Ukraine Invasion - Please do not post videos showing attacks/similar

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Well, given Lavrov’s loose brained rambling about Jews being the worst Anti-Semites and his insane theories about the Holocaust going down about as well as a fart in a packed elevator in Israel, then I wouldn’t be too surprised if Israeli weapons suddenly started turning up in Ukrainian hands.
 
Minusorange said:
Given the cloud colour it looks more like Nitrates going boom, do nitrate gases cause those symptoms though ?
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Ukraine conflict: Russian chemical attack claim fact-checked

Moscow has a history of falsely accusing its enemies of attacks that could be defined as war crimes.
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In the BBC article they are ascribing it to ammonium nitrate released by ordnance hitting a farm building.

On another note find this assessment a little odd UK MoD: "Russian bridging equipment has been in short supply throughout the conflict, slowing and restricting offensive manoeuvre." - they may have problems getting it to where it needs to be and/or they may assess that what they have is insufficient for a larger push beyond the Donbas but one of the reasons I thought this was likely going to lead to war this time was the large convoys of bridging equipment being moved to forward positions. They may have lost/had to abandon some of it when they pulled out of the north but there was still a lot being moved between Kursk and Belgorod compared to what has been sighted in Ukraine so far.
 
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Rroff said:
www.bbc.co.uk

Ukraine conflict: Russian chemical attack claim fact-checked

Moscow has a history of falsely accusing its enemies of attacks that could be defined as war crimes.
www.bbc.co.uk

In the BBC article they are ascribing it to ammonium nitrate released by ordnance hitting a farm building.

On another note find this assessment a little odd UK MoD: "Russian bridging equipment has been in short supply throughout the conflict, slowing and restricting offensive manoeuvre." - they may have problems getting it to where it needs to be and/or they may assess that what they have is insufficient for a larger push beyond the Donbas but one of the reasons I thought this was likely going to lead to war this time was the large convoys of bridging equipment being moved to forward positions. They may have lost/had to abandon some of it when they pulled out of the north but there was still a lot being moved between Kursk and Belgorod compared to what has been sighted in Ukraine so far.
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Or it was just relative, they perhaps don't need to destroy much to cause a significant loss, it isn't the sort of equipment that you necessarily have in abundance. There have been plenty of convoys hit too so likely some lost there, they've had more than one attempt at bridging the river where an entire BTG worth of vehicles was destroyed. I don't think it's all that surprising, it confirms the tweet I quoted yesterday where a General made a similar claim.
 
dowie said:
it isn't the sort of equipment that you necessarily have in abundance
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While it isn't the kind of equipment armies tend to have sitting around in abundance - part of what I was pointing out is that there was a significant amount on display leading up to the invasion compared to the likely use and losses so far.

I can see where an assessment might conclude losses have a critical impact on a longer term war effort or the ability to get such equipment to where it is needed in the short term but critical short supply in terms of being available at all, ever, for current operations as they seem to be suggesting seems at odds to the amount seen moving by various OSINT sources leading up to this invasion - it would be hard to find it all now but I linked to videos of two large scale convoys of such equipment and there were many more moving on all fronts.
 
Last time the Finn's went against Russia (with their buddies the Nazis) it ultimately didn't go well for them.

With Poland threatening to send troops into Ukraine they might join NATO just in time to be dragged into WW3.
 
I just hope these NATO membership papers aren't going to be waved around like the Munich Agreement in WW2 with people thinking this will lead to peace in our time.

Putin is a warmonger, especially with the talk of invading other countries. Remember when it was just about Crimea? Or just about the Donbass? He's always pushing the boundaries.
 
Amusing that no one gives a **** about Putin’s threats and rightly so.

If he starts a war with Nato, he either loses or we all lose.

The global economy and environment/climate is totally ****** anyway so bring it on, sad little dying old bald man.
 
It seems we live in an age with nostalgia a bit of a driver: several countries have dreams of regaining lost empires. Turkey, China, Russia, etc.

Thing is, if Russia gets weak, will China move to reclaim some old territory on Russias southern border?
 
RxR said:
It seems we live in an age with nostalgia a bit of a driver: several countries have dreams of regaining lost empires. Turkey, China, Russia, etc.

Thing is, if Russia gets weak, will China move to reclaim some old territory on Russias southern border?
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The analysts seem to say no - not unless Russia catastrophically collapsed - it is still useful for China to have an alliance with Russia.
 
Jono8 said:
Amusing that no one gives a **** about Putin’s threats and rightly so.

If he starts a war with Nato, he either loses or we all lose.

The global economy and environment/climate is totally ****** anyway so bring it on, sad little dying old bald man.
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