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Posted: 1/31/2024 7:00:07 PM EDT
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Sorry for not being Claire.
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Posted: 1/31/2024 7:00:48 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Jaehaerys: The Biden Administration has no desire to seriously escalate against Iran during an election year. If the Biden Administration escalates significantly, they risk pissing off voters who, like it or not, don't have much appetite for further US intervention in the region. If the Biden Administration does nothing, they risk looking weak, especially relative to Trump, who droned Solemani (killing that asshole was one of the absolute best things to come out of his presidency, IMO). Personally, I've held the belief for a while that there are a lot of things we could be doing to destabilize the Iranian regime that don't entail boots on the ground, but I don't have much faith in the Biden Administration to effectively carry them out. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Jaehaerys: Originally Posted By RockNwood: Related by pants pissing policy, aka ESCALATION 😱😱😱 NO WAY!
US allies take note. Not even in our own defense will we strike at the source. We will never strike or allow our weapons to strike Russia, Iran, or China. If they attack you we will give you a partial umbrella (at best) to from which to watch your country pulverized piece by piece. If we are attacked we will shoot down most of the missiles but not the launchers or command posts. The military technical term for this policy is rudderless, cowardly insanity. Plan accordingly. The Biden Administration has no desire to seriously escalate against Iran during an election year. If the Biden Administration escalates significantly, they risk pissing off voters who, like it or not, don't have much appetite for further US intervention in the region. If the Biden Administration does nothing, they risk looking weak, especially relative to Trump, who droned Solemani (killing that asshole was one of the absolute best things to come out of his presidency, IMO). Personally, I've held the belief for a while that there are a lot of things we could be doing to destabilize the Iranian regime that don't entail boots on the ground, but I don't have much faith in the Biden Administration to effectively carry them out. The stench of Valerie Jarret’s love for Iran is all over Biden admin. Even trying to stay the hand of Israel at it seeks to dismantle Hamas. Ukraine isn’t special in this regard. Biden/Sullivan are cowards and want to diminish American influence and defense. As much as I despise Trump analfabeta the Crazy Eight anti-Ukraine stance, Biden/Obama is 10x worse for America as they will never stand up for anyone or anything except maybe Islam. |
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Posted: 1/31/2024 7:03:44 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/31/2024 7:13:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Lieh-tzu: Ukraine trusts Zaluzhny, the soldiers and the public both. If Zelensky dismisses him just to shake things up, it could be a disaster and the beginning of the end for Ukraine. Zaluzhny never concealed the challenges to overcome or what was needed to do so. Maybe Zelensky and the civilian government didn't want to hear that 500K new recruits/conscripts are needed, but Zaluzhny wasn't wrong. If Kyiv can't pay for them, well, it's their country on the line. They find a way to make it work, or they die. I think Zelensky and his team choked on that bone. I suspect that large financial aid from the west helped Kyiv conceal or fail to understand the scope of the shift that was needed. Civil services needed to be pulled back to very low levels and people sent to military work - support if not the front. At this point in time, the military should have more personnel on the payroll than the civilian side. If Kyiv has not made this shift, the failure is on Zelensky. I think Zaluzhny has made the best of a bad situation. Working with the civilian leadership, working with western partners, being the public face of the army, trying to balance the constraints of their situation with the demands of people in Kyiv, London, Berlin, Washington, etc. Trying to balance the actual situation in the field with the demands of those same people and western militaries who are not understanding the facts on the ground. Nobody's perfect, but I see little serious problem with Zaluzhny. The summer offensive in particular is not something that could have been successful, given the strength of the line they were attacking. AFU never had the tools they needed to breach the line, or to follow western doctrine. I think the western partners set him up to fail, honestly. Giving him some equipment but very limited, and no air support, then demanding that he break through the strongest defensive military line in the world was stupid, IMO. Zelensky must know he's rolling the dice on the existence of his country. Zelensky has done well with the information/diplomacy angle. But the AFU actions must always be best for Ukraine, not necessarily what western observers with no skin in the game tell them to do. It's a bad mess. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Lieh-tzu: Originally Posted By MFP_4073: the purported change of military leadership at the highest levels in Ukraine is going to be an interesting development looks like this is happening ----------------------------------------- Zelensky to oust Ukraine’s top general amid tension over new mobilization By Isabelle Khurshudyan and John Hudson Updated January 31, 2024 at 10:25 a.m. EST|Published January 31, 2024 at 5:23 a.m. EST KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told his top commander, Gen. Valery Zaluzhny, that he was firing him in a meeting on Monday, according to a senior official familiar with the conversation — a disruptive military shake-up amid Ukraine’s struggles on the battlefield and after months of friction between the president and the popular general. Zaluzhny remains in his post for now, but a formal presidential decree is expected to confirm his ousting nearly two years into Russia’s invasion and as Moscow’s forces appear to be gaining the strategic initiative on some parts of the front. On Monday, Zelensky’s spokesman, Serhiy Nykyforov, denied that Zaluzhny had been fired. “There is no subject of conversation,” Nykyforov told reporters. “There is no order. The president did not dismiss the commander in chief.” Nykyforov on Wednesday did not immediately reply to messages from The Washington Post seeking any updated comment. It is far from clear that any new commander will be able to improve Ukraine’s difficult situation on the battlefield without significantly more forces and weapons — precisely what Zaluzhny has demanded of Zelensky, adding tension to what was already a fraying relationship. Zaluzhny’s popularity — both within the military and among ordinary citizens — makes his removal a political gamble for Zelensky. It also poses strategic risks at a time when Russia has intensified its attacks and Western security assistance for Kyiv has slowed. The general has built strong rapport with his Western counterparts and has often been able to advocate directly for certain materiel and seek counsel on battlefield strategy. It wasunclear whether Zelensky and his team had planned for the dismissal to happen this week before details of Monday’s meeting leaked to some media and channels on the Telegram social media app. But tension between the men had been building for months. Last year’s highly anticipated Ukrainian counteroffensive, using soldiers trained by NATO allies and with Western weapons and equipment, reclaimed little territory, falling far short of expectations. Zaluzhny and his American counterparts disagreed sharply over tactics, and the Ukrainian commander ultimately ignored U.S. advice to concentrate his forces, which he believed could have caused far higher casualties. In their conversation Monday, Zelensky told Zaluzhny that Ukrainians have grown tired of war and that the country’s international backers have also slowed military assistance, so perhaps a new commander would rejuvenate the situation, the person familiar with their conversation said. Two individuals spoke about the meeting on the condition of anonymity to be candid about the highly sensitive situation with unpredictable implications for the war and Ukraine’s security. Senior members of Zaluzhny’s staff are also expected to be removed, one person said. In Monday’s meeting, differences between the two boiled over because of disagreement about how many soldiers Ukraine needs to mobilize this year, according to the two people familiar with the exchange. Zaluzhny proposed mobilizing close to 500,000 troops, a figure Zelensky viewed as impractical given the scarcity of uniforms, guns and training facilities and potential challenges related to recruitment, the people said. Zelensky has also said publicly that Ukraine lacks the funds to pay so many new conscripts. Zaluzhny countered that Ukraine is already short of forces due to mounting casualties and needs to match 400,000 new soldiers that Russia plans to mobilize, one person familiar with the conversation said. Andrii, a deputy battalion commander, denounced Zaluzhny’s expected removal with an epithet. Andrii, like other soldiers, is being identified only by his first name because he was not authorized to speak publicly. Zaluzhny “has sensible thoughts on mobilization,” Andrii said. “People are like, ‘We don’t need mobilization, everything is just fine there,’ but they’re not … here. They don’t know what’s happening here.” It was not immediately clear who will replace the 50-year-old Zaluzhny. One leading candidate is Ukraine’s head of military intelligence, 38-year-old Lt. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov, potentially signaling a move toward asymmetric tactics, such as the drone strikes deep into Russian territory that Budanov often has ordered, in a war where the front lines have seen little change in more than a year. But Budanov, with a background in special forces, does not have experience as an army commander. Another option is Col. Gen. Oleksandr Syrsky, the 58-year-old commander of Ukraine’s ground forces, who was credited with leading the defense of Kyiv in the first month of the war and then orchestrating a successful counteroffensive in the northeastern Kharkiv region in fall 2022. But among rank-and-file soldiers in the military, Syrsky is especially disliked, considered by many to be a Soviet-style commander who kept forces under fire for too long in the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut when Kyiv should’ve withdrawn. Both Budanov and Syrsky are considered favorites of Zelensky and Andriy Yermak, the chief of the presidential office and Zelensky’s closest adviser. Closer to the front, however, there seems to be little appetite for change. “My personal opinion is you can’t do something like this right now — Zaluzhny is someone 80 percent of the military considers a good authority,” said Oleksandr, a battalion commander currently fighting in eastern Ukraine. “For what is he being removed? It’s not clear. And who will replace him? Syrsky? God, I hope not. No one in the army likes Syrsky,” Oleksandr added. Zaluzhny was offered another post but declined and plans to retire from the military, according to the senior official. Reached by The Post, Zaluzhny declined to comment. For now, he remains in the top job, and the formal order dismissing him could be delayed. Last year, the head of Zelensky’s faction in parliament announced that Oleksii Reznikov, then the defense minister, would be ousted, but Reznikov stayed in the post for months before being removed. “This is a catastrophic step,” Oleksandr said. “When this becomes official, we’re screwed. The morale of both the military and society will go way down.” Friction between Zelensky and Zaluzhny has been brewing for months, and the general has expected he could be dismissed since summer 2022, the person said. Zaluzhny has been Ukraine’s commander in chief since Russia’s invasion in February 2022, and, according to opinion polls, rivals Zelensky in popularity, making him a potential political threat if presidential elections were to take place. Elections are currently barred in Ukraine because of martial law but under normal conditions should have taken place this year. “There’s only one explanation: the Zelensky government is just putting his missteps … on Zaluzhny’s shoulders,” said a soldier currently fighting in the besieged eastern Ukrainian city of Avdiivka. “Zelensky is just very dependent on ratings and he understands completely that Zaluzhny’s rating right now is much higher than his own. And that’s it. I think that politics shouldn’t interfere with the military doing their work.” Though Ukrainian officials privately have hinted at distrust between Zaluzhny and Zelensky over the past year, the discord has spilled into open view in recent months. Last fall Zaluzhny referred to the war as a “stalemate” in an interview with the Economist magazine. Zelensky publicly rebuked those remarks. Another source of tension has been the gap between what Zaluzhny has requested for Ukraine’s military and what Kyiv’s political leaders have been able to draw from allies and partners, a second person familiar with the Monday meeting said. “He says in conversations with the minister of defense: ‘It’s not my job to get this; it’s your job,’” the person said. Proposed aid for Ukraine has stalled in Washington and Brussels because of internal political disputes in the United States and the European Union. House Republicans have blocked a White House request for an additional $60 billion related to the war in Ukraine. New Ukrainian military leadership is unlikely to change that, as the stalled security assistance has been tied to reaching a bipartisan deal for sweeping U.S. border policy changes. “I don’t know who will be next, what kind of decisions were made, but maybe they just want to hear some good news from the head commander, like, ‘Everything is going dandy, it’s cool,’ but that’s not going to happen,” said Andrii, the deputy battalion commander. Until now, Ukraine has enjoyed relative stability in its military ranks compared to its invading enemy. Russian President Vladimir Putin named Gen. Valery Gerasimov to the top job one year ago, dismissing Gen. Sergei Surovikin, who was in the post for just three months. “The Kyiv regime has many problems, and everything has gone wrong there, that’s for sure,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Wednesday when asked about Zaluzhny’s possible dismissal. “Obviously, the failed counteroffensive and problems at the front increase the disagreements between members of the Kyiv regime,” Peskov added. Hudson reported from Washington. Anastacia Galouchka and David L. Stern in Kyiv, Serhiy Morgunov in Warsaw and Natalia Abbakumova in Riga, Latvia, contributed to this report. --------------------------------------------------------- Ukraine trusts Zaluzhny, the soldiers and the public both. If Zelensky dismisses him just to shake things up, it could be a disaster and the beginning of the end for Ukraine. Zaluzhny never concealed the challenges to overcome or what was needed to do so. Maybe Zelensky and the civilian government didn't want to hear that 500K new recruits/conscripts are needed, but Zaluzhny wasn't wrong. If Kyiv can't pay for them, well, it's their country on the line. They find a way to make it work, or they die. I think Zelensky and his team choked on that bone. I suspect that large financial aid from the west helped Kyiv conceal or fail to understand the scope of the shift that was needed. Civil services needed to be pulled back to very low levels and people sent to military work - support if not the front. At this point in time, the military should have more personnel on the payroll than the civilian side. If Kyiv has not made this shift, the failure is on Zelensky. I think Zaluzhny has made the best of a bad situation. Working with the civilian leadership, working with western partners, being the public face of the army, trying to balance the constraints of their situation with the demands of people in Kyiv, London, Berlin, Washington, etc. Trying to balance the actual situation in the field with the demands of those same people and western militaries who are not understanding the facts on the ground. Nobody's perfect, but I see little serious problem with Zaluzhny. The summer offensive in particular is not something that could have been successful, given the strength of the line they were attacking. AFU never had the tools they needed to breach the line, or to follow western doctrine. I think the western partners set him up to fail, honestly. Giving him some equipment but very limited, and no air support, then demanding that he break through the strongest defensive military line in the world was stupid, IMO. Zelensky must know he's rolling the dice on the existence of his country. Zelensky has done well with the information/diplomacy angle. But the AFU actions must always be best for Ukraine, not necessarily what western observers with no skin in the game tell them to do. It's a bad mess. Bingo on every point! This is a truly existential war for Ukraine. They should be fully mobilized with 2 million in arms. Imagine the training that could be going on! Conscription age should be dropped to 18, not 25. Not enough arms? I find that hard to believe, but there is a ton that can be done without: build defensive fortifications, demining, logistics, rotations at the front, train, train, train. First the basics then advanced tactics, joint ops, specialties. I think Zelensky is starting to buy into the “hang on for the next several years” and we will rebuild your infrastructure. Implying that a negotiated peace deal will make it all good for business again. Quit listening to the west. Listen to Estonia, Finland etc. He should really be working with Poland on getting them to go active duty alongside in some fashion. Because without Ukraine as a buffer 2022/2023 is a preview of Poland in a couple of years. Except Russia will have 40 million more people for the grist mill and much more resources. Don’t sit around and watch your neighbor get picked off alone because that will be your fate as well. NATO is a 50/50 proposition at best. |
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Posted: 1/31/2024 7:15:20 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Capta: Yeah but their FPV will probably carry a big crayon instead of an RPG round. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Capta: Originally Posted By RockNwood: Originally Posted By AlmightyTallest:
https://www.defenseone.com/defense-systems/2024/01/marine-corps-field-squad-level-loitering-munitions-2027/393776/ Some Marine Corps squads will get loitering munitions as soon as fiscal year 2027, and the race is already on to figure out how to operate them in congested airspace, two program managers said Tuesday. The Corps first identified the need for an infantry-controlled loitering munition in 2020, shortly after Azerbaijan used multiple types of one-way attack drones to devastate Armenian forces. Since then, the Marines have stood up several loitering munitions programs, including one called the Organic Precision Fire program that will provide squad and platoon-sized units with loitering munitions. That program is split into two elements: Organic Precision Fire—Infantry and Organic Precision Fire—Mounted, for use on vehicles. The Marine Corps is “going pretty aggressively into identifying a lightweight solution for squads,” said Travis Bowden, capabilities integration officer for Organic Precision Fires. Marines in the field will get the weapon “sometime in [fiscal year] 2027, Bowden said, though the timeline also depends on how well potential suppliers perform. Use of drones in Ukraine has validated many of the Marine Corps’ assumptions about how to use loitering munitions, Bowden said. Still, he cautioned that the Marines’ global, expeditionary nature means it has different priorities than Ukrainian drone-bombing units with short logistics chains. For one, fuzes, lithium batteries, and other elements of a loitering munition will have to be stored safely on ships and planes traveling anywhere in the world. The variation in climate from the sweltering Pacific to the freezing Arctic could also affect the munitions’ battery life, he said. Changing weather could also affect accuracy, Bowden said. And the jury is still out on whether the service will choose a sophisticated, expensive weapon or a simpler, cheaper model, Bowden said. “That's why the lessons from Ukraine and other places are giving us some starting points to kind of validate what we're thinking,” he said. Regardless, given the limitations of weather, electronic warfare, and logistics, Bodwen said he does not foresee loitering munitions “darkening the sky.” Command and control systems will also need to improve for the Marine Corps to use the weapons, he said, including better intelligence collection for identifying targets and greater communications between units to coordinate strikes. Targeting, communications, and weapons will need to “progress together and mature together in order to realize that full targeting process that we're trying to get to the lowest level,” of command, he said. The Marines’ fielding of another drone, the resupply TRV-150C model, is already providing lessons in drone deployment, said Master Sgt. Christopher Genualdi, capabilities integration officer for aerial delivery and autonomous distribution systems. The Marine Corps announced the initial fielding of six of the large drones in November of last year. The drones are designed to drop-off payloads to Marines deployed in areas where an enemy’s defenses prevent aerial resupply. The drones can fly a payload of 150 pounds about nine miles. The drones are so easy to fly that they are piloted by members of Marine logistics units, rather than dedicated drone pilots, Genualdi said. However, as troops learn to use the system, they’ve discovered that there’s no easy way to keep drones out of the way of other U.S. aircraft and airborne munitions. Units can manually deconflict airspace by verbally informing other units, including Marine aviators, of the drones presence, Genualdi said. Failing that, though, the Marine Corps systems do not easily allow for tracking of both unmanned and manned planes at the same time. “I have a guy who works in the Direct Air Support Center, deconflicting in the airspace,” he said, “but our systems don't necessarily talk to his.” Genualdi said the issue isn’t insolvable, pointing to successes in the commercial sector for tracking airborne vehicles. “I'm able to go online right now and kind of see every single civilian aircraft,” he said. The Marine Corps is also working through who is supposed to fix the drones when they break. The current repair program consists of contracted repair, in which drones are sent back to dedicated repair centers. In the field, though, Marines may need to learn how to make simple repairs, like swapping out motors. For example, troops qualified at micro-soldering might step into repair drones, Genualdi said. Great to see the Marines are doing intelligent and in depth analysis of the war in Ukraine to guide their own weapons and tactics. “Congested airspace”. I love America! Yeah but their FPV will probably carry a big crayon instead of an RPG round. Mmmmm…edible! |
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Posted: 1/31/2024 7:18:16 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AlmightyTallest: I noticed this Lancet has the target assist feature were it draws green boxes around possible targets.
