Russian prisoners, who were returned to Russia as part of the exchange, say that no one abused them in Ukraine pic.twitter.com/oJdQq5Y1yL
— ТРУХА⚡️English (@TpyxaNews) October 18, 2022
so does Putin now threaten the Iranians to give back the S-400 systemsRossticus said:If Russian command is that desperate to move S-400 closer to the frontlines then we are looking into a partial or even full collapse of Russian air defense capabilities. #Ukraine #Kherson #Crimea
— (((Tendar))) (@Tendar) October 18, 2022
Rossticus said:If Russian command is that desperate to move S-400 closer to the frontlines then we are looking into a partial or even full collapse of Russian air defense capabilities. #Ukraine #Kherson #Crimea
— (((Tendar))) (@Tendar) October 18, 2022
Threaten them with what? They are a paper tiger begging Iran to sell them missiles so they can avoid getting routed by Ukraine. Iran isn't going to feel threatened by Russia.LMCane said:so does Putin now threaten the Iranians to give back the S-400 systemsRossticus said:If Russian command is that desperate to move S-400 closer to the frontlines then we are looking into a partial or even full collapse of Russian air defense capabilities. #Ukraine #Kherson #Crimea
— (((Tendar))) (@Tendar) October 18, 2022
that Russia provided to Iran last year?
I am not saying Russia's viewpoint is valid, just that there are differing viewpoints. It isn't black and white.txags92 said:If the people in Crimea had held a free and fair vote to secede and join Russia, and then Russia moved in to help them back up their independence, it would be different. But that wasn't what happened. Russia staged an independence movement, invaded to "protect" it, ran off anybody who wasn't pro-Russian and imported Russians to replace them, then held a totally rigged vote to secede and join Russia. I don't think anybody really knows what the Crimeans wanted, and it will be a long time before we are in a position to find out.Ellis Wyatt said:I don't think it's stupid. It underscores that it is far more complicated than "that's part of Ukraine" or "those are Russian people."twk said:Really stupid assertion there by Musk. The Russians had a lease on Sebastopol in Ukraine just like the US does on Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. No one challenged that. Putin wanted the entire Crimean peninsula in order to control the coast and limit Ukraine's access to the Black Sea. There was no legitimate military reason why Russia needed to seize Crimea. NONE.Private PoopyPants said:Bingo! https://t.co/HYDl6tuyz0
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) October 17, 2022
If Texas were to secede from the U.S., it would be equally complicated. "Texas is America." "Those are Americans." "Texans aren't really Americans." People here would have different views and people in D.C. would have different views on the matter.
Brand new service on offer in the Russian darknet market.
— Christo Grozev (@christogrozev) October 18, 2022
(1) FSB launches criminal or political case against you and (2) you get a complete package of paperwork for requesting political asylum abroad.
The FSB will never fall on their back, and will make money off everything.
Why? Iran has been pushing their Bevar 373 that they say is better than the S400 and Patriot missile systems. I am doubtful of this but Iran started with the S300 and S400 designs and "improved it". They claim it can take down F22 and F35s but once again I am doubtful.LMCane said:so does Putin now threaten the Iranians to give back the S-400 systemsRossticus said:If Russian command is that desperate to move S-400 closer to the frontlines then we are looking into a partial or even full collapse of Russian air defense capabilities. #Ukraine #Kherson #Crimea
— (((Tendar))) (@Tendar) October 18, 2022
that Russia provided to Iran last year?
Sure it is. It's only not black and white when "gee golly that's a tough thing there that seems complicated" people show up.Ellis Wyatt said:I am not saying Russia's viewpoint is valid, just that there are differing viewpoints. It isn't black and white.txags92 said:If the people in Crimea had held a free and fair vote to secede and join Russia, and then Russia moved in to help them back up their independence, it would be different. But that wasn't what happened. Russia staged an independence movement, invaded to "protect" it, ran off anybody who wasn't pro-Russian and imported Russians to replace them, then held a totally rigged vote to secede and join Russia. I don't think anybody really knows what the Crimeans wanted, and it will be a long time before we are in a position to find out.Ellis Wyatt said:I don't think it's stupid. It underscores that it is far more complicated than "that's part of Ukraine" or "those are Russian people."twk said:Really stupid assertion there by Musk. The Russians had a lease on Sebastopol in Ukraine just like the US does on Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. No one challenged that. Putin wanted the entire Crimean peninsula in order to control the coast and limit Ukraine's access to the Black Sea. There was no legitimate military reason why Russia needed to seize Crimea. NONE.Private PoopyPants said:Bingo! https://t.co/HYDl6tuyz0
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) October 17, 2022
If Texas were to secede from the U.S., it would be equally complicated. "Texas is America." "Those are Americans." "Texans aren't really Americans." People here would have different views and people in D.C. would have different views on the matter.
