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[MonkeyDoughnut 10243]

1 hour ago, crash_davis said:

 

Well, now we know what the hundreds of Stinger missiles that are part of the initial military aid will be aiming at first. Glad they could oblige.

[MillerEP 30455]

https://www.instagram.com/p/CaiRhg_pEAG/

 

*Little Pecker*
“Someone here says they saw a Russian pee on the sidewalk and that he had a small d*ck. I did not witness this myself but supposed the teenage boys started yelling from windows ‘Small D*ck Small D*ck go home’

Now the Russian is embarrassed and yelled at them to go away but the children persisted chanting ‘Small D*ck Small D*ck’ until the soldier left.

Bless the children.”
- Ukrainian Civilian. Invasion of Ukraine. February 28th, 2022.

This story was documented by @nicklaidthelaw Every witness to war has a story, and every story deserves to be told.

[BabaYaga 15299]

Just now, Bateshorn said:

This.  At some point the Russians are going to commit to just leveling Ukraine. Then the insurgency begins.  
 

And no victory is going to regain access to international grain markets.  He’s captured a prize he can’t use.

Unfortunately, almost every large historical campaign has evolved into targeting large population centers.  Only a matter of time.  

NOW, on the other hand, if you read the RUSSIAN accounts from Stalingrad, the devastation of the city was actually immensely helpful to those defending it, as it created an endless landscape of places to hide and attack from, while making navigation for the invaders much more difficult as maps and markers were rendered moot.  

[The Ace of Aces 5184]

17 minutes ago, GabrielsHorn said:

 

Wonder how much more cooperative Russia will be to this investigation than America has been in the past. I'm going to guess the same. 

[Macanudo 12979]

7 minutes ago, BachelorTrek said:

That's 7000 anti-tank missiles between the Norwegians and the Swedes.

I haven't seen any TOW anti-tank missiles being mentioned, but I bet those are coming from NATO or EU countries. too, if old LAW rockets can be used (on support vehicles, if nothing else). 

I already saw some country sending Panzerfausts.... Geez, are people going to try to send them old Steil granates and Panzerschrecks, too? 



How about some old 88s? They'd still fuck up a bunch of modern shit and ruskies in a hurry if you had them hiding around every streetcorner! Lulz.

The Panzerfaust 3 is basically a Euro version of the RPG-7.    It's not your (German) grandfather's panzerfaust.

[Pescado_Rojo 19416]

10 minutes ago, SimonBolivar said:

Being reported elsewhere too

 

 

The SU 25 is the Russian answer to the A10. 30mm rotary cannon, 10 under-wing hard points. Would be pretty effective against those convoys if they can keep Russian Migs and SAMs off of them. 

[OU Sucks 8823]

12 minutes ago, SimonBolivar said:

 

Ah yes, I believe they call these Meals, Ready-to-Sheet

[956 Worldwide 34715]

9 minutes ago, GabrielsHorn said:

Definitely be wary of the source, but like the ghost of Kyiv, it’s real to me damnit. 

 

 

Have seen that elsewhere. Here is the problem, those are the total number of MiG-29s/Su-25s in each nation’s inventory and they aren’t capable of getting them all off the ground at the same time.  They are maintenance heavy machines.  On a good day each country might have half flyable, probably fewer for Bulgaria.

Speaking of crazy shit— Slovakia relies on Russian techs to keep their MiGs airborne. Has to do with licensing and airworthiness certificates. The Russians live there and everything. The Slovaks can’t get their shiny new Block 70 Vipers soon enough. 

[MonkeyDoughnut 10243]

29 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

It will.  When Russia takes the gloves off and goes scorched earth.....there will be a lot of scorched earth, cities in ruins, and dead Ukrainians.

And when Putin does that, he has lost.  Completely and totally.  That's the fucking shitty situation Putin is in -- if he loses, he loses.  If he "wins," he loses.  

Oh, and he won't even "win."  He won't stop continuing losses of Russian troops and equipment.  The Ukrainians can fight one hell of an insurgency with what they already have on hand.  And how are you going to hunt them down?  Every rock, every tree, is an insurgent.  Get bogged down in a war that will  continue to destroy your capability of fighting, and not be able to replenish your weapons because of sanctions including raw materials?  Yes, please.

At that point will come down to how much actual sway Putin has with the troops on the front line. It's one thing to trade bullets, it's another to just wipe a city off the map. I'm not sure the average Russian soldier is willing to go scorched earth in Ukraine.

