Russian invasion of Ukraine

[Gabriel]

Terribly sorry to hear about his upcoming accident.

The good ones always go too soon.

[Rasulis]

India complains that Russia isn't delivering weapons it owes because it's throwing everything at Ukraine

The Indian Air Force disclosed this week to its parliament that a "major delivery" contracted from Russia would not be showing up.

Nuff said.

[Edge-]

India complains that Russia isn't delivering weapons it owes because it's throwing everything at Ukraine



Nuff said.

Think Russia is offering partial refunds for delayed deliveries? I'm honestly surprised that Russia didn't sell them stripped down hardware and then blame them for losing the missing parts.

[Rasulis]

Think Russia is offering partial refunds for delayed deliveries? I'm honestly surprised that Russia didn't sell them stripped down hardware and then blame them for losing the missing parts.

I think the answer ranges from "not likely" to "when hell freezes over."

Meanwhile, Czech citizens raise €1.2m to send rocket launcher and 365 missiles to Ukraine.

Within a few weeks, a RМ-70 rocket launcher along and 365 missiles will be transferred to Ukraine from the Czech Republic. However, this is not part of and aid package from the government, but is the result of €1.2 million donations made by Czech citizens.

The launcher can fire 40 missiles in 90 seconds and can reload exceptionally quickly.

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We'll see who will run out of artillery first.

The European Union's top diplomat says the 27-nation bloc and Norway have endorsed a fast-track procedure to supply badly-needed artillery shells to Ukraine

Borrell said that he had won approval for his proposal to provide 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) to encourage member nations to provide artillery shells from their stocks and any orders for new rounds that they might have placed with industry.

A further 1 billion euros would also be used to fast-track new orders and encourage countries to work together on those purchases through the EDA or in groups of at least three nations. Germany has already called for countries to join its own effort, which Berlin believes will go faster.

The third track of the program involves support to Europe’s defense industry. so that it can ramp up production in the longer term. EU officials have said that new joint orders could be placed by May if the plan is endorsed in its entirety.

EU defense industry has lagged behind the US. This may be the shot that it needs to rejuvenate the industry.

[Deus Mortis]

India complains that Russia isn't delivering weapons it owes because it's throwing everything at Ukraine



Nuff said.

Stuff like this also has the added benefit of more and more countries turning to the US for their defensive needs, the less countries in Russia/China's sphere of influence the better. It is just staggering out badly Russia has botched this entire thing.

[Veggie50]

Let's start with these:

https://www.ukrainianworldcongress.o...is-in-ukraine/

https://www.euronews.com/2023/03/24/...nazi-narrative


(granted these are probably biased but it is out there.)

And this one:

https://twitter.com/TheStudyofWar/st...03504932274181

Thanks, though I wish some more “main stream” sources showed this.

I suppose real confirmation comes with his suicide of 3 gunshots to the back of the head…

[Iphie]

Thanks, though I wish some more “main stream” sources showed this.

I suppose real confirmation comes with his suicide of 3 gunshots to the back of the head…

I know, but i doubt 'main stream' will burn their hands on it unless they have him literally saying it on video.

[Rustedsaint]

Let's start with these:

https://www.ukrainianworldcongress.o...is-in-ukraine/

https://www.euronews.com/2023/03/24/...nazi-narrative


(granted these are probably biased but it is out there.)

And this one:

https://twitter.com/TheStudyofWar/st...03504932274181

Welp spending the rest of his life in Africa isnt a bad life.

[Iphie]

This has GOT to be not real...

https://imgur.com/gallery/C8mFjtF

[Gabriel]

This has GOT to be not real...

https://imgur.com/gallery/C8mFjtF

Never underestimate the power of russians to find new lows.

[jonnysensible]

Never underestimate the power of russians to find new lows.

videos from 2019 :

'These T-34 tanks were sent to Russia from Laos in 2019 to be used in Victory Day parades and displayed in museums.'

[Gabriel]

videos from 2019 :

'These T-34 tanks were sent to Russia from Laos in 2019 to be used in Victory Day parades and displayed in museums.'

