Russian special military operation in Ukraine #5
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Noose is tightening ...
Pavlograd falling
VSU collapse in Donetsk
VSU is breaking in two parts, russians press from kramatorsk, Donetsk, and Gorlovka
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FFS That guy can't even put a helmet on straight oh dear dead men walking. They should issue them with their own personal body bag. And that guy at the rear looks like he has no pulse dead in the head blue face WTF
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ALAMO wrote:Walther von Oldenburg wrote:How strong is Ukrainian army compared to Bundeswehr or French army?
Wrong question, as it ceasing to exist at the moment.
I was about to reply to WvO's question and then I read yours. Thanks mate, that was a dry joke but I had a good laugh.
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Arrow wrote:Lavrov will to meet his Ukrainian counterpart on Thursday!!
I seriously doubt anything will come out of that. Its like talking to Doenitz to give away all SS and gestapo personnel to Soviet courts. Good luck with that.
BTW how do you like US funding of Biological WMD research in former Ukraine?
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If russian forces will terminate the Nazi scum in Mariupol a huge amount of forces will be freed for further offensive to close the pocket for Donbass. Izium is now in russian hands and the grip on ukrainian forces in Donbass is harder than ever before. Expect collapse of the complete frontline in the next 5-7 days.
not if but when
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US Navy destroyers DDG-75 "Donald Cook" and DDG-98 "Forrest Sherman" entered the Baltic Sea
Turks closed the black sea, so they are showing up by kaliningrad
Good thing MOD kept bulk of forces in reserve
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d_taddei2 wrote:
FFS That guy can't even put a helmet on straight oh dear dead men walking. They should issue them with their own personal body bag. And that guy at the rear looks like he has no pulse dead in the head blue face WTF
Dear God, I thought the blue guy in back was a statue. Wow, these fools are gonna be cnn special interest stories in a week.
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Arkanghelsk wrote:
US Navy destroyers DDG-75 "Donald Cook" and DDG-98 "Forrest Sherman" entered the Baltic Sea
Turks closed the black sea, so they are showing up by kaliningrad
Good thing MOD kept bulk of forces in reserve
Just fly over the Disney ship Donald Duck, do some electronic warfare and she is out of commission for another six months just like 2014.
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Russian forces movement. The key element in the looming cauldron sealing is fall of Izyum.
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UK just ordered $2bn worth of Russian gas through the backdoor lol. Hence point 16)
Point 18) great move, keep reaping the benefits of high gas prices which will help Russia rebuff any loses in other revenue streams.
Moldova opposition fearing they could be next lol
Updates
1) Re: sending jets to backfill Polish jets: "We are working through some pretty complicated logistics on that front including how we would backfill because returning new planes and transferring serious weapon systems often takes years to do from the United States." -White House
A US official: We do not have a ready number of F-16 fighters to be delivered to countries that may supply fighter jets to Ukraine.
2) 4 fixed-wing aircraft (likely Belarussian) and 91 helicopters at Machulishchy Air Base in Belarus, yesterday 06 Mar 2022. The amount of helicopters, including 15x Mi-26, vastly exceed the size of the flag-Belarus Air Force, so they are likely Russian
3) 2 Russian Airstrikes targeted oil depots in Zhytomyr and Chernyahiv village, no casualties
4) Ukrainian delegation: some positive movements on logistics of humanitarian corridors after talks with Russia in Belarus
5) The European Commission is drawing up a 4th EU sanctions package on Russia. On the table is various options such as a ban on maritime traffic, more banks under SWIFT (though not Sberbank apparently), coal, oil & more oligarchs to be listed
6) Putin "is creating a flow of refugees" but no indications he is weaponizing those refugee flows like Belarus did earlier, per senior US defense official
7) Russian Deputy PM Warns Moscow Could Ban Pupming of Gas to Europe Through Nord Stream 1
8 ) Berlin May Face Problems Next Winter if Energy Supplies From Russia Axed – German Economy Minister
9) US Senators Fear Setting Up No-Fly Zone Over Ukraine Could Spark ‘World War III
10) US Senate, House Panels Agree Bill To Ban Russian Energy Imports, Suspend Trade Relations
11) Hungary Refuses to Join New Western Sanctions on Russian Energy Sector
12) Erdogan Talked About Possibility of Using Russian Ruble in Trade in Conversation With Putin - Reports
13) DPR Troops Announce They Have Reached Borders of Ukraine's Zaporozhye Region
14) UK to Provide Further $230Mln in Aid to Ukraine – PM Johnson.
