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Ukraine Invasion - Please do not post videos showing attacks/similar
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Go get him Minusorange. Twist his cap back for him.
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They do, when it comes to artillery it pretty much makes up the backbone of Russia's capabilities but your right I'm surprised these facilities haven't been targeted sooner by either long range drones or special forces action. One problem Russia does have with increasing production is access to quality ball bearings which are vitally important for modern production, last I read they were buying cheap ball bearings from China which aren't great but it's all they've got due to sanctions.
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Crimea was part of Russia from it's founding as a Russian statelet in the late 18th Century until the 1950's I believe. Khruschev gave it to Ukraine if memory serves. I think Crimea would be a definite red line for Russia. The risk is also that if they take back the more firmly Russian parts of the annexed lands they invite a near perpetual insurgency, much like they had from 2014 to 2022 in Donbass before.
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Based on what ? There's literally nobody to remove him
Very unlikely, but not impossible. E.g. Trump wins next president elections, 4 years later he refuses to give up power - civil war starts in US.
Putin's propaganda machine has been telling Russian people for years "You may have low salaries, low pensions, low life expectancy, etc., but Putin created a strong army, returned Crimea and everyone is afraid of us". His approval rating was already tanking after the pension age increase and the one million people who died due to the inadequate handling of Covid. If he loses the war and Crimea there will be no arguments left why he needs to stay as president. The Russian elite used to live the dream - mansions in UK, Europe, US, yachts, private jets. Now as result of Putin's war many of them are under sanctions, can't travel, lost money and property. Without the approval of the people and the elite it's only a matter of time for an ambitious general or bureaucrat to organize a coup.
This would be a waste of time, no one would arrive
As much **** talking as right wing Americans do, they will never put their money where their mouth is and go live in Russia.
There has been countless recent opportunities for Russian shills in the West to make the switch and I've still not seen a single one do it. Most recently Gonzalo Lira had the opportunity to go to Russia but instead said no thanks and tries to seek asylum in Europe instead which didn't work out the way he hoped and now he's in jail, but I suppose a jail in The Hague is probably nicer than the average Russian house, it even has a toilet
As much **** talking as right wing Americans do, they will never put their money where their mouth is and go live in Russia.
There has been countless recent opportunities for Russian shills in the West to make the switch and I've still not seen a single one do it. Most recently Gonzalo Lira had the opportunity to go to Russia but instead said no thanks and tries to seek asylum in Europe instead which didn't work out the way he hoped and now he's in jail, but I suppose a jail in The Hague is probably nicer than the average Russian house, it even has a toilet
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They have no elite, they are just random folk who surround him and still travel abroad with their private jets and what not.
Poo tin will do **** if he loses Crimea or any other region to make a grey zone such as Rostov on Don or Voronezh.
US and Chiiina does not want ruZZia to lose and collapse. US will drip feed the war and Chiiina will use the recourses and feed ruZZkies with supplies.
Poo tin will do **** if he loses Crimea or any other region to make a grey zone such as Rostov on Don or Voronezh.
US and Chiiina does not want ruZZia to lose and collapse. US will drip feed the war and Chiiina will use the recourses and feed ruZZkies with supplies.
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Considering how many ruZZkies live in US(2.9 million). You can count on one hand how many Americans live in ruZZia. I watched some dude who served in US military and was in Afghanistan and moved to live somewhere in Siberia. I mean if he wanted to live far from people could have moved to North Dakota or Alaska. BTW he lived of his military pension...
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While the "cope cage" memes can be quite comical, as this is a serious thread it should be noted that the cages aren't there to stop Javelins or NLAWs, they're there to defend against Soviet RPGs and they are highly effective at it.
Russia learned from their failures in Chechnya, Armenia's failings against Azerbaijan and even the USA's failings in Afghanistan. All of those conflicts showed that when fired from elevation the RPG-7 and it's derivatives are super effective against tank turrets.
