Русский корабль - иди нахуй

[BamaATL 16,593]

3 minutes ago, AUS-97HORN said:

you are thinking nefarious.....

what you are forgetting is the US fucking blocking the attack on Gerasimov because reasons.    the US intel team could just as easily have been told from the top to tell the Russians that info to try and keep the peace.

 

we are absolutely horrible allies unless we need to start killing MFers

I actually get asking for them not to kill Gerasimov, he seems quite shitty.  

[atomheartbevo 89,625]

I know this guy can be a bit of a beating trying to get to the point, and he pumps the sunshine, but consider it another data point - he is watching Russian TV and talking to Russians back home.

 

[atomheartbevo 89,625]

He's got a good point - when Russia started the full-scale invasion in February of 2022, we saw a shitload of civilians preparing Molotov cocktails, the government handing out weapons, civilians preparing barricades and fighting positions, etc.

But Russia...

 

[KYHorn 17,013]

Pretty remarkable

 

 

Edited August 20 by KYHorn

[BamaATL 16,593]

What a fucking clown

 

[BamaATL 16,593]

Friendly reminder, the USA lost 419k in all theaters combined in WW2

 

 

[immamac 42,835]

7 minutes ago, BamaATL said:

Friendly reminder, the USA lost 419k in all theaters combined in WW2

 

 

Is that bad? It seems bad. 

[BamaATL 16,593]

6 minutes ago, immamac said:

Is that bad? It seems bad. 

By Russian standards, probably not, after all the Soviets had somewhere in the neighborhood of 16 million in ww2 (military only, perhaps 20 million more civilian), so this is going just great!

[RPM 26,315]

and the food bill keeps going down.

[BamaATL 16,593]

5 minutes ago, RPM said:

and the food bill keeps going down.

along with the bureau of prisons budget, the motorpool, the navy, the air force.....

Gotta give it to Putin, he's really solved that age old pesky deferred maintenance issue.  

[Gatorubet 30,185]

11 hours ago, BamaATL said:

I actually get asking for them not to kill Gerasimov, he seems quite shitty.  

As a gator, I would’ve been sad if somebody had ordered a hit on Mark Richt.  Or Bobby Bowden in his later years.   When a program is floundering, you do not want them to change the person in charge.

[General Specific 3,253]

By Russian standards, probably not, after all the Soviets had somewhere in the neighborhood of 16 million in ww2 (military only, perhaps 20 million more civilian), so this is going just great!

Stalin to Putin:

[Parliament 14,239]

3 hours ago, KYHorn said:

Pretty remarkable

 

NGL, I felt bad for him.  War sucks.

[Trey3216 15,343]

13 hours ago, InkaUtexas said:

So you have not been to Washington lately? Everyone wants to tell someone what they know. Just sit in the right bars or hotel lobbies.

Yep...the bars in Foggy Bottom are ripe with information at happy hour.  Grab an Old Fashioned and sit and listen to what people are talking about.  I could open up a hedge fund shop based on overheard conversations between lackeys in Washington.   

[InkaUtexas 25,859]

9 minutes ago, Trey3216 said:

Yep...the bars in Foggy Bottom are ripe with information at happy hour.  Grab an Old Fashioned and sit and listen to what people are talking about.  I could open up a hedge fund shop based on overheard conversations between lackeys in Washington.   

Foggy Bottom? Nah, gotta hit Adam's Morgan, bars in Crystal City or Rosslyn or up on the hill for the good stuff. Foggy Bottom is where desk jockeys from State and professors from GW and Georgetown go to impress coeds and failed lobbyist.

[KYHorn 17,013]

 

 

 

 

[Trey3216 15,343]

Just now, InkaUtexas said:

Foggy Bottom? Nah, gotta hit Adam's Morgan, bars in Crystal City or Rosslyn or up on the hill for the good stuff. Foggy Bottom is where desk jockeys from State and professors from GW and Georgetown go to impress coeds and failed lobbyist.

True... But failed lobbyists and impressionable coeds do as much talking as anyone, and they hear shit from their friends that run the circles in Adam's Morgan and Crystal City....and don't give a shit enough to keep it down.  

[InkaUtexas 25,859]

22 minutes ago, Trey3216 said:

True... But failed lobbyists and impressionable coeds do as much talking as anyone, and they hear shit from their friends that run the circles in Adam's Morgan and Crystal City....and don't give a shit enough to keep it down.  

