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Post by mtrstudent on Jan 30, 2024 4:01:32 GMT
Ukraine have taken receipt of cluster tank shells containing 2000 ball bearings and drones equipped with 2kg warheads that are mincing Russian armour. Lots of videos of Russians lying motionless with drones above them pretending to be dead, crazily they hold two grenades in their hands so if they’re hit by the drones and severely wounded their grenades will finish them off rather than suffering I just really can’t imagine going to war. The vast majority of Russian recruits were initially from rural areas of low education where the primary job supplier was the armed forces. Can you imagine having the thought go through your head to hold onto a couple of grenades so at least it can be quick? I can’t. It's terrifying what propaganda can do to people. Russian soldiers are told they'll be tortured, castrated etc if they surrender to Ukraine. And lots of them probably believe it because they know that's what their own side does.
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Post by Northy on Jan 30, 2024 8:15:04 GMT
Looks like a bit of a counter attack to the south of Avdiikva
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Post by mtrstudent on Jan 31, 2024 15:15:48 GMT
Helps to show the mix of people going to defend their country against genocide, and what is costing them.
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Post by mtrstudent on Jan 31, 2024 15:20:50 GMT
Some heroes returned today.
The other week russia said that Ukraine shot down a plane full of POWs so russia would cancel the exchanges. The russians banned investigation of the crash site and haven't shown any bodies.
I think the sick, lying russians lied again
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Post by mtrstudent on Jan 31, 2024 15:46:00 GMT
Crew of one of our challenger 2s.
Say so far no vehicle kills but they're very accurate and the special shells can break concrete fortifications. The infantry love having them in support, they save lives and boost morale.
The downside is they're very heavy like all NATO tanks, so they struggle more with softer Ukrainian ground a lot of the year.
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Post by mtrstudent on Jan 31, 2024 20:57:20 GMT
Recently there have been 1+ drone hits near a gas facility in St Petersburg and 1+ missile hits near a russian airbase in occupied Crimea.
Boeing also announced their 150 km range bomb for HIMARS is going to Ukraine this week.
Crossing fingers for more videos of russian shit exploding!
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Post by mtrstudent on Feb 1, 2024 1:59:34 GMT
The big pre-election push from russia started midway through January. Seeing video after video of heavy attacks from lots of directions. Russia is being massively helped by Ukraine's ammo shortages. Video here. It's war today, just a drone swarm tearing tanks to pieces.
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Post by mtrstudent on Feb 1, 2024 4:18:43 GMT
NK has sent 1.6 million shells to russia. Belarus claimed they sent up to 1.2 million earlier. The US sent 2.5 million and other allies probably fewer than a million. Ukraine hoped for fire superiority this year, but Putin's allies in North Korea and the US Republican Party have pulled russia out of the fire. The timeline is now Ukrainian fire equality probably late 2025 instead. A long time for something to go wrong. ![:(](//storage.proboards.com/800541/images/4tzqvp1fxEemag_TAXLJ.gif) If the Democrats win the US election then Ukrainian fire superiority should arrive early 2025.
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Post by wannabee on Feb 1, 2024 13:24:03 GMT
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Post by mtrstudent on Feb 1, 2024 15:29:26 GMT
Looks like Ukraine continues successful negotiations with russia over the black sea corridor.
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Post by desman2 on Feb 1, 2024 15:46:11 GMT
The Russian equipment is so good that India has cancelled buying and is now sourcing from France. After all, you've got to be a complete sponge head if you design your tanks to carry its ammo in the turret and not in fortified separate compartments thus reducing detonation if the tank gets hit.
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Post by milton58 on Feb 1, 2024 15:51:55 GMT
Looks like Ukraine continues successful negotiations with russia over the black sea corridor. watched that earlier don't know if it's the real deal tbh
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Post by mtrstudent on Feb 1, 2024 16:01:45 GMT
Looks like Ukraine continues successful negotiations with russia over the black sea corridor. watched that earlier don't know if it's the real deal tbh That's a really good point- it could be faked. My original post was skeptical but I edited after a Russian blogger said it was sunk. That convinced me but you're spot on to question things. Other evidence: (1) Ukrainian intel hasn't released a fake video yet, (2) the other real drone videos looked similar. I also thought these satellite pics might be related but seems something else has gone on.
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Post by questionable on Feb 1, 2024 16:14:06 GMT
Another one??
АЗОВ South @azovsouth · 45m ❗Something is burning in the sea 80 km southeast of the Crimean Cape Sarych , reports the Crimean Wind monitoring group, citing satellite data
Very reliable poster/source
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Post by mtrstudent on Feb 1, 2024 16:53:49 GMT
The Russian equipment is so good that India has cancelled buying and is now sourcing from France. After all, you've got to be a complete sponge head if you design your tanks to carry its ammo in the turret and not in fortified separate compartments thus reducing detonation if the tank gets hit. Losing exports is gonna hurt. Pre-covid russian exports ($19 BN) were almost a third of the whole official defence budget ($62 BN) The foreign sales propped up a lot of russian factories.
