Running around picking up strategically placed assault rifles in the trench, switching in between to an RPG. God knows where his fellow troops were because I couldn't see any either. 1 man army.
Ukraine Invasion - Please do not post videos showing attacks/similar
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Running around picking up strategically placed assault rifles in the trench, switching in between to an RPG. God knows where his fellow troops were because I couldn't see any either. 1 man army.
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These guys need to be careful not to trigger the Morrisons carpark police
Oh good news is though that that looks like a Leopard about to go and eat some vatniks
Oh good news is though that that looks like a Leopard about to go and eat some vatniks
I can't remember if it was posted in here or not, but there was something about the fragmentation rounds the Russians are using the other day.
Russia’s Defense Ministry plans to launch aerial warfare over Ukraine — Meduza
Russia’s Defense Ministry has made the decision to start extensively using aircraft in the Ukraine war. The Russian outlet iStories reported this, citing a source close to the ministry.meduza.io
Just as Ukraine acquires peak air defence. In other words, we’re out of long range missiles and equipment on the ground.
Basically Russia appears to be using more older, less "efficient" fragmentation rounds for their artillery now, rounds that IIRC have far more "fragments" but much lower power each due to the small size of both the fragments* and the explosive charge, meaning they're less able to seriously hurt people over a wider area and less able to get past even relatively light armour. The suggestion was that going by remains of these rounds they're far older than what Russia was using originally, and potentially not from Russian stocks.
I think it was comparing them to what the Ukrainians are now using as their equivalent rounds, and it was basically Russians have regressed in what they were using whilst the Ukrainians have advanced as the Nato rounds being supplied by the US etc are the more modern/higher penetration versions (which makes them better at taking out light vehicles, whilst still being good against infantry but fewer pellets).
*So less kinetic energy and mass, meaning they lose speed faster/don't have the energy to penetrate as much.
Unfortunately the hard core Trump morons do his bidding and that's condemning any aid given to Ukraine
Sadly I don't think Trump will ever be held to account, I think they fear the MAGA to an extent that they will let him get away with everything he has done.
I hope I'm wrong.
This one line tell us everything about you
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might not be for the injured/killed top brass, but for the foot soldiers.
Although this was something that I believe was being noted and discussed right at the start when the sort of "first aid" kits the Russians were being issued with was originally noted, as they seemed to be using kits based on WW2 (maybe even WW1), whilst the Ukrainian army was issuing kits much closer to those used by the West since the Iraq war and giving the training to go with it. The inevitable result being that if a Russian and a Ukrainian suffered the same injury the Ukrainian soldier was far more likely to survive whilst the Russian was more likely to die of relatively simple blood loss (ignoring the fact that the Russians didn't seem to have anything set up to evac the wounded, so even worse than that).
'Defend'. yeah. LOL. Russia plays victim whilst invading another country /facepalm. They weren't suffering in any financial way or being blackmailed etc. They chose to invade after promising not to, because they believe Ukraine should be theirs. There is nothing else. This isn't about defence, it's about resources.
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Typical German
Hard line on deciding to do something based on lots of facts so takes time
Once decided it should be done now, why the inefficient time wasting
There were a few images early on from seemingly makeshift Russian triage center and i figured it would not look out of place if it were the US civil war as the sheer uncleanliness of it was ridiculous. I imagine the theft of actual hospitals from locals would be somewhat less nasty, but I doubt many more people would have survived whatever Russia consider's medical care.
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Good to finally see him on board now though, I was a bit worried about the German response until now.
Yes. But Russia is not being attacked. Russia is the aggressor; she invaded Ukraine.
Yes, I did.
Possibly concerned about Germany's borders over anything else
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from what threat?
the state of affairs pre ukraine "pre-emptive defence" if you want to call it that;
-russian federation is the largest single country on earth
-literally nobody has plans to invade russia and take their land
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-huh, turns out there only needed to be 2 points
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Are you mentally ill or on hallucinogenic drugs?
The Ukrainians are defending themselves against a Russian invasion. Previously, they were a peaceful country which just wanted to improve its economy, trade more with the EU and be safe from Russian aggression. They gave up trying to join NATO in 2010 after being blocked by Germany and France from starting the (long) accession process for the 2 years prior to that. It was only after being invaded by Russian forces in 2014 that they rekindled their desire to join NATO. They are fighting for their lives, homes, livelihoods, nation and freedom from Russian tyranny.
We are trying to help them to fend off this Russian aggression. We should be sending them fourth-generation jet fighters, hundreds of third-generation MBTs and long-range missile systems, but unfortunately, our politicians don't have the balls to do that.
The reality is Russia's greatest threat is itself, well its greed and corruption.
Its neighbor to the SE is a greater threat to Russia than NATO. If China had half a chance I suspect it would snap up some mineral rich land if it could get away with it. That said, China go about it differently. They dont need conflict.
It's not really a 180 turn, he wanted to send tanks to Ukraine for months, he just didn't want to be the only one doing it so waited for the USA/UK to pledge to do so too.
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You know that you're supposed to wash the Windowlene off before you start the licking, right?Instead of posting a variety of posts at individual replies I will try to tackle them all.
So firstly my original post. You can google and you can even search news agencies and their chatter over the last 10 years regards Ukraine.
What have I done personally asked one post to help Ukraine, absolutely nothing. Not have I helped Russia.
I get that this forum is entirely pro Ukraine and is quite triggered by anyone pushing the alternative.
Does Russia have no right at all to defend itself?
Also you have all stated a lot that all this takes is Russia to back off and stop.
Did you advocate this policy in Iraq? In Afghanistan?
Shall we continue to all the american involved invasions going back to Vietnam?
Shall we discuss and you are welcome to throw the expected arguments about the Donbass and eastern Ukraine and the history.
All you want to hear is I support Ukraine defeating Russians.
I do not.
People are dying russians and Ukarine.
All for a western agenda. Who are not willing to get involved or commit to a war.
Yet we did in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Somalia, Sudan, and so on.
So while you posture yourselves as supporting the Ukraine and putting your flags on faceboook.
What is going on? What has changed in a year!!! Who is suffering? And how are you doing? You are well no? You are healthy? You are fine?
Who is supplying the missile and bombs? Who is making money?
Where is the money trail?
You know there is people in our western side who have studied nuclear options.
We can take it.
You know there is people already confirmed we can take it.
Google you know. Google what you do not like.
Tell me the solution.
Tell me how Russia will be forced back and lose? Tell me your plan on how Russia lose....
Sorry to trigger you
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Do you really think Russia trying to not just invade but annex Ukraine is the same as the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan?
Many western forces were met with happy civilians that were glad to see the end of a fascist tyrant and his regime, thats the difference in Iraq, it wasnt until the civil war that it turned into a **** show.
I posted this last year:
Is ukraine run by a fascist dictator?
Has ukraine used chemical weapons against its neighbours?
Has ukraine commited genocide?
Have they tried to annex a neighbouring state?
Is ukraine subject to numerous UN security council resolutions?
See the difference between Ukraine and Iraq yet?
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