At the start of the war their tankers started making their own as their effectiveness was known to them but it wasn't known just how effective they would be. They spread like wildfire among tankers because it turned out they offered a ~50-60% increase in protection against the majority of the anti tank weapons they were likely to face (despite the amount of NLAWs/Javelins that have been sent to Ukraine the overwhelming majority of their anti-tank weapons are Soviet era RPGs).
After that they started putting them on everything, even stuff that would potentially still be destroyed or disabled by the reduced hit anyway.
It's similar to how Ukraine are plastering comical levels of surplus ERA blocks on everything. Looks stupid but it does work.
RPGs? Then why are the cages on the roof and not the side. Since when do RPGs come from the top in an open field? I agree the cages aren't great against western anti tank rockets but I think the cages are now more for drone protection
Fired from elevation means that the person with the RPG is above the tank. Obviously they don't help on flat open ground, but in urban areas and the large portions of Ukraine that aren't flat they have been highly effective, and removing/refitting the armour only when it's actually needed would be a logistical nightmare for any military let alone one that's shown itself to have Hermes levels of logistical skills
I would guess they didn't add any to the side as they determined the tanks have enough protection there already but as I said they know from Chechnya and the Armenian/Azerbaijan conflict that T series tank roofs are highly vulnerable to Soviet RPGs, Hell they know from Afghanistan that Abram's roofs are vulnerable to Soviet RPGs.
So yeah while it's become highly comical to meme on Russia for their widespread use of slat/spaced armour to protect their tanks (and other vehicles) roofs even though it doesn't work against Javelins/NLAWs, it is actually super effective, just not against weapons it's not there to defend against. To put it in perspective, the USSR made over 9,000,000 RPG-7 units and millions of units of it's successor models. Russia was the largest recipient of these weapons, Ukraine was the second.
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Well this wasn't utterly predictable was it:
Russian convicts released to fight with Wagner accused of new crimes
Victims' families are distraught that Russian prisoners released to fight in Ukraine are reoffending.
www.bbc.co.uk
Russians are now banned from buying foreign currency
Due to the poor performance of the Ruble currency, in an attempt to prevent further landslide erosion of the ruble's value, the Russian central bank has shut down domestic foreign exchange services to stop people buying foreign currency
www.bloomberg.com
Due to the poor performance of the Ruble currency, in an attempt to prevent further landslide erosion of the ruble's value, the Russian central bank has shut down domestic foreign exchange services to stop people buying foreign currency
Ruble Weakens Toward 100 Per Dollar for First Time in 16 Months
The Bank of Russia announced it will halt purchases of foreign currency on the domestic market for the rest of 2023 in an effort to help the ruble as the currency slumped toward 100 per dollar, its weakest in 16 months.
www.bloomberg.com
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There have been so many smoking accidents in Russia reported on the news that it feels like it's just a common issue. And while it probably was before the war, the stats show that there has been a massive increase since the war started
Top chart shows number of explosions in mainland Russia (so this excludes occupied territory like Crimea etc). Bottom graph shows number of people killed in the explosions
Top chart shows number of explosions in mainland Russia (so this excludes occupied territory like Crimea etc). Bottom graph shows number of people killed in the explosions
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The lack of self awareness. The complete death of irony. The rampant hypocrisy. It's all here.
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I wonder if Elvira Nabiullina has more tricks up her sleeves to stop the Ruble turning to rubble, this seems like a desperate ploy to stave of the invertible collapse of Russia's currency. Last year the $:RUB spiked as high at $135 to the Ruble before sharply coming back down in the following weeks but this done by raising interest rates to 20% and insisting purchases for oil and gas be made in Rubles rather then Euro's or Dollars. The EU no longer buys Russian oil and gas and what it does sell to other markets is sold super cheap.Russians are now banned from buying foreign currency
Due to the poor performance of the Ruble currency, in an attempt to prevent further landslide erosion of the ruble's value, the Russian central bank has shut down domestic foreign exchange services to stop people buying foreign currency
Ruble Weakens Toward 100 Per Dollar for First Time in 16 Months
The Bank of Russia announced it will halt purchases of foreign currency on the domestic market for the rest of 2023 in an effort to help the ruble as the currency slumped toward 100 per dollar, its weakest in 16 months.
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