BREAKING: Lockheed Martin CEO Jim Taiclet says the company has met with its long-lead supply chain to increase HIMARS production to 96 units annually.
— Lee Hudson (@LeeHudson_) October 18, 2022
"We advanced funded ahead of contract, $65 million to shorten the manufacturing lead time and that was without a contract."
The West should listen carefully when President Vladimir Putin talks about using nuclear weapons but should remember that it is more useful for him to threaten their use than to go ahead, the head of Norway's armed forces says.
— Apex (@Apex_WW) October 18, 2022
A security official in Israel says that despite "understanding the plight" of the Ukrainians, and the desire to help them, he "doesn't see it happening" - certainly not in the near future https://t.co/fQNQfU9DgJ
— Faytuks News Δ (@Faytuks) October 18, 2022
Iran is a sticky addition to this. It brings Israel into the fray, which may make them feel like they have an opportunity to have free reign to strike inside Iran, but Iran has a pretty close relationship and multiple treaties with China. Definitely don't want to strike that match.P.U.T.U said:
Iran starting to provide arms is a massive escalation, they have copied several Russian weapon systems over the years and have been providing them to their proxies like Hezbollah over the past few decades. Iran pulls the strings, they can shift their supply from the middle east to Russia which gives them tens of thousands of artillery and missiles.
Iran also has a military program more similar to the US than Russia as the US CIA trained them in the 80s during the Iran/Iraq war (yes we trained and armed both sides). They do have NCOs and after seeing Russia's capabilities I think Iran may actually be more of a threat.
Russia and Iran also have zero respect for their enemies civilians. We have already seen the use of drones to go after civilian targets and I wouldn't be surprised if Iran started using proxies as suicide bombers/attackers. If I was Iran I would convince Russia to do what they did in Iraq in 2003-2006, IEDs, EFPs, suicide bombers, take out military recruiting stations, etc. which would make this nasty war even worse.
Every day it seems like we are a step closer to WW3
I welcome @JensStoltenberg’s statement on NATO planning to deliver anti-drone air defense systems to Ukraine in the coming days. This is just what we discussed and requested. For Ukraine, this means more saved lives and a better protected energy infrastructure. Thank you, NATO.
— Dmytro Kuleba (@DmytroKuleba) October 18, 2022
Translation? I only understand Russian when it's in a bad Bond accent.Rossticus said:
Astonished that this made it out of Russia.Russian prisoners, who were returned to Russia as part of the exchange, say that no one abused them in Ukraine pic.twitter.com/oJdQq5Y1yL
— ТРУХА⚡️English (@TpyxaNews) October 18, 2022
There is the rumour from the Ukrainian partisans in the occupied Kherson region say that up to 20 instructors from Iran were spotted in there
— Iuliia Mendel (@IuliiaMendel) October 17, 2022
Full statement: pic.twitter.com/Zjb0r5REtA
— Faytuks News Δ (@Faytuks) October 18, 2022
Ranking Republican on House Foreign Affairs Cttee, Michael McCaul on #Ukraine military aid on @BloombergTV : "We've got to give them what they need. When we give them what they need, they win."
