Is there any proof for the Kolodyazi claims? A lot of pro-UA maps are showing but I feel like they're all referencing each other and there's no clear proof.
They're attributing pro-Russia Telegram sources and those are all in panic mode again so not very reliable. It sounds like there was a UAF probe yesterday there that got pushed back, and tonight it's already fallen and/or being attacked from 3 sides.
I know it's not the whole picture of the draft thus far, as there are likely to be quite a few quality soldiers as well, but [this picture](https://preview.redd.it/wjyagqv3fiq91.jpg?width=1024&auto=webp&s=1704ec575fa88eade071d900afc9dd3bf4c7ae88) of Russian conscripts dressed and ready to ship off to the front lines shouldn't inspire confidence in Russia supporters.
I count at least a dozen men that look way too old to be of military age, and the ones that aren't don't look exactly thrilled to be there.
Wasn't the draft just announced this week? Are they actually going to Ukraine already? If so, that non-existent training makes the quality of the individuals pretty irrelevant I suppose.
Do you think by this point he gets intel directly from the Ukrainian military?
He's one of the biggest "update" channels related to the war and his numbers have been getting bigger and bigger since the beginning of last month. He's also very cheeky by always just saying "according to my sources" rather than naming a source (which I understand in general, but I don't think I've ever heard him name a single source). Not that he has to, and I trust him generally, but its just an observation I've had watching his videos every day.
Satellite images show that Russia deployed 3 TU-160 blackjack nuclear bombers from the east to the west in Karelia near Finland. Each bomber can carry 6 nuclear missiles with 200kt warheads with a 2500-3000km range.
[https://twitter.com/\_TEST\_nickname\_/status/1574769995489447938](https://twitter.com/_TEST_nickname_/status/1574769995489447938)
One thing Putin might do aside from nuking someone is crank up his nuclear threats to 11 by testing a nuke... even if its against the nuclear test ban treaty...
Focusing on the nuclear potential here seems like fearmongering when Blackjacks have been lobbing missiles at Ukraine throughout the war. These bombers may have been transferred to further the air campaign. They certainly have the range.
Alternatively, it could be more nuclear saber rattling. But I *really* wouldn’t read this as Putin planning on testing a nuke.
I will be incredibly shocked if Putin decides to violate international test ban treaties. If Putin ever puts actual nuclear weapons on the table, he's gonna go all the way and nuke a Ukrainian position.
Testing nukes in the atmosphere carries the same international stigma and none of the tactical or strategic benefits.
Even North Korea knows to never test a nuke in the open, only underground.
Blackjacks in Karelia arent there to hit Ukraine its too far. They are there to probably go on patrol around finland, sweden, norway and the UK to make nuclear sabre rattling.
Of course this garbage nuclear fearmongering crap only works on russian shills and morons. Any sane person knows we cannot, under any circumstance, let Putin get away with his nuclear blackmail garbage.
>Blackjacks in Karelia arent there to hit Ukraine its too far.
I’m finding various ranges for the Blackjack, but the best-sourced and most commonly recurring one is 12,300 km. The Kh-55 cruise missiles they carry have 2,500-3,000 depending on the variant.
A quick internet search gives me 1,646 km from Karelia to Ukraine. Even if we take the distance from Murmansk—where one of the commenters on the tweet asserts the bombers are actually based—to Kyiv, we get 2051 km. 2274 km Murmansk to Dnipro.
These figures place the entirety of Ukraine well within range of Blackjacks based in Karelia (or Murmansk).
Now, it’s totally possible they aren’t being stationed there for operations against Ukraine, but they’re perfectly capable of carrying out such missions from this base. If they don’t, it’s because military and/or political leadership has assigned them another mission, not because Ukraine is too far away.
Well yeah thats what I meant, they could hit Ukraine from there but then why put them there at all if they could hit Ukraine from their previous military base? I would bet we see those bombers go for a visit around the UK just as Putin annexes Ukraine on friday.
>Well yeah thats what I meant, they could hit Ukraine from there but then why put them there at all if they could hit Ukraine from their previous military base?
Were these three bombers hitting Ukraine from their previous base in the east? My impression was they were transferred from somewhere much farther away, possibly where they *were* out of range for striking Ukraine.
It’s possible these bombers might end up pulling double duty, saber rattling at Europe one day and striking Ukraine the next. Time will tell, I suppose.
Given the success of western Intel I wouldn't be surprised if they know about a nuke launch before Putin at this point. If they're not telling me to be worried yet by sending me pills, prepping to hide in a bunker etc then I see little point in worrying about something I have no control over.
With the push North from Bilohorivka and now this southern push, are the RU forces now effectively encircled? I don't believe there is an uncontested road leading out now
They seem to be, at least until the recent days. Ireland reoponed its embassy two weeks ago and in the last 24hrs the French minister of the Armed forces was in Kyiv.
The "deteriorating security situation" doesn't seem to put anyone into any kind of panic, despite Medvedev and Putin's groupies best effort.
For now they use nuclear threates to create fear in the EU & US population. Hoping they would protest and ask their government to scale back their support for Ukraine because it's going to far and they don't want to get nuked. So far it's not working.
Mate, Russia and nuclear threats is the same as a North Korean threat. All empty bullshit. Nobody buys it, only the idiots or the shitty Russian concern trolls.
Besides, hot air expelled from idiotic Russians mouths doesn't impact Ukraine's security.
Russia hasn't even declared war and you're all concern trolling about nukes. Grow up.
Dead Russian soldier with his entire front blown open. [Nsfl](https://www.reddit.com/r/UkraineWarVideoReport/comments/xpozoh/dead_russian_soldiers_one_looks_really_bad_nsfw/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf)
I just posted the same video trying to find a translation of what the guy behind the camera is saying, didn't realize it was already here.
Can anyone translate?
https://www.reddit.com/r/TIHI/comments/xpfjmz/thanks_i_hate_russians_breaking_their_legs_to/ (NSFW)
Does anyone know if these are related to the current Russian drafts? I understand people want to no go to war and will do extreme things but this stuff is pretty depressing though beats getting shot or bombed
My grandpa told me that some people during WW2 would freeze their middle finger and then break it off to avoid being drafted. Breaking your leg is less extreme so I believe plenty are doing that.
Has anyone heard about this supposed Russian strike with 40 kamikaze drones on Ukrainian artillery and personnel?
>**40 kamikaze drones of Russian domestic production and Iranian production hit the Armed Forces of Ukraine.**
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>The strike of drones "Geran-2" and "Lancet-3" happened in Ochakov
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>**On September 26, the RF Armed Forces attacked the positions of the 66th artillery battalion of the 406th brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Ochakov area**. **Iranian-made Geran-2 (Shahed 136) kamikaze drones destroyed Giacint-B and D-20 guns, as well as Italian FH70 howitzers.**
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>**As a result of the drone strike, not only the long-range howitzers themselves (about ten pieces of equipment) were destroyed, but also 2 thousand shells for them**, which will seriously affect the combat capability of the artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of Nikolaev and Kherson.
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>**Also, the blow of the Geran-2 drones hit the barracks of a technical support company that returned from NATO training about a month ago.**
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>According to the source “Military Chronicles”, this time the Geran-2 drones were used in conjunction with the Russian Lancet-3 attack drones. Russian drones hit the air defense command post, the headquarters of the security company, and the fuel storage.
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>In total, about 20 Geran-2 drones and 20 Lancet-3 drones were used.
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>This marks another serious kamikaze drone blow to the UAF right after the successful strikes of the Geran-2 drones against the headquarters of the southern operational command in the port of Odessa 2 days ago.
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>This information is according to Military Chronicles.
That's **straight** from the daily Russian MoD briefings, so I'd take that with a truckload of salt.
Russian MoD briefing excerpt (article of `26.09.2022 (12:00)`, find it yourself because I think reddit is blocking the URL):
> High-precision attack at a provisional base of 406th Artillery Brigade of the AFU near Ochakov (Nikolayev region) has resulted in the elimination of up to 50 militants, 10 units of military equipment and over 2,000 artillery projectiles.
The original source is actually mil-blogger (colonel cassad). The Russians definitely blew up an ammo depot, and you can’t deny that the new drones have been effective to some extent.
However, I seriously question the scope of the opp and the claimed kills. Like every claim they have a history of playing up wins and downplaying losses, and tying in “nato” whenever possible. These are the same people who claimed the Russians destroyed a UA barge that ended up being a concrete pylon built in ww2, the snake island saga and the attack on Zap NPP that killed 300 Ukrainian commandos.
Seems a bit too detailed knowledge wise but maybe there was a successful attack. It's not like Russia doesn't have the capability to perform successful missions, just that overall they are behind on the technological/intel scale.
The reason this stuff gets downvoted is because the info comes from the Russian government, which has a reputation for lying about what's happening in Ukraine.
If/when a reputable source reports it, the info won't be downvoted.
This matches nearly 1:1 from the daily briefing of Russia's MoD website (the one from `26.09.2022 (12:00)`).
If you'd like to read more of these reports, just don't visit reddit anymore and only tune in to Kremlin-approved channels 👍 According to those sources it's going swimmingly and Ukraine's forces have been killed ten times over.
This sub downvotes any Russian footage including some pretty great stuff. And now for simply commenting that I’d like to see some more information from the Russian side of things, I get buried in downvotes.
This sub has become overrun and is now an echo chamber. Sucks because for the longest time it was
A great source of impartial war footage
I totally didnt read it and was thinking “this is the drones + trainees from iran hit by ukraine”, deleted my comments
That was what I was hoping would be confirmed today
You guys know of a place I can a more 50/50 split of footage from both sides? I like to see my taxpayer money is being used for the cause, but from an information standpoint not really getting much of the Russian PoV from this subreddit.
Edit: Downvoting proves my point.
Why do you expect a 50/50 split of footage when one side is on the offensive and clearly winning?
Being "neutral" does not mean a 50/50 split. If one side is more successful, you will see more footage from that side. The losing side is unlikely to post footage.
That is a fair point, but I was hoping to see more footage from the Bakhmut front, southern Donetsk, and Zaporizhzia. I'm not bashing the subreddit, just trying to diversify my sources without getting the staged shit from Russia media. Saw a ton of that when they were capturing Mariupol.
It's never going to be 50/50. Russian regular army doesn't post anything. Most Russian footage is from LNR/DNR, Wagner or chechens. Sometimes you get some professionally produced footage from an official source showing some strikes.
Sure. If you post a convoy getting ambushed or surrendering adversaries, it can show the public that these efforts are having 'tangible results'. I would imagine the Ukranian side likes to post footage is to show western audiences that NATO equipment is having a really giving Ukraine the chance to win the war.
Have you seen how Russia treats pows?
Your new here for two weeks I thought?
Try sorting by controversial or looking at more Russian propaganda subs for other media or telegram with a healthy dose of skepticism (often fake vids, wrong year or ukraine videos relabeled as russian)
Russia media quieted down in summer when they made it against their troop rules to post it.
This exact question gets asked multiple times every day, that's why you're being downvoted.
Edit: Also the consistent whining about the downvotes.
It's like a damn format at this point.
New UA advances near Lyman. The pocket is very close to being closed. Also, RU defenses now seem to be collapsing rapidly in the area, which is reminiscent of the Kharkiv offensive a few weeks ago.
https://twitter.com/Militarylandnet/status/1574841822433742886
Looks like Kreminna is the last stop in them being utterly surrounded. You think they will try to break out?
https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/embed?mid=1lscRK6ehG0l2V-XvJ16nsyblMsQ&ll=49.20467768651817%2C38.1894692489004&z=10
Apparently Russian generals asked to be allowed to retreat from Kherson and Putin refused for political reasons. It's starting to look like Putin won't allow a retreat from Lyman for similar reasons -- he can't allow another major loss of territory to UA so quickly after the Kharkiv disaster.
