Is Ukraine about to have a war?
While our environment does have an affect on how we behave, it it not deterministic. We all make decisions, willful choices, strongly affected by the context of our background, but there are many many examples of men and women making good choices in spite of when and how they were raised. We are individually accountable for the choices we make.
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
Ukrainian estimate of Russian casualties in the last HIMARS strike is 400 dead and 300 injured.
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Very Lucky guy there..
Le Figaro quotes an anonymous source from the DPR speaking to TASS, that a large arrival of new troops who all turned on their phones within a short period, allowed the UKA to make a quick assessment of what this meant and then blow them to hell. Several Russian war bloggers said that the commandant should have /taken away their phones ( as well as spreading them out over several buildings ) Would this be the straw that caused revolt in young conscripts ?
https://www.lefigaro.fr/internationa...oscou-20230102
https://www.lefigaro.fr/internationa...oscou-20230102
Generous.
Le Figaro quotes an anonymous source from the DPR speaking to TASS, that a large arrival of new troops who all turned on their phones within a short period, allowed the UKA to make a quick assessment of what this meant and then blow them to hell. Several Russian war bloggers said that the commandant should have /taken away their phones ( as well as spreading them out over several buildings ) Would this be the straw that caused revolt in young conscripts ?
https://www.lefigaro.fr/internationa...oscou-20230102
https://www.lefigaro.fr/internationa...oscou-20230102
Beyond the blankets and a cake?
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… but presumably only families of the 63 who died according to Russia rather than the 400 claimed by Ukraine. And what help for the ?300 wounded?
More young lives lost in the service of a dictator - very sad but rather them than the Ukranians who have lost more than enough already.
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
….Since the Russian Mobiks do not have cold weather gear for corruption reasons. They cannot disperse them without huge cold weather casualty rates. So they are cramming them into large public buildings…
It certainly doesn't help that the Mobiks ignore their chain of command on keeping & using their cellphones in order to get water, food, & vodka from the Russian Army black market….
Then the Mobiks get annihilated with M31A1 GMLRS or 155mm Excalibur…..
Rinse and repeat throughout the winter…
It certainly doesn't help that the Mobiks ignore their chain of command on keeping & using their cellphones in order to get water, food, & vodka from the Russian Army black market….
Then the Mobiks get annihilated with M31A1 GMLRS or 155mm Excalibur…..
Rinse and repeat throughout the winter…
….Since the Russian Mobiks do not have cold weather gear for corruption reasons. They cannot disperse them without huge cold weather casualty rates. So they are cramming them into large public buildings…
It certainly doesn't help that the Mobiks ignore their chain of command on keeping & using their cellphones in order to get water, food, & vodka from the Russian Army black market….
Then the Mobiks get annihilated with M31A1 GMLRS or 155mm Excalibur…..
Rinse and repeat throughout the winter…
It certainly doesn't help that the Mobiks ignore their chain of command on keeping & using their cellphones in order to get water, food, & vodka from the Russian Army black market….
Then the Mobiks get annihilated with M31A1 GMLRS or 155mm Excalibur…..
Rinse and repeat throughout the winter…
Urgent!!!
Critically urgent!!!
Our Samara boys need help. Those who were caught under fire in Makiivka on January 1, 2023.
Gathering continues until January 6.
- Shirts
- Underwear
- Socks
- Medication (we need EVERYTHING! EVERYTHING IS DESTROYED)
- Sleeping bags
- Blankets
- Heating burners
- Vacuum flasks
- Winter shoes
- Gloves
- Bags
- A surveillance system, even the most basic one.
- A generator, at least one.
- Pots, pans, dishes, cups, etc.
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
Interesting historical analysis of Russia's ability to fight in Winter by Antony Beevor. Winter won't be an Ally to Russia this time.
Russia’s New Winter War
https://t.co/oInVx3Wtpg
Moscow’s 1939 Finland Hubris Repeats Itself in Ukraine in 2022
https://t.co/pdJyOvJgBg
Russia’s New Winter War
https://t.co/oInVx3Wtpg
Moscow’s 1939 Finland Hubris Repeats Itself in Ukraine in 2022
https://t.co/pdJyOvJgBg
It's merely day three of the year 2023 and we have a strong contestant for the Darwin award. Can't wait what's coming up throughout the year.
Reminds me of the phrase "we are lucky the RuZZians are so effing stupid".
Reminds me of the phrase "we are lucky the RuZZians are so effing stupid".
I don't think the detonators are fitted to these mines, so effectively its a shed load of explosive. Although should one take a stray round then its Goodnight Vienna.
We used to move them around in trailers as it was supposed to be safer in their original boxes, moving them loose like this looks like a lot of effort to tie them down.
Stupid is as stupid does.
We used to move them around in trailers as it was supposed to be safer in their original boxes, moving them loose like this looks like a lot of effort to tie them down.
Stupid is as stupid does.
I sure hope the detonators are somewhere safe, having them installed would make this an epic fail beyond belief.
Installing the detonator is the second to last thing to do, camouflaging the mine being the last.
I counted some 20ish mines spread evenly on the deck of that BMP. That"s some 100kg of TNT in an environment where one of the main entertainment of Ukrainian drone drivers is dropping mortar rounds on RuZZians...
I just can't get my head around why on earth they'd transport mines like that, tied down all across the vehicle. I'd prefer them in their boxes as well, at least it would allow two men to quickly create a blockade but now they'd have to untie them separately.
Installing the detonator is the second to last thing to do, camouflaging the mine being the last.
I counted some 20ish mines spread evenly on the deck of that BMP. That"s some 100kg of TNT in an environment where one of the main entertainment of Ukrainian drone drivers is dropping mortar rounds on RuZZians...
I just can't get my head around why on earth they'd transport mines like that, tied down all across the vehicle. I'd prefer them in their boxes as well, at least it would allow two men to quickly create a blockade but now they'd have to untie them separately.
The key thing about ERA is that is uses a VERY insensitive explosive,a small feature lost on those half-wits. Be interesting to see them get a top hit. I bet the mutual detonation of maybe 100kg of RDX, TNT or whatever isn't going to do a lot for their health.