— Julian Borger (@julianborger) October 18, 2022
McCaul, likely chair if Republicans win House, lists ATACMS and drone-fired Hellfires
US Senate wants the Pentagon to buy:
— Thomas C. Theiner (@noclador) October 18, 2022
• 750,000 XM1128 / XM1123
• 1,000 M777
• 700 (!) M142 HIMARS
• 100,000 GMLRS
• 20,000 Stinger
• 25,000 Javelin
• 30,000 Hellfire
• 36,000 AGM-179
• 1,000 Harpoon
• 800 NSM
• 10,000 Patriot PAC-3
• 6,000 (!) ATACMS
• 20,000 AMRAAM
It appears as if Poland will purchase 300 K239s and 200 HIMARS
— Samuel Ramani (@SamRamani2) October 18, 2022
Poland is a critical client for South Korea's arms industry, along with the UAE which also purchased K239s
BREAKING: Covert mobilization of the Belarusian armed forces continues under the guise of training sessions. Measures are being taken to train operators of anti-aircraft missile systems and tank crews. - Ukraine's General staff
— Faytuks News Δ (@Faytuks) October 18, 2022
Nasha Niva has 'learned' that even Belarusian schools and university departments are required to form lists of conscripted employees and submit them to the military commissariat. pic.twitter.com/pDpNd1G6bm
— Faytuks News Δ (@Faytuks) October 18, 2022
This is why this is a huge proxy war now, we have had advisors on the ground since before the war. There were retired special operation Americans over there at the beginning of the war and they said the CIA was there as well training the Ukes. You don't have foreign weapon systems without the supplying company on the ground to assist/train.Rossticus said:There is the rumour from the Ukrainian partisans in the occupied Kherson region say that up to 20 instructors from Iran were spotted in there
— Iuliia Mendel (@IuliiaMendel) October 17, 2022
Putin has no plans to sign a decree on the completion of partial mobilization throughout the country, Kremlin says (@WarMonitors)
— Faytuks News Δ (@Faytuks) October 18, 2022
Russia is also doing all they can to commit genocide, the only part of the population that is growing is the Muslims and they have been purging them every chance they get. When Russia annexed Crimea the Muslims made up 15% of the population, that number is closer to 3% now.74OA said:
Nice overview of Russia's demographic implosion. Putin remains a master strategist.
"Besides casualties in the thousands on the battlefield, the enlistment of 300,000 reservists to join the fight -- and an even bigger flight of men abroad -- is derailing Putin's goals of starting to stabilize the population already this year. Crippling disruptions from the war are converging with a population crisis rooted in the 1990s, a period of economic hardship after the Soviet breakup that sent fertility rates plunging. Independent demographer Alexei Raksha is calling it "a perfect storm."
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Rossticus said:Ranking Republican on House Foreign Affairs Cttee, Michael McCaul on #Ukraine military aid on @BloombergTV : "We've got to give them what they need. When we give them what they need, they win."
— Julian Borger (@julianborger) October 18, 2022
McCaul, likely chair if Republicans win House, lists ATACMS and drone-fired Hellfires
GAC06 said:
AMRAAM and harpoon for what? Just taking advantage of the purse strings being open?
Russia sees "no point" in maintaining diplomatic presence in the West, foreign minister Lavrov says
— Apex (@Apex_WW) October 18, 2022
- Lavrov said that the Russian foreign ministry is currently carrying out a “geographical reorientation” of its activities both abroad and in the central office, suggesting a potential downgrade of Russia’s diplomatic presence in the West.
— Apex (@Apex_WW) October 18, 2022
CNN
The battle for Kherson begins - the Russian public began to lose their nerve and are preparing for a new "gesture of goodwill". pic.twitter.com/BV8j2yB96d
— ТРУХА⚡️English (@TpyxaNews) October 18, 2022
Japan will help in restoring the energy infrastructure of Ukraine, - the Ministry of Energy of the country
— ТРУХА⚡️English (@TpyxaNews) October 18, 2022
Rumor is that Russia is preparing to evacuate civilians from Kherson, as a massive Ukrainian attack on the city is expected. If the rumors are true, the Battle for Kherson is likely to begin soon. The AFU have amassed a lot of troops, the Russian army has dug in.
— Russians With Attitude (@RWApodcast) October 18, 2022
Numbers are crazy, but AMRAAM reloads for NASAMS and Harpoon reloads for existing shore launchers.GAC06 said:
AMRAAM and harpoon for what? Just taking advantage of the purse strings being open?
⚡️⚡️ Breaking:
— OsintTv📺 (@OsintTv) October 18, 2022
Further actions regarding Kherson will depend on the emerging military-tactical situation, it is not easy, difficult decisions cannot be ruled out : Sergei Surovikin, Russian General pic.twitter.com/wNsXGtAGck
Surovikin: Ukrainians and we are one people and we want Ukraine to be independent from the West and NATO and to be on friendly terms with Russia
— Faytuks News Δ (@Faytuks) October 18, 2022
Surovikin: NATO demands an attack on Kherson from Ukraine. We have data on the use by Kyiv of prohibited methods and methods of war. Ukraine plans to launch a massive missile attack on the Kakhovka dam
— Faytuks News Δ (@Faytuks) October 18, 2022
Surovikin: The situation in the Kherson direction is not easy. The enemy strikes at critical infrastructure. There are problems with water and electricity supply in Kherson. This is a direct threat to their families.
— Faytuks News Δ (@Faytuks) October 18, 2022
Surovikin: The Russian group of troops is increasing its composition, creating reserves and building defensive positions along the entire line of contact
— Faytuks News Δ (@Faytuks) October 18, 2022