"I am announcing a further £175 million of UK aid to Ukraine, £100 million of which will be provided directly to the Ukrainian government," He said the new funds would take the UK’s total aid to Ukraine to 400 million pounds.
15) Mariupol Completely Surrounded - Deputy Commander of DPR’s Vostok Battalion
16) UK's Johnson Says Use of Russian Oil, Gas Cannot Be Shut Down Overnight.
17) Moldovan Opposition Prepares Bill Securing Country's Permanent Neutrality
- The Moldovan opposition Bloc of Communists and Socialists has prepared a bill to secure the status of permanent neutrality of the republic, Moldovan Parliament Deputy Speaker Vlad Batrincea said on Monday.
18) Gazprom Vows to Continue Gas Deliveries Under Contracts Amid Soaring Prices. Gazprom pointed out that while the price of natural gas price on the TTF has already reached $3,892 per 1,000 cubic metres, this is not the company’s fault.
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nomadski wrote:@ kriva
Can you please say why you dislike my post ?
""One Ukrainian speaking in the West , and another Russian speaking in the East .
Both states must be viable , allowing development of these nations , economic futures . Therefore keeping West Ukraine , viable and free , and prosperous , shall ensure a happy population , less likely to fall into weakness and extremism or servitude to NATO . Therefore West Ukraine should have access to the Black Sea . It needs a big port and it needs equal access to water resources of Denieper River , and fertile agricultural land to feed it's people .""
I like your posts but I have to disagree with your proposal as it is not solving the problem declared by RF.
This incurssion shall solve the problems declared by RF because the monetary and human costs are far too great to settle for what was defacto situation before the conflict.
Statements comming out of RF that RF will settle for full recognition of Crimea,Donbas & Luhansk is just mind boggling. You had almost all 3 in your pocket before incursion so what is the point of wasting 1000's of lives on both sides only to accept what you had already.?
You can't leave Black sea and Western border in the hands of UA.
Why ?
Because you will move NATO missiles only 400km to the West.
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If this is true they won't be long in cutting off Odessa off to the north. I can't imagine much resistance after Mykolayiv most of the towns and cities have population of 20-40k, and Pervomaisk with around 60k. Small towns and large flat fields
A bit off topic I remember when I visited Pervomaisk to see the missile silos that housed RT-23 Molodets (SS-24 scalpel). Situated down a dirt road with sunflower fields on either side as far as the eye could see. Pics below including the chair where the launches were controlled. Apologies for going off topic
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A slowly moving armored Z-train in Kherson oblast passing by while a couple of locals yell obscenities at it
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They are, in their plans, in for a quick safari on savages.Regular wrote:So these volunteers somehow brought in Fn Fal para? Ammo supply problems much?
Whose who survive will either get out quick on not get out at all. Either way logistics of small arms are the least of those fools problems.
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While Russian-Ukrainian war is ongoing, let's take a look at the composition of the Ukrainian government:
The core decision-making inner circle of Ukrainian President Zelensky is actually based on his circle of friends when he was an actor.
1. The Chief of Staff of the Presidential Palace, Andre Yemark, is a comedy producer;
2. The head of the Presidential Administration, Andre Bodin, is a lawyer in the entertainment industry;
3. The president's chief policy adviser, Sergey Sheffey, is a comedy writer;
4. Ivan Bakanov, deputy chairman of the Ukrainian Supreme Intelligence Service, is the boss of a comedy film company;
5. Senior adviser to the Ukrainian National Defense Committee, Sergei Sivoko, is also a comedian and is Zelensky's partner in acting.
