Russia is reportedly firing chemical weapons up to 10 times daily now.
Probably not the real bad stuff, or we'd hear a lot more about it.
Probably not the real bad stuff, or we'd hear a lot more about it.
Reactive armor.Relatedly new Russian armor technique spotted in occupied Ukraine:
....Biological ablative armor? That's technically new I guess.There has been a lot of complaining from Russian channels that Ukrainian FPV drone attacks have increased greatly. This is likely an AFU response to being low on artillery ammo and trying to compensate.
Relatedly new Russian armor technique spotted in occupied Ukraine:
....Biological ablative armor? That's technically new I guess.
Unconfirmed reports that Ukraine may have shot down an A-50U and an Il-22 over the Sea of Azov.
Thats another big tab if the VKS actually lost an A-50.
The Duck sez one is like an AWACS, but doesn't know the other.
Latest updates reporting the IL-22 was damaged but landed while requesting emergency ambulance/fire engine on landing, while the A-50U (Russian AWACS clone) still claimed as shot down / all communication lost.Unconfirmed reports that Ukraine may have shot down an A-50U and an Il-22 over the Sea of Azov.
Thats another big tab if the VKS actually lost an A-50.
The title says “municipal utilities disaster in Moscow area and other Russian cities, January 2024.”
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The word “КАТАСТРОФА” (catastrophy, disaster) is quite strong in russian language, russians don’t throw this word around lightly.
We know that there are at least three factors contributing to russian utilities problems.
- russian budget increasingly allocated to aggression war, which means spending reduced in other areas, including utilities maintenance.
- What little budget is left continues to be stolen because corruption.
- There is no staff available for utilities maintenance and repairs because they have been mobilized and meatcubed. I’m not making this up, it’s a fact, not just wishful thinking. We have seen reports from russian Telegram how in some cities there are literally no skilled service workers available for utilities repairs.
I think russia is heading for some kind of black swan event that will have a real impact, and these utility problems are a contributing factor to that. I have no idea what kind of event or when exactly it will happen–the whole point of black swan events is that no one knows. Winter continues for a few more months, and we can expect to see more of this.
russian government has been successful with containing criticism of russian invasion of Ukraine because it doesn’t affect most people directly and is more on the abstract/political level.I think they will have a harder time censoring talk about cold and flooded apartments.
Latest updates reporting the IL-22 was damaged but landed while requesting emergency ambulance/fire engine on landing, while the A-50U (Russian AWACS clone) still claimed as shot down / all communication lost.
Still only lower-level Ukrainian sources (based on monitoring air traffic control chatter), no official comments from either Ukraine or Russia yet.
Edit: Russia only had at most 10 of the A-50 AWACS in operation, including only 6 or so of the upgraded A-50U.
Edit 2 Ukrainian news source update:
3 factors from my understanding. Long term neglect (some of the main lines that have broken dates from the mid-70s), lack of skilled workers (some have been drafted, others have gone into the arms industry) and finally, lack of money over the last few years. The war is all, civilian infrastructure is 'unimportant'.
On the notion of a lack of skilled workers. I came across a report of a broken sewer mains in Russia. They can't find the break in the line and its been broken for a week.
A Wildberries (Amazon clone) warehouse burned down in St Petersburg. There are some interesting stories around it. It seems that 'new' Russians are not quite so submissive as standard superior Russians...
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There is a bit of a coverup going on atm by some of the bigwigs;
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The problem with the line that "the building was not put into operation", is that footage from the start of the fire shows large amounts of goods in massive racks and large numbers of staff present;
It became a rather massive fire;
Russian World(tm)
Really nice high value targets. More please .Hark!! A twist!
Russia Loses A-50 Recon Jet, Il-22 Plane as Putin's Air Defenses Blamed
Multiple Russian Telegram channels reported that Moscow lost the military aircraft in a case of friendly fire.
What Are Beriev A-50s? Rare Russian $300M Recon Jet 'Downed' Over Azov Sea
Kyiv claims to have shot down a valuable Russian warning and control aircraft on Sunday, though some reports have blamed friendly fire from Russian forces.
Verifiable?
And also ...
Russia Drops Kalibr Missiles on Own Territory Twice in One Day
The two missiles fell in the Krasnodar region, located in the North Caucasus in southern Russia, on January 13.
Some talk about a black swan event making an appearance in Russia at some point. Seems Rybar has made a map showing all the places that have lost heating, electricity and/or sewage issues. The map is in Russian, but has a 'strong' title;
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Some other bits and pieces from the thread;
I came across a post earlier about a Russian report that looked into how much cash is required to fix the civilian infrastructure across Russia... $200billion. Something like $2bil a year is currently dedicated for this in the budget.
Russia is being run down.
This one specially up your alleyHilarious how you guys went from believing Ukraine would drive out every Russian out of their territory, to now HOPING a guy who has been in power for 20+ years getting coup’d over a few people not being able to flush thier toilets….
You can’t make this stuff up: