Russian special military operation in Ukraine #7

Before this war, Rob Lee actually had some legitimate credibility. But he was marshalled into the huge Anglo propaganda effort at the start. A sizable amount of poster on this site were falling for this stuff at the start of the war. They owe Russia an apology.

Rob Lee has since wrecked his reputation to hell and has been reduced to a laughingstock.

What credibility he had? Did he write any article?
All he did was copy paste telegram videos pictures with descriptions translated.

Now he does the same and now it shows that he has no clue and can't navigate propaganda landscape. Il-76 statement was last straw for me. You can safely ignore anything he writes and just check the pictures, videos. He is even sucks as propaganda account

Backman wrote:Before this war, Rob Lee actually had some legitimate credibility. But he was marshalled into the huge Anglo propaganda effort at the start. A sizable amount of poster on this site were falling for this stuff at the start of the war. They owe Russia an apology.

Rob Lee has since wrecked his reputation to hell and has been reduced to a laughingstock.

https://twitter.com/uisbg1/status/1505879222371463181?s=20&t=DXYM40vBYDj58u5XJNwAuA

Agreed, on the TV Cop shows they like to say follow the money. I guess his teaching at War Colleges and research fellowships at US Think Tanks come with a price. He probably doesn't like it but Uncle Sam pays the piper.

He was making his own maps but told to stop apparently by the powers that be, so is now using the Russian MO maps and adding the unit locations. Here is his link:
https://dragon-first-1.livejournal.com/

This guy also produces good maps https://vk.com/id291496944?z=video291496944_456241625%2Fda5cf125ee945d6f5e%2Fpl_wall_291496944

flamming_python wrote:

kvs wrote:Kiev regime mouthpieces are wailing that the Kinzhal is a weapon of cowards.   What chutzpah monkeys!   So using
civilians as shields everywhere (including Kiev) by the Ukr forces is real warrior code battle?   Ukr regime propaganda
is toxic enough to kill brain cells.

Both are correct

Kinzhal was only used against some storage facilities in fact

But attacking Ukrainian soldiers in their barracks with cruise missiles, even if they're engaging in combat while stupidly not vacating such objects - is criminal IMO. Message could have been given with another smaller missile like was done the first time.

Those same soldiers however are using human shields by firing artillery from residential areas

Have u been smoking crystal meth??????? Am being serious

This is war not kindergarten.

So what your saying is that it's ok for western forces/ NATO to wipe out troops oh and civilians in carpet bombing tactics. I never seen NATO dropping small bombs in Iraq, Libya, Yugoslavia, and USA using chemical weapons in Vietnam, Nuclear weapons on Japanese cities full of civilians, drone striking schools in Afghanistan. Oh and how many cruise missiles did they fire at Syrian airbase??? Oh yeah that's right 59 tomahawk cruise missiles at ONE airbase.

Your comments are verging on troll status. Once this war is over you will most likely be rocking back and forth in a padded cell in an asylum.

It's time to get with reality.

Hole wrote:
Tor on the move in Belarus. More troops are being seen in Brest and the surrounding area, some only 7km away from the border.



Orsk unloading.

Menahwile the sea of Odessa is being shelled, propably to clear mines.

This would be a good operation to prevent a Syrian scenario. However, this is only with a very strong coverage of the air and compelling must be many TOR.

NATO would actively engage with drones at this proximity. Therefore, the cover in the air must be very very strong. This lock would be urgently needed!

I had written that just under 24 hours. It does not seem to be bluff. Belarus will go in and complete the west.

My comments under each point

Updates

1) Borrell: NATO does not guarantee solutions to all of Europe's security problems

My comment: NATO is a useless function. Designed to repress Russia and yeah that seems to be working - NOT

2) The US State Department: The war in Ukraine is not going as planned by Russia.

My comment: You have to laugh how did the decades long war in Afghanistan turn out for NATO? Vietnam war? Iraq Libya Syria? Oh yes all failures.

3) Borrell: Putin is using refugees as a tool of war against Europe.

