Russia invades Ukraine

[btimbit]

Lol what a breaindead thing to bring up.

Guys he's not even Ukrainian!

Born: Kryvyi Rih, central Ukraine.

####ing orc trolls

[Huntingwhale]

https://kyivindependent.com/kyiv-hit...dozen-injured/

Another massive orc terrorist attack last night. I sure hope all those people who hate any kind of extremist terrorist groups have 10 fold the hate for russia right now. Terrorist attack after terrorist attack, day after day.

[Cheese]

Russian soldiers assess the aftermath of a Ukrainian strike on a Russian convoy in Kherson region

https://twitter.com/user/status/1935692966078922892


Ukraine, together with NATO partners, is testing new countermeasures against Russian long-range glide bombs (KABs), which are currently difficult to intercept.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1935692725241757764


CHEMICAL WARFARE:@KShevchenkoReal reminds us Russia has used over 6,900 chemical weapons against Ukraine in just two years

https://twitter.com/user/status/1935691736904253767


Ukraine must accept Moscow’s terms to end the war or face continued Russian advances and eventual “surrender,” Russia’s ambassador to the United Kingdom says.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1935688555336016147


THREAT UPGRADE: Russian made Shaheds are rebranded as Gerans. The Geran-3 is Jet-powered, capable of 550- 600 km/h (342-373 mph) and is 3x faster than earlier models

https://twitter.com/user/status/1935687483540299858


DPRK is considering the possibility of sending labor to the Russian production of "Shaheds"

https://twitter.com/user/status/1935679822417498433


Ukraine is starting to cover roads in the Sumy region, particularly in border communities, with anti-drone netting to hinder Russian aerial reconnaissance and protect supply routes.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1935678508384027004

Big #Breaking - An unusual situation is unfolding in Russia’s Orenburg region.

Local chats are buzzing with claims that 🇺🇦 Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance units have entered from Kazakhstan, while drones have reportedly been spotted near the locations of Russian Strategic Missile Forces bases.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1935643576840450433

[Cheese]

SBU had to bribe Russian customs officers to transport sanctioned equipment for Operation Spiderweb

https://twitter.com/user/status/1937227954355847635

[Cheese]

The appointment of Robert Brovdi, known by his call sign "Madyar," as head of the Unmanned Systems Forces of Ukraine has already yielded noticeable results, according to Russian military bloggers.

Madyar has openly declared his goal of building a "drone wall" along the entire front line and destroying up to 35,000 Russian soldiers per month—the estimated number that the Russian army can mobilize on a monthly basis.

His concept is to create a continuous "kill zone" across the whole frontline where defense relies not on bunkers, manpower, and fortifications, but on the work of FPV drones.

https://x.com/ArturRehi/status/19375...EC4jJ6WKg&s=19

[Rutuu]

Originally Posted by Cheese

The appointment of Robert Brovdi, known by his call sign "Madyar," as head of the Unmanned Systems Forces of Ukraine has already yielded noticeable results, according to Russian military bloggers.

Madyar has openly declared his goal of building a "drone wall" along the entire front line and destroying up to 35,000 Russian soldiers per month—the estimated number that the Russian army can mobilize on a monthly basis.

His concept is to create a continuous "kill zone" across the whole frontline where defense relies not on bunkers, manpower, and fortifications, but on the work of FPV drones.

https://x.com/ArturRehi/status/19375...EC4jJ6WKg&s=19

It's not the Somme, but sad to think that those loss figures are a necessary goal to push back the Russian regime.

[Huntingwhale]

^

That entire thread is very interesting. Sad, maybe, but necessary, for the AFU to pivot this way. Russia has been advancing in drone warfare as much as Ukraine has, so makes sense to target the finite resource of operators, rather than focus on something that can be continuously manufactured cheaply for decades to come.

[Pointman]

Originally Posted by Itse

Ukrainian is a nationality, not an ethnicity.

Zelenskyi was born in central Ukraine and speaks Russian with a Ukrainian accent. To say he's "not Ukrainian but Jewish" is just stupid ethnonationalist garbage.

He learnt Ukrainian somewhere around late teens or early adulthood, and like many other Ukrainians switched to using it as his first language around 2014, after the first Russian attack.

