Ukraine - Russia Conflict

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Of course, they only need to bring all their capabilities to bear, like the air force and the full strength of the artillery. And political restrictions imposed on ground units need to be withdrawn.

Russia fears a NATO intervention if they do that, and Ukraine could retaliate by firing Hrim-2s at Moscow. Artillery is no good without the ability to find targets, and Ukraine has beaten them in this area and will continue to do so thanks to NATO ISR assets.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1518585907691106306

It could be industrial smoke or anything else, nothing concrete.

Likely just stormy weather again.

 

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1518646710863552513

Looks like somebody unscrewed the axles.

All in all I'd say a kind of modern day Viet Cong is at work.

 

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ATG Fagot sends the occupiers to hell

 

[_Anonymous_]

Were these trial launches being sold as wartime footage Paddy ? There's absolutely no sense of any urgency or nothing to suggest this was a battlefield.

Nothing to suggest the plane was a Russian one or that it even crashed.

 

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Ruh-roh, Russian journalists need to watch their back, Putin has already produced his cover story.

Putin accuses CIA of inciting Ukraine to killing Russian journalists

Russian president says CIA agents who recommended Ukrainian saboteurs kill Russian journalists are known by name - Anadolu Agency

www.aa.com.tr

Ukraine war: Putin accuses West of plot to destroy Russia - and says secret service foiled attempt to kill journalist

The Russian president accused the west of plotting to kill Vladimir Solovyev. It was later reported that members of a nationalist group had been detained in Russia.

news.sky.com

https://twitter.com/x/status/1518646710863552513

 

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The Armed Forces of Ukraine presented the occupiers with a free ticket to Kobzon's concert

 

[Picdelamirand-oil]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1518681654562369544

 

[_Anonymous_]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1518056534479147009

Man , this Azov Battalion aren't Nazis or even neo Nazis. They're several leagues ahead of the Nazis. The Nazis themselves were a curious mix of religiously devout Christians & people who were avowedly anti Church if not anti Christianity who wanted to resurrect the old pagan Nordic / Norse Gods - but both these groupings bound together by German nationalism, German supremacy, a great desire for a Lebensraum & vitriolic anti semitism .

Bye bye Nazis. Welcome Azov battalion.

 

[Picdelamirand-oil]

Ukrainian long-distance MLRS BM-27 Uragan in action against russian military targets at night.

Ukrainian long-distance MLRS BM-27 Uragan in action against russian military targets at night. - r/UkraineConflict

View on Libreddit, an alternative private front-end to Reddit.

r.nf

 

[_Anonymous_]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1517959075924959232

THREAD!!

Interesting long thread about shortfalls in Russian artillery ammo . What is says about IA artillery, ammo & tactics is anyone's guess?

 

[randomradio]

Yeah, and there are >2,500 warheads. Good luck getting everyone underground in less than 10 minutes, plus there are earth penetrating warheads anyway.

You can make sure even people living in countryside are dead too, and overwhelm any defences.

It's going to go way down. They just destroyed their trading relationship with 500m people next door, then you have the fact that oil and gas is being phased out anyway. Not at this point, it's clear that Russia does not have the funds or resources to takeover Ukraine, and because Ukrainians feel their existence is threatened, they will never stop fighting. If this war extends over years, Russian deaths will exceed 1 million. Their currency is worthless, they've stabilised by have oil purchases in rubles and banning Russians from exchanging rubles for dollars etc., but nobody outside Russia will accept their currency at the stated exchange rate for online purchases, not even their ally China.

You are talking about only one scenario.

Lol, good luck.

No, it's not going to go "way down". They are expecting a 10% reduction. While oil and gas forms a large part of govt earnings, it's still only 25% of the GDP. And, even with Europe completely cut off, they can easily expect to continue to export at least half of what they used to, which is more than enough to balance their budget at current prices. They can increase their own consumption through military and infrastructure expansion as well. The greatest fear in Europe right now is the Russians could stop the supply of gas on their own in retaliation.

Russia fears a NATO intervention if they do that, and Ukraine could retaliate by firing Hrim-2s at Moscow. Artillery is no good without the ability to find targets, and Ukraine has beaten them in this area and will continue to do so thanks to NATO ISR assets.

Just a few weeks ago I was talking about how the Russians feared NATO can use Ukraine to fire missiles at Moscow. And you proved the Russians right.

 

[RISING SUN]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1518692138476875777

 

[_Anonymous_]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1518691078773170176

Irish Joe never disappoints, does he sweetie? BTW - hope you've bought stocks in all those US defense companies involved in this conflict. A killing is to be made. Pun unintended. Spread the word among trailer park folk. Time the underprivileged share in the American Dream. @Innominate

 

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SBU reveals Russian invaders chatting about ‘hell’ in Chornobaivka

The SBU security service of Ukraine on April 24 released an intercept of a conversation between a Russian invader and his friend, in which he complains that Ukrainian defenders have staged a "real hell" for the Russians.

us.yahoo.com

US urges more arms for Ukraine amid fears of expanding war

The U.S. pressed its allies Tuesday to move “heaven and earth” to keep Kyiv well-supplied with weapons as Russian forces rained fire on eastern and southern Ukraine amid growing new fears the war could spill over the country's borders. For the second day in a row, explosions rocked the...

www.yahoo.com

 

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You are talking about only one scenario.

Lol, good luck.

No, it's not going to go "way down". They are expecting a 10% reduction. While oil and gas forms a large part of govt earnings, it's still only 25% of the GDP. And, even with Europe completely cut off, they can easily expect to continue to export at least half of what they used to, which is more than enough to balance their budget at current prices. They can increase their own consumption through military and infrastructure expansion as well. The greatest fear in Europe right now is the Russians could stop the supply of gas on their own in retaliation.



Just a few weeks ago I was talking about how the Russians feared NATO can use Ukraine to fire missiles at Moscow. And you proved the Russians right.

You simply cannot comprehend the level of devastation. No one can really.

It's not just oil and gas that is sanctioned though, it's everything else too. You can always balance a budget but GDP will still fall massively, as will growth thereafter and balancing a budget in such circumstances rarely includes military expansion. The greatest fear in Europe right now is WWIII. No Russian oil and gas would be uncomfortable but very manageable by comparison.

WTF?! They fired over a thousands missiles at Ukraine, what do they expect, seriously? Russia brought this on itself entirely. NATO could fire missiles from the Baltics or Poland at Moscow but they choose not to base such short-range nuclear missiles there for the sake of stability. Russia are the ones over their internationally recognised borders, try to bear that in mind.

 

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In the Kherson region, the Russian occupiers left the armored personnel carrier

 

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Risky.

 

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1518585907691106306

It could be industrial smoke or anything else, nothing concrete.

Styrofoam is highly flammable.