My comment: is this his admission that they can't cope with the refugees? Yet are encouraging them to come

Mig-31BM2 Super Irbis-E wrote:

Hole wrote:
Tor on the move in Belarus. More troops are being seen in Brest and the surrounding area, some only 7km away from the border.



Orsk unloading.

Menahwile the sea of Odessa is being shelled, propably to clear mines.

This would be a good operation to prevent a Syrian scenario. However, this is only with a very strong coverage of the air and compelling must be many TOR.

NATO would actively engage with drones at this proximity. Therefore, the cover in the air must be very very strong. This lock would be urgently needed!

I had written that just under 24 hours. It does not seem to be bluff. Belarus will go in and complete the west.

Cover in the air shouldn't be a massive issue. Belarusian troops are pretty much on par Russian troops in terms of training, they will move fairly quickly in an operation like this, they will initially have cover from S-400/S-300 from Belarusian territory. Tor on the move would be useful against any incoming Tochka and TB2 drones Ukraine have left, Belarus have plenty of OSA and strela -10 and we have seen how effective they have been during this conflict. Don't forget Belarus has Mig-29 and at least a squadron of mig-29BM which is on par with Russian SMT variant so it's a decent and capable air to air and air to ground and can use precision munitions. Belarus also has a large number of Su-25 and decent amount of mi-24 which will help propel troops towards their targets. A decent amount of T-72, BMP-2, backed up with a reasonable amount of artillery including MLRS (BM-21/-27/-30) and Tochka Also could utilize Polonez. They have been producing their own recce drones as well. And capable ATGW systems to take on enemy armour. They would of course need an element of surprise and fairly quick invasion. But I can't see them being up against many troops in those areas most likely only national guard, recently forced conscripts, and maybe some mercs. The biggest challenge would be neo Nazi civilians.

Russia could definitely use the PR win of a major victory over UA forces in the Donbass. That cauldron needs to happen ASAP.

Damn...  

Big_Gazza wrote:Damn...  

So much for the Democratic and Free West...

Russia is delaying as it must be careful with the pro-Russian population in the east. As soon as it ends and the war moves west it will go faster. In addition, there will be no mercy with the Ukrainian population of the west. If it is necessary to return rubble to Odessa or Lvov, it will be done so.
The popular resistance thing is a myth. Fear and care is what prevails in human society as soon as they see their nazis "heroes" shot. You have to know how to use it.

flamming_python wrote:

kvs wrote:Kiev regime mouthpieces are wailing that the Kinzhal is a weapon of cowards.   What chutzpah monkeys!   So using
civilians as shields everywhere (including Kiev) by the Ukr forces is real warrior code battle?   Ukr regime propaganda
is toxic enough to kill brain cells.

Both are correct

Kinzhal was only used against some storage facilities in fact

But attacking Ukrainian soldiers in their barracks with cruise missiles, even if they're engaging in combat while stupidly not vacating such objects - is criminal IMO. Message could have been given with another smaller missile like was done the first time.

The whole first week of the war was a big offramp for the Ukrainians. They were given warning shots and offers to surrender. They had a whole week to decide basically.

They made their decision and everything is 100% fair game.

ArgentinaGuard wrote:Russia is delaying as it must be careful with the pro-Russian population in the east. As soon as it ends and the war moves west it will go faster. In addition, there will be no mercy with the Ukrainian population of the west. If it is necessary to return rubble to Odessa or Lvov, it will be done so.
The popular resistance thing is a myth. Fear and care is what prevails in human society as soon as they see their nazis "heroes" shot. You have to know how to use it.

It would be a great tragedy especially in Odessa if you recall how valiantly that city resisted the Romanians and Germans.

From IntelSlava

The author of one of the main Russian-language YouTube channels on military topics was arrested in Riga. European authorities want to accuse him of treason because of the pro-Russian orientation of his videos

The History of Weapons YouTube channel has become one of the main patriotic amateur sites on YouTube in recent weeks. Its author, Kirill Fedorov, published in it analyzes of hostilities and did not hide his pro-Russian positions. The videos went into trends and gained millions of views, which the EU authorities did not like very much.

