Ghost page.

Wishing this page had the support the Mega Crap page is getting.
So much good info was dropped here - need to bring everyone back here and let that page wither off since 95% of it is what should be here!
Just my .02 as usual...

Yeah, this is where I got my updates on the conflict.  I had fallen behind due to work and lack of time and Internet access, and it took me a long time to catch up, and just as I did the thread died. No apparent rhyme or reason.

The same thing that happens to Ukrainian media in Russian Occupied territories is happening here.

The reason has been covered in this thread a couple of times.

I'll tread lightly on the why, but will say that the moderation tightened up to focus the thread on just the war, no domestic US politics or anything else not directly related to the war.

The new thread has explicitly stated parameters in the OP to give it a much broader set of allowed topics of discussion.

I was more than ok with that personally. I got tired of all the back and forth thread derailing.

This is common sense reality.

Which means it will not be embraced.

Agreed.

Ukraine war latest: Ukrainian forces stabilize situation in Kharkiv Oblast, 'partially' push Russian troops out of Vovchansk

https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-war-latest-ukrainian-forces-stabilize-situation-in-kharkiv-oblast-partially-push-russian-troops-out-of-vovchansk/

Ukrainian forces have managed to stabilize the situation in Kharkiv Oblast over the past day amid Russia's attempts to break through, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on May 15 in his evening address.

Russia launched a new offensive with a reported 30,000 troops on May 10, targeting Kharkiv Oblast, which is situated near the countries' shared border in northeastern Ukraine.

Zelensky received reports on the situation on the front line from soldiers and the Defense Ministry throughout the day, he said. The president added that authorities constantly monitor the combat activities in all front-line areas.

Zelensky said that Ukrainian forces continued defensive actions in Kharkiv Oblast, destroying Russian troops with "with all means."

"Artillery, drones, our infantry are working accurately," the head of state added.

The president also mentioned the situation in the Pokrovsk direction in Donetsk Oblast and Kupiansk in Kharkiv Oblast, which both remain two of the hottest areas of the front line.

Zelensky said that Russian troops had attempted to disperse Ukrainian units and push them back.

"We react to it exactly as necessary – in every direction, we must have something to respond with to the enemy," Zelensky said.

Ukrainian forces repelled Russian attacks in the Vovchansk direction in Kharkiv Oblast and "partially pushed out enemy forces from the town," the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces said on May 15.

The Ukrainian Defense Ministry said earlier the same day that small Russian infantry units had entered the northern part of Vovchansk and were attempting to establish a foothold there.

"Defensive operations continue on the northern and northwestern outskirts," the General Staff said in its report.

The military did not provide further details on the situation in the town.

Russian troops continue attacking in the direction of Lyptsi, a village 10 kilometers (6 miles) south of the Russian border and around 40 kilometers (25 miles) east of Vovchansk, the report read.

Both Lyptsi and Mala Danylivka – a village on Kharkiv's outskirts – reportedly came under Russian airstrikes over the day.

Russia launched new offensive actions on May 10 in the north of Kharkiv Oblast toward Lyptsi and Vovchansk.

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Ukrainian soldiers are trying to carry out an evacuation near Arkhangelskoye.



GRU Snipers in Border Village of Bugruvatka:



Russian Soldiers Don't Seem to Have a Plan After Vehicle Knocked Out:



Fighting continues in Vovchansk, Kharkiv Region. These shots show two Russian tanks destroyed today by the fire of the 57th and 71st brigades.



This Russian serviceman lying on the ground already understood very well where he had ended up. He flatly refuses to go into a “meat assault” and die for Putin, who deceived him and hundreds of thousands of others like him. But the realization came too late - Russian commanders beat him with sticks, kick him, shoot him near his head and literally push him towards the Ukrainian positions. In fact, he had only one choice: to die from his own or from strangers...


Video from soldiers of the 93rd separate mechanized brigade "Kholodny Yar".

-Please stay on topic

Analysis, Mr. Whistle...

Multiple contributors were banned from this thread, so a new one was started so they could participate again. I make no judgements. No free posts either.

Spain announced the delivery of the second batch of Leopard tanks to Ukraine. The military package also includes 155-mm artillery ammunition, Patriot anti-aircraft missiles, anti-drone systems, optronic surveillance and tracking systems, and turrets.

We are grateful to Spain… pic.twitter.com/YiSd0K4yp5

Defense of Ukraine  (@DefenceU) May 20, 2024

Mr Russian invader, turning your front or back against it, hiding in a hole like a worm, throwing sticks, stones, gasoline canisters, AK-47s, shovels, etc at the Ukrainian kamikaze drone, doesn't help you \uD83E\uDD37
Go home instead! You can rape and loot all you want in the swamp. pic.twitter.com/co5ZoEOo2p

— Kvist.P \uD83C\uDDE9\uD83C\uDDF0\uD83C\uDDFA\uD83C\uDDE6 (@kvistp) May 20, 2024

Here are today's control-of-terrain maps of #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine from @TheStudyofWar and @criticalthreats.

