Millions of us might be **** if we ignore the Russian-Ukraine war

[prospector]

When the taxpayers of many countries get to learn of this carry on in Ukraine perhaps the flow of goodies will stop

[Boac]

Pootin must be insanely jealous of the corruption. Well done Zelensky.

[boing]

At least the Ukrainian have opened up and done something about it, we still have to live with our untouchable politicians.

.

[Fox3WheresMyBanana]

So, 338 days in, how's that 'Zelenskyi is Corrupt' story working out for you?

Of course he's corrupt...he's a comedian. One look at James Corden's latest planning debacle tells you that
Jimmy Carr's offshore bank accounts?

etc

Anyway, it's Friday, so it's Happy Hour.

Have a beer!




Of course, Russian tanks can do that standing on their heads.

...well, they can stand on their heads, at least

[Fox3WheresMyBanana]

I remember dawns like this.

Crystal clear skies.

A sleek jet beneath you.

Absolutely freezing your nuts off.

The nav system gets heated.
You don't.

[PHXPhlyer]

So, 338 days in, how's that 'Zelenskyi is Corrupt' story working out for you?

Of course he's corrupt...he's a comedian. One look at James Corden's latest planning debacle tells you that
Jimmy Carr's offshore bank accounts?

etc

Anyway, it's Friday, so it's Happy Hour.

Have a beer!




Of course, Russian tanks can do that standing on their heads.

...well, they can stand on their heads, at least

I believe that it was Adm. Stavridis who made a comment about the stability of the Leopard citing this ability.
Seeing is believing!

PP

[Fox3WheresMyBanana]

It's Shoot The Messenger time in putin's paradise!

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/ ... -bloggers/

[Fox3WheresMyBanana]

Possible list of targets just hit in Iran, probably by the Israelis.



I understand that the UAV factory is the one that builds the Shahed drones bought by Russia, and one of the ammo factories is the one that builds the Shahed warheads.

Israel obviously does Requests when carrying out large scale drone strikes.

[PHXPhlyer]

It's Shoot The Messenger time in putin's paradise!

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/ ... -bloggers/

Paywalled!

PP

[Fox3WheresMyBanana]

Shouldn't be, but here you go...

By James Kilner 29 January 2023 • 2:23am

Russia’s top commander in Ukraine has launched a war against Russian military bloggers who have criticised his tactics and strategies by imposing cumbersome new reporting rules on them.

The US-based Institute for the Study of War said that General Valery Gerasimov, appointed commander of Russian forces in Ukraine only three weeks ago, is insisting that bloggers wear blue '‘press’' body armour and stick to strict embedding regulations.

“The Russian military command may also be attempting to resurrect its previously unsuccessful censorship efforts targeting the critical milblogger community,” it said.

This effort to control Russian military bloggers follows an earlier order to Russian soldiers from Gen. Gerasimov to get a haircut and shave.

This was interpreted as an effort to undermine scruffy Wagner mercenaries, mainly ex-convicts, and bearded Chechen fighters who freewheel around battlefields in Ukraine, often outside Russian military control.

Russian military bloggers have complained that the real reason for imposing the new reporting rules is also an underhand effort by Gen. Gerasimov to undermine them too.

“Those who came up with this legislation are waging war against us using every method. Including dirty ones,” said Russian military blogger Alexander Kots, who has 670,000 subscribers.

The visibility and impact of Russian military bloggers have skyrocketed over the past year. They are followed by millions of people who are looking for a more nuanced Russian view of battlefields in Ukraine than the Kremlin’s propaganda machine is prepared to give.

But, although doggedly in favour of the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine last February, these military bloggers have scorned commanders’ tactics and accused them of being incompetent.

They are generally far more impressed by the exploits of the Wagner mercenaries and the Chechen fighters than they are of Russian soldiers. They also criticised Vladimir Putin for appointing Gen. Gerasimov as the overall commander of Russian forces in Ukraine, demoting Gen. Sergei Surovikin who had impressed them.

But the Institute for the Study of War also said that Gen. Gerasimov was taking a risk as his new rules could create an “information vacuum” for Wagner-linked bloggers “who have a significantly stronger distaste for the Russian ministry of defence” to fill.

[Fox3WheresMyBanana]

Degradation of Russian logistics continues.
Rail bridge taken out by HIMARS near Melitopol


I think it's this one
46.58905633567052, 35.05273081950019

..and it seems to be the one that's hardest to repair and furthest from a main road. Good choice!

[Fox3WheresMyBanana]

Pinpoint precision targeting of purely military facilities by Russian artillery....



..is it f#ck.
Everywhere they finally occupy is a complete wasteland by their own hand.
I'm sure the - according to them - Russian citizens still and formerly living there will be so grateful for Russian "liberation"..if it ever happens.

[4mastacker]

Degradation of Russian logistics continues.
Rail bridge taken out by HIMARS near Melitopol


I think it's this one
46.58905633567052, 35.05273081950019

..and it seems to be the one that's hardest to repair and furthest from a main road. Good choice!

Judging by the rust on the rails (00:27 - 00:34), there hasn't been any trains over that bridge for a while.

[Fox3WheresMyBanana]

Some look very corroded, some rusted, and some don't.
Is that partly an effect of the explosion, do you think?
All the tanks that get hit seem to be rusty-as-F in a day or two.

[4mastacker]

The rusting of the tanks will be accelerated by the intense heat generated when NLAW/Javelin work as advertised - isn't it something to do with oxidation?

The rust on the rails seems to be pretty consistent with lack of trains rather than exposure to intense heat.

[Fox3WheresMyBanana]

Thank you.
Corrosion was not as well covered on my courses as fracture mechanics.

I would hazard a guess that, since the closest point of the rail route to the Ukrainian lines is at Tokmak, a distance of 23 miles, that they have had this line under HIMARS control for some time, hence low traffic.

[prospector]

We would all be better off if these were the only tanks used.

https://www.rt.com/news/570618-rand-cam ... -solution/

"As the Pentagon's favorite think tank calls for a swift end to the Ukraine conflict, is the mood shifting in Washington?"

[John Hill]

Is the Ukraine war likely to morph in to another endless war for the USA?

[prospector]

Perhaps, hopefully, an end is in sight.
https://dailycaller.com/2023/01/29/ukra ... s-bakhmut/

" The United States is pressuring Ukraine to loosen its hold on terrain around Bakhmut as both Russia and Ukraine are gearing up for spring offensives, according to experts and media reports.

Russian forces are making incremental gains around the eastern city of Bakhmut, and while analysts don’t see the territory as strategically important, it has achieved symbolic significance for both sides, CNN reported. The U.S. wants Ukraine to focus on the southern battlefront, where it can effectively employ newly supplied Western armor capabilities, as Ukraine needs to prepare to counter escalating attacks in the spring, experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation."

It would appear that the United States has been pulling strings since the conflict started, and as is becoming more apparent, before it even began. When will the lessons of Viet Nam, Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, and a multitude of South American countries be absorbed into the edifice that goes by the name of "The Pentagon".

[John Hill]

Too many septics want endless wars, if you doubt that how do you explain wars that America has kept alive for 70 or more years?