Topic: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] - page 305. (Read 77288 times)

No, I meant the one in Kyiv.  The one that would be naive and foolish to think wouldn't happen.  Why didn't they have one there?  That's rhetorical, of course.  The reason is because the Russian military lost that battle.  I'm just curious how much you're willing to twist yourself to not admit it.  It's tough to deflect such an obvious black and white situation. 

Leads me to think that they may not even need sanctions of components. Their own corruption works perfectly well.

There seems to be a very wide distance between the fancy last gen. missiles and some of the jets and the general state of the Russian ground troops.

Except there is video evidence of Russia losing multiple boats, SAMs, and a helicopter, but there's no evidence of Ukrainian losses and it wouldn't make sense for them to even attempt sending troops or equipment there when they can safely attack Russians remotely.

More Russian MoD fantasies. Destroying Ukrainian Bayraktars for the the third time, and airplanes for the second time. I think tanks and boats are into the second round as well.

Edit - Meanwhile the glorious Russian military is inventing new ways to use rotten capitalist technologies because glorious Russian technologies are too advanced I guess:

Snake island is a territory of Ukraine that right now is being used a a place to deploy Russian soldiers that need to die for nothing. If you insist that Ukraine is not heroic at this point, you should go there a see for yourself chairborne soldier.

There is no particular reason to "hide" advances. Both sides are actually making minor advances in different fronts but overall there is nothing decisive.

This is the same island whose Ukrainian defenders sent the Russian ship to hell and then died heroically. Then it turned out that they were captured and were exchanged. Then the island was controlled by Russia, but a few days ago Ukraine launched an operation to liberate it. It seems that Ukraine has already lost several missile boats, planes, helicopters and bayraktars there, Russia also has losses, at least one helicopter. Now the island is gray on the maps, its status is uncertain. Why Ukraine had to spend so much effort to capture this island is beyond me. Theoretically, the island can be fired upon by the new M777 howitzers with some types of long-range ammunition, it is located 40 km from the nearest coast and about 56 km from Odessa.

Perhaps Ukraine is tritely trying to divert attention from the painful defeat in the Donbass, after losing control over Popasna.

It was one of those amusing fabrications that the Western media got involved in early on.  Like the 'Ghost of Kiev' lady who took out a whole Roosian air wing in her modified Pitts Special fighter plane (with graphics supplied by a video game.)

In the Western press, the Ukrainian 'defenders' told the Rooskies to F-off, mounted bayonets, grabed their entrenching tools, and fought to the last man.  In reality, they surrendered and were returned to Ukraine with a promise to not participate in the struggle any more.  Probably most of the neglected the pledge (at gunpoint from the swastika guys) I would guess, and was chalked up as an example of the early false hopes that the Russians had about the disposition of the Jewish funded CIA-run enemy.

Answer, the Russians or their proxies did not have it prior to the war.  From what I can tell they had it but don't have it now.  The (rather questionable) story from the Russian side is that the fought off an attack recently, but then abandoned the island anyway.  Add this to the list of things which make me wonder how much of this whole conflict is made up out of whole cloth on BOTH sides of the info war.

I didn't follow closely, who kept Snake Island before special operation started, and who is
keeping it now?

Running out of missiles, that is unlikely. Being able to replace the ones used without access to any advanced microchips, that is more than unlikely. Sanctions are slow, but persistent.

The use of missiles depicts a situation in which that is the only option and certainly an inadequate one. These are very expensive and are a weapon of choice for a certain range of targets that are high value, strategically important and are clearly located and researched (for example, sinking the Moskva is a perfect use for missiles).

Using a missile to hit a civilian building actually reveals that Putin's Psychos cannot use anything more "appropriate" near Odessa. To put it plainly: a couple of artillery shells do nearly the same effect at a tenth of the cost and the effects can be better predicted and evaluated. Putin's army has not run out of missile, it has run out of steam.

Mobilisation would be a solution, but Putin knows the political cost of doing so: Recognising before his own that Russia is a belligerent nation in an ongoing war and getting bodybags / plenty of human ashes delivered to the door of Russian mothers and widows.

