Topic: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] - page 71. (Read 73557 times)

Now we'll see how aggressive Russia really is. Looks like they could easily take Ukraine out any time they wanted... if that's what they wanted.


Ukraine runs out of air defense missiles giving Russia a ‘free pass’ to Kyiv, warns Bild security analyst

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https://www.rmx.news/ukraine/ukraine-runs-out-of-air-defense-missiles-giving-russia-a-free-pass-to-kyiv-warns-bild-security-analyst/
Ukraine has run out of missiles for use in Western air defense systems, and nearly all stock for other air defense means has either been depleted or destroyed, the senior editor for security policy at Germany’s best-selling newspaper has warned.

Bild analyst Julian Röpcke took to X on Thursday to claim that Kyiv no longer has access to Patriot and IRIS-T missiles to operate its ground-to-air defense systems and repel Russian attacks.

“This, while we have hundreds of systems and thousands of missiles in our depots. No words. Just anger,” the German journalist wrote.

“Kyiv’s airspace is a free pass for [Russian fighter jets] now,” Röpcke added, claiming that Ukrainian troops had been running on empty regarding ammunition stocks for some time and the remaining arsenal had surely now run dry.

“A source told me the alleged exact current number [of remaining missiles] two weeks ago. I won’t reveal it, of course. But the number was so small, it must be close to nothing now,” he wrote.

Ukraine’s limited ability to defend itself was taken full advantage of by Russian forces on Thursday as more than 40 attack drones and missiles rained down on key infrastructure in major cities including Kharkiv, Lviv, Kyiv, and Odesa.

According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, ground troops were unable to shoot down all cruise missiles while none of the six Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles launched by Russia were intercepted.

Zelensky had warned last week of the need for greater provisions from allies, calling on NATO members to help with further military support.
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Latest news, Ukraine is discussing the possibility of sending sentenced criminals as soldiers in exchange for sentence reductions and the like. This would not be available for the most serious crimes though. I guess they liked the Ruzzian experiment on this regard.

Also, Greece and denmark have approved the transfer of F-16 to Ukraine, although it may require some time unfortunately. This should be of help to stop the FAB bombing that is becoming a problem in Kharkiv -  as Ruzzia is again playing the war criminal / mafia cards by trying to make life impossible for civilians by simply bombing over and over. This is also an issue along the front in general, but it will eventually be stopped.

There are signs of massive assaults from Ruzzia resulting in tank cementeries all over. There are 90 vehicles abandoned in just one section of the front, all in the last couple of weeks. Chinese "golfcarts" are being used to transport troops in assault operations. There seems to be some desperation signs in all this.

How to get out of being a drafted soldier in Ukraine. I wonder if this includes drafted women marrying disabled men. After all, there are many disabled men in Ukraine... disabled from the war. In addition, what would happen if this law could include same-sex marriage?


(Maybe, even though she is in a wheelchair, she is only disabled from the waist to the armpits.)


Ukrainian men paying DISABLED WOMEN for marriage to escape the draft

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https://www.naturalnews.com/2024-04-09-ukrainian-men-paying-disabled-women-escape-draft.html
As the Ukrainian government is desperately pulling out all the stops to address its shortage of manpower, Ukrainian men have resorted to paying disabled women for marriage to escape Kyiv's mandatory conscription.

Ukrainian outlet NGL Media disclosed details of this scheme in a March 15 report. According to the piece, fighting-age men can defer mandatory military service if they have a disabled dependent. They are also permitted to leave Ukraine's borders, which many do so for good as per the news outlet.

This scheme, which many draft dodgers are exploiting, is actually included in the country's martial law legislation. NGL Media nevertheless acknowledged that such fake marriages "are not treated as against the law" and that the scheme "is completely legal."

The anti-corruption outlet's investigation found scores of groups on Facebook and Telegram that facilitate this practice. There were able-bodied men looking for a disabled wife to marry and disabled women looking for a military-age husband. Also present in these groups were intermediaries who would "arrange" the fake marriages for a price.

"In my experience, out of 100 cases of servicemen who apply for discharge for family reasons, 95 cases use that topic – i.e. if their wife, their parents or their wife's parents have a disability. To get an exemption, it is enough to have such a marriage," said Ukrainian lawyer Yevhen Filipets.

"It is almost impossible to prove the marriage is fake; it is possible only through a court decision. And one of the spouses has the right to go to court to recognize such a marriage as fake. Will [they] apply in these circumstances? I don't think so. Ukrainian people are very resourceful."
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Gotta send at least twice that many in order to overcome the corruption whereby pilferage is a feature at pretty much every point in the pipeline.


