A thread about Nazis, particularly one Nazi that keeps popping up in European countries.
https://twitter.com/VindiceLibertas/status/1629940774421909505?t=sE1P00i5dnVmZTI7vtNfqg&s=19
This is all over Twitter. A captured Ukrainian soldier, shot dead seconds after this still image from a video, for calmly taking a last drag from his cigarette and defiantly saying 'glory to Ukraine'. I suspect he knew full well what was going to happen.
I've only (thankfully) seen the stills. Seemingly the video is easy to stumble on if you're not careful. I don't want to see that shit.
Russians videoed this war crime then gleefully uploaded it to the internet. The Telegram channels are apparently full of Russians saying they should do this to all Ukrainian captives and worse.
They revel in this. Devoid of any humanity and absolutely rotten to the core.
https://twitter.com/brokenpixelua/status/1632763119255552002?t=0bUtot-O9jIJrJuAEoDViA&s=19
https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1632741691030470656?t=Bau62g9UgRnMuqgT1a87Lg&s=19
Edit
I wonder if the Ukrainian slow withdrawal from Bakhmut is a ruse to decimate the Wagner group. Lure them into a trap
It's all ruses, smoke and mirrors.
"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated at the end of the day on March 6 that he has ordered reinforcements to Bakhmut" https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/ukraine-conflict-updates
It's interesting that Bakhmut is being hailed as a "great strategic success" by Ukraine. There are three levels of war and the highest is strategic, which is akin to a national policy of decimating the poorly-equipped mobilised RF troops so that Russia is having to commit better quality forces for more of the same.
Geographically, Bakhmut isn't in any way strategic so this talk of reinforcements could be a ruse to cover the movements for withdrawal, but who out here knows?
Wagner PMC and Russian Forces are pretty well intertwined; the PMCs allow the Russian State deniability in various respects but are clearly armed and supplied by the state.
The link between Prigozhin and Wagner wasn't publicly acknowledged by Prigozhin until September when the tide of this war turned and President Putin was criticised more openly
I thought officially PMCs were illegal in Russia?what’s a few laws amongst dictators anyway.
I thought officially PMCs were illegal in Russia? What’s a few laws amongst dictators anyway
They are but... "The Russian debate on PMCs gathered momentum in April 2012, when Vladimir Putin, then still prime minister, in his answer to a question from the Duma floor, supported the idea to organize PMCs in Russia (RIA Novosti, April 11, 2012)." https://jamestown.org/program/russian-private-military-companies-redwater/
My God, that poor Ukrainian solder.
Those Russians are scum. Utter scum.
The Perun video is well worth watching regards Wagner
there does seem to be a weird powerbase thing going on with Putin as well- he has a track record of promoting the most loyal, rather than most competent, generals
That's what dictators do – keep the most loyal close by their side and remove those that may pose a risk to their authority/regime. Just like a certain Austrian in the 1930s/40s...
Confirmation that the US supplied a small number of the extended range version of JDAM to Ukraine, about 3 weeks ago. It's speculated that they may have modified Mig 29s to use them as they previously did with US supplied HARM missiles JDAM-ER has a claimed range of up 45 miles if lobbed correctly by the releasing aircraft. A useful new precision weapon in their arsenal.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/winged-jdam-smart-bombs-are-now-operational-in-ukraine
The Telegram channels are apparently full of Russians saying they should do this to all Ukrainian captives and worse.
They revel in this. Devoid of any humanity and absolutely rotten to the core.
Ok look, I don't condone shooting people of any kind but don't start throwing around words like 'they' in this context please. That's exactly how we end in this situation in the first place. It looks like you're trying to make out that all Russians are scum, whereas in this instance all you know is that some posters on Telegram are scum.
It looks like you’re trying to make out that all Russians are scum
Nope. Absolutely not. That's not what I wrote and not what I meant. I was specifically referring to the Telegram posters and implicitly to the executioners of an unarmed POW. The 'they' you seem to have taken offence to referred to the preceding sentence. I though that was obvious, but if not I'm happy to clarify.
Its wouldn't be a bad thing to stay off Twitter for a couple of days, that video is being shared widely
Nope. Absolutely not. That’s not what I wrote and not what I meant. I was specifically referring to the Telegram posters and implicitly to the executioners of an unarmed POW.
Ok good, I feel it's important to stress this and not end up falling into the trap of linking Russians in general to this madness, which is easy to do mentally.
Whilst that may be true, every Russian I’ve met was an arrogant, entitled pr@@k! I’m afraid they need to prove otherwise after this to get anything from me.
Definitely meet to qualify my post!
It was aimed at the Russian military in central but specifically the ones committing atrocities looks these.
The people that did and are standing up to Putin in Russia are absolutely amazing and are an order of magnitude braver than I would be.
