Russia on brink of ... NOPE! Russia INVADES Ukraine!

[Perknose]

Heh - don't know mate.

A tinfoil thought occurred to me... Budanov have said that there is a Russian General in the field of Ukraine that is anti-Putin. What if Ukraine initiated the Kursk operation as a way to have significant Russian forces move into Russia under the control of this General? Who would then proceed to follow the main two highways from Kursk to Moscow...

Just a tinfoil thought

I'm donning my exquisitely crafted Reynolds Chapeau in support of your lovely, lovely thought. I can FEEL the rays!

 

[Perknose]

Couldn't happen to a nicer group, the white Russians, heir to the Czar:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1826932669344629071

 

[you2]

Russian Jets Damaged In Ukrainian Long-Range Drone Attack On Air Base

Satellite images and post-strike photos emerging in the aftermath of a Ukrainian drone attack on Russia’s Marinovka Air Base show extensive damage to metal aircraft shelters on the flightline and to other parts of the base. Several of the hangers struck contained aircraft that were very likely...

www.yahoo.com

 

[you2]

I'm curious if Russia fires missiles at kyiv when Modi visits.

 

[zinfamous]

Considering how Putin is just as paranoid as any oligarch would be about their personal safety issues, it'd be really difficult to pry him out of whatever nuke proof bunker he's always within ten steps, a bounce and a dive from. But yeah, wouldn't that be nice. I'm thinking a general draft of all of those spoiled brats living off of their apparatchik parents in the cities would be a great time to kick-off a Russian style coup against Putie.

all you need to do is march on the Kremlin and all of the Putin news outlets, take them over, and call on Russians to stand up or stay away from what is happening. Demand Putin confront them at the capital that they now control. Execute him on camera (it's the Russian way, and the only thing they understand).

 

[you2]

all you need to do is march on the Kremlin and all of the Putin news outlets, take them over, and call on Russians to stand up or stay away from what is happening. Demand Putin confront them at the capital that they now control. Execute him on camera (it's the Russian way, and the only thing they understand).

Sounds easy; why don't you try....

 

[RnR_au]

all you need to do is march on the Kremlin and all of the Putin news outlets

This is all they need. Once you control the camera's and the antenna's, Putin's Reality gets wiped, and a new one gets imposed.

I have often wondered what would happen if Dear Leader of North Korea and some of his closest generals were offered, say, $20 billion for his country with safe passage to China. I think he would go for it. Then again maybe he already worth more than $20 billion and maybe he likes being feared. I would have thought it would be exhausting.

 

[RnR_au]

Oh wow... Crimea is farked...



Source

 

[K1052]

That large fuels depot in Rostov looking in pretty poor shape. Some sources say it was re-attacked over night by drones.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1826982323750899794

 

[you2]

I think this was already reported but at some point the EU needs to draw a red line and say this is just not acceptable and declare war on Russia:

Russian drones spotted over nuclear plants in NATO country

Russian drones have been spotted flying over nuclear power plants in Brunsbüttel, Germany.

www.newsweek.com

In the past couple of years Russia has gotten away with blowing up warehouses; poisoning people (including innocent by standers); assignations of numerous people and when caught red handed they get a slap on the wrist. Just how far can they go before it is too far?

 

[balloonshark]

I wish we could have seen the expressions of the Russians who tried to shoot these guys up.

This is why the Ukrainians are in love with MRAPs. Try that in a Chinese golf cart.

I stumbled across this video last night. The MRAP is the toughest thing I have seen. This is a must watch video. It shows how some countries value their soldiers by putting them in the best equipment available. It's amazing how this vehicle survived the violent explosions and kept on going. Kudos to the brave soldiers sent on that dangerous mission.

 

[kage69]

Right? All MRAPs are good, but I think the MaxxPro really stands out. When it comes to shrugging off mines (mulitple mines often) it doesn't get much better. It might be the Ukrainian's favorite. The Russians certainly went mine crazy last year, AFU probably knows what they are talking about.

The only real drawback to the MaxxPro is having to stick to the roads. All that protection does fuck all if you have to abandon it and attack on foot, which has happened at least once afaik, taking Novodarivka.