Options are very limited for Putin and none of them are good - just no worse than others.

RE Wali, I take it as a personal experience and for what he says, Ukraine needs to make better use of this type of experts. The good thing is that at least they are sober, not like the unmotivated and homesick youngsters that Putin is sending to the front.


Sure... they were training at a shopping centre. While people also did their shopping before being massacred.

I agree, there are looses on both sides in Snake Island. Ukraine seems to be loosing grenades and drone bombs while Putin's Army seems to be loosing cannon fodder young Russian soldiers and equipment.

As of now, this Island is probably the most photographed spot on earth along with the Eiffel Tower.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hF8ZNkLLLY

You can run but you cannot hide...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJV40LM-4TA



My take is that these are not lies, from their point of view. Russia does not recognise these waters as Ukrainian, the ship is permanently in the Black Sea and the unfortunate young sailor may have the victim of an accident (e.g. burned by the flames) and his location has not been determined because either there is not enough of him left or because nobody really cared where the guy ended.

Do not die for Putin - there is no reason to kill yourself going to Ukraine.

Victory Day in Russia is a great national holiday, and you will not be able to spoil it with your impotent poisonous fantasies.

Don't have enough helicopters and jets to show at the air parade because half of the air force is being dismantled for scrap by Ukrainians and the other half is busy bombing cities. How are we going to hide it?
Say that it's too cloudy today! Nobody's going to ask any questions. They know where questions lead.

A single remote message with information that has not been confirmed does not make the entire channel an unreliable source. With this approach, you will not have any sources at all.

This joint conviction has far-reaching legal implications. The Kresy Restitution organization managed to collect information about 100,000 (according to other sources, more than 160,000) Polish heirs and property owners in Western Ukraine.

The parade in Moscow took place yesterday as usual, except that they did not begin to disperse the clouds for the air show. Putin did not declare a general mobilization and the Crimean bridge was also not damaged, so I have nothing to please you with.

I appreciate your optimism! It seems that Russia should have run out of missiles in early March.

Rumor has it that a hypersonic missile flew into the hotel where the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who were trained in firing from the American M777 howitzer, lived, but I cannot find an exact confirmation. Something strange is also happening around Snake Island, it seems there are losses on both sides.

This is an old video, since then Wali's opinion has changed a lot. A sniper has little chance in a situation where the Russians use artillery instead of sniper rifles.

Fuck off with your copy pasta is what I think.

Today's update:

- Odessa has taken several missile strikes. Putin's Psychos The Russian Army has gloriously destroyed a mall to de-nazify the people who where shopping inside and made the world a little more inhuman than before. Hypersonic missiles were used to avoid the air defences and alarms did not sound before impacts.
- Kalibr missiles are likely to be used, as the air defences in Odessa seem to take good care of anything cheaper.
- Apparently a cyberattack succeeded in changing the headlines of Russian digital TV to: - Ukraine seems to have some success near Kharkiv, with a salient attack that has recovered a few villages. Seems like Putin's army is having trouble. Will this end in Belgorod?
- Another glorious attack by Putin's Psychos killed 60 in a school.
- Azovstal continues being pressed, and continues holding in Mariupol.

On the political front, the EU is trying to get Slovakia, Czechia and Hungary to agree on the Petroleum decoupling with Russia, to be progressive during the next six months. It will be a difficult negotiation but it is certainly worth it for the impact that will have on the war finances. As it usually happens with the EU, the response is always a bit slow and sometimes a bit weak, but it is a good start for the total future decoupling from Putin's Russia energy.

Same in many other cities.

Weather in Moscow was cloudy but otherwise ok, not sure about St. Pete. I'm guessing the excuse is bullshit as usual.

