Russia on brink of ... NOPE! Russia INVADES Ukraine!

[zinfamous]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1604124392690163724

It would be hilarious if that studio and all those officers playing their instruments got HIMARS'd by Ukrainians during that recording.

 

[Jaskalas]

The Bakhmut meatgrinder is real.
Russia does not care about losses, only in pressuring Ukraine until Ukraine breaks.

Ukrainians on front line are now referring to enemy as "meat waves". 100's of Russians are dropped directly on front line, all killed, next day it repeats. Strategy seems to be an effort to use up Ukrainian ammunition.

 

[JEDI]

How Russia so badly mismanaged its invasion:

Putin’s War: The Inside Story of a Catastrophe

Secret battle plans, intercepted communications and Russian soldiers explain how a “walk in the park” became a catastrophe for Russia.

www.nytimes.com

It was a cascade of failures, and at the top is Putin’s own misguidedness, his own isolation and his own conviction that he knew what was best. The Russian military was unprepared all the way down to a tactical level, like using Soviet-era maps. Like using their cellphones to call home, which gave away their positions and allowed them to be ambushed or attacked. There wasn’t enough food to feed the soldiers. ​

We got hold of actual copies of some of the invasion plans that some of the Russian military units had, which showed them expecting to race toward Kyiv within hours of invading. Russian military leaders didn’t think they’d need any reinforcements.​

I talked to many people who knew Putin personally, and they told me that the decision to go to war was based on his gut feeling. Putin didn’t seem to think he needed advice on the wisdom of this invasion. Putin was convinced that he knew best, that he understood Ukraine and its place in history as well as his own.​

This is still mind boggling:
Not enough food to feed the soldiers

How can you START a war without this basic necessity?!

 

[rommelrommel]

Everyone knew there was some theft, but the further you got up the chain the less you knew. There was also no motivation for low level supply personnel or commanders to admit they were woefully unprepared. They didn’t even know they were actually going to attack Ukraine in most cases. Those that did were told they’d be welcomed by the people and most of the military for casting off the yoke of their Jewish Nazi globalist western puppet leaders.

 

[RnR_au]

Everyone knew there was some theft, but the further you got up the chain the less you knew.

I think that should be - "The further you got up the chain, the more you took".

 

[rommelrommel]

I think that should be - "The further you got up the chain, the more you took".

That's also true lol. But they were just writing fake contracts for stuff that never got delivered and splitting the money.

 

[K1052]

UK to announce a large program to purchase artillery ammunition for Ukraine.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1604645573864427527

 

[Brainonska511]

Putin’s War: The Inside Story of a Catastrophe

Secret battle plans, intercepted communications and Russian soldiers explain how a “walk in the park” became a catastrophe for Russia.

www.nytimes.com

Just absolutely wild - Putin throwing hapless Russians into a meat grinder.

 

[Leeea]

it is double Perun day:

I have not watched the second one yet:

 

[K1052]

Another Shahed 136 attack on Kyiv last night. Russians seem to have mostly switched to using these at night. Likely due to their relatively pokey speed and loud engines which makes them quite vulnerable to ground fire from the many types of improvised anti aircraft guns Ukraine is starting to field. For example:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1604683072573739009

 

[Jaskalas]

The drones are meant to inflict damage at a fraction of the cost of missiles.
Still seems effective, even if only a handful get through at a time.

 

[K1052]

The drones are meant to inflict damage at a fraction of the cost of missiles.
Still seems effective, even if only a handful get through at a time.

If you have a large steady supply of expendable drones high rates of failure due to mechanical or interception is acceptable. The problem for Russia is that their supply is almost entirely limited by what the Iranians can provide and that's by no means bottomless. There was just a long lull in these attacks due to Russia expending their stock much faster than Iran can make them. A lot of the components have to be scavenged from the black and grey markets because they can't be had legally from foreign suppliers.

I think most daytime raids with these had become virtually useless as Ukraine adapted by simply mounting 12.7mm or better guns on everything they could find.

 

[tweaker2]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1604124392690163724

The covers those women instrumentalists are wearing looks so much like the US Navy's women's version. Jus' say'in.

 

[KMFJD]

Russian volunteer Murz on why Russia is not ready to defend Ukrainian winter offensive • WarTranslated

Below is a translation of a long blog post by the Russian volunteer Murz whom we’ve covered extensively during the past several months. In this post, Murz, who has been previously critical of the way the Russian Army is conducting the “special operation”, goes over the potential of a Ukrainian...

wartranslated.com

sounds like Russian bloggers are at their shits end

~The result at the moment (which the Russian media and biased bloggers are diligently trying to cover up with stories about how the fucking positions are taken out by 57-mm anti-aircraft guns and how cool it is to burn through the life of tank barrels with constant firing from closed positions) is a monstrous shell hunger in artillery. Air strikes from afar with unguided 80-mm rockets from a pitch-up (because if you fly closer, they will shoot you down) are also something only tickles a well-entrenched enemy, although it can look very impressive. Pew pew pew! Hooray! What a shot! And when the smoke settled – another plowed field. And the remnants of cannon artillery shells are spent, of course, on these same mini-Verduns throughout the contact line, which the Russian army diligently breeds one after another, grinding down infantry at them. Did the artillery gain radically more “eyes” in the air after 10 months? No. Did the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation bring the artillerymen enough autumn and winter camouflage nets for their guns? No. And winter is ahead. It will no longer be possible to hide the guns in the forests – the forests are bare, and then more snow will fall and in general, every step will be visible from the air. And the enemy with the UAV is doing well. Even considering losses. On our side, the stupid morons who wasted the ammo on plowing the fields decided to replace the six-inch projectiles with VOGs [grenades] dropped from copters. With the motivation “Well, ho@#!s do it!”

