Ukraine Invasion - Please do not post videos showing attacks/similar
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Seems like the war is being felt a fair bit in Belgorod Oblast over the last few hours.
It is the reality of large chunks of war compared to movies/games - sitting around in a hole while artillery duels around you.
It is the reality of large chunks of war compared to movies/games - sitting around in a hole while artillery duels around you.
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Love the way the radio guy barely even flinches.
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It perfectly captures the reality of war, in a trench hoping the bangs don't bang on top of you and your buddy to your left or right
Yikes, glad they’re ok. Shame they don’t have any overhead cover. As much as it’s a complete ball ache, stuff like that perhaps could make you very grateful for 18 inches of compact soil above your head!
Though seeing some of the Russian footage of a captured Ukrainian position somewhere in Donbas some of their positions have been incredibly well prepared - concrete, kevlar, big steel doors etc.. there’s dug in and then there’s 8 years of prepping serious defences, no wonder the Russians were struggling for weeks to advance anywhere in that region!
Though seeing some of the Russian footage of a captured Ukrainian position somewhere in Donbas some of their positions have been incredibly well prepared - concrete, kevlar, big steel doors etc.. there’s dug in and then there’s 8 years of prepping serious defences, no wonder the Russians were struggling for weeks to advance anywhere in that region!
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That guy has ice in veins, I was anxious just watching that. Notice at around 2:55 he throws the grenade and within a couple of seconds of it landing and exploding you hear someone yell and then everything falls silent. Just goes to show the levels professionalism of the Ukrainian army.
So there's a compilation of videos from a Russian soldier's phone on youtube which is likely selective in the clips they've used, but I think it does a fairly decent job of trying to maintain the guy's humanity from several months before the war to the point that he was effectively surrounded and captured.
I won't link it since there's casualties and one disturbing scene involved, but it's called 'The Occupant' and should be a few results down with a mostly Russian title.
I won't link it since there's casualties and one disturbing scene involved, but it's called 'The Occupant' and should be a few results down with a mostly Russian title.
*UniCredit and Citigroup Are Exploring Asset Swaps With Russian Financial Institutions — FT
https://www.ft.com/content/1ec40480-5e84-46c6-8e78-0152b0d51fe9
*Early Sunday Strike Hits Ukraine’s Military Infrastructure in Lviv Region, No Information on Casualties — Region’s Governor
*UK Military Intelligence: Russia’s Donbas Offensive Has Lost Momentum and Fallen Significantly Behind Schedule
*UK Military Intelligence: Russia Has Now Likely Suffered Losses of One Third of the Ground Combat Force It Committed in February
*UK Military Intelligence: Under the Current Conditions, Russia Is Unlikely to Dramatically Accelerate Its Rate of Advance Over the Next 30 Days
*UK Military Intelligence: Russia Has Failed to Achieve Substantial Territorial Gains Over Past Month While Sustaining High Levels of Attrition
https://www.ft.com/content/1ec40480-5e84-46c6-8e78-0152b0d51fe9
*Early Sunday Strike Hits Ukraine’s Military Infrastructure in Lviv Region, No Information on Casualties — Region’s Governor
*UK MoD Update - 'Latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine - 15 May 2022'
https://twitter.com/DefenceHQ/status/1525704460214878208
https://twitter.com/DefenceHQ/status/1525704460214878208
*UK Military Intelligence: Russia Has Now Likely Suffered Losses of One Third of the Ground Combat Force It Committed in February
*UK Military Intelligence: Under the Current Conditions, Russia Is Unlikely to Dramatically Accelerate Its Rate of Advance Over the Next 30 Days
*UK Military Intelligence: Russia Has Failed to Achieve Substantial Territorial Gains Over Past Month While Sustaining High Levels of Attrition
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*NATO’s Deputy Secretary General: On Turkey’s Concerns, if Finland and Sweden Decide to Seek Membership, I Am Confident That We Will Be Able to Welcome Them
*Berlin- Canada’s Foreign Minister: I Hope Ratification Process of Finland’s and Sweden’s NATO Membership Can Be Done Within Weeks
*Berlin- Canada’s Foreign Minister: I Hope Ratification Process of Finland’s and Sweden’s NATO Membership Can Be Done Within Weeks
No the updates from the MOD are coming from Defence Intelligence (the MODs own intelligence organisation).
MI in MI6 etc.. does stand for “military intelligence” but those are wartime names from WW2 that have stuck.
The voices at that point were from the second guy in hole on his radio.
For years I've thought the M.I. stood for Ministry of Intelligence - A quick google tells me I've had it wrong all this time! Military Intelligence, Section 5 and 6.
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Mission Impossible 6 
Update from a Prof at St Andrew’s, puts Russian attrition into perspective re that successfully Ukrainian attack on the attempted river crossing, they’ve been suffering losses like that for some time. Disproportionate logistics losses too (as we’ve already seen), thinks that even if Russia managed a breakout they might not be able to sustain it. Ukraine can just keep on with this, even with some covert attempts at mobilisation the Russian forces could face collapse this summer:
(Only included first two tweets but it’s worth a read)
(Only included first two tweets but it’s worth a read)
US Secretary of State Anthony J Blinken says it again 'Putin is depraved'.
This is not to be forgotten Ukrainians civilians are being brutalised by Russian troops and armaments. Ukraine was no threat to Russia. Tha man is below human but to call him an animal insults animals.
This is not to be forgotten Ukrainians civilians are being brutalised by Russian troops and armaments. Ukraine was no threat to Russia. Tha man is below human but to call him an animal insults animals.
The MI5 & MI6 thing can all get a bit confusing due their WW1 era naming convention as, despite being changed from MI5 to the Security Service in 1931 and MI6 to the Secret Intelligence Service in the early 1920's, the population at large generally still uses the MI(number) names.
Additional confusion comes from the issue of the general public still calling these two Civilian run and managed departments "Military Intelligence (number)" when they are not run or operated by the Military, whilst the intelligence service which is actual run by the Military (MOD) is called simply "Defence Intelligence" and is hardly known to the public.
Personally I think its a fantastic way to keep confusing folks about who does what within the Intelligence circuit, with the more confusion caused the better for people who need to keep things secret.
Additional confusion comes from the issue of the general public still calling these two Civilian run and managed departments "Military Intelligence (number)" when they are not run or operated by the Military, whilst the intelligence service which is actual run by the Military (MOD) is called simply "Defence Intelligence" and is hardly known to the public.
Personally I think its a fantastic way to keep confusing folks about who does what within the Intelligence circuit, with the more confusion caused the better for people who need to keep things secret.
There seems to be a lot of rumours regarding Ukraine getting Israel Blue Spear anti ship missiles from Estonia although this article seems to debunk it.
www.jpost.com
Israel denies equipping Ukraine with Blue Spear through Estonia
Estonia denied asking Israel for its authorization to transfer one Blue Spear (5G SSM) land-to-sea missile system to Ukraine.
www.jpost.com
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