Day@theraces Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 8 minutes ago, Jim_Duncan said: I hate stalemate gongs. I hate people dying, when the end goal isn't going to change nothing. Typos happen when smartphones are designed for small fingers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 9 hours ago, Day@theraces said: When is this stalemate gong to end. When Ukraine runs out of ammo. OR when Russia runs out of men and machines. The territorial gains may be static or moving very slowly, but the action is hotter than ever before after almost two years of war. Russia is taking appalling casualties and machinery losses but those in charge seem to not care. They're happy to expend those lives and that machinery until Ukraine runs out of ammo and has to withdraw. Both sides have not changed their strategic goals. Russia still maintains that Ukraine doesn't really exist and is merely a renegade Russian region that has been illegally occupied by The West since 1991. Ukraine still maintains that it will regain all lost territory, including Crimea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hansel Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 29 minutes ago, Cade said: When Ukraine runs out of ammo. OR when Russia runs out of men and machines. The territorial gains may be static or moving very slowly, but the action is hotter than ever before after almost two years of war. Russia is taking appalling casualties and machinery losses but those in charge seem to not care. They're happy to expend those lives and that machinery until Ukraine runs out of ammo and has to withdraw. Both sides have not changed their strategic goals. Russia still maintains that Ukraine doesn't really exist and is merely a renegade Russian region that has been illegally occupied by The West since 1991. Ukraine still maintains that it will regain all lost territory, including Crimea. Wonder what the liklihood is of the Russian people rising up against the government? These losses must be devastating households all over Russia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey1874 Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 11 hours ago, Day@theraces said: I hate people dying, when the end goal isn't going to change nothing. Typos happen when smartphones are designed for small fingers. Russia winning won't stop them there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the posh bit Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 On 27/01/2024 at 17:42, Cruyff said: Putin is a brutally cruel *******. He's punished Ukraine for shooting down his AWACS by tricking them into shooting down a plane full of their own POWs. Man's a total ledge at this kind of thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 2 hours ago, Hansel said: Wonder what the liklihood is of the Russian people rising up against the government? These losses must be devastating households all over Russia. Not yet. Most of the conscripts have been from the far-flung ethnic minority regions, foreign mercenaries or prisoners. Even immigrant workers have been press-ganged into the army under threat of having their visas cancelled and deported back home. So far the white Russian population has barely been scratched. But they're running out of ethnic minorities and prisoners and immigrants. When they finally have to start conscripting white Russians from the big cities in western Russia, that's when the internal pressure will start to tell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey1874 Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 14 hours ago, Day@theraces said: When is this stalemate gong to end. Currently when Russia wins. Winning like below. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Far-right bams in Romania are claiming 4 Ukrainian regions if Russia wins the war. Including the one that Hungary already called dibs on. Maybes all those Putin backed twats should just go to war with each other and save us the bother of sorting them out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sawdust Caesar Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 The most dangerous staircase in Russia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highlandjambo3 Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 34 minutes ago, Sawdust Caesar said: The most dangerous staircase in Russia. Looks like they are all wasted 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Kuwait is reportedly sending 100 of their upgraded T-72s (re-named M84) to Croatia for refurbishment, then on to Ukraine. The M84 is a Yugoslav upgrade of the T-72, which is why Croatia is doing the refurb, as they built them in the first place. Kuwait ordered a couple of hundred of these but only 150 were delivered before the break up of Yugoslavia stopped the supply. In other news, Ukraine has shot down yet another SU-34 fighter/bomber, this time over in the Luhansk region. They've also further consolidated their bridgehead over the Dnieper in the Kherson region. Oh, and Russia is still losing somewhere in the region of 1,000 men, 10 tanks, a couple of dozen fighting vehicles and artillery pieces every single day. But that more or less goes without saying at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey1874 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Its adding up. Russian air defence? