Russia-Ukraine War - News and Developments

[gambit]

"Russia threatens to attack West weapon shipments". Amazing fact is the west is supplying billions dollar worth of weapons to Ukraine (and the flow still continues) which have killed thousands of Russian troops and yet they can't do sh/t about it.

The West is NOT sending weapons to Ukraine. It is a 'special charity operation'.

 

[The SC]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1515349863705321475

https://twitter.com/x/status/1514994993500463113

 

[SalarHaqq]

Le pen wont win

But if she does win...she will ban even hijab and fine ppl who pray in the Street during friday prayer.

You wholly missed the point of my comment. I couldn't care less about Le Pen. And of course dissidents will never be able to win engineered elections, nothing new here.

What I do rejoice about, however, is the fact that populations in the west are fed up to the back teeth about their lying, cheating, corrupt, sclerotic, decadent, criminal and increasingly repressive regimes which masquerade as democracies and pretend to be serving the people when the exact opposite is the case.

When you saturate the airwaves and the web with this much propaganda and mental conditioning but still get rejected by the people at elections, you know it's game over. Brace yourself for the downfall. It's inevitable, it will come, although the exact date can't be determined yet.

 

[The SC]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1514923070879846400

https://twitter.com/x/status/1514963919051567105

 

[Vergennes]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1515397476429221898

 

[The SC]

What is the significance of the sinking of the Moskva’s?​

The 12,500 tonne Moskva was armed with multiple anti-ship and surface-to-air missiles, and was the only ship of its class in the Black Sea. The two other missile cruisers – the Marshal Ustinov and the Varyag – are deployed with Russia’s Northern and Pacific fleets respectively.

A satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows the Moskva in the port of Sevastopol in Crimea on April 7 [Satellite image ©2022 Maxar Technologies via AP Photo]

The Institute for the Study of War (IOW) says it was not able to verify that Ukraine had sunk the warship, but the Moskva’s loss – regardless of the cause – was a “major propaganda victory for Ukraine”. In contrast, it was likely to undermine Russian morale, the institute said.

In military terms, however, the loss might not be so significant.

IOW says the Moskva was probably mainly used to conduct Kalibr cruise missile attacks on sites including logistic centres and airfields in Ukraine.

“These strikes have been effective but limited in number compared to airstrikes and ground-launched missiles throughout the invasion and the loss of the Moskva is unlikely to be a decisive blow,” IOW said.

Russian military experts have also played down the sinking’s military significance.

“The ship is really very old. Actually, there have been plans to scrap it for five years now,” Russian military analyst Alexander Khramchikhin told the Reuters news agency.

“It has more status value than real combat value, and in general, had nothing to do with the current operation. It will have no effect on the course of hostilities.”


https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/4/15/explainer-what-is-the-significance-of-the-moskva-sinking


Also good to know:

Mines placed by Ukraine in Black Sea may drift toward Bosporus — FSB ​

https://tass.com/emergencies/142457...=referral&utm_campaign=t.co&utm_referrer=t.co

 

[Wood]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1515297630288551939

 

[F-22Raptor]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1515413059883307010

 

[Hassan Al-Somal]

These particular Chechens are the one's who swapped sides and went over to Russia. They fought their fellow muslim Chechens against Chechen independence.

They are Sufis who have issues with the Salafist-led uprising. Within the Sunni population no matter where you go, you'll find a conflict between Sufi and Salafists.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1514923070879846400

https://twitter.com/x/status/1514963919051567105

Not sure why they are not fully deploying it but Russians need to fully use their anti-GPS and satellite jamming capabilities. The Moskova ship that recently sunk were lost because its GPS coordinates was given to Ukrainian forces that launched the anti-ship missile.

 

[F-22Raptor]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1515411696080367617

 

[The SC]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1515164964314497025

https://twitter.com/x/status/1515194503828631556

https://twitter.com/x/status/1515212198448013315

 

[Hassan Al-Somal]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1515413200770060304

 

[Viet]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1515297630288551939

He joins Shoigu in gulag.
Putin hates bad news.
By the way, where is Gerasimov, the chief of general staff?

 

[The SC]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1515115934616375296

https://twitter.com/x/status/1515031993293185034

 

[Wood]

He joins Shoigu in gulag.
Putin hates bad news.
By the way, where is Gerasimov, the chief of general staff?

He has until the 9th of May.

Funny to see Putin sending all his 'yes men' to detention. Before war, it would all be about loyalty for dictators. But now loyalty is not good enough, competent people are needed. Putin is unable to find enough of them