How are the Ukes dealing with the heavy armor? Because I figired they would be able to roll through every major city by now and this obviously hasn't happened.
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One answer NLAW, Javelins, Stingers, and other similar donated weapons..,hunter2012 said:
How are the Ukes dealing with the heavy armor? Because I figired they would be able to roll through every major city by now and this obviously hasn't happened.
Think about what Russia is doing, they are attaching using the major highways … all Ukraine has to do is know the major highways the Russians are coming from, line up 20 or 30 Ukrainian soldiers with NLAWs and Javelins and that line of equipment can be shut down, that heavy armor equipment is getting blown to pieces, once they stop them in the front of the convoy, then they ambush the other vehicles, it seems this is what they are doing everywhere.. the west needs to keep supplying the NLAWs and Javelin type units and Ukraine may be able to cause a lot of serious issues for Russia
BREAKING: Poland's PM says that Hungary's Viktor Orban has agreed to ban Russia from SWIFT.
— The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) February 26, 2022
Looks like the last remaining holdout is now on board with yanking Russia from SWIFT.
SPSAg05 said:BREAKING: Poland's PM says that Hungary's Viktor Orban has agreed to ban Russia from SWIFT.
— The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) February 26, 2022
Looks like the last remaining holdout is now on board with yanking Russia from SWIFT.
Did Cyprus change its mind?
Yes Cyprus agreed, it was in another post I believeSidsBurnerAccount said:SPSAg05 said:BREAKING: Poland's PM says that Hungary's Viktor Orban has agreed to ban Russia from SWIFT.
— The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) February 26, 2022
Looks like the last remaining holdout is now on board with yanking Russia from SWIFT.
Did Cyprus change its mind?
fullback44 said:Yes Cyprus agreed, it was in another post I believeSidsBurnerAccount said:SPSAg05 said:BREAKING: Poland's PM says that Hungary's Viktor Orban has agreed to ban Russia from SWIFT.
— The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) February 26, 2022
Looks like the last remaining holdout is now on board with yanking Russia from SWIFT.
Did Cyprus change its mind?
Yup just went back to find it
jabberwalkie09 said:BREAKING — Cyprus confirmed it will not block the decision to ban Russia from SWIFT — Ukrainian foreign minister
— Ragıp Soylu (@ragipsoylu) February 26, 2022
LMCane said:earlier reports from the Ukes were that they are telling their citizens to spike fuel supplies with sugar to sabotage the Russian mechanized forces.Engine10 said:
A busted ass supply chain turns their mechanized advantage into scrap pretty fast. I'm for it
https://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/car-technology/a33237683/sugar-in-gas-tank/Quote:
It's a car culture legend, passed down from generation to generation, that an angry person with a bag of sugar can leave your car dead on its axles. Add sugar to gas tank, turn its fuel into a sugary petroleum mess, and wait for the owner to start the car and blow the engine.
It's also a myth.
Sugar doesn't dissolve in gasoline. If you add it to gasoline, it stays in granular form.
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https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/cutting-russia-off-swift-matter-days-euro-zone-central-banker-2022-02-26/Quote:
PARIS, Feb 26 (Reuters) - A decision to cut Russia off from the global SWIFT payment system will be taken in a matter of days, the governor of a central bank within the euro zone told Reuters on Saturday.
"SWIFT is just a matter of time, very short time, days," the central bank governor, who asked not to be named, said.
"Is it sufficient? No. Is it necessary? Absolutely. Sanctions only make sense if there are costs for both sides and this will be costly," the central banker added.
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If Russia is locked out of Swift, they're proper hosed economically yes? International trade is essentially done? Can any amount of internal propaganda sustain another narrative?
fullback44 said:One answer NLAW, Javelins, Stingers, and other similar donated weapons..,hunter2012 said:
How are the Ukes dealing with the heavy armor? Because I figired they would be able to roll through every major city by now and this obviously hasn't happened.