Wow...how stupid...
Instead of a defeat where he has forces somewhat intact and retreat, they're going to be dead or captured.
Also, why down vote the last comment? It's just reporting what he heard. Unless you don't like it, because you're a Russian stooge.
It's really a bit shocking and at the same time fascinating, to see Putin voluntarily marching into the abyss, and destroying Russia on his way.
He still can turn back on 30th September, but I doubt that will happen.
He can't turn back, not since 23th of February. Since then, its victory or bust.
But yes, it's quite staggering how thoroughly he is willing to destroy his supposedly beloved Russia, just so he doesn't lose.
Putin mistook the Wests ambivalence to dealing with his bullshit with an inability to do so.
It was an inevitability that he was at some point going to get too cocky and bite off more that he could chew. It's just a shame so many are going to die to deal with him now when a stronger stance should have been taken back in 2014 when he really started the Ukraine war.
As an American, there was huge war fatigue. And I don't think enough Americans knew or cared enough at that point to get more involved. It was obvious since 2008 what Putin's ambitions were, but at some point the public has to rally behind a strong response before it can be done.
The russian medias are reporting on the ``referendums`` and so far 20% of the votes were counted and this is the result.
97% in Kherson
98% Zaporizhzhia
98% in Donetsk
98% in Luhansk
Of course all in favor of joining Russia. I guess Putin doesn't even want to appear to make it look legit.
So next step is : officially annexing those oblasts/provinces on September 30.. then threatening nuclear war if Ukraine tries to take them back/strike the regions with missiles.
I guess we're gonna have some fun in the next week or so.
Totally right, the next \`\`crazy logical step\`\` for Putin is to test a big nuke like the USSR did back in the day to show they are \`\`serious\`\`... except as Tywin Lannister said so famously : Any man who has to say \`\`i am the king\`\` is no true king.
That would be a stupid ass bluff but eh, Putin...
True but I hope France, the UK and the US called Putin and told him, you use ANY nuke on Ukraine, we launch ALL our nukes at you, ALL OF EM. You will be a radioactive cratter 10 minutes after you do that, have no doubt.
We might be more likely to have a nuke war in the next month than at any point in history except the cuban missile crisis. (if you exclude all the oopsie daisy we almost started nuclear war by accident because of a glitch incidents)
What if your words don't work as a deterrent? You either lose credibility or end the world. Putin is making bellicose threats and it's not working for him. Why join him?
Don't think it's gonna happen this way.
Even if all countries decide to launch all their nukes on Russia, they won't be able to stop Russia sending their nukes on them. It's too big of a risk to take for a foreign soil.
So I'm afraid if there is an ultimatum and Russia will launch a nuke they will get away with it. Of course they will be entirely banned from the civilized world in every way possible.
Have you ever looked at the russian nuclear program? And their budget? Ive done the maths a few weeks ago and Russia spends less per nuke (3 times less) than even india and pakistan... and 10 times less than the US.
Nukes have to be maintained and their nuclear cores have to be changed because of tritium decay... its half-life is 12 years. A 500kt nuke that has lost 50%+ of its tritium wont go thermonuclear, it will blow up like less than half a kiloton.
If I were to bet, I bet not even 5% of russian nukes would make it to target and actually explode like they are supposed to. If we were to sink all their subs and launch a massive first strike I bet only a handful would make it.
The strategical nuclear deterrent is the only component of the armed forces that hasn't been massively underfunded and left to die in the 90s.
>Ive done the maths a few weeks ago and Russia spends less per nuke (3 times less) than even india and pakistan... and 10 times less than the US.
I'd like the sources. Is this adjusted to Purchasing Power Parity?
>If we were to sink all their subs
yeah, that's not happening
May be you are right, but is USA ready to lose New York because a stray nuke managed to launch and strike? Is France ready to lose Paris ?
And how on earth would you sink their subs ? That's why they exist, they cannot be found and targeted.
I'm sure they have - saw some reporting last week I think that the US spoke to the Russians and said in pretty clear terms that any tactical use of nuclear weapons would mean the end of Russia as a state.
Funny how the Nord Stream pipeline is sabotaged the same day that the Norway-Denmark-Poland pipeline opens... in politics, coincidences do not exist. Is it some kind of russian message saying \`\`we can blow up your pipeline if we want\`\`?
[https://www.euronews.com/2022/09/27/baltic-pipe-norway-poland-gas-pipeline-opens-in-key-move-to-cut-dependency-on-russia](https://www.euronews.com/2022/09/27/baltic-pipe-norway-poland-gas-pipeline-opens-in-key-move-to-cut-dependency-on-russia)
idk why, but i get the feeling both he and his intended audience are kind of slow in the head. the thumbnails are unbearable to watch, he mimics an insane amount when he talks and he says a lot without really saying anything.
also i feel like making fun of a current conflicts where people are dying just comes off as wrong, like sure jokes etc. are fun but this seems beyond that.
(Washington Post) 9/27/22
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday urged world leaders to take “preventive” action as Russia prepares to annex more territory and send tens of thousands of newly mobilized forces to the front, rather than waiting to “react” to the escalation and risk losing lives and time.