Russians are starting to use tanks for artillery roles as they are running out of shells , thereby wasting the tanks (well tank barrels)

 

[K1052]

Russian volunteer Murz on why Russia is not ready to defend Ukrainian winter offensive • WarTranslated

Below is a translation of a long blog post by the Russian volunteer Murz whom we’ve covered extensively during the past several months. In this post, Murz, who has been previously critical of the way the Russian Army is conducting the “special operation”, goes over the potential of a Ukrainian...

wartranslated.com

sounds like Russian bloggers are at their shits end

~The result at the moment (which the Russian media and biased bloggers are diligently trying to cover up with stories about how the fucking positions are taken out by 57-mm anti-aircraft guns and how cool it is to burn through the life of tank barrels with constant firing from closed positions) is a monstrous shell hunger in artillery. Air strikes from afar with unguided 80-mm rockets from a pitch-up (because if you fly closer, they will shoot you down) are also something only tickles a well-entrenched enemy, although it can look very impressive. Pew pew pew! Hooray! What a shot! And when the smoke settled – another plowed field. And the remnants of cannon artillery shells are spent, of course, on these same mini-Verduns throughout the contact line, which the Russian army diligently breeds one after another, grinding down infantry at them. Did the artillery gain radically more “eyes” in the air after 10 months? No. Did the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation bring the artillerymen enough autumn and winter camouflage nets for their guns? No. And winter is ahead. It will no longer be possible to hide the guns in the forests – the forests are bare, and then more snow will fall and in general, every step will be visible from the air. And the enemy with the UAV is doing well. Even considering losses. On our side, the stupid morons who wasted the ammo on plowing the fields decided to replace the six-inch projectiles with VOGs [grenades] dropped from copters. With the motivation “Well, ho@#!s do it!”

Russians are starting to use tanks for artillery roles as they are running out of shells , thereby wasting the tanks (well tank barrels)

The number of indicators that Russia is running short of munitions/barrels/parts for their 152s and 122s has been growing in discussion some lately. I mean you don't go begging North Korea for shells if your burn rate is anything close to acceptable too.

Both sides have been using tanks as improvised artillery but more reports lately of Russians doing it and ruining the barrels because they aren't careful.

 

[RnR_au]

Interesting thread and results from folks in Russia asking ordinary citizens sneaky questions about their support for the war;

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1604798081819897856

 

[cytg111]

So. This talk about a major push come early next year is... propaganda to start negotiations?

 

[vi edit]

So. This talk about a major push come early next year is... propaganda to start negotiations?

I don't know where they are pulling the bodies, hardware or supplies from to do it.

 

[RnR_au]

I don't know where they are pulling the bodies, hardware or supplies from to do it.

There are reports that police and emergency services have been told to prep a go bag. Large amounts of former military personnel are in these services and they have been immune to mobilisation so far. Looks like they are next.

 

[JEDI]

The Bakhmut meatgrinder is real.
Russia does not care about losses, only in pressuring Ukraine until Ukraine breaks.

Ukrainians on front line are now referring to enemy as "meat waves". 100's of Russians are dropped directly on front line, all killed, next day it repeats. Strategy seems to be an effort to use up Ukrainian ammunition.

a twist on:
every month a girl turns 18, does porn, and is used and abused.
In Russia, it's 18yr old men used and killed

 

[KMFJD]

The Battle for Bakhmut – Wagner Trench Warfare Tactics » Wavell Room

The Battle of Bakhmut is defending into trench warfare. This article describes how the Wagner Group are fighting it.

wavellroom.com

some good analysis about Bakhmut/Wagner, absolutely brutal tactics

 

[GoPackGo]

So Russia continues to burn through old tech, Ukraine gets newer Tech from many different countries. Completely sustainable for the Russians.

 

[Indus]

So Russia continues to burn through old tech, Ukraine gets newer Tech from many different countries. Completely sustainable for the Russians.

How long till we're seeing them with bows and arrows or spears?

 

[feralkid]

How long till we're seeing them with bows and arrows or spears?

They'd better print out a shitload of instructions for pointed sticks from wikipedia, stat.

 

[Braznor]

The BJP will just blame the other parties and especially the Muslims.

At some point someone is going to have to sail a Navy in and end the blockade to end the famine.



Interesting thing is India is first up to starve. India moved quick to support Russia in this, and India is getting that cheap blood oil from Russia. Blood oil does not feed anyone though. Not feeling like we should put our people in harms way for India just yet.

The famine will not stop at India though, and eventually someone is going to have to do something.

Liberal fantasies at its core.

So there was no blood oil when the West wrecked half the Middle East through invasions and craftily sponsored civil wars?