Your cope is actually an interesting and amusing study in psychology.  Or analysis of AI technology.  Hard to say which, and the technology is in a state of flux.

50 F-35, 20 more patriot batteries, 1000 Taurus, 500 tanks of any modern type, 2000 IFV & APCs of any type, 10M 155MM shells and 500 artillery pieces are the "right tank" for Ukraine - paxmao

It has been confirmed that another Ruzzian ship has suffered some "problems", this time it has been an Ice Breaker. To be fighting a country without a navy worth mentioning, Ruzzia is having quite a few waterways.

"Challenger 2 tanks can penetrate Russian fortified positions." - David Axe, Forbes, 31.05.2023.
"British Challenger 2 is the wrong tank for Ukraine. Heavy, unprotected and difficult to maintain." - David Axe, Forbes, 27.03.2024.

Two sources have confirmed that a Ruzzian ship has been damaged, but this time in the Baltic fleet port of Kaliningrad (Konigsberg). The ships name is Sherpukov. This is a missile ship built recently. Apparently, Ukrainian operatives were able to gain access to the interior of the ship and started a fire in one of the interior rooms, targeting the expensive and difficult to replace electronics and control systems. There are unconfirmed news of some other two ships being targets.

https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1777343588323442924?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet

Bypassing sanctions? They never imposed sanctions...they're not rooineks colony anymore, stop
pretending that you can command them

Of course Ruzzians adapt! For example their flagship, a sub, several landing ships have adapted perfectly into coral reef habitats and submarine tourist attractions. Also, their tanks have adapted to be destroyed perfectly well by drones, but this time with a pallet of electronic equipment attached to them.



 It is curious how you are willing to believe Zaluzhny when he says something you want to hear, but someone who claims to have been in combat should know that information provided freely by the enemy is not information.

But on topic, time in my view is not a big factor for either side compared to the effectiveness of the allied help. If China stops by-passing sanctions or if US cuts all aid to Ukraine has much bigger effect.

Russia won wars against Georgia, Chechnya, and USA/ISIS coalition in Syria and kept peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan until
Armenia called USA to help

Regarding nonsense about "time is in favor of Ukraine", lets check what Ukrainians say:

https://www.politico.eu/article/ukraine-great-risk-front-line-collapse-war-russia/

"“Zaluzhny used to call it ‘the War of One Chance,’” one of the officers said. “By that, he meant weapons systems become redundant very quickly because they’re quickly countered by the Russians. For example, we used Storm Shadow and SCALP cruise missiles [supplied by Britain and France] successfully — but just for a short time. The Russians are always studying. They don’t give us a second chance. And they’re successful in this.”

“Don’t believe the hype about them just throwing troops into the meat grinder to be slaughtered,” he added. “They do that too, of course — maximizing even more the impact of their superior numbers — but they also learn and refine.”"

The more the time passes the more it is in favor of Ukraine,Russia has made their economy going to ashes with this unjustified senseless war from more than 2 years now,in fact this is one of the longest ongoing wars that Russia has made,which has a big amount of lost wars except the World War II that they won only because of the stupidity of German Nazi (of course they did the right thing there to stop that genocide it was going on) yet since then Russia has lost every single other war they have taken part in and they are far from being the army that they claim to be,more than 2 years and they have not conquered Ukraine,how can they believe to win against a much more developed nations with much more advanced weaponry,they simply can't and it is in their benefit to stop this war as soon as possible or otherwise if they lose it they have to even payback to Ukraine while they are suffering in their economy really big nowadays.

I have not checked credible imagery yet, damages may be limited...this time - meaning Ukraine has the ability to reach those airfields. Wanna try keeping your strategic bombers from the soviet legacy there and hope the next attack will not succeed?

 In so far as fuel, well, you said that it is Biden blocking the aid or that he could actually activate the aid (I disagree). Then attacking the refineries is just perfect - if the US wants the oil price to be low for elections they just have to send the aid required to end this war with a valid outcome for Ukraine (I do not like the term "victory", that is for history books).

I think we may be seeing more attacks on critical Ruzzian infrastructure - there is simply not enough air defence to cover the vast territory.

Yep, I checked the latest satellite images of the military airfield in Engels before writing the previous message, and they show no signs of destruction. This was a joint psychological operation of the SBU and the GRU, and you again gave out wishful thinking.

