Russian special military operation in Ukraine #40

Papadragon wrote:USA killing Putin will be the greatest opportunity in Russian history

They will be free to eradicate entire hostile continent on their Western border in response without any concern about repercussions and to guarantee security of their nation for centuries to come

Only question is will they have the balls to seize that opportunity?

I don't think there would be such a response

The reaction of Russian officials, to a war instigated by US, on the border, which has resulted in the loss of a capital ship, bombings of Crimea, Rostov, Belgorod, terrorist attacks on civilians, attacks on strategic bomber bases, and the like has been muted

Some paltry strikes on transformers, a slugfest between wagner and the VSU, and in general an unwillingness to utilize the potential of the military and the state to make an example of a state which is genocidal to Russian people, which has shown disrespect to the Russian culture, and which represents the nature of an Anti Russia

Some harp on about kill count, and lopsided casualty comparisons

But the fact that Russia as a nuclear superpower has been undermined in such a way, with total disregard for nuclear potential , is so much worse than some 3rd world state like Ukraine losing unimportant cannon fodder

As you say Papa Dragon, Russia should have erased this stupid monstrosity of a country, from the earth

What does Russia get for these meaningless gestures of goodwill?

The president is on the same level as fucking Saddam Hussein

And the supporters are rationalizing that some ICC is not an international body, ignore it bla bla bla

With this kind of behavior the west will begin assassinating high profile officials like Lavrov or Nebenzya

And Moscow still thinks this is a game- but a caveat

Bakhmut , or Artemovsk, whatever you wanna call it, will be liberated after 1 year , and Avdeyevka, is coming into the so called "operational encirclement"

But the president is labeled a war criminal

And here we jump and celebrate the capture of a village somewhere called Krasnogorovka

Yeah you are right. Russia should nuke Ukraine and kill everyone.

Retard.

Ark? I hope you are right. No, I mean Russia cannot pussy foot around but I hope you are right that they don't plan to use nukes to give back to the US all the shit we have dished out over the years. That said, is Deadhand still operational? If so, the west taking out Putin, or attempting, to take out Putin would be beyond fucking stupid.

Deadhand activates if Moscow goes silent.

Am I mistaken or am I seeing a lot of rifles with suppressors in this conflict. If so does anyone know why they are using them more then I have seen in any other war? Don't they reduce the performance of the rifle and also are they using subsonic ammo?

The guy's views on Putin and Russia's internal matters are typical western nonsense.
But he is on point when talking about the U.S and European policies/intent.



He is one of these believers in the "West $tr0nk", this is in order to focus on the enemy within.
Sadly, all this will just lead to the West's external and internal defeats.

From Telegram

It turns out that the inhabitants of Donbass, including children, were supposed to die under the bombs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Kadyrov reacted to the issuance of an arrest warrant for children's ombudsman Maria Lvova-Belova

"And saving the children of Donbass is classified by them as deportation." Of course, I always knew and said that in the West all tails were between their legs for fear of cowboys, but here the news is not strange but rather ridiculously absurd: bombing children is not a crime, but saving them is deportation.

The satanic filth are just trying to drive the Russian leadership nuts with these absurdities. Russia just has to tune this stuff out.

We know which directions the drone was flying in for each encounter. And we know how to orientate relative to the mountains, so this is a very rough flight path. (without knowing the distance to the shoreline.)

The problem is that that last photo is not the same drone, because the two yellow stripes on each propeller blade are not present... unless the Flanker hit the drone so hard it knocked the paint off all of the propeller blades that video footage is FAKE and not relevant.

If the Kiev regime attacks in the South towards Mariupol or from Kherson towards Crimea
Russia will attack from the North.
If the Nazis try some attack towards Belgorod or so Russia will go to the offensive in the
South.

Really the problem for Kiev is that if they attack in the south or the north that Russia can respond by attacking everywhere and Kiev will have to decide where to defend and where to collapse... or they may not get to make that choice because with no reserves they might just collapse everywhere.

Not how declassifying stuff works at all, at least in the US. Even if the president says to release it still takes a few days to go through the steps.

Plenty of things have been released straight away because someone high enough said something so there was no point in keeping it secret any more...

If the President says it is ok to release then who is going to say no?

International Criminal Court judges issue arrest warrants against Russian president Vladimir Putin - statement

The ICC is so politically biased that the US has laws against cooperating with them.

how movable is the reinforced line the Russians built? I noticed a lot of the concrete barriers can be moved. What about some of the concerete bunkers? Can they be hoisted out by a crane and dropped into a new hole? If so they can creep this line forward bit by bit as the line of contact moves forward.