This is some smart thinking on the part of Trump. Let's face it, all wars could be ended quickly by just giving aggressors whatever they demand. Only downside is that the world would be run by murderous tyrants, but that's a small price to pay for being able to build condominiums in Moscow.
https://twitter.com/thedailybeast/status/1633217600326090752
Intense footage of a surrounded Ukrainian position
https://twitter.com/bigSAC10/status/1633451203655860229?t=IYvvogc-2wXJhCLqmj1fhg&s=19
I guess in that situation you need whatever laughs you can get
Pretty concerning: in the US cows kill more people than bears.
It looks like things are getting heated in Georgia. Protests against new laws which are seen as Russian control / ethos. I note EU flags being waved.
We've mentioned earlier in this thread about other countries who Russia currently exerts control of looking to see if this is a moment to either align more with Russia, or seek to lose Russia...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64882475
It’s now coming into the worst time of year for Russian forces to be operating in Ukraine, as the ground is starting to thaw and turn into a sticky swamp. Russian tank and armoured forces crews don’t seem to understand how to deal with it, which really suits the home teams - lines of bogged-down decades old armour sitting waiting to have drones drop grenades down the turret hatch. Or for Ukrainian tankies punch holes through them.
I thought Ru was supposed to be running out of missles?
It seems they make/acquire a bunch of them over a period of time and launch them all in a couple of widespread attacks, mostly for propaganda purposes
I thought Ru was supposed to be running out of missles?
Where there's a will... https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2023/03/russian-ship-loaded-with-military-equipment-enters-black-sea/
TL:DR Russia does have stocks of missiles but they aren't really suitable/available for deployment against Ukraine.
Russia's hypersonic Tsirkon missiles aboard the Admiral Gorshkov would cause problems if they live up to the hype.
The Tsirkon hasn't really progressed beyond test flights. It's radar-absorbing plasma cloud and Mach 8 capability would make the missile undetectable and President Putin deployed the ship in January to the Med where its missiles could reach Ukraine.
It continued sailing to a joint naval exercise off S. Africa and didn't fire any Tsirkons. The Gorshkov also carries Kalibr cruise missiles.
To reach Ukraine from the Med, missiles would need to overfly other countries and would risk a NATO escalation; maybe the undetectability and 600 mile range is over-stated. Kalibr missiles would also be detectable
And while I'm on a naval theme/missiles
https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2023/03/no-russian-base-in-black-sea-is-safe-ukrainian-attack-shows/
Russia deployed a Pantsir AA system to Tuapse a couple of days ago ^^
Google it and you'll see that they stuck it in the middle of a bunch of dockyard cranes where its radar will see, well, cranes 🙂
Interesting link about the cargo ship. Humanitarian aid to syria, and then what seems pulling missiles from Ru stock there. I suppose only silver lining is Ru is reducing its capability in syria (and presumably other sites), and hadn't seen that drone attack either.
Iran has a presence in Syria too
https://twitter.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1634303481036042242?t=piEsms5UwWhwkiqjDY994g&s=19
Interesting thread about the state of the Russian mobiks
This fits with what a lot of military analysts have been saying - Ukraine is degrading Russian forces in preparation for a new offensive.
https://twitter.com/PhillipsPOBrien/status/1634664027530964992
https://twitter.com/PhillipsPOBrien/status/1634664032467660800
https://twitter.com/PhillipsPOBrien/status/1634937651496370177
Ukraine is degrading Russian forces in preparation for a new offensive
ISW assessments suggest that the Russian MOD "is likely seizing the opportunity to deliberately expend both elite and convict Wagner forces in Bakhmut in an effort to weaken Prigozhin and derail his ambitions for greater influence in the Kremlin. The Russian MoD had been increasingly restricting Prigozhin’s ability to recruit convicts and secure ammunition, forcing Prigozhin to publicly recognize his dependency on the Russian MoD." https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/ukraine-conflict-updates
Ukraine is being helped by multiple Russian internal power struggles, you couldn't make it up. This has lasted for months with various changes of leadership: currently Valery Gerasimov, Sergei Surovikin before him, who succeeded Alexander Dvornikov...
Ukraine can afford to let Russia implode while continuing their fight
It is surprising Prigozhin hasn't fallen out of a window if its true he is looking to replace Putin.
Perun has released a new video looking at the economic war.
Really interesting one this.
It is surprising Prigozhin hasn’t fallen out of a window if its true he is looking to replace Putin.
Well that would be nice, preferably one sitting above some pointy jaggy railings.
US drone just hit a Russian plane in the black sea. Or visa versa.
US drone just hit a Russian plane in the black sea. Or visa versa.
Source?
Ignore me, BBC reporting it now.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-64957792
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The drone was apparently in international airspace when it "collided" with a reported Su-27. I wonder if Washington will send Russia the bill?
Meanwhile, Russia is reportedly sending women prisoners to Ukraine.