The Ukraine war thread

[George K]

[George K]

The sinking of this ship is a HUGE deal.

1. It's a supply ship and was docked at the port of one of the first cities to fall in the early days of the war.
2. Secondary explosions destroyed a fuel dump and munitions dump.
3. Getting that boat out of the way for another supply ship will be a major undertaking.
4. Other ships that were damaged will need extensive repairs.
5. The Ukrainians are silent on how they did it. Speculation runs from ballistic missile attach, to a commando raid. Keep the Russians guessing is the strategy.

[Copper]

@George-K said in The Ukraine war thread:

The best part is where a Ukrainian jammer whistles "Dixie..."

racists

They must be condemned

[Copper]

This is one of Russia's most capable Electronic Warfare Systems and potentially an intelligence goldmine.

I guess it fell off the back of a truck. Did we send some Chicago gangsters over there to help?

[LuFins Dad]

@George-K said in The Ukraine war thread:

@jon-nyc said in The Ukraine war thread:

Fun thread to read. Let’s hope it’s true.

More here from the NYT:

Fascinating video and audio:

https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/europe/100000008266864/russia-army-radio-makariv.html?smid=tw-share

The best part is where a Ukrainian jammer whistles "Dixie..."

Well, there goes all of Ukraine’s support.

[jon-nyc]

@LuFins-Dad

It’s ok, it’s psyops. Since Russia considers them part of the same nation, a Traitor’s theme fucks with their heads.

[jon-nyc]

Ugh.

[George K]

[Mik]

Dresden.

[Klaus]

I don't think it is comparable yet to Hamburg or Dresden or London in WW2, which were bombed over extended periods of time and where the destruction was more or less total. But it is of course pretty bad.

[Doctor Phibes]

I work with a guy who's wife has twin sons of military age in Mariupol. He managed to get the older folks out, but they're staying...

[Renauda]

@Doctor-Phibes

I can’t imagine the anxiety.

[jon-nyc]

A joke from Moscow: "According to Putin the special military operation is really a conflict btw Russia and NATO about World dominance. Whats the situation now?" "Russia has lost 15000 troops, 6 generals, 500 tanks, 3 ships, 100 planes and 1000 trucks. NATO hasn't arrived yet."

[Renauda]

@jon-nyc

That sound exactly like the Radio Yerevan jokes that circulated over there during Soviet times.

[Copper]

Do you like to eat?

Maybe Russia isn't so evil.

https://www.foxnews.com/

[George K]

@Copper

[Copper]

Maybe I'll head over to the supermarket tomorrow to watch the panic.

[George K]

Duds:

Russian missiles in Ukraine have failure rate of up to 60%, U.S. officials say

Russian precision-guided missiles are failing up to 60% of the time in Ukraine, three U.S. officials with knowledge of intelligence on the issue told Reuters, a possible explanation for the poor progress of Russia's invasion.

Since President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, Russia has failed to achieve basic objectives such as neutralizing Ukraine's air force despite a vastly larger armed forces.

The U.S. officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the information, did not provide evidence to support the assessment and did not disclose what precisely was driving high Russian missile failure rates.

Reuters was unable to independently verify the figures.

Though Reuters could not determine what a standard failure rate would be for air-launched cruise missiles, two experts interviewed by Reuters said any failure rate of 20% and above would be considered high.

U.S. defense officials told reporters this week that the Pentagon assesses that Russia has launched more than 1,100 missiles of all kinds since the war began. The U.S. officials have so far not said how many of those hit their targets and how many failed to do so.

Citing U.S. intelligence, three U.S. officials said the United States estimated that Russia's failure rate varied day-to-day, depended on the type of missile being launched, and could sometimes exceed 50%. Two of them said it reached as high as 60%.

One of the officials said the intelligence showed that Russia's air-launched cruise missiles had a failure rate in the 20% to 60% range, depending on the day.

[George K]

That ship that was blown up?

It appears on Russian TV "News" two days earlier:

Link to video

Best comment: "This ship is so sophisticated. Allegedly it can also become a submarine."

[Mik]

It's well on its way to doing so.