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

[Uther]

Nothing beats the lady near the start of the war who took out that drone by lobbing a jar of food at it off her high rise balcony

The thing I remember from the first days is people standing in front of Russian army vehicles singing and telling them to go home. It all went badly downhill after that.

 

[Freddie1980]

/Meh. Who needs Patriot or modern AA systems?

https://twitter.com/x/status/1664006350815350785

Good job, those Lancet's are quite dangerous (they've taken out quite a few M777's, Polish Khrab artillery guns and done some damage to one Panzerhaubitze) but their biggest draw back is their lack speed and are relatively easy to shoot down (if you spot them in time).

 

[bingham67]

Lancet seem to be the only decent thing to come out of the Russian arsenal.

 

[StriderX]

Russia may be devoured by its neighbours

Japan, China, Turkey and even Ukraine could lay claim to Moscow’s territories. Putin may reap what he has sown

www.telegraph.co.uk

People seem to forget sometimes Russia is a nuclear armed country and while they might not be utilising them in the current conflict someone invading Russia properly is a very different ballgame and almost certainly will see the utilisation of tactical if not strategic nuclear weapons if Russia can't deal with it conventionally.

The USSR was also a nuclear armed 'country'.

 

[Minstadave]

I'd be quite surprised if they are just allowed to return to Russia to cause trouble. I'd expect to see them deployed somewhere else, especially as the Ukranian offensive is due to start. Not many of that 30k will be going home intact IMO.

It's a interesting problem.

Take a load of criminals, teach them to kill, put them through some hellish stuff, give them access to weapons and then what do you do with the survivors at the end? You can't kill them, you can't imprison them, just turn them lose?

 

[Uther]

It's a interesting problem.

Take a load of criminals, teach them to kill, put them through some hellish stuff, give them access to weapons and then what do you do with the survivors at the end? You can't kill them, you can't imprison them, just turn them lose?

I honestly think they will find themselves right in front of the Ukranian steamroller when it starts. It makes zero sense for Putin to let them back in the country.

 

[potatolord]

It's a interesting problem.

Take a load of criminals, teach them to kill, put them through some hellish stuff, give them access to weapons and then what do you do with the survivors at the end? You can't kill them, you can't imprison them, just turn them lose?

It's Russia. Rule of law does not exist.

The Russian leadership will do whatever they want with them, which could be any of the options you ruled out, or something else altogether.

If putin wants, he'll make it prigozhin's problem, and say any agreement was with prihozhin and wagner, not the Russian state.

 

[rumple9]

This is Russia - I wouldn't bet on them getting to go free after their 6 months is up. Although I don't actually know what is happening in this respect.

Bakhmut is still a frontline position with ongoing fighting no matter who holds what currently.

Paedophile who fought for Putin rapes two girls aged ten and 12 after threatening to blow them up with a grenade the day after returning from Ukraine​

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...rapes-two-girls-threatening-blow-grenade.html

Prigozhin confirms Russian man accused of sexual abuse of two young girls was Wagner mercenary​

https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/20...-two-young-girls-was-wagner-mercenary-en-news

 

[Grim5]

The free Russia legion has entered Russia again

https://twitter.com/x/status/1664149760939286528

 

[SpellowHouse]

Russia may be devoured by its neighbours

Japan, China, Turkey and even Ukraine could lay claim to Moscow’s territories. Putin may reap what he has sown

www.telegraph.co.uk

People seem to forget sometimes Russia is a nuclear armed country and while they might not be utilising them in the current conflict someone invading Russia properly is a very different ballgame and almost certainly will see the utilisation of tactical if not strategic nuclear weapons if Russia can't deal with it conventionally.

I think this is a very important message. Russia has shown itself to be really weak. Having said that, every day that goes by, they will get stronger. They are still a big country with massive resources. The question is whether this war will end before they can make use of those resources?

 

[Grim5]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1664174732722462720

 

[Grim5]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1664183790284013569

 

[bingham67]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1664148909608894465

Sad to see some have died seems a fair few have died from fragments of the rockets falling.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

At least they are all being intercepted now.

 

[Grim5]

Belgorod city administration building on fire

The Russian flag in front of the entrance makes for great symbolism

 

[alec]

Belgorod city administration building on fire

looks like residential building
indiscriminate fire on civilians is terrorism

 

[Firestar_3x]

looks like residential building
indiscriminate fire on civilians is terrorism

Go tell that to Russia.

 

[Freddie1980]

looks like residential building
indiscriminate fire on civilians is terrorism

It was reported employees were burning documents. Not sure how that would directly to the roof catching on fire but it's possible that incident was used as cover for setting the roof ablaze.

 

[Hook]

looks like residential building
indiscriminate fire on civilians is terrorism

There should be reports/videos of dead/wounded civillians by now if that was the case.

 

[Griffo]

Belgorod city administration building on fire

The Russian flag in front of the entrance makes for great symbolism

I think this is a town in the Belgorod Oblast south of the actual city of Belgorod itself, which is 20km or so up the road. And by "I think" I mean, it says it .
EDIT: And to be nice and provide evidence: Street View from 2013, paint is different, building is the one, I believe.