The Ukraine war thread

[George K]

[Renauda]

Insightful interview with Mykola Bielieskov, Ukrainian military analyst, on fighting an asymmetrical war.

Excerpt:

I am inclined to think that the nuclear strike option is actually very, very risky for Putin and his regime. If it happens, then all the states which adopted favourable or neutral positions toward Russia will revise them. The strike will also be the point of no return for the West. Up to now, the Biden Administration has regularly emphasized that the US policy endgame is not regime change in Russia but a change of Russian foreign policy. However, if the nuclear taboo gets violated, then I think regime change will become a primary goal of US policy. Global security should not be dependent on one person who is, I would say, out of touch with reality.

Complete interview:

https://ukrainian-studies.ca/2022/10/25/mykola-bielieskov-ukrainians-forced-into-fighting-an-asymmetrical-war-getting-good-at-it/

[George K]

@Mik said in The Ukraine war thread:

In fairness, we are The Great Satan.

[George K]

LOL.

[Mik]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/12-000-russian-troops-once-posed-a-threat-from-inside-nato-then-they-went-to-ukraine-to-die/ar-AA13s6nz?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=58db029ea5434932844367a4548a406a

[George K]

"Excalibur"

[George K]

Is the Russian submarine fleet about to get bigger?

[Mik]

With any luck.

[Jolly]

As the American Civil War influenced tactics for many years after, this war changes things for everybody

[Mik]

I cannot quite decide whether this proves that old war tactics fail in a high-tech era or that the Russians are simply an incompetent military force.

[George K]

[Copper]

The Wagner Group, also known as PMC Wagner, ChVK Wagner, or CHVK Vagner, is a Russian paramilitary organization. It is variously described as a private military company, a network of mercenaries, or a de facto private army of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Wikipedia

[Mik]

There’s an irony in the Russian mercenaries having a German name.

[Renauda]

@Mik

Supposedly it is because Wagner is Pirozhkin’s favourite composer.

This is a very well made documentary on the formation of the Wagner Group:

Link to video

[Mik]

I can understand that a mercenary would love Wagner. But still….

[Renauda]

@Mik

I don’t think naming it The Tchaikovsky Group would have quite the same connotation as Wagner among Russian men.

Know what I mean?

[Mik]

Maybe the Nutcrackers....

[George K]

@Renauda said in The Ukraine war thread:

@Mik

I don’t think naming it The Tchaikovsky Group would have quite the same connotation as Wagner among Russian men.

Know what I mean?

That would be ghey.

[George K]

And a rare video of Russian troops withdrawing, taken by a Ukrainian soldier:

[George K]