Jammed? It went from glide path to dirt dive pretty darn fast. |
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Posted: 1/31/2024 7:45:08 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AlmightyTallest: Russians watching the failed assault video above.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GFNCxsdWIAAGeey?format=jpg&name=medium   |
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Posted: 1/31/2024 7:51:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuote HistorySullivan is an absolute idiot that thinks he’s a genius. Overall, Sullivan said, the administration hopes “we can work with the PRC to deepen crisis communication mechanisms to reduce the risk of conflict. We’re ready to coordinate on climate health, security global macro economic stability, and new challenges like the risk posed by artificial intelligence will also talk to Beijing about challenging regional and global issues from the Red Sea to the Korean peninsula,” Sullivan said. Thinking he is managing China’s cooperation is hilarious. China will do what China wants when it wants, numerous summits not withstanding. |
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Posted: 1/31/2024 7:54:54 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By 4xGM300m: 
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Posted: 1/31/2024 8:05:47 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4xGM300m: Originally Posted By 4xGM300m: https://i.imgur.com/SKN7zJy.jpeg
Video. https://i.imgur.com/qY1hKgN.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/aQitwuq.jpeg We have been watching them add all this extra armor on this T-90 for days now, I can't wait to see what takes it out. 
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Posted: 1/31/2024 8:14:52 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By _disconnector_: Probably missing the warhead up front. That would shift the CG considerably. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By _disconnector_: Originally Posted By planemaker: Originally Posted By AlmightyTallest:
Either that pilot is really bad (maybe just inexperienced on fixed-wings) or the c.g. is too far aft. Way too much PIO. One would think they would put dead weight in the nose to replicate the weight of the warhead. That's pretty much standard practice during testing - dead weight for payload. |
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Posted: 1/31/2024 8:40:35 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DonKey153: Maybe soon longer range drones can hurt the production numbers too and burn that candle from both ends Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DonKey153: Originally Posted By planemaker: There's been reports of the rooskies ability to get 100 tanks to the front every month. If they continue to lose 10-30 a day, it won't take long for their armored groups to become "combat ineffective". I don't remember seeing reports of how many artillery pieces they can make/refurb to send to the front but the same logic applies - lose more in a day than you can supply, eventually you run out of days. If those logistics vehicle keep getting schwacked, one has to wonder how they are getting ammo, food, fuel, repair parts, etc. to the front in addition to losing men before they even make it to the front. Maybe soon longer range drones can hurt the production numbers too and burn that candle from both ends That is how wars are won. Both ends. |
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Posted: 1/31/2024 9:08:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AlmightyTallest:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GFMZDEFXgAAYkm9?format=jpg&name=medium Is that hole at the center right of the photo from the HEAT jet? I'd be curious to see the inside. |
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Posted: 1/31/2024 9:16:58 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AlmightyTallest: Russians watching the failed assault video above.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GFNCxsdWIAAGeey?format=jpg&name=medium Holy shit, where the fuck have they been? Did the Ukrainians fuck up by not taking enough panoramic footage of wrecking Russian shit for the last two years? |
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Posted: 1/31/2024 9:22:20 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Capta: Holy shit, where the fuck have they been? Did the Ukrainians fuck up by not taking enough panoramic footage of wrecking Russian shit for the last two years? Scared to publish them against the official narrative of Russian invincibility. I wonder what has changed. |
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Posted: 1/31/2024 9:27:52 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RockNwood: Sullivan is an absolute idiot that thinks he’s a genius. Thinking he is managing China’s cooperation is hilarious. China will do what China wants when it wants, numerous summits not withstanding. Team Biden continues to double down on stupid |
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Posted: 1/31/2024 9:28:31 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Dracster: Is that hole at the center right of the photo from the HEAT jet? I'd be curious to see the inside. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Dracster: Originally Posted By AlmightyTallest:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GFMZDEFXgAAYkm9?format=jpg&name=medium Is that hole at the center right of the photo from the HEAT jet? I'd be curious to see the inside. I believe so, and yeah I wonder how far that might have penetrated. |
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Posted: 1/31/2024 9:29:40 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RockNwood: LOL, yeah right Boris, the three largest tanks in the farm were empty! Keep saying that and someone might kind of believe it. Kuznetsov carrier runs on Mazut. |
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Posted: 1/31/2024 10:18:52 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/31/2024 10:26:13 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/31/2024 10:28:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Capta: Yeah but their FPV will probably carry a big crayon instead of an RPG round. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Capta: Originally Posted By RockNwood: Originally Posted By AlmightyTallest:
https://www.defenseone.com/defense-systems/2024/01/marine-corps-field-squad-level-loitering-munitions-2027/393776/ Some Marine Corps squads will get loitering munitions as soon as fiscal year 2027, and the race is already on to figure out how to operate them in congested airspace, two program managers said Tuesday. The Corps first identified the need for an infantry-controlled loitering munition in 2020, shortly after Azerbaijan used multiple types of one-way attack drones to devastate Armenian forces. Since then, the Marines have stood up several loitering munitions programs, including one called the Organic Precision Fire program that will provide squad and platoon-sized units with loitering munitions. That program is split into two elements: Organic Precision Fire—Infantry and Organic Precision Fire—Mounted, for use on vehicles. The Marine Corps is “going pretty aggressively into identifying a lightweight solution for squads,” said Travis Bowden, capabilities integration officer for Organic Precision Fires. Marines in the field will get the weapon “sometime in [fiscal year] 2027, Bowden said, though the timeline also depends on how well potential suppliers perform. Use of drones in Ukraine has validated many of the Marine Corps’ assumptions about how to use loitering munitions, Bowden said. Still, he cautioned that the Marines’ global, expeditionary nature means it has different priorities than Ukrainian drone-bombing units with short logistics chains. For one, fuzes, lithium batteries, and other elements of a loitering munition will have to be stored safely on ships and planes traveling anywhere in the world. The variation in climate from the sweltering Pacific to the freezing Arctic could also affect the munitions’ battery life, he said. Changing weather could also affect accuracy, Bowden said. And the jury is still out on whether the service will choose a sophisticated, expensive weapon or a simpler, cheaper model, Bowden said. “That's why the lessons from Ukraine and other places are giving us some starting points to kind of validate what we're thinking,” he said. Regardless, given the limitations of weather, electronic warfare, and logistics, Bodwen said he does not foresee loitering munitions “darkening the sky.” Command and control systems will also need to improve for the Marine Corps to use the weapons, he said, including better intelligence collection for identifying targets and greater communications between units to coordinate strikes. Targeting, communications, and weapons will need to “progress together and mature together in order to realize that full targeting process that we're trying to get to the lowest level,” of command, he said. The Marines’ fielding of another drone, the resupply TRV-150C model, is already providing lessons in drone deployment, said Master Sgt. Christopher Genualdi, capabilities integration officer for aerial delivery and autonomous distribution systems. The Marine Corps announced the initial fielding of six of the large drones in November of last year. The drones are designed to drop-off payloads to Marines deployed in areas where an enemy’s defenses prevent aerial resupply. The drones can fly a payload of 150 pounds about nine miles. The drones are so easy to fly that they are piloted by members of Marine logistics units, rather than dedicated drone pilots, Genualdi said. However, as troops learn to use the system, they’ve discovered that there’s no easy way to keep drones out of the way of other U.S. aircraft and airborne munitions. Units can manually deconflict airspace by verbally informing other units, including Marine aviators, of the drones presence, Genualdi said. Failing that, though, the Marine Corps systems do not easily allow for tracking of both unmanned and manned planes at the same time. “I have a guy who works in the Direct Air Support Center, deconflicting in the airspace,” he said, “but our systems don't necessarily talk to his.” Genualdi said the issue isn’t insolvable, pointing to successes in the commercial sector for tracking airborne vehicles. “I'm able to go online right now and kind of see every single civilian aircraft,” he said. The Marine Corps is also working through who is supposed to fix the drones when they break. The current repair program consists of contracted repair, in which drones are sent back to dedicated repair centers. In the field, though, Marines may need to learn how to make simple repairs, like swapping out motors. For example, troops qualified at micro-soldering might step into repair drones, Genualdi said. Great to see the Marines are doing intelligent and in depth analysis of the war in Ukraine to guide their own weapons and tactics. “Congested airspace”. I love America! Yeah but their FPV will probably carry a big crayon instead of an RPG round. As long as its the orange flavored one, the grape tastes nothing like a grape! |
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Posted: 1/31/2024 10:29:16 PM EDT
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The Russian military destroyed Ukrainian air defense systems and radars
Ministry of Defense: Russian military destroyed Ukrainian IRIS-T air defense systems and Pelican radar MOSCOW, Jan 31 - RIA Novosti. The Russian military destroyed the Ukrainian IRIS-T anti-aircraft missile system and the Pelican air target detection radar, the Russian Defense Ministry said. "The IRIS-T anti-aircraft missile system manufactured by GERMANY, the Pelican air target detection radar, as well as the personnel and equipment of the 3rd Assault Brigade were defeated MAT, fuel depot, manpower and military equipment in 136 districts," the military department said in a statement. https://ria.ru/20240131/spetsoperatsiya-1924573095.html
 
 ETA further hilarity- The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported the defeat of four launchers of the air defense system of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Among them are two Patriots, SAMP-T, IRIS-T and six field ammunition depots MOSCOW, January 26. /TASS/. During a special military operation, the Russian Armed Forces hit four launchers of anti-aircraft missile systems (SAM) over the past week, including two US-made Patriots. This was reported by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. "Operational-tactical aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of groups of troops over the past week hit four launchers of anti-aircraft missile systems, including two Patriots made in the United States, SAMP-T made in France, IRIS-T manufactured in Germany and three radar stations for them, as well as a radar of the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system and six field ammunition depots of the Armed Forces of Ukraine," the report says. https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/19828071 |
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Posted: 1/31/2024 10:39:30 PM EDT
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Preliminary; Belbek Air Base Strike.
Using only currently available data and historical imagery. I would consider it likely* 55-80% the target of this Ukrainian PGM strike was an air defense radar command post / network node. Here is a Google Earth image from 2020 showing the dirt work at the site. We can clearly see where the cableways (blue lines) converge, to a command post or a network node. The geolocation by @Dmojavensis points toward the orange circle. Two impacts were noted only one has been located at this time. More to come on this... *ICD-203 
Referencing an October strike-
 
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Posted: 1/31/2024 10:45:44 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/31/2024 10:56:58 PM EDT
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Posted: 1/31/2024 11:11:22 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By _disconnector_: Wait . . . the f^&king Russian Ministry of Defense runs their critical infrastructure on the free version of TrueNAS?! These people are so bush league that I can't get my head wrapped around it. For the non-nerds - TrueNAS is an offshoot of a piece of open source software called OpenZFS. It's not bad, but it's also not even remotely enterprise grade . . . much less supporting critical infrastructure. It's what you use for large scale scientific computing when failure is fairly irrelevant or maybe for a massive image cache for a web provider. It's NOT what you use to provide the 99.9999% available storage platform for a hypervisor supporting anything important. And for Christ's sake - they're using the free community version which lags on security patching. Which is probably how our lil hackers got in. I'm at a loss for words. Every time I think I've hit the bottom of Russian incompetence and stupidity I discover another gaping chasm to plumb. Sweet baby Jesus . . . these guys are idiots. I'm sure it was sold to the MoD by someone who assured them it was enterprise grade with special Russian upgrades. Regarding Russia, never assume incompetence/stupidity when the question can also be answered by corruption! I'm sure whatever MoD paid for that "free" software bought a really nice villa in Mallorca!
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Posted: 1/31/2024 11:21:24 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4xGM300m: Originally Posted By 4xGM300m: https://i.imgur.com/SKN7zJy.jpeg
Video. https://i.imgur.com/qY1hKgN.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/aQitwuq.jpeg Ha, that looks like it will be great to try to get out of the hatch once the extra ERA goes off. |
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Posted: 1/31/2024 11:22:43 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By CarmelBytheSea: Team Biden continues to double down on stupid Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By CarmelBytheSea: Originally Posted By RockNwood: Sullivan is an absolute idiot that thinks he’s a genius. Thinking he is managing China’s cooperation is hilarious. China will do what China wants when it wants, numerous summits not withstanding. Team Biden continues to double down on stupid Can’t argue with that. |
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Posted: 1/31/2024 11:36:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Prime:
Was it wrong that I laughed? Just a thought, it may or may not have been a Kamikaze. What the Ukrainians are doing now is to hit and disable a vehicle with a kamikaze, then use another drone to drop an IED in the road right where traffic has to go around. No one wants to slow down to check, and BLAMMO. It lets them effectively close a road without having a drone present. Madyar showed a video a week or so ago where they must’ve killed 3-4 vehicles at the same spot that way. |
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Posted: 1/31/2024 11:38:33 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Prime: The Russian military destroyed Ukrainian air defense systems and radars Ministry of Defense: Russian military destroyed Ukrainian IRIS-T air defense systems and Pelican radar MOSCOW, Jan 31 - RIA Novosti. The Russian military destroyed the Ukrainian IRIS-T anti-aircraft missile system and the Pelican air target detection radar, the Russian Defense Ministry said. "The IRIS-T anti-aircraft missile system manufactured by GERMANY, the Pelican air target detection radar, as well as the personnel and equipment of the 3rd Assault Brigade were defeated MAT, fuel depot, manpower and military equipment in 136 districts," the military department said in a statement. https://ria.ru/20240131/spetsoperatsiya-1924573095.html
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GFMZ138XoAAllJL?format=jpg&name=large https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GFMp0GDXIAAnpC8?format=png&name=small https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GFMoWg5WkAAC7r1?format=jpg&name=medium ETA further hilarity- The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported the defeat of four launchers of the air defense system of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Among them are two Patriots, SAMP-T, IRIS-T and six field ammunition depots MOSCOW, January 26. /TASS/. During a special military operation, the Russian Armed Forces hit four launchers of anti-aircraft missile systems (SAM) over the past week, including two US-made Patriots. This was reported by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. "Operational-tactical aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of groups of troops over the past week hit four launchers of anti-aircraft missile systems, including two Patriots made in the United States, SAMP-T made in France, IRIS-T manufactured in Germany and three radar stations for them, as well as a radar of the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system and six field ammunition depots of the Armed Forces of Ukraine," the report says. https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/19828071 OMG they got Charles Martel this time too. |
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Posted: 2/1/2024 12:22:44 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By CarmelBytheSea: Team Biden continues to double down on stupid Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By CarmelBytheSea: Originally Posted By RockNwood: Sullivan is an absolute idiot that thinks he’s a genius. Thinking he is managing China’s cooperation is hilarious. China will do what China wants when it wants, numerous summits not withstanding. Team Biden continues to double down on stupid But but but he has the meeting minutes and the souvenir napkins from the summits! They even are embossed “Peace in our time! With profits!” And a selfie with Xi smiling! Sullivan even heard a rumor that he might be nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize! Who cares what happens after that, amma right? I mean, I did the paperwork, made sure everyone knows the number of summits I organized (even that cannibal on Borneo got a TikTok notification!) and I got the Big Prize. What more is there to accomplish for peace? |
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Posted: 2/1/2024 12:26:28 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ERNURSE: As long as its the orange flavored one, the grape tastes nothing like a grape! Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ERNURSE: Originally Posted By Capta: Originally Posted By RockNwood: Originally Posted By AlmightyTallest:
