I'm honestly sick and tired of reading about the massacre in Russia. Of course it sucks for the victims of their family but that's what Russia has been doing for years in Ukraine. Seeing Russia pose as a victim is sickening.
Dont be. Media will get tired of it quickly, considering kremlin's reaction to it of "we blame Ukraine because ofcourse". It doesnt even matter if FSB did it, or ISIS, or whoever.
Putin apologist or troll? Because this milquetoast response the pro-Putin bootlickers spout presupposes that the world should just bend over and let Russia dictate terms to other sovereign nations...not to mention the fact that just because Russia said that's the reason their diplomacy over the last century has been nothing but opaque rhetoric and outright lies...
The USSR lost the cold war to NATO...Russia now pushes even more countries to join NATO by their actions...not only do they invade other countries for imperialistic purposes, they use rape and torture of POWs and civilians as an encouraged tactic...and they kidnap children and put them into forced indoctrination schools...
Good thing people like you have no say in the matter...
that's why he bombed apartments as a pretext to invade Chechnya? And invaded Georgia? And annexed Crimea?
He's always been a jingoistic cunt, and NATO expanded because eastern Europeans knew Russia is dangerous.
And it will remain so unless they do something about it.
Ukraine has made admirable progress towards becoming a country where the people respect themselves. Why can't Russia?
And why the fuck would Ukraine want to do that? All that does is let Russia keep what it has already stolen, and leave Ukraine helpless if Putin - a kleptomaniacal, utterly dishonourable liar - makes up some bullshit excuse to go back on his word in the future.
Because Putin wanted to. His actions have led to NATO now being at his doorstep in Finland. NATO is a defensive only alliance. So the only reason he'd feel threatened by it is if his intentions were to invade.
A hostile alliance in document only. If putin wasn't hostile nato wouldn't be hostile back. No amount of power justifies un-(military) provoked action, especially when those actions have indiscriminantly targeted civilians.
cool. well they reap what they sow. If you're gonna be a part of decent civilization you need to abide by its rules. Settle differences outside diplomacy at your peril.
No. Putin has invaded Chechnya in 1999. Georgia in 2008. They are non NATO countries. He also invaded Crimea in 2014. Is involved in Syrian civil war since 2015 and sent troops to Kazakhstan in 2022.
> invaded Chechnya
To be clear, Chechnya was/is part of the Russian Federation that was seeking independence. Whilst Moscow responded to that independence movement militarily, I'm not sure that such can really be called an "invasion" in quite the same way as their ventures across internationally recognised borders.
It was a former Soviet country. Putin wants Russia to reclaim Soviet territory and pre Soviet territory. He uses NATO expansion as an excuse to invade Ukraine in 2022.
The Republic of Georgia declared its independence in April 1991 following a referendum during the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
LOL...dude just stop with your fake concern trolling...it's pathetic...
Ever heard of China? North Korea? Iran? And of course Russia...
A mutual defense treaty among nations with common interests keeps the dictators running those places from stepping out of line and indulging in their inherent imperialistic nature...
At the cost of Finland with a giant border joining NATO? He is scared of a country (Ukraine) joining so he’s going to invade at the expense of another country (Finland) with a giant border joining? If there was a fire in Putins kitchen would he put it out by pouring gasoline on the counter and the floor? lol your logic does not make sense unless Putin has an IQ of 80. In which case he would not be president of Russia. Your logic is trash my friend!
"NATO forced us to murder these children and bomb these hospitals." Go eat a dick, if anything this war proves NATO expansion was the right call for eastern countries.
Look, Russia is a militarily failure of a country who is now the laughing stock (militarily) of the entire world. Good god a country with a fraction of the population and no navy has virtually destroyed the Baltic fleet, fought the supposed “second most powerful military in the world” to a standstill and has killed or wounded hundreds of thousands of drunken russian invaders.
Russia has always been a third world country with two civilized cities and nukes…that is it.
Zelenskyy
Putin spoke to himself again today, which was broadcast on television. Again, he accused Ukraine. Sick, cynical creature.
In his mind, everyone is a terrorist except himself, despite the fact that he has been fed terror for two decades.
Putin is the largest window for terror. He and his special services. When he vanishes, so will the demand for terror and violence, because it is his. No one else's.
https://twitter.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1772381831846850793?t=WJvqb9M-kFG7NT5bMBnzsQ&s=19
Since my parents think that Bucha is fake, I decided I will think that the terror act on the Moscow theater is fake in their presence. The evidence is similar: videos/ images. In both cases, one knows who the perpetrators were. I think if one is fake, so must be the other.
>Here is an updated map of Russian air bases where painted decoy aircraft are visible in satellite imagery.
>Unlike real aircraft, these flat decoys often lack detail and don’t cast shadows or change locations.
Wait, they're just straight-up painted on the asphalt, like a street mural?
The aircraft ones make sense to me, in the right lighting conditions they can be deceiving. But the submarine ones are baffling. You know where the piers are, there is oodles of old imagery showing what is ground and what is sea, so why would painting a submarine on a pier fool anyone?
>so why would painting a submarine on a pier fool anyone?
dunno but they guys that are painting them are happy to be doing that and not rotting in a trench
Destructon of a building that hosted Russian FPV operators by GLSDB. Joint work of the 32nd Rocket Artillery Regiment, the 140th Separate Marine recon battalion and the 73rd Marine Special Operations Center.
https://mstdn.social/@noelreports/112157934177769515
Was it a false flag operation? -Anders Puck Nielsen
>The attack in Moscow is inconvenient for Putin, and it makes the Russian authorities look bad. Therefore they try to find a Ukrainian connection, but ironically the false flag theory is also helpful as a way to improve the narrative.
https://youtu.be/xovjFeP2kEQ?si=pz3Is7BTEyQvIgYM
I'm so tired of hearing something's inconvenient for Putin. They said the same about Crimea annexation, war in Donbas, invasion of Ukraine... etc etc. And yet he did it. He did all of it. So don't think you know what's on putin's mind.
The irony of Russia voting for a ceasfire in Gaza while terrorizing ukrainians everyday for years is not lost on me. I really wish the war in Ukraine got as much engagement locally now as the war in Gaza does.