[Bevo 13577]

1 hour ago, Captainant said:

they're drones arent they?? Just have em fly themselves over /s

Good point.

[Bateshorn 9927]

3 minutes ago, BabaYaga said:

Unfortunately, almost every large historical campaign has evolved into targeting large population centers.  Only a matter of time.  

NOW, on the other hand, if you read the RUSSIAN accounts from Stalingrad, the devastation of the city was actually immensely helpful to those defending it, as it created an endless landscape of places to hide and attack from, while making navigation for the invaders much more difficult as maps and markers were rendered moot.  

Beevor history of the battle would agree and he’s certainly no Russian propagandist. 

[elfenix 34251]

4 minutes ago, MonkeyDoughnut said:

Well, now we know what the hundreds of Stinger missiles that are part of the initial military aid will be aiming at first. Glad they could oblige.

strategic bombers won't be anywhere near stinger range

[BabaYaga 15299]

2 minutes ago, Pescado_Rojo said:

The SU 25 is the Russian answer to the A10. 30mm rotary cannon, 10 under-wing hard points. Would be pretty effective against those convoys if they can keep Russian Migs and SAMs off of them. 

Twin 30's.  Don't be stealing the Hog's thunder now...brrrrrrtttttt!

[Armybrat 40850]

8 minutes ago, JesusSweatDuck said:

According to this T-90, we're doing pretty well

 

 

 

Russian armor using airbags?

[BabaYaga 15299]

1 minute ago, Bateshorn said:

Beevor history of the battle would agree and he’s certainly no Russian propagandist. 

Read his book many, many times

[Doc Reeves 6434]

 

4 minutes ago, MillerEP said:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CaiRhg_pEAG/

 

*Little Pecker*
“Someone here says they saw a Russian pee on the sidewalk and that he had a small d*ck. I did not witness this myself but supposed the teenage boys started yelling from windows ‘Small D*ck Small D*ck go home’

Now the Russian is embarrassed and yelled at them to go away but the children persisted chanting ‘Small D*ck Small D*ck’ until the soldier left.

Bless the children.”
- Ukrainian Civilian. Invasion of Ukraine. February 28th, 2022.

This story was documented by @nicklaidthelaw Every witness to war has a story, and every story deserves to be told.

 

 

Yikes, dick jokes aside if someone say you have a little dick you hav an obligation to prove them wrong, you know unless… 

[troph 24810]

four days ago we were debating Italy and their exception for luxury handbags.  four days ago, thinking Putin needed to be assassinated was astonishingly bad to say.  four days ago, Germany wasn't willing to do shit.  four days ago, public sentiment was clearly on sanctions and not much else.  four days ago, SWIFT and personal sanctions were off the table to try and negotiate with Putin.  the rate at which this situation is changing is astronomically fast.  the world is totally different today than five days ago.  three days from now is an eternity.  this is completely nuts.

 

 

[JesusSweatDuck 17781]

2 minutes ago, Armybrat said:

Russian armor using airbags?

Looks like sand bags

[FartingMonk 3607]

5 minutes ago, 956 Worldwide said:

Have seen that elsewhere. Here is the problem, those are the total number of MiG-29s/Su-25s in each nation’s inventory and they aren’t capable of getting them all off the ground at the same time.  They are maintenance heavy machines.  On a good day each country might have half flyable, probably fewer for Bulgaria.

Speaking of crazy shit— Slovakia relies on Russian techs to keep their MiGs airborne. Has to do with licensing and airworthiness certificates. The Russians live there and everything. The Slovaks can’t get their shiny new Block 70 Vipers soon enough. 

And who do you get to fly them in?  If you fly them in armed.  That creep gets super close to war.  

 

[BabaYaga 15299]

1 minute ago, troph said:

four days ago we were debating Italy and their exception for luxury handbags.  four days ago, thinking Putin needed to be assassinated was astonishingly bad to say.  four days ago, Germany wasn't willing to do shit.  four days ago, public sentiment was clearly on sanctions and not much else.  four days ago, SWIFT and personal sanctions were off the table to try and negotiate with Putin.  the rate at which this situation is changing is astronomically fast.  the world is totally different today than five days ago.  three days from now is an eternity.  this is completely nuts.