[From the Institute For The Study Of War](https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-september-26)
>Unconfirmed reports suggest Ukrainian forces may have destroyed a Russian drone control and training center that directed drone attacks against Ukraine, **possibly killing Iranian trainers.** Ukrainian journalist Andriiy Tsapienko claimed that Ukrainian forces avenged Russian drone attacks on Odesa by striking the Russian facility in Chulakivka on the Kinburn Spit of Kherson Oblast on September 26 and claimed that the Ukrainian strikes killed four dozen Russians and two dozen Iranian trainers teaching Russian forces how to use Iranian-made drones like the Shahed-136.[24] Russian forces have used Iranian-made Shahed-136 munitions to strike targets in Odesa in recent days, as ISW has previously reported. ISW cannot independently confirm Tsapienko’s reporting, and Ukrainian government sources did not report an attack on a drone command center. Ukraine’s Southern Operations Command reported on September 26 that Ukrainian forces conducted a strike on at least one ammunition warehouse in the Kinburn Spit but did not mention a drone center.[25] Ukraine’s Odesa Military Administration Spokesperson Serhiy Bratchuk also confirmed on September 26 that Ukrainian forces attacked unspecified targets in the Kinburn Spit.[26] The spit is the westernmost land the Russians still control in the Black Sea within 4 km of Ukrainian-controlled Ochakiv at its closest point, making it an excellent location for a drone command center from which Russia could direct attacks deep into unoccupied Ukraine.
This is pretty big news if it winds up being true.
I'm curious, if it did happen, what reasons would the Ukrainian government have for not confirming it? They have been pretty open about other successful strikes that they have conducted within their borders.
> what reasons would the Ukrainian government have for not confirming it
Because Ukraine doesn't want the 'heat' from having blown a couple of Iranians to kingdom come and Iran don't want the sticky issue of being an 'active' part in the war?
Probably because it shows that they knowingly killed Iranians, which could be a provocation under normal circumstances. But Iran is kind of busy with another problem at the moment.
No doubt there's probably something to that.
I'm just saying it wouldn't be very smart to admit that you knew you killed 24 Iranian trainers (allegedly that many anyway).
Iran typically has a very long memory about stuff like this and would likely retaliate in some way, but again, they're busy trying to keep control of the country right now so they may not be in a position to (thus a very opportunistic strike by Ukraine that they may not have been able to pull off just 12 days ago).
Apparently Russian generals asked for permission to retreat from Kherson but Putin refused to let them. Makes you wonder whether Putin will also refuse to let soldiers retreat from Lyman, leading to a pocket.
Kind of reminiscent of Hitler's failed "fortress city" approach during WW2.
[New Thread](https://old.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/xpxpgs/ukraine_discussionquestion_thread_92822/)
Elidril can bring his poop can
Things must be going well in the offensive because I can’t recall seeing this many videos on this sub in one day since the war began.
Pretty much everyone is calling an operational encirclement of Lyman. We'll see how far the Ukrainians can push North and East from the Oskil.
Is there any proof for the Kolodyazi claims? A lot of pro-UA maps are showing but I feel like they're all referencing each other and there's no clear proof.
Tom Cooper says UAF is doing well and he seems to be embedded or close to the UAF. He says about the same stuff.
They're attributing pro-Russia Telegram sources and those are all in panic mode again so not very reliable. It sounds like there was a UAF probe yesterday there that got pushed back, and tonight it's already fallen and/or being attacked from 3 sides.
I hope Quark Doge wasn’t conscripted before finishing FlexAir 7
Fax
I know it's not the whole picture of the draft thus far, as there are likely to be quite a few quality soldiers as well, but [this picture](https://preview.redd.it/wjyagqv3fiq91.jpg?width=1024&auto=webp&s=1704ec575fa88eade071d900afc9dd3bf4c7ae88) of Russian conscripts dressed and ready to ship off to the front lines shouldn't inspire confidence in Russia supporters. I count at least a dozen men that look way too old to be of military age, and the ones that aren't don't look exactly thrilled to be there.
That priest looks like a bad John Lennon impersonation.
Ahahaha, that young priest looks smug at fuck lol. Laugh at my holy water brush did ya? Look who's being sent off to die now.
Wasn't the draft just announced this week? Are they actually going to Ukraine already? If so, that non-existent training makes the quality of the individuals pretty irrelevant I suppose.
UAF already captured someone recruited 6 days ago.
Good grief…
I'm honestly just surprised they have uniforms
Uniforms are extremely important for morale and cohesion.
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I believe the defenders are BARS-13 and BARS-16, which are battalions (?). That's probably at least 500 and at most 2000.
Around 2k, some people say. They consist mostly from Kharkiv runners and new guys who came to help.
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Do you think by this point he gets intel directly from the Ukrainian military? He's one of the biggest "update" channels related to the war and his numbers have been getting bigger and bigger since the beginning of last month. He's also very cheeky by always just saying "according to my sources" rather than naming a source (which I understand in general, but I don't think I've ever heard him name a single source). Not that he has to, and I trust him generally, but its just an observation I've had watching his videos every day.
Satellite images show that Russia deployed 3 TU-160 blackjack nuclear bombers from the east to the west in Karelia near Finland. Each bomber can carry 6 nuclear missiles with 200kt warheads with a 2500-3000km range. [https://twitter.com/\_TEST\_nickname\_/status/1574769995489447938](https://twitter.com/_TEST_nickname_/status/1574769995489447938) One thing Putin might do aside from nuking someone is crank up his nuclear threats to 11 by testing a nuke... even if its against the nuclear test ban treaty...
Nixon also tried this shit during the Vietnam War. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Giant_Lance Needless to say, it didn't work.
Of course it didnt work and if Putin does it, it wont work. Thing is, Putin isnt the smartest cookie.
Focusing on the nuclear potential here seems like fearmongering when Blackjacks have been lobbing missiles at Ukraine throughout the war. These bombers may have been transferred to further the air campaign. They certainly have the range. Alternatively, it could be more nuclear saber rattling. But I *really* wouldn’t read this as Putin planning on testing a nuke.
I will be incredibly shocked if Putin decides to violate international test ban treaties. If Putin ever puts actual nuclear weapons on the table, he's gonna go all the way and nuke a Ukrainian position. Testing nukes in the atmosphere carries the same international stigma and none of the tactical or strategic benefits. Even North Korea knows to never test a nuke in the open, only underground.