Makes more sense to create new lines as you move forward... then if allies join in on the side of your enemy and you choose not to nuke them you then have multiple lines of defence to stop them.

This ICC ruling will provide the casus belli for Western intervention in Ukraine

Any ruling they come up with would allow them to arrest Putin... good luck with that.

Even the US has laws to NOT cooperate with the ICC, so they can't even provide evidence.

The crime they are being charged with is evacuating civilians out of a war zone to prevent Kiev shelling from killing them... they should be getting peace prize medals.

Putin is now war criminal suspect!
Global reputation of Russian state well it is in free fall.

A court so politically biased that even the US does not recognise its authority and has laws that allow it to break out its own citizens and the citizens of its allies being held in custody in the Netherlands...

Sounds like Russia needs the same laws.

Be aware that from legal point accusation is serious. Ukrainian children and youth should never be taken by force and kept separated away from their families in Russia, it is not defend-able situation. Ukraine will build more on this.

Kiev being pissed off because Russia took children and civilians out of range of their shelling is a good thing.

The actual free world understands that if Bush, Blair, Cheney, Kissinger, Rice, Bolton, Pompeo, Johnson, Nuland, Clinton, Wolfovitz, Soros and the likes can still go around freely but Putin condemned. Then your "institutions" need to be thrown down and rebuilt.

Ironically the US understands the political nature of the court which is not international at all and is purely a rubber stamp tool for the west to justify their own war crimes... they don't arrest their own.

Belarus is worthless in this conflict...

Actually Belarus is very useful in this situation... Belarus didn't remove any troops from its border, so the fact that Kiev has moved its troops away means they desperately need them somewhere else and they are running out of soldiers and equipment.

Desperation so bad to remove them from a place they need them if Russia decides to invade from the north...

Dorito did big fire ball. Huge hit.

Would say that was a fuel dump...

Frankly, if the west wants to call Putin a war criminal the gloves should be off and most of Ukraine should be rendered uninhabitable. Not by nuke but by ceaseless rocket and bomber attack.

When your enemy calls you a war criminal you continue doing what you are doing and defeat him and then start the war crimes trials.

Propably targeting logistics of their spring counteroffensive.

Counter offensives require lots of fuel...

It's not good to laugh at this, it's not good to dismiss and pretend its not there

What comes next? Ffs

The west has been saying things for the last 23 years about Russia... it is unreasonable to expect them to start making sense now.

As pointed out trying to arrest Putin would be an act of war... and I doubt any western country would dare support any country stupid enough to do that.

Talking about Putin's arrest warrant: what's now with international travelling ? To Brazil? South Africa or whatever country where US AF can intercept Russian presidential plane?
Ypu might laugh but those criminal morons in US senate are so dumb they might issue an order to do it. Like they would survive.

Putins protection squad have to protect him from all sorts of crack heads, I rather think they will know what to do when the time comes.

i guess i wasn't clear enough, my bad. Its not whether Putin has immunity or not in legal sense -there si no law out there. What with global travelling of Putins jet? will it be escorted by dozens of fighters? or attacked by US fighters for CSG? Taking into account US senate braindead people I really concerned. Tehy want to die? let them die but why they want to take everyone with them?

The US has laws banning US citizens and government orgs from cooperating with the ICC so I don't see that as being any problem at all.

Am I mistaken or am I seeing a lot of rifles with suppressors in this conflict. If so does anyone know why they are using them more then I have seen in any other war? Don't they reduce the performance of the rifle and also are they using subsonic ammo?

A suppressor makes a lot of sense, it reduces the damage to hearing of the user when firing, and means you don't need ear protection, which means you can hear better on the battlefield, though ear protection with electronic hearing is best so you can hear talking but it blocks the loud noises.

When firing a rifle, especially a modern small calibre rifle the bullet is most effective at very high velocities so the bullet will be supersonic so you will hear sharp crack noises of the supersonic bullets, but no bang of the rifle being fired... the supersonic gas blowing the bullet down the barrel makes a bang as it blows past the bullet as the bullet leaves the muzzle. Normally if you listen you will hear the crack of the bullet and the bang of the shot, so if you hear the crack and then hear the bang you know the bullets are being fired at you whereas a bang and then crack means they are being fired away from you.

A suppressor gets rid of the bang so it is harder to tell where the shots are coming from and eliminates muzzle flash most of the time.