Permanently residing in Latvia, Kirill decided to emigrate to Russia, seeing how the foreign policy situation was deteriorating. Moreover, from the very beginning of the military operation, the blogger began to receive regular threats - he was obsessively offered to change the direction of his videos to anti-Russian, promising otherwise serious problems with the authorities. But on March 17, just before his departure, right in his parents' apartment, he was detained by state security agencies without explanation. After the 48 hours required by European law, he was not released, and his relatives and lawyer were threatened with problems if they spoke to the Russian press. As Readovka managed to find out, Fedorov was detained upon appeal to Latvia by the European authorities - he is accused of cooperation with Russia and will be charged with treason. In particular, he is charged with cooperation with Russian intelligence.

The situation is complicated by the fact that Fedorov is a citizen of Latvia, and that pressure is being exerted on his relatives, who are currently in Riga - people are extremely intimidated and afraid to talk to anyone. It is obvious that the European authorities will use this case to put pressure on everyone who provides at least some media support to Russia. In modern Europe, there can no longer be two opinions on the issue of our country.

Backman wrote:From IntelSlava

The author of one of the main Russian-language YouTube channels on military topics was arrested in Riga.  European authorities want to accuse him of treason because of the pro-Russian orientation of his videos

The History of Weapons YouTube channel has become one of the main patriotic amateur sites on YouTube in recent weeks.  Its author, Kirill Fedorov, published in it analyzes of hostilities and did not hide his pro-Russian positions.  The videos went into trends and gained millions of views, which the EU authorities did not like very much.

Permanently residing in Latvia, Kirill decided to emigrate to Russia, seeing how the foreign policy situation was deteriorating.  Moreover, from the very beginning of the military operation, the blogger began to receive regular threats - he was obsessively offered to change the direction of his videos to anti-Russian, promising otherwise serious problems with the authorities.  But on March 17, just before his departure, right in his parents' apartment, he was detained by state security agencies without explanation.  After the 48 hours required by European law, he was not released, and his relatives and lawyer were threatened with problems if they spoke to the Russian press.  As Readovka managed to find out, Fedorov was detained upon appeal to Latvia by the European authorities - he is accused of cooperation with Russia and will be charged with treason.  In particular, he is charged with cooperation with Russian intelligence.

The situation is complicated by the fact that Fedorov is a citizen of Latvia, and that pressure is being exerted on his relatives, who are currently in Riga - people are extremely intimidated and afraid to talk to anyone.  It is obvious that the European authorities will use this case to put pressure on everyone who provides at least some media support to Russia.  In modern Europe, there can no longer be two opinions on the issue of our country.

Latvia had Nazi tendancies in the 30 & 40s. Looks like very little has changed.

magnumcromagnon wrote:

https://twitter.com/spriter99880/status/1505479010079412228

https://twitter.com/peterpobjecky/status/1505474126969978881

I wonder if Modi asked the Japan PM : "Why would I take advice from a defeated nation?" BTW that ship is HMCS Montreal I believe. So nice of the protesters to throw paint in Canada national color lol.

diabetus wrote:

ArgentinaGuard wrote:Russia is delaying as it must be careful with the pro-Russian population in the east. As soon as it ends and the war moves west it will go faster. In addition, there will be no mercy with the Ukrainian population of the west. If it is necessary to return rubble to Odessa or Lvov, it will be done so.
The popular resistance thing is a myth. Fear and care is what prevails in human society as soon as they see their nazis "heroes" shot. You have to know how to use it.

It would be a great tragedy especially in Odessa if you recall how valiantly that city resisted the Romanians and Germans.

No problem, the local population must rise and overthrow the tyrant. They are not Ukrainians anyway. A mix of Greeks, Russians, Romanians they are. If not, they have sided with the paranoid nazis that first commit genocides then give lessons.

Read some of the comments from that link, comedy gold!