Just wait a couple of months and you'll see them litter the countryside in Ukraine.

[Iphie]

Joint Nordic airdefence? Joint Nordic airdefence!

[YUPPIE]

It's not really worth listing every country since it seems to just be the norm lately, but by the day, more places are having arrest-on-sight mandates on Putin,

Austria outright says they'll send Putin to the Hague.

[Kaleredar]

Joint Nordic airdefence? Joint Nordic airdefence!

Ah, so yet another international alliance being struck up against Russia. Boy, if one of Russia's goals in Ukraine was to threaten other countries from bandying up with "the west" lest they face Russian aggression... they sure as shit failed, what with the heightened defense cooperation of the EU, the expansion of NATO to include countries that border directly on Russia, and now an increased allegiance between the abovementioned nations. Knowing now, more than ever, that Russia will have the capacity to do exactly jack shit all to them.

And to think, none of this would have happened if Russia hadn't stepped out of line. People would have been perfectly content to let Putin run his little dictatorship, abuse his people, and line the pockets of his oligarchs all while buying Russian gas and Russian resources and overall doing business in Russia. Nothing has united "the west" more in solidarity and singularity of purpose in a good long time than Russia's little ill-advised tempt at recapturing the "glory" of the USSR- an already failed nation.

How's this fitting into strong man Putin's master plan, @YUPPIE?

[Fantomen]

All you had to do to counter a Tiger column was to fall back half a mile to a mile.

Fantastic, the Tiger did fulfilled its task and detached the enemy from the objective. No enemy within half a mile to a mile, the infantery can walk up to the objective and take it without resistance.

German logistics couldn't keep them up and running..

True. But remember Tiger units in mid war did have a very high readines becsue of "high priority" in the logistic hierarchy. Late war then the logistic did go to hell, the readines level did go to hell to.

Mustangs were great at killing those sitting ducks too!

I doubt a long range escort fighter was particularly effective as a fighter bomber, and dedecated fighter bomber was NOT effective at taking out hard target like a tank. But they was very effective in taking out or stress out the infantery and logistic train that did suport the tank.

[Iphie]

Ah, so yet another international alliance being struck up against Russia. Boy, if one of Russia's goals in Ukraine was to threaten other countries from bandying up with "the west" lest they face Russian aggression... they sure as shit failed, what with the heightened defense cooperation of the EU, the expansion of NATO to include countries that border directly on Russia, and now an increased allegiance between the abovementioned nations. Knowing now, more than ever, that Russia will have the capacity to do exactly jack shit all to them.

And to think, none of this would have happened if Russia hadn't stepped out of line. People would have been perfectly content to let Putin run his little dictatorship, abuse his people, and line the pockets of his oligarchs all while buying Russian gas and Russian resources and overall doing business in Russia. Nothing has united "the west" more in solidarity and singularity of purpose in a good long time than Russia's little ill-advised tempt at recapturing the "glory" of the USSR- an already failed nation.

It is amazing isn't it? I mean putin wanted to be a Peter the Great, but instead turned into a failed Hitler and united NATO/The West like never before. This new joint airdefence has a respectable amount of planes with a good mix of F-35's, F-16's and Swedish fighters (no slouches at all.), I'm not counting the F-18's as they'll be decommisioned...or sent to Ukraine.

[DarkTZeratul]

It is amazing isn't it? I mean putin wanted to be a Peter the Great, but instead turned into a failed Hitler and united NATO/The West like never before.

Why not just use a thoroughly Russian analogy? He wanted to be Peter the Great. Instead, he was Peter III.

[Iphie]

Why not just use a thoroughly Russian analogy? He wanted to be Peter the Great. Instead, he was Peter III.

Because I don't know enough of the russian dynasties to say who was bad and who was good, except for: Alexander good, Nicholas bad from a Finnish point f view, and obviously Peter the Great. (I'm not sure about Catharina)

[zealo]

Catherine doesn’t carry the honorific of The Great without reason in how influential she were for Russia, she were instrumental in the Russian capture of what is now southern Ukraine as well as the partitions of the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth.

Putin could only wish he had such success at this time.