After a year and a half, and what we've seen Russians do to Ukrainian civilians (children, women, elderly), I feel the exactly same about Russian soldiers as I do Hamas at this point. Stack 'em till they stop coming.
***Russian - Ukraine War Tactical and Strategic Updates*** [Warning on OP]
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Ukraine getting new 30mm anti-drone system. Hopefully, will be able to fire the new US proximity round.
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US now has information that North Korea has delivered arms to Russia for use in Ukraine . In recent weeks, North Korea has provided Russia with more than 1,000 containers of military equipment and munitions, per White House's John Kirby
https://liveuamap.com/en/2023/13-october-us-now-has-information-that-north-korea-has-delivered
I'm sure the Russians will be in Israel to help out soon… Any minute now…
I just arrived in Israel and went straight to work! The Almighty is with us, we are united - that means we will defeat all enemies! pic.twitter.com/yrCQKCJLDp
— Chief Rabbi Of Ukraine Moshe Azman (@RabbiUkraine) October 13, 2023
These dictatorship governments operate in such a different universe than democratic western countries.aggiehawg said:
So in your estimation, Putin could say that was enough of a "win"? Do the sanctions still play into such a calculus of cost/benefit for him?
I know his pre-war and early war comments suggested otherwise.
Even conservative estimates are Russia has 60,000+ killed and who knows how many wounded after now 18 months of fighting, which is more than the U.S. lost in 12 years in Vietnam. And Russia has less than half the population size of the U.S. As this thing drags on seems Russia might very well have 100K+ killed before this thing somehow runs out of wind.
No western democratic government without such total control of their news information flow would have probably survived this far, exacting such a price on their population as the coffins kept coming home. But if Russia just has a bit more land when this is all said and done, it will no doubt be praised by Putin and his mouthpieces as a 'win'.
You know who won't have 'won' in Russia? The families of all those men who were killed. I wonder how much comfort all those Russian families will be able to lean on from 'winning' all that extra Ukraine land.
They're working on it…
Russian parliament wants Russian women to start having babies at the age of 19-20 years old - so they can have three, four or more children.
— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) October 13, 2023
Putin needs more cannon fodder. pic.twitter.com/nG3otFJDMt
When you're depending on North Korea to supply you with quality merchandise, you are in deep kimchi.Waffledynamics said:Quote:
US now has information that North Korea has delivered arms to Russia for use in Ukraine . In recent weeks, North Korea has provided Russia with more than 1,000 containers of military equipment and munitions, per White House's John Kirby
https://liveuamap.com/en/2023/13-october-us-now-has-information-that-north-korea-has-delivered
Being in TexAgs jail changes a man……..no, not really
Dugin's take on Israel is… about what you'd expect…
By aligning with the West, Israel crosses itself out. As Ukraine did a little earlier. The countries that are aligned with the West are finished. Even if not right away, but pretty soon" 2/2
— Giorgi Revishvili (@revishvilig) October 12, 2023
Considering Russia is too dumb to follow through on the active duty pay and death / wounded pay, it won't really matter. Families will continue to get smaller as surviving gets harder. No matter what proclamations the government puppets make.Pumpkinhead said:These dictatorship governments operate in such a different universe than democratic western countries.aggiehawg said:
So in your estimation, Putin could say that was enough of a "win"? Do the sanctions still play into such a calculus of cost/benefit for him?
I know his pre-war and early war comments suggested otherwise.
Even conservative estimates are Russia has 60,000+ killed and who knows how many wounded after now 18 months of fighting, which is more than the U.S. lost in 12 years in Vietnam. And Russia has less than half the population size of the U.S. As this thing drags on seems Russia might very well have 100K+ killed before this thing somehow runs out of wind.
No western democratic government without such total control of their news information flow would have probably survived this far, exacting such a price on their population as the coffins kept coming home. But if Russia just has a bit more land when this is all said and done, it will no doubt be praised by Putin and his mouthpieces as a 'win'.