Think about what Russia is doing, they are attaching using the major highways … all Ukraine has to do is know the major highways the Russians are coming from, line up 20 or 30 Ukrainian soldiers with NLAWs and Javelins and that line of equipment can be shut down, that heavy armor equipment is getting blown to pieces, once they stop them in the front of the convoy, then they ambush the other vehicles, it seems this is what they are doing everywhere.. the west needs to keep supplying the NLAWs and Javelin type units and Ukraine may be able to cause a lot of serious issues for Russia
One of the things about this conflict is that every single nation is watching and taking notes. It's not every day we get to see frontline Russian armies fighting and I promise we are absorbing every byte of data we can from this.
It has long been said that main battle tanks will eventually go the way of the battleship. Not sure if that is true any time soon but once again the effectiveness of man portable anti armor weapons is really showing right now in the neverending arrow vs chest plate battle. Armor will catch up again I am sure but seeing a LOT of catastrophic kills on Russian armor. Tanks and AFVs just ripped open. (Also why I won't discount the casualty numbers out of hand)
The resource exchange is heinous though. A $20K rocket vs a several million dollar T80 and the trained professionals manning it who likely never saw their death coming.
BlackGoldAg2011 said:fullback44 said:Yes Cyprus agreed, it was in another post I believeSidsBurnerAccount said:SPSAg05 said:BREAKING: Poland's PM says that Hungary's Viktor Orban has agreed to ban Russia from SWIFT.
— The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) February 26, 2022
Looks like the last remaining holdout is now on board with yanking Russia from SWIFT.
Did Cyprus change its mind?
Yup just went back to find itjabberwalkie09 said:BREAKING — Cyprus confirmed it will not block the decision to ban Russia from SWIFT — Ukrainian foreign minister
— Ragıp Soylu (@ragipsoylu) February 26, 2022
So ill assume the eastern Mediterranean gas line is now "approved". With swift exclusion about to go live, are we going to open up drilling to offset market spikes and provide an alternate to Russian O&G?
Kenneth_2003 said:
If Russia is locked out of Swift, they're proper hosed economically yes? International trade is essentially done? Can any amount of internal propaganda sustain another narrative?
Interested in this also
Kenneth_2003 said:
If Russia is locked out of Swift, they're proper hosed economically yes? International trade is essentially done? Can any amount of internal propaganda sustain another narrative?
Hong Kong based company with some Russian based sales into O&G operations here; we suspended all sales into Russia from China on Monday. Was an internal decision that we thought necessary to do our part. A drop in the bucket as far as impact, but it's what we could do.
Everything O&G related is settled in USD. No SWIFT means no USD wires from my understanding. Also, cargo ships have already begun denying Russian oil or running the price up like 10x if they want to send it from what I've read.
I have been assuming (which may not be good based on the poor performance of the Russian military so far) that they were holding back their best units/equipment in case of a spillover conflict with a NATO state. We either see that in coming hours or they are going to have to use brute force on the populace in these urban areas of operation. Why they hell try to insert a small force way over in Lviv? Almost like RUS military commanders are playing recklessly with their toys.
ETA: Not sure half-hearted conscripts going to have the stomach for true urban operations.
ETA: Not sure half-hearted conscripts going to have the stomach for true urban operations.
Air strikes reportedly in Chernihiv northern Ukraine pic.twitter.com/OV0t46eYi5
— ELINT News (@ELINTNews) February 26, 2022
We can confirm the latest developments in Ukraine: pic.twitter.com/HOW8dM5m0b
— Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧 (@DefenceHQ) February 26, 2022
Brit MoD update from 3hrs ago.
Just caught up on this thread from last night.
Again, best thread on this site right now. You guys are fantastic!
Viva Ukraine
Again, best thread on this site right now. You guys are fantastic!
