The Ukraine war thread

[Mik]

The world's response is unprecedented. While I abhor the loss of life and the accompanying misery, we are seeing something truly new in human history.

[George K]

Shooting civilians:

Link to video

[Horace]

I would agree with the youtube comment that that wasn't intentionally lethal stuff, whatever it was.

[George K]

6 days worth of losses:

[Jolly]

Change in tactics.

Look at Russian helicopter losses.

[jon-nyc]

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

[jon-nyc]

Interesting thread on RU army recruiting and ethnic makeup, with all the usual caveats.

[Jolly]

Saw on the news last night that the Ukranians are engaged in a few small offensive operations. And winning.

[LuFins Dad]

I have been wondering if Ukraine would dare launch an assault into Russian territory and if so what that looks like? An assault on the disputed Donbas region? An assault on non-disputed Russian land?

[George K]

@Jolly said in The Ukraine war thread:

Saw on the news last night that the Ukranians are engaged in a few small offensive operations. And winning.

Yup. Supposedly they've pushed the Russians out of a suburb of Kiev.

[Renauda]

@LuFins-Dad said in The Ukraine war thread:

I have been wondering if Ukraine would dare launch an assault into Russian territory and if so what that looks like? An assault on the disputed Donbas region? An assault on non-disputed Russian land?

Not likely. As it is their plate is full defending their own territory.

[Mik]

There would be no strategic advantage in taking Russian territory. I could see incursions to take out specific near-border military targets, but that is probably not achievable.

[Renauda]

@Mik

Indeed, it would be used by the Kremlin as a cause to escalate. Not that Kremlin feels it needs an excuse.

[Copper]

An attack on Moscow would do wonders for morale.

See Jimmy Doolittle

[Jolly]

@Copper said in The Ukraine war thread:

An attack on Moscow would do wonders for morale.

See Jimmy Doolittle

Japan didn't have nuclear weapons.

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in The Ukraine war thread:

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

More of this:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/russian-troops-are-now-turning-on-each-other-its-a-shtshow-one-soldier-is-recorded-telling-another?source=articles&via=rss

[Klaus]

How can they have frostbite? I checked the weather in Ukraine and it seems to be pretty warm currently.

[George K]

@Klaus said in The Ukraine war thread:

How can they have frostbite? I checked the weather in Ukraine and it seems to be pretty warm currently.

It's been colder in the previous 2 weeks.

https://www.timeanddate.com/weather/ukraine/kyiv/historic

[George K]

[George K]

This sounds like it might be a big-ish deal:

curious 'container' that Ukrainian troops captured today looks to actually represent a significant Russian loss and a potential intelligence goldmine. What Ukraine's forces found looks to be a containerized command post that is part of the Krasukha-4 mobile electronic warfare system. The Krasukha-4 is primarily designed to detect and jam large radars, such as those on airborne early warning and control aircraft, such as the U.S. Air Force's E-3 Sentry, and spy satellites.

Ukrainian forces reportedly found this command post container outside of the capital Kyiv. Twitter user @UAWeapons was among the first to identify it as most likely being a component of the Krasukha-4 system, which is also known by nomenclature 1RL257, based on a picture that had emerged online. A complete Krasukha-4 consists of two vehicles, both based on the 8x8 KAMAZ-6350 truck, one with the electronic warfare (EW) system and the other carrying the command post module.