 

 

[Brisketexan 105151]

8 minutes ago, BabaYaga said:

Unfortunately, almost every large historical campaign has evolved into targeting large population centers.  Only a matter of time.  

NOW, on the other hand, if you read the RUSSIAN accounts from Stalingrad, the devastation of the city was actually immensely helpful to those defending it, as it created an endless landscape of places to hide and attack from, while making navigation for the invaders much more difficult as maps and markers were rendered moot.  

This.  Stalingrad II, but now the Russians get to watch themselves play the role of the hated invader, slowly bled to death?  Don't think they're gonna enjoy that much.

Oh.....and again, encircle Kyiv?  Cool, that just means that you have massively multiplied your rear, so good luck guarding all of that from attack.

[dlatin 328]

I feel a bit naaive for posting this but was already aware of the geographical interest Russia had with narrowing their NATO defensive front over the Eastern European Plain.  What was new to me is that Ukraine is also ripe with shale gas and potentially recoverable crude deposits.

Forward to 12:32 if the embedded timestamp in the link below doesn't work.

Cliffs: The 'breakaway' regions are precisely in the discovered rich oil deposit regions. Crimea has access to large gas discovered deposit regions. Russia is a large gas station economically. The entire region is crucial to land defense of the Russian state because geography. Ukraine'ss discovered/known oil/gas deposits would make them the 2nd most important in Europe after Russia and 14th largest in the world. Ukraine is set to compete with Russia selling to Europe and ripe for Western petrochemical partnership/development.
 

I just watched this and was going to share as well. Really great piece. It all makes a bit more sense.

[BabaYaga 15299]

4 minutes ago, Armybrat said:

Russian armor using airbags?

Dirty Russian diapers

[Brisketexan 105151]

1 minute ago, FartingMonk said:

And who do you get to fly them in?  If you fly them in armed.  That creep gets super close to war.  

 

As I understood from an earlier story, the Ukrainian pilots were going to these nations to pick them up and fly them in.  But can't remember where I read that.

[pops 6986]

Just plugged the new thread title into the translator. Well done,  Surly. 

[SL Xpress 7516]

11 minutes ago, MonkeyDoughnut said:

At that point will come down to how much actual sway Putin has with the troops on the front line. It's one thing to trade bullets, it's another to just wipe a city off the map. I'm not sure the average Russian soldier is willing to go scorched earth in Ukraine.

It would be virtually unprecedented for that many soldiers to disobey orders. For that scenario to work the high command would have to defect to Ukraine. It’s not going to happen. 
 

If it’s ordered from on high to level Kiev, the folks on the ground will do their best to make it happen. In terms of the conscripts, I’m using the word training loosely here, but it’s what the troops were trained to do. The whole culture of every military ever in existence is to create a total atmosphere where orders are not questioned. It’s possible for individuals to question orders, and even create some hesitancy around them when they do. Then the local Russian officer or NCO puts a bullet through their head, and suddenly the motivation increases for everyone else. That’s dramatic, but not too far from the truth. 

Edited February 28, 2022 by SL Xpress

[Parliament 14260]

Just now, Brisketexan said:

As I understood from an earlier story, the Ukrainian pilots were going to these nations to pick them up and fly them in.  But can't remember where I read that.

You read it here, earlier today.

[BehoId, The Underminer! 11669]

2 minutes ago, JesusSweatDuck said:

Looks like sand bags

[BabaYaga 15299]

2 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

This.  Stalingrad II, but now the Russians get to watch themselves play the role of the hated invader, slowly bled to death?  Don't think they're gonna enjoy that much.

Oh.....and again, encircle Kyiv?  Cool, that just means that you have massively multiplied your rear, so good luck guarding all of that from attack.

Guessing this is the sentiment of most of the Russian soldiers

[Nicole44 22060]

25 minutes ago, 27-25 said:

Can't we just disconnect Russia from the Internet altogether?  China too while we're at it.  Let them live in their bubbles.

I'm sure we can make up the porn deficit elsewhere.

Hollywood would lose their minds over China. NBA too. Hollywood counts on the box office overseas as it’s been brutal lately. We could send Xenia Onatopp but James Bond sadly killed her as a Trojan horse though…

[956 Worldwide 34715]

1 minute ago, FartingMonk said:

And who do you get to fly them in?  If you fly them in armed.  That creep gets super close to war.  

 

Slovakia doesn’t even have 12, I forgot they crashed one in 2019. So yeah, the tweet is wishcasting.

