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    Post  par far Wed Sep 06, 2023 5:18 pm

    JohninMK wrote:A marked man, happy to talk about it.

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    As part of the SBU, in 2015, a unit was created that deals with murders - the former head of the special services, Valentin Nalyvaichenko.

    At that time, the authorities in Ukraine decided that simply "imprisoning collaborators" was not enough.

    “We reluctantly came to the conclusion that we need to eliminate people,” he admitted.

    They "really didn't want to", but "had to"...

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    The #Ukranian  SBU has created a department for "wet work" - the murders of "collaborators", - the former head of the Security Service of #Ukraine Nalyvaichenko, who created it in 2015, told The Economist

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    This is solid proof right here, Russia should take this and show it to the UN.

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    Post  ALAMO Wed Sep 06, 2023 5:42 pm

    Oh no, the world will know something known already!
    Laughing Laughing

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    Post  mnztr Wed Sep 06, 2023 5:52 pm

    JohninMK wrote:

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    "Yes my friend, our Saudi colleagues have more Patriots that cost more then your entire country is worth, and even they could not stop our drones. And I will tell you something funny my friend, even if you do shoot one down, that missile costs the same as 1000 geraniums. I will tell you honestly, the Americans are lying thieves. We have had many years of association with both the Russians and Americans. You are learning the hard way as we did."

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    Post  JohninMK Wed Sep 06, 2023 9:27 pm

    flamming_python wrote:
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    Maybe they're planning to buy drones from Iran too?
    Iran is not Turkey.

    Then why is the Ukrainian official there?

    Normal diplomatic situation, he, along at least the guy in the white uniform next to him, is a Colonel operating as the Military Attache in Tehran. He just drew the short straw at that meeting. But at least he is out of danger currently.

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    Post  JohninMK Wed Sep 06, 2023 9:30 pm

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    This topic is rarely discussed, but I feel it's important to briefly talk about it. There's a significant focus on advanced weapons like ATACMS or F16, which are expected to reshape the battlefield.

    While I don't dispute the significance of these weapons, I believe the constant buzz around "game changers" sometimes overshadows the critical need for simpler, yet vital resources. These include medevac vehicles, basic IFVs, armored vehicles like the M113, infantry mortars, ammunition for them, artillery, medical kits, stabilization equipment, MANPADs, and drones.

    The reality is that Ukrainian volunteers are tirelessly raising funds almost every day to purchase old, unarmored Toyotas in Europe just to secure one vehicle per company or even battalion for evacuating the wounded from the battlefield.

    In active combat scenarios, it's entirely possible to lose multiple drones at once, which is why you often see daily fundraisers for them.

    Numerous frontline units require basic armored vehicles for transportation and fire support. Acquiring these might not be as glamorous as boasting about Abrams tanks or F16s, but their importance is no less significant.

    Unfortunately, Ukraine is in a serious need of a significant amount of "essential vehicles", and not only in the Southern front. Ukrainians are engaged in constant battles across the entire frontline, with particularly intense combat in areas like Bakhmut, Kreminna, and Kupiansk.

    In a theater of war heavily influenced by artillery, landmines, and loitering munitions, the rate of equipment loss is far greater than many people realize. This is precisely why I've wrote this text, in an attempt to shed light on this pressing issue.

    While I may not have the power to resolve this issue, I urge supporters of Ukraine not to disregard fundraisers for drones or evacuation vehicles, as they are undeniably crucial. We shouldn't forget about essential supplies while chasing bigger goals like ATACMS.
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    Post  JohninMK Wed Sep 06, 2023 9:34 pm

    Werewolf wrote:I heard rumors that Surovikin and some other's are in transitioning positions of freshly created specialized department for covert operation planning on 404.
    If that is the case you will not hear much, but some pseudo position he "officially" will be holding.

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    GENERAL ARMAGEDDON'S GOT A BRAND NEW BAG

    CONFIRMED by member of the Duma Defense Committee, retired Colonel-General Viktor Zavarzin.