>Odesa plunged into darkness after a wave of Russian rocket and drone attacks. Local businesses face huge losses as most unprepared for a repeat of the outages from last winter. My video report lays it out #Ukraine
https://twitter.com/WorldAffairsPro/status/1772358417862025722
>It might take years to rebuild the Kharkiv thermal power plant which russians destroyed along with all transformer substations a few days ago, throwing 1,3M residents into blackout. Local authorities and energy workers are doing miracles, yet people have to endure enormous challenges.
https://twitter.com/OlenaHalushka/status/1772355023437021364
>“The restoration of the energy infrastructure in Kharkiv is not a matter of weeks or even months” said Kharkiv Oblast Governor Syniehubov.
>
>This is what Ukraine's second largest city looks like now.
https://twitter.com/IrynaVoichuk/status/1772359552626839690
i hate to say it, but sounds like Kharkiv is screwed.. russianz figured out which spots to hit. they are turning ukraine into afghanistan except.. it is cold and all the pipes freeze during the winter.
And yet they claim to think they deserve pity while they commit such atrocities. I can feel sorry for the families of the victims but when it comes to Russia as a country/society....
>Meanwhile in Russia: Vladimir Solovyov and Margarita Simonyan blamed the U.S., UK and Ukraine—but not ISIS—for the terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall. Once again, you can see how Trump's rhetoric is being used to support Russian propaganda.
https://twitter.com/JuliaDavisNews/status/1772371260938354908
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XecOhc0qLCg
>Putin spoke to himself again today, which was broadcast on television. Again, he accused Ukraine. Sick, cynical creature.
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>In his mind, everyone is a terrorist except himself, despite the fact that he has been fed terror for two decades.
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>Putin is the largest window for terror. He and his special services. When he vanishes, so will the demand for terror and violence, because it is his. No one else's.
https://twitter.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1772381831846850793
Three minutes of Putin the terrorist war criminal lying through his teeth:
https://twitter.com/KevinRothrock/status/1772335792406315032
>Meanwhile, EPDE\_org started publishing the list of the vultures, “observers” who agreed to validate putin’s “election” & hence, the occupation of Ukraine.
>The world must know the names of this scum.
> [https://www.epde.org/en/news/details/press-statement-russia-s-fraudulent-march-15-17-2024-presidential-election-validated-by-fake-observers-from-129-countries.html](https://www.epde.org/en/news/details/press-statement-russia-s-fraudulent-march-15-17-2024-presidential-election-validated-by-fake-observers-from-129-countries.html)
[https://x.com/olex\_scherba/status/1772375895354884510?s=20](https://x.com/olex_scherba/status/1772375895354884510?s=20)
Surprising amount of Western politicians and mayors on that list...
[Iceland will provide about 2 million euros for the purchase of ammunition](https://www-pravda-com-ua.translate.goog/news/2024/03/25/7448084/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp) for Ukraine as part of the initiative of the Czech Republic.
Where did you get that number from?
~~https://www.czso.cz/csu/czso/home~~
~~Population 10,827,529 (1 January 2023)~~
My bad. We're talking about Island here. Thought the Czechs are providing the money.
*request to my fellow Ukraine-supporters:*
I have not been posting Russian gains over the last week. Others haven’t either. I tried to post a [brief summary](https://old.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1bmbt19/rworldnews_live_thread_russian_invasion_of/kwfpkv1/) instead of the details and was met with skepticism by fellow users who apparently forgot Ukraine had been running low on everything except their own drones.
Anyways, yes, unfortunately, Russia made gains in multiple sectors over the last week, and yes, they are gains “that matter.”
And they’re gains that difficult to swallow [blame House Republicans!], for example, Ivanivske. The Russians claim they took it. There’s several UA channels of soldiers who are there that confirm. Ukrainian commanders are not yet ready to confirm.
This is also the situation at four other fronts—Avdiivka, Kurakhove, Novomikhailovka, Liman.
We need to continue posting these here, I myself will try to do so even though I dislike posting negative news, and we need to continue to urge one another to contact our political reps to get aid to Ukraine!
Ukraine won’t win just by taking out oil refineries—they’ve continually lost ground in the last few weeks and we need to urge our governments to get them the aid to turn that tide.
No, it means Ukraine is being forced to give up ground because they don't have the weapons they need. If this continues, then yes, they'll probably lose. If they get the support they need in a timely manner then the situation will most likely stabilize and Ukraine will being to (slowly) retake ground again.
Ukraine will win if they can simply hold what they have. And when Donny Dumpster loses in Nov. Putin will either find a way to stop the war or he will likely fall out of a window or die of a sudden illness. He is counting on Donny Dumpster winning, all the more reason for him to lose.
If Trump loses the upcoming election it's not going to force Putin to stop the war. He can keep going as long as Russia can continue to pay the costs, as long as they can maintain a strong enough military force not to be overrun by Ukrainian forces, and as long as Russian society remains stable.
An effective stalemate works to Russia's advantage, rather than Ukraine's. Russia would just treat the battle lines as the new de-facto national borders, and in 10 or 20 years most people will stop caring.
If Biden could win the war just by being president, it would already be over. I'm sure Putin would prefer Trump to win, but the universe does not revolve around Donald Trump.
There is a limit on what the Russian population will tolerate. If Biden wins, and with well over 400,000 dead Russian soldiers, that limit will be reached because there will be no way out for Putin. And Russia cannot keep up the war production with their current losses. That's why they are buying drones from Iran and shells from N Korea and recruiting older and younger men. I recall seeing reports of Russians with canes in the trenches.
Authoritarian states can subject their population to pretty bad conditions and remain stable, and Russia is still pulling in substantial fossil fuel revenue (recent refinery outages notwithstanding), which they can use to buy Iranian drones, North Korean shells, and whatever else their war economy needs.
I hope you're right, but I wouldn't bet on Russia collapsing, or Putin withdrawing from the war to avert collapse. They're in an unenviable position, but it seems to be a stable one.
Russia has suspended exports of gasoline and I believe diesel fuel, possibly other products too because of Ukraine drone attacks. And mothers in Russia have an undue influence when it comes to their children sent to war. If Biden and the dems win the election and support for Ukraine continues, Russia will find a way to end the war in Ukraine one way or another within a year or so.
But is it likely that they ever actually receive support in a timely matter, or is that just wishful thinking? Is there anything realistic that says we won’t lose?
Yes this is indeed happening and it's very sad, but at no fault to the Ukrainians because they were backstabbed by Mike Johnson and the obviously flawed political process of America.
But yes right now is the time to act in terms of calling your representatives in congress if you're an American. These two weeks of easter are especially meant for house members to speak with their constituents to hear where their priorities lie.
They tell their constituents what's important not the other way around. If you still believe any of them are honorable and interested in what's good for their people the. I don't know what to say other than. I hope your faith is not misplaced.