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey1874 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Ukraine talking about another counter offensive soon. Saying the Russian one will fade soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusk_Till_Dawn Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 17 minutes ago, Mikey1874 said: Ukraine talking about another counter offensive soon. Saying the Russian one will fade soon. Can’t imagine how grim it is on the inside of this. The next counter offensive won’t work either but in reality, what option do they have? Either keep fighting or surrender. Grim choice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Putin now talking about "moving the demilitarised zone so far away from the territory of the Russian Federation (i.e. the illegally annexed land) that it is out of reach of Western weapons" So, erm, considering that ATACMS and the newly delivered gliding bombs (not to mention drones) can already hit deep into Russia, including Moscow, where exactly is he trying to draw the front line of this new mythical "demilitarized zone"? The Atlantic ocean? And talking of the new gliding bombs, they will add much needed range and extreme accuracy to the already highly capable Ukrainian air force. And, as a reminder, they've not even (officially) launched strikes with their new F-16s yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey1874 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 The arms aficionados discussing this intently just now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 They've had other gliding bomb kits for a while, but those were just a set of wings that attaches to a regular air dropped bomb, to extend the range of it. These new ones are custom designed munitions. A different ball game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jeffros Furios Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Give the Ukranians the weapons they need and they will destroy the subhuman Russian filth . If the west really wants to humiliate Russia and end Putin give them what they need .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Pap Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2024/01/30/joe-biden-is-arming-greece-so-greece-can-arm-ukraine-and-pro-russia-republicans-cant-stop-him/ Interesting article on how Biden is getting weapons to Ukraine. Noticed near the end of it, it mentions that Turkey finally got the F-16s. Possibly as a thanks for allowing Sweden to join NATO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threedoorsdown Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 Tell you what, China must be laughing their arses off this is still rumbling on.The west has no real option but to back Ukraine and it’s draining us dry now with the Middle East kicking off we will be even thinner. As much as I detest defensive spending, every time I see the numbers being spent I think of hospitals and schools. Unfortunately, I think we as an Island need to massively invest. We are no longer super powers but let’s make this Island a little safer, a little better protected and let’s try and make all the ships and planes we will need in this country, at least get some ship yards open and redirect some of the funds to our dying industrial cities If we must spend money on evil please let some byproduct of the spend do some good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 €50 billion package for Ukraine approved by the EU after Hungary's wannabe dictator Orban backed down. Bluff called, dickhead put back inside his box (again). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey1874 Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 Another sea drone video Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 2 hours ago, Jim_Duncan said: I don’t get Orban. He doesn’t seem to like the EU, but won’t leave. He appears to want to be inside the tent, but quite happy to pish all over everyone’s trousers. It’d be interesting to see whether or not he’s funded by Putin. I'm not sure Putin could afford him. Hungary's economy is highly dependent on its membership of the EU. Orbán is a hypernationalist who wants all of the financial benefits of EU membership but who doesn't agree with its fundamentally international nature or its liberal democratic values. He's a fan of Putin and of the old authoritarian Commie way of doing business. But as well as that, he reflects a view which is prevalent in Hungary that Ukraine isn't their friend, and that the EU spending billions on Ukraine is not in Hungary's national interest. I'm not saying that's a correct view, but I can see why they think that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 There's a few heads in Eastern Europe being turned. Hungary is the most vocal. Slovakia's new PM is a pro-Russian bam but popular protests against him are growing. Serbia is leaning pro-Russia. But then they've always been the bammiest bams in that region anyways. Romanian far-right parties are supporting Russia and claiming bits of Ukraine as theirs. Turkey continues to play both sides; this week it's sold more air defence systems to the Russians. Whether hitching their wagons to a rapidly fading former Superpower who has fallen to a World power and in danger of falling further to a Regional power is a good idea or not will only be proven by time. In other news, the BRICS trade bloc (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) has welcomed 5 new members this week; Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Argentina said no ta. Back to the bad old days of the global south-east and north-west forming rival blocs. The West has the money, the technology and the political clout; the East has the people and the raw resources. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OBE Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 (edited) 2 hours ago, Mikey1874 said: Another sea drone video Russia must be top dog when it comes to being the thickest alleged super power. Putin and his generals must realise, if they hold on to the Dombas and Crimea, these successful drone attacks will just keep on coming. No doubt we'll see a shiny picture of that missile launcher in its heyday. What an utter waste of human life. Edited February 1 by OBE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey1874 Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 16 minutes ago, OBE said: Russia must be top dog when it comes to being the thickest alleged super power. Putin and his generals must realise, if they hold on to the Dombas and Crimea, these successful drone attacks will just keep on coming. No doubt we'll see a shiny picture of that missile launcher in its heyday. What an utter waste of human life. Drones are pretty much 100% Ukrainian. Don't need US money. Not sure if that is partly the point Ukraine are making. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 Ukraine is developing lots of different kinds of drone, both aerial and naval. Some of the naval ones are large enough to carry anti-ship missiles so they're more like mobile missile batteries than kamikaze drones, and can be re-armed and sent back out. Some of them are submersible, like ultra long range self guided torpedoes. The aerial ones are very interesting too. As well as the First Person View kamikaze ones and other wee ones that drop grenades they've been using to great effect, they now have much larger ones that can drop much bigger warheads and take out tanks via a top armour attack. Also in development are bigger ones mounting machine guns. Dropping grenades on individual Russian soldiers is fairly common but you have to sneak up on them to get close enough. Bigger, machine gun toting one will be able to hit from much further out. Also mothership drones which can carry a squadron of 6-8 smaller drones on board, to extend their range. It's a fast-moving technology and warfare is being changed before our very eyes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 Seems that yet another Russian Lieutenant General was killed during the various strikes on Crimean airbases. On the Avdiivka front, the Russians are being held on the flanks so now they're trying to brute-force their way into the town from the south-east, through the already destroyed industrial area. This has been the front line since 2014 so Ukraine is well prepared. However, the Russians almost did something intelligent. They found a big (1metre diameter) pipe that used to supply one of the factories in the industrial district and sent scouting patrols through it to see where it went. Where it went was behind the triple-layered Ukrainian defence lines. So they then sent a 150-man strong assault force through the pipe. Ukraine was taken by surprise and withdrew from the main defence lines to avoid being outflanked. The Russians then launched a strong convoy along the main road hoping to link up with the surprise attack force. But Ukraine quickly realised what the Russian plan was, smashed the convoy, re-entered the main defence lines and attacked the surrounded Russian advance units from all sides with Bradleys and tanks. The pipeline has been blocked with explosives and a detailed survey is being done of all the other major factories in the zone. To the south-west of Bakhmut, Klischiivka is seeing movement in both directions as the Russians try to force Ukraine back out of the town which they liberated towards the end of last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFK-1 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 I want to post a video I have already just posted in the US politics thread, I want any of you who follow this thread but not the US politics thread to see this. You may or may not have heard that an American called Tucker Carlson who I will refer to from here on in as piece of shit is going to be the first western piece of shit to interview Putin since the invasion of Ukraine. Western journalists have requested an interview, the BBC has asked many times, Putin always declined. But he will speak to this piece of shit because this piece of shit will take his side 100% We all know what Putin will say, poor me, to steal a Trump line, "I did nothing wrong" This piece of shit is going to support anything Putin says, and will side with him in justifying it. He will be drooling like a fan boy, as Trump does in the presence of Putin. "why does everybody think Putin is so bad" Carlson asks. Presumably all the rape/torture/murder/looting/ in Ukraine is just high jinks. The video is set to start when they begin their segment about Carlson. Prior to that they were discussing the transformation of the Republican party from Russia hawks to Putin fan boys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King prawn Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Good morning all. Tucker Carlson is a ****ing *****. Have a good day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFK-1 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 7 minutes ago, JFK-1 said: I want to post a video I have already just posted in the US politics thread, I want any of you who follow this thread but not the US politics thread to see this. You may or may not have heard that an American called Tucker Carlson who I will refer to from here on in as piece of shit is going to be the first western piece of shit to interview Putin since the invasion of Ukraine. Western journalists have requested an interview, the BBC has asked many times, Putin always declined. But he will speak to this piece of shit because this piece of shit will take his side 100% We all know what Putin will say, poor me, to steal a Trump line, "I did nothing wrong" This piece of shit is going to support anything Putin says, and will side with him in justifying it. He will be drooling like a fan boy, as Trump does in the presence of Putin. "why does everybody think Putin is so bad" Carlson asks. Presumably all the rape/torture/murder/looting/ in Ukraine is just high jinks. The video is set to start when they begin their segment about Carlson. Prior to that they were discussing the transformation of the Republican party from Russia hawks to Putin fan boys. I forgot to prime it to start at the Carlson segment, that's about 2:20 into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