    Surovikin has a "new good position".

    AeroSpace Forces, meanwhile, are headed by his chief of staff.

    Surovikin, who remains immensely popular across Russia, is not gettin' into the new groove yet. He will, soon.

    That ends all previous nonsense about a "purge".
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    Post  JohninMK Wed Sep 06, 2023 9:37 pm

    And the crew are all alive!

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    Post  JohninMK Wed Sep 06, 2023 9:43 pm

    This link address is a very good analysis of the missile that attacked Konstantinovka today. Embedded video, photos etc. good comments.

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    Judging by the generously published footage from the Ukrainian side, the rocket flew through the market and fell on the area of the jewelry store "Zolotiy Vik" (Golden Age, marked in blue). Next to it is now the Smart mobile accessories store (marked in yellow). Also important for georeferencing the area is the Kapital pawnshop, located at the corner of the T-junction, opposite the Golden Age (marked in red).

    As you can see in the video, a second before arrival, local residents look into the sky in the direction of Druzhkovka controlled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (marked in green), from where the object flies (marked in orange), after which an air explosion occurs near the Golden Age, which is not typical for a conventional rocket, projectile or air bombs, but characteristic of an anti-aircraft or anti-radar missile.

    Thus, the rocket flew from UAF-controlled Druzhkovka along Tsiolkovsky Street in Konstantinovka and exploded above the ground near the Golden Age jewelry store.

    https://twitter.com/mazzenilsson/status/1699439062141079662

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    Post  Tsavo Lion Wed Sep 06, 2023 9:59 pm

    https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/5/russian-general-surovikin-seen-in-first-photo-since-wagner-revolt-reports

    https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2023/07/19/why-ukraines-counter-offensive-is-failing/ https://youtu.be/_xoiy55vZIg https://youtu.be/qryiRyyimaQ

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    Bad news for NATO & Kiev: Su-34 Tactical Bomber: News #2

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    Post  Regular Wed Sep 06, 2023 10:09 pm

    Ukrainian forces nearly managed to down a Russian Ka-52 attack helicopter with an FPV loitering munition.

    In midair.



    https://twitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/1699452502549106748?s=20
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    Post  Tsavo Lion Wed Sep 06, 2023 10:16 pm

    Backman wrote:^ i basically agree. But their life is at stake. Right now. If they don't do something , they will eventually find themselves in the military. And then they're really screwed
    I left everything and moved provinces before. And my life wasn't at stake.  Moving to Russia from Ukr is like moving from province to province in Canada.

    Even if they go to Russia, many may be pressured to give up their Ukr. passports to avoid all kinds of obstacles, & then become RF citizens on the condition of signing an enlistment contract with the MOD. There  were reports of this happening in recently annexed former Ukr. areas & with Central Asian migrants. In Russia, citizenship is a 2 sided concept: speedy naturalization & gov. benefits must be repaid by the sacred mil. duty of serving/defending the state by all fit males. Latest discussions:
    https://youtu.be/qryiRyyimaQ https://youtu.be/genVkn3vub8

    https://youtu.be/_xoiy55vZIg https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2023/07/19/why-ukraines-counter-offensive-is-failing/ https://youtu.be/_xoiy55vZIg

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    Post  mnztr Wed Sep 06, 2023 10:19 pm

    JohninMK wrote:
    Werewolf wrote:I heard rumors that Surovikin and some other's are in transitioning positions of freshly created specialized department for covert operation planning on 404.
    If that is the case you will not hear much, but some pseudo position he "officially" will be holding.

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    GENERAL ARMAGEDDON'S GOT A BRAND NEW BAG

    CONFIRMED by member of the Duma Defense Committee, retired Colonel-General Viktor Zavarzin.

    Surovikin has a "new good position".

    AeroSpace Forces, meanwhile, are headed by his chief of staff.

    Surovikin, who remains immensely popular across Russia, is not gettin' into the new groove yet. He will, soon.