You know who won't have 'won' in Russia? The families of all those men who were killed. I wonder how much comfort all those Russian families will be able to lean on from 'winning' all that extra Ukraine land.
They can mine it too.
We're totally good. Our only options for allies are third world dictatorships and muslim terrorist states, but the west is so screwed!Rossticus said:
Dugin's take on Israel is… about what you'd expect…By aligning with the West, Israel crosses itself out. As Ukraine did a little earlier. The countries that are aligned with the West are finished. Even if not right away, but pretty soon" 2/2
— Giorgi Revishvili (@revishvilig) October 12, 2023
This is quikly heading for Russia to get a North Korean style embargo from the rest of the world.
After the fall of the Soviet Union, the Russian Federation was all about joining the West in economic trade actively seeking membership in G-7, G-20 etc.Quote:
We're totally good. Our only options for allies are third world dictatorships and muslim terrorist states, but the west is so screwed!
This is quikly heading for Russia to get a North Korean style embargo from the rest of the world.
Now they want to go back to being essentially isolationists? That's quite the change.
aggiehawg said:After the fall of the Soviet Union, the Russian Federation was all about joining the West in economic trade actively seeking membership in G-7, G-20 etc.Quote:
We're totally good. Our only options for allies are third world dictatorships and muslim terrorist states, but the west is so screwed!
This is quikly heading for Russia to get a North Korean style embargo from the rest of the world.
Now they want to go back to being essentially isolationists? That's quite the change.
The Cold War never ended. Names changed, lines blurred, but it didn't stop. They dipped their diplomatic toe into the west, but they firmly held on to Stalin.
More than anything Russia is run by nationalists who take great pride in their culture and influence.
Russia cooperated with NATO after 9/11, opening airspace and giving approval for US operations in their sphere of influence in central asia. There was genuine cooperation for a while.
Our invasion of Iraq was a huge turning point in that relationship. Russia did not want destabilization. They viewed Iraq as within their sphere of influence and felt completely ignored.
At that point they believed the West would never deal with them fairly as equals, at least in their mind.
For this reason and many others, the decision to invade Iraq in 2003 is one of the biggest geopolitical blunders in US history. Apart from destroying any chance for decent relations with Russia, it removed a local check to Iran, it destabilized the Middle East and led directly to the formation of Isis and increased islamism in the region, and it killed a lot of goodwill among the Arab population.
Russia cooperated with NATO after 9/11, opening airspace and giving approval for US operations in their sphere of influence in central asia. There was genuine cooperation for a while.
Our invasion of Iraq was a huge turning point in that relationship. Russia did not want destabilization. They viewed Iraq as within their sphere of influence and felt completely ignored.
At that point they believed the West would never deal with them fairly as equals, at least in their mind.
For this reason and many others, the decision to invade Iraq in 2003 is one of the biggest geopolitical blunders in US history. Apart from destroying any chance for decent relations with Russia, it removed a local check to Iran, it destabilized the Middle East and led directly to the formation of Isis and increased islamism in the region, and it killed a lot of goodwill among the Arab population.
THAT is when the oligarchs join together and whack Putin...AgLA06 said:We're totally good. Our only options for allies are third world dictatorships and muslim terrorist states, but the west is so screwed!Rossticus said:
Dugin's take on Israel is… about what you'd expect…By aligning with the West, Israel crosses itself out. As Ukraine did a little earlier. The countries that are aligned with the West are finished. Even if not right away, but pretty soon" 2/2
— Giorgi Revishvili (@revishvilig) October 12, 2023
This is quikly heading for Russia to get a North Korean style embargo from the rest of the world.
This is cramping their style a bit but they can deal with it right now.
If THAT were to happen, they're back to being part of the proletariat in Russia and THAT ain't gonna fly with them...
Boring/Saab team announce shipments of GLSDBs are ready to go.
Timing is good. Let em rip Ukes.
Timing is good. Let em rip Ukes.
