Is Ukraine about to have a war?
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Clever, very clever, instead of the usual Ukrainian colours on armour and vehicles, switch to the white cross, The Russians having V Z O and the like are asking whose unit has the Cross unaware its Ukrainian until too late and the Ukrainians of course know this.
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
Kharkiv Oblast, Ukrainian mechanized forces utilizing British-donated FV103 Spartans in the latest offensive.
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It appears the 4 in the back is not a hinderance as they tend to transport their troops on the top of the vehicles, for rapid deployment and safety reasons, so 8ish pax up top and spare gear down below.
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Su30 remains that went in by the looks of it vertically, note the back end of one of the missiles on a pylon poking out of the ground.
PoW is a bit of a misnomer, neither has declared war AFAIK. Combatants?
A further complication is that at least 3 types will be in the bag: Russian military, Ukraian dissidents, mercenaries like Wagner.
Red Cross / Crescent probably reaching for Geneva Convention and checking signatories.
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A further complication is that at least 3 types will be in the bag: Russian military, Ukraian dissidents, mercenaries like Wagner.
Red Cross / Crescent probably reaching for Geneva Convention and checking signatories.
My knowledge base ends 1914!
Caption says Ukrainian forces only just found the site, but it looks like someone has already taken the black boxes from the wingtip jamming pods on that Su-30... would the Russians bother to expend the resources to do that?
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Huge development if true:
https://twitter.com/ChuckPfarrer/sta...DdnqcnSXA&s=19
Rumoured that they're out of ammo
https://twitter.com/ChuckPfarrer/sta...DdnqcnSXA&s=19
Rumoured that they're out of ammo
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Graveyard humour…..
LPR volunteer Murz reports the Ukrainian Armed Forces cross Seversky Donets at Bilohorivka and flanked the LPR 2nd Amry Corps still defending Lyman.
Seem to be at least 2, maybe 3, crossings…
LPR volunteer Murz reports the Ukrainian Armed Forces cross Seversky Donets at Bilohorivka and flanked the LPR 2nd Amry Corps still defending Lyman.
Seem to be at least 2, maybe 3, crossings…
More Russian war crimes are surfacing as more area gets liberated.
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
“The Military Command of the Russian Federation suspends sending new, already formed, units to the territory of Ukraine.
The current situation in the military theatre and distrust for top command has forced a large number of volunteers to abandon the prospect of combat service. The situation is influenced by information on the actual number of casualties, excluding losses from private military companies and mobilized from temporarily occupied territories.
The situation is getting worse because of the general attitude to the own wounded. In particular, in Russian hospitals, the diagnoses and nature of combat injuries are deliberately simplified, no time is given for rehabilitation to return soldiers to the combat zone faster.”….
Aviation content. Game over for a Russian frogfoot pilot.
Hence the grisly term “Trackjam”.
If you are in a tank and you have enemy in front you run them over.
If in a minefield and you have enemy dead in front you run them over.
Just read some books about tanks in WW2. It's not very pleasant but there you are.
I try to look at war impartially. While such images are disgusting to us in war, they are quite common and not necessarily any indication of brutality.
The vehicle that drove over that body may not even been aware if at night, in battle etc. Of course, propaganda would have us believe otherwise.
If in a minefield and you have enemy dead in front you run them over.
Just read some books about tanks in WW2. It's not very pleasant but there you are.
I try to look at war impartially. While such images are disgusting to us in war, they are quite common and not necessarily any indication of brutality.
The vehicle that drove over that body may not even been aware if at night, in battle etc. Of course, propaganda would have us believe otherwise.
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I wonder if he is packing for a swift departure?
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Even announcing Russian troops are negotiating a surrender is clever, Russian troop’s will be wondering if those troop’s to their left or right are surrendering and it can spread like wildfire and start an irreversible cascade.