Russian invasion of Ukraine

[Shadowferal]

Estonian Intelligence says Ukraine is withdrawing troops from Russia's Kursk Oblast in organised manner – map

The Estonian intelligence officer said that the most active battles in the Russian-Ukrainian war are currently taking place in Kursk Oblast. He noted that Estonia can confirm that there is an "organised withdrawal of the Ukrainian contingent from Kursk Oblast".

Meanwhile, the country's intelligence centre has no information that Russia has significantly increased its contingent on the Kursk front in recent months.

"The actions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces also indicate that the leadership of the Armed Forces has decided to withdraw from the Kursk front," he said.

[PhaelixWW]

Ukraine announces the successful use of their new long-range missile "Long Neptune", with a range of 1000km (620mi).

Ukraine has a new 600-mile cruise missile, the Long Neptune, and has fired it at Russia.

“We have significant results,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced Saturday. “Long Neptune has been tested and successfully used in combat. A new Ukrainian missile, an accurate strike. The range is a thousand kilometers.” That’s 620 miles.

The Long Neptune is a longer version of Ukraine’s 17-foot-long Neptune anti-ship cruise missile—the truck-launched weapon that sank the Russian Black Sea Fleet flagship Moskva in April 2022.

Long Neptune, which is longer and holds more fuel than the 120-mile standard Neptune, has been in development for years. When Zelensky pledged recently that Ukraine would produce 100,000 long-range munitions in 2025, he was partly referring to the Long Neptune—as well as to a host of far-flying explosive drones, the most impressive of which can travel more than 1,000 miles to strike targets deep inside Russia.
A Neptune in testing.

The successful deployment of Long Neptune Zelensky referred to was apparently the March 14 strike on the oil refinery in Tuapse, in Russia around 300 miles from the front line in Ukraine. That Tuapse attack was just the latest in a chain of Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil facilities that depressed production by around 10% last year.

Long Neptune is an important weapon. Striking harder than do-it-yourself attack drones, some of which are modified sport planes, the new missile helps free Ukraine from its partial dependency on the United States and Europe for its best deep-strike munitions. The U.S. under President Donald Trump is, at best, an unreliable ally. And Europe lacks the capacity to produce the large numbers of modern cruise missiles Ukraine needs.

Other made-in-Ukrainian munitions are coming, including air-launched glide bombs and ground-launched ballistic missiles. Even as Trump leans on Ukraine to accept a possible U.S.-brokered ceasefire that would favor Russia, Zelensky’s government is preparing for the war to grind on—and for attacks deep inside Russia to continue … if not escalate.

Thanks, Biden.

Get bent, Trump.

[alach]

Welcome news about the rocket. Like I said in the past, all Ukraine needs is a little more time so they can end this war on their own terms - with hundreds of long range missiles aimed at Moscow.

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Thousands Rally in Bucharest to Defend Romania’s European Future

Tens of Thousands Protest in Hungary Against Orban's Rule

Historic Protest in Serbia: Hundreds of Thousands Demand Government Accountability

Now, some of you out there may say, "Hey! Don't post that! Its off-topic", to which I shall reply, no its not. Its really not.
These protests across Europe all have something in common. It may not appear on the surface, but underneath its all anti-facism, and anti-kremlin. putin's corruption runs wide across the continent, and the people are sick of it.

Also, totally off topic but it looks like the great war-monger trump is starting another war in between criticizing Zelensky for his use of violence.

[Shadowferal]

Ukraine and its innovation regarding defense and weaponry is a bit ahead of everyone with the possible exception of China.

[Gorsameth]

Ukraine and its innovation regarding defense and weaponry is a bit ahead of everyone with the possible exception of China.

Nothing motivates the mind to come up with creative solutions like moderately fast approaching death. (to fast and you panic and die, to slow and it can be ignored)

its not for nothing that war has been the greatest drive to innovation.

[PhaelixWW]

Nothing motivates the mind to come up with creative solutions like moderately fast approaching death. (to fast and you panic and die, to slow and it can be ignored)

its not for nothing that war has been the greatest drive to innovation.

One of the most fascinating (and gruesome) things I've ever watched was a piece on the history of the development of landmines.

[Corvus]

Speaking of landmines, after Lithuania pulled out of the cluster munitions treaty and other nations look like following, now the Baltics, Poland and Finland look like pulling out of the landmine treaty.

[PhaelixWW]

Speaking of landmines, after Lithuania pulled out of the cluster munitions treaty and other nations look like following, now the Baltics, Poland and Finland look like pulling out of the landmine treaty.

Well, since the US, Russia, and China typically never join those treaties, I guess it makes sense.

[Elder Millennial]

Well, since the US, Russia, and China typically never join those treaties, I guess it makes sense.

Note tho.

US and Russian/Chinese landmine doctrines aren't exactly the same. I mean it might become the same under someone like Trump but at least what's on the books now is different.

US landmine doctrine is that landmines are laid for specific tactical reasons in limited numbers and clearly recording their location for later removal when said tactical use case is no longer relevant.

The Russian, and probably Chinese, doctrine derived from the Soviet doctrine is that "When in doubt, landmine, when certain landmine, when empty land you landmine, when urban area you drop mines that children would pick up. Where you drop it, who clears it, that's a problem for someone else.

