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

[[DHT]Osiris]

How big are these balls?

https://imgur.com/UEmvhL2

Keeps the camera level.

See Cheryl, you can keep that fucking camera level too!

 

[kage69]

Is that ammo in there?

Shoot it at some S-400 batteries.

edit: sry dank didn't see yours

 

[kage69]

This is nuts.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1498619309618503680

"Because unsecured communications, the frequencies have been constantly jammed by civilians, sometimes in the middle of fights, making the ground infantry unable to operate properly and having to withdraw."

Ha! That's fantastic.

 

[Zorba]

Haven't seen this being posted. If true... its just a matter of getting the message out there. Moral is absolutely rock bottom in the Russian army atm.

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They are reading my posts!

 

[kage69]

seems to be a sort of battle cry now

https://twitter.com/x/status/1498729527412994052

I love that those guys made it off the island alive. They fought off the Russians until they were out of ammo apparently. National heroes no matter what happens with this war.

 

[dawp]

Haven't seen this being posted. If true... its just a matter of getting the message out there. Moral is absolutely rock bottom in the Russian army atm.

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I just want to know how they're going to determine if a particular soldier has committed war crimes.

 

[dainthomas]

I assume if they're out in the open like this, then Russia probably has the air secure.

You'd normally think so, but with the way they're running this who knows.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

I just want to know how they're going to determine if a particular soldier has committed war crimes.

gives them some wiggle room to establish upfront “if you have done something heinous this deal is over”

 

[Fanatical Meat]

ALL IS WELL….ALL IS WELL!

MSN

Explains why these convoys of troops appear to move so slow.

 

[kage69]

Yep. Let's hope this morale problem continues to metastasize.

 

[DisarmedDespot]

This came up in my recommendations on YouTube yesterday. In my opinion he makes some good points, it's good to at least look at different sides of the issue.

Note its from 7 years ago.

What's chilling to me is when he talks about Putin and Russia going through a lot of pain to keep Ukraine from the west. I guess we will find out very soon.

I'm only about thirty minutes into it, but it's amazing how much has changed since then. The professor is well-informed and well-spoken and his argument is well-formed... But the past few days have been such a whiplash that you'd need to be a clairvoyant to predict.

• Karkiv is listed as a city that would majority vote against joining NATO, and now it's in the middle of a Russian siege
• Ukraine's resistance to anti-corruption efforts is mentioned, but since then Zelenskyy was elected on an anti-corruption platform
• He specifically says something along the lines of 'if you want Russia to fail, tell them to try to form greater Russia, it will go terribly'

A lot of it is still very relevant of course (Putin effectively wants to wreck it before the EU/NATO can get it), but damn, Ukraine's future just got rewritten more than anyone could've guessed.

 

[dainthomas]

Is that ammo in there?

Shoot it at some S-400 batteries.

edit: sry dank didn't see yours

Aren't those rolling war crimes?

 

[DisarmedDespot]

Aren't those rolling war crimes?

In theory, no. Thermobaric weapons aren't specifically banned by anything.

In practice, basically yes. They're short-ranged, have a fairly high dispersion, and their blast can easily go into buildings, so they're mostly used in cities, which means civilians have a lot less places to hide.

 

[Dave_5k]

Is that ammo in there?

Shoot it at some S-400 batteries.

edit: sry dank didn't see yours

That is a good shot showing why the Russians are mostly stuck in long convoys on roads - that wet mud looks brutal

 

[Maxima1]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1498802131096293376

 

[Number1]

In theory, no. Thermobaric weapons aren't specifically banned by anything.

In practice, basically yes. They're short-ranged, have a fairly high dispersion, and their blast can easily go into buildings, so they're mostly used in cities, which means civilians have a lot less places to hide.

Can they just jump in the tank and operate this stuff?

 

[Number1]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Reportedly the Chechen assassination squad sent to assassinate Zelenskyy has been eliminated. To think how many times they sent their assassination squads in collaboration w GRU across Europe and nothing was done</p>&mdash; Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 (@OlgaNYC1211) <a href="

https://twitter.com/x/status/1498798250354216961

">March 1, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

Seems like the special FSB kill squad was ... well ... killed.

Russian squad sent to assassinate Ukraine president has been 'eliminated'

 

[DisarmedDespot]

Can they just jump in the tank and operate this stuff?

Maybe? The driving controls are gonna be like any other tank based on that chassis, but the fire controls are probably more specialized.

The biggest problem is that it was probably abandoned since it got stuck in the mud, so they'd need to drag it out and keep it from getting stuck on its way to wherever they'd take it. It might be better to just yoink the missiles and save them for IEDs.

 

[gothuevos]

Uhh....

Belarus president stands in front of map indicating Moldova invasion plans

Images have emerged of Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko standing in front of a battle map that appears to show a planned invasion of Moldova, along with Ukraine. Lukashenko, a close …

thehill.com

 

[Dave_5k]

What I have been most surprised with is the complete lack of media / social media capturing the relief / resupply efforts. There are multiple military cargo planes that have been making trips to near Polish border, not seen even one photo leak of how or what they’re delivering - or presumable handoff to Ukraine drivers.

Even if hid/blurred the details, would have thought someone would insist on a PR shot. Or maybe I’m just overly optimistic that those are supplies for Ukraine.

Edit: heck, there’s 2 US C17’s in transit back from the Poland/Ukraine border back to Western Europe this minute, and a third arriving just now into Europe direct from the US. And a 4th RAF C17 heading in now to the border. And that’s just the highly visible US/UK movements.

 

[nakedfrog]

Can they just jump in the tank and operate this stuff?

Dunno if it's legit, but I saw somewhere (maybe this thread) someone posting that operating instructions were turning up on TikTok.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

Uhh....

Belarus president stands in front of map indicating Moldova invasion plans

Images have emerged of Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko standing in front of a battle map that appears to show a planned invasion of Moldova, along with Ukraine. Lukashenko, a close …

thehill.com

Predictable and astonishing the level of incompetence all these “Tough Guy” Leaders have.

 

[Roger Wilco]

Ted Cruz is bouncing.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1498813701264191488

 

[kage69]

Seems like the special FSB kill squad was ... well ... killed.

Russian squad sent to assassinate Ukraine president has been 'eliminated'

The Ukrainians are gobbling up Chechens like Xmas cookies, so much for that reputation. Looking forward to hearing the same news about the Wagner guys, may Utkin's battered and torn body be shown on TV so the mainstream media gets a shot of all his Nazi tats.

To be fair though, there is a group of Chechen volunteers fighting for Ukraine right now too. Very impressed by the volunteer spirit rippling around the world. The bravery of Ukrainian families has the world in awe, really puts the cowardice and deceit of Team Treason and Putin's fans in perspective. I hope it inspires rational Americans to show up at the polls like they did in 2020.

I'm heartened by stuff like this: