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What's happening in Iran?
We've been in a perpetual state of war for the better part of two decades, across 6-7 countries, utilizing every bit of ordinance we have, from drones to lasers. How much more data do they need. Well that and they have all our missile, plane, ship... plans, anyway.
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What's happening in Iran?
This thread kind of reminds me of the middle east.
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What's happening in Iran?
That's true with anything - killing a cow, a deer, abortion, assisted suicides, snuff films, biblical events ... Everyone draws a line somewhere.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/03/04/russia-ukraine-war-territorial-gains-putin/ Putin is failing. These charts prove it.Data from the battlefield show Ukraine is holding its own. Yesterday at 7:00 a.m. EST 5 min By Frederick W. Kagan and Kimberly Kagan Frederick W. Kagan is the director of the Critical Threats Project at the American Enterprise Institute. Kimberly Kagan is the founder and president of the Institute for the Study of War. Four years into fighting back an unprovoked full-scale invasion, Ukraine’s army is keeping Russian forces to marginal gains while at the same time extracting exorbitant costs in lives and treasure. Though this winter has been particularly difficult for Ukraine’s civilians because of Russian attacks on the power grid that have plunged many cities into darkness, the front lines have remained stable. The Kremlin’s claims that Russian forces are about to break through and overrun the fortified cities in Donetsk oblast — or any other region of Ukraine for that matter — are bluster. Data we track at the Institute for the Study of War bear this out. And military leaders we spoke to during a recent trip to Ukraine were increasingly confident they can continue to keep the Russians at bay as long as Western aid continues to flow. Currently, Russian forces occupy 19.4 percent of Ukrainian territory. They had taken about 7 percent of Ukraine during the first phase of the war in 2014, and came to occupy a total of 26.8 percent shortly after the full-scale invasion began in 2022. Subsequent Ukrainian counteroffensives left the Russians holding only about 17.9 percent of Ukraine in November that year. Since then, Russia has seized only 1.5 percent more Ukrainian land while suffering over 1 million casualties in total. Let that sink in: Russia has needed three and a half years to seize 9,318 square kilometers, an area smaller than Lebanon or Los Angeles County. President Vladimir Putin’s supposedly inexorable march to victory has been proceeding, as others have noted, more slowly than at a snail’s pace. Russia’s slow crawl in UkrainePercent of Ukrainian territory held by Russia, February 2022 to March 3, 2026 202220232024202520260%20%40%60%80%100%7%19.4% Data as of March 3, 2026 Source: Institute for the Study of War Meanwhile, Russian casualties stacked upCumulative estimates of Russian soldiers killed, wounded or missing 20232024202520260200K400K600K800K1M1.2M Source: CSIS Ukrainian forces have not only held Russian advances to a slow crawl, but they have begun to push Russian forces back in localized counterattacks since last autumn. Ukrainian forces liberated the town of Kupyansk in Kharkiv oblast in November and retook tactically important positions in Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts last month. In fact, Ukrainian forces have made net daily gains more frequently over the past six months than they had in the previous nine. Ukraine has been making more territorial gains this yearDaily Russian territorial gains in Ukraine, March 1, 2025, to March 3, 2026 +100km2+200km2+300km2 April 12025 July 1 Oct. 1 Jan. 12026 Source: Institute for the Study of War Meanwhile, Russian weekly gains this year are below their highs from last year. Indeed, Ukraine liberated more land than Russian forces seized the last two weeks of February. Russian territorial gains slowed down this yearRussian territorial gains, weekly from the week starting on Nov. 1, 2025 to the week starting on Feb. 21, 2026 Russian territorial gains slowed down this year +100km2+200km2+300km2+400km2 Nov. 12025 Dec. 1 Jan. 12026 Feb. 1 Source: Institute for the Study of War Nothing in the data supports Russian claims that Ukrainian lines are about to break. 🎤 Follow Opinions on the news Speaking directly with Ukrainians only underlines the point. Ukrainian commanders with whom we met on a recent trip seemed more confident about their ability to hold the Russians off than they have been since 2023. When we spoke with these same commanders last year, they were concerned about the prospects of renewed enemy advances. But the Ukrainian armed forces have held the Russian fall and winter offensive to limited territorial gains. And the commanders rightly pointed out that most of those gains were empty fields and tiny villages, not large cities or fortified positions. Ukraine’s army has continued to improve and perfect its so-called “wall of drones” defense, which has managed to blunt Russia’s manpower advantage on the front. Ukraine has also embarked on a remarkable long-range strike campaign, using both drones and even a new type of domestically produced cruise missile. They are beginning to deploy midrange weapons to disrupt Russian offensive efforts before they reach the line of contact. And they have even been able to take advantage of Russian overextensions and missteps to retake ground. We came away from our meetings concluding that Russia’s relentless advance is much less impressive and significant than Ukraine’s relentless defense. Estimates of how long it would take the Russians to complete the seizure of Donetsk at current rates of advance range from two to three years. But it’s far from obvious that the Russians can sustain their current rate of advance, especially as they try to take fortified urban areas that constitute the fortress belt. The Russian negotiating position is based on a bluff and a lie. The bluff is that the Russians will overwhelm Ukraine and take what they want anyway. The lie is that they will be satisfied with less than what they continually demand: complete political control over Ukraine, the withdrawal of NATO forces from all states admitted after 1997, restrictions on U.S. weapons and exercises in Europe, and an end to NATO’s open-door policy. Whether or not Putin might ultimately compromise, the Russians have thus far refused to bend. Even their territorial claims transcend Donetsk. They claim to have already annexed Kherson and Zaporizhzhia oblasts in addition to Donetsk and Luhansk and that their constitution requires them to seize and govern even the parts of those regions that Ukrainian forces still hold. They also claim a right to Ukrainian territory beyond that — Odesa, Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv oblasts. U.S. pressure on Ukraine, to make territorial concessions and sue for peace, is encouraging Putin to keep fighting and refrain from making compromises necessary for an enduring peace. Pressuring Kyiv is not an act of mercy meant to avoid needless casualties in a hopeless defense. On the contrary, the Ukrainian defense is proving to be durable and it’s the Russian offensive that’s struggling. The way to end this war is not to rescue Putin from a failing campaign, but to help Ukraine make it fail faster.
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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr5ll27z52do Russia blames Ukrainian naval drones as tanker sinks in Mediterranean17 hours ago Jaroslav Lukiv Serhii Sternenko/X Unverified footage of the blaze was shared by an adviser to Ukraine's defence minister A Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker has sunk in the Mediterranean between Libya and Malta after it was hit by explosions and a fire, Libyan port officials have said. Russia accused Ukraine of targeting the Arctic Metagaz with "uncrewed sea drones" launched from the Libyan coast. Ukraine's SBU state security service has not commented on the allegation and the Libyan port authority said the cause of the fire was unclear. The Libyans said the tanker was carrying about 62,000 tonnes of LNG before the blasts and that it sank about 130 nautical miles (240km) north of the Libyan port of Sirte. Russia's transport ministry said 30 Russians were aboard the Arctic Metagaz. Maltese Home Affairs Minister Byron Camilleri said they were all found "safe and sound in a lifeboat" during a rescue operation by Malta's armed forces. Unverified night-time footage has emerged purportedly showing the ship ablaze after the attack, which occurred on Tuesday. Serhii Sternenko, a popular blogger and adviser to Ukraine's defence minister, posted pictures on Wednesday morning of what he said was the tanker in the Mediterranean, which had a "serious hole in the engine room compartment and is beyond repair". He did not elaborate where the pictures came from and they have not been independently verified. "This is a terrorist attack," Russia's Vladimir Putin told state TV. "This isn't the first time we've encountered something like this." Russia's transport ministry called it "an act of international terrorism and maritime piracy", singling out the European Union for complicity. Moscow said the Arctic Metagaz - which had been en route from Russia's northern port of Murmansk - was carrying cargo cleared in accordance with international rules. The tanker was apparently heading for Port Said in Egypt and is considered part of Russia's so-called shadow fleet. It has been widely sanctioned by Western countries. The ministry provided no evidence to back up its claim that the tanker was attacked by Ukrainian sea drones, though there were earlier unconfirmed reports of attacks from the Libyan coast. The SBU told BBC Ukraine it was not commenting on "the situation with the tanker in the Mediterranean", although a Ukrainian government-linked social media account, United24, teased that the drones were "Definitely. Maybe" not part of the Ukrainian fleet. Marine tracking data indicated that the day before the fire, the tanker had last reported that it was sailing off the south-east coast of Malta. It had sailed some considerable distance by the time the fire was reported and it is assumed the crew deactivated its automatic identification system. Russia has deployed a surging number of vessels to transport oil and gas in an attempt to avoid international sanctions, which are aimed at slashing revenues that have been critical for funding Moscow's war in Ukraine. Its shadow fleet is largely made up of aged tankers, many with obscure ownership or insurance. Following Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which began in 2022, Kyiv has carried out a number of attacks on such vessels using naval drones. However, nearly all of such strikes have been in the Black Sea, which Russia and Ukraine both border.- Русский корабль - иди нахуй
U.S., Ukraine discussed postponing peace talks with Russia, Zelenskiy says By Reuters March 5, 20261:50 AM MSTUpdated 58 mins ago U.S.-mediated peace talks between Russia and Ukraine in Geneva March 5 (Reuters) - Ukraine spoke to the United States about the possibility of postponing the next round of trilateral talks with Russia "for a while" and changing the location due to the spiraling Iran conflict, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday. New negotiations to end the four-year-old war had been expected to take place in Abu Dhabi before the Gulf hub was targeted by Iranian strikes. Zelenskiy said this week that Kyiv was open to other locations, such as Turkey or Switzerland. "The next Ukraine–U.S.–Russia trilateral meeting was planned for the period from March 5 to 9, depending on developments around the world. Currently, there is another war in the Middle East," Zelenskiy said on X, citing comments he gave in an interview with Italian network Rai Italia. "We spoke with the American side, since they are the party inviting Ukraine and Russia to the meeting, about the possibility of changing the location and postponing the meeting for a while due to the war in the Middle East." He added that Ukraine hoped the exchange of prisoners of war agreed in previous meetings would still proceed, and also repeated his criticism of Moscow's demand that Ukraine withdraw from the remaining 20% of its eastern Donetsk region. Russia has said Ukraine needs to give up control of the industrialised region which Russia has been unable to fully conquer, something which Kyiv has refused to do. The issue remains a key stumbling block in talks. "Why should we leave our own land that we control? He (Russian President Vladimir Putin) has not succeeded on the battlefield. He has no strength," Zelenskiy said. "He wants us to believe him and simply withdraw from our well-fortified territories." Ukraine's outgunned and outmanned army has retaken territory in recent weeks, gaining more in February than it lost for the first time since 2023, according to the Finland-based Black Bird Group analysis team. Zelenskiy added that Russia might be supplying Iran with electronic components for its Shahed attack drones and called on Kyiv's allies to "share their information" on the matter. The Kremlin said on Thursday that Iran has not approached Russia for military assistance. Reporting by Anna Pruchnicka; editing by Philippa Fletcher- Русский корабль - иди нахуй
The Yelabuga drone factory is about 700mi from the Ukranian border. And yes, Ukraine would love to target it. As for the debris, that seems odd - maybe parts are made for Russia in Iran. I would think that Russia would want to use all that it can make on Ukraine.- Русский корабль - иди нахуй
Is any of that true? Tomahawks were refused but not specifically to target drone factories.The main factory I think is in Tatarstan. And I doubt Russians are shipping Shahed drones to Iran.- What's happening in Iran?
Fuck Rex, Marry Icono, Kill Fanta?- Do I have turf toe or gout?
You don’t need a big toe. Sargent Hula can be your big toe. if you want to keep it though, get a radiograph. Bruising is uncommon with gout. Gout is very common among surly patrons. So, hard to tell from your description.- What's happening in Iran?
Lots of brown people here- What's happening in Iran?
True, so he’s had a change of plans. He’s supporting the ETA and the Catalan Nationalist Party.- 11 injured 3 dead in late night shooting on W 6th
@Steel Shank He said the pistol was a 9mm and the rifle was a dpms brand knockoff of an AR15. - Русский корабль - иди нахуй
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