Russia-Ukraine War - News and Developments

[denel]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1511043584400797700

https://twitter.com/x/status/1511044781253832704

The Russian Nazis have never changed

my late grand mother was always right; a russian knows only one language ... a hammer in his face....

 

[FairAndUnbiased]

Can you even read? Or you can just look at the picture??

This is a very simple question. I am not disputing any of the claims there, I just want to know where it came from so I can cite it later.

 

[dBSPL]

A trustee has been appointed to Gazprom Germania, the German subsidiary of Russian Gazprom.

 

[CIA Mole]

@LeGenD @gambit @dbc @jhungary

Any reason USA and NATO have not provided any lethal drones to Ukraine?
All I see is anti-tank and anti-aircraft weapons

Is this due to fears of American weapons falling into Russian hands similar to how Taliban obtained USA weapons used by former Afghan army?

who will operate

also how they know its not US operator


us can operate drones all over the world from us



only light weapons will be sent to harass russians the same way NATO got harassed in iraq and afghanistan

NATO learning from their humiliation atleast

 

[jhungary]

@LeGenD @gambit @dbc @jhungary

Any reason USA and NATO have not provided any lethal drones to Ukraine?
All I see is anti-tank and anti-aircraft weapons

Is this due to fears of American weapons falling into Russian hands similar to how Taliban obtained USA weapons used by former Afghan army?

Well, not sure about NATO, in the US, you need a fully qualified pilot to fly a combat drone, there are group that I know of transition from F-16 to flying Predator back when I was in the Army (I talked to some of these guys)

In Ukrainian case, Pilot is not dime and dozen like we do in the US, which mean if they have pilot to spare and fly those thing, they would probably bunch him/her up and fly sorties with SU-27 or Mig-29.

We have supplied non-combat drone (Recon Drone, or even MQ-1) but then that is not the same as flying a Reaper or Predator.

This is a very simple question. I am not disputing any of the claims there, I just want to know where it came from so I can cite it later.

Again, read the post and see where it came from.

In case you are still confused, ISW only deal with current stuff, they analyse current situation, read the post and see if I am just talking about current situation in Ukraine?

 

[That Guy]

I mean Russia to China population and GDP ratio is the same as US and Canada. Is Canada a junior partner to the US?

Yes.

 

[FairAndUnbiased]

@dBSPL

Specific example: in the panel about CCTV-4 the claim is that Chinese media said Bucha was a "show for western media" and only reported on Russian claims. That is false.

The text is 乌称俄军杀害平民，俄驳斥乌方炮制“一出好戏”

You can match this text with the picture to confirm I am correct.

The correct translation: Ukraine claims Russian troops massacred civilians. Russia claims it is a show for western media.

BIG difference from the claimed translation, shown below for reference. The actual translation clearly marks who is making which claim and published both claims without saying which one is correct, only that the claims were made.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1510928644062932996

 

[Foinikas]

my late grand mother was always right; a russian knows only one language ... a hammer in his face....

Is that a movie about Chechnya?

 

[That Guy]

@LeGenD @gambit @dbc @jhungary

Any reason USA and NATO have not provided any lethal drones to Ukraine?
All I see is anti-tank and anti-aircraft weapons

Is this due to fears of American weapons falling into Russian hands similar to how Taliban obtained USA weapons used by former Afghan army?

Turkey (NATO) provided a bunch of TB2s which have caused a lot of damage to Russia. The US recently delivered Loitering munitions.

 

[gambit]

I am suspecting, going forward china will only support russia if it chooses to be the junior partner.

China will be dominant partner in the alliance.
I also think , putin is not dumb .. he also understands this. Thats why we see the change in russian strategy to get a more achievable goal in ukraine.

Absolutely Poutine is not stupid. Intelligent people make miscalculations, errors in judgement, or just stupid mistakes all the time. All of us have one time or another and for the rest of our lives. So this is not about IQ but more about making decisions based on info/intel, and in this case, seemingly really really bad intel. The Russia-China alliance have always been there with the expectation that Russia will make all the major decisions. But nothing is more impressionable than a war and unexpectedly, this Russia-Ukraine war upset that expectation. Now everyone, especially in the UN Security Council, will see this as the new China-Russia alliance with China making all the major decisions.

Am USAF and my main interest was the Russian Air Force (VKS) in this war. At the 3 weeks mark, I was at the 50/50 threshold of calling the VKS a failure. Now, it is pointless. Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery said "If we lose the war in the air we lose the war and we lose it quickly." The corollary is that if you do not have control of the air, it will take you longer to win the war, if you can win it at all. The VKS IS a failure. I am willing to go out on a limb and posit that from now on, non-Western aligned militaries will look to China even more for war doctrines as well as importing their defense hardware, and as an Air Force guy, I see the PLAAF as preeminent in that bloc.

 

[jhungary]

Turkey (NATO) provided a bunch of TB2s which have caused a lot of damage to Russia. The US recently delivered Loitering munitions.

In my view, TB-2 is enough. Why would they provide more drone if the Ukrainian is just as happy to use the TB2 and take on the Russian?

ON the other hand, Loitering munition is going to be a game changer to Ukraine, it's not what they can do that scare the Russian (Well, that too), it's simply the fact that Russian know Ukrainian having them and don't know if one is circling above your head is the part that scare you.

 

[mmr]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1511043584400797700

https://twitter.com/x/status/1511044781253832704

The Russian Nazis have never changed

disgusting. the asshole killer will burn in hell.

 

[denel]

A typical pro-Western Sunni who bashes the Serbs,Assad and the Russians. I've seen many like you online. I will not call you "mentally sick",like you called me,no you are not. But I will call you naive and ignorant of certain things. You are eager to believe mainstream propaganda and accept whatever the American media are saying. I don't ask you to like the Russians. I'm not Russian. I'm Greek.
All I'm saying is that you should try to see this objectively and wonder why the Americans suddenly got a hard-on for saving Muslims in Yugoslavia,Syria and Ukrainians.

You should wait before you rush to take a side

i have seen first hand what russians do.... HAVE YOU?

please keep quiet and drink oozo and play some PS4 or with some sheep.

Absolutely Poutine is not stupid. Intelligent people make miscalculations, errors in judgement, or just stupid mistakes all the time. All of us have one time or another and for the rest of our lives. So this is not about IQ but more about making decisions based on info/intel, and in this case, seemingly really really bad intel. The Russia-China alliance have always been there with the expectation that Russia will make all the major decisions. But nothing is more impressionable than a war and unexpectedly, this Russia-Ukraine war upset that expectation. Now everyone, especially in the UN Security Council, will see this as the new China-Russia alliance with China making all the major decisions.

Am USAF and my main interest was the Russian Air Force (VKS) in this war. At the 3 weeks mark, I was at the 50/50 threshold of calling the VKS a failure. Now, it is pointless. Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery said "If we lose the war in the air we lose the war and we lose it quickly." The corollary is that if you do not have control of the air, it will take you longer to win the war, if you can win it at all. The VKS IS a failure. I am willing to go out on a limb and posit that from now on, non-Western aligned militaries will look to China even more for war doctrines as well as importing their defense hardware, and as an Air Force guy, I see the PLAAF as preeminent in that bloc.

unfortunately Putin miscalculated because of Yes minister phenomena.....

noone tells him anything that is not 'pravda'.

that means - bull kak...

 

[The SC]

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[That Guy]

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