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Post by questionable on Feb 1, 2024 18:12:40 GMT
This guy is 100% legit;
WarMonitor🇺🇦 @warmonitor3 Ukrainian navy using drones have sunk another large corvette class ship of the Russian navy. 6:05 PM · Feb 1, 2024 · 7,583 Views
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Post by mtrstudent on Feb 1, 2024 18:14:48 GMT
This guy is 100% legit; WarMonitor🇺🇦 @warmonitor3 Ukrainian navy using drones have sunk another large corvette class ship of the Russian navy. 6:05 PM · Feb 1, 2024 · 7,583 Views I think there were a few with similar names (maybe warmonitor Vs warmonitor3?) I stopped following because one of them was repeating unconfirmed reports from moderately reliable sources. Just can't remember if it was that one or not! Let's wait and see...
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Post by mtrstudent on Feb 1, 2024 18:16:12 GMT
Looks like Ukraine continues successful negotiations with russia over the black sea corridor. watched that earlier don't know if it's the real deal tbh Here's a thread describing damage and sounding very confident it's what a real attack looks like. Dunno the tweet author, but it was retweeted by a reliable source and it sounds interesting. I'm pretty sure it's real now.
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Post by LDE76 on Feb 1, 2024 18:16:26 GMT
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Post by mtrstudent on Feb 1, 2024 18:49:44 GMT
I think questionable is talking about another one mate! There's some smoking boat on a satellite pic that's not where the drone video supposedly happened. Also anyone else using Firefox? Xitter links don't appear for me.
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Post by LDE76 on Feb 1, 2024 18:59:34 GMT
I think questionable is talking about another one mate! There's some smoking boat on a satellite pic that's not where the drone video supposedly happened. Also anyone else using Firefox? Xitter links don't appear for me. I did see some rumour of something aflame in the Black Sea, about 50 miles off Crimea (the corvette was reportedly on Lake Donuzlav). Don't know any details.
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Post by milton58 on Feb 1, 2024 19:03:02 GMT
Think it's all about what student as already posted just different people putting a different spin on it
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Post by mtrstudent on Feb 1, 2024 21:01:56 GMT
Ukraine could use some more missiles 👍
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Post by mrcoke on Feb 2, 2024 10:13:09 GMT
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Post by mtrstudent on Feb 2, 2024 20:08:01 GMT
Yet another russian armoured attack broken apart by drones.
Russia still has loads of armour but they're relying on much much crappier kit nowadays.
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Post by plug on Feb 2, 2024 20:11:06 GMT
A load of rubbish, but did make me laugh.
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Post by mtrstudent on Feb 3, 2024 15:57:54 GMT
Rumours swirling around two big Russian commanders. - Leader of the Black Sea Fleet Admiral Sokolov hasn't been seen since Ukraine whacked his HQ with cruise missiles in September. Russia posted videos to "prove" he was alive, but they weren't convincing. Maybe Russia is lying? - there were rumours on 5th Jan that the Russian supreme commander Gerasimov was killed in a strike. I thought they were bullshit but he hasn't been seen since. It's quite common for the leaders to avoid public appearances for a while. Maybe they know they're targets and are hiding? Gerasimov is a political appointment though, we'd expect to see him turn up at ceremonies and things sometime soon I'd guess.
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Post by musik on Feb 3, 2024 16:46:50 GMT
Observe! Swedish news no longer write about IF the war comes, but WHEN the war comes.
Frightening first side Text-tv news almost every day. It reminds me of Covid-19.
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Post by musik on Feb 3, 2024 16:51:24 GMT
Some of them say within five years Russia will try to invade all of Sweden.
Our new responsible Swedish female concerning food supply et cetera are going for fuel and food for the animals if the crisis comes, the former representative supported food for the Swedes.
So when the russians invade us the animals will survive. Excellent!
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Post by mtrstudent on Feb 3, 2024 21:09:43 GMT
I think questionable is talking about another one mate! There's some smoking boat on a satellite pic that's not where the drone video supposedly happened. Also anyone else using Firefox? Xitter links don't appear for me. I did see some rumour of something aflame in the Black Sea, about 50 miles off Crimea (the corvette was reportedly on Lake Donuzlav). Don't know any details. Mystery solved?The stars in the video say the drones were *not* on Lake Donuzlav but actually off Crimea. But... It says the attack was 03:44, and the satellite pictures that seemed to show smoke off a ship were taken in daylight. 🤔
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