Meh, they don't know shit. Once you leave the DC loop you are out of the DC loop, until you can BS your way back in.

[MillerEP 30,447]

https://www.threads.net/@mx_ukr/post/C-5T6QOp-PV?xmt=AQGz3GLDibzi-MBL6oA5AawgvVpIXB5WKvxRQ2caYIwWkQ

🇷🇺 just doesn’t have it in them to multi task 😂

 

^Wonder why?

 

https://www.threads.net/@nickmelnick.osint/post/C-5SQwMozI3?xmt=AQGz3GLDibzi-MBL6oA5AawgvVpIXB5WKvxRQ2caYIwWkQ

🇺🇦⚡️🇷🇺 After the destruction of all the bridges in the Glushkovsky district of the Kursk region, Russian forces are trying to set up pontoon crossings to prevent the Ukrainians from quickly capturing territory comparable in size to Singapore.
🐝However, the Russians did not account for the fact that this area is within the reach of Ukrainian FPV drones, which have already managed to destroy several dozen pieces of Russian engineering equipment.

[DigglerontheHoof 21,176]

2 hours ago, Gatorubet said:

As a gator, I would’ve been sad if somebody had ordered a hit on Mark Richt.  Or Bobby Bowden in his later years.   When a program is floundering, you do not want them to change the person in charge.

Same reason the Allies didn't attempt to assassinate Hitler during WWII.  They knew he was personally fucking up how the Germans were fighting the war. 

[General Specific 3,253]

When your opponent is making mistakes, don’t interrupt them!

[MissingInAction 25,005]

15 hours ago, InkaUtexas said:

So you have not been to Washington lately? Everyone wants to tell someone what they know. Just sit in the right bars or hotel lobbies.

Why I work from home. 

[TeeDubya 3,362]

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Russian milblogger Romanov reports that the Ukrainians have launched a new offensive in Zaporizhzhia following the transfer of some Russian units from there to Kursk It's totally unexpected 

 

[TeeDubya 3,362]

SIAP....

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A resident of the Kursk region of Russia, who was evacuated to Sumy, told about his meeting with the Ukrainian soldiers. "The first Ukrainian soldiers-scouts entered. I said I was the owner of the house. They said, 'We won't break anything, don't worry. We're not fascists, we're not shooting anyone.' Very polite. Ordinary Ukrainian mobilized guys. "Stay here, don't come out." The next morning, when I came [home], they were gone. They left, they didn't take anything, they didn't break anything." The man asked them to help him evacuate, and they took him to safety.

 

[Parliament 14,239]

They didn't even eat his dog.

[Kel Varnsen 8,458]

6 minutes ago, Parliament said:

They didn't even eat rape his dog.

 

[BamaATL 16,593]

1 hour ago, TeeDubya said:

 

Noel also picking it up, no confirmation of yet, but he's pretty much on the ball, so....

 

[MissingInAction 25,005]

Blitzkrieg+winning hearts and minds is a recipe for victory.

[BamaATL 16,593]

Earlier a poster put together an idea of a potential battle plan with the idea of going towards Melitopol (I forget the poster, apologies), that's a long way from the river banks.  However, using the deep state map, I did notice that merely by crossing the river bank anywhere between Kherson and NIkopol, with any heavy equipment (to include HIMARS) they would be within the 300 km range of the Kerch Bridge, making an ATACMS strike possible.  I'm not sure that would do the job entirely, I suppose it depends on the warhead.  If they are going for it, I would at least have to think this is a strong secondary objective.  

In searching, the average depth of the Dneiper in this area is between 1.3 meters and 12 meters, however, I'm unclear if this is pre dam demolition or post.  Additionally, the width of the river in dry periods ranges anywhere from 200 ft to 1200 ft, again, not clear if this is pre or post dam.  In any event, if it is significantly low from even these readings crossing heavy equipment with pontoons might be possible, but I have to imagine still extremely difficult.  If they do accomplish this, it would potentially open a door behind the Surovikin line.  Fingers crossed.  

[Schulz2.0 28,951]

 

 

[Schulz2.0 28,951]

[Chopper 17,230]

This guy works for the Sunday Times and The Guardian. The time stamp got cut accidentally but it was posted about 2 hours ago.

[BamaATL 16,593]

The Ukrainians apparently launched a drone attack on Moscow, and the Russian's have claimed to shoot down 10.  This would be the largest single drone attack on Moscow proper if true.  As to whether or not the Russians actually shot them down, I guess we will see in the morning.  