[Tyris Flare]

Figured this thread would still be strong on cope and denial. Hopefully more people in actual positions of power will be willing to listen to reality and save as many UKR lives as possible rather than throwing them into more pointless Kursk meatgrinders.

The fact that Dems are so hell bent on being the party of war is genuinely insane, enabling genocide in Gaza and now protracting a lost proxy war instead of getting the best deal possible. It's like campaigning with Cheney wasn't an actual mistake. Unreal.

This is also a great piece of war reporting if you want to understand the horror of modern warfare and why it needs to end as soon as possible.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...es-deaths.html

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Welcome news about the rocket. Like I said in the past, all Ukraine needs is a little more time so they can end this war on their own terms - with hundreds of long range missiles aimed at Moscow.

Absolute insanity, this has become a death cult among liberals, I cannot comprehend it.

[En Sabah Nur]

It puzzles me how so many posters on this one little forum can be so full of shit.

[Vampiregenesis]

UK is at a sad state rn, this place used to have a protagonist role but Starmer looks out of place, as if he lived in another planet. Putin has made it clear numerous times that he won't accept a coalition of european peacekeeping forces and he is even trying to dodge the ceasefire. It can't get more clear that Putin will continue this war no matter the cost. There are 3 countries that the Russians will never give up those are Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan. The Europeans can either go to war with Putin or just stay on the side and send whatever aid they can that won't save anyone. Making useless announcement doesn't help anyone.

[alach]

Figured this thread would still be strong on cope and denial. Hopefully more people in actual positions of power will be willing to listen to reality and save as many UKR lives as possible rather than throwing them into more pointless Kursk meatgrinders.

The fact that Dems are so hell bent on being the party of war is genuinely insane, enabling genocide in Gaza and now protracting a lost proxy war instead of getting the best deal possible. It's like campaigning with Cheney wasn't an actual mistake. Unreal.

This is also a great piece of war reporting if you want to understand the horror of modern warfare and why it needs to end as soon as possible.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...es-deaths.html

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Absolute insanity, this has become a death cult among liberals, I cannot comprehend it.

Oh neato. I was just talking about posters like you the other day. You are quite enlightened and obviously have a very wise and insightful opinion on me. I take it you went back to read many of the last few hundred posts so you could have a good grasp of the current conversation.

Anyways, headline todays.

Russia launches 90 drones on Ukraine overnight: 47 shot down, 33 go off radar

And Zelenskys requests for the peace deal, I was almost right the other day, but I forgot a point. He wants the children that russia has kidnapped returned.
That monster!

[Edge-]

UK is at a sad state rn, this place used to have a protagonist role but Starmer looks out of place, as if he lived in another planet. Putin has made it clear numerous times that he won't accept a coalition of european peacekeeping forces and he is even trying to dodge the ceasefire. It can't get more clear that Putin will continue this war no matter the cost. There are 3 countries that the Russians will never give up those are Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan. The Europeans can either go to war with Putin or just stay on the side and send whatever aid they can that won't save anyone. Making useless announcement doesn't help anyone.

What the fuck does this even mean? Protagonist role? You know this isn't a book, right?

[Vampiregenesis]

What the fuck does this even mean? Protagonist role? You know this isn't a book, right?

sorry, I'm not native english speaker, call it leading role.

[Endus]

Figured this thread would still be strong on cope and denial. Hopefully more people in actual positions of power will be willing to listen to reality and save as many UKR lives as possible rather than throwing them into more pointless Kursk meatgrinders.

The fact that Dems are so hell bent on being the party of war is genuinely insane, enabling genocide in Gaza

When Republicans are actively pushing to be involved in that genocide?

Yeah, you're not a good faith poster. This is bait and propaganda. And your handlers are particularly terrible at their jobs.

[Saradain]

What did Russia lose today? I can't even browse shit like 9gag without spending 30 mins to go through the russian bot propaganda today. Not just there, but in this thread too some trolls are unbanned and some others activated.

[Belize]

sorry, I'm not native english speaker, call it leading role.

What, were all the English teachers in Russia sent to the front line?

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What did Russia lose today? I can't even browse shit like 9gag without spending 30 mins to go through the russian bot propaganda today. Not just there, but in this thread too some trolls are unbanned and some others activated.

Bigly hits on major oil refineries, this time directly affecting fuel supplies for Moscow itself.

[Calfredd]

Figured this thread would still be strong on cope and denial. Hopefully more people in actual positions of power will be willing to listen to reality and save as many UKR lives as possible rather than throwing them into more pointless Kursk meatgrinders.

You don't actually care about Ukraine though or do you have some amazing idea that will help Ukraine when Russia breaks any ceasefire that is imposed on Ukraine as they set up for another war 3-day Special Military Operation?

[Dontrike]

Figured this thread would still be strong on cope and denial. Hopefully more people in actual positions of power will be willing to listen to reality and save as many UKR lives as possible rather than throwing them into more pointless Kursk meatgrinders.

The fact that Dems are so hell bent on being the party of war is genuinely insane, enabling genocide in Gaza and now protracting a lost proxy war instead of getting the best deal possible. It's like campaigning with Cheney wasn't an actual mistake. Unreal.

This is also a great piece of war reporting if you want to understand the horror of modern warfare and why it needs to end as soon as possible.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/...es-deaths.html

How much did you get paid to write this?