Russian invasion of Ukraine

[Afrospinach]

Back to analog?

https://www.ehx.com/tubes/

Noooooooo. Can see the country of manufacture printed on the tubes displayed at the bottom.

Tubes are still made in Slovakia and China, all is not lost for guitarists but this company EHX has a long history with Russia. I am just waiting to see what changes for them.

In the meantime Russia has got to do something with all these tubes they are not going to be selling huh?

[Poopymonster]

https://www.ehx.com/tubes/

Noooooooo. Can see the country of manufacture printed on the tubes displayed at the bottom.

Tubes are still made in Slovakia and China, all is not lost for guitarists but this company EHX has a long history with Russia. I am just waiting to see what changes for them.

In the meantime Russia has got to do something with all these tubes they are not going to be selling huh?

They can create their own internet.

[PhaelixWW]

They can create their own internet.

Hmm... that would be an internyet, I'm afraid.

[Slant]

https://www.reuters.com/world/pentag...ar-2022-04-06/

WASHINGTON, April 6 (Reuters) - The Pentagon said on Wednesday it assessed that Ukraine could win the war against Russia, even as U.S. officials speak of the risk of a protracted conflict.

"Of course they can win this," Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told a news briefing.

"The proof is literally in the outcomes that you're seeing everyday ... absolutely they can win."

Not much more to the article than that, but it gives us all hope. Well, all but the Putinistas here. And hope is important.

[Finlandia WOAT]

https://www.reuters.com/world/pentag...ar-2022-04-06/



Not much more to the article than that, but it gives us all hope. Well, all but the Putinistas here. And hope is important.

Ngl... the people who said it would take the Taliban 6 months to take Kabul and Russia would roflstomp Ukraine in 3 days now saying Ukraine will win...leaves me worried.

I hope he means "We think Ukraine will win....because we're now giving them heavy weapons".

[Thekri]

Admittedly I'm not an attack helicopter pilot, but hovering stationary out in the open in an active war zone does not strike me as the smartest move. To do so long enough to get taken out by an atgm is just mindboggling.

But those stugnas are impressive pieces of kit from what I've seen of them.

Wasn't a Ka-52, although it was reported as such. It appears to have been an Mi-8 with the extended weapon pylons, if you look closely it doesn't have the distinctive stacked propellers of a Ka-52. It was likely hovering because it was providing some sort of support for ground forces, the video doesn't clearly show what it was doing.

Helicopter pilots in general are rather in denial to the fact that most anti-tank weapons can also kill helicopters. If Attack helicopters ever end up flying against western tanks, there is likely to be a sudden realization that modern fire control systems have absolutely no issues with hitting airborne targets with 120mm guns.

[Slant]

Wasn't a Ka-52, although it was reported as such. It appears to have been an Mi-8 with the extended weapon pylons, if you look closely it doesn't have the distinctive stacked propellers of a Ka-52. It was likely hovering because it was providing some sort of support for ground forces, the video doesn't clearly show what it was doing.

Helicopter pilots in general are rather in denial to the fact that most anti-tank weapons can also kill helicopters. If Attack helicopters ever end up flying against western tanks, there is likely to be a sudden realization that modern fire control systems have absolutely no issues with hitting airborne targets with 120mm guns.

It was hovering because it was a shitty pilot following shitty Russian doctrine in a shitty paper helicopter that shouldn't have done his shitty business in Ukraine.

[Poopymonster]

Hmm... that would be an internyet, I'm afraid.

..I can't believe I missed that pun. That beautiful pun.
I recognize my failing, and I was sure to correct it.

[Vankrys]

I just read a terrifying article, apparently a translation of a russian editorialist or bloggist, i'm not sure
The article is quite long, so i only post the link here, along with some "morceaux choisis"

https://medium.com/@kravchenko_mm/wh...st-a3e92e3cb64

What should Russia do with Ukraine?

We wrote about the inevitability of Ukraine’s denazification as early as last April. We do not need a Nazi, Banderite Ukraine, the enemy of Russia and a tool of the West used to destroy Russia. Today, the denazification issue has taken a practical turn.

Those Nazis who took up arms must be destroyed on the battlefield, as many of them as possible. No significant distinction should be made between the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the so-called “nationalist battalions,” as well as the Territorial Defense, who have joined the two other types of military units.

Denazification can only be conducted by the winner, which means (1) their unconditional control over the denazification process and (2) the authority that can ensure such control. For this purpose, a country that is being denazified cannot possess sovereignty. The denazifier state, Russia, cannot take a liberal approach towards denazification. The denazifier ideology cannot be challenged by the guilty party that is being denazified.

Ukronazism poses a much bigger threat to the world and Russia than the Hitler version of German Nazism.

Denazification will inevitably include de-ukrainization — the rejection of the large-scale artificial inflation of the ethnic component in the self-identification of the population of the historical Malorossiya and Novorossiya territories, which was started by the Soviet authorities.

The Banderite elites must be eliminated; their re-education is impossible. The social “bog,” which has actively and passively supported them through action and inