Russia-Ukraine War - News and Developments

[Amliunion]

Spoiler: Graphic

https://twitter.com/x/status/1504809341542670352

 

[Zhukov]

I was expecting the opposite. Maybe so because I've never been in conflict zones

Neither do i. I am giving my opinnion based on people i know. Soldiers and their commanders are trained professionals. They dont go gungho shooting civilians neither do such draconian orders are given unless their is a civil war situation. Or its a disorganized conscript militia.
Professional forces always do everything possible to avoid any situation that causes such ethical dillemas.
See when Pakistan had to comb the Pak Afghan bordrr how whole populations were displaced from the militant infested areas first. That was cumbersome expensive and very very tough for locals and authorities. But it had to be done.
Never heard from anyone that our soldiers had to shoot civilians directly on order. And we have been in conflict for almost 2 decades now

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

Su-34 CAS plane attacking Grad artillery

https://twitter.com/x/status/1504805514391265307

 

[jhungary]

You are a honorable person

Well, the kid didn't make it tho......

This is not about honorable. This is about doing what you think that's right. Rules in war sometime do not make sense when you are at the forefront fighting. Sometime you need to "Adjust" your order, I mean, you follow them, but how you follow them is up to you.

 

[Wood]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1504678506516516865

If morality and decency are not sufficient for Indian people to support Ukraine in this conflict, this must at least be appealing. Putin is nothing more than a tool in the hands of India's primary security adversary. His downfall should be as important to Indian interest as it is to Ukrainians defending their land.

 

[jhungary]

China and India are with Russia. That's 2.8 billion people with Russia more than the entire western pro Ukrainian population. Which world is with Ukraine again?

Well, both India and China DID NOT voted against UN resolution, both abstained

And the UNGA result show 141 country support Ukraine and 35 abstain and 5 against Which mean more than 3 billion people in this world voted to condemn Russia in that UNGA resolution. Do tell me which world is with Russia again?

 

[Amliunion]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1504814936576434182

 

[Kraetoz]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1504814936576434182

That doesn't look like a bankrupt country.

 

[Vergennes]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1504805514391265307

This video looks so fake to be honest what do you think ? @RescueRanger @Messerschmitt @LeGenD @gambit

https://twitter.com/x/status/1504816194922102787

 

[LeGenD]

Normally you would think an invading army would prioritize three things:
1. Destroy the country's airforce.
2. Destroy the country's air defence systems.
3. Cut off all reinforcement routes.
This is not rocket science and even an armchair general like me knows this.

Russia has been planning this attack for years and surely had the satellite imagery and intelligence network to know where every single Ukrainian aircraft was on the night of the invasion.

Russia certainly had the military capability to blitzkrieg #1 and #3, i.e. destroy the entire Ukrainian airforce within hours and to bomb out every paved road into the country from the rest of Europe. Destroying the Ukrainian air defence system (#2) could then be done leisurely once European reinforcements were denied.

So why didn't Russia do this?

Here:

The Russian invasion of Ukraine began as expected in the early hours of 24 February: a large salvo of cruise and ballistic missiles destroyed the main ground-based early warning radars throughout Ukraine. The result was to effectively blind the Ukrainian Air Force (UkrAF), and in some cases also hinder aircraft movements by cratering runways and taxiways at its major airbases. Strikes also hit several Ukrainian long-range S-300P surface-to-air missile (SAM) batteries, which had limited mobility due to a long-term lack of spares. These initial stand-off strikes followed the pattern seen in many US-led interventions since the end of the Cold War. The logical and widely anticipated next step, as seen in almost every military conflict since 1938, would have been for the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) to mount large-scale strike operations to destroy the UkrAF. With its early warning chain blinded and some runways cratered, the UkrAF was left vulnerable to raids by strike aircraft like the Su-34 with guided munitions, or even multirole Su-30 fighters with predominantly unguided munitions. If present in significant numbers, escorting Su-35 and Su-30 fighters would have overwhelmed the Ukrainian fighters, even if they did manage to take off for sorties conducted at very low altitudes with limited situational awareness. This did not happen.

Details in following link:

The Mysterious Case of the Missing Russian Air Force

On the fifth day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, one of many unanswered questions is why Russia has launched a military campaign at huge cost with maximalist objectives, and then declined to use the vast majority of its fixed wing combat aircraft.

rusi.org

Following reasons given:

1. Lack of PGMs.
2. Lack of capability of VKS.

And:

Russia’s Involvement In Syria Proves That It's Far Behind The Western World

Russia has made a lot of noise about the modern weapons it has used during combat in Syria and how effective these new weapons are. Fresh Su-34 attack jets scream through the skies, while the latest in small arms test their mettle. But the reality is most of what Russia has used is not as shiny...

jalopnik.com

 

[MH.Yang]

The world is not static the earth is not flat I wonder why chinese think it’s other way around.
Europe used to rely on Russia energy imports, with Germany the most affected.
Even thought Germany says it can cut oil and coal imports from Russia to zero by 2023.
Europe can produce everything if necessary.
Intel opens 2x chip factories for $20 billion USD in Germany.
In few year’s Europe is self sufficient in semiconductor.

