I just read an article that mentioned this photo was from a military rehearsal over a year ago. The Russians aren't that desperate yet. I'd expect to see them packing SKSs first.
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marcel ledbetter said:
I just read an article that mentioned this photo was from a military rehearsal over a year ago. The Russians aren't that desperate yet. I'd expect to see them packing SKSs first.
Or apparently rusted AKs locked in place.
That is unreal.
So they're doing as horrible as they have been, and they haven't gotten down to lower/older level of weaponry? It's going to be a slaughter once they get to that point.marcel ledbetter said:
I just read an article that mentioned this photo was from a military rehearsal over a year ago. The Russians aren't that desperate yet. I'd expect to see them packing SKSs first.
There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the later ignorance. Hippocrates
Newly mobilized Russian men are showing the rusted AK's they were given. pic.twitter.com/bRvVmdJC5b
— Christo Grozev (@christogrozev) September 24, 2022
Oh bud.
The Russian drunk soldiers that have just been mobilized will soon be sent to the forests of Ukraine and run into this.
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) September 24, 2022
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When you trip and the trees start laughing at you...Waffledynamics said:
Oh bud.The Russian drunk soldiers that have just been mobilized will soon be sent to the forests of Ukraine and run into this.
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) September 24, 2022
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Very well said. It demonstrates the true danger of the current situation. Russia/Putin's failure to recognize the "truth" of the situation on the ground will result in the creation of more death and destruction.ABATTBQ11 said:agent-maroon said:
Please pardon my ignorance, but is the acquisition of Ukraine an existential necessity for the rus? I don't see that and I can't understand why they're betting all their chips on this particular hand. I understand that this may now be an existential issue for Putin the man, but for the country itself?
Keep thinking that someone high enough is going to see this and take Putin out.
Russia wants parts of Ukraine for many reasons, but it is existential now because Putin and those around him sold this as a "special military operation" with little risk and tons of upside, figuring the Ukrainians would fold quickly and be replaced by a puppet government.
That didn't happen, and the Russian army has suffered catastrophic losses. If they just go home now, they will have lost tens of thousands of men, probably $10-$15 billion in equipment, another few billion in munitions and fuel, and God knows how much damage to their economy for... nothing. That would be a hard pill for Russia to swallow, and the reigning politicians can't really afford that because all of them are basically complicit. It's kind of a sunk cost fallacy where they should cut their losses, but if they cut their losses they still have to answer for them. If they quadruple down, maybe they can get something. They'll definitely be way worse off, but at least they'll have something for their trouble to justify their hundreds of thousands of dead and complete lack of a military.
Jordan Peterson talked about the rise of totalitarianism and genocide that follows. It's a product of individuals, societies, and as a result, government's willingness to lie. We have witnessed the result Russian individual corruption in their military as it is a shell of what it was purported to be. We have seen the propaganda of "Ukrainian nazis" and more from the Russian media. We have heard the call to arms from the Russian government for the "special operation". The stronger the lies, the stronger the winds that will continue to fan the flames; The flames that are creating Hell on Earth.
For the TLDW crowd: just start at 9:30.
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BARS-13 talk about executing POWs.
— Def Mon (@DefMon3) September 24, 2022
These guys are saying they wont take anyone they suspect of being "Azov" prisoner. They also say they cant determine that on the battlefield, they are more or less saying they will execute prisoners of war. https://t.co/RmrwLD7duG pic.twitter.com/zFZZ9dA8ft
⚡️The import of thermal coal to India from Russia will decrease in September for the first time in four months. This could reduce Moscow's revenues as it mobilizes additional troops for the war against Ukraine, Reuters reports.
— FLASH (@Flash_news_ua) September 24, 2022
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Okay, at this point, it's becoming evident that they're just throwing numbers out there.
Putin's decree allows mobilizing from 300,000 and up to 3,000,000 people, - Girkin
— ТРУХА⚡️English (@TpyxaNews) September 24, 2022
LiveUAMap reported a lot of shelling overnight, especially along the Donetsk line.
