Russia-Ukraine Invasion
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- grafician1
"BREAKING: Poland's Deputy PM proposes international
peacekeeping mission in Ukraine."Here we go
- led by who? non-nato? Japan, Australia, New Zealand and umm..._niko
- Lead by Bolivia.shapesalad
- sted3
- NBQ000
- He looks how I imagine NBQ00 to look like.shapesalad
- lol, it is me.NBQ00
- Apparently the highest general eliminated yesterday. But not 100% confirmed yet: https://twitter.com/…NBQ00
- russian generals look like degenerate incest suckers.. no wonder their army is slow, thats agility and neuron levels of poo.. flippin retarted country.neverscared
- I so hope soon we get news that Kadyrov is dead. That would be so amazing.NBQ00
- Continuity3
Well, now. Things really aren't going the way Vlada planned.
- Almost half of Russian troops in Ukraine are either destroyed, deserted, wounded or otherwise immobile. Not making any progress and even retreating a bitNBQ00
- Putin now promising Syrian fighters 1000 euros per month when even their own troops aren't getting that. How is he gonna pay 40K Syrians.NBQ00
- Chemical weapons soon, then a bit of slap on the wrist from Nato/EU/USA.. then when he's really in the corner the nukes come out...shapesalad
- ...only not weapons, it'll be a sabotaged disaster at a NPP. Putin can't have Ukraine, so he'll turn all of it into a country wide Chernobyl.shapesalad
- *takes notes.********
- Putin clearly stated at the beginning that he would ruin Ukraine so nobody could have it.ShenanigansTV
- sted1
- this happened while the rassan diplomacy made an announcement that the two sides got closer to an agreement... not.sted
- Milan and pablo are cheeringNBQ00
- Milan and pablo are on gluten free diets so they don't care.shapesalad
- sted0
- < !sted
- the convoy was not attacked because of a fuel supply strategy.tank02
- watch itsted
- “I get put on all the FBI watch lists so you don’t have to”Chimp
- He does make a good point about the legacy media not giving a balanced view.Chimp
- 1 Chinese reporter is allowed to film rassan army and only in Donbas. He isn't a new face in this. This is why the rest is only on telegram for example.sted
- Where authenticity is hard to check.sted
- NBQ000
If it wasn't for the civilians that Russia is targeting because they're losing the war then I'd not make any compromises and kick their ass.
But now apparently this...
FT: Ukraine, Russia draw up tentative peace plan to end war.
The deal includes a ceasefire and Russian troop withdrawal if Kyiv renounces NATO membership ambitions and accepts limits on its armed forces, the FT reported, citing unnamed officials involved in the talks.
- monNom0
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Co…
For those that like to understand the 'why' of all this, I came across this article about 'Counterinsurgency' last night and it seems to fit quite well with what's going on in Ukraine right now. It gives a deeper understanding of the strategies and tactics that might be at play on both sides.
Key points: Russia has describe this conflict in terms that suggest it views it as a counter-insurgency ('Special Operation' rather than war, 'ridding Ukraine of Nazis', removing an illegitimate gov't and supporting new elections). Counter-insurgency is about winning hearts and minds. To gain the support of the population rather than control territory. Getting the large portion of the population that is neutral in the conflict to either be supportive or at least not resistive to your authority. This can be done with positive or negative reinforcement. IE: food and medical aid, smiles from the soldiers and Hershey's bars for the kids, or disappearances, starvation, and bombing the shit out of towns until they have no will left to fight.
Here is the classic Russian Counter Insurgency strategy as described in the article:
"...throughout the history of Czarist Russian, the Russians fought many counterinsurgencies as new Caucasian and Central Asian territory were occupied.[89] It was in these conflicts that the Russians developed the following counterinsurgency tactics:[89]- Deploy a significant number of troops
- Isolate the area from outside assistance
- Establish tight control of major cities and towns
- Build lines of forts to restrict insurgent movement
- Destroy the springs of resistance through destruction of settlements, livestock, crops etc.These tactics, generally speaking, were carried over into Soviet use following the 1917 revolution for the most part, save for the integration of political-military command.[90] This tactical blue print saw use following the First and Second World Wars in Dagestan, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Siberia, Lithuania and Ukraine.[89] This doctrine was ultimately shown to be inadequate in The Soviet War in Afghanistan, mostly due to insufficient troop commitment, and in the Wars in Chechnya.[89]"
It's worth reading the whole thing. But especially the section on Theorists (and of those, particularly David Galula and Lorenzo Zambernardi) which gives a deeper understanding of the goals and trade-offs of counter-insurgency approaches.