https://www.defenseone.com/defense-systems/2024/01/marine-corps-field-squad-level-loitering-munitions-2027/393776/ Some Marine Corps squads will get loitering munitions as soon as fiscal year 2027, and the race is already on to figure out how to operate them in congested airspace, two program managers said Tuesday. The Corps first identified the need for an infantry-controlled loitering munition in 2020, shortly after Azerbaijan used multiple types of one-way attack drones to devastate Armenian forces. Since then, the Marines have stood up several loitering munitions programs, including one called the Organic Precision Fire program that will provide squad and platoon-sized units with loitering munitions. That program is split into two elements: Organic Precision Fire—Infantry and Organic Precision Fire—Mounted, for use on vehicles. The Marine Corps is “going pretty aggressively into identifying a lightweight solution for squads,” said Travis Bowden, capabilities integration officer for Organic Precision Fires. Marines in the field will get the weapon “sometime in [fiscal year] 2027, Bowden said, though the timeline also depends on how well potential suppliers perform. Use of drones in Ukraine has validated many of the Marine Corps’ assumptions about how to use loitering munitions, Bowden said. Still, he cautioned that the Marines’ global, expeditionary nature means it has different priorities than Ukrainian drone-bombing units with short logistics chains. For one, fuzes, lithium batteries, and other elements of a loitering munition will have to be stored safely on ships and planes traveling anywhere in the world. The variation in climate from the sweltering Pacific to the freezing Arctic could also affect the munitions’ battery life, he said. Changing weather could also affect accuracy, Bowden said. And the jury is still out on whether the service will choose a sophisticated, expensive weapon or a simpler, cheaper model, Bowden said. “That's why the lessons from Ukraine and other places are giving us some starting points to kind of validate what we're thinking,” he said. Regardless, given the limitations of weather, electronic warfare, and logistics, Bodwen said he does not foresee loitering munitions “darkening the sky.” Command and control systems will also need to improve for the Marine Corps to use the weapons, he said, including better intelligence collection for identifying targets and greater communications between units to coordinate strikes. Targeting, communications, and weapons will need to “progress together and mature together in order to realize that full targeting process that we're trying to get to the lowest level,” of command, he said. The Marines’ fielding of another drone, the resupply TRV-150C model, is already providing lessons in drone deployment, said Master Sgt. Christopher Genualdi, capabilities integration officer for aerial delivery and autonomous distribution systems. The Marine Corps announced the initial fielding of six of the large drones in November of last year. The drones are designed to drop-off payloads to Marines deployed in areas where an enemy’s defenses prevent aerial resupply. The drones can fly a payload of 150 pounds about nine miles. The drones are so easy to fly that they are piloted by members of Marine logistics units, rather than dedicated drone pilots, Genualdi said. However, as troops learn to use the system, they’ve discovered that there’s no easy way to keep drones out of the way of other U.S. aircraft and airborne munitions. Units can manually deconflict airspace by verbally informing other units, including Marine aviators, of the drones presence, Genualdi said. Failing that, though, the Marine Corps systems do not easily allow for tracking of both unmanned and manned planes at the same time. “I have a guy who works in the Direct Air Support Center, deconflicting in the airspace,” he said, “but our systems don't necessarily talk to his.” Genualdi said the issue isn’t insolvable, pointing to successes in the commercial sector for tracking airborne vehicles. “I'm able to go online right now and kind of see every single civilian aircraft,” he said. The Marine Corps is also working through who is supposed to fix the drones when they break. The current repair program consists of contracted repair, in which drones are sent back to dedicated repair centers. In the field, though, Marines may need to learn how to make simple repairs, like swapping out motors. For example, troops qualified at micro-soldering might step into repair drones, Genualdi said. Great to see the Marines are doing intelligent and in depth analysis of the war in Ukraine to guide their own weapons and tactics. “Congested airspace”. I love America! Yeah but their FPV will probably carry a big crayon instead of an RPG round. As long as its the orange flavored one, the grape tastes nothing like a grape! Always great to get input from SMEs!  |
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Posted: 2/1/2024 12:32:00 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Prime: The Russian military destroyed Ukrainian air defense systems and radars Ministry of Defense: Russian military destroyed Ukrainian IRIS-T air defense systems and Pelican radar MOSCOW, Jan 31 - RIA Novosti. The Russian military destroyed the Ukrainian IRIS-T anti-aircraft missile system and the Pelican air target detection radar, the Russian Defense Ministry said. "The IRIS-T anti-aircraft missile system manufactured by GERMANY, the Pelican air target detection radar, as well as the personnel and equipment of the 3rd Assault Brigade were defeated MAT, fuel depot, manpower and military equipment in 136 districts," the military department said in a statement. https://ria.ru/20240131/spetsoperatsiya-1924573095.html
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GFMZ138XoAAllJL?format=jpg&name=large https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GFMp0GDXIAAnpC8?format=png&name=small https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GFMoWg5WkAAC7r1?format=jpg&name=medium ETA further hilarity- The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported the defeat of four launchers of the air defense system of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Among them are two Patriots, SAMP-T, IRIS-T and six field ammunition depots MOSCOW, January 26. /TASS/. During a special military operation, the Russian Armed Forces hit four launchers of anti-aircraft missile systems (SAM) over the past week, including two US-made Patriots. This was reported by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. "Operational-tactical aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of groups of troops over the past week hit four launchers of anti-aircraft missile systems, including two Patriots made in the United States, SAMP-T made in France, IRIS-T manufactured in Germany and three radar stations for them, as well as a radar of the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system and six field ammunition depots of the Armed Forces of Ukraine," the report says. https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/19828071 So Russia totally wrecked the blowup dolls and are now bragging at the pub? “We’re not virgins anymore! Totally the hottest babes!” UA should send some of the scrap vinyl to Shoigu as a trophy. |
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Posted: 2/1/2024 12:32:29 AM EDT
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O L In the LPR, evidence of the work of black transplantologists in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was found In Severodonetsk, evidence of the work of black transplantologists in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was found SEVERODONETSK (LPR), Feb 1 - RIA Novosti. A number of evidence, including documents testifying to the work of black transplant surgeons in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, were found on the territory of Severodonetsk in the Lugansk People's Republic, which was under the control of the Ukrainian army until the summer of 2022, representatives of the LPR law enforcement agencies told RIA Novosti. At the end of July 2023, the Secretary of the Security Council RUSSIA Nikolay Patrushev He said that the Kiev regime is using its wounded soldiers as biomaterial, secretly removing their organs for transplantation. That same summer, according to sources, the Ukrainian military command intensified its efforts to Odesa region and on the controlled Kiev Part Zaporizhzhia region collection of donor and biometric material from members of the Territorial Defense and employees of the National Police. "In the liberated territories, we came across quite interesting documents that indicate that organ transplantation in Ukraine has been put on stream. The very first donors were soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine," said a representative of law enforcement agencies involved in the collection of evidence on this topic. According to her, among other things, application forms for the extraction of homografts, filled out on behalf of servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 2022, were found in Severodonetsk. All documents were filled out with one underline and the donor's signature was replaced by the same stamp signature. "Every soldier, when he passed the medical examination, allegedly filled out such a document. This is a consent document for organ transplantation. A personal file was opened on him, so that if this person was wounded, it was possible to understand which organ could be removed and which recipient it would be suitable for. Well, as we can see, these are not personal signatures of soldiers, but some kind of stamp or seal that symbolized for doctors that a specific organ can be removed from this person," the agency's interlocutor said, showing the documents. According to her, the soldiers may not have been aware of the existence of such a document. According to the law enforcement agencies of the LPR, there is a number of other evidence that indirectly confirms the work of "black transplantologists" on the territory of Severodonetsk during the period of its control by the Ukrainian army both before the start of the special operation and after, up to its liberation by the Russian army. The agency's interlocutor stressed that especially active work in terms of organ harvesting was carried out during the battles for Rubizhne, Severodonetsk and its surroundings in the spring of 2022. According to a number of witnesses, during this period, employees found the bodies of soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with traces of autopsy and removal of organs on the territory of the morgue. According to medical workers, such bodies were subsequently "disposed of". "To the