Interactive map, updated daily: https://t.co/hwgxTnUAIZ

Archive of time-lapse maps, updated monthly: https://t.co/IT6FiqwOwm pic.twitter.com/KgiINr2s9j

Institute for the Study of War  (@TheStudyofWar) May 20, 2024

modern russian assault truck...
if the russians are using this type of transport something has gone wrong.

this is the newest infantry corps using this. pic.twitter.com/GizyzzFh5N

david D.  (@secretsqrl123) May 21, 2024

??Nine people arrested in Poland over alleged Russian sabotage plot.

The Polish government arrested nine people from a Russian spy ring in connection to alleged sabotage plots, Prime Minister Donald Tusk told Polish media outlet TVN24.https://t.co/Kncn9lYXDC

The Kyiv Independent  (@KyivIndependent) May 21, 2024

Would someone be so kind as to PM me a link to wherever this "new thread" is?  I haven't noticed it in GD if it's there.

Also, for some reason this thread usually crashes my browser and freezes my computer when I've opened it lately, so I didn't even get to see the split happen.  I think it's the javascript for embedding Rumble videos.

https://www.ar15.com/forums/general/Russia-Iran-China-The-New-Axis-Megathread/5-2721222/

The short bus of death.

much feared by those that have to get in it.

What does this soon-to-be-exploded Russian tank say on it in big letters?

I’m with stupid, with a z shaped arrow pointing at self?

Russian BMPT “Terminator”, reliably covering their tanks.



Su-34s dropped bombs on the AFU stronghold and infantry.



The anti-aircraft gunners of the 39th Brigade 68AK shot down Baba Yaga's UAV.



Promotion of Ivanovo paratroopers in the residential development of Chasov Yar:



Full video - attack on Rabotino by two fighters on motorcycles

Ukrainian Drones Shredding Russians Overnight:



Intense Footage from Ongoing Battles Outside of Chasiv Yar:



Doctors with Guns- Incredible Footage from Ukrainian Rapid Support Medics



Ukrainian Drones Hunting Russians in Swamps of Southern Kherson:



The Russians launched a massive bombing of a border settlement in the Kharkiv region:



Russians continue to use scorched earth tactics in Donbass:

Any page is the sum total of its posters and contributors.

If you want continuation, convince the contributors, or migrate as they mostly have.

Written
ГРОМОЗЕКА
this is a Soviet cartoon character
https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=cb0e66b39656e8e8&sca_upv=1&q=%D0%93%D0%A0%D0%9E%D0%9C%D0%9E%D0%97%D0%95%D0%9A%D0%90&tbm=isch&source=lnms&prmd=ivsnmbtz&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwih0dLJw6CGAxX0S_EDHT6BDgsQ0pQJegQIDhAB&biw=1366&bih=607&dpr=1

Once again, the eyes of the Russian army were able to calculate the deployment point of Ukrainian militants in one of the houses on the right bank.



In the video, barrage ammunition destroyed construction equipment that was building a stronghold in Kharkiv Region.



Lighting Up Russian Staging Area



Detonation of a Russian 152mm MSTA Heavy Gun



Burned Out Husk of a Modified Russian APC:



As a result of the Russian attack on Pokrovsk, a couple was killed and their 10-year-old son was injured:

Those are killer numbers

1380 kia should be a high mark or close to one

Kharkiv:



Destruction of Ukrainian Navy uncrewed boats in the waters of the Black Sea:



Russians Looking for Cover Behind Destroyed Tank:



Intense Footage from Ukrainian Medics:



Simferopol - 8 explosions:



Kharkiv region. The State Emergency Service is fighting a large-scale fire, together with the police they are rescuing the victims:

from todays WSJ :

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Fourth Top Russian Defense Official Detained as Purge of Military Leadership Expands

As the Kremlin girds for a long war in Ukraine, it looks to tackle the chronic corruption that has long undermined its armed forces

By Georgi Kantchev            Updated May 23, 2024 12:44 pm ET

Russia detained a senior general on corruption charges, the fourth top defense official to be held within a month, widening the highest-profile purge in the Russian military in years.

Lt. Gen. Vadim Shamarin, deputy chief of the Russian general staff, was detained on charges of large-scale bribery, state media reported Thursday. Later on Thursday, state media reported that Vladimir Verteletsky, an employee of the Defense Procurement department of the Ministry of Defense, was detained on accusations of corruption.

The crackdown began in April when Russian Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov was detained, also on an accusation of taking bribes. Since then, Lt. Gen. Yuri Kuznetsov, head of personnel at the Defense Ministry, and Maj. Gen. Ivan Popov, a former commander who last year criticized Russia’s military leaders for their management of the war, also have been detained.