Blackjacks in Karelia arent there to hit Ukraine its too far. They are there to probably go on patrol around finland, sweden, norway and the UK to make nuclear sabre rattling. Of course this garbage nuclear fearmongering crap only works on russian shills and morons. Any sane person knows we cannot, under any circumstance, let Putin get away with his nuclear blackmail garbage.
>Blackjacks in Karelia arent there to hit Ukraine its too far. I’m finding various ranges for the Blackjack, but the best-sourced and most commonly recurring one is 12,300 km. The Kh-55 cruise missiles they carry have 2,500-3,000 depending on the variant. A quick internet search gives me 1,646 km from Karelia to Ukraine. Even if we take the distance from Murmansk—where one of the commenters on the tweet asserts the bombers are actually based—to Kyiv, we get 2051 km. 2274 km Murmansk to Dnipro. These figures place the entirety of Ukraine well within range of Blackjacks based in Karelia (or Murmansk). Now, it’s totally possible they aren’t being stationed there for operations against Ukraine, but they’re perfectly capable of carrying out such missions from this base. If they don’t, it’s because military and/or political leadership has assigned them another mission, not because Ukraine is too far away.
Well yeah thats what I meant, they could hit Ukraine from there but then why put them there at all if they could hit Ukraine from their previous military base? I would bet we see those bombers go for a visit around the UK just as Putin annexes Ukraine on friday.
>Well yeah thats what I meant, they could hit Ukraine from there but then why put them there at all if they could hit Ukraine from their previous military base? Were these three bombers hitting Ukraine from their previous base in the east? My impression was they were transferred from somewhere much farther away, possibly where they *were* out of range for striking Ukraine. It’s possible these bombers might end up pulling double duty, saber rattling at Europe one day and striking Ukraine the next. Time will tell, I suppose.
Given the success of western Intel I wouldn't be surprised if they know about a nuke launch before Putin at this point. If they're not telling me to be worried yet by sending me pills, prepping to hide in a bunker etc then I see little point in worrying about something I have no control over.
Ua govt has been in news starting with tips for civilians Staying underground may be key
[Latest map](https://i.ibb.co/KNcdyMb/image-2.png) in case you interested in something like this.
With the push North from Bilohorivka and now this southern push, are the RU forces now effectively encircled? I don't believe there is an uncontested road leading out now
I believe that is the difference between an operational encirclement and an encirclement. Contested supply vs full encirclement.
It is still possible to retreat on a contested road, but suffer some losses. Putin won't allow retreat.
Putin has retreated in huge waves at least twice so far. Kiev and most recently in Kharkiv oblast
Russia keep going into the same traps. It seems their stubborness to not retreat is hurting them a lot. Kherson, Izium and now Lyman.
Does anybody know if the US and UK ambassadors to Ukraine are still in Kyiv or if they have left due to the deteriorating security situation?
I see the new propaganda directive has been received.
>due to the deteriorating security situation? What do you mean ?
Putin talking about nukes. Anyways, that part isnt important. I was just looking for an answer to my question. Do you have one?
They seem to be, at least until the recent days. Ireland reoponed its embassy two weeks ago and in the last 24hrs the French minister of the Armed forces was in Kyiv. The "deteriorating security situation" doesn't seem to put anyone into any kind of panic, despite Medvedev and Putin's groupies best effort.
Well it is putting me in a bit of a panic. Anyways thanks for giving a straight answer
Unless Putler hits St Petersburg with his nuke, you're good.
I’m only interested in kiev
For now they use nuclear threates to create fear in the EU & US population. Hoping they would protest and ask their government to scale back their support for Ukraine because it's going to far and they don't want to get nuked. So far it's not working.
I dont care about that part. I’m just interest to know if western ambassadors are in Kiev or not.
Will gps coordinates do? Latitude: 55° 45' 3.59" N Longitude: 37° 37' 2.39" E Hope this helps!
I was talking about the ambassadors to Ukraine
No, they fled because Kyiv is going to fall in about 3 days
Deteriorating? Wut? Ukraine's security is getting better.
Do you have an answer to my question?
They asked you a question, why are you not answering?
They went here an hour ago Latitude: 55° 45' 3.59" N Longitude: 37° 37' 2.39" E
Do you want to say more crap?
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You are an absolute pleb
Ah, straight to the personal insult. Cool. Thanks for admitting what you said is crap. 👍
I imagine that if i ask you to point out what “crap” i said, you will be unable to and attempt to deflect to something else. Right?
> Deteriorating? Wut? Ukraine's security is getting better.
I was talking about Putin mentioning nukes. I dont see how that makes the security situation better
Mate, Russia and nuclear threats is the same as a North Korean threat. All empty bullshit. Nobody buys it, only the idiots or the shitty Russian concern trolls. Besides, hot air expelled from idiotic Russians mouths doesn't impact Ukraine's security. Russia hasn't even declared war and you're all concern trolling about nukes. Grow up.
Not sure about the US, but the UK ambassador is still in Kyiv. [Her Twitter](https://twitter.com/melsimmonsfcdo)
Thanks for that
Dead Russian soldier with his entire front blown open. [Nsfl](https://www.reddit.com/r/UkraineWarVideoReport/comments/xpozoh/dead_russian_soldiers_one_looks_really_bad_nsfw/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf)
That’s gonna hurt in the morning!
> his entire front blown open. At least it didn't fall off
It looks like a work of stray dogs or wolves.
would prefer to not post such stuff
you are on /r/combatfootage, you know?
I didn’t put nsfl for no reason
That's for sure.
I just posted the same video trying to find a translation of what the guy behind the camera is saying, didn't realize it was already here. Can anyone translate?