Intel-Chip-Fabrik: Wendepunkt für Europa

Intel baut für 17 Milliarden Euro zwei Chipfabriken in Deutschland: Diese Entscheidung ist wegweisend, aus mehreren Gründen.

www.sueddeutsche.de

You come from the West and are not as familiar with industrial knowledge as the Chinese, so you really underestimate the difficulty and time of rebuilding the modern industrial system from scratch.

These are consumables for coal and oil mines. If the supply of consumables is stopped, these mines will be shut down within three days. If the work is stopped for more than three months, these machines need to be overhauled and then scrapped<So if China ZCC.CT group (factory 601, which produces 15% of the world's cemented carbide products) imposes sanctions on Russia, Russia will not be able to produce any resources.>.

The modern industrial system is a result of the gradual upgrading and accumulation of human beings over a thousand years. If the industrial chain breaks, it will be scrapped quickly, but the reconstruction time will take generations.
For example, if you want to make penicillin, a necessity of modern mankind, you first need to be able to make freeze-dried powder. If you want to make lyophilized powder, you first need high voltage current. If you want high voltage current, you first need stainless steel, special steel, rubber and electric welding. Synthetic rubber needs organic chemical industry, which needs ethylene manufacturing and aromatics manufacturing. Welding requires electrical systems, which require capacitor manufacturing and mercury arc rectifiers, which require chlorine manufacturing and aluminum industry. Just one penicillin, you need to develop hundreds of industrial links. It takes only a week for China to get resource countries to abandon the dollar, because Chinese have mastered the necessities of life and production consumables they need. The west can't even make light bulbs in a week, because it needs vacuum pumps, and then vacuum pumps need hundreds of advanced technologies.
Even if Western countries are given a hundred years, they will not be able to rebuild the whole industrial chain from scratch. China is the only country on the blue planet with a complete manufacturing industry.

 

[Meengla]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1504793432052666368

Those Russian demands are 'maximalist' and are for bargaining purposes. Saw an Indian channel video yesterday. There is supposed to be a 'draft' agreement. Both sides willing to compromise. Ukraine will never officially give up on Donbass and Crimea but could settle for a Russian withdrawal from the occupied land since Feb. 25, 2022. Ukraine to also wisely agree to neutrality and to not join NATO. That region and the world needs a ceasefire and it looks like even the talk of tactical nukes or No Fly Zone is losing traction. As of now, some kind of agreement to ceasefire is likely.

Well, both India and China DID NOT voted against UN resolution, both abstained

And the UNGA result show 141 country support Ukraine and 35 abstain and 5 against Which mean more than 3 billion people in this world voted to condemn Russia in that UNGA resolution. Do tell me which world is with Russia again?

You are grasping at straws. In UNGA resolutions against Israel, 180+ countries vote against Israel. Also, 3 billion people is still less than almost 8 billion of world population and everyone knows that had there not be threat of American sticks, vast majority of people wouldn't care for Ukrainian a lot--the Asians, the Latin American, the African countries have no dog in this fight. BTW, an 'abstention' in some cases, such as this, means taking a definite side while not officially taking any side... But I am sure you knew that.

 

[Hack-Hook]

Donald Trump created problems for Iran but Europe facilitated Iranian economic activity through INSTEX mechanis

Europe did shit . Instex only used once
And we are still cut from international banking system.

 

[jhungary]

Those Russian demands are 'maximalist' and are for bargaining purposes. Saw an Indian channel video yesterday. There is supposed to be a 'draft' agreement. Both sides willing to compromise. Ukraine will never officially give up on Donbass and Crimea but could settle for a Russian withdrawal from the occupied land since Feb. 25, 2022. Ukraine to also wisely agree to neutrality and to not join NATO. That region and the world needs a ceasefire and it looks like even the talk of tactical nukes or No Fly Zone is losing traction. As of now, some kind of agreement to ceasefire is likely.



You are grasping at straws. In UNGA resolutions against Israel, 180+ countries vote against Israel. Also, 3 billion people is still less than almost 8 billion of world population and everyone knows that had there not be threat of American sticks, vast majority of people wouldn't care for Ukrainian a lot--the Asians, the Latin American, the African countries have no dog in this fight. BTW, an 'abstention' in some cases, such as this, means taking a definite side while not officially taking any side... But I am sure you knew that.

Well, I can tell you this, I believe in UN is a absolutely shit organisation.

That does not mean Russia is NOT IN THE WRONG on this. And the reason I said this is because the person I reply to said 2.8 billions people are with Russia, but then that just Bullshit now ain't it?

And you can say whatever you say about abstaining. But if these country are REALLY with Russia, they would go right up against this resolution, not abstaining. But I am pretty sure you know that too.

Oh by the way, There are actually the 4th options other than for, against and abstain, it's not to vote altogether. 12 country took the 4th option, which is really the option of "I support Russia but not wanting to be a world pariah like them" option.

 

[Hassan Al-Somal]

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