander of a motor-rifle brigade 19th motor-rifle division
Lt.colonel Alexandr Pazynich, the regimental comamnder deputy for human resourses of 14th Guard Fighter Aviation Regiment
Lt.colonel Renat Gaisin
Lt.colonel Ilya Piatkin, 38 years SOBR
Lt.colonel Roman Ryabov, 50 years SOBR
Lt.colonel (likely) Mikhail Rodionov, 46 years SOBR
Lt.colonel, Ruslan Gashiyatullin, but only motor-rifle battalion commander. Odd.
According to Russian media, he lived in Dagestan, so probably he is from 136th Guard motor-rifle brigade of 58th CAA.
Lieutenant Colonel Alexey Khasanov, a Su-30SM fighter pilot killed in Ukraine on March 5
Guards Major Burlakov Andrei Petrovich, Deputy Chief of Intelligence Staff - Chief of Intelligence Regiment
Major Sergey Krylov deputy battalion commander from the VDV's 331st Airborne Regiment
Major Alexey Osokin, the commander of the VDV's 31st Air Assault Brigade's 1st battalion
Major Ruslan Petrukhin deputy battalion commander in the 38th Motorized Rifle Brigade
Major Dmitry Toptun motorized rifle battalion commander 488th Motor Rifle Regiment, 144th Guards Motor Rifle Division
Major Oleg Patskalev, deputy battalion commander, 331st Guards Airborne Regiment, 98th Guards Airborne Division.
Major Viktor Maksimchuk possible deputy commander of a motorized rifle regiment or battalion commander
Major Alexandr Lyubanov. VDV.
Deputy mayor Alexandr Fiodorov 103 missile brigade (Iskander-M) that Russian Iskander unit met with our SOF...
Captured
Lieutenant Colonel Maxim Kryshtop: Deputy Commander of the 47th Aviation Regiment
Lt. Colonel Astrakhov Dmitry Mikhailovich:from SOBR
Lt.colonel Alexandr Koshel Claimed he is the chief of PsyOps counteraction group of 58th CAA His documents says he is mayor, serving in m/u 21250 - 212th Training center of tank troops (Siberian Military district). He can be promoted to lt.colonel and appointed lately on the duty of PsyOps in 58th CAA and hadn't time to change own military ID.
Sacked
General Roman Gavrilov of Rosgvardia
General Vladislav Ershov, commander of 6th Army