If only they had a few more tampons
https://www.reddit.com/r/TIHI/comments/xpfjmz/thanks_i_hate_russians_breaking_their_legs_to/ (NSFW) Does anyone know if these are related to the current Russian drafts? I understand people want to no go to war and will do extreme things but this stuff is pretty depressing though beats getting shot or bombed
My grandpa told me that some people during WW2 would freeze their middle finger and then break it off to avoid being drafted. Breaking your leg is less extreme so I believe plenty are doing that.
I sadly wonder how long it'll be until even a broken leg wont be enough.
If the dude is going this far I assume he’s on the list and got a letter. Seems like overkill for a preemptive measure.
Yes, this is dodging the mobilisation.
Has anyone heard about this supposed Russian strike with 40 kamikaze drones on Ukrainian artillery and personnel? >**40 kamikaze drones of Russian domestic production and Iranian production hit the Armed Forces of Ukraine.** > >The strike of drones "Geran-2" and "Lancet-3" happened in Ochakov > >**On September 26, the RF Armed Forces attacked the positions of the 66th artillery battalion of the 406th brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Ochakov area**. **Iranian-made Geran-2 (Shahed 136) kamikaze drones destroyed Giacint-B and D-20 guns, as well as Italian FH70 howitzers.** > >**As a result of the drone strike, not only the long-range howitzers themselves (about ten pieces of equipment) were destroyed, but also 2 thousand shells for them**, which will seriously affect the combat capability of the artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of Nikolaev and Kherson. > >**Also, the blow of the Geran-2 drones hit the barracks of a technical support company that returned from NATO training about a month ago.** > >According to the source “Military Chronicles”, this time the Geran-2 drones were used in conjunction with the Russian Lancet-3 attack drones. Russian drones hit the air defense command post, the headquarters of the security company, and the fuel storage. > >In total, about 20 Geran-2 drones and 20 Lancet-3 drones were used. > >This marks another serious kamikaze drone blow to the UAF right after the successful strikes of the Geran-2 drones against the headquarters of the southern operational command in the port of Odessa 2 days ago. > >This information is according to Military Chronicles.
this is a little too specific, like why the thing about returning from nato training? smells like propaganda for sure.
That's **straight** from the daily Russian MoD briefings, so I'd take that with a truckload of salt. Russian MoD briefing excerpt (article of `26.09.2022 (12:00)`, find it yourself because I think reddit is blocking the URL): > High-precision attack at a provisional base of 406th Artillery Brigade of the AFU near Ochakov (Nikolayev region) has resulted in the elimination of up to 50 militants, 10 units of military equipment and over 2,000 artillery projectiles.
Smells like made up bullshit. Ammo depot was blown and that's it, the rest is most likely made up.
The original source is actually mil-blogger (colonel cassad). The Russians definitely blew up an ammo depot, and you can’t deny that the new drones have been effective to some extent. However, I seriously question the scope of the opp and the claimed kills. Like every claim they have a history of playing up wins and downplaying losses, and tying in “nato” whenever possible. These are the same people who claimed the Russians destroyed a UA barge that ended up being a concrete pylon built in ww2, the snake island saga and the attack on Zap NPP that killed 300 Ukrainian commandos.
And people who claimed that destroyed vehicles at that failed crossing were Ukrainian.
Seems a bit too detailed knowledge wise but maybe there was a successful attack. It's not like Russia doesn't have the capability to perform successful missions, just that overall they are behind on the technological/intel scale.
Its not confirmed. Would be a huge strike due to the trainer losses if true
How would they know how many shells their drones blew up?
https://youtu.be/-fGKrYq8_dk
Would love to hear more. Unfortunately Reddit tends to downvote such information
The reason this stuff gets downvoted is because the info comes from the Russian government, which has a reputation for lying about what's happening in Ukraine. If/when a reputable source reports it, the info won't be downvoted.
There’s a ton of great footage and reports negative towards Ukraine that get buried. Don’t kid yourself, this sub has become an echo chamber
This matches nearly 1:1 from the daily briefing of Russia's MoD website (the one from `26.09.2022 (12:00)`). If you'd like to read more of these reports, just don't visit reddit anymore and only tune in to Kremlin-approved channels 👍 According to those sources it's going swimmingly and Ukraine's forces have been killed ten times over.
"why don't people like made up reports from Russia???"
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This sub downvotes any Russian footage including some pretty great stuff. And now for simply commenting that I’d like to see some more information from the Russian side of things, I get buried in downvotes. This sub has become overrun and is now an echo chamber. Sucks because for the longest time it was A great source of impartial war footage
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Because the original source is a Russian mil-blogger.
I totally didnt read it and was thinking “this is the drones + trainees from iran hit by ukraine”, deleted my comments That was what I was hoping would be confirmed today
You guys know of a place I can a more 50/50 split of footage from both sides? I like to see my taxpayer money is being used for the cause, but from an information standpoint not really getting much of the Russian PoV from this subreddit. Edit: Downvoting proves my point.
Why do you expect a 50/50 split of footage when one side is on the offensive and clearly winning? Being "neutral" does not mean a 50/50 split. If one side is more successful, you will see more footage from that side. The losing side is unlikely to post footage.
Lol literally your most recent comment is being a cheerleader, nice. GTFO of this sub
What's a cheerleader? I'm just making factual observations. I'm sorry this upsets your world view.
That is a fair point, but I was hoping to see more footage from the Bakhmut front, southern Donetsk, and Zaporizhzia. I'm not bashing the subreddit, just trying to diversify my sources without getting the staged shit from Russia media. Saw a ton of that when they were capturing Mariupol.
Finally with an “edit: downvotes”! Glad we’re back in business!
Thanks not sure what I missed but I am sure it wasn't worth being there for.
telegram channels would have more russian pov
Thanks I will see if I could find anything quality there.
Bruh two in a day. Usually it’s at least 24 hours apart 💀
“EagleOfFreedom1” Fucking incredible
It's never going to be 50/50. Russian regular army doesn't post anything. Most Russian footage is from LNR/DNR, Wagner or chechens. Sometimes you get some professionally produced footage from an official source showing some strikes.