That's still a long ass offensive front to have that much concerted action happening.
"I fought in the war for 5 minutes, asked to stay on Ukrainian side" - Russian soldier in capture
Surprisingly interesting interview. Russian soldier is continuously lied to, his tank hit by an RPG, surrenders, and now helps the Ukes maintain and fix armored vehicles.
That was very interesting. Thanks for posting. My opinion of Russians as a culture keeps going further and further down. Brutish people. And not very smart.
Worth the 4 minute watch, even if it is CNN
🇷🇺 #mobilization#Russia in Ukraine - 20220924 - #Sevastopol, #Crimea - Reported around 15.44 pm, video apparently showing a Russian military officer in a fight during attempt to summon someone for mobilization.
— glosm eusec (@glosmeusec) September 24, 2022
Reminder: we do not recognize Crimea as part of Russia. pic.twitter.com/QsBgjp5Rhy
*Soon to be liberated Sevastopol
CondensedFoggyAggie said:
"I fought in the war for 5 minutes, asked to stay on Ukrainian side" - Russian soldier in capture
Surprisingly interesting interview. Russian soldier is continuously lied to, his tank hit by an RPG, surrenders, and now helps the Ukes maintain and fix armored vehicles.
This is nuts and sounds like the norm for conscripts and recent enlistment.
They lie to them about the contracts, pay, and where they will be stationed.
Soviet era equipment and clothes. 1/3 of which was operable and according to him, every one had something broken.
They give the little to no training and got zero live fire training. In his case 15 minutes of practice time driving a tank a day for a week before being shipped to the front.
Only had limited ammo and no contact with infantry support. Believes his tank group was used as bait to locate / draw Ukrainian fire. He was the only one to survive.
They are told not to surrender because of pending torture and death by Ukrainians and given grenades to end it.
Turns out everything Russia told him was a lie and he'd prefer to earn Ukrainian trust and stay to help them instead of getting shipped back. Especially considering Ukrainian troops tried, but Russians wouldn't exchange him or recover their dead.
I repeat, nuts!
Private PoopyPants said:Dmitry Bulgakov, Shoigu's deputy and the head of the rear of the Russian Armed Forces, who was responsible for material and technical support, has been dismissed.
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) September 24, 2022
His place will be taken by General Mizintsev, known as the "Mariupol Butcher". pic.twitter.com/mhyR198P88
Did he say head up the rear?
Waffledynamics said:
Oh bud.The Russian drunk soldiers that have just been mobilized will soon be sent to the forests of Ukraine and run into this.
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) September 24, 2022
pic.twitter.com/L1qlax45Fh
The Ents are going to war! Go get em boys
Here's a very good (but long) related presentation quantifying how much Russian equipment has been either abandoned or captured and the importance of recovery and repair to actually re-use that stuff. It's an informative tutorial on industrial warfare, if not particularly entertaining. "Amateurs study tactics. Professionals study logistics."74OA said:
In addition to gearing up the arms industry to re-supply a long fight, NATO is also setting up an equipment repair hub just over the border in Poland. It's clear that the US and EU don't foresee a quick end to the war.
REPAIR
RESUPPLY
RECOVERY
This is proof of a nation on its last legs already. Which most of us know already but this brings it home in my head fully for some reason. Desperation tactics that are simply outdated at this point in history.AgLA06 said:CondensedFoggyAggie said:
"I fought in the war for 5 minutes, asked to stay on Ukrainian side" - Russian soldier in capture
Surprisingly interesting interview. Russian soldier is continuously lied to, his tank hit by an RPG, surrenders, and now helps the Ukes maintain and fix armored vehicles.
This is nuts and sounds like the norm for conscripts and recent enlistment.
They lie to them about the contracts, pay, and where they will be stationed.
Soviet era equipment and clothes. 1/3 of which was operable and according to him, every one had something broken.