Previous Russian jubilation (see Rybar, RWA, etc.) seems to have possibly been a bit premature re: Avdiivka.
Avdiivka doomposting from our favourite Murz.
— Dmitri (@wartranslated) October 13, 2023
Talks about the strength of Ukrainian fortifications in the area, the lack of precision of Russian artillery where quantity does not translate into quality, and a serious chance of Russian generals being tempted into en-masse… pic.twitter.com/Ce9uuJT2H4
I agree with both of you but wonder what percentage of these casualties were actually Russian?AgLA06 said:Considering Russia is too dumb to follow through on the active duty pay and death / wounded pay, it won't really matter. Families will continue to get smaller as surviving gets harder. No matter what proclamations the government puppets make.Pumpkinhead said:These dictatorship governments operate in such a different universe than democratic western countries.aggiehawg said:
So in your estimation, Putin could say that was enough of a "win"? Do the sanctions still play into such a calculus of cost/benefit for him?
I know his pre-war and early war comments suggested otherwise.
Even conservative estimates are Russia has 60,000+ killed and who knows how many wounded after now 18 months of fighting, which is more than the U.S. lost in 12 years in Vietnam. And Russia has less than half the population size of the U.S. As this thing drags on seems Russia might very well have 100K+ killed before this thing somehow runs out of wind.
No western democratic government without such total control of their news information flow would have probably survived this far, exacting such a price on their population as the coffins kept coming home. But if Russia just has a bit more land when this is all said and done, it will no doubt be praised by Putin and his mouthpieces as a 'win'.
You know who won't have 'won' in Russia? The families of all those men who were killed. I wonder how much comfort all those Russian families will be able to lean on from 'winning' all that extra Ukraine land.
And the percentage of "elite sons"?
2/ Russian sources claimed that Russian forces continued to attack areas north and south of #Avdiivka, and geolocated footage published on October 12 and 13 indicates that Russian forces advanced south of Krasnohorivka (5km north of Avdiivka) and SE of Pervomaiske (11km SW). pic.twitter.com/RBEzdhqYHC
— ISW (@TheStudyofWar) October 14, 2023
4/ The #Kremlin is likely attempting to frame Russian offensive operations around #Avdiivka and other localized efforts as Russian forces seizing the operational initiative in #Ukraine. https://t.co/gzQBb3IBbE pic.twitter.com/Ee1yNbOwav
— ISW (@TheStudyofWar) October 14, 2023
Latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine – 13 October 2023.
— Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧 (@DefenceHQ) October 13, 2023
Find out more about Defence Intelligence's use of language: https://t.co/TXhIOLOq0d
🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦 pic.twitter.com/6N5MIzwwEp
#Rakuten Corporation’s President #Mikitani is really stepping up the plate to go into the war zone and directly meet #Zelenskyy, promising excellent #Japanese IT, infrastructure and business cooperation now and for #Ukraine reconstruction post-liberation. (Shukan Post 週間ポスト) pic.twitter.com/frHAwYKz1v
— Thomas P. (Tom) Logan 🗾🇯🇵 (@TokyoTom2020) October 14, 2023
Yet another reminder: Russia's invasion of Ukraine was never about NATO expansion, nor was it about "protecting" or "liberating" anyone.https://t.co/yWigDP0BoC pic.twitter.com/xiexbs68oY
— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) October 14, 2023
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Russian army resumed offensive actions at Makiivka of Luhansk region and at Kupiansk axis
https://liveuamap.com/en/2023/14-october-russian-army-resumed-offensive-actions-at-makiivka
Offensive action seems to mostly be running a platoon sized group of combined armor and infantry up towards the front line and getting them destroyed in the open by guided munitions and artillery.
MouthBQ98 said:
Offensive action seems to mostly be running a platoon sized group of combined armor and infantry up towards the front line and getting them destroyed in the open by guided munitions and artillery.
Reminds me of Blackadder WW1' 'Brilliant New Tactical Plan'
Ukraine will never guess that they would do it again.