    That ends all previous nonsense about a "purge".
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    Surovikin seems like a pretty competent guy. he took the situation in hand and as an airforce guy, consolidated the ground situation brilliantly. I hope he will be in charge of the offensive as I think the Russian air force at this stage is in a position to transform war as we know it.

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    Post  Regular Wed Sep 06, 2023 10:30 pm

    JohninMK wrote:And the crew are all alive!


    In video is most likely Krasnopol not Kornet. It was destroyed way before reaching LOC.
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    Re Surovikin purge, well he is alive and well, but then again Russia is to know purge people from positions, not shoot them with a cannon or other comical bs, so who knows - maybe he fucked up somehow.


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    Post  flamming_python Wed Sep 06, 2023 10:31 pm

    Regular wrote:
    Ukrainian forces nearly managed to down a Russian Ka-52 attack helicopter with an FPV loitering munition.

    In midair.



    https://twitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/1699452502549106748?s=20

    No prizes for 'nearly'

    Hope they roasted that firing position as a prize in return

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    Post  Dr.Snufflebug Thu Sep 07, 2023 5:45 am

    So let me get this straight... We have some very good footage of the event in Konstantinovka, and a lot can be seen and heard in it.

    • 1. The munition is a missile/rocket with its motor still running, as it can be loudly heard approaching prior to the strike.

    • 2. People on the street can be seen reacting to the sound, and they look towards it seconds before it hits.

      • 2.1 Rules out a glide bomb (a glide bomb doesn't make any sound).
        2.2 Rules out an MLRS rocket or a ballistic missile (rocket artillery only burns for a few seconds when launched, a ballistic missile for a bit longer as it gains altitude, it flies silently, ballistically the rest of the way to the target).


    • 3. These people are looking to the northwest (as can be determined by geolocating the street).
      •    3.1 Ergo, it came from Ukrainian-held territory to the north-west, in the direction of Kramatorsk.


    • 4. It shows up in two frames as a reflection in two different car roofs, and it is not large, it has a thin profile and no big wings or anything.
      • 4.1 As with the sound, these visual characteristics also rule out a glide bomb (a glide bomb is fat and has wings).
        4.2 The visual characteristics also rule out a cruise missile (a CM is huge and has big conspicuous wings).


    • 5. People in the area northwest of Konstantinovka were quoted as having observed Ukrainian missile launches by Ukrainian strike aircraft taking place minutes before this strike.

    • 6. No Russian strikes were reported at the time, there was no air raid alert or anything.


    And the explosion is far too small for a cruise missile, ballistic missile or glide bomb. So that fact alone rules out those three as well.

    Ergo: adding 1+1 together, it is established beyond reasonable doubt that it was a Ukrainian missile, most likely an AGM-88 HARM that was launched in the air by a Ukrainian MiG-29 to the northeast of Konstantinovka, missed its intended target (some Russian radio emitter) and accidentally struck civilians. This exact thing has occured on multiple occasions before, at least one of which even got acknowledged by western media (yes, as crazy as that sounds), eg:

    The New York Times: an air-launched AGM-88B missile, built to destroy enemy radars, apparently missed its target and hit an apartment building in Kramatorsk in September.
    https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/24/world/europe/ukraine-american-missile.html

    There is a slight possibility that it was a Ukrainian air defense missile (S-300 or what have you) that went awry as well, but as no Russian aerial activity had been reported, while Ukrainian ditto had, it is more likely to have been associated with the latter (ie an air-launched HARM).

    A Russian strike can be ruled out based on the direction of travel and the visual and aural characteristics of the weapon:
    • 1. The only way a Russian missile with its motor still running could have come from the northwest would have been a cruise missile fired from the Belgorod, Kursk or Bryansk regions (or Belarus).
      •   1.1 This can be ruled out based on the shape of the missile.
          1.2 This can also be ruled out by the fact that no CM strike was ongoing (NATO surveillance is very thorough and they instantly alert Ukraine, which then immediately issues regional alerts).
          1.3 ...And nobody reported hearing or seeing it at any time during the 100s of kilometers of Ukrainian-held territory it would have to have flown over, subsonically at low altitude.