Yes, he needed to work on his Ukrainian later in life, because he was an actor, comedian.and later a poltiician. There aren't a lot of professions with higher expectations in linguistic skill.

That answer and question was specifically about ethnicity. Funny how earlier the fact that Zelenskiy is Jewish was brought up frequently, in positive way, particularly as a response to Russian allegations of Ukrainian regime being Nazi.

[Cheese]

No slipping to Page 2


Russian Su-34 crashed

https://twitter.com/user/status/1940056274395074710


Russian energy giant Gazprom's average daily natural gas supplies to Europe via the TurkStream undersea pipeline fell by 18.3% in June from a month earlier amid maintenance of the infrastructure

https://twitter.com/user/status/1940472138877882606


Soldiers of the Third Assault Brigade stole a PKM machine gun from the enemy.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1940467714692456609


COMBAT FOOTAGE:@bayraktar_1love posts this video of a Ukrainian Switchblade 600 UCAV strike on Russian armored vehicles.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1940477269736313251


Satellite images showing the aftermath of the attack on the Izhevsk Electromechanical Plant "Kupol" have appeared online.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1940464520658669616


30,000 North Korean troops may join Russian forces, — CNN reports, citing Ukrainian intelligence.

https://twitter.com/user/status/1940449272455156133

[FlamesAddiction]

As far as I am concerned, this means that Ukraine is officially at war with North Korea. It's one thing to sell weapons or even have volunteers going, but when you are officially sending your army in to invade, that is war. North Korea invading a European country shouldn't be tolerated.

[CroFlames]

Agreed. It is a clear escalation.

[activeStick]

Ukraine is going to see a shortage of weapons in the coming months with the US following through and turning the tap off

https://twitter.com/user/status/1940315100088504585

[Fuzz]

So America's interests include assisting in Russia's hegemony? Interesting. Just ask Iran!

[Huntingwhale]

Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction

As far as I am concerned, this means that Ukraine is officially at war with North Korea. It's one thing to sell weapons or even have volunteers going, but when you are officially sending your army in to invade, that is war. North Korea invading a European country shouldn't be tolerated.

Sadly it is being tolerated.

[CroFlames]

I can't believe the timeline we're in.

The level of betrayal by the USA is staggering. Traditional US conservatives would be gleefully sending weapons to Ukraine to destroy their biggest adversary, Russia. Today's conservatives are cheering for Russia. What the actual ####.

North Korea has joined the invasion, and no one has retaliated with force. Can NATO not bomb Pyongyang a la Belgrade in 1999 until they withdraw from Ukraine?

[JohnnyBeGood]

Originally Posted by activeStick

Ukraine is going to see a shortage of weapons in the coming months with the US following through and turning the tap off

https://twitter.com/user/status/1940315100088504585

Unless European nations step up to fill the gaps. Is that possible? It may be what US is trying to achieve here...

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by JohnnyBeGood

Unless European nations step up to fill the gaps. Is that possible? It may be what US is trying to achieve here...

Cool. Is the U.S going to sign over the minerals deal to Europe then as well?

Europe could step in to fill the gaps. The risk of escalation is a lot higher if they do though. The U.S. is still the most powerful country in the world when it comes to projecting force both militarily and economically. If they put their foot down, it actually means something. If European countries get more involved, you could be sparking a much larger war on the continent. It's like the recent bombing of Iran. There is a reason why the U.S. doing it led to a ceasefire. I don't think you get the same result if a European country did it.

And before anyone suggests that the U.S. should have to be responsible for global security, they forcefully put themselves in that position because it suited them to do so and they profited from it. They wanted the role and created the global balance of power we currently have. Stepping away from that because they only like the perks from it but don't want to deal with the burdens is extremely dangerous.

[nik-]

Are we still doing the restraint in fear of escalation bull####?

[afc wimbledon]

Originally Posted by nik-

Are we still doing the restraint in fear of escalation bull####?

no its the 'fear of Putin releasing the pee tapes' plus a few billion in the crypto equivalent of a brown paper bag

[Fuzz]

Transneft Vice President Andrey Badalov dies after falling from window

https://en.apa.az/cis-countries/tran...-window-472117


I'll never not snicker when I read these headlines. What happened here? It's a total mystery!