escobri Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 MSM fanboys raging wi Tucker. 🤣🤣 Mon the Tucker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffros Furios Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 1 minute ago, escobri said: MSM fanboys raging wi Tucker. 🤣🤣 Mon the Tucker. What a shock.. have a Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
escobri Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 6 minutes ago, Jeffros Furios said: What a shock.. have a 🥱 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henrysmithsgloves Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Here is a russian tale on Carlson 😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cade Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Fecker Carlson should be jailed for life on his return to the USA as a Russian agent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFK-1 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 2 minutes ago, Cade said: Fecker Carlson should be jailed for life on his return to the USA as a Russian agent. Jailed? Lord Haw-Haw was hung for the same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFK-1 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Strike on an apartment block in Kyiv being reported. Made me wonder if they might try to put on a show so to speak when he's being interviewed by the piece of shit. It's bound to be in Moscow, I hope the Ukrainians can stage something big exactly when it's happening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFK-1 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 31 minutes ago, henrysmithsgloves said: Here is a russian tale on Carlson 😎 I like to hear a Russian perspective and for obvious reasons that can usually only come from a Russian outside Russia, as this guy is. Funny thing about his channel I have never seen before. The video you posted isn't showing on his channel. On the video it says it was posted 2 days ago, while on his channel his latest video was 3 weeks ago, and there is no sign of this video on his channel. https://www.youtube.com/@INSIDERUSSIA/videos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henrysmithsgloves Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 (edited) I use newpipe for YouTube,cuts out all the advertising 😁 click on live videos and they're are all listed in date order. I originally followed his channel because he showed Russia way before this war . Was planning a long term visit with my son, that's not happening now🥺 shame because it's a beautiful and historical country 😔 @JFK-1 Edited February 7 by henrysmithsgloves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Des Lynam Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 20 minutes ago, henrysmithsgloves said: I use newpipe for YouTube,cuts out all the advertising 😁 click on live videos and they're are all listed in date order. I originally followed his channel because he showed Russia way before this war . Was planning a long term visit with my son, that's not happening now🥺 shame because it's a beautiful and historical country 😔 @JFK-1 Russia is a wonderful country to visit. The people in the main are friendly and welcoming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henrysmithsgloves Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 1 minute ago, Des Lynam said: Russia is a wonderful country to visit. The people in the main are friendly and welcoming. Pity about the leadership though, right through the ages😔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Des Lynam Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Just now, henrysmithsgloves said: Pity about the leadership though, right through the ages😔 I agree but I’m not sure I’d be that boastful of previous leaders in the UK and US. There’s a wonderful documentary on BBC iPlayer called Putin and the west. It goes into detail how Putin when first chosen by Yeltsin to lead felt he could have better relations with the West and the US most importantly. We failed to understand that whilst at the time Russia was recovering from the collapse of communism its leaders still saw itself as an important power in world affairs. Whether we like it or not the expansion of NATO is seen as threatening to Russia and the geopolitical games being played means Ukraine has become a pawn in these games. Hopefully there is a chance when Putin goes to talk and bring Russia into the fold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henrysmithsgloves Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Sadly all true 😔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
escobri Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 It's rumoured Putin will only hold peace talks with Trump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey1874 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Peskov the main Putin spokesman has confirmed today that Western media has made many requests to interview Putin but they consider them biased against Russia so have refused. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey1874 Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Another view Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulysses Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 2 hours ago, escobri said: It's rumoured Putin will only hold peace talks with Trump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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