 

[hal2kilo]

I stumbled across this video last night. The MRAP is the toughest thing I have seen. This is a must watch video. It shows how some countries value their soldiers by putting them in the best equipment available. It's amazing how this vehicle survived the violent explosions and kept on going. Kudos to the brave soldiers sent on that dangerous mission.

Hell. that last shot shifted that thing to the right by quite a bit.

 

[balloonshark]

Hell. that last shot shifted that thing to the right by quite a bit.

I thought the last one disabled the vehicle but it kept on going. The explosions were brutal. I'm used to watching drones drop grenades with no sound.

Does anyone what the explosions were from? Were they mines, drones, mortars or artillery?

 

[you2]

Just remember Russian govt don't care about their soldiers so much of their 'modern' vehicles provide luke warm protection; and of course not much of the modern stuff is left and the older stuff is worse.

I guess what this war is showing is how the west value human lives vs the east; and we also see that a lot in how Ukraine is treating its soliders vs Russia.

I know i'm drawing a bigger picture but remember when Russia attack Ukraine Zelenskyy stayed; and we constrast this with (for example) afghanistan where not only the president fled but multiple soliders in interviews said the govt valued the american EQUIPMENT but didn't give a damn about the soliders (i.e., they treated the soliders as expendable as long as the equipment was saved). It was really eye opening and explains a lot why things unfolded so differently there.

I'm not saying that Ukraine has done everythign correctly or every decision that Zelenskyy has made has been good but he showed what a decent leader can do when the odds (at least initially) are totally stacked against you.

 

[cytg111]

Ukraine has balls of steel man... They're effectively forcing the hand... Either you nuke up or shut the fuck up Mr Putin.
Worst case Ukraine takes a tactical sun and then Russia dies.
Best case Putin freezes and the west relaxes weapons constrictions cause "what red line"?

This should have been done day one. Fuck that guy lets go.

Takes note: Still no nukes. Red line looking purple.

 

[MangoX]

That MRAPs video, is that from the perspective of the RU or AFU?

@balloonshark I'm not sure, could be mines? But damn those blasts are lethal!

 

[igor_kavinski]

The Ukranians have conducted themselves well, all things considered.

Certainly put the Israelis to shame, with their sham war on terror against civilians.

 

[you2]

The Ukranians have conducted themselves well, all things considered.

Certainly put the Israelis to shame, with their sham war on terror against civilians.

Yea - i support the right for a jewish state but not what Israel has done to gaza; and you have to remember israel has treated them like shit for at least a decade. Jewish settlers are frequently allowed to steal land and kill palestinian with impunity; even Israel laws for dealing with settlers vs Palestinain in such cases are different. So no I do not support what Israel is doing and that is not being anti-semitism; my lack of support is not due to their being jewish but because of how they are conducting themselves. You know Israel could have had the entire world support after hamas raid in october and they just threw all that good will away.

 

[brycejones]

I wish we could have seen the expressions of the Russians who tried to shoot these guys up.

This is why the Ukrainians are in love with MRAPs. Try that in a Chinese golf cart.

Much better use for MRAPs than giving them to local cops.

 

[you2]

Much better use for MRAPs than giving them to local cops.

I don't know - the way MAGA is whining these days the local cops might need them soon.

 

[brycejones]

I don't know - the way MAGA is whining these days the local cops might need them soon.

The local cops would be more likely to turn them over to the MAGA assholes.

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

Did we know about this?

Ukrainian Air Force strikes Kursk with precision GBU-39 bombs​

essanews.com on MSN.com|1 hour ago
To the list of NATO weapons used by Ukrainians during the offensive in the Kursk region, GBU-39 guided bombs can now be added. We explain what they are characterized by and where exactly they come from.

 

[Jaskalas]

Russian ally has decided to cut off Europe.

South Africa blocks artillery shell delivery to Poland due to fear of them being transferred to Ukraine​

 

[RnR_au]

Seems Ukraine has successfully adapted their Neptune cruise missile to attack land targets. An ammo dump was hit in the Voronezh region.

david D is reporting that Telegram is melting down from all the Russians reporting multiple attacks in Kherson area;