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Is Ukraine about to have a war?

Old 14th Oct 2022, 19:02
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These are probably just rumours but I'm reading that Russian MoD asked Roskomnadzor to start prosecution against (Girkin) Strelkov, Pegov (WarGonzo), Podolyaka, Vladlen Tatarsky, Mardan, Dimitriev, and the creator of Rybar channel.

Girkin hasn't posted for 4 days. Rumours are that he is actually commanding somewhere right now.….




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Old 14th Oct 2022, 19:35
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Originally Posted by Wokkafans
"Video of the Russian Army firing a missile against their own territory by accident."



https://twitter.com/visegrad24/statu...5KKzXiEGwnA_oQ
While amusing this is normal.
Read Apache about British Apache helicopters in Afghanistan. One Apache fired a missile in support of British forces towards the Taliban.
The missile left the rail, promptly did a 180 and headed straight for friendly forces. Fortunately, it missed. Even hi-tech weapons have a failure rate.
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Old 14th Oct 2022, 21:46
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Another U.K. supplied Ambulance lost?

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Old 14th Oct 2022, 22:54
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Meanwhile back in Kherson the bullsh*t is flowing well

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Old 14th Oct 2022, 23:00
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Another U.K. supplied Ambulance lost?
Probably not UK supplied, bought by a civilian from Sir TanksAlot

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I understand that the threat to withdraw Starlink from Ukraine has more to do with the fact that an ex Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany told Musk to F*** off rather than the cost.
No he requested DOD start paying in Sept, he was told to go away after he his dumb ass peace plan in OCT. He has every right to ask to be paid, but hes gaslighting by blaming it on a tweet.
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Old 15th Oct 2022, 05:44
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Finished scraping the barrel, now working on the scrap heap…..

A man in Ufa, Russia, notices ancient soviet S-60 anti-aircraft guns moving under a convoy. We got to know what air defence was doing. It was rusting. This is a gamechanger.

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Pentagon 'assessing options' to keep Ukraine connected to Starlink satellites.

A U.S. senior defense official said the U.S. trying to do what it can "to help keep these satcoms for the Ukrainian forces," according to a U.S. Defense Department news release.
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Originally Posted by ORAC
Finished scraping the barrel, now working on the scrap heap…..



A man in Ufa, Russia, notices ancient soviet S-60 anti-aircraft guns moving under a convoy. We got to know what air defence was doing. It was rusting. This is a gamechanger.
there footage of ukraine using one mounted on a truck
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Old 15th Oct 2022, 10:23
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Perhaps I am too dumb. ORAC, but I have no idea what you wish to convey. Is it too secret ? Too hidden ? Please do tell us when you feel it it is is necessary.
He is saying they have the ability through Trojan back doors to possibly cripple western industries
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Old 15th Oct 2022, 10:54
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The Russian Telegram channel 'Cheka-OGPU' has posted a detailed account of the recruitment by the Wagner Group of 200 prisoners from the Rostov region and their subsequent massacre by the Ukrainians in their first combat engagement. Translation follows: ⬇️…….

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1...524975104.html

….."Exactly a month ago, 200 people of special prisoners were taken out of the colony in the Rostov region, asking for pardons and for sending to the Special Military Operation zone. The already ex-prisoners took a familiar route: they received equipment and went to a training camp. A squad of the "most hardy" was assembled from the masses and the group was sent off to carry out the mission.

In the end, the baptism of fire ended in the death of 28 men, while the two survivors were taken to hospital. The squad leader was hit in the head by shrapnel and miraculously survived. Almost as soon as he regained consciousness, representatives of the PMC told him to get better and prepare for a "second round."

Of those convicts who initially expressed a desire, but stayed in the colony as "reservists", almost all intend to refuse to go to the war zone.…
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Old 15th Oct 2022, 11:04
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Several Russian Telegram channels are saying that Ukraine has gone back on the offensive in NE Kherson after prepping the battlefield with artillery.



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How can Russia win, even the Ukrainian Bees are against them.

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Russian invaders have taken over civilian hospitals in temporarily-occupied Ukraine. Large numbers of wounded militants are being admitted. Because Russian military command refuses to evacuate the seriously wounded to the Russian Federation, the fatality rate is 50 percent.

"In one of the hospitals of the city of Donetsk, about 100 wounded people arrived this week. Hospitals are overcrowded in the city of Tokmak, Zaporizhzhya region."

Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine operational information at 06:00 on 15 October 2022



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Old 15th Oct 2022, 13:13
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An offer he couldn’t refuse. Don’t think we will see any critical Russian bloggers any more…

Russian Telegram channel is claiming that Igor Girkin went to the front with a volunteer unit.




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Old 15th Oct 2022, 13:28
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Talking of futile gestures….

Of a group of 100 mobilized just 2 weeks ago, 80 are already dead.

Russian population slowly figuring out that mobilized aren't intended to fight, but merely to absorb expensive Ukrainian ammo.



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Old 15th Oct 2022, 13:37
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made me chuckle
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Old 15th Oct 2022, 14:06
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Originally Posted by ORAC
The Russian Telegram channel 'Cheka-OGPU' has posted a detailed account of the recruitment by the Wagner Group of 200 prisoners from the Rostov region and their subsequent massacre by the Ukrainians in their first combat engagement. Translation follows: ⬇️…….

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1...524975104.html

….."Exactly a month ago, 200 people of special prisoners were taken out of the colony in the Rostov region, asking for pardons and for sending to the Special Military Operation zone. The already ex-prisoners took a familiar route: they received equipment and went to a training camp. A squad of the "most hardy" was assembled from the masses and the group was sent off to carry out the mission.

In the end, the baptism of fire ended in the death of 28 men, while the two survivors were taken to hospital. The squad leader was hit in the head by shrapnel and miraculously survived. Almost as soon as he regained consciousness, representatives of the PMC told him to get better and prepare for a "second round."

Of those convicts who initially expressed a desire, but stayed in the colony as "reservists", almost all intend to refuse to go to the war zone.…
I am having great difficulty in understanding what tactical or strategic purpose sending cannon fodder to die serves. What is the purpose of killing your own citizens like this? This can only, finally, stir up opposition to the war.
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Old 15th Oct 2022, 14:09
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The first convoy of Russian forces have arrived in Belarus - looks like a successful annexation to me. Lukashenko has finally managed to sell his country.
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SEAD STRIKE: On 15 OCT, UKR announced the destruction of three S-300 surface to air missile complexes in the coastal city of Berdyansk.

This Suppression of Enemy Air Defense (SEAD) mission follows the interdiction of 3 Russian S-300 air defense complexes in Tokmak on 12 OCT.
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I am having great difficulty in understanding what tactical or strategic purpose sending cannon fodder to die serves. What is the purpose of killing your own citizens like this? This can only, finally, stir up opposition to the war.
Last night the body of Russian military draft officer Roman Malyk was found hanging on a fence in the town of Partizansk (near Vladivostok)

It reportedly showed signs of suicide, but "local residents doubt that he could have killed himself"
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