The Ukraine war thread
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That boy just has no idea how to win friends and influence people. I still hope one day to see him hang.
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wrote on 11 May 2023, 12:32 last edited by
Wow. If those are all shells, that's a lot of destruction.
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wrote on 11 May 2023, 14:40 last edited by Renauda 5 Nov 2023, 15:20
They’re the modern version of the WWII Katyusha rockets or as the Germans called the them,Stalin’s organowing to their peculiar sound when airborne. Essentially high explosive mortars with limited accuracy. German’s had a similar weapon, neibelwerfer.
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wrote on 11 May 2023, 14:57 last edited by
If those are MLRS, I think the accuracy and range may surprise you.
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wrote on 11 May 2023, 21:28 last edited by
Ukraine counteroffensive thread
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"Norilsk is home to one of the largest nickel and palladium deposits in the world. These minerals are considered to be strategic resources and are therefore closely monitored and controlled by the Russian government. The mining and processing of these metals are conducted by Norilsk Nickel, a major Russian mining company that is responsible for a significant portion of the world's production of nickel and palladium. Additionally, the region is home to other valuable resources, such as copper and cobalt, which are also mined and processed in Norilsk. Due to the strategic importance of these materials, they are closely monitored and protected by both the company and the Russian government."
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wrote on 11 May 2023, 21:38 last edited by
It would appear the Ukranian planning and strategy is light years ahead of Russia's.
Gosh, it's almost like someone's helping them.
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wrote on 13 May 2023, 05:45 last edited by Renauda
Putin, a most dangerous fool:
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Putin, a most dangerous fool:
wrote on 13 May 2023, 09:49 last edited by Wim@Renauda This we already know for some time...
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Putin, a most dangerous fool:
wrote on 13 May 2023, 13:14 last edited by@Renauda said in The Ukraine war thread:
Putin, a most dangerous fool:
Option B would make him look better. He could rationalize that he would win a greater land grab, too.
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wrote on 13 May 2023, 14:45 last edited by Mik
Freedom of Russia Legion. Don't know how credible this is, 1945 being a very biased site, but it's not terribly hard to believe. I'd bet there are a whole lot of deserters and defectors.
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@Renauda said in The Ukraine war thread:
Putin, a most dangerous fool:
Option B would make him look better. He could rationalize that he would win a greater land grab, too.
wrote on 13 May 2023, 15:06 last edited byOption B is not an option for either Ukraine or future European security. Any consideration of an outcome that would result in a neutral Ukrainian rump state is long past. Besides in the Kremlin playbook, neutrality is meaningless and in the case of Ukraine, the term only confirms that in Moscow’s mind, Ukraine has no right to exist in the first place.
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Option B is not an option for either Ukraine or future European security. Any consideration of an outcome that would result in a neutral Ukrainian rump state is long past. Besides in the Kremlin playbook, neutrality is meaningless and in the case of Ukraine, the term only confirms that in Moscow’s mind, Ukraine has no right to exist in the first place.
wrote on 13 May 2023, 16:34 last edited by@Renauda said in The Ukraine war thread:
Option B is not an option for either Ukraine or future European security. Any consideration of an outcome that would result in a neutral Ukrainian rump state is long past. Besides in the Kremlin playbook, neutrality is meaningless and in the case of Ukraine, the term only confirms that in Moscow’s mind, Ukraine has no right to exist in the first place.
Right. What I was trying to say was, Option A appears to be a more definitive loss for Russia. Option B would create a lot more uncertainty, so because the outcome would be more ambiguous, hey, might mean Russia could win some, who knows. Wouldn't that be preferable in Putin's mind over certain draw/defeat?
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That can't be good.
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wrote on 14 May 2023, 15:20 last edited by
Not at all.
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wrote on 14 May 2023, 18:08 last edited by
A bad day for the Russian Air Force.
The Russian Air Force appears to have had one of its worst days of the war in more than a year on Saturday. While details remain limited and are likely to change, it appears Russia lost two Mi-8 Hip helicopters, a Su-34 Fullback strike fighter, and a Su-35 Flanker-E, with no survivors. What makes all this especially troubling for the Russian Air Force, is that all these losses happened in its own country, in areas not too far from the border with Ukraine.
All four aircraft came down in Bryansk Oblast, well within Russian territory opposite northeast Ukraine’s Chernihiv Oblast. Video shows one of the Mi-8s breaking up after what looks as if a missile hits it near the town of Klintsy, about 50 kilometers north of the Ukrainian border.
Some are saying friendly fire.
So, there you go.