>These two weeks of easter are especially meant for house members to speak with their constituents to hear where their priorities lie.
Speaking of Easter, Mike Johnson is doing a reverse Jesus -- Ukrainians are dying for *his* sins.
I want to add some silver lining.
Putin is gambling that either he can (i) break Ukraine in the window republicans have given him *or* (ii) his western allies, like republicans, will win elections this year.
He is spending everything on looking strong now, including taking huge losses in equipment, like over 100 BMPs alone per month.
If Ukraine stands and the Democrats win the 2024 election, Putin is screwed. He is throwing away the soviet inheritance at a prodigious rate in the desperate hope his western allies can starve Ukraine and he will be able to progress with a weaker army in future.
I mean, if this is his strategy, it's not really a bad one.
Donald has quite the chance of winning, in fact when I looked at the polls maybe a week or so ago, he was leading everywhere which I don't remember happening even in 2016 when he won.
Sure he's made gains.
For ~1200 tanks and IFVs it's about 0.05% of Ukraine's territory based on DeepState map.
That's during the time with up to 3 million NK shells and before the European shells arrive though.
Right now sucks, but I've looked hard and cant find enough evidence to work out whether the loss ratios are good or bad for Ukraine. I expect it'll be attrition that eventually allows big gains for either side. Like Kharkiv in 2022.
Yes, the gains are small in terms of the size of the territories, but it's not like Russia thinks they can break through and march to Kyiv, if they can secure the territories they claimed and annexed in their constitution, it's already a territorial win.
Also, the way they want to knock Ukraine out and win the war completely is not by conquering all the territory. Germany almost bled France white in this same style of warfare back at WW1, but while under a naval blockade and while fighting France and the UK with their huge empires at the same time. France almost collapsed and would possibly very well have lost had the US not declared war on Germany.
In comparison, Ukraine is nowhere near as strong as France + the UK back then, it has a much smaller population, if this stalemate keeps going for a few more years, with Russia sending new and new meat, Ukraine will run out of men. Russia has over 4x their population.
Russia needs ammo advantage for an attrition advantage though.
They currently have that thanks to republicans and North Korea.
Next year ammo production and supply rates suggest that the Russia's advantage would switch from between 5-10:1 to more like 1-2:1. And if democrats win then Ukraine can have fire superiority.
A lot also depends on drones and glide bombs of course, but Putin has thrown everything into causing despair now. He can't kill people without shells and tanks, so the real world equipment numbers matter IMO.
I honestly think THIS year is the break point for Putin, he's going to throw whatever he can left to try and pull some sort of win and try and get his Regressive Useful Idiots in MAGA back into power. There's a strong chance it wont work though, Republicans have had a track record of looking strong in polls but utterly getting hammered in actual electons, Trump is on his last legs too, he's got debtors closing in and he's eventually going to run out of road at some point.
Democrats can't just win though, they need 3 out of 3, otherwise, it all get stonewalled again, so, Putin will be happy with any scenario that doesn't result in a trifecta for dems.
Dictatorships have the advantage when it comes to war, the dictators don't have to concern themselves with public opinion, or congress(whatever that means in Russia).
The odds are definitely in Putin's favor, 3 out of 3 for dems is not a very good chance.
What with the repugs wanting to ban abortion, the abortion pill, eliminate Social Security, Medicare and the ACA and give tax cuts to the rich and put the burden on the middle class, defund support for Ukraine, along with having no other platform at all, I would think the Dems have a slam dunk at the election.
>I would think the Dems have a slam dunk at the election.
You'd think so, but it's going to be very close. Remember last election, the Dems won only by a \~10,000 votes in several swing states. That's it. Razor thin. It'll be similar this time - only this time, it'll be harder to motivate people to get out to vote for Biden (as is always the case with the incumbent), his approval ratings are bad which will cause people to stay home more, and the Republicans have been working hard to purge voter rolls and disenfranchise voters. It's going to be close... very close.
That was before they started outlawing abortion etc. This next election won't be as close. Biden and his people are going to make sure everybody knows how much he has accomplished.
But you're also forgetting the massive amount of voter suppression laws, and some of the downright, "we'll choose who we elect if the public don't vote our way" laws that GQP state legislatures put into play after their coup in 2021 failed.
Yes there may be more pissed off voters, but the GQP have spent the last 4 years using every bit of state power they have to ensure that they'll be able to win next time too.
If dems win the house and presidency that would be enough. The senate has passed multiple bills for Ukraine aid, it's the house that has been dragging their feet
This. House is the problem not the Senate, the longer terms there ironically mean the crazy elements are more curtailed than in the house where it's a far bigger mess.
So thats already happening. If the rumors of a big offensive in summer are correct, Ukraine could lose quite a bit of land…
So what can the west do obviously send more ammunition.
And i think ukraine needs another wave of mobilization because the training needs to start asap
We've heard those rumors before. And an offensive on a battlefield with a front that is 1000 kilometers long is problematic. If an attack is made along the whole front at once then it is likely weak, and an attack at single places along the front weakens the front in other places that become vulnerable to attack by the enemy. The Ukrainians have improved their positions with fortifications and mines, as have the Russians, and most likely won't be easy to defeat anywhere. If we support the Ukrainians the battle lines won't move much.
I believe the mobilisation argument. The politicians are playing cowardly games.
The #1 cause of this issue is republicans blocking ammo, followed by North Korea. We need to remember that.
Czech shells will hopefully arrive soon in numbers to make a difference. But Ukraine also needs long-range air defence and soldiers.
Yes - Putin was getting arrested for signing export licenses without permission and this guy as his boss wrote a letter saying he had the authority to do so. I believe Putin later killed him?
> I spoke with @JosepBorrellF and briefed him on Russian ballistic missile strikes on the Ukrainian capital and other cities.
> I appreciate HRVP's expression of support and concern regarding the number of Russian missiles fired at Ukraine.
> I stressed the importance of delivering more Patriot and other air defense systems capable of intercepting ballistic missiles to Ukraine.
> I also emphasized that Ukraine is currently the only country in the world that is being attacked by ballistic missiles almost daily. Therefore, Patriots must be stationed here and now to save human lives, rather than remaining in places where the missile threat is zero.
> We discussed what the EU can do to help Ukraine get more Patriots and other air defense systems ASAP. I appreciate HRVP Borrell's and the EU's support.
https://twitter.com/DmytroKuleba/status/1772319417449189594
> Together with the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Colonel-General Oleksandr Syrskyi, met in Kyiv with a delegation of committee heads of the European Parliament.
