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2 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

Prigozhin seems quiet the past few days.

Just saw this from 18 hours ago. 

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[InkaUtexas 25874]

16 minutes ago, BamaATL said:

I'm as hawkish as any about us getting involved (even to the point of going hot over this if the right circumstances exist), but to be quite frank, this is accurate.  We won't be doing anything about it, and if it plays out in the worst case scenario even then I doubt we would actively do anything beyond upping our current support level for the Ukrainians.  That's a shit deal for the Ukrainians, and I don't like it one bit.  

What could we do? Let's be honest. And I am a Hawk like you, but this is an are that scares me. 

I don't think Russia will do it. Putin maybe, and perhaps he has a back channel to groups on the ground. But not their MOD. Not some Colonel. 

We shall see. 

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[956 Worldwide 34704]

This flap over accounting could be as simple as DoD leadership wanting to brag about the highest numbers possible internationally to prod other nations to donate. But now that further Hill support isn’t a given, we’re looking for ways to keep the sugar flowing. 
 

Anyway, it’s a gift horse. 

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11 minutes ago, 956 Worldwide said:

This flap over accounting could be as simple as DoD leadership wanting to brag about the highest numbers possible internationally to prod other nations to donate. But now that further Hill support isn’t a given, we’re looking for ways to keep the sugar flowing. 
 

Anyway, it’s a gift horse. 

Yep. And don't forget end of year.

"Yo, Sgt. Major, got some shit we can get rid of?"

"Yes Sir, we got these Bradleys that are killing me on sustainment." 

"Can we send them to Ukraine?" 

"Yeah, give me a day or two, might have to call in some people to lubricate the bearings, but hell I had the slotted for painting rocks this week."

"OK, call TRANSCOM. I will call the FMS Lead"

 

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[The Dog 44019]

6 hours ago, 956 Worldwide said:

This flap over accounting could be as simple as DoD leadership wanting to brag about the highest numbers possible internationally to prod other nations to donate. But now that further Hill support isn’t a given, we’re looking for ways to keep the sugar flowing. 
 

Anyway, it’s a gift horse. 

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[JesusSweatDuck 17781]

11 minutes ago, The Dog said:

 

We have to have some old Apaches laying around as well.

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From the twitter post up thread.  No idea who this is or how accurate 

 

 

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38 minutes ago, The Dog said:

 

 

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14 minutes ago, Schulz2.0 said:

 

I think they're sending their old Mi-17s and not the Black Hawks

Edited June 21, 2023 by Kdub
They're not their

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2 minutes ago, Kdub said:

I think their sending their old Mi-17s and not the Black Hawks

Looks that way.

 

[texastough 1129]

Thread on old roads crossing the Dnipro before the reservoir was built in the 1940's, i.e. potential bridgehead opportunities for Ukraine to cross the dry lake bed.

 

[The Dog 44019]

take this with a VERY large grain of salt:

Sadove is on the outskirts of Tokmak. Probably special forces or partisans - unlikely to be regular army.

[Macanudo 12975]

2 hours ago, JesusSweatDuck said:

We have to have some old Apaches laying around as well.

To be fair, those are all dead and buried.  

[Chad Fuck 17659]

20 minutes ago, Macanudo said:

To be fair, those are all dead and buried.  

[Rimbo 25913]

2 hours ago, The Dog said:

 

vatnik might have a point, maybe?

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[956 Worldwide 34704]

There’s a big Ukraine reconstruction conference in London today and we pledged 1.3 billion while the UK pledged 3. I’m glad to see a kind-of European nation leading, although to be frank— Washington has more credit in Brussels, Paris and Berlin than a Tory London. 
 

But Ukraine needs a Marshall Plan. And the EU needs to lead. This is a good fist step. 

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Extreme longcat follows.

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i got dibs on the band name "hordes of corpses"

1 minute ago, The Dog said:

what happened to the roo

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[MissingInAction 25018]

20 minutes ago, Schulz2.0 said:

 

The Ukrainians captured one russian and said that they strapped a bomb to his back. If he does not do what they say, they will blow it up. But in reality it was just a wooden stick. He was then told to go to his positions and call others, so he brought 2 other russians

[UnivTex34 1763]

On 5/28/2023 at 11:35 AM, MillerEP said:

Nice patch in that first video:

 

On 5/28/2023 at 1:23 PM, atomheartbevo said:

Holy shit, I need that patch.

eBay UK  has them https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266182794813 hmmm...shipped from Ukraine even.

And as a former artillery scout (Fister), that blew my mind seeing the soldier holding a smartphone showing him real-time UAV footage of exactly where his rounds were dropping. I knew it was happening at a low-tech kind of way in Ukraine (simple off-the-shelf UAV controlled by somebody at the battery), but to actually see that in real-time was wild.

Took a month, but it got here.

 

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4 hours ago, 956 Worldwide said:

There’s a big Ukraine reconstruction conference in London today and we pledged 1.3 billion while the UK pledged 3. I’m glad to see a kind-of European nation leading, although to be frank— Washington has more credit in Brussels, Paris and Berlin than a Tory London. 
But Ukraine needs a Marshall Plan. And the EU needs to lead. This is a good fist step. 