They give the little to no training and got zero live fire training. In his case 15 minutes of practice time driving a tank a day for a week before being shipped to the front.
Only had limited ammo and no contact with infantry support. Believes his tank group was used as bait to locate / draw Ukrainian fire. He was the only one to survive.
They are told not to surrender because of pending torture and death by Ukrainians and given grenades to end it.
Turns out everything Russia told him was a lie and he'd prefer to earn Ukrainian trust and stay to help them instead of getting shipped back. Especially considering Ukrainian troops tried, but Russians wouldn't exchange him or recover their dead.
I repeat, nuts!
Wild ride over the past 6 months. I remember staying up and missing class the next day during the first day of the invasion and geolocating Russian convoy movement on security cams and passing it along and now here we are. Watching an attempt at a human wave strategy with no real adequate infrastructure to support it.
Thanks to CFA for the link. Fascinating.
****ing animals.
In Mordor, the punishers detained the girl and took her to the paddy wagon, after which terrible screams were heard from there. Then the "security forces" ordered the media representatives to step aside. pic.twitter.com/39iLMrghtV
— ТРУХА⚡️English (@TpyxaNews) September 24, 2022
"Possible sabotage is expected in the area of the settlements of Pinsk, Ivanovo and Kobrin. We note that such sabotage plays into the hands of Moscow, which seeks to draw additional forces into this war, including Belarus", – the Center notes.
— FLASH (@Flash_news_ua) September 24, 2022
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I don't think the Russian General Staff knows either. They've been pulling tanks and equipment out of storage to replace losses and to arm volunteer units for months. If the state of equipment in permanent readiness units wasn't great, imagine the condition of what's in storage.
— Rob Lee (@RALee85) September 24, 2022
Yet another reason why all of the roughly $350B of Putin's money frozen in western banks should be transferred to Ukraine as war reparations.
An elderly Ukrainian farmer walks up to the American volunteer, Ryan Hendrickson, to thank him for de-mining his farm from Russian anti-tank mines.
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) September 20, 2022
Ryan says that it’s for moments like this one that he is in Ukraine.
🇺🇸🇺🇦 pic.twitter.com/JX3hMOPJrJ
If they're doing that to their own people, imagine what they're doing to Ukrainians.Waffledynamics said:
****ing animals.In Mordor, the punishers detained the girl and took her to the paddy wagon, after which terrible screams were heard from there. Then the "security forces" ordered the media representatives to step aside. pic.twitter.com/39iLMrghtV
— ТРУХА⚡️English (@TpyxaNews) September 24, 2022
Rain hampering Ukraine's push in the east. SLOG
Any back story on that arrest? She didn't look to be all that dangerous.
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74OA said:
Rain hampering Ukraine's push in the east. SLOG
Doing what they can.Quote:
"For now, the rain is making it difficult to use heavy weapons everywhere. We can only use paved roads," Ukrainian army sergeant Roman Malyna told AFP, as tanks and APCs manoeuvred under the downpour.
"For now, because it's hard to move forward due to the weather, we are targeting their armoured vehicles, ammunition depots and groups of soldiers," he said.
Protestors are not being treated very well right now in Russia.
⚡️Russian media: Russia considers imposing martial law, banning men of draft age from leaving the country.
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) September 24, 2022
According to Russian media Verstka, Russia is considering imposing martial law “if Ukraine continues to attack" occupied territories that Russia plans to illegally annex.
Martial law is Putin's last hope to remain in power and probably isn't going to work.
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The Ukrainian General Staff claims they destroyed a Su-25, two Su-30, a Su-34 (possibly in the above video), and 5 UAVs. Russian Telegram channels confirm it was a bad day for Russian aviation. 2/https://t.co/hsW3eUkCEchttps://t.co/rsQEvPyNDRhttps://t.co/W7u1ejEiT1 pic.twitter.com/HPwkmenjk2
— Rob Lee (@RALee85) September 24, 2022
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