If you just look at their resume, you can't tell whether it is a film and television company or a country's decision-making body.
Why has Ukraine completely ignored the geopolitical relations of major powers over the years? It seems that homeland security and national development have nothing to do with these politicians-because it really doesn't matter, they are basically not Ukrainians.
Because Ukraine recognizes dual nationality, 80% of senior government officials are American, and 90% of the wealth and people of the rich are in London or Switzerland.
The female health minister of Ukraine is the most typical example. She was born in the United States. Before 2013, she was an American general doctor. She went to Ukraine in 2013, naturalized in Ukraine in 2015, and was promoted to Deputy Minister of Health in 2016. In 2019, Zelensky defied all opposition and was appointed health minister.
The three ministers appointed by Ukraine's parliament in November 2014 are all foreigners:
The Secretary of the Treasury is American;
The Minister of Health is Georgian;
The Minister of Economy is Lithuanian;
The former president of Georgia was the governor of Odessa;
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Updates
1)Putin says will not send conscripts or reservists to Ukraine
2) President Zelensky decided to recall Ukrainian peacekeepers - from all missions in the world. Together with the equipment
3) Explosions witnessed in Odesa
4) Twitter is currently experiencing outages in multiple countries; incident not related to country-level internet disruptions or filtering
5) Photos of Ukrainian Military Posing With UK Weapons at Kindergarten Emerge Online
6) US Stocks Fall by 797 Points as Anti-Russia Sanctions Push Petrol Above $130 per Barrel
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d_taddei2 wrote:Not my words copied elsewhere but interesting points. I see the Ukrainian cabinet more of a comedy show
While Russian-Ukrainian war is ongoing, let's take a look at the composition of the Ukrainian government:
The core decision-making inner circle of Ukrainian President Zelensky is actually based on his circle of friends when he was an actor.
1. The Chief of Staff of the Presidential Palace, Andre Yemark, is a comedy producer;
2. The head of the Presidential Administration, Andre Bodin, is a lawyer in the entertainment industry;
3. The president's chief policy adviser, Sergey Sheffey, is a comedy writer;
4. Ivan Bakanov, deputy chairman of the Ukrainian Supreme Intelligence Service, is the boss of a comedy film company;
5. Senior adviser to the Ukrainian National Defense Committee, Sergei Sivoko, is also a comedian and is Zelensky's partner in acting.
If you just look at their resume, you can't tell whether it is a film and television company or a country's decision-making body.
Why has Ukraine completely ignored the geopolitical relations of major powers over the years? It seems that homeland security and national development have nothing to do with these politicians-because it really doesn't matter, they are basically not Ukrainians.
Because Ukraine recognizes dual nationality, 80% of senior government officials are American, and 90% of the wealth and people of the rich are in London or Switzerland.
The female health minister of Ukraine is the most typical example. She was born in the United States. Before 2013, she was an American general doctor. She went to Ukraine in 2013, naturalized in Ukraine in 2015, and was promoted to Deputy Minister of Health in 2016. In 2019, Zelensky defied all opposition and was appointed health minister.
The three ministers appointed by Ukraine's parliament in November 2014 are all foreigners:
The Secretary of the Treasury is American;
The Minister of Health is Georgian;
The Minister of Economy is Lithuanian;
The former president of Georgia was the governor of Odessa;
Tragicomedy
While Russia plays what part. Macbeth, Hamlet?
If a settlement is not reached, the Ukraine is doomed, Russia is doomed, Europe is doomed.
It's Asia's century now. It has started 12 days ago
Even if Russia wins quick, the hate won't go away. Not in Europe, and it won't be looked upon kindly by its other neighbours. The sanctions won't be lifted either. Even if the West is also fatally wounded, it will still take down Russia with it. I think Russia is destined for decline, one way or the other.
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Russia was junior partner with west, at least China dont talk to Russia disrespectfully
China better for Russia
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Arkanghelsk wrote:Flaming, situation have not change really
Russia was junior partner with west, at least China dont talk to Russia disrespectfully
China better for Russia
What impact have had the recent sanctions in the daily life of normal Russians?