Viva Ukraine
I thank my friend Mr. President of 🇹🇷 @RTErdogan and the people of 🇹🇷 for their strong support. The ban on the passage of 🇷🇺 warships to the Black Sea and significant military and humanitarian support for 🇺🇦 are extremely important today. The people of 🇺🇦 will never forget that!
— Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) February 26, 2022
Good on Turkey.
Quote:
Sugar doesn't dissolve in gasoline. If you add it to gasoline, it stays in granular form.
why not just add water instead of sugar?
Putin: Chechens as Long Shanks: Irish. "We have plenty of Irish".aTmAg said:WTF? What do Chechens have to do with this fight and why are they fighting FOR the Russians? They and the Russians hate each other.SidsBurnerAccount said:Chechens on the border with Ukraine.
— ZOKA (@200_zoka) February 24, 2022
Spiritual rite before battle pic.twitter.com/YbomMmrGlo
New pics of the Chechens the Russians are bringing in.
Being in TexAgs jail changes a man……..no, not really
Heavy fighting is currently underway in Chernihiv, where Ru forces are attacking with air support.
— The Lookout (@The_Lookout_N) February 26, 2022
Main effort likely being conducted by the 41st CAA from the north.
Have not seen reporting that Ru forces have crossed the Desna.
Normal fog-of-war caveat applies. pic.twitter.com/I5lI5zeGMc
I'm thinking these assets have gotten bogged down here which were meant to move in on Kyiv from the east.
"The most unrussian attack ever"
Why?
Putin has a window that is rapidly closing to get this done.
Consider::
Very little initial support for the Ukes
Then they show right
Then they show viable defenses
Then they show viable counterattacks
Ukraine is wholly European and I thin Putin was averse to leveling cities as in Chechnya or Syria. He didn't want to raise the ire of Euope. Now you have both France and Poland sending material into Ukraine. I think this is the reason for the helo incursion into Western Ukraine. The Russians are attempting to interdict resupply.
I don't think Putin can start shelling cities without Euope ramping up support(including men). That window of tolerance is shut.
Ukraine has shown prowess I. The field and now other nations are willing to support them.
Why?
Putin has a window that is rapidly closing to get this done.
Consider::
Very little initial support for the Ukes
Then they show right
Then they show viable defenses
Then they show viable counterattacks
Ukraine is wholly European and I thin Putin was averse to leveling cities as in Chechnya or Syria. He didn't want to raise the ire of Euope. Now you have both France and Poland sending material into Ukraine. I think this is the reason for the helo incursion into Western Ukraine. The Russians are attempting to interdict resupply.
I don't think Putin can start shelling cities without Euope ramping up support(including men). That window of tolerance is shut.
Ukraine has shown prowess I. The field and now other nations are willing to support them.
SPSAg05 said:I thank my friend Mr. President of 🇹🇷 @RTErdogan and the people of 🇹🇷 for their strong support. The ban on the passage of 🇷🇺 warships to the Black Sea and significant military and humanitarian support for 🇺🇦 are extremely important today. The people of 🇺🇦 will never forget that!
— Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) February 26, 2022
Good on Turkey.
It's going to be interesting to see Russia's response to that. If it's a total ban, Putin has around 30 warships bottled up in the Black Sea now. Some of which were not part of the Black Sea fleet.
cone said:Quote:
Sugar doesn't dissolve in gasoline. If you add it to gasoline, it stays in granular form.
why not just add water instead of sugar?
Water can be separated, and in fact many diesel engines have drains on the fuel filters to dump water.
Sugar won't do squat other than clog fuel filters. If you got sugar into the fueling truck you'd slow refueling. Get it into a vehicle tank, you'll probably park that unit.
A group of 30th Surface Ship Division ships, led by #ВМФ Project 1164 Atlant (NATO:Slava) class guided missile cruiser #ЧФ BSF flagship Moskva, are blocking the entire north-western part of the #BlackSea north of N 45-21, by Zmiiny Island (Snake Island).
