Absolutely correct. Until they turn 30.
This might be a little tougher than Putin thought...
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Absolutely correct. Until they turn 30.
That doesn’t change that reducing Russian food production just starves third worlders.
Maybe it helps you to forget that if you focus on it instead, but this is bad policy.
They are tracking to lose in 8 months as many as we lost in 10 years of Vietnam. Already have passed our Korean War deaths.
I actually agree with exceptions for sanctions and doing business with Russia on agricultural stuff.
I don't think Russia would dare go after a Western satellite except in a nuclear war, but I wonder if they would have the same reservations going after this one. (They have killer satellites.)
I recall watching drone footage of a soldier manning an ATGM setup on an obvious apartment in the first week or so of the war.
I’m sure Amnesty ‘likes’ this is as much as anytime they see military take up positions in civilian infrastructure.
Ukrainian marines destroys Russian howitzer "Pion"
Pion. Photo: Wikipedia UKRAINSKA PRAVDA - THURSDAY, 18 AUGUST 2022, 15:28 The Ukrainian Marines of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have destroyed a Russian Pion self-propelled heavy artillery unit. Source: Ukrainian Navy on Telegram Quote: "Our artillery units were launching attacks on the...
Ukrainian Armed Forces destroy Russian satellite system and anti-tank missile system Operational Command Pivden (South)
UKRAINSKA PRAVDA - THURSDAY, 18 AUGUST 2022, 14:30 Ukrainian artillery units killed five Russian soldiers on the night of 17 August and destroyed a satellite communication system and an anti-tank missile system in southern Ukraine.
Something tells me these reinforcements are good for dying, like the "rotten slaves" in Gladiator (other than wounded Maximus).
www.yahoo.com
Russian troops receive reinforcements in southern Ukraine General Staff report
KATERYNA TYSHCHENKO - THURSDAY, 18 AUGUST 2022, 18:59 Two additional battalion-tactical groups of Russian occupying forces have been deployed on the southern fronts. The Ukrainian Armed Forces have repelled Russian assaults on several fronts.
Hope this is new and not just a new description. (So much stuff blowing up is a good problem to have though!)
"APU 🇺🇦 destroy the Russian tank column. The invaders are burning and burning."
"APU 🇺🇦 destroy the Russian tank column. The invaders are burning and burning."
"A Western Intelligence spokesman said: Ukrainian army attacks an airfield in Novofedorivka , Crimea peninsula This made it possible to disable more than 50% of the fighters of the Russian Black Sea Fleet."
Jesus what a shit show
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Russian media: nearly 700 Russian contractors from the 64th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade want to desert from battlefield
Illustrative photo: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine STANISLAV POHORILOV - FRIDAY, 19 AUGUST 2022, 14:22 Nearly 700 contractors from the 64th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade, which is responsible for war crimes in the Kyiv region, are trying to get fired and leave Ukraine but...
Unite and join the new revolution comrades! (Like WW1)Jesus what a shit show
Russian media: nearly 700 Russian contractors from the 64th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade want to desert from battlefield
Illustrative photo: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine STANISLAV POHORILOV - FRIDAY, 19 AUGUST 2022, 14:22 Nearly 700 contractors from the 64th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade, which is responsible for war crimes in the Kyiv region, are trying to get fired and leave Ukraine but...
I am still sticking to my predictions this war ends with mass desertion and surrenders.Jesus what a shit show
Russian media: nearly 700 Russian contractors from the 64th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade want to desert from battlefield
Illustrative photo: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine STANISLAV POHORILOV - FRIDAY, 19 AUGUST 2022, 14:22 Nearly 700 contractors from the 64th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade, which is responsible for war crimes in the Kyiv region, are trying to get fired and leave Ukraine but...
They have been working for this goal for months and I think the events of last week are trying to push these folks off that cliff. Killing their "leaders", cutting their supplies, cutting off more and more exits, reigning terror down on them with high precision...it is all pushing for a surrender/walk away at big scale in the south / southeast areas.
As I have said before, I am not anything more than an armchair general, but the part about getting the Ukrainians to commit seems logical. The Russians are attempting to bait the Ukrainians into committing manpower, and some Western hardware that would be a target for the Russians.
This is also an indication that Russia is expending so much in manpower, money, and machinery in Ukraine that they have fewer resources left to do normal government stuff.
As I posted a few hundred pages ago. Do you want a bullet from the front, or from the rear? That's the question for most Russian soldiers. Do I take my chances in combat, or risk getting shot by some FSB goon?
The Russians like their heavy stuff, but, if I am reading this correctly, this is another museum piece that the Russians have thrown into the mix?
Ukrainian marines destroys Russian howitzer "Pion"
Pion. Photo: Wikipedia UKRAINSKA PRAVDA - THURSDAY, 18 AUGUST 2022, 15:28 The Ukrainian Marines of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have destroyed a Russian Pion self-propelled heavy artillery unit. Source: Ukrainian Navy on Telegram Quote: "Our artillery units were launching attacks on the...
Story from NPR about volunteer ambulance crews in Ukraine.
The 2S7 Pion or Malka is a Soviet self-propelled 203mm heavy artillery. "2S7" is its GRAU designation. More than 250 units were built, some sources say 500, others up to 1,000. They were distributed around the former Soviet states in the dissolution of the Soviet Union after 1991. Wikipedia
The United States will ship another package of arms to Ukraine, including long-range artillery ammunition used to devastating effect on Russian forces, according to a senior defense official.
The $775 million aid package includes ammunition for the High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, or HIMARS, which has been employed masterfully by Ukrainian forces, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity under guidelines set by the Pentagon. The rockets with a range of more than 40 miles have been used to destroy Russian command posts, ammunition depots and logistics hubs.
The military aid package includes drones, conventional artillery ammunition and Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles to protect Ukrainian troops from Russian roadside bombs, the official said.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...aine-russia-invasion-live-updates/7838279001/
The $775 million aid package includes ammunition for the High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, or HIMARS, which has been employed masterfully by Ukrainian forces, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity under guidelines set by the Pentagon. The rockets with a range of more than 40 miles have been used to destroy Russian command posts, ammunition depots and logistics hubs.
The military aid package includes drones, conventional artillery ammunition and Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles to protect Ukrainian troops from Russian roadside bombs, the official said.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...aine-russia-invasion-live-updates/7838279001/
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"Ukraine will receive 225 high-precision Vulcano projectiles The Federal Government of Germany published a statement on the purchase together with the EU of 225 Vulcano missiles for the Armed Forces of Ukraine."
Diehl Defence has announced that qualification tests for the Vulcano 155mm ammunition are nearing completion.
Leonardo and Diehl Defence developed the Vulcano family of precision-guided munition for the 127mm naval guns and 155mm land artillery systems under a contract with Germany and Italy.
The companies also completed the qualification programme of the Vulcano 127mm weapon system and achieved compatibility with all 127mm and 155mm systems.
In a statement, Diehl Defence said: “The fire command unit ‘pFCU’ with the embedded fire command computation programme ‘NABK’ was successfully tested by the artillery for the army ammunition V155mm and is used with its weapon systems FH70 and PzH2000.”
https://www.army-technology.com/news/vulcano-155mm-ammunition/
Leonardo and Diehl Defence developed the Vulcano family of precision-guided munition for the 127mm naval guns and 155mm land artillery systems under a contract with Germany and Italy.
The companies also completed the qualification programme of the Vulcano 127mm weapon system and achieved compatibility with all 127mm and 155mm systems.
In a statement, Diehl Defence said: “The fire command unit ‘pFCU’ with the embedded fire command computation programme ‘NABK’ was successfully tested by the artillery for the army ammunition V155mm and is used with its weapon systems FH70 and PzH2000.”
https://www.army-technology.com/news/vulcano-155mm-ammunition/
Macron should tell Putin to leave the plant or he will up his support of Ukraine.
"Russian President Vladimir Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday agreed on the need to send a team from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine, according to the French presidential office. In a phone conversation, the two leaders also agreed to have discussions before the deployment of an inspection mission. Follow FRANCE 24’s live coverage of the Ukraine crisis. All times are Paris time (GMT+2)."
https://www.france24.com/en/europe/...-visits-port-in-odesa-to-observe-grain-export
"Russian President Vladimir Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday agreed on the need to send a team from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine, according to the French presidential office. In a phone conversation, the two leaders also agreed to have discussions before the deployment of an inspection mission. Follow FRANCE 24’s live coverage of the Ukraine crisis. All times are Paris time (GMT+2)."
https://www.france24.com/en/europe/...-visits-port-in-odesa-to-observe-grain-export
Presume these are from yesterday but maybe Ukraine is checking out the bridge again today.
"The APU says that the response to the shelling of the Ukrainian energy system will be the immediate application of pinpoint strikes on key nodes of the Russian energy system, using the latest missile systems received from the West."
Maybe base still there? Photo from before Russian invasion.