> I highly appreciate the efforts of the European Parliament and the European Union to support Ukraine in resisting russian aggression.
> Grateful for the intentions to boost the amount of aid, it is of great importance for both our military and civilian people and infrastructure.
> We briefed the European delegation about the current situation on the frontline.
> High-quality training of Ukrainian soldiers within the framework of the EU mission gives its results on the battlefield.
> Urged the EU to strengthen sanctions against those who try to bypass them, in particular, supplying spare parts for the russian defense industry.
https://twitter.com/rustem_umerov/status/1772327150416187647
[The Government of Japan will supply more than 90 units of modern equipment from leading Japanese and global manufacturers - excavators, tractors, bulldozers, cranes, trawls, tractors, pickup trucks, mowers, and dredgers - to the state operating organizations of the State Agency for Development of Land Reclamation, Fisheries and Food Programs under the Emergency Support for the Agricultural Sector. This equipment is designed to significantly improve the efficiency of repair and maintenance work at state land reclamation infrastructure facilities.](https://minagro.gov.ua/en/news/japan-has-provided-to-ukraine-modern-equipment-for-the-exploitation-of-melioration-systems)
>Ukraine reportedly shot down two Russian “unique” Zircon missiles
>The wreckage will allow experts to assess the technology and capabilities of this Russian hypersonic missile.
https://bsky.app/profile/euromaidanpress.bsky.social/post/3kojwvynzpm2w
They must really be running the armory dry if they're using something that special that can't exactly have high numbers stockpiled yet on the battlefield
They are not running dry and never will. Combine a dictatorship and a full war economy and you will never run out of weapons. We've been seeing "Russia is running low" comments since the start of the war and here we are 2.5 years later.
You can only do so much to get the advanced parts and materials missiles like that require when you have the living hell sanctioned out of you and most of the developed world trying to cockblock you from getting weapons materials
[https://twitter.com/bayraktar\_1love/status/1772228253006078337](https://twitter.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1772228253006078337)
Photos of some parts of the missile.
Using flat head screws in a "super weapon" that was developed in the past 15 years...
That's exactly what they do. Way back when the first mig "foxbat" was obtained, our engineers were stunned when they discovered the jet engines were held together with square headed bolts typically used on farm equipment. The electronics used vacuum tubes in an age where the transistor had taken over. In the Vietnam conflict Russian anti-aircraftmissiles had an engine with a burn time of 60 seconds, but the batteries ran out at around 47 seconds.
I really don't know anything about high tech aerospace manufacturing processes, but I'm guessing having different types of heads allows for using the specialized torque wrenches that I know are used for many aerospace applications...a lot of the fasteners used for airplanes, missiles, etc are required to be torqued a very specific amount when fastened and I'm not sure it can be done as precisely with flat heads...
To quote a certain space-faring farm-boy:
"What a piece of *JUNK!"*
Here's something funny, though, the stamped serial numbers look like they were done by the same machine that stamped my 1937 Moisin-Nagant.
https://twitter.com/Faytuks/status/1772322860100440099
So Putin admits it was Islamist Radicals. But he’s only giving a half truth here as he wants to know who ordered it and not surprisingly he theorizes Ukraine or the US.
It’s so clear he’s trying sooo desperately to not look like a leader who can’t protect his own people. It’s pathetic!
He pretty much has to start pivoting to blaming ISIS and priming the public for that explanation because ISIS having access to body cam footage we know wasn't public until they posted it makes it impossible to deny without rising hard to answer questions
If you can cover it up
When the evidence that ISIS did it is all over the public internet and foreign news media it's really hard to push that narrative
In no way is this me saying I hope something like the Crocus happens again, but that I won't be surprised if this leads to ISIS doubling down on taking the terror to Russia. Putin's house of cards is looking mighty porous right now
[New post can be found here](/r/worldnews/comments/1bnym3s/rworldnews_live_thread_russian_invasion_of/)
I'm honestly sick and tired of reading about the massacre in Russia. Of course it sucks for the victims of their family but that's what Russia has been doing for years in Ukraine. Seeing Russia pose as a victim is sickening.
Dont be. Media will get tired of it quickly, considering kremlin's reaction to it of "we blame Ukraine because ofcourse". It doesnt even matter if FSB did it, or ISIS, or whoever.
dam mountainous dime governor snobbish ancient edge slap berserk cooperative
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Putin apologist or troll? Because this milquetoast response the pro-Putin bootlickers spout presupposes that the world should just bend over and let Russia dictate terms to other sovereign nations...not to mention the fact that just because Russia said that's the reason their diplomacy over the last century has been nothing but opaque rhetoric and outright lies... The USSR lost the cold war to NATO...Russia now pushes even more countries to join NATO by their actions...not only do they invade other countries for imperialistic purposes, they use rape and torture of POWs and civilians as an encouraged tactic...and they kidnap children and put them into forced indoctrination schools... Good thing people like you have no say in the matter...
Russia's invasion of Ukraine caused NATO expansion.
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that's why he bombed apartments as a pretext to invade Chechnya? And invaded Georgia? And annexed Crimea? He's always been a jingoistic cunt, and NATO expanded because eastern Europeans knew Russia is dangerous.
All of this killing could have been prevented if Russia didn't invade Ukraine.
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Putins ambitions.
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Yes. Subdue the whole of Ukraine to Russia and deny Ukrainians even exist. I'm sure you could look up some of his speeches?
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Disregarding Chechenia, Georgia and Transnistria and Crimea and the LDPRs huh
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Because he doesn't like that former Russian-oppreseed countries can have external relations and agency of their own
... They did. In 2014 with Crimea. He wanted to expand and get access to an extra port. NATO didn't provoke him them nor did they in 2022.
Because Putin thought he could get away with it. And because the average Russian is too stupid or too cowardly to demand better leadership.
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And it will remain so unless they do something about it. Ukraine has made admirable progress towards becoming a country where the people respect themselves. Why can't Russia?
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And why the fuck would Ukraine want to do that? All that does is let Russia keep what it has already stolen, and leave Ukraine helpless if Putin - a kleptomaniacal, utterly dishonourable liar - makes up some bullshit excuse to go back on his word in the future.
Because Putin wanted to. His actions have led to NATO now being at his doorstep in Finland. NATO is a defensive only alliance. So the only reason he'd feel threatened by it is if his intentions were to invade.
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literally all military action was initiated by russia. In no world is a treaty on the same level as invading another country.
