Россия invades Україна | UPDATE (30 May 2024) - Biden gives Ukraine permission to strike some targets inside Russia with American weapons

[CitizenVectron]

 

[Uaarkson]

It’s just one human rights tragedy after another isn’t it.

[b_m_b_m_b_m]

Uh yikes

[CayceG]

30 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said:

Uh yikes

 

 

 

 

This is my favorite bit. 

 

 

Hey Medvedev, what happened before that?

 

 

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

Just now, CayceG said:

 

 

This is my favorite bit. 

 

Hey Medvedev, what happened before that?

 

 

You mean the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact which partitioned Poland between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union?

 

Pretty convenient omission, eh?

[CayceG]

2 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said:

 

 

You mean the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact which partitioned Poland between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union?

 

Pretty convenient omission, eh?

 

Quite. 

 

 

The Soviets and Imperial Russians have so much to blame for where Ukraine is currently, as well as what Poland has suffered. The list is too long to go into.

This by Medvedev is possibly more reprehensible than Putin's speech that inaugurated the war on Ukraine. 

[b_m_b_m_b_m]

10 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said:

 

 

You mean the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact which partitioned Poland between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union?

 

Pretty convenient omission, eh?

 

[CitizenVectron]

I haven't seen it reported much in the daily reports, but it does seem that Ukraine has pushed (and is continuing to push) back Russia in Kherson oblast:

 

 

[CitizenVectron]

Shit, so powerful:

 

 

"Yes, Ukraine was beautiful. But now, it will become great."

[b_m_b_m_b_m]

Hey what happened to the other 40%????

[CitizenVectron]

 

[Jason]

 

[Uaarkson]

We need Putin’s head on a spike as a react.

[CitizenVectron]

 

 

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[PaladinSolo]

What those numbers really tell me is Russia has pretty much no medical care for these guys.

[silentbob]

57 minutes ago, PaladinSolo said:

What those numbers really tell me is Russia has pretty much no medical care for these guys.

Russian soldiers gonna get the A Millions Ways to Die in the West treatment. Go in with a splinter and come out buried 6 feet under ground

[CitizenVectron]

 

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[Commissar SFLUFAN]

ISW analysis for 21 March 2022:

 

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 21 | Institute for the Study of War

WWW.UNDERSTANDINGWAR.ORG

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  Mason Clark, George Barros, and Kateryna Stepanenko March 21, 5:30pm ET Russian forces did not make any major advances on March 21. Russian forces northwest and northeast of Kyiv continued to shell the city and strengthen defensive positions but did

 

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Russian forces did not make any major advances on March 21. Russian forces northwest and northeast of Kyiv continued to shell the city and strengthen defensive positions but did not conduct major offensive operations. Russian forces did not conduct any offensive operations toward the northeastern Ukrainian cities of Chernihiv, Sumy, or Kharkiv in the last 24 hours. Russian forces continued to reduce the Mariupol pocket and conducted several unsuccessful assaults in Luhansk and Donetsk Oblasts but did not launch any offensive operations around Kherson.

 

Key Takeaways

• Russian forces did not conduct any offensive operations northwest of Kyiv and further reinforced their defensive positions.
• Russian forces did not conduct offensive operations in northeastern Ukraine and have been unable to solve logistics issues.
• Russian forces continued to make slow but steady progress and shell civilian infrastructure in Mariupol.
• Russian and proxy forces conducted several unsuccessful assaults in Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts in the past 24 hours.
• Russia continues to deploy low-quality reserves, including combat-support elements and low-readiness units from the Eastern Military District, to replace losses in frontline units.
• The Ukrainian General Staff warned that Russia seeks to conduct a provocation to bring Belarus into the war, but a Belarusian offensive into western Ukraine remains unlikely to occur or succeed if it did.