Unglamorous, but full bellies help create stout hearts.
Awesome video about the cooks of the Ukrainian 47th Brigade. pic.twitter.com/fDo7MtAxbE
— Dmitri (@wartranslated) October 14, 2023
That's awesome. Thanks for posting.
Russian POWs near Verbove.
Verbove holding 🫂 pic.twitter.com/z8gAn7xa16
— IgorGirkin (@GirkinGirkin) October 14, 2023
This is less a matter of the number of Russian shells, than the RuAF ability to deliver them by rail and trucks to artillery units in Ukraine to shoot them has cratered.
— Trent Telenko (@TrentTelenko) October 15, 2023
Ukraine's logistical strategy of a "Death of a thousand cuts" lives in this chart⬇️ https://t.co/cataZa4ZMf
PJYoung said:
And GLSBB munitions enroute.
NM.
The current Russian Adiivka campaign has some of the largest losses I have seen since the heaviest days of Bakhmut. Lots of numbers being tossed around which I normally take with a grain of salt but enough video evidence to substantiate a good chunk of it is also circulating.
I know the common perception is that Russia is on the offensive to keep the Ukes on the backfoot until the snows when they can go back to further fortified fortifications and ostensibly hold for pretty much forever. Literally trading time for lives. Which has a certain amount of merit to it of course, if you don't care about casualties. Like Russia. I mention all this as a prelude to what appears to be a BTR-50 from one of the attacks. These are pretty damned distinctive, even upside down. The last one came off the lines in 1970 per Wiki. There are Russians currently dying in vehicles their literal grandfathers crewed.
Not a data point to draw definitive conclusions from of course but it is AN interesting data point. (And all the blurs are bodies)
I know the common perception is that Russia is on the offensive to keep the Ukes on the backfoot until the snows when they can go back to further fortified fortifications and ostensibly hold for pretty much forever. Literally trading time for lives. Which has a certain amount of merit to it of course, if you don't care about casualties. Like Russia. I mention all this as a prelude to what appears to be a BTR-50 from one of the attacks. These are pretty damned distinctive, even upside down. The last one came off the lines in 1970 per Wiki. There are Russians currently dying in vehicles their literal grandfathers crewed.
Not a data point to draw definitive conclusions from of course but it is AN interesting data point. (And all the blurs are bodies)
#Ukraine: The first confirmed loss of a Russian BTR-50 APC- this one was destroyed during the ongoing offensive on Avdiivka, #Donetsk Oblast. A damaged T-64BV can be seen nearby too.
— 🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) October 14, 2023
The Russian troops started to receive these rather old APCs in February of this year. pic.twitter.com/MdLoTJtVNl
We're sending old surplus **** to Ukraine and it's 2 generations newer than this stuff...wow.Eliminatus said:
The current Russian Adiivka campaign has some of the largest losses I have seen since the heaviest days of Bakhmut. Lots of numbers being tossed around which I normally take with a grain of salt but enough video evidence to substantiate a good chunk of it is also circulating.
I know the common perception is that Russia is on the offensive to keep the Ukes on the backfoot until the snows when they can go back to further fortified fortifications and ostensibly hold for pretty much forever. Literally trading time for lives. Which has a certain amount of merit to it of course, if you don't care about casualties. Like Russia. I mention all this as a prelude to what appears to be a BTR-50 from one of the attacks. These are pretty damned distinctive, even upside down. The last one came off the lines in 1970 per Wiki. There are Russians currently dying in vehicles their literal grandfathers crewed.
Not a data point to draw definitive conclusions from of course but it is AN interesting data point. (And all the blurs are bodies)#Ukraine: The first confirmed loss of a Russian BTR-50 APC- this one was destroyed during the ongoing offensive on Avdiivka, #Donetsk Oblast. A damaged T-64BV can be seen nearby too.
— 🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) October 14, 2023
The Russian troops started to receive these rather old APCs in February of this year. pic.twitter.com/MdLoTJtVNl
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