I have a M44 Mosin carbine with almost no muzzle flash that I can fire without ear protection thanks to my suppressor.

JohninMK wrote:Not only O/T but why the F did you have to remind us?

Delete the picture please.

Did I touch a nerve there? So it's ok to post a pick of the 3 American dicks but not the war criminal still walking free in your homeland!?
Interesting....

These are the real war criminals.

Ok but the jury is still out on that one

The ICC's little stunt is actually hilarious!

Gunship democracy
Talking about Putin's arrest warrant: what's now with international travelling ? To Brazil? South Africa or whatever country where US AF can intercept Russian presidential plane?
Ypu might laugh but those criminal morons in US senate are so dumb they might issue an order to do it. Like they would survive.

South Africa ignored the ICC on Omar Al-Bashir, even after all the squealing from Europe.

Everybody understands that the ICC is an instrument of the EU and "The West" directed at non-EU or non-Western countries.
The Africans particularly understand that it is simply another toothless tool from colonial countries fading into insignificance, directed towards brown or Asian people, or people outside the EU, Canada, Australia, the US.
None of the leaders of those countries, responsible for the destruction of countries and the murder of millions of brown people, will ever be charged.
There is an inherent and obvious idealogical, ethnic, and racist component to the ICC that most normal people see as clear as daylight.

Don't get your panties in a knot over it.

They are so full of themselves and think they have the right to judge everyone... even the US recognises it as a political tool to rewrite history and moral grandstanding...

Everyone knows it is a white mans court for judging foreigners that do not do as their colonial masters tell them to do... it started out as a court for blaming the Serbs for everything...

https://www.icc-cpi.int/defendants
Here we go.

Every single one is either brown/African.
A sprinkling of Russians thrown in.

It's a tool..and instrument..of the EU.
It has absolutely nothing to do with justice in any form.
Everybody outside the EU knows exactly what the ICC is.

Nobody that supports or carries out the EU or US agenda will ever be prosecuted or charged, no matter how many millions of people they murder, nor how many countries they smash or bomb.

And people are surprised they have no issue supporting Nazis??

So, the ICC are best ignored, which is why many countries do precisely that.
Most of the African countries that did sign the Rome agreement are signalling that they will exit it anyway now,  as they understand what the ICC is.

Can't see much firing.

Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of a special military operation (17.03.2023)

In the Kupyansk direction, air strikes and artillery fire of the "Western" grouping of troops hit AFU units in the areas of Dvurechnoye, Berestovoye of Kharkiv Region and Artemivka of Luhansk People's Republic. The losses of the enemy amounted to more than 40 Ukrainian soldiers, an armored fighting vehicle, two vehicles, as well as an ammunition depot of the 113th Brigade of Territorial Defense.

In the Krasno-Limansky direction in the course of active actions of units of the group of troops "Center", air strikes and artillery fire hit the enemy's manpower and equipment in the areas of the settlements of Terny and Yampolovka of the Donetsk People's Republic. During the day, more than 70 Ukrainian servicemen, an infantry fighting vehicle, an armored fighting vehicle, three pickup trucks, a car and a D-30 howitzer were destroyed in this direction.

In the Donetsk direction, active actions of units of the "Southern" group of troops and artillery fire in the areas of Semenovka, Petrovskoye and Tonenkoye settlements of the Donetsk People's Republic destroyed up to 135 Ukrainian servicemen, three armored combat vehicles, four pickups, one vehicle, a Grad MLRS combat vehicle, a D-30 howitzer, as well as an ammunition warehouse of the 53rd mechanized brigade of the AFU overnight.

On the South Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia directions, air strikes and artillery fire of the Vostok Group of Forces hit AFU units in the areas of Ugledar and Novomikhailovka settlements of the Donetsk People's Republic. Total losses of the enemy in these directions amounted to 65 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, two pickup trucks, three vehicles and two D-20 howitzers.

In the Kherson direction, up to 25 Ukrainian servicemen, two armored combat vehicles, ten vehicles, a Grad MLRS vehicle and an Acacia self-propelled artillery unit were destroyed in the course of fire.

Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile troops and artillery of groups of troops (forces) of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation hit 82 artillery units of the AFU in firing positions, manpower and equipment in 112 areas.

A Ukrainian low-flying air target detection radar station 36D6 was uncovered and destroyed near the settlement of Mirnoye, Kharkiv Oblast.

In addition, a US-made AN/TPQ-36 counterbattery radar station was destroyed near the village of Redkodub in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The air defense forces intercepted five HIMARS MBRLS rockets and a Tochka-U tactical missile during the day.