Regarding the attacks on oil refineries. Russia had to stop exporting gasoline and even import gasoline from Belarus to avoid shortages and rising prices on the domestic market. At the same time, this led to an increase in oil prices on the world market, which caused Biden’s dissatisfaction with Zelensky’s short-sighted actions. Because the United States needs to continue to replenish its strategic reserve and because rising US gasoline prices always lead to people’s dissatisfaction with the current president, which is extremely disadvantageous for Biden on the eve of the elections.

Look, there are claims that are difficult to proof and others that are easier to proof. In the case of downing 2 planes a day, it may not be possible to have footage for all of them so I guess you will feel better thinking it did not happen. However, hitting the airbases or refineries it is quite easy to proof, so just wait for the satellite pictures to see the extent if you want, but denying is just silly in this case.

A few weeks ago, Ukrainian Air Force speaker Ignat shot down 2-3 Russian planes a day on the Internet, although he was later fired for bullshit. Judging by recent satellite images, everything is ok with military airfields.

dumBAss, you are questioning my understanding of the law in another thread, in a previous post you said you have not read the constitution and you are now saying that individual rights are related to inflation. I think you have discredited yourself to a point that I do not need to say anything else, other than I perfectly understand why you support Trump.

But this is about the war in Ukraine. Ruzzia can immediately stop being hurt by simply withdrawing from Ukraine. Ruzzia is not a victim - well, perhaps the Ruzzian people are Putin's victim. Peace is simple: just leave Ukraine alone and then we can start discussing reparations. And it is better to talk now rather than later...

https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/03/04/russia-ukraine-war-funding-central-bank-assets/


I do not see anything wrong with letting Ruzzia pay the war against Ruzzia. You see dumBAss, you can still get the war paid without inflation LOL.

Individual rights in a Democracy? So, you really think Americas love inflation, being forced out of their homes, not having rights of human beings in court, etc., etc.

You answered it yourself about Ukraine. Ukraine doesn't have what it takes to fight a war, so they are using terrorist tactics.

I pity Russia... sure, that they are being bombed and hurt. But I pity them more for being caught up in a position of having to decide about being honorable enough with their ignorant Ukrainian brothers and sisters, to not go in there and destroy them, even if it hurts Russia to be honorable in this way. Not everybody would have held back this long.

These are supposed to be peaceful times. But the US terrorist-minded leaders have pushed themselves into a control of the mindset of Ukraine, to the destruction of Ukraine. Terrorist methods are about all that Ukraine has left, because the US couldn't or wouldn't support them properly.

Pray that Trump wins the Presidency. At least that way the war will be over, and Ukraine will be rebuilt by agreement between Russia and the US.

No, democracy includes individual rights, protection of minorities, press freedom and right to fair justice, so it is not a dictatorship of the group - that is more like the dictatorship of the proletarians and all that communist stuff. Curious that you speak about oppression while enjoying the right to say even the most stupid things without consequences. But enough of your senseless blablering dumBAss and to serious news:

Ukraine has been able to hit at least 4 military airfields in Ruzzia. Among the planes damages, strategic bombers and a number of SU planes in Yeysk, Kurst and, believe it or not, Engels airbase! This is a really high level of pain for Ruzzia for continuing the war, while the front is now relatively estable.

If Ukraine manages to keep planes away from the front, Ruzzia may even not been able to take Chasiv Yar ever, as they would need the FAB to remove some of Ukraine's strong points.

In Democracy, the people do their voting. The majority forces the minority into 'slavery' by beating them. Then, the majority turns their authority over to a handful of people to do what they want done. But the handful never does what the majority or the minority want. The handful does whatever IT wants.

Democracy = Group Dictatorship. So, if that's what you like, no wonder you like the continued funding of Ukraine so that more people die. Your colors are coming out into the open more and more.

This is not just about "saving Ukraine", this is about saving democracy (I know you only believe in it when it suits you). A strong Ruzzia and a strong China means the US and the European democracies may not be able to keep being the freedom reference they are today. As usual, you are a simple and short sighted individual (or a Chinese agent).

But, back on topic after you lame wall-texting, Ukraine has managed to hit Morozov air base with several drones - damages are pending confirmation but satellite pictures of before the event show nearly 20 planes there, mostly SU-24 an SU-35. Let's see how many are left.

Also to note, repairs to some of the damages to refineries in Ruzzia require parts from the US and only from the US. Just to put this into context, the damages are causing a few hundred millions of loses... per month!

To note, somehow Indian 155MM munitions are appearing on the front. It is not difficult to guess how these made their way to Ukraine.

Good luck!