Russia will rapidly become a resource colony of China.Rongagin71 said:
I guess you guys know liquified gas is what gets sold when there is no pipeline available...
but apparently Russia has found a willing buyer in China.
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2023/03/22/Xi-leaves-gas-Taiwan/1631679492136/
Heavy Fighting is claimed to be taking place in the Settlement with Russian and Ukrainian Forces both dug into Defensive Positions.
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) March 22, 2023
Here are today's control-of-terrain maps of #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine from @TheStudyofWar and @criticalthreats.
— ISW (@TheStudyofWar) March 22, 2023
Interactive map, updated daily: https://t.co/hwgxTnUAIZ
Archive of time-lapse maps, updated monthly: https://t.co/IT6FiqwOwm pic.twitter.com/VNO1sTqmMT
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depleted_uraniumMouthBQ98 said:
more Russian propaganda for dullards. Everything is a radioactive particle emitter. It's just that most elements are extremely stable with long half lives and rarely emit particles in time scales relevant to humans. Some isotopes of uranium are similar to that, while others have short half lives and emit radioactive particles more frequently.
The uranium used is composed almost entirely of slow decaying isotopes with the more useful isotopes regarding nuclear reactions removed. It is used as a warhead for its physical properties. Yet, it is easy propaganda to play stupid and frighten rubes by conflating all uranium with nuclear reactions and nuclear weapons, so that's what Russia does.
MouthBQ98 said:
more Russian propaganda for dullards. Everything is a radioactive particle emitter. It's just that most elements are extremely stable with long half lives and rarely emit particles in time scales relevant to humans. Some isotopes of uranium are similar to that, while others have short half lives and emit radioactive particles more frequently.
The uranium used is composed almost entirely of slow decaying isotopes with the more useful isotopes regarding nuclear reactions removed. It is used as a warhead for its physical properties. Yet, it is easy propaganda to play stupid and frighten rubes by conflating all uranium with nuclear reactions and nuclear weapons, so that's what Russia does.
Prigozhin claims that he knows about the Ukrainian plan to deal 3 blows and liberate the territory to the 1991 borders. He states that Ukraine concentrated 200,000 of reserves in the Donbas, with 80k of them being near Bakhmut. Plans include invading the Belgorod region to be… pic.twitter.com/tylrPk6yKl
— Dmitri (@wartranslated) March 23, 2023
Depleted Uranium is also used in radiation shielding. I wouldn't handle it bare handed because the metal is somewhat toxic(like lead), not because it's highly radioactive.AlaskanAg99 said:MouthBQ98 said:
more Russian propaganda for dullards. Everything is a radioactive particle emitter. It's just that most elements are extremely stable with long half lives and rarely emit particles in time scales relevant to humans. Some isotopes of uranium are similar to that, while others have short half lives and emit radioactive particles more frequently.
The uranium used is composed almost entirely of slow decaying isotopes with the more useful isotopes regarding nuclear reactions removed. It is used as a warhead for its physical properties. Yet, it is easy propaganda to play stupid and frighten rubes by conflating all uranium with nuclear reactions and nuclear weapons, so that's what Russia does.
Eye roll. I'm all for the continued degregation of Russias military. My comment was if these rounds are used, how long would it take to clean it all up. Even if decays slowly there should be some concern about toxic material leaking into the groundwater or slow uptake in the ag sector.
I'm fully aware DU rounds are not equillivant to nuclear reactors, but I'd imagine a lot more rounds would be used and no nuclear ship has been sunk in this war.
Yes, they do........Rossticus said:
Russia uses DU rounds so it's not like they aren't already on the battlefield. This is just Russia raising another stink over Ukraine's ever improving capabilities.
Agthatbuilds said:
How accurate do you think he is in his assessment?
Agthatbuilds said:
How accurate do you think he is in his assessment?
2/ "It is possible that Russian forces are [focusing on #Avdiivka] at the expense of their operations around #Bakhmut and the stalled offensive around #Vuhledar," we wrote last night.
— ISW (@TheStudyofWar) March 23, 2023
4/ "ISW continues to assess that #Russian advances may prompt Ukrainian forces to withdraw from #Bakhmut and/or #Avdiivka although neither appears likely at this time." https://t.co/MAFuNkXAjg
— ISW (@TheStudyofWar) March 23, 2023
Satellite imagery confirms a significant drawdown of Russian military presence at the 230th Combined-arms Training Ground Obuz-Lesnovsky near Baranovichi in Belarus. Most of the equipment is gone, and so is the field hospital. pic.twitter.com/319n91Pqas
— Konrad Muzyka - Rochan Consulting (@konrad_muzyka) March 23, 2023
Ukrainian forces have for now taken the momentum away from assaults around Bakhmut.
— WarMonitorđŸ‡ºđŸ‡¦ (@WarMonitor3) March 23, 2023
Russia also missed Ukraine pulling air defence out of fixed sites in the days before the war started hitting the empty sites, this is something colleagues picked up on from commercially available imagery.
— tom (@tom_bullock_) March 23, 2023
Soooo......Russia is desperately stripping training complexes of equipment to send to the front, or this particular complex is simply standing down after completing its latest training evolution?Rossticus said:Satellite imagery confirms a significant drawdown of Russian military presence at the 230th Combined-arms Training Ground Obuz-Lesnovsky near Baranovichi in Belarus. Most of the equipment is gone, and so is the field hospital. pic.twitter.com/319n91Pqas
— Konrad Muzyka - Rochan Consulting (@konrad_muzyka) March 23, 2023
Or they are moving to the front to initiate a new attack, either from Belarus or somewhere else nearby. Or the Belarussians refused to allow them to initiate a new front from their territory, so they took the equipment and troops back to Russia. I seem to recall that the Russians had taken the best Belarussian equipment to one of the training facilities and replaced it with older less capable stuff. And now the training ground has been emptied? Hmmm.74OA said:Soooo......Russia is desperately stripping its training complexes of equipment to send to the front, or this particular complex is simply standing down after completing its latest training evolution?Rossticus said:Satellite imagery confirms a significant drawdown of Russian military presence at the 230th Combined-arms Training Ground Obuz-Lesnovsky near Baranovichi in Belarus. Most of the equipment is gone, and so is the field hospital. pic.twitter.com/319n91Pqas
— Konrad Muzyka - Rochan Consulting (@konrad_muzyka) March 23, 2023
#Russian troops captured #Novobakhmutovka North of #Avdeyevka
— ZOVONTour (@ZOVOn_Tour) March 23, 2023
But Ukraine is Totally Winning. đŸ¤£ pic.twitter.com/47GsWEWt0K