city hospital on the territory of the morgue during the hostilities (in the spring of 2022 - ed.) the bodies of wounded soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (who had previously been admitted to the hospital with injuries – ed.) were brought. Some of the organs were removed from these people. Then the bodies were stored and disposed of to the end. But it was possible to determine the absence of organs from the directly opened peritoneum, and it was even possible to determine whether the person was still alive at the autopsy or not," one of the doctors, who worked at the Severodonetsk city hospital during this period, told RIA Novosti on condition of anonymity. According to him, during this period, several groups of foreign doctors regularly came to the hospital in ambulances equipped for mobile operating rooms with armed guards in armored vehicles. Also, according to him, it is known that during this period, some of the wounded soldiers who were taken for treatment from Severodonetsk to other cities of Ukraine disappeared. "In late spring, early summer 2022, the Ukrainian army, when it was retreating from Severodonetsk, for some reason it began to "hit" this building - this is the city morgue (trying to destroy the building with tank and artillery fire - ed.). Here they (the bodies of Ukrainian servicemen - ed.) were lying not only in refrigerators, but in bulk one on top of another, a lot, a lot," a resident of Severodonetsk, who was in the city at that time, told RIA Novosti. According to him, local residents also often saw guarded non-standard ambulances in the area. "Organs such as the liver, kidneys could have been removed on the spot (directly in the ambulance), placed in a container and taken out for further transplantation... There is also such a term as "warm container", when a person is in a serious condition, he is injected with a strong anesthetic narcotic and he is taken to a certain place where organ transplant centers are located. In Ukraine, where fighters are brought, it is Kramatorsk, Dnieper, as well as Kharkiv," the representative of the law enforcement agencies said. In 2021, Ukraine passed a law on transplantation, providing for the transplantation of human organs without consent. The law simplifies the procedure for organ harvesting from deceased people who did not give their consent to donate their organs after death. https://ria.ru/20240201/transplantologi-1924714609.html |
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Posted: 2/1/2024 12:37:26 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Saltwater-Hillbilly: I'm sure it was sold to the MoD by someone who assured them it was enterprise grade with special Russian upgrades. Regarding Russia, never assume incompetence/stupidity when the question can also be answered by corruption! I'm sure whatever MoD paid for that "free" software bought a really nice villa in Mallorca! Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Saltwater-Hillbilly: Originally Posted By _disconnector_: Wait . . . the f^&king Russian Ministry of Defense runs their critical infrastructure on the free version of TrueNAS?! These people are so bush league that I can't get my head wrapped around it. For the non-nerds - TrueNAS is an offshoot of a piece of open source software called OpenZFS. It's not bad, but it's also not even remotely enterprise grade . . . much less supporting critical infrastructure. It's what you use for large scale scientific computing when failure is fairly irrelevant or maybe for a massive image cache for a web provider. It's NOT what you use to provide the 99.9999% available storage platform for a hypervisor supporting anything important. And for Christ's sake - they're using the free community version which lags on security patching. Which is probably how our lil hackers got in. I'm at a loss for words. Every time I think I've hit the bottom of Russian incompetence and stupidity I discover another gaping chasm to plumb. Sweet baby Jesus . . . these guys are idiots. I'm sure it was sold to the MoD by someone who assured them it was enterprise grade with special Russian upgrades. Regarding Russia, never assume incompetence/stupidity when the question can also be answered by corruption! I'm sure whatever MoD paid for that "free" software bought a really nice villa in Mallorca! “Your trial period has expired. Would you like to subscribe to the Pro version for $99.99/month?” |
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Posted: 2/1/2024 12:40:06 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Capta: OMG they got Charles Martel this time too. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Capta: Originally Posted By Prime: The Russian military destroyed Ukrainian air defense systems and radars Ministry of Defense: Russian military destroyed Ukrainian IRIS-T air defense systems and Pelican radar MOSCOW, Jan 31 - RIA Novosti. The Russian military destroyed the Ukrainian IRIS-T anti-aircraft missile system and the Pelican air target detection radar, the Russian Defense Ministry said. "The IRIS-T anti-aircraft missile system manufactured by GERMANY, the Pelican air target detection radar, as well as the personnel and equipment of the 3rd Assault Brigade were defeated MAT, fuel depot, manpower and military equipment in 136 districts," the military department said in a statement. https://ria.ru/20240131/spetsoperatsiya-1924573095.html
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GFMZ138XoAAllJL?format=jpg&name=large https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GFMp0GDXIAAnpC8?format=png&name=small https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GFMoWg5WkAAC7r1?format=jpg&name=medium ETA further hilarity- The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported the defeat of four launchers of the air defense system of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Among them are two Patriots, SAMP-T, IRIS-T and six field ammunition depots MOSCOW, January 26. /TASS/. During a special military operation, the Russian Armed Forces hit four launchers of anti-aircraft missile systems (SAM) over the past week, including two US-made Patriots. This was reported by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. "Operational-tactical aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of groups of troops over the past week hit four launchers of anti-aircraft missile systems, including two Patriots made in the United States, SAMP-T made in France, IRIS-T manufactured in Germany and three radar stations for them, as well as a radar of the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system and six field ammunition depots of the Armed Forces of Ukraine," the report says. https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/19828071 OMG they got Charles Martel this time too.  …and 5,000 French chefs, three troupes f ballerinas, and a poodle dog. |
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Posted: 2/1/2024 12:44:18 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Prime: L O L In the LPR, evidence of the work of black transplantologists in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was found In Severodonetsk, evidence of the work of black transplantologists in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was found SEVERODONETSK (LPR), Feb 1 - RIA Novosti. A number of evidence, including documents testifying to the work of black transplant surgeons in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, were found on the territory of Severodonetsk in the Lugansk People's Republic, which was under the control of the Ukrainian army until the summer of 2022, representatives of the LPR law enforcement agencies told RIA Novosti. At the end of July 2023, the Secretary of the Security Council RUSSIA Nikolay Patrushev He said that the Kiev regime is using its wounded soldiers as biomaterial, secretly removing their organs for transplantation. That same summer, according to sources, the Ukrainian military command intensified its efforts to Odesa region and on the controlled Kiev Part Zaporizhzhia region collection of donor and biometric material from members of the Territorial Defense and employees of the National Police. "In the liberated territories, we came across quite interesting documents that indicate that organ transplantation in Ukraine has been put on stream. The very first donors were soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine," said a representative of law enforcement agencies involved in the collection of evidence on this topic. According to her, among other things, application forms for the extraction of homografts, filled out on behalf of servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 2022, were found in Severodonetsk. All documents were filled out with one underline and the donor's signature was replaced by the same stamp signature. "Every soldier, when he passed the medical examination, allegedly filled out such a document. This is a consent document for organ transplantation. A personal file was opened on him, so that if this person was wounded, it was possible to understand which organ could be removed and which recipient it would be suitable for. Well, as we can see, these are not personal signatures of soldiers, but some kind of stamp or seal that symbolized for doctors that a specific organ can be removed from this person," the agency's interlocutor said, showing the documents. According to her, the soldiers may not have been aware of the existence of such a document. According to the law enforcement agencies of the LPR, there is a number of other evidence that indirectly confirms the work of "black transplantologists" on the territory of Severodonetsk during the period of its control by the Ukrainian army both before the start of the special operation and after, up to its liberation by the Russian army. The agency's interlocutor stressed that especially active work in terms of organ harvesting was carried out during the battles for Rubizhne, Severodonetsk and its surroundings in the spring of 2022. According to a number of witnesses, during this period, employees found the bodies of soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with traces of autopsy and removal of organs on the territory of the morgue. According to medical workers, such bodies were subsequently "disposed of". "To the city hospital on the territory of the morgue during the hostilities (in the spring of 2022 - ed.) the bodies of wounded soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (who had previously been