While the scandal, the biggest to hit the Russian military in years, signals a major effort to tackle the chronic corruption surrounding lucrative military contracts, it also threatens to open another fracture within Russia’s security establishment with the war in Ukraine at a critical point.

Russian President Vladimir Putin conducted a surprise reshuffle of the military leadership after his inauguration earlier this month, when he replaced Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, a longtime ally, with economist Andrei Belousov. His appointment was widely seen as an attempt to streamline Russia’s war economy, focusing its resources on the military and combating graft in military spending.

The purge might not be over soon either, with state news agency TASS reporting Thursday that more people might be implicated in the Shamarin case.

“For Putin, the government reshuffle is a time to bring order as the war will be long and Russia will need resources,” said Abbas Gallyamov, a Putin speechwriter-turned-government critic. “After the removal of Shoigu the dam that was holding the water was broken and the flood started.”

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Thursday denied that the arrests were a coordinated effort. “The fight against corruption is a continuous effort, not a campaign,” he told reporters.

The scandal comes as Russian forces have regained the initiative in Ukraine in the past few months, steadily chipping away at the country’s defenses, including in their assault on the northeastern Kharkiv region.

Russian troops and armored vehicles poured over the border earlier this month, part of a push to draw Ukrainian troops from other fronts in the east and threaten the regional capital of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city. Russia has seized a handful of villages so far and Putin has said that Moscow aims to create a buffer zone along the border.

Shamarin, who now faces up to 15 years in prison, is a deputy to Valery Gerasimov, the head of Russia’s general staff. Putin said last week that he didn’t plan any changes to the general staff because “combat work” was going successfully.

Shamarin is accused of receiving a bribe of 36 million rubles, equivalent to about $400,000, the Russian Investigative Committee said. Investigators froze Shamarin’s real estate, assets and bank accounts, TASS reported. Shamarin has denied the charges.

Shamarin has held the post of head of the Main Communications Directorate of the Armed Forces since he became acting head in 2020. The department’s tasks include organizing the functioning of communications and automated control systems in the armed forces, as well as monitoring communications security.

His detention follows that of Popov, who created a furor in Russia last year after accusing military leaders of “decapitating the army in its hardest and most difficult moment.” In an audio message to troops, Popov said he was ousted for telling the truth to defense chiefs, including Gerasimov.

Popov’s message echoed the criticism, often issued in vitriolic audio messages, by the late Yevgeny Prigozhin, owner of paramilitary group Wagner, whose troops seized the Russian city of Rostov and marched on Moscow last year. The warlord was later assassinated in what The Wall Street Journal has reported to be a hit put in motion at the highest levels of the Kremlin.

With the Popov case, “Putin wants to show to other generals that this is punishable behavior, that loyalty is key,” Gallyamov said.

Popov, who is known by his call sign Spartacus and who referred to his troops as gladiators, was arrested on suspicion of fraud and has appealed his arrest and maintained his innocence, according to his lawyer, cited by TASS.

Meanwhile, on Thursday, a military court denied the appeal of Kuznetsov, who was arrested last week on bribery charges.

And Ivanov, a Shoigu ally who was responsible for the construction and maintenance of military infrastructure across Russia and arranged the billeting of troops at army bases inside Russia and in occupied Ukraine, also remains in detention. His appeal was rejected earlier this month.

Kate Vtorygina contributed to this article.

Write to Georgi Kantchev at [email protected]

https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/fourth-top-russian-defense-official-detained-as-purge-of-military-leadership-expands-589420b9

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Good watch. It is a couple days old, but check it out if you haven't seen it. Showcases the work of FPV drone pilots, and the scale of the drone effort.



Also just got a preview of our support patches. These will be available soon and will go towards unit needs/equipment/tools. Shipping out to me tomorrow. I will send them back to the USA very soon with a regular patch shipment.

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I know you have shown us how/where to purchase these items before,  but can you do again?  I'll be happy to buy one!

S-400 intercept of ATACMS. 100% interception

https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/1czed3k/strike_with_atacms_ballistic_missiles_on/

BDA video: https://www.reddit.com/r/UkraineWarVideoReport/comments/1cyscul/results_of_yesterday_atacms_strike_in_donetsk/

Command post: https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Fdrx88zzoi62d1.jpeg%3Fwidth%3D1280%26format%3Dpjpg%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3Ddce182f329c94974a6fa41337598515ff391c650

Radar: https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Fwcvhengvi62d1.jpeg%3Fwidth%3D1280%26format%3Dpjpg%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3Dded0968424ac4a60d65be0a385bb061a36bf5afc

Yes sir. It will take a few weeks to get these back. I'll make a post here when they get to the USA.

https://spe-tactical-surplus.com/

@DPeacher