Fourteen Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were also destroyed during the day in the areas of Korsunka, Golaya Pristan in Kherson region, Rubizhne in Luhansk People's Republic, Kotlyarovka and Olshana in Kharkiv region.


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High sustained OP tempo over 5 days period up to & inclusive of 16.03. OP tempo significantly lowered over preceding 24 hrs by ~ -60%, yet no reduction in materiel AFU losses, in fact the opposite. Concentration of main effort in limited, specific locales.

Sustained continual attrition, due increased active AFU engagements beyond static defense positions, re developing/expansion of envelopments, of AFU evermore scarce AFVs/Arty/MBRLS & soft-skinned transport & ad-hoc logistics support vehicles, particularly the latter over preceding 10 days.

Last 7+ days indicate a sustained higher priority of targeting & destruction of AFU Air Defense System(ADS) assets. Probable preparatory to higher commitment & rate of extant RuAF & Army CAS assets strikes in further depth(beyond ~35km) beyond FEBA. Note: ADS Radar destruction constitutes an unclaimed Kill, as zero parts or replacements available to AFU re pre '91 Soviet assets.

Increased in-depth sorties re close reconnaissance & strikes will allow for greater destruction of AFU stores/dumps/depots in rear areas (beyond range of deployed tube/rocket ranged Fires), especially ordnance, to further disrupt fragile tenuous logistical train & therefore disrupt effective preparation of significant counter-attacks(& imagined counter-offensives), including localized & concurrently accelerate AFU organizational/structural collapse by diminishing effective combat power of already in contact AFU units all along FEBA.

Behind the scenes the US$ wins. For a while.

  According to our data for 2022, the Office of the President spent more than $2 billion on covert lobbying for the Ukrainian crisis in the West (including kickbacks and bribes).

   Now this amount is growing many times (we think in 2023 it will be about 5-6 billion), as negative sentiments towards Ukraine in the West are growing (crisis, protests, war fatigue, etc.), which forces Bankovaya to pay more. All these stars who call and come to Zelensky are all paid through the "gray schemes" of the shady back office of Bankova. Do you think they do it for free? How naive are you...

   All bot farms, SMM and seo departments of banking, gobble up tens of millions of dollars a week.

   Now there is still a risk that the Republicans will turn on the “trickle” of aid, which could threaten catastrophic consequences for the entire “game”. The resident has already written about this, pointing out that Bankovaya is trying to buy the loyalty of the Republicans. I wonder what they will give a rollback?

   Conclusion: everyone is making money on the Ukrainian crisis, and only the people pay for this bloody banquet and the celebration of the vanity of individual characters.

   Think!


https://t.me/legitimniy/14966

Meanwhile

Our source reports that a riot is brewing in the country with relatives of military personnel and mobilized due to the fact that the Office of the President hides the number of casualties and missing persons.

We wrote back on January 28 that this would be a problem that ZeYermak wants to solve with the help of the SBU, intimidating relatives with criminal cases and work for the Kremlin.


https://t.me/legitimniy/14967

So, the ICC are best ignored, which is why many countries do precisely that.
Most of the African countries that did sign the Rome agreement are signalling that they will exit it anyway now, as they understand what the ICC is.

Perhaps this ridiculous charge will result in most of the countries that signed up realise what a joke it actually is and take away its credibility by withdrawing support for it and cooperation with it.

Can't see much firing.

The guys in that trench seem more interested in using their phones than their rifles...

Perhaps the Russians could locate Orcs in their trenches using watsapp?

“ which has shown disrespect to the Russian culture, and which represents the nature of an Anti Russia”

I don't think this has any relevance in this, Ukraine did much more to Russia than disrespect, not that it matters much, Russia usually ignores both Baltics or even bigger countries and for good reason.

One of the main bases of foreign mercenaries in Zaporozhye was hit

"Early this morning (04:15), a blow was struck at the Monica Bellucci restaurant complex, located on the territory of the Renaissance elite residential complex on Veliky Luga in the temporarily occupied city of Zaporozhye," he wrote.

According to him, this complex was one of the main bases of the "Foreign Legion" militants.

“It was where foreign Nazi mercenaries and instructors were located. According to my countrymen, the number of bodies of militants who were taken out from under the rubble is already in the dozens,” Rogov added.

https://ria.ru/20230318/zaporozhe-1858769568.html






@willhelm

Every single one is either brown/African.
A sprinkling of Russians thrown in.

it looks like EU racial diversity measure.