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

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K1052

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hmm, it seems to have not completely blown up, allowing some intel gathering for the Russians? That sucks.

Expended is the word I would probably use. AFAIK its all basically off the shelf components but the Russians aren't really capable or interested in building anything comparable. When they want drone stuff that isn't a commercial camera strapped to a cobbled together hobby plane they have to ask Israel.
 

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Zelensky and Scholz seem to have patched up relations. Germany officially announced the 7 PzH 2000s they're supplying Ukraine (plus 5 from the Dutch so total 12 guns) and Zelensky has invited Scholz to Kyiv for May 9.
 
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Zelensky and Scholz seem to have patched up relations. Germany officially announced the 7 PzH 2000s they're supplying Ukraine (plus 5 from the Dutch so total 12 guns) and Zelensky has invited Scholz to Kyiv for May 9.
Scholz dying in Kyiv due to a warhead detonation on 09MAY is a pretty plausible way for NATO to end up at war.
 

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Considering Ukraine is currently raining hellfire on Russian positions…this seems a tad too late?

Iran can't possibly cover all that much of Russian needs so I assume there is some very specific shortage that they're helping out with a bit.

Lends credibility to the idea the Russian arms industry itself is in somewhat dire shape at this point.
 

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Rumors are swirling another Russian warship was hit:


 

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In an article by The Mirror, so reflect on the credibility.

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fi2-prod.mirror.co.uk%2Fincoming%2Farticle26891449.ece%2FALTERNATES%2Fs615%2F0_THP_01603JPG.jpg&f=1
 
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In other news, we have confirmation that Moskva was not sunk, but rather had an emergency incident:
This is good news for the Russian government, as now the 400 some dead Russian sailors do not need to acknowledged as having died in the line of duty. This is a massive cost savings:
It had a small fire of totally non combat origin that required a controlled emergency sinking to extinguish. The good news is the Moskva is now protecting part of the sea floor from being occupied by Ukrainian tractors.
 

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It had a small fire of totally non combat origin that required a controlled emergency sinking to extinguish. The good news is the Moskva is now protecting part of the sea floor from being occupied by Ukrainian tractors.

Totally non combat, what a relief.
 

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Some of the comments mention it explodes right in front of the bunker there, which likely had someone inside it but there's no way to know. Even if that's the case though it's not a great propaganda video as it looks like it missed at least.

My understanding is that detonation mode is selectable for different targets depending on desired effect. Contact vs proximity to dictate what the frag effect ends up like.
 

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In other news, we have confirmation that Moskva was not sunk, but rather had an emergency incident:
This is good news for the Russian government, as now the 400 some dead Russian sailors do not need to acknowledged as having died in the line of duty. This is a massive cost savings:

Special underwater operation.
 

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hmm, it seems to have not completely blown up, allowing some intel gathering for the Russians? That sucks.

A bit, but the beauty of these things is that they aren't much more than a commercial drone with a simple explosive. Russia already has alright drones, just not a lot of them.
 
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Media all seems to be using the same source on the ship thing, with no independent confirmation. Silly Putty says it ain't so though.