Nah, many of us did it for 4 years and we're still fine

This is more or less what captured Russian soldiers were reporting. They all have 1 experienced soldier in a group per 5-10 rookies. Many of these rookies had only basic training. One group of POWs consisted of teachers whose principal told them they have to enlist for military training or get fired, so they went for 2 week training course and ended up in Ukraine.
You can see how they are running like headless chickens under fire. Artillery hits so they run towards a bunker, the artillery hits near the bunker, they all run out towards nearby bushes. Nobody knows what to do, they leave the wounded behind, get drunk. There's even a video showing them try to run in a civilian Lada car and a drone drops a grenade on their heads.
https://mobile.twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1520080492992897024
Congratulations to whoever piloted this. You sir have a superb aim.

No wonder they can't defend themselves if they're drunk or high most of the time, and when they are not they're hungry and cold.
Eating military rations and drinking vodka for a month can burn a hole in your stomach.

I am sure most of Putin's soldiers would rather go to the parade. Despite some spontaneous combustions all over Russia, seem far safer than getting near a 155mm howitzer.

Did someone mention Wali, the sniper: https://youtu.be/6uCLYAXuQPo?t=12 "I would be more afraid of a number of NATO soldiers than the equivalent Russian soldiers". Translation: Putin is sending Tactical Cannon Fodder to the front.

No, I meant the one in Kyiv.  The one that would be naive and foolish to think wouldn't happen.  Why didn't they have one there?

Tomorrow is big day for Russia - 9th of May. But this year victory day parade will be significantly smaller than usual:
https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-may-9-victory-day-military-parade-ukraine-losses-2022-5
Just guess why? And in many other Russian cities there won't be any military vehicles in parade at all. But no, there is no loses, everything goes according to plan.

Seems that post about liberated Svitlychne village already deleted from Kadyrov's telegram, but there article about it remaining on Russian media with link to Kadyrov's telegram:
https://www.rbc.ru/rbcfreenews/62730da59a79474c6ba7d701
There is more fakes posted on regular basis, but I would need some time to make research and debunk it.

Thanks for the link. So, Poland and Ukraine condemn Nazi and Soviet agression, what is understandable. But from what I understand that Restitution of Kresov is just some small movement which don't have big importance and probably majority of Poland people don't even know about it.

I could even believe you and ponder and consider... but the problem is that your propaganda does not match the evolution of the war and the movements in the fronts. And that is before the new aid, far more lethal and advanced than before, has arrived. What is arriving is not WW II artillery, it is something completely different.

If you read the military aid sent and the types of weapons sent, you will understand that I am not making anything up. Check the fire rate, number of units, types of munitions and range of what is being sent. It is very serious shit raining on Putin's soldiers starting now. There are some fire tactics and munitions designed to wipe out anything living in a 500 meter square, others than can kill several armoured vehicles on one shot and even guided shells for fine hit jobs.

And that would not be as terrible if it were not for the intel and satellite that is being passed to these units. From the "smile you are on TV" to "gone" in 30 seconds.

If you listen to interviews, Ukrainian soldiers say: I am not surrendering and I am not going anywhere because this is my country, my home and there is no other place for me to "retreat". Meanwhile Russ infantry have been known to break their own vehicles and sell the fuel to avoid going to the front. I do not blame them - there is no reason to die for Putin.

You said there are Ukrainian losses? Of course, this is a war. But they do have a reason to fight, Russian soldiers are there because they are ordered to be.

Today's update:

Now, the news. Putin's psychos are pressing in the Donbas and Mariupol. Putin claims control of Mariupol at the same time that 25 aerial sorties bomb over and over Azovstal.

Ukraine has lost one village (Popsana) & parts of Shandryholove - not much to show for the Russ for the very intensive and localised battle of the Donbas. Ukraine is managing to held the most important strategic parts of the territory and is making Putin's army pay a hefty price for minimal advances.

The south front near Zaphorizha is still active, with the Ukrainian army pushing rather than just resisting. Odessa's air defences have kept busy and some missiles have impacted in the area. As of now, it must be clear that Russia can send missiles, but nothing can get near Odessa by ground or sea. Some Ukrainian advances have been taking place near Kharkiv.


Roumorology...

Switchblade's footage has apparently appeared. These have been sent to troops that could try a break to Mariupol, although is a long shot for now. For example, as long as an artillery maximum range shot.

Pentagon's programme of testing of weapons on Putin's Soldiers update: