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Will our Challenger II now head to Poland to fill the gap?
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Originally Posted by Lookleft
(Post 11222478)
According to the ISW they have estimated that Russia has used 70% of their cruise missile stocks.
Ukrainian air defences have reportedly been bagging a fair number of them, set to increase with all the odds and sods the west is providing. |
Originally Posted by Ninthace
(Post 11222633)
Perhaps the Taliban or similar organisation can send them some Hi-Lux?
https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....2dfdc4dbf4.jpg |
Originally Posted by Ninthace
(Post 11222629)
A distinct shortage of ships in the UKR navy.
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Originally Posted by NutLoose
(Post 11222386)
Stupidity comes to mind, they must have a finite supply of missiles to use, so as long as they are firing them into high rise buildings they are not diminishing the Countries military capability to defend themselves and fight back, the tragedy in it all is the innocents getting killed or maimed as Russia attempts to demoralise the Ukrainian people and break down their spirit and resolve.
But if Bucha is anything to go by Russia is simply making the Country stronger and filling them with so much hate and loathing through these actions that the Ukrainians will fight back to their last. A classic repeat of the civilian bombing by both sides in the Second World War. Nobody seemed to notice the obvious flaw in the plan then and it seems they have learned nothing this time either |
Originally Posted by fdr
(Post 11222605)
Wanted to Rent: top floor property with great view of St Basil's, within 3,000m of the domes. Must have
My money is on a much scaled down event taking place, the live feed being intercut with archive footage (e.g. of Vladolph taking the salute etc). Either way its going to be a security headache for sure, way more so than it usually is. |
Staggered, it probably won’t be ‘live’ exactly.
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Film of Ukranian attacks on vehicles in the Donbas, at abour 50 seconds ish, it looks like they struck an airfield with artillery.
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Originally Posted by NutLoose
(Post 11222752)
Film of Ukranian attacks on vehicles in the Donbas, at abour 50 seconds ish, it looks like they struck an airfield with artillery.
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Originally Posted by Wokkafans
(Post 11222688)
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....ff3ecfdebf.jpg |
Good to see the Russians are taking care of their precious equipment, such as this 1L219 counter-battery radar system
https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....644d167e2.jpeg https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....25d247f055.png Ohhh dear never mind, such a shame......Not :E Meanwhile on the Ukrainian side, the supplies keep rolling in.. |
Originally Posted by NutLoose
(Post 11222770)
Good to see the Russians are taking care of their precious equipment, such as this 1L219 counter-battery radar system
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....25d247f055.png Ohhh dear never mind, such a shame......Not :E |
You really need to read this as to the forced mobilisation of the Ukrainian in the donbass area, its chilling reading, I've added a couple of excerpts
https://euromaidanpress.com/2022/04/...cupied-donbas/ According to both Ukrainian and pro-Russian sources, the Donbas locals have been generally used for the so-called “intelligence by battle” — a Soviet-era tactic of throwing the soldiers into battle without any intelligence in order to find out where the defenses may be weaker. Another common Russian practice of usage of the forcefully conscripted is committing them to attack fortified Ukrainian positions over and over in order to exhaust the defenders so that the regular Russian troops could later face less resistance trying to storm the positions.Both Russian “practices” lead to disproportionally high casualty rate among the forcibly mobilized Ukrainians of the Donbas. In this way, Russia has been trying to spare its own troops by de-facto eliminating the mobilized locals. On the other hand, the forcibly mobilized participate in Russia’s ongoing genocide of Ukrainians not only with their own deaths, but also contributing to the destruction of Ukrainian settlements and killing their fellow Ukrainians. |
Originally Posted by Davef68
(Post 11222769)
the Hi-Lux with the Matra F2 pod on top was something spectacular! (Edit - although i think the one in the poster is a Russian pod)
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....ff3ecfdebf.jpg |
Originally Posted by NutLoose
(Post 11222789)
You really need to read this as to the forced mobilisation of the Ukrainian in the donbass area, its chilling reading, I've added a couple of excerpts
https://euromaidanpress.com/2022/04/...cupied-donbas/ |
Originally Posted by Lonewolf_50
(Post 11222783)
NutLoose, you might want to give the Russian combat engineers some credit for their innovative way of preventing a bridge collapse! :E
Hey, it could be the engineers pushback from being forced to go somewhere they don't wanna go. The boys are not amused by Vlad the Impalers discretionary war that is smoking their hides. |
Originally Posted by Lonewolf_50
(Post 11222798)
While that's a disturbing report,:uhoh: how objective is that source? :confused:
Russian Federation Under the Russian Federation’s Military Manual (1990), it is prohibited as a method of warfare “to compel persons belonging to the enemy party to participate in hostilities against their country”. & The Russian Federation’s Regulations on the Application of IHL (2001) states with regard to the behaviour of forces in occupied territory: “It is prohibited to compel the population in the occupied territory to serve in the armed or auxiliary forces of the occupying power.” IHL Rule 95 Forced Labor Section B. Compelling persons to serve in the forces of a hostile power Hague Regulations (1899) Article 44 “Any compulsion of the population of occupied territory to take part in military operations against its own country is prohibited.” Article 52 Neither requisitions in kind nor services can be demanded from … inhabitants except for the needs of the army of occupation. They must be in proportion to the resources of the country, and of such a nature as not to involve the population in the obligation of taking part in military operations against their country Hague Regulations (1907) Article 23(h) of the 1907 Hague Regulations provides: “A belligerent is likewise forbidden to compel the nationals of the hostile party to take part in the operations of war directed against their own country, even if they were in the belligerent’s service before the commencement of the war.” Article 52 of the 1907 Hague Regulations provides: Requisitions in kind and services shall not be demanded from … inhabitants except for the needs of the army of occupation. They shall be in proportion to the resources of the country, and of such a nature as not to involve the inhabitants in the obligation of taking part in military operations against their own country. Geneva Convention IV Article 51, first paragraph, of the 1949 Geneva Convention IV provides: “The Occupying Power may not compel protected persons to serve in its armed or auxiliary forces. No pressure or propaganda which aims at securing voluntary enlistment is permitted.” Geneva Conventions III and IV Article 130 of the 1949 Geneva Convention III and Article 147 of the 1949 Geneva Convention IV provide that compelling a prisoner of war or a protected person to serve in the forces of a hostile power is a grave breach of these instruments. ICC Statute Pursuant to Article 8(2)(a)(v) and (b)(xv) of the 1998 ICC Statute, “[c]ompelling a prisoner of war or other protected person to serve in the forces of a hostile power” and “[c]ompelling the nationals of the hostile party to take part in the operations of war directed against their own country, even if they were in the belligerent’s service before the commencement of the war” constitute war crimes in international armed conflicts. ILC Draft Code of Crimes against the Peace and Security of Mankind (1991) According to Article 22(2)(a) of the 1991 ILC Draft Code of Crimes against the Peace and Security of Mankind, “compelling a protected person to serve in the forces of a hostile Power” is considered as an exceptionally serious war crime and as a serious violation of the principles and rules of international law applicable in armed conflict. ILC Draft Code of Crimes against the Peace and Security of Mankind (1996) Under Article 20(a)(v) of the 1996 ILC Draft Code of Crimes against the Peace and Security of Mankind, “[c]ompelling a prisoner of war or other protected person to serve in the forces of a hostile Power” constitutes a war crime. UNTAET Regulation No. 2000/15 The UNTAET Regulation No. 2000/15 establishes panels with exclusive jurisdiction over serious criminal offences, including war crimes. According to Section 6(1)(a)(v) and (b)(xv), “[c]ompelling a prisoner of war or other protected person to serve in the forces of a hostile power” and “[c]ompelling the nationals of the hostile party to take part in the operations of war directed against their own country, even if they were in the belligerent’s service before the commencement of the war” constitute war crimes in international armed conflicts. |
Another Russian PR campaign fail? filming and releasing it of your own troops getting shot.?
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For the times they are a 'changing:
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Originally Posted by Imagegear
(Post 11222869)
Is he going to change the name of the Kremlin to Wolfschanze?
Hopefully the day to day activity includes sacking the President, but the Russian Constitution is pretty miserable in that score, but not impossible. Is he going to send himself off to Lefortovo if he gets knocked on his butt? That would be the "cheer heard around the world". |
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