    This is not rocket science (yeah, yeah), just 1+1.

    Yet, literally all western media is uncritically parroting Zelenskys remarks of "Russian barbarianism" and what not. Zero reflection, zero research.

    It is absolutely astonishing to observe. It is not the first time, though, as many of you know. The New York Times piece above that acknowledges a Ukrainian cock-up is one of the very few times it's been acknowledged by western media. But there are dozens of examples of similarly 100% verifiable Ukrainian strikes (whether accidental or malicious, sometimes you wonder) having taken place over the course of the conflict, and most of them are regularly brought up to this day as clear-cut examples of absolutely intentional "Russian barbarism".

    In fact, the very first one, on February 27th if I recall correctly (apartment building in Kiev struck by a Ukrainian Buk/Kub SAM) became like the poster child of Russia's supposed evil. It is still referred to as a Russian cruise missile, and a very intentional strike, even though the same 1+1 can be applied to that case:

    • 1. In the impact footage, it is an unwinged and supersonic missile coming from a western direction.
      • 1.1 A cruise missile is winged and subsonic, and a Russian missile of any kind would have come from the opposite direction.


    • 2.  The missile in the impact footage is still burning solid rocket fuel, leaving a thick, white exhaust plume behind it.
      • 2.1 A cruise missile is powered by a small, non-afterburning turbine once in level flight, it runs on liquid jet fuel and does not leave a thick white exhaust plume behind it.
      • 2.2 This also rules out other contenders, such as Russian MLRS or a ballistic missile (inconsistent with the trajectory anyway, but also inconsistent with the plume, as they fly unpowered to the target).


    • 3. A perfectly matching Kub/Buk launch was filmed from an apartment on Akademika Vilyamsa street, showing the missile's entire flight path, thick white plume and all, all the way from west of Zhulyany, going north, making a wide turn to the east, finally disappearing into the ground right where the aforementioned apartment building on Lobanovsky avenue is located.


    Plus, the impact is also far too small for a cruise missile with a ~400kg high-explosive warhead (eg Kh-101). It is perfectly consistent with the ~50kg fragmentation warhead of a mid-sized air defense missile (eg 3M9 Kub).

    Sigh. Then on top of that you have a bunch of eg NASAMS (AIM-120) and S-300 (5V55) fully verified by literally everyone (including the west) as having been launched by Ukraine only to land where they weren't supposed to... Well, everyone except Ukraine/Kiev (for instance the ones in Poland).

    I don't even think Kiev has taken responsibility for the old Tupolev drone that they struck Zagreb, Croatia with. It's all Russians, even when it is so dead obvious it is not. And in 99% of the cases, western media just goes along with the Kievan mumbo-jumbo, sometimes even refraining from relaying what western intelligence says (when they do say something, which admittedly is rare) and that is terrifying.

    Orwellian is a popular and somewhat abused term these days, but it really is Orwellian. Media controls perceptions and opinions, and it is so easy to demonstrate that they employ lies (whether direct or by omission) to do so, and there is this culture of silence everywhere. Even otherwise firebrand investigative journalists are keeping mum on it.

    It just blows my mind. I'm sure many of you will say "duuuuh?!" but it still amazes me every time it is so blatant. And much like the Syrian "rebels", Zelensky (and Poroshenko before him) take full advantage of this.


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    Post  nomadski Thu Sep 07, 2023 7:00 am

    Civilian areas should not be hit . What is necessary for their survival . Not what they want , but what they need . Civilians can live without electricity , but not without water . They can live without eating Meat , but not without Bread . They can survive without Trains or Ships , or planes . But need ( small ) Trucks to carry emergency goods and supplies and medicines . They need Barges to carry emergency supplies across Rivers , but they don't need Bridges . They don't need TV or Radio or Internet or Cinemas or covered sport stadiums , hiding places  for weapons . They don't need Nazi monuments or buildings symbolic !