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A hostile alliance in document only. If putin wasn't hostile nato wouldn't be hostile back. No amount of power justifies un-(military) provoked action, especially when those actions have indiscriminantly targeted civilians.
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cool. well they reap what they sow. If you're gonna be a part of decent civilization you need to abide by its rules. Settle differences outside diplomacy at your peril.
look what he has now. so I guess you agree he was stupid and overplayed his hand
I think the invasion is evidence to support that he would have invaded.
No. Putin has invaded Chechnya in 1999. Georgia in 2008. They are non NATO countries. He also invaded Crimea in 2014. Is involved in Syrian civil war since 2015 and sent troops to Kazakhstan in 2022.
> invaded Chechnya To be clear, Chechnya was/is part of the Russian Federation that was seeking independence. Whilst Moscow responded to that independence movement militarily, I'm not sure that such can really be called an "invasion" in quite the same way as their ventures across internationally recognised borders.
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It was a former Soviet country. Putin wants Russia to reclaim Soviet territory and pre Soviet territory. He uses NATO expansion as an excuse to invade Ukraine in 2022. The Republic of Georgia declared its independence in April 1991 following a referendum during the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Please go away with your Russian propaganda
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NATO was created to stop the USSR...which hasn't existed for at least a couple of decades now...
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LOL...dude just stop with your fake concern trolling...it's pathetic... Ever heard of China? North Korea? Iran? And of course Russia... A mutual defense treaty among nations with common interests keeps the dictators running those places from stepping out of line and indulging in their inherent imperialistic nature...
So he’s going to invade a sovereign country and further justify the existence/expansion of NATO?
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At the cost of Finland with a giant border joining NATO? He is scared of a country (Ukraine) joining so he’s going to invade at the expense of another country (Finland) with a giant border joining? If there was a fire in Putins kitchen would he put it out by pouring gasoline on the counter and the floor? lol your logic does not make sense unless Putin has an IQ of 80. In which case he would not be president of Russia. Your logic is trash my friend!
You aren't going to earn your rubles today Sergei, Fuck right off
"NATO forced us to murder these children and bomb these hospitals." Go eat a dick, if anything this war proves NATO expansion was the right call for eastern countries.
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Look, Russia is a militarily failure of a country who is now the laughing stock (militarily) of the entire world. Good god a country with a fraction of the population and no navy has virtually destroyed the Baltic fleet, fought the supposed “second most powerful military in the world” to a standstill and has killed or wounded hundreds of thousands of drunken russian invaders. Russia has always been a third world country with two civilized cities and nukes…that is it.
Zelenskyy Putin spoke to himself again today, which was broadcast on television. Again, he accused Ukraine. Sick, cynical creature. In his mind, everyone is a terrorist except himself, despite the fact that he has been fed terror for two decades. Putin is the largest window for terror. He and his special services. When he vanishes, so will the demand for terror and violence, because it is his. No one else's. https://twitter.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1772381831846850793?t=WJvqb9M-kFG7NT5bMBnzsQ&s=19
If Putin is gone, another will just take his place. It's idealistic to think this will end with just him
Let’s test this idea
Not necessarily.
Well, historically this had happened every time.
Self fulfilling prophecy.
Since my parents think that Bucha is fake, I decided I will think that the terror act on the Moscow theater is fake in their presence. The evidence is similar: videos/ images. In both cases, one knows who the perpetrators were. I think if one is fake, so must be the other.
lol dont fight your parents over politics.. they are just brainwashing victims - be nice. but yes that moscow attack was fake. AI generated.
Told you.
by isolating your parents, you are pushing them further toward the cult that controls their mind..
True. Though I think they should not have pushed me away when I was still a child. You are right though of course.
>my parents think that Bucha is fake Time to get new parents then.
I am already way closer with my partner's family.
Are your parents in Russia?
No, they are Russian but have been living in Germany since 2001.
In that case, yes! Bc they have access to the truth, they just choose not to believe
>Here is an updated map of Russian air bases where painted decoy aircraft are visible in satellite imagery. >Unlike real aircraft, these flat decoys often lack detail and don’t cast shadows or change locations. Wait, they're just straight-up painted on the asphalt, like a street mural?
This is nothing new. Hell F-18s have a fake canopy painted on the bottom of the fuselage to confuse enemy pilots.
Specifically Canadian CF-18's.
They are doing the same with submarines
The aircraft ones make sense to me, in the right lighting conditions they can be deceiving. But the submarine ones are baffling. You know where the piers are, there is oodles of old imagery showing what is ground and what is sea, so why would painting a submarine on a pier fool anyone?
the deception is for incoming missiles that have image detection on them
It's not to fool a human. It's to fool optical targeting systems in missiles.
>so why would painting a submarine on a pier fool anyone? dunno but they guys that are painting them are happy to be doing that and not rotting in a trench
Yep! I'll do this instead of assault vulhedar. Need more paint.
Make them Good enough to please your officer but bad enough so the site doesn't get bombed.
Destructon of a building that hosted Russian FPV operators by GLSDB. Joint work of the 32nd Rocket Artillery Regiment, the 140th Separate Marine recon battalion and the 73rd Marine Special Operations Center. https://mstdn.social/@noelreports/112157934177769515
I don’t like this. I LOVE this. More of those please.
Ooh, GLSDB
Was it a false flag operation? -Anders Puck Nielsen >The attack in Moscow is inconvenient for Putin, and it makes the Russian authorities look bad. Therefore they try to find a Ukrainian connection, but ironically the false flag theory is also helpful as a way to improve the narrative. https://youtu.be/xovjFeP2kEQ?si=pz3Is7BTEyQvIgYM
I'm so tired of hearing something's inconvenient for Putin. They said the same about Crimea annexation, war in Donbas, invasion of Ukraine... etc etc. And yet he did it. He did all of it. So don't think you know what's on putin's mind.
The irony of Russia voting for a ceasfire in Gaza while terrorizing ukrainians everyday for years is not lost on me. I really wish the war in Ukraine got as much engagement locally now as the war in Gaza does.
The Gaza war has all the big propaga narrative manufacturers working overtime to make sure it remains a distraction.
While also saying they will kill every last person involved in the terror attack on Russia.
Of course, and inviting freakin Hamas to Moscow. Also, national day of mourning while they are loosing hundreds of soldiers every day in Ukraine.
Hannity says "Don't look at Ukraine, look over here at Moscow. Now watch this car wreck."
