The Ukraine war thread
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wrote on 14 Nov 2022, 19:15 last edited by
Complete disarray.
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wrote on 14 Nov 2022, 22:25 last edited by
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wrote on 14 Nov 2022, 22:59 last edited by
Putin The Beaten: Russia Lost Kherson And It Looks Bad In Ukraine
The withdrawal from Kherson cost the Russian forces dearly. Over the last couple of weeks, the Russian military has been averaging 500 casualties every day, an unsustainable rate of losses for any military that wishes to conduct offensive operations on three fronts without any large-scale reinforcements.
Overall, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense claimed that as of Monday, Ukrainian forces have killed approximately 81,370 Russian troops (and wounded approximately thrice that number), destroyed 278 fighter, attack, bomber, and transport jets, 261 attack and transport helicopters, 2,848 tanks, 1,839 artillery pieces, 5,748 armored personnel carriers, and infantry fighting vehicles, 393 Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (MLRS), 16 boats and cutters, 4,316 vehicles and fuel tanks, 206 anti-aircraft batteries, 1,509 tactical unmanned aerial systems, 160 special equipment platforms, such as bridging vehicles, and four mobile Iskander ballistic missile systems, and 399 cruise missiles shot down by the Ukrainian air defenses.
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wrote on 15 Nov 2022, 15:01 last edited by
Russia just doesn’t get it:
The Kremlin said it would work to stop the West seizing its international reserves to pay for reparations.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63632819
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wrote on 15 Nov 2022, 20:06 last edited by George K
Russian missiles, land in Poland, killing two..
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Russian missiles, land in Poland, killing two..
wrote on 15 Nov 2022, 20:13 last edited by LuFins Dad@George-K said in The Ukraine war thread:
Russian missiles, land in Poland, killing two..
Well crap… Obviously it’s close enough to the border that it can be claimed to be error, and it probably was… But it could also be a poke just to see how NATO responds…
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@George-K said in The Ukraine war thread:
Russian missiles, land in Poland, killing two..
Well crap… Obviously it’s close enough to the border that it can be claimed to be error, and it probably was… But it could also be a poke just to see how NATO responds…
wrote on 15 Nov 2022, 20:46 last edited by@LuFins-Dad said in The Ukraine war thread:
@George-K said in The Ukraine war thread:
Russian missiles, land in Poland, killing two..
Well crap… Obviously it’s close enough to the border that it can be claimed to be error, and it probably was… But it could also be a poke just to see how NATO responds…
Major wars start over such errors.
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wrote on 16 Nov 2022, 01:02 last edited by
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wrote on 16 Nov 2022, 01:27 last edited by
Read the comments - doesn't seem all that reliable.
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wrote on 16 Nov 2022, 04:33 last edited by Renauda
Regardless of where the missile was fired from, AWACS staff had one hell of wild day today. Still, if the missile was a Ukrainian air defence rocket that went astray the fault still rests on the Kremlin. That weapon would not have been fired unless the Russians had initiated their own missile attack into that area of western Ukraine.
Either way, Putin owns it
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Regardless of where the missile was fired from, AWACS staff had one hell of wild day today. Still, if the missile was a Ukrainian air defence rocket that went astray the fault still rests on the Kremlin. That weapon would not have been fired unless the Russians had initiated their own missile attack into that area of western Ukraine.
Either way, Putin owns it
wrote on 16 Nov 2022, 12:25 last edited by@Renauda said in The Ukraine war thread:
Either way, Putin owns it
Agreed. Most are saying that it was fired from Ukraine as a defense against incoming Russian missiles.
Darth opines:
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wrote on 16 Nov 2022, 15:00 last edited by
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@Renauda said in The Ukraine war thread:
Either way, Putin owns it
Agreed. Most are saying that it was fired from Ukraine as a defense against incoming Russian missiles.
Darth opines:
wrote on 16 Nov 2022, 15:44 last edited byNATO's Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said that "Russia bears ultimate responsibility, as it continues its illegal war against Ukraine," while also stating there were no signs the missile incident was intentional.
"An investigation is ongoing, and we need to await its outcome, but we have no indication that this was an assault or a deliberate attack," Stoltenberg said, adding that there is no proof that "Russia is preparing offensive military actions against NATO."
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wrote on 17 Nov 2022, 18:31 last edited by
@Mik said in The Ukraine war thread:
Apparently, he shot himself 5 times and then brutally accidentally cut off his own head with a pair of scissors.
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@Mik said in The Ukraine war thread:
Apparently, he shot himself 5 times and then brutally accidentally cut off his own head with a pair of scissors.
wrote on 17 Nov 2022, 18:52 last edited by@Doctor-Phibes said in The Ukraine war thread:
Apparently, he shot himself 5 times and then brutally accidentally cut off his own head with a pair of scissors.
With four pistols.
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wrote on 17 Nov 2022, 18:53 last edited by
Overkill?
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wrote on 17 Nov 2022, 21:31 last edited by Renauda
@Mik said in The Ukraine war thread:
Vladivostok is a tough mob controlled city where bribery of officials is normal and life is cheap. Could very well be that some mobster’s brat was called up and the deceased Colonel wouldn’t play the game unless he received more money. Could be that it some of local hoods were called up and simply didn’t want go. Could be that the deceased just didn’t show enough respect for a mob boss. Could be anything or nothing. He got whacked that’s all.,
Doubt they will find out why he he got whacked and by whom - that they pronounced it a suicide suggests to me that the investigators were covered and paid well in advance.