Is Ukraine about to have a war?
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Worth reading Part 1 of 5., rest to come as he translates them of the next few days.
https://justpaste.it/2d3xy.
Victor Shayga Russian Volunteer in Ukraine Part 1.
Translated by @mdmitri91
https://justpaste.it/2d3xy.
Victor Shayga Russian Volunteer in Ukraine Part 1.
Translated by @mdmitri91
Fascinating that the movie of the Rusian counter-battery shows a lot of arty, and zero secondaries. Takes skill to miss every shot.
Shapps vs. Aeroflot:
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It's a funny thing about wars, it takes two to tango and also to stop.
Take Bush announcing the war in Iraq was over, unfortunately the Iraqi's obviously never got the memo.
In the meantime, a reported tape of a shot down crew.
Interesting read about the options.
https://paulmasonnews.medium.com/wil...s-7082250a7c14
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It's a funny thing about wars, it takes two to tango and also to stop.
Take Bush announcing the war in Iraq was over, unfortunately the Iraqi's obviously never got the memo.
In the meantime, a reported tape of a shot down crew.
https://twitter.com/CanadianUkrain1/...31528919904257
Interesting read about the options.
https://paulmasonnews.medium.com/wil...s-7082250a7c14
Take Bush announcing the war in Iraq was over, unfortunately the Iraqi's obviously never got the memo.
In the meantime, a reported tape of a shot down crew.
https://twitter.com/CanadianUkrain1/...31528919904257
Interesting read about the options.
https://paulmasonnews.medium.com/wil...s-7082250a7c14
Claimed to be a rough translation from the replies to the Tweet:
Beyond tragic
That the poor brave b4stards who have been defending the Azovstal complex will probably be treated as "war criminals" is beyond tragic and infuriating.
Paul Mason's essay in the link posted above is well worth reading.
Paul Mason's essay in the link posted above is well worth reading.
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I'm not sure this is anything to brag about.
Farewell to Su-25 pilot, very moving ceremony. Godspeed.
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Link from Major General Mick Ryan. He seems impressed…
“The Russian high command behaves as if its troops are an afterthought, making tactical decisions as if it can simply throw people at poorly designed objectives until it succeeds.”
A superb article by MassDara at ForeignAffairs
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/artic...people-problem
The Russian Military’s People Problem
It’s Hard for Moscow to Win While Mistreating Its Soldiers
“The Russian high command behaves as if its troops are an afterthought, making tactical decisions as if it can simply throw people at poorly designed objectives until it succeeds.”
A superb article by MassDara at ForeignAffairs
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/artic...people-problem
The Russian Military’s People Problem
It’s Hard for Moscow to Win While Mistreating Its Soldiers
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Good read that, Thanks ORAC
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Wokka,
So, to translate…
Bitching Betty: “Fire in left engine, fire in right engine, FCS failure, check FRCs, prepare to eject”
I think the rest is one side of an exchange between the pilot and his WSO about where the FLOT is until the aircraft departs and he calls eject.
Sounds remarkably composed in the circumstances.
So, to translate…
Bitching Betty: “Fire in left engine, fire in right engine, FCS failure, check FRCs, prepare to eject”
I think the rest is one side of an exchange between the pilot and his WSO about where the FLOT is until the aircraft departs and he calls eject.
Sounds remarkably composed in the circumstances.
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For those looking for a translation: Woman’s voice — plane’s computer system listing failure: * Left engine fire * Right engine fire * Fly-by-wire system malfunction (СДУ) Pilot try not to loose their **** and discuss when to eject. Screaming at the end.
Pilot: We r f*cked, can you help Alexa. Alexa: Let me find you a flying tank turret.
ORAC: thanks for that link, very thought provoking. And quite frankly, it's depressing from the point of view of a career military guy. (How can you treat your soldiers that way?) One particular point among the many made is the old self injury theme. Soldiers doing the self inflicted wounds to get out of the war was something that came up in Viet Nam in some cases.
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I'm amazed the Ukrainian leadership instructed them to surrender. Do they honestly believe Russia will stick to its word after everything that they've said and done in relation to these troops? As for a prisoner exchange, unless Ukraine have captured a swathe of the oligarch's kids, there's nothing Russia would be willing to trade for them.
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Given that there is as yet no armistice / no ceasefire agreement, how can you make that assertion? While I would (as an observer) prefer to see any such agreement include such a provision, and I am sure that President Zelensky would demand such, there isn't even an agreement on the table to haggle over yet.
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Interview with SU34 pilot
I will make a leap and guess this is the pilot of the plane in the audio recordings above.
I hesitated to post as the last one i posted from same badgering interviewer received some negativity ( the guy flying SEAD). This one is out and out running bombing missions with FAB500s etc. and seems a quite senior officer.
Middle 1/3 is all politics, , beginning and end is mainly aviation
I hesitated to post as the last one i posted from same badgering interviewer received some negativity ( the guy flying SEAD). This one is out and out running bombing missions with FAB500s etc. and seems a quite senior officer.
Middle 1/3 is all politics, , beginning and end is mainly aviation
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Originally Posted by [email protected]
As a channel 4 report indicated, Aeroflot doesn't actually own most of its aircraft (much like many airlines) and that any action against them is futile.