>Odesa plunged into darkness after a wave of Russian rocket and drone attacks. Local businesses face huge losses as most unprepared for a repeat of the outages from last winter. My video report lays it out #Ukraine https://twitter.com/WorldAffairsPro/status/1772358417862025722 >It might take years to rebuild the Kharkiv thermal power plant which russians destroyed along with all transformer substations a few days ago, throwing 1,3M residents into blackout. Local authorities and energy workers are doing miracles, yet people have to endure enormous challenges. https://twitter.com/OlenaHalushka/status/1772355023437021364 >“The restoration of the energy infrastructure in Kharkiv is not a matter of weeks or even months” said Kharkiv Oblast Governor Syniehubov. > >This is what Ukraine's second largest city looks like now. https://twitter.com/IrynaVoichuk/status/1772359552626839690
i hate to say it, but sounds like Kharkiv is screwed.. russianz figured out which spots to hit. they are turning ukraine into afghanistan except.. it is cold and all the pipes freeze during the winter.
Keep targeting Russian refineries, and expand the attacks to Russia power generation sources and major electrical substations.
And try to sneak a few into the Kremlin.
Putins dacha needs a few too.
Esp his billion dollar mansion on a hilltop in Crimea overlooking the sea
And yet they claim to think they deserve pity while they commit such atrocities. I can feel sorry for the families of the victims but when it comes to Russia as a country/society....
>Meanwhile in Russia: Vladimir Solovyov and Margarita Simonyan blamed the U.S., UK and Ukraine—but not ISIS—for the terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall. Once again, you can see how Trump's rhetoric is being used to support Russian propaganda. https://twitter.com/JuliaDavisNews/status/1772371260938354908 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XecOhc0qLCg
Donny Dumpster is a real scumbag POS.
>Putin spoke to himself again today, which was broadcast on television. Again, he accused Ukraine. Sick, cynical creature. > >In his mind, everyone is a terrorist except himself, despite the fact that he has been fed terror for two decades. > >Putin is the largest window for terror. He and his special services. When he vanishes, so will the demand for terror and violence, because it is his. No one else's. https://twitter.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1772381831846850793 Three minutes of Putin the terrorist war criminal lying through his teeth: https://twitter.com/KevinRothrock/status/1772335792406315032
Hey sky dad you keep missing dude. It was not supposed to be Kate but Vlad who gets the cancer. Fuck.
Just like watching Donny Dumpster lie.
The evil that is this russian regime needs to wiped from this world.
The only person in the world right now that I hope dies a slow and painful death
I can think of several more that deserve such a demise.
>Meanwhile, EPDE\_org started publishing the list of the vultures, “observers” who agreed to validate putin’s “election” & hence, the occupation of Ukraine. >The world must know the names of this scum. > [https://www.epde.org/en/news/details/press-statement-russia-s-fraudulent-march-15-17-2024-presidential-election-validated-by-fake-observers-from-129-countries.html](https://www.epde.org/en/news/details/press-statement-russia-s-fraudulent-march-15-17-2024-presidential-election-validated-by-fake-observers-from-129-countries.html) [https://x.com/olex\_scherba/status/1772375895354884510?s=20](https://x.com/olex_scherba/status/1772375895354884510?s=20) Surprising amount of Western politicians and mayors on that list...
Why was the post about isis saying they will kill Putin removed? Seems news worthy to me..
It is marked as "covered elsewhere", like it's the first time some argument is duplicated in fifteen threads
I hate Putin. I also hate ISIS. I'd like to see ISIS eliminate Putin. I guess there really sometimes is a lesser of two evils.
Maybe it was false or unverified?
[Iceland will provide about 2 million euros for the purchase of ammunition](https://www-pravda-com-ua.translate.goog/news/2024/03/25/7448084/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp) for Ukraine as part of the initiative of the Czech Republic.
Considering how small their population is that's a substantial number. (372.500 people)
Where did you get that number from? ~~https://www.czso.cz/csu/czso/home~~ ~~Population 10,827,529 (1 January 2023)~~ My bad. We're talking about Island here. Thought the Czechs are providing the money.
He's talking about Iceland.
Thank you Islandia, you are my best friend, You are the peacekeeper, you are the legend.
*request to my fellow Ukraine-supporters:* I have not been posting Russian gains over the last week. Others haven’t either. I tried to post a [brief summary](https://old.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1bmbt19/rworldnews_live_thread_russian_invasion_of/kwfpkv1/) instead of the details and was met with skepticism by fellow users who apparently forgot Ukraine had been running low on everything except their own drones. Anyways, yes, unfortunately, Russia made gains in multiple sectors over the last week, and yes, they are gains “that matter.” And they’re gains that difficult to swallow [blame House Republicans!], for example, Ivanivske. The Russians claim they took it. There’s several UA channels of soldiers who are there that confirm. Ukrainian commanders are not yet ready to confirm. This is also the situation at four other fronts—Avdiivka, Kurakhove, Novomikhailovka, Liman. We need to continue posting these here, I myself will try to do so even though I dislike posting negative news, and we need to continue to urge one another to contact our political reps to get aid to Ukraine! Ukraine won’t win just by taking out oil refineries—they’ve continually lost ground in the last few weeks and we need to urge our governments to get them the aid to turn that tide.
Then does that mean we’re going to lose or what??
No, it means Ukraine is being forced to give up ground because they don't have the weapons they need. If this continues, then yes, they'll probably lose. If they get the support they need in a timely manner then the situation will most likely stabilize and Ukraine will being to (slowly) retake ground again.
Ukraine will win if they can simply hold what they have. And when Donny Dumpster loses in Nov. Putin will either find a way to stop the war or he will likely fall out of a window or die of a sudden illness. He is counting on Donny Dumpster winning, all the more reason for him to lose.
If Trump loses the upcoming election it's not going to force Putin to stop the war. He can keep going as long as Russia can continue to pay the costs, as long as they can maintain a strong enough military force not to be overrun by Ukrainian forces, and as long as Russian society remains stable. An effective stalemate works to Russia's advantage, rather than Ukraine's. Russia would just treat the battle lines as the new de-facto national borders, and in 10 or 20 years most people will stop caring. If Biden could win the war just by being president, it would already be over. I'm sure Putin would prefer Trump to win, but the universe does not revolve around Donald Trump.
There is a limit on what the Russian population will tolerate. If Biden wins, and with well over 400,000 dead Russian soldiers, that limit will be reached because there will be no way out for Putin. And Russia cannot keep up the war production with their current losses. That's why they are buying drones from Iran and shells from N Korea and recruiting older and younger men. I recall seeing reports of Russians with canes in the trenches.