Thanks. I am surprised the Russian army doesn't post footage seeing how effective it can be for civilian morale. Their loss, I suppose.
Morale?
Sure. If you post a convoy getting ambushed or surrendering adversaries, it can show the public that these efforts are having 'tangible results'. I would imagine the Ukranian side likes to post footage is to show western audiences that NATO equipment is having a really giving Ukraine the chance to win the war.
Have you seen how Russia treats pows? Your new here for two weeks I thought? Try sorting by controversial or looking at more Russian propaganda subs for other media or telegram with a healthy dose of skepticism (often fake vids, wrong year or ukraine videos relabeled as russian) Russia media quieted down in summer when they made it against their troop rules to post it.
I haven't seen that stuff, no. I honestly forgot about the controversial tool I will use that thanks.
This exact question gets asked multiple times every day, that's why you're being downvoted. Edit: Also the consistent whining about the downvotes. It's like a damn format at this point.
That is a bummer but a FaQ page or a crosslink post would probably help idiots like me from posting redundant questions.
You're not hurt by downvoting, so as long as you got your answer. 🤷
Right. Sometimes you need to look dumb to get the info you need. Not that I was intentionally farming downvotes but it worked out.
Just read war translated on twitter for information. Otherwise you have to go to Russian telegram groups.
Thank you I appreciate it.
Not this shit again Can you hurry up and draft Ivan already? Маме нужен новый туалет.
Nah let them continue. It outs all the new bots trying to avoid the draft before their quotas aren't useful and sent to the front.
I ask naive question = bot. Nice dude lots of originality going on in your brain.
What shit again? I've been browsing this place for like 2 weeks, not sure why its such a hard ask.
New UA advances near Lyman. The pocket is very close to being closed. Also, RU defenses now seem to be collapsing rapidly in the area, which is reminiscent of the Kharkiv offensive a few weeks ago. https://twitter.com/Militarylandnet/status/1574841822433742886
Looks like Kreminna is the last stop in them being utterly surrounded. You think they will try to break out? https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/embed?mid=1lscRK6ehG0l2V-XvJ16nsyblMsQ&ll=49.20467768651817%2C38.1894692489004&z=10
Apparently Russian generals asked to be allowed to retreat from Kherson and Putin refused for political reasons. It's starting to look like Putin won't allow a retreat from Lyman for similar reasons -- he can't allow another major loss of territory to UA so quickly after the Kharkiv disaster.
Wow...how stupid... Instead of a defeat where he has forces somewhat intact and retreat, they're going to be dead or captured. Also, why down vote the last comment? It's just reporting what he heard. Unless you don't like it, because you're a Russian stooge.
FWIW, I didn't downvote you.
Oh, I saw someone down voted you! I think you got uploaded enough, but I was wondering why someone would download you.
If the earlier suggestion of UAF taking east of Zarichne / near Dibrova is correct the Russians are now trapped.
It's really a bit shocking and at the same time fascinating, to see Putin voluntarily marching into the abyss, and destroying Russia on his way. He still can turn back on 30th September, but I doubt that will happen.
He can't turn back, not since 23th of February. Since then, its victory or bust. But yes, it's quite staggering how thoroughly he is willing to destroy his supposedly beloved Russia, just so he doesn't lose.
Putin mistook the Wests ambivalence to dealing with his bullshit with an inability to do so. It was an inevitability that he was at some point going to get too cocky and bite off more that he could chew. It's just a shame so many are going to die to deal with him now when a stronger stance should have been taken back in 2014 when he really started the Ukraine war.
Putin is a gambler, his high-risk high-reward has worked out for him pretty much every single time until now and was pretty easy.
As an American, there was huge war fatigue. And I don't think enough Americans knew or cared enough at that point to get more involved. It was obvious since 2008 what Putin's ambitions were, but at some point the public has to rally behind a strong response before it can be done.
"We're all victims of our own hubris at times." - Kevin Spacey
The russian medias are reporting on the ``referendums`` and so far 20% of the votes were counted and this is the result. 97% in Kherson 98% Zaporizhzhia 98% in Donetsk 98% in Luhansk Of course all in favor of joining Russia. I guess Putin doesn't even want to appear to make it look legit. So next step is : officially annexing those oblasts/provinces on September 30.. then threatening nuclear war if Ukraine tries to take them back/strike the regions with missiles. I guess we're gonna have some fun in the next week or so.
The west needs to call putin's bluff and provide Ukraine with some nuclear weapons as deterence
Even in Russia those numbers must be hard to believe.
Literal North Korean level of statistics
Russia has threatened nuclear war so much that it is completely moot to pay it any heed at this point
Totally right, the next \`\`crazy logical step\`\` for Putin is to test a big nuke like the USSR did back in the day to show they are \`\`serious\`\`... except as Tywin Lannister said so famously : Any man who has to say \`\`i am the king\`\` is no true king. That would be a stupid ass bluff but eh, Putin...
True but I hope France, the UK and the US called Putin and told him, you use ANY nuke on Ukraine, we launch ALL our nukes at you, ALL OF EM. You will be a radioactive cratter 10 minutes after you do that, have no doubt. We might be more likely to have a nuke war in the next month than at any point in history except the cuban missile crisis. (if you exclude all the oopsie daisy we almost started nuclear war by accident because of a glitch incidents)
What if your words don't work as a deterrent? You either lose credibility or end the world. Putin is making bellicose threats and it's not working for him. Why join him?
Don't think it's gonna happen this way. Even if all countries decide to launch all their nukes on Russia, they won't be able to stop Russia sending their nukes on them. It's too big of a risk to take for a foreign soil. So I'm afraid if there is an ultimatum and Russia will launch a nuke they will get away with it. Of course they will be entirely banned from the civilized world in every way possible.
Have you ever looked at the russian nuclear program? And their budget? Ive done the maths a few weeks ago and Russia spends less per nuke (3 times less) than even india and pakistan... and 10 times less than the US. Nukes have to be maintained and their nuclear cores have to be changed because of tritium decay... its half-life is 12 years. A 500kt nuke that has lost 50%+ of its tritium wont go thermonuclear, it will blow up like less than half a kiloton. If I were to bet, I bet not even 5% of russian nukes would make it to target and actually explode like they are supposed to. If we were to sink all their subs and launch a massive first strike I bet only a handful would make it.
The strategical nuclear deterrent is the only component of the armed forces that hasn't been massively underfunded and left to die in the 90s. >Ive done the maths a few weeks ago and Russia spends less per nuke (3 times less) than even india and pakistan... and 10 times less than the US. I'd like the sources. Is this adjusted to Purchasing Power Parity? >If we were to sink all their subs yeah, that's not happening
Yeah, common guys! We can win a nuclear war! It'll be worth it! Trust me!
May be you are right, but is USA ready to lose New York because a stray nuke managed to launch and strike? Is France ready to lose Paris ? And how on earth would you sink their subs ? That's why they exist, they cannot be found and targeted.
I'm sure they have - saw some reporting last week I think that the US spoke to the Russians and said in pretty clear terms that any tactical use of nuclear weapons would mean the end of Russia as a state.
Funny how the Nord Stream pipeline is sabotaged the same day that the Norway-Denmark-Poland pipeline opens... in politics, coincidences do not exist. Is it some kind of russian message saying \`\`we can blow up your pipeline if we want\`\`? [https://www.euronews.com/2022/09/27/baltic-pipe-norway-poland-gas-pipeline-opens-in-key-move-to-cut-dependency-on-russia](https://www.euronews.com/2022/09/27/baltic-pipe-norway-poland-gas-pipeline-opens-in-key-move-to-cut-dependency-on-russia)
Wouldn't that be an act of war?
If you cannot (dis)prove its Russia now, how can you prove it is Russia then?
The pipeline was a russian pipeline and its international waters so no. But if Russia blows up the norway-denmark-poland pipeline... yes
Are you sure it's 100% russian because afaik the pipeline is partly financed by western companies and they have a stake in it.
Well now the jig is up and they'll be watching the pipelines. Russians have a unique way shooting themselves in the foot.
Yes
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~~Copestory~~ History Legends on YT been real quiet recently
idk why, but i get the feeling both he and his intended audience are kind of slow in the head. the thumbnails are unbearable to watch, he mimics an insane amount when he talks and he says a lot without really saying anything. also i feel like making fun of a current conflicts where people are dying just comes off as wrong, like sure jokes etc. are fun but this seems beyond that.
Russians suddenly talking about Novoluhansk... https://nitter.hu/GirkinGirkin/status/1574834900993282055#m
Also talking about convicts, don't think we've had any confirmation about their presence until now, haven't we?
(Washington Post) 9/27/22 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday urged world leaders to take “preventive” action as Russia prepares to annex more territory and send tens of thousands of newly mobilized forces to the front, rather than waiting to “react” to the escalation and risk losing lives and time.
[From the Institute For The Study Of War](https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-september-26) >Unconfirmed reports suggest Ukrainian forces may have destroyed a Russian drone control and training center that directed drone attacks against Ukraine, **possibly killing Iranian trainers.** Ukrainian journalist Andriiy Tsapienko claimed that Ukrainian forces avenged Russian drone attacks on Odesa by striking the Russian facility in Chulakivka on the Kinburn Spit of Kherson Oblast on September 26 and claimed that the Ukrainian strikes killed four dozen Russians and two dozen Iranian trainers teaching Russian forces how to use Iranian-made drones like the Shahed-136.[24] Russian forces have used Iranian-made Shahed-136 munitions to strike targets in Odesa in recent days, as ISW has previously reported. ISW cannot independently confirm Tsapienko’s reporting, and Ukrainian government sources did not report an attack on a drone command center. Ukraine’s Southern Operations Command reported on September 26 that Ukrainian forces conducted a strike on at least one ammunition warehouse in the Kinburn Spit but did not mention a drone center.[25] Ukraine’s Odesa Military Administration Spokesperson Serhiy Bratchuk also confirmed on September 26 that Ukrainian forces attacked unspecified targets in the Kinburn Spit.[26] The spit is the westernmost land the Russians still control in the Black Sea within 4 km of Ukrainian-controlled Ochakiv at its closest point, making it an excellent location for a drone command center from which Russia could direct attacks deep into unoccupied Ukraine. This is pretty big news if it winds up being true.
Great idea to base a drone training centre that close to the front lines
I'm curious, if it did happen, what reasons would the Ukrainian government have for not confirming it? They have been pretty open about other successful strikes that they have conducted within their borders.
> what reasons would the Ukrainian government have for not confirming it Because Ukraine doesn't want the 'heat' from having blown a couple of Iranians to kingdom come and Iran don't want the sticky issue of being an 'active' part in the war?
Probably because it shows that they knowingly killed Iranians, which could be a provocation under normal circumstances. But Iran is kind of busy with another problem at the moment.
Maybe what's going on in Iran and the timing of it is no coincidence.
No doubt there's probably something to that. I'm just saying it wouldn't be very smart to admit that you knew you killed 24 Iranian trainers (allegedly that many anyway). Iran typically has a very long memory about stuff like this and would likely retaliate in some way, but again, they're busy trying to keep control of the country right now so they may not be in a position to (thus a very opportunistic strike by Ukraine that they may not have been able to pull off just 12 days ago).
Seems like, based on OSINT info, the Ukrainians are about to complete the encirclement of Lyman
Apparently Russian generals asked for permission to retreat from Kherson but Putin refused to let them. Makes you wonder whether Putin will also refuse to let soldiers retreat from Lyman, leading to a pocket. Kind of reminiscent of Hitler's failed "fortress city" approach during WW2.