admitted to the hospital with injuries – ed.) were brought. Some of the organs were removed from these people. Then the bodies were stored and disposed of to the end. But it was possible to determine the absence of organs from the directly opened peritoneum, and it was even possible to determine whether the person was still alive at the autopsy or not," one of the doctors, who worked at the Severodonetsk city hospital during this period, told RIA Novosti on condition of anonymity. According to him, during this period, several groups of foreign doctors regularly came to the hospital in ambulances equipped for mobile operating rooms with armed guards in armored vehicles. Also, according to him, it is known that during this period, some of the wounded soldiers who were taken for treatment from Severodonetsk to other cities of Ukraine disappeared. "In late spring, early summer 2022, the Ukrainian army, when it was retreating from Severodonetsk, for some reason it began to "hit" this building - this is the city morgue (trying to destroy the building with tank and artillery fire - ed.). Here they (the bodies of Ukrainian servicemen - ed.) were lying not only in refrigerators, but in bulk one on top of another, a lot, a lot," a resident of Severodonetsk, who was in the city at that time, told RIA Novosti. According to him, local residents also often saw guarded non-standard ambulances in the area. "Organs such as the liver, kidneys could have been removed on the spot (directly in the ambulance), placed in a container and taken out for further transplantation... There is also such a term as "warm container", when a person is in a serious condition, he is injected with a strong anesthetic narcotic and he is taken to a certain place where organ transplant centers are located. In Ukraine, where fighters are brought, it is Kramatorsk, Dnieper, as well as Kharkiv," the representative of the law enforcement agencies said. In 2021, Ukraine passed a law on transplantation, providing for the transplantation of human organs without consent. The law simplifies the procedure for organ harvesting from deceased people who did not give their consent to donate their organs after death. https://ria.ru/20240201/transplantologi-1924714609.html Well Russian soldiers don’t have to worry. Their corporals pump all the homografts out of them every morning in the trench. Try to transplant this homo, bitches! |
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Posted: 2/1/2024 12:51:26 AM EDT
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EU to Ukraine: You’ll get half the ammo we promised by March
While the bloc will miss its delivery target, it now has the capacity to produce 1 million shells, EU officials said. https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-to-ukraine-half-is-better-than-nothing-when-it-comes-to-ammunition/ BRUSSELS — The European Union will only provide half of the promised 1 million rounds of ammunition to Ukraine by March, but pledged to send 1.1 million shells by year's end. “This is a work in progress, the whole machinery is working and member states are passing commands,” EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell told reporters after an informal meeting of member-country defense ministers in Brussels on Wednesday. “Every day, it keeps evolving and increasing,” he said, specifying that Ukraine will get 524,000 shells by March. |
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Posted: 2/1/2024 1:00:18 AM EDT
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Aye, jagga  ????????? ??? ?? ?????? 2024??? ?? ????: ???????? ???. ???? ????? ??????? So good I actually watched it News program type show with a piece on the Antonovsky bridge, shows footage of Skabayeva talking about “a company and a half landed and was immediately destroyed” while the guy being interviewed is saying “nah, it’s six guys in a house and another six under the bridge providing cover”.  ????????? ???????????? ?????????????? ?? ?????? ?????? ??????. ??????.UA #3
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Posted: 2/1/2024 1:20:12 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Prime: L O L In the LPR, evidence of the work of black transplantologists in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was found In Severodonetsk, evidence of the work of black transplantologists in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was found SEVERODONETSK (LPR), Feb 1 - RIA Novosti. A number of evidence, including documents testifying to the work of black transplant surgeons in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, were found on the territory of Severodonetsk in the Lugansk People's Republic, which was under the control of the Ukrainian army until the summer of 2022, representatives of the LPR law enforcement agencies told RIA Novosti. At the end of July 2023, the Secretary of the Security Council RUSSIA Nikolay Patrushev He said that the Kiev regime is using its wounded soldiers as biomaterial, secretly removing their organs for transplantation. That same summer, according to sources, the Ukrainian military command intensified its efforts to Odesa region and on the controlled Kiev Part Zaporizhzhia region collection of donor and biometric material from members of the Territorial Defense and employees of the National Police. "In the liberated territories, we came across quite interesting documents that indicate that organ transplantation in Ukraine has been put on stream. The very first donors were soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine," said a representative of law enforcement agencies involved in the collection of evidence on this topic. According to her, among other things, application forms for the extraction of homografts, filled out on behalf of servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in 2022, were found in Severodonetsk. All documents were filled out with one underline and the donor's signature was replaced by the same stamp signature. "Every soldier, when he passed the medical examination, allegedly filled out such a document. This is a consent document for organ transplantation. A personal file was opened on him, so that if this person was wounded, it was possible to understand which organ could be removed and which recipient it would be suitable for. Well, as we can see, these are not personal signatures of soldiers, but some kind of stamp or seal that symbolized for doctors that a specific organ can be removed from this person," the agency's interlocutor said, showing the documents. According to her, the soldiers may not have been aware of the existence of such a document. According to the law enforcement agencies of the LPR, there is a number of other evidence that indirectly confirms the work of "black transplantologists" on the territory of Severodonetsk during the period of its control by the Ukrainian army both before the start of the special operation and after, up to its liberation by the Russian army. The agency's interlocutor stressed that especially active work in terms of organ harvesting was carried out during the battles for Rubizhne, Severodonetsk and its surroundings in the spring of 2022. According to a number of witnesses, during this period, employees found the bodies of soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with traces of autopsy and removal of organs on the territory of the morgue. According to medical workers, such bodies were subsequently "disposed of". "To the city hospital on the territory of the morgue during the hostilities (in the spring of 2022 - ed.) the bodies of wounded soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (who had previously been admitted to the hospital with injuries – ed.) were brought. Some of the organs were removed from these people. Then the bodies were stored and disposed of to the end. But it was possible to determine the absence of organs from the directly opened peritoneum, and it was even possible to determine whether the person was still alive at the autopsy or not," one of the doctors, who worked at the Severodonetsk city hospital during this period, told RIA Novosti on condition of anonymity. According to him, during this period, several groups of foreign doctors regularly came to the hospital in ambulances equipped for mobile operating rooms with armed guards in armored vehicles. Also, according to him, it is known that during this period, some of the wounded soldiers who were taken for treatment from Severodonetsk to other cities of Ukraine disappeared. "In late spring, early summer 2022, the Ukrainian army, when it was retreating from Severodonetsk, for some reason it began to "hit" this building - this is the city morgue (trying to destroy the building with tank and artillery fire - ed.). Here they (the bodies of Ukrainian servicemen - ed.) were lying not only in refrigerators, but in bulk one on top of another, a lot, a lot," a resident of Severodonetsk, who was in the city at that time, told RIA Novosti. According to him, local residents also often saw guarded non-standard ambulances in the area. "Organs such as the liver, kidneys could have been removed on the spot (directly in the ambulance), placed in a container and taken out for further transplantation... There is also such a term as "warm container", when a person is in a serious condition, he is injected with a strong anesthetic narcotic and he is taken to a certain place where organ transplant centers are located. In Ukraine, where fighters are brought, it is Kramatorsk, Dnieper, as well as Kharkiv," the representative of the law enforcement agencies said. In 2021, Ukraine passed a law on transplantation, providing for the transplantation of human organs without consent. The law simplifies the procedure for organ harvesting from deceased people who did not give their consent to donate their organs after death. https://ria.ru/20240201/transplantologi-1924714609.html *Whispering*start a thread in GD*whispering* |
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Posted: 2/1/2024 1:29:25 AM EDT
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Jake Sullivan master geopolitic genius has borne fruit. China confirms it is Assho and admits Sullivan is a girly man at the negotiating table. Probably.
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Posted: 2/1/2024 1:51:07 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RockNwood: Jake Sullivan master geopolitic genius has borne fruit. China confirms it is Assho and admits Sullivan is a girly man at the negotiating table. Probably.
