Though I rather liked this reply

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.

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.


Jeez, will she just shut up?! Isn't there a big red mute button somewhere? He probably ejected to get away from her nagging voice.

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.

It's called tongue in cheek....

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

The latest sanctions have nothing to do with who owns Aeroflot's aircraft.

Holy Sh*t!! :sad:

maybe not but stopping them using or selling their landing slots at LHR is a pretty pathetic sanction

Ukrainians may be having a surprise ally, climate.

Siberia is burning, there are already 4000 wildfires reported this year and there's forecast of up to 30 degrees celsius heat waves coming up that will worsen the situation. The fires are reported to be reaching a scale in which the civilian fire fighting capacity can't manage.

In previous years the army has been the biggest contributor in fighting the fires but now the military is sent abroad and may have to be called back for fire fighting. Putin may be facing a situation where he needs to decide which is worse for his regime: uncontrolled forest fires in unprecedented scale or defeat in Ukraine.

Moscow times has some photos of the fires going on and quoting Putin that last years situation must not repeat (largest wildfires in recorded history). But this season the military is pre-occupied elsewhere...

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/...-photos-a77647

Are they Russian or Ukraine tanks?

the " O" markings suggest those are Russian.
Apparently the mechanised battalion that didn't make it cross the river.

Agreed Beamr those images have been doing the rounds for a few days from that RF farce.

No idea how accurate this is. If there is any truth in it, I can only assume that “O” refers to RF forces that crossed into Ukraine from the puppet state?


https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....3ebb1eb56.jpeg

Is Christmas about to come early?

Posted earlier in Jet Blast, and worthy of an hour or so of your time.

https://parliamentlive.tv/event/inde...8-bcccde927d06

Are they finally now going to get it?

Another failed Russian river crossing.

More from the earlier failed crossing that BlankBox posted.

I've seen limited evidence for these tactical markings so far apart from Z and V, but co-incidentally saw some shots on TV this morning of Tigr-M in Donbas carrying the 'O' marking, and a not very military looking car carrying a Russian flag and the 'Z in a square'.

Rolled up thread on Russian tank reserves.

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1...355366912.html

https://archive.ph/2022.05.19-230449...xecutions.html

New Evidence Shows How Russian Soldiers Executed Men in Bucha