The Ukraine war thread

[Mik]

@Renauda said in The Ukraine war thread:

khlopchiki

OK, none of the translators are coming up with anything. What's a khlopchiki?

[Renauda]

@Mik

See edit above.

[Mik]

Hunting boys. Ok. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

[George K]

[Renauda]

@George-K

Lads does sound better. Boys is the more common. Singular is khlopchik.

[Renauda]

@Mik said in The Ukraine war thread:

Hunting boys. Ok. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Okay, so I forgot the comma after hunting. Fixed now.

[Mik]

Russian diplomat complains to Turkey about Ukraine military's aggressive behavior. Seriously, you could not make this stuff up.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russia-complains-of-ukraine-military-s-aggressive-behavior/ar-AA15b6P7?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=06917008c8274f62a1e354093a45f8bf

[George K]

And yesterday, Putin "justified" the attacks on infrastructure with the comparison of the attack on the Karch bridge.

[Mik]

Shooting those who show fear?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russian-soldiers-executed-for-showing-fear-captured-recruit-says/ar-AA15dZGS?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=9150581bc2df441387090870b8fa72a2

[Renauda]

@Mik

The Wagner group appears to be a cross between an armed Latin American militia and the Nazi Einsatzgruppen.

[Renauda]

Here is a 10 minute video report describing how Putin’s propaganda has shifted over the course of the past 9 months:

Putin’s Propaganda Machine Shifts its Tone on Ukraine

[George K]

@Renauda no surprise that the message has changed.

But this is a nice compilation.

[Mik]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/china-deals-hammer-blow-to-russia-s-war-effort/ar-AA15dTRa?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=4821ba7548c3414dbbacf664f736e79a

[George K]

[Renauda]

Russia planning new offensive in new year:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-63995244

[George K]

@Renauda said in The Ukraine war thread:

Russia planning new offensive in new year:

I imagine they've learned a lot from their missteps last February.

OTOH, just how good are the mobiks? They've burned through a lot of materiel in 10 months (about 3K tanks, 200 aircraft). I imagine supplies are dwindling.

[Mik]

This is all well and good. I just wish we'd stop announcing it and giving the location.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/us-to-expand-combat-training-for-ukrainian-troops/ar-AA15kxQO?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=f60ce41f3f3e43d9ab5441a4c4184571

[Renauda]

@Mik

I see another side to announcing it. It is an open declaration of defiance to Putin’s intimidation tactics against NATO. It also counters Kremlin disinformation regarding covert NATO support to Ukraine. I trust that the Pentagon knows what it is doing.

[Mik]

Could be.

For all his nuclear saber rattling, I can't imagine Putin has too much confidence in his nuclear forces after the performance of his conventional ones.

[George K]

It's interesting (for lack of a better word) to see Putin's objection to the US delivery of Patriot missiles to Ukraine. This is 100% a defensive weapon.