I like this strategy, for a few reasons.  The first being, tying up their missiles in Russia keeps them out of the Ukrainian's hair and can only help to exhaust Russian stocks.  The second being that psychologically this further removes the idea that somehow Putin is "protecting" the motherland with all this.  

I hope they keep it up.  

[atomheartbevo 89,625]

 

[atomheartbevo 89,625]

If this is Moscow, just a few weeks after the invasion of Russia....

 

[atomheartbevo 89,625]

Ukraine hitting Moscow while the Chinese Premier is there.

https://english.www.gov.cn/news/202408/21/content_WS66c520dbc6d0868f4e8ea1ab.html

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Chinese Premier Li Qiang arrived here Tuesday for the 29th regular meeting between Chinese and Russian heads of government and an official visit to Russia at the invitation of Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin.

Li arrived at Moscow's Vnukovo Airport, where a grand welcome ceremony for him was held. The premier reviewed the honor guard accompanied by senior Russian government officials. During his stay, Li will meet with Mishustin to exchange in-depth views on bilateral relations, practical cooperation and key issues of common interest.

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The regular meeting between Chinese and Russian heads of government, held every year since its inception in 1996, is an important mechanism for implementing the consensus reached by the two countries' heads of state and promoting bilateral cooperation and people-to-people exchanges.

In a statement released upon arrival, Li said that under the strategic guidance of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin, China and Russia set a model for a new type of international relations and relations between neighboring major countries.

 

[AnTiM 1,666]

Good idea, figure out how to get both overthrown at the same time.

[DigglerontheHoof 21,176]

Every time I see a Russian soldier, it makes me laugh.  

[Armybrat 40,822]

19 hours ago, InkaUtexas said:

Meh, they don't know shit. Once you leave the DC loop you are out of the DC loop, until you can BS your way back in.

 

[Armybrat 40,822]

14 hours ago, Parliament said:

They didn't even eat his dog.

And they let him keep his outhouse.

[InkaUtexas 25,859]

21 minutes ago, Armybrat said:

And they let him keep his outhouse.

Bring back memories of Vicksburg?

[Bevo 13,563]

49 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

Bring back memories of Vicksburg?

 

I had relatives who lived in a cave near the river during the Siege of Vicksburg.

 

and a footnote:

The town of Vicksburg—which had suffered miserably during the siege, with disease, starvation and death stalking soldier and civilian alike—would not celebrate the Fourth of July for 81 years.

Edited August 21 by Bevo

[Nivek 16,917]

Every time I see a Russian soldier, it makes me laugh.  

Ted Cruz touches it a little bit.

[MillerEP 30,447]

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haha discovered the war winning strategy fo absorbing GNLRS with their valuable infrastructure and heavy equipment


https://www.threads.net/@meanwhile_in_ua/post/C-7eYQjoXLZ/?xmt=AQGz5U79hOdsewr92jWCtMXid1Lipk2H1-NKIVor0lcT-A

Tonight, #Ukraine launched a major kamikaze drone strike on russian military targets in Moscow, Rostov, Bryansk, and Belgorod.

[Nivek 16,917]

 
I had relatives who lived in a cave near the river during the Siege of Vicksburg.
 
and a footnote:
The town of Vicksburg—which had suffered miserably during the siege, with disease, starvation and death stalking soldier and civilian alike—would not celebrate the Fourth of July for 81 years.

1907 is when they celebrated Independence day. July 4th Vicksburg surrendered after their failure.

Fuck em.

[BamaATL 16,593]

The Backup Plan has been unleashed

 

[Captainant 27,625]

Just now, BamaATL said:

The Backup Plan has been unleashed

 

Literally thoughts and prayers lol. Amazing

[BamaATL 16,593]

Looks like they will need more prayers in Kursk

 

[Bevo 13,563]

35 minutes ago, Nivek said:

1907 is when they celebrated Independence day. July 4th Vicksburg surrendered after their failure.

Fuck em.

 

For being born and living in Vicksburg during the Civil War? I would have to ask my mom, but I'm pretty sure that it was a woman with her children in the cave. And not that I need your approval but some years later my mom's family was pretty prominent in support of desegregation in Mississippi - like they are in books.

Edited August 21 by Bevo

[InkaUtexas 25,859]

Yeah, but the UA needs better DJ's