— Yörük Işık (@YorukIsik) February 26, 2022
Looks like Russians are asserting territorial claim here basically. I don't see it any other way.
Does anyone know if there is an osint twitter group going on this morning? Couldn't find one.
I was watching live feed of the square in Kyiv this morning and although they're far from the camera I definitely saw men in uniform carrying weapons. Looked like a patrol of 6-8 of them. Ukrainian? The Russians haven't made it to the heart of the city have they?
⚡️Russian forces in occupied Donetsk may create provocation by blowing up industrial tanks with chemicals.
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) February 26, 2022
According to the Security Service of Ukraine, Russian forces are handing out gas masks to its troops and local militants.
I'm not posting this to be alarmist, but this is the first mention of the Donbas region I have seen in awhile.
Probably the best thing to add to diesel to cause engine damage is gasoline.
Added benefit is the fact that they are often stored right next to eachother.
Added benefit is the fact that they are often stored right next to eachother.
TH36 said:
I was watching live feed of the square in Kyiv this morning and although they're far from the camera I definitely saw men in uniform carrying weapons. Looked like a patrol of 6-8 of them. Ukrainian? The Russians haven't made it to the heart of the city have they?
The Ukrainians held the city and by indication and report repelled Russian incursion into the city. Yesterday did see a report of Russians changing uniforms, using Ukrainian equipment, and then killing guards at a checkpoint. That group was apparently dealt with.
jabberwalkie09 said:⚡️Russian forces in occupied Donetsk may create provocation by blowing up industrial tanks with chemicals.
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) February 26, 2022
According to the Security Service of Ukraine, Russian forces are handing out gas masks to its troops and local militants.
I'm not posting this to be alarmist, but this is the first mention of the Donbas region I have seen in awhile.
Doesnt the use of Chemical weapons on foreign soil invoke UN treaties?
Ukrainian MOD reports that the Ukrainian Air Force performed 34 combat sorties over the last 24 hours.
— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) February 26, 2022
Eliminatus said:fullback44 said:One answer NLAW, Javelins, Stingers, and other similar donated weapons..,hunter2012 said:
How are the Ukes dealing with the heavy armor? Because I figired they would be able to roll through every major city by now and this obviously hasn't happened.
Think about what Russia is doing, they are attaching using the major highways … all Ukraine has to do is know the major highways the Russians are coming from, line up 20 or 30 Ukrainian soldiers with NLAWs and Javelins and that line of equipment can be shut down, that heavy armor equipment is getting blown to pieces, once they stop them in the front of the convoy, then they ambush the other vehicles, it seems this is what they are doing everywhere.. the west needs to keep supplying the NLAWs and Javelin type units and Ukraine may be able to cause a lot of serious issues for Russia
One of the things about this conflict is that every single nation is watching and taking notes. It's not every day we get to see frontline Russian armies fighting and I promise we are absorbing every byte of data we can from this.
It has long been said that main battle tanks will eventually go the way of the battleship. Not sure if that is true any time soon but once again the effectiveness of man portable anti armor weapons is really showing right now in the neverending arrow vs chest plate battle. Armor will catch up again I am sure but seeing a LOT of catastrophic kills on Russian armor. Tanks and AFVs just ripped open. (Also why I won't discount the casualty numbers out of hand)
The resource exchange is heinous though. A $20K rocket vs a several million dollar T80 and the trained professionals manning it who likely never saw their death coming.
Russian tanks do not have internally separate ammunition storage, so any penetrative hit has a reasonably good chance of detonating internal ammunition.
Modern Western tanks are considerably less vulnerable to this with separated storage in the turret bustle and blow out panels, but they are clearly more vulnerable from a top down attack also unless re-armored for it.
Next generation armor will probably account for that threat somehow, possibly by being smaller and highly automated, as it still has value on the battlefield due to mobility and firepower.
False flag to drum up Russian population support? Show dead people from chem attack, blame it on Ukrainians.
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