My guess is that they get the pilots to Poland and the Ukrainians fly them in to Ivano Frankivsk in the west. 

[Armybrat 40850]

1 minute ago, pops said:

Just plugged the new thread title into the translator. Well done,  Surly. 

What does it mean?

[4doorsMoreWhores 107]

Just now, Armybrat said:

What does it mean?

Russian warship, fuck yourself

[956 Worldwide 34715]

Just now, Armybrat said:

What does it mean?

Russian ship, go fuck yourself. 

[Parliament 14260]

Just now, Armybrat said:

What does it mean?

"Russian warship.  Go fuck yourself!

[Brisketexan 105151]

1 minute ago, Armybrat said:

What does it mean?

Someone here is hitting on your wife.  And it's working.

[rpspeed 1363]

12 minutes ago, Pescado_Rojo said:

The SU 25 is the Russian answer to the A10. 30mm rotary cannon, 10 under-wing hard points. Would be pretty effective against those convoys if they can keep Russian Migs and SAMs off of them. 

 

[MillerEP 30455]

Read today that the conscripts are only given 4 magazines, which is only 3 additional reloads. That amount of ammo goes pretty quick if you're in a typical firefight. No wonder they're surrendering (well that and no gas, low food, and low morale).

When I was in Iraq and Afghanistan, I carried 9 magazines and 5 pistol mags just on my person. And of course each truck has boxes of ammo if I needed to refill.

Edited February 28, 2022 by MillerEP

[BehoId, The Underminer! 11669]

i hope it isn't stalingrad ii.  that was pretty fucking grizzly for the 'winners.'

[lemonlime 5503]

30 minutes ago, 27-25 said:

Can't we just disconnect Russia from the Internet altogether?  China too while we're at it.  Let them live in their bubbles.

I'm sure we can make up the porn deficit elsewhere.

Fuck no.  We want everyday Russians, including the parents of the boys being sent to die in Ukraine, to see the atrocities.

[Rip76 4928]

4 minutes ago, pops said:

Just plugged the new thread title into the translator. Well done,  Surly. 

Haha well done.

[Brisketexan 105151]

Just now, BehoId, The Underminer! said:

i hope it isn't stalingrad ii.  that was pretty fucking grizzly for the 'winners.'

I know a lot of us are hoping this will not end up being pretty grizzly.

We should buckle up, because the odds are very high that our hope will be in vain.  There is a very good chance that when this is all said in done, the count of dead Ukrainians will be in the tens of thousands.  That is what happens in total war.  And a total war is indeed what's happening now, even if not all the gloves have yet come off.

[Parliament 14260]

1 minute ago, MillerEP said:

Read today that the conscripts are only given 4 magazines, which is only 3 additional reloads. That amount of ammo goes pretty quick if you're in a typical firefight. No wonder they're surrendering (well that and no gas, low food, and low morale).

When I was in Iraq and Afghanistan, I carried 9 magazines and 5 pistol mags

I have more Russian ammo in the center console of my pickup.  (Thank you, Sportsmans Guide.)

[BabaYaga 15299]

So more and more forces are massing around the capital.  Not great, but they are opening themselves up for counter attack after attack.  They don't have enough troops.  

 

 

[ShaggyBevo RIP 3868]

31 minutes ago, pops said:

I think we want our side of the story getting over there. Otherwise they are just in their own little echo chamber. 

This. The real news comes via social media and texts for them.

[BabaYaga 15299]

4 minutes ago, MillerEP said:

When I was in Iraq and Afghanistan, I carried 9 magazines and 5 pistol mags

And that was just to go to the shitter

[SimonBolivar 10958]

 

[Goredho 17406]

One thing I think this thread shows, no matter your political persuasion here in the US, we are all desperately starved for the authentic bravery and leadership being shown by President Zelenskyy in guiding his country’s stand against the Russian bear.

I appreciate being reminded what the real thing looks like.

[MillerEP 30455]

 

 

[956 Worldwide 34715]

11 minutes ago, rpspeed said:

 

The Slovaks are denying this as well.  They are planning to ditch their MiGs early and kick out the Russian techs and will let the Poles do air policing till they get their F-16s that are rolling off the line in South Carolina in 2023. But not giving them to Ukraine. 

If the Ukrainians are getting any jets, they’re Polish jets. 

Edited February 28, 2022 by 956 Worldwide