    So Ukraine military meeting with Iranian military , and shaking hands ? Good , a point of contact for Russia . Must identify all Ukraine military that are realistic and constructive . Ready for practical steps to stop the war and killing . Withdrawal from Russian areas , a cease fire . Followed by talks about forming a military transitional council to replace the extremists .

    Drones can be armed with RPG warhead . Therefore the Drone itself must be stopped from reaching Planes . Can not armour entire Plane against RPG . Nets are to my mind , the best way . Put up , to capture Drones . Same as nets for Ships or Subs , at Port . Tall horizontal nets , with carbon fibre fabric .

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rfsIeyqvv6Y&pp=ygUNS2V2bGFyIHNoZWV0IA%3D%3D

    One way to construct Anti-frag composite sheets , light enough for tall horizontal nets , is to give frag rounds a small parachute , that wraps around them , when they hit the net . Simply strong square patches are woven into light fabric , these detach when hit and slow down frag round .QED .



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    Post  GarryB Thu Sep 07, 2023 8:20 am

    “We reluctantly came to the conclusion that we need to eliminate people,” he admitted.

    They "really didn't want to", but "had to"...

    That is hilarious... with no clear strategy does that mean if EU countries stop supporting Kiev that they then become Putins puppets and therefore legitimate targets to be murdered by these guys... hahahaha... talking about biting the hand that feeds... but then play stupid games win stupid prizes...

    Civilian areas should not be hit .

    Of course, but when your enemy uses malls to hide artillery vehicles and their ammo and uses grain deals to shift weapons and mount attacks then it becomes a bit of a gray area.

    And more important Russia is avoiding such things but they get no credit from the west who blames them for all the bad things Kiev has been doing more than a decade now.

    Hitting civilians is counter productive but Russia will be blamed for doing that anyway because their enemy are liars and could care less about civilians on either side.


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    Post  ALAMO Thu Sep 07, 2023 8:53 am

    Dr.Snufflebug wrote:So let me get this straight... We have some very good footage of the event in Konstantinovka, and a lot can be seen and heard in it.

    At least we talk a missile that missed, so a tragedy and mistake.
    Not like Kreatorsk last year, when they deliberately targeted civilians on the train station to stage a commercial for western shitstream.

    By the way, Challenger has a turret perfectly cooked off. It only lies on the hull rather than flowing away.

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    Take a look at the turret front line. It is supposed to match the hull line in this position, while it is at least half a meter away from it.
    This means that the crew is toasted, and we have a full 360 deg covered Ukro propaganda lie.

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    Post  Backman Thu Sep 07, 2023 9:16 am

    It was obviously done on purpose to get this headline 

    Russian missile strike kills 17 as Blinkin visits Kiev 

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    Post  Backman Thu Sep 07, 2023 9:24 am

    Dr.Snufflebug wrote:So let me get this straight...

    onstantinovka, missed its intended target (some Russian radio emitter) and accidentally struck civilians
     
    But you still got it wrong. This was 110% done on purpose as a false flag for a propaganda headline. 

    It was not an accident. How can you think it was an accident ? People here still don't get how depraved the US is.

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    Post  ALAMO Thu Sep 07, 2023 9:26 am

    Because it was HARM missile that did that.

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    Post  flamming_python Thu Sep 07, 2023 9:37 am

    ALAMO wrote:By the way, Challenger has a turret perfectly cooked off. It only lies on the hull rather than flowing away.

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    Take a look at the turret front line. It is supposed to match the hull line in this position, while it is at least half a meter away from it.
    This means that the crew is toasted, and we have a full 360 deg covered Ukro propaganda lie.

    From what I understand, most of the time you see turret fly-offs it's because the ammo caught fire and detonated already some time after the tank had been knocked out and the crew had evacuated.

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    Post  ALAMO Thu Sep 07, 2023 9:55 am

    Judging from a revealed film, ammo exploded on the hit, and the tank started to burn heavily just after.

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