I think there will be a lot of effort put in - once this is over, it's in Europe's best interests to help Ukraine develop its offshore energy resources, and after this, Russia will be kept in check (and most likely Moldova will be resolved as well). Georgia is kind of screwed.

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Russia straight up allowing criminals and mentally ill, etc. in the military.  Before it was just Wagner.  Probably prepping for a mobilization, but it also speaks volumes about how much of a drain this has been on young men, if they are having to open the ranks up to criminals and the "partially fit".

 

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You should be always careful what Prigozhin says but in one thing I’m pretty sure that he is right on spot. The Russian command and especially the Kremlin are constantly fed lies by their subordinates.  In reference to Putin this is absolute certain because he removed all advisors around him who would have warned him about this war in the first place. In such atmosphere every wrong decision is only succeeded by a worse decision, until everything breaks apart.

Even though Prigozhin’s primary intention is becoming the leader of Russia, he also points exactly this development out. The counteroffensive is far more complex then moving troops from one village to another one. We have seen how Ukrainian long range weapons eliminated several bases and logistics centers.

The bulk of the Ukrainian army still hasn’t moved a bit and Russians are already having all hands full to deal with the situation as it is right now. When you reflect all of this you can safely say that Prigozhin’s rant is likely genuine and this comes only after a day when Strelkov mentioned Russia’s demise as well. But aside from attacking his political opponents such as Shoigu he offers no real alternative. He is part of the system (and problem), like Strelkov. The Russian regime elements are at each other’s throats and it will end with many of them being fenestrated, sooner or later.

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fenestrated?

 

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I think Russia lost this war once Germany and the rest of NATO threw in their support. I guess ego prevents Putin from seeing it.

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38 minutes ago, Bevo said:

I think Russia lost this war once Germany and the rest of NATO threw in their support. I guess ego prevents Putin from seeing it.

Russia has lost this war in so many different ways that historians are going to be able to milk this thing for years. There were too many ways to lose for one single moment to be The Moment.

You can start from the beginning: "USA says Russia about to invade Ukraine." "What? No, they're completely lying. We would never invade Ukraine!" Proceeds to invade Ukraine

And then just about every moment since then.

Just off the top of my head, Russia has lost by:

• Looking like complete idiots on the global stage by denying USA reports... then doing exactly what the USA reports said
• Failing to retake Ukraine in 3 days
• Created a massive brain drain of their best and brightest
• Killed off most of their young men, at a time when the population is declining
• Strengthened NATO in a number of ways
  • Historically neutral countries like Finland and Sweden have applied to join (and been accepted)
  • Caused Europe to realize the danger Russia still represents and increase military spending
• Lost customers for their military equipment, as said equipment has gotten absolutely spanked on the battlefield
• Lost customers for their military equipment, as sanctions have kept them from being able to build things
• Lost billions of rubles to sanctions and appropriations
• Historically neutral country Switzerland has taken a side -- against them
• Russian Allies in Africa visited... and got bombed while there
• Lost a potential ally in China, their neighbor, and began the process of becoming a vassal state for China
  • Side note: China has lots of unmarried men and Russia has killed off their young men so... Russian womens for chinese men!
• Oh hey, remember how Europe used to be dependent upon, and spent tons of money on, Russian oil and gas? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
• Neighbor states are getting bold
• Revolutionary groups are getting bold

I mean how much fucking around do you have to do to find out THIS MUCH

[BamaATL 16593]

Looks like the boys are having some fun, good to see (Reportedly brand new BMP-2)

 

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Edited June 22, 2023 by Schulz2.0

[YGIFS 19449]

How'd you get the turret into the ground, dad?

What?  That? No.  I was just tilling the fields for some fish for you, mom, and uh..........

Audrey, dad?  

Sure, Audrey.  Sure.  

Think Putin will buy it?

Go to bed, Rusty. 

Edited June 22, 2023 by YGIFS

[Parliament 14247]

How does that happen?

[SurlyGator 865]

Not carefully.  The Ruzzian way.

[Rimbo 25913]

13 minutes ago, Parliament said:

How does that happen?

You see, son, when two military vehicles love each other very much, and have maybe had a drink or two too much vodka, then...

[686 3447]

Older F250/350 looking good pulling a M777 around. Appears the UA had the good taste to paint over the former owner’s plumbing/whatever business logo:

[Judge Roybeanbag 11819]

27 minutes ago, Rimbo said:

You see, son, when two military vehicles love each other very much, and have maybe had a drink or two too much vodka, then...

Tank drivers wife was backing up.  

[atomheartbevo 89630]

1 hour ago, Parliament said:

How does that happen?

Probably night operation.  Tunnel vision if you have older night gear.

[YGIFS 19449]

1 hour ago, Rimbo said:

You see, son, when two military vehicles love each other very much, and have maybe had a drink or two too much vodka, then...

So he literally proceeded to mount her?

shut up Rusty. 
 

 

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