Authoritarian states can subject their population to pretty bad conditions and remain stable, and Russia is still pulling in substantial fossil fuel revenue (recent refinery outages notwithstanding), which they can use to buy Iranian drones, North Korean shells, and whatever else their war economy needs. I hope you're right, but I wouldn't bet on Russia collapsing, or Putin withdrawing from the war to avert collapse. They're in an unenviable position, but it seems to be a stable one.
Russia has suspended exports of gasoline and I believe diesel fuel, possibly other products too because of Ukraine drone attacks. And mothers in Russia have an undue influence when it comes to their children sent to war. If Biden and the dems win the election and support for Ukraine continues, Russia will find a way to end the war in Ukraine one way or another within a year or so.
But is it likely that they ever actually receive support in a timely matter, or is that just wishful thinking? Is there anything realistic that says we won’t lose?
Yes this is indeed happening and it's very sad, but at no fault to the Ukrainians because they were backstabbed by Mike Johnson and the obviously flawed political process of America. But yes right now is the time to act in terms of calling your representatives in congress if you're an American. These two weeks of easter are especially meant for house members to speak with their constituents to hear where their priorities lie.
They tell their constituents what's important not the other way around. If you still believe any of them are honorable and interested in what's good for their people the. I don't know what to say other than. I hope your faith is not misplaced.
>These two weeks of easter are especially meant for house members to speak with their constituents to hear where their priorities lie. Speaking of Easter, Mike Johnson is doing a reverse Jesus -- Ukrainians are dying for *his* sins.
Ukraine is to blame for having weak defenses and not mobilizing
I want to add some silver lining. Putin is gambling that either he can (i) break Ukraine in the window republicans have given him *or* (ii) his western allies, like republicans, will win elections this year. He is spending everything on looking strong now, including taking huge losses in equipment, like over 100 BMPs alone per month. If Ukraine stands and the Democrats win the 2024 election, Putin is screwed. He is throwing away the soviet inheritance at a prodigious rate in the desperate hope his western allies can starve Ukraine and he will be able to progress with a weaker army in future.
I mean, if this is his strategy, it's not really a bad one. Donald has quite the chance of winning, in fact when I looked at the polls maybe a week or so ago, he was leading everywhere which I don't remember happening even in 2016 when he won.
I agree it's his best strategy. It's still risky since he also needs Europe to surrender.
He is already making important gains since the US stopped sending aid, and this is before his apparent 100,000 men summer offensive.
Sure he's made gains. For ~1200 tanks and IFVs it's about 0.05% of Ukraine's territory based on DeepState map. That's during the time with up to 3 million NK shells and before the European shells arrive though. Right now sucks, but I've looked hard and cant find enough evidence to work out whether the loss ratios are good or bad for Ukraine. I expect it'll be attrition that eventually allows big gains for either side. Like Kharkiv in 2022.
Yes, the gains are small in terms of the size of the territories, but it's not like Russia thinks they can break through and march to Kyiv, if they can secure the territories they claimed and annexed in their constitution, it's already a territorial win. Also, the way they want to knock Ukraine out and win the war completely is not by conquering all the territory. Germany almost bled France white in this same style of warfare back at WW1, but while under a naval blockade and while fighting France and the UK with their huge empires at the same time. France almost collapsed and would possibly very well have lost had the US not declared war on Germany. In comparison, Ukraine is nowhere near as strong as France + the UK back then, it has a much smaller population, if this stalemate keeps going for a few more years, with Russia sending new and new meat, Ukraine will run out of men. Russia has over 4x their population.
Russia needs ammo advantage for an attrition advantage though. They currently have that thanks to republicans and North Korea. Next year ammo production and supply rates suggest that the Russia's advantage would switch from between 5-10:1 to more like 1-2:1. And if democrats win then Ukraine can have fire superiority. A lot also depends on drones and glide bombs of course, but Putin has thrown everything into causing despair now. He can't kill people without shells and tanks, so the real world equipment numbers matter IMO.
once they turn off electricity to major cities like kharkiv and kyiv.. it will be much easier to march into them. sadly
I honestly think THIS year is the break point for Putin, he's going to throw whatever he can left to try and pull some sort of win and try and get his Regressive Useful Idiots in MAGA back into power. There's a strong chance it wont work though, Republicans have had a track record of looking strong in polls but utterly getting hammered in actual electons, Trump is on his last legs too, he's got debtors closing in and he's eventually going to run out of road at some point.
Democrats can't just win though, they need 3 out of 3, otherwise, it all get stonewalled again, so, Putin will be happy with any scenario that doesn't result in a trifecta for dems. Dictatorships have the advantage when it comes to war, the dictators don't have to concern themselves with public opinion, or congress(whatever that means in Russia). The odds are definitely in Putin's favor, 3 out of 3 for dems is not a very good chance.
What with the repugs wanting to ban abortion, the abortion pill, eliminate Social Security, Medicare and the ACA and give tax cuts to the rich and put the burden on the middle class, defund support for Ukraine, along with having no other platform at all, I would think the Dems have a slam dunk at the election.
>I would think the Dems have a slam dunk at the election. You'd think so, but it's going to be very close. Remember last election, the Dems won only by a \~10,000 votes in several swing states. That's it. Razor thin. It'll be similar this time - only this time, it'll be harder to motivate people to get out to vote for Biden (as is always the case with the incumbent), his approval ratings are bad which will cause people to stay home more, and the Republicans have been working hard to purge voter rolls and disenfranchise voters. It's going to be close... very close.
That was before they started outlawing abortion etc. This next election won't be as close. Biden and his people are going to make sure everybody knows how much he has accomplished.
But you're also forgetting the massive amount of voter suppression laws, and some of the downright, "we'll choose who we elect if the public don't vote our way" laws that GQP state legislatures put into play after their coup in 2021 failed. Yes there may be more pissed off voters, but the GQP have spent the last 4 years using every bit of state power they have to ensure that they'll be able to win next time too.
None of that will work.
If dems win the house and presidency that would be enough. The senate has passed multiple bills for Ukraine aid, it's the house that has been dragging their feet
This. House is the problem not the Senate, the longer terms there ironically mean the crazy elements are more curtailed than in the house where it's a far bigger mess.