I saw that. Looks like maybe not the best results in isolating Russia. Especially when you count India still buying their energy exports, and China + India are the world's two biggest populations. MOSCOW, January 31. /TASS/. The Chinese authorities will not stop supporting Russia on the Ukrainian issue despite mounting pressure from the US and strained China-EU defense cooperation, Chinese Defense Minister Dong Jun said during talks with his Russian counterpart Sergey Shoigu. "We have supported you on the Ukrainian issue despite the fact that the US and Europe continue to put pressure on the Chinese side. Even defense cooperation between China and the European Union is [now] threatened but we will not change or abandon our established policy course over this. And they should not and cannot hinder normal Russian-Chinese cooperation," he said. |
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Posted: 2/1/2024 3:11:58 AM EDT
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Posted: 2/1/2024 3:18:59 AM EDT
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Russian TG, some mentioned earlier
🪂Zaporozhye direction. Paratrooper is in touch. North-west of Verbovoy. The Khokhlovs managed to take control of the western forest plantation, and the enemy is also actively working on our positions with artillery, cluster munitions, drones, and at night drones like Baba Yaga scatter mines to make the delivery of personnel, weapons, ammunition and provisions, as well as the evacuation of the wounded, difficult. our fighters in this area, or was completely impossible. Now the ukrofashists are dispersing a video where they threw off their piss-flea rag from a drone, in the hope of raising the spirit of their fighters, who are laid out in piles of corpses in the fields, and, well, breaking our spirit. So, this is an old video and a rag media maneuver; in recent days, no Ukrainian-fascist pissing rags were recorded in our area! We are targeting Ukrainians with artillery, mortars, and FPV drones. And even the loss of positions, from which we retreated and saved the lives of our soldiers, will not break the spirit of the Paratroopers and other Russian soldiers! Victory will be ours 🫡👊 Diary of a Paratrooper 🇷🇺 https://t.me/DnevnikDesantnika/6913 #Summary for the morning of February 1, 2024 ▪️Yesterday, Crimea was subjected to a massive attack by 20 air-launched missiles supplied by NATO countries. Among the targets was the Belbek airfield, but two missiles hit a construction waste dump; apparently, our electronic warfare systems were activated. In the morning, attacks on the west of the Crimean Peninsula continued. In addition, at night, aircraft-type UAVs were intercepted and destroyed over the Belgorod (4 UAVs) and Kursk (1 UAV) regions. ▪️In the Kherson direction, drones of the Ukrainian Armed Forces pose the main threat to our troops and civilians. A civilian was killed in Novaya Kakhovka by an enemy UAV. The number of Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel in Krynki is estimated at approximately 80 people, but the enemy is trying to increase its presence under the cover of the ubiquitous drones. According to sources closely familiar with the situation, the problem of distortion of information during the passage of reports throughout the vertical remains. Also, in a number of cases, they report “inaccurate” transmission of data “upstream” regarding the methods of hitting personnel on the islands due to a certain inertia of the reporting system: “drops” from drones are not provided and are “replaced” by other types of weapons. ▪️On the Zaporozhye front north-west of Verbovoy, the Armed Forces of Ukraine managed to take control of the western forest planting, paratroopers report. The enemy is targeting our positions with artillery, cluster munitions, and drones. At night, Baba Yaga agricultural drones scatter mines to make logistics as difficult as possible. Our FAB aviation with UMPC continues to operate against the enemy. ▪️At the Vremevsky ledge, the Russian Armed Forces carried out offensive operations north of Priyutnoye. In the South Donetsk direction, our troops are advancing on Novomikhailovka and Georgievka. ▪️There are battles in the direction of the Yar Clock in Bogdanovka. Near Kleshcheevka, the Russian Armed Forces hit three enemy tanks. The battle continues near Ivanovsky (Red). ▪️Ukrainian aircraft-type UAVs flew to the Nizhny Novgorod region for the first time: electronic warfare was suppressed in the Kstovo district, the likely target was oil refineries and petrochemical plants. In the Belgorod region in the morning in the Yakovlevsky urban district, our air defense system shot down two air targets on approach to the city of Stroitel. The village of Novaya Tavolzhanka of the Shebekinsky urban district, the village of Bogun-Gorodok of the Borisov district, the village of Mokraya Orlovka of the Grayvoronsky urban district, and the village of Tishanka of the Volokonovsky district were hit by drones of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The village of Pankov, Shebekinsky urban district, came under fire from the Ukrainian Armed Forces. In the DPR, two civilians were killed and 9 were injured from shelling, incl. girl born 2010 The enemy hit civilians, buses and shopping pavilions. The summary was compiled by: Two majors https://t.me/dva_majors/33763 Video of grunters. We took this enemy video from the Turned Z war. According to the description, the results of fascist drones hunting our equipment during the recent offensive were demonstrated. Yes, we see that parts of the video are different. But does this change anything? What I want to say... A lot. Not everything is on the open channel of the Pack. Everyone in the rear would like to emphasize two points. For the hundredth time. But you have to... 1. The calm of the majority in the rear is based on the confidence that “they will decide there without me.” Well, use logic. There are options from where to quietly take infantry, without leading to mobilization until absolutely necessary. With technology everything is different. Kill the Ukrainian equipment... and you’ll still have to storm it. Just with less armor. With more emphasis on infantry missions, right? OK. Russia is huge and powerful. We will assume that the equipment was superfluous (NO) What about the trained crews?... Remember: every loss leads to new losses. And the losses need to be replenished, you are our weakened ones. Each of our fallen warriors brings You closer to the front. 2. Stop, dear friends, from living from strength to strength, as they say behind the fence. Either it’s a decline, or we’ve already defeated everyone... Victory is the result of war. And this victory will be the one we ensure. It is not Russians, not Buryats and not Chechens who should break enemies. And all of Russia! You, You, You, and You!... What do you see in this video? Losses. Our. Lack of effective electronic warfare systems and dominance of enemy drones. What to do? Definitely don’t yell “how long?!” And do. Look for those who work in the field of UAVs and electronic warfare, help. Make sure we outstrip the enemy in everything! They have the same problems. And the same calls! But who will gain air supremacy? Whose victory will be?? Every day, new attack and reconnaissance UAVs are tested and assembled at the Flock's Drone Center. Electronic warfare systems are being tested. We are not alone. But if we are close to you in spirit, I urge you to help and together drive the enemy back to hell! Find out how and how you can help from the admins. Don't sleep, people! Victory awaits us ahead! ... and the guys have eternal memory. =Your Flock= https://t.me/vashastaya/604 "Relaxed" The word we have been hearing in recent weeks from our comrades. The enemy has gone on the defensive, we have the initiative, news from overseas is pleasing to the eye. As if Victory became a matter of time, and not the concentration of efforts of the entire country. Let us remind you that, according to estimates from respected departments, up to 50 NATO countries are fighting against us. And they solve the problem of containing Russia by organizing a permanently bleeding wound along thousands of kilometers of the front. The Ukrainian Armed Forces have no task to win. Well, really, Bandera’s followers are not counting on getting to the Urals. Their task is terrorist attacks on Russia, grinding down our military potential. They achieve this by instantly maneuvering their means of destruction: not shells - they riveted drones. There is Russian electronic warfare - they change frequencies. If we fail to attack, they will wear us down on defense. The enemy also learns to fight in battles, he is far from an idiot, he has satellites, agents, military experts, air defense, NATO funding, mobilization is proceeding by leaps and bounds and it will only increase. Not applicable to the situation at Novomikhailovka. In general, the situation at the front is somewhat more complicated than we would all like to imagine. And to say that the problems of the beginning of the Northern Military District have been eradicated is a lie, although a huge amount of work has been done. Nevertheless, keep plowing and plowing. Electronic warfare, supply and supply system, communications, organization and command and control of troops at all levels, assessment of the situation... We're working, comrades. The war will be long. Two majors https://t.me/dva_majors/33768 Ukraine is increasing terrorist activity on our territory According to information from colleagues, Z1 On January 2024, at 8 a.m., objects similar in appearance to IEDs were discovered on the Rostov-on-Don - Taganrog railway tracks. A set of activities is being carried out. Two majors https://t.me/dva_majors/33778 |
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Posted: 2/1/2024 3:24:45 AM EDT
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Posted: 2/1/2024 3:33:05 AM EDT
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Posted: 2/1/2024 3:34:18 AM EDT
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Rybar
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Posted: 2/1/2024 3:42:46 AM EDT
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Energoataom
❗️ DISINFORMATION WEEKLY ❌ Misinformation The permanent representative of the Russian Federation in international organizations in Vienna, M. Ulyanov, commenting on the IAEA statement of January 19, 2024 regarding the mining of the Zaporizhzhya NPP, stated: "There is nothing unusual about the presence of mines at the ZNPP. This is a normal means of protecting the station from attack. Mines along the perimeter of the ZNPP are dangerous only for rats, crows and saboteurs." ✅ It should be recalled that the seizure of the ZNPP by the Russians (in March 2022), the presence of military and heavy weapons at the station violates all seven foundations of nuclear safety, as stated in the report of international experts of the IAEA. Their system reports on the security situation at the ZNPP indicate an escalation of the nuclear threat at the station. For its part, the Energoatom company, which is the operator of Ukrainian nuclear power plants, has repeatedly emphasized that only the return of the plant to the full control of Ukraine can ensure its nuclear and radiation safety. ❌ Misinformation Russian Telegram channels and mass media spread the statement of the head of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, S. Naryshkin, about the alleged preparation of Ukrainian saboteurs to blow up Russian nuclear power plants. "I can cite examples when Western special services trained Ukrainian subversive intelligence groups, whose plans included provocations at Russia's nuclear power plants," said S. Naryshkin. ✅ The statement of the head of Russian intelligence was made after the meeting of the UN Security Council regarding the situation at the Zaporizhia NPP occupied by the Russians, as well as after the statement of the Director General of the IAEA, Raphael Grossi, about the intention to visit the ZNPP, Kyiv and Moscow. Spreading yet another disinformation narrative about the alleged preparation of provocations by the Ukrainian military at Russian nuclear power plants, Kremlin propaganda is trying to shift the emphasis from the security situation at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant to the pseudo-threat to Russian nuclear power plants before the IAEA head arrives in Russia. In this way, Russian propagandists are trying to divert the attention of the international community from the key problem – the illegal occupation of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant by Russian troops. https://t.me/energoatom_ua/16561 |
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Posted: 2/1/2024 4:27:44 AM EDT
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