Russia-Ukraine War - News and Developments

[scimitar19]

Nightmarish wake-up..

Please fellow brethren! Lets have a minute of silence for this dude that is about to develop a potential non combat PTSD syndrome.

 

[CAPRICORN-88]

So what does it means?

Why the blame game so early?

Is UK acknowledging that Ukraine is losing the war?

So the US and NATO must have discussed about it. They are pointing the finger at India.

And UK is now blaming India and Modi offers his presence at 10, Downing Street as the perfect opportunity.

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1522428435238248448

 

[kingQamaR]

Shocker For India — UK Report Blames Its Asian Ally For ‘Smuggling’ Defense Components To Russia For Ukraine War​

By
Ashish Dangwal
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May 4, 2022

Apprehensions that Russia’s modern weaponry relies significantly on parts produced in the UK and other western countries have prompted the British government to initiate a probe into any “credible allegations” that its weapons embargo on Russia has been jeopardized.

According to The Daily Telegraph, a Whitehall investigation is underway following a report by the Royal United Services Institute think tank that underlined the fact that Russian weaponry employed in Ukraine is dependent on imports of sophisticated electronics.

As experts combed through Russian forces’ abandoned hardware in Ukraine, they reportedly discovered high-tech UK parts for jamming devices and military radios.

Experts pointed to the usage of high-frequency transistors made in the UK in Russia’s Borisoglebsk-2 jamming system as an example. The system also had components made in the US, Germany, South Korea, Taiwan, and the Netherlands.

Researchers from the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) military think tank discovered that the Kremlin acquires Western components through front companies, intermediaries, and blackmail. Manufacturers appear to have no idea where their products eventually end up.

Following Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014, the UK imposed a weapons embargo on the country. There were indications that certain export licenses were still being issued.

However, after the invasion of Ukraine, the UK also barred the direct transfer to Russia of dual-use components, which can be used for either civilian or military purposes.


The Rusi report, titled ‘Operation Z: The Death Throes of an Imperial Delusion,’ did not specify when the components in question were likely to have been exported. Also, there was no indication that the producers had committed any wrongdoing.

However, it sparked concerns that parts manufactured in the United Kingdom could still end up in Russia.

It also noted that as a result of Western economic sanctions, Moscow would grow more reliant on component smuggling to keep its aircraft, missiles, and other high-tech weapons operational.

The Department for International Trade in the United Kingdom is now looking into ways to prevent British-made parts from being used by Russia’s war machine.

A government spokesperson said, “We have introduced the largest and most severe economic sanctions that Russia has ever faced, to help cripple Putin’s war machine, including by sanctioning key defense sector organizations and banning the export of critical technologies.

The UK has one of the most robust and transparent export-control regimes in the world. We take all credible allegations of breaches of export control seriously and we will take further action if appropriate.”

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The RUSI research also suggested that Russia relies on Western electronics to manufacture 9M727 cruise missiles, Kh-101 cruise missiles, 9M949 guided 300-mm rockets, TOR-M2 air-defense systems, and Aqueduct radios, this was reported by EurAsian Times.

Russia supplies the majority of India’s weapons, and is a major trading partner. The last thing you want is your weapon’s supplier cutting off your source of spare parts and upgrades

 

[CAPRICORN-88]

Not propaganda. We give you the order, you follow. No but's, if's, or waitz... Want to get your *** kicked?


You can pretend you can make decision on your own. We do let you do that to a certain degree so it looks good on us too. But when it's NATO matter, geopolitical matter, you just follow. Get it?

True.

Shut down Nordstream 2, US commanded and indeed Germany obediencely adhered to it.

Joe Biden declared Nordstream 2 as officially dead. How can Joe Biden do that? He is only the President of the US and not Chancellor of Germany.

 

[kingQamaR]

What stop ? Not a cubic inch of gas went through North Stream 2. As to the others: Yamal and North Stream 1, the gas is flowing normally, much to the dismay of Russian trolls.

 

[Clutch]

US intel helped Ukraine sink massive Russian warship​

By Jesse O’Neill

May 5, 2022 | 9:48pm

Ukrainian forces were able to sink Russian missile cruiser Moskva thanks to US intelligence, according to an official.Twitter/east2west news
US intelligence played a pivotal role in Ukraine’s attack on a flagship Russian warship last month, an American official said Thursday.

Ukraine targeted and sank the Russian missile cruiser Moskva on April 14 with its own anti-ship missiles after the US provided “a range of intelligence” that included the location of the ship in the Black Sea, the official said on the condition of anonymity.

 

[RescueRanger]

Russia Just Lost Its Most Advanced Operational Tank In Ukraine

The first confirmed loss of Russia's most advanced operational tank is another blow to the Russian Army's eroded image.

www.thedrive.com

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@kingQamaR
@RescueRanger
@iLION12345_1
@PanzerKiel

This is great news but I was led to believe that the t-14 is Russia’s most advanced tank? Perhaps I am misinformed.

 

[hadi1990]

idont know why russians are over complicating the azovzstol region, shelling for a year will not solve that, they can capture a building and dig to reach the ventilation of the planet, pour any thing from benzene to diesel to gas and give it a match!!

 

[MajesticPug]

True.

Shut down Nordstream 2, US commanded and indeed Germany obediencely adhered to it.

Joe Biden declared Nordstream as officially dead. What Joe Biden did that? But he is only the Ptesident of the US and not Chancellor of Germany.

Yup. It doesn't matter there's not a cent US has put into building the Nordstream. US President speaks, German Chancellor, President, Ministers, Assembly must say "Yes Sir". Kind of insulting but it's TRUE.

 

[CAPRICORN-88]

Yup. It doesn't matter there's not a cent US has put into building the Nordstream. US President speaks, German Chancellor, President, Ministers, Assembly must say "Yes Sir". Kind of insulting but it's TRUE.

Even if Germany decided to revive the project today, it is already too late.

Gasprom have already allocated half of the gas initially reserved for Nordstream 2 to North West region of Russia.

 

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I would take any western tank over an eastern designed tank any day.
I even have doubts in regards to VT-4 and other Soviet Era tanks Pak Armed Forces are running.

Pak Army is for show only. It's real purpose is real estate and letter courrier services.

 

[kingQamaR]

This is great news but I was led to believe that the t-14 is Russia’s most advanced tank? Perhaps I am misinformed.

At last count there were MAYBE 20 T-14’s in service. Serial production has been slow and deliveries of the proposed (up to 100) tanks are scheduled to start “some time this year (2022)”. I doubt very seriously that the Russian Army will try to battle test what few of these they have in service. The Ukraine invasion doesn’t seem to be going as well as expected for them as they’d hoped. Russian troops are walking away from a lot of vehicles and equipment and Russia can’t afford to have one of these things captured

 

[CAPRICORN-88]

These seizures are illegal under International Law by UN.

These assets don't belongs to Russia but to the individuals. Only a rogue nation will do that.

 

[Apollon]

Yup. It doesn't matter there's not a cent US has put into building the Nordstream. US President speaks, German Chancellor, President, Ministers, Assembly must say "Yes Sir". Kind of insulting but it's TRUE.

No its bullshit. Nordstream 2 is best example for that Germany resisted for years to stop NS 2.


Only whrn Russia became existential danger for Germany, this changed.