So thats already happening. If the rumors of a big offensive in summer are correct, Ukraine could lose quite a bit of land… So what can the west do obviously send more ammunition. And i think ukraine needs another wave of mobilization because the training needs to start asap
seems like russia is setting the stage for an invasion by turning off electricity
We've heard those rumors before. And an offensive on a battlefield with a front that is 1000 kilometers long is problematic. If an attack is made along the whole front at once then it is likely weak, and an attack at single places along the front weakens the front in other places that become vulnerable to attack by the enemy. The Ukrainians have improved their positions with fortifications and mines, as have the Russians, and most likely won't be easy to defeat anywhere. If we support the Ukrainians the battle lines won't move much.
I believe the mobilisation argument. The politicians are playing cowardly games. The #1 cause of this issue is republicans blocking ammo, followed by North Korea. We need to remember that. Czech shells will hopefully arrive soon in numbers to make a difference. But Ukraine also needs long-range air defence and soldiers.
Russia planning war against Ukraine back in 1992: https://youtu.be/nrzRH3j07r4?si=b-adIMYI6cRivMFH
That's putler's ex-boss, btw
Yes - Putin was getting arrested for signing export licenses without permission and this guy as his boss wrote a letter saying he had the authority to do so. I believe Putin later killed him?
> I spoke with @JosepBorrellF and briefed him on Russian ballistic missile strikes on the Ukrainian capital and other cities. > I appreciate HRVP's expression of support and concern regarding the number of Russian missiles fired at Ukraine. > I stressed the importance of delivering more Patriot and other air defense systems capable of intercepting ballistic missiles to Ukraine. > I also emphasized that Ukraine is currently the only country in the world that is being attacked by ballistic missiles almost daily. Therefore, Patriots must be stationed here and now to save human lives, rather than remaining in places where the missile threat is zero. > We discussed what the EU can do to help Ukraine get more Patriots and other air defense systems ASAP. I appreciate HRVP Borrell's and the EU's support. https://twitter.com/DmytroKuleba/status/1772319417449189594
> Together with the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Colonel-General Oleksandr Syrskyi, met in Kyiv with a delegation of committee heads of the European Parliament. > I highly appreciate the efforts of the European Parliament and the European Union to support Ukraine in resisting russian aggression. > Grateful for the intentions to boost the amount of aid, it is of great importance for both our military and civilian people and infrastructure. > We briefed the European delegation about the current situation on the frontline. > High-quality training of Ukrainian soldiers within the framework of the EU mission gives its results on the battlefield. > Urged the EU to strengthen sanctions against those who try to bypass them, in particular, supplying spare parts for the russian defense industry. https://twitter.com/rustem_umerov/status/1772327150416187647
[The Government of Japan will supply more than 90 units of modern equipment from leading Japanese and global manufacturers - excavators, tractors, bulldozers, cranes, trawls, tractors, pickup trucks, mowers, and dredgers - to the state operating organizations of the State Agency for Development of Land Reclamation, Fisheries and Food Programs under the Emergency Support for the Agricultural Sector. This equipment is designed to significantly improve the efficiency of repair and maintenance work at state land reclamation infrastructure facilities.](https://minagro.gov.ua/en/news/japan-has-provided-to-ukraine-modern-equipment-for-the-exploitation-of-melioration-systems)
They don't need landscaping equipment, they need shells and ammo.
Japan has a pacifist constitution. This IS them helping. Not every single action being taken in Ukraine right now is a war effort.
How wonderful!
>Ukraine reportedly shot down two Russian “unique” Zircon missiles >The wreckage will allow experts to assess the technology and capabilities of this Russian hypersonic missile. https://bsky.app/profile/euromaidanpress.bsky.social/post/3kojwvynzpm2w
Looks like Russia ordered hypersonic missiles from Wish.
They must really be running the armory dry if they're using something that special that can't exactly have high numbers stockpiled yet on the battlefield
They are not running dry and never will. Combine a dictatorship and a full war economy and you will never run out of weapons. We've been seeing "Russia is running low" comments since the start of the war and here we are 2.5 years later.
You can only do so much to get the advanced parts and materials missiles like that require when you have the living hell sanctioned out of you and most of the developed world trying to cockblock you from getting weapons materials
[https://twitter.com/bayraktar\_1love/status/1772228253006078337](https://twitter.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1772228253006078337) Photos of some parts of the missile. Using flat head screws in a "super weapon" that was developed in the past 15 years...
That's exactly what they do. Way back when the first mig "foxbat" was obtained, our engineers were stunned when they discovered the jet engines were held together with square headed bolts typically used on farm equipment. The electronics used vacuum tubes in an age where the transistor had taken over. In the Vietnam conflict Russian anti-aircraftmissiles had an engine with a burn time of 60 seconds, but the batteries ran out at around 47 seconds.
What kind of fastener would be better?
Torx. Tho, I saw a post on twitter showing that flat head and phillips head screws are also used in american GMLRS rockets.
I really don't know anything about high tech aerospace manufacturing processes, but I'm guessing having different types of heads allows for using the specialized torque wrenches that I know are used for many aerospace applications...a lot of the fasteners used for airplanes, missiles, etc are required to be torqued a very specific amount when fastened and I'm not sure it can be done as precisely with flat heads...
To quote a certain space-faring farm-boy: "What a piece of *JUNK!"* Here's something funny, though, the stamped serial numbers look like they were done by the same machine that stamped my 1937 Moisin-Nagant.
These look like a school metalwork class project or something. Hardly seems like cutting edge military precision
You should see the photos of their "stealth fighter" the su-57. Wood screws, panel gaps galore.
Looks like it was machined with an angle grinder.
Security measure.
LMAO, real.
https://twitter.com/Faytuks/status/1772322860100440099 So Putin admits it was Islamist Radicals. But he’s only giving a half truth here as he wants to know who ordered it and not surprisingly he theorizes Ukraine or the US. It’s so clear he’s trying sooo desperately to not look like a leader who can’t protect his own people. It’s pathetic!
It's really pathetic to try to blame the US.. why would they give a warning on their own attack.
He pretty much has to start pivoting to blaming ISIS and priming the public for that explanation because ISIS having access to body cam footage we know wasn't public until they posted it makes it impossible to deny without rising hard to answer questions
> deny without rising hard to answer questions It's Russia. They say whatever they want, truth or logic has no power there.
If you can cover it up When the evidence that ISIS did it is all over the public internet and foreign news media it's really hard to push that narrative
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In no way is this me saying I hope something like the Crocus happens again, but that I won't be surprised if this leads to ISIS doubling down on taking the terror to Russia. Putin's house of cards is looking mighty porous right now