CitizenVectron Posted May 16 Author Share Posted May 16 Ukraine has struck Belbek airbase again, destroying 3 fighters and a fuel depot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 Kyiv is learning the hard lesson that so very many all others over the world have learned over the years (especially the Kurds): The United States of America simply cannot be trusted. 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted May 17 Author Share Posted May 17 Last night Ukraine appears to have launched a major drone and missile strike on Russia's largest port in the Black Sea, Novorossiysk: Appears to be at least 35 explosions and no air defense of any kind. So far confirmed that they hit the massive fuel export depot, at least 3+ oil bunkers destroyed. There is a good chance this will severely hinder Russia's oil export through this port. The refineries in Novorossiysk and Tuapse were also hit (same region). Separately, drone attacks took place against the Belgorod region of Russia, also targeting oil infrastructure. It appears Ukraine is ignoring the American directive of leaving oil infrastructure alone. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elbobo Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 9 hours ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: Kyiv is learning the hard lesson that so very many all others over the world have learned over the years (especially the Kurds): The United States of America simply cannot be trusted. unfortunately there are also teaching another lesson to the rest of the world, don't ever give up your nukes 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CayceG Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 22 minutes ago, elbobo said: unfortunately there are also teaching another lesson to the rest of the world, don't ever give up your nukes I keep seeing this, but the hard reality is Ukraine never had nukes. There were weapons on their territory. But the Ukrainian authorities never had the permissive action links needed to control them. They were Russia's nukes all along. And acting otherwise would have gotten Russia AND the US to invade and forcibly do a Project Sapphire on Ukraine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elbobo Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 3 hours ago, CayceG said: I keep seeing this, but the hard reality is Ukraine never had nukes. There were weapons on their territory. But the Ukrainian authorities never had the permissive action links needed to control them. They were Russia's nukes all along. And acting otherwise would have gotten Russia AND the US to invade and forcibly do a Project Sapphire on Ukraine. I'm sure in 20 years they could have figured out a way to make them functional Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 I'm assuming Ukraine had enough scientists and engineers left over from the Soviet Union times to create their own independent nuclear weapons program. They also would have had the material to do so. There simply wasn't the urge to take on something like that, given the Budapest Memorandum they had just signed with the US and Russia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 In a bit of good news for Ukraine: Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk: Ukrainian becomes undisputed heavyweight champion WWW.BBC.COM Oleksandr Usyk beats Tyson Fury on points in Saudi Arabia to become the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. Quote Tyson Fury suffered a split-decision points defeat on a dramatic night in Saudi Arabia as Oleksandr Usyk became boxing's first four-belt undisputed heavyweight champion. On a grand stage and on a legacy-defining night, Briton Fury began well but was given a standing count and saved by the bell after an Usyk onslaught in the ninth round. In a tense wait for the scorecards to be read out, Fury appeared convinced of victory before a stony-faced Usyk broke down in tears when he was confirmed as the winner. The scorecards read 115-112 and 114-113 for the Ukrainian, with a third judge scoring it 114-113 to Fury. It meant Fury, 35, lost for the first time in a 16-year professional career. He will get an immediate opportunity for revenge with a rematch planned for later this year. "I believe he won a few of the rounds, but I won the majority," a defiant Fury said in the ring. "His country is at war, so people are siding with the country at war. Make no mistake, I won that fight in my opinion." He added: "It was one of the daftest decisions in boxing. I'll be back." Usyk takes the WBC belt from Fury, to add to his WBA, WBO and IBF collection. The 37-year-old remains unbeaten and is the first boxer in almost 25 years to stand tall as the sport's sole heavyweight world champion. "Thank you so much to my team. It's a big opportunity for my family, for me, for my country. It's a great time, it's a great day," Usyk said. "I am ready for a rematch." 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CitizenVectron Posted May 19 Author Share Posted May 19 Ukraine also sunk some kind of minesweeper ship. More Ukrainian strikes happening right now, as well. Also reports of GLSDBs being used again where the Russian EW jamming isn't as strong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted May 20 Author Share Posted May 20 Just a moment... INFORMNAPALM.ORG Nvidia is supplying ai chips to Russia for their drones. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 1 hour ago, CitizenVectron said: Just a moment... INFORMNAPALM.ORG Nvidia is supplying ai chips to Russia for their drones. Sony supplying lenses or are they second hand? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSpreader Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 3 hours ago, CitizenVectron said: Just a moment... INFORMNAPALM.ORG Nvidia is supplying ai chips to Russia for their drones. This is as bad as Jan6th imo. Until the US gov holds all these traitors accountable we'll continue to lose influence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted May 22 Author Share Posted May 22 UK accuses China of providing ‘lethal aid’ to Russia for Ukraine war WWW.FT.COM Grant Shapps says intelligence shows collaboration ‘on combat equipment’, but US holds back from confirming claims Now a proxy war between NATO and Russia AND China. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted May 23 Author Share Posted May 23 A few things in the last couple of days: Russia has announced internally that they are going to unilaterally change their maritime borders/zones as they related to Finland, the Baltics, etc. Basically saying they are now claiming some waters that currently belong to those countries Last night Russia's border guard removed buoys on the Narva River denoting the border between Russia and Estonia Russia launched a major missile attack on Kharkiv, killing 7 civilians and destroying infrastructure Ukraine has used ATACMs in at least 2 strikes to take out S-400 air defense systems in different regions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted May 23 Author Share Posted May 23 Russian channels are reporting that Ukraine utilized HIMARS to strike a grouping of Russian soldiers in occupied Kreminna front that were gathered for a speech by a regional commander. Reportedly over 100 soldiers were killed, with hundreds more wounded. They had been stationary for hours near the active border, waiting for the commander to appear for the speech. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 40 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said: Russian channels are reporting that Ukraine utilized HIMARS to strike a grouping of Russian soldiers in occupied Kreminna front that were gathered for a speech by a regional commander. Reportedly over 100 soldiers were killed, with hundreds more wounded. They had been stationary for hours near the active border, waiting for the commander to appear for the speech. It could have been a zoom meeting. Shit, it could have been an email! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uaarkson Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 1 hour ago, CitizenVectron said: Russian channels are reporting that Ukraine utilized HIMARS to strike a grouping of Russian soldiers in occupied Kreminna front that were gathered for a speech by a regional commander. Reportedly over 100 soldiers were killed, with hundreds more wounded. They had been stationary for hours near the active border, waiting for the commander to appear for the speech. I’d hate to be on the crew that has to clean that shit up. Jeez Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CayceG Posted May 23 Share Posted May 23 2 hours ago, CitizenVectron said: A few things in the last couple of days: Russia has announced internally that they are going to unilaterally change their maritime borders/zones as they related to Finland, the Baltics, etc. Basically saying they are now claiming some waters that currently belong to those countries This was also almost immediately rolled back. No one's still sure what the point or purpose of this was. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted May 23 Author Share Posted May 23 US must have provided quite a few ATACMs to Ukraine, because there's video today of 10+ being launched at once towards Crimea. Crimea is being hit right now in a few places, multiple ground impacts at air force bases. EDIT - Ukrainian drones now approaching Crimea as well. Ukraine has either stockpiled a bunch of stuff, or now has the capability to launch large strikes every few days using homemade drones. I know their goal was to get up to something like 40,000 new drones per year locally, including long-range drones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted May 23 Author Share Posted May 23 The first class of Ukrainian F-16 pilots just graduated from a US Air Force base in Arizona, today. The first jets should be delivered to Ukraine from the Netherlands in the next 3-4 weeks, it sounds like. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted May 23 Author Share Posted May 23 Important KGB FSB guy killed in Ukraine: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted May 23 Author Share Posted May 23 Edit - sensationalized by news source Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted May 24 Author Share Posted May 24 reuters.com WWW.REUTERS.COM How generous of him! "After taking 20% of your country and killing hundreds of thousands of people and kidnapping over a million children, I think it's only fair to stop the conflict on the terms we want at the current point. Oh, you've noticed that we've continued building up our forces on your border after the cease fire? Merely a coincidence as we are planning exercises." Obviously any decision on a settlement should be left to Kyiv. There is a chance the Ukrainian people would prefer to give up what has been taken in exchange for avoiding a draft, and other defense considerations. If Ukraine were allowed entry into NATO, etc, etc. Obviously Putin wouldn't agree to that, and I am doubtful the Ukrainian population is quite there yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted May 24 Author Share Posted May 24 Breaking rule for awesome video of ATACMs taking out an S-400 system. Just a warning that there is loud obnoxious music: Lots of ATACMs strikes on Russian anti-air recently, which seems unable to stop it. This is great because each one removed makes further strikes easier. Also likely trying to clear as many away before Ukraine's new jets show up. Also helps with Ukraine's increasing drone strikes into Russia. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CayceG Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 Oh that's a beautiful video. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted May 24 Author Share Posted May 24 Some interesting findings about weapons: Some weapons are working better than others against GPS/EW jamming. Storm Shadows are great as they also have internal terrain maps if GPS is down. Air-dropped small-diameter bombs work well, but the ground-launched version doesn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted May 24 Author Share Posted May 24 Hungary will seek to opt out of NATO efforts to support Ukraine, Orbán says APNEWS.COM Hungary's prime minister says that he will seek to opt his country out of any NATO operations aimed at supporting Ukraine. Cool. Then they should be "opted" out of NATO. I'm sure Russia would gladly take their land and manage it for them. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted May 25 Author Share Posted May 25 Russia just used guided bombs to take out a Home Depot-equivalent store in Kharkiv. Many civilians missing. EDIT - They struck on a Saturday afternoon when they knew it would be packed for the summer: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted May 25 Author Share Posted May 25 It should be noted that the air base used (within Russia) to perform this strike is within ATACMS range. US needs to allow Ukraine to hit military targets in Russia immediately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uaarkson Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 The US should develop a system of satellite-based laser guidance systems, if we’re not already. This is definitely a new era of warfare. Drones, jammers, cyber attacks - it’s pretty clear to me that future conflicts will heavily involve space-based assets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 Russian strategic bombers have reportedly taken off and waves of drones launched so it's looking like another bad night for Ukraine 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaladinSolo Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 2 hours ago, Uaarkson said: The US should develop a system of satellite-based laser guidance systems, if we’re not already. This is definitely a new era of warfare. Drones, jammers, cyber attacks - it’s pretty clear to me that future conflicts will heavily involve space-based assets. I think the future is Ai, upload pictures of target weapon systems along with terrain mapping to find where they are and no satellites required,just launch them at your enemies and let them hunt, just don't let Tesla do the Ai or else they'd just destroy a bunch fire trucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreePi Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 1 hour ago, PaladinSolo said: I think the future is Ai, upload pictures of target weapon systems along with terrain mapping to find where they are and no satellites required,just launch them at your enemies and let them hunt, just don't let Tesla do the Ai or else they'd just destroy a bunch fire trucks. This will be the return of dazzle camouflage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaladinSolo Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 14 hours ago, ThreePi said: This will be the return of dazzle camouflage. Maybe if IR wasn't a thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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