- Nairn1
I just saw this on a pop up for one of my material suppliers.
I knew it'd happen. A shame, because it's been much better than the Scandinavian shit I've been using over the last few years (oddly).
- NBQ001
Nice new drone footage of a Z-TANK destroyed
- omfg, was that the remnants of a human corpse hitting the ground at 1:21?Nairn
- If so, that poor fucker must've been ejected at some speed from the top of the tank after the main hit the guy crawling away somehow survivedNairn
- so sad really, like lambs to the slaughter. While Putin and his cronies are thousands of miles away eating caviar and sipping champaign out of gold goblets_niko
- @Nairn, kind of looks like it, doesn't it?
I'm finding it breathtakingly difficult to muster up anything remotely resembling sympathy, though.Continuity - Thx for the description. Nope need to watch it.pango
- i don't think that's corpse at 1:21, more like a bag etc. Anyway... it's all a pathetic use of life, energy and resources. The world is amazingshapesalad
- yet humans destroy it and each other.shapesalad
- HorrificGuyFawkes
- pretty sure when the smoke clears at around 54s that's a human body at around 7-8 o'clock relative to tank position... it wasn't there before the smoke =\BuddhaHat
- There is also a moment at 1:00 when something on the ground appears move just by the traffic markings.Chimp
- at 1.21 looks like a body falling yes, but just before it theres another red flash at top of screen so looks like a body from another hit?microkorg
- Apparently a second tank was hit just off-screen, which is what that body was ejected from. I did think 40s air time was 'a bit' much...Nairn
- PonyBoy0
Russian forces bombed Mariupol theatre sheltering hundreds of civilians
"Sergei Orlov, Mariupol’s deputy mayor, told the BBC that between 1,000 and 1,200 people were there."
https://www.theguardian.com/worl…
https://www.reuters.com/world/ru…
- Sad thing is those that haven't fled are mostly like to be bed ridden elderly, ill, disabled etc.shapesalad
- Continuity-6
At this point, I'm starting to not be able to justify to myself why Nato shouldn't just turn Russia into a 17.13 million km² sheet of glass.
- Because more people who aren't at fault for this war lives in Russia too.pango
- Because it would mean the end of human civilization.MondoMorphic
- Don't worry, the concept of karma is very much alive, Russia is getting cancelled as a nation worldwide and probably will never recovergrafician
- ^ the oft forgotten truthimbecile
- Maybe they should just turn Putin into a sheet of glass.dbloc
- that was meant for pango's noteimbecile
- I really hope the warmongering "lets just nuke Russia" POV dies FAST.MondoMorphic
- Maybe because the nuclear winter from even a limited exchange would result in 99% of the worlds population dying of starvation?BarryEvans
- Because then NATO would be like Russiadrgs
- M.A.DChimp
- shapesalad0
- Filthy russians are not human, they need to be squashed like a bug********
- Not all of them. Just the command line from and including Putin to the soldiers that did this, and those that cheer it.shapesalad
- Filthy russians are not human, they need to be squashed like a bug
- BusterBoy5
The point where Putin is completely backed into a corner, knowing this is not going to end well, is the point the rest of the world should really be worried.
Nothing more dangerous than a madman left with few alternatives. He ain't going to go out quietly.
- Thats why i bought a geiger counter, yes im high again.GuyFawkes
- I am worried, too.SimonFFM
- One of the former MI6 guys also said the west should leave him a way out. Nothing worse than a cornered rat.Chimp
- that happens when u invade a country with utter crap intel... he will find his way out of ukraine when he wants to find his way out of economic collapse i thinkneverscared
- Russia punches economic hole above its weight https://www.reuters.…neverscared
- give him a bad enough wound and he will come around.neverscared
- sted1