The Ukrainian General Staff continued to warn on March 20-21 that Russia seeks to bring Belarus into the war. The Ukrainian General Staff reported at midnight local time on March 20 that “there is a high probability” of Russian provocations against Belarus to bring Belarus into the war in Ukraine and create a new axis of advance into western Ukraine.[1] Belarus evacuated its embassy in Kyiv to Moldova on March 19 in response to what it claimed were “unbearable working conditions.”[2] The Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) also reported on March 21 that it detained a Belarusian spy who was examining Ukrainian deployments and equipment in Volyn Oblast.[3] Belarusian social media users additionally observed Belarusian military equipment in Rechista (in the Brest region), 7km from the Ukrainian border, on March 21.[4] The Kremlin likely seeks to bring Belarus into the war in Ukraine to reinforce Russian forces, but Belarusian President Lukashenko likely continues to resist Russian pressure. A new Russian or Belarusian axis of advance into Western Ukraine would be unlikely to succeed. Russian and Belarusian forces would face staunch Ukrainian resistance and similar, if not greater, morale and logistics issues to Russian forces elsewhere.

 

The Ukrainian General Staff stated for the first time on March 21 that Russia is deploying unspecified support units to “direct combat operations” and said that Russia continues to deploy reserves from the Central and Eastern Military Districts (CMD and EMD).[5] The Ukrainian Military Intelligence Directorate (GUR) provided further details on conscription measures in the DNR and LNR on March 21. They reported that Russian authorities are increasing the conscription age from 55 to 65 and aggressively recruiting 18-year-old students.

The GUR reported conscripts in DNR/LNR forces are supplied with military equipment from the 1970s.[6] Local social media imagery depicted new conscripts equipped with the Mosin-Nagant bolt action rifle—which has not been produced since 1973 and was first produced in 1891.[7]

 

The Ukrainian General Staff reported on March 21 that Russian forces in Ukraine are in “dire need of repairing and rebuilding damaged weapons and military equipment,” and stated a lack of foreign-made components is slowing production in key Russian military industries.[8] The Ukrainian General Staff also said that Russia is decreasing its use of manned aircraft and replacing them with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), likely due to continuing losses and wear and tear on both airframes and pilots.[9]

 

We do not report in detail on the deliberate Russian targeting of civilian infrastructure and attacks on unarmed civilians, which are war crimes, because those activities are well-covered in Western media and do not directly affect the military operations we are assessing and forecasting. We will continue to evaluate and report on the effects that these criminal activities have on the Ukrainian military and population and specifically on combat in Ukrainian urban areas. We utterly condemn these Russian violations of the laws of armed conflict, the Geneva Conventions, and humanity even though we do not describe them in these reports.

 

 

 

[Commissar SFLUFAN]

On 3/19/2022 at 8:32 AM, Commissar SFLUFAN said:

Probably not, but hypersonics are really just an impressive-sounding buzzword at this point.

 

On 3/20/2022 at 9:46 AM, Chris- said:

We're only like a week removed from Russia proving the importance of discretion and y'all are trying to get Wade to spill DARPA secrets on here.

 

Consider this a WARNORD for a post from me tomorrow

[CitizenVectron]

 

 

[SaysWho?]

I'm seeing on CNN that a Ukrainian Cabinet member told the network that they'll retake more towns soon.

[b_m_b_m_b_m]

 

[thewhyteboar]

13 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said:

 

Damnit. We are going to regret not having Baron in the White House.

[Comet]

21 minutes ago, thewhyteboar said:

Damnit. We are going to regret not having Baron in the White House.

God we could really use his cyber right now 

[b_m_b_m_b_m]

Interesting thread. 

[CitizenVectron]

 

[CitizenVectron]

 

[CitizenVectron]

An unbelievable thought, even four weeks ago:

 

 

[Chairslinger]

20 hours ago, PaladinSolo said:

What those numbers really tell me is Russia has pretty much no medical care for these guys.

 

 

Russia's military strategy is often to choke the opposing side's war machine with the bodies of Russian soldiers. 

 

Their casualty list often looks like it is from a totally different war than the opposing side.

[skillzdadirecta]

2 hours ago, CitizenVectron said:

 

Today's Russian POW is tomorrow's European Refugee.

[CitizenVectron]

10 minutes ago, skillzdadirecta said:

Today's Russian POW is tomorrow's European Refugee.

 

lol. Pathway out of Russia is to sign up for the army, get sent to Ukraine, and immediately surrender? Plus a monetary bonus if you surrender your tank or truck?

[CitizenVectron]

So apparently last night Russia fired some rockets from Kherson airbase and Ukraine responded with artillery, setting off a chain reaction and destroying a bunch. Russia then fired a cruise missile but it malfunctioned and hit the airbase. At this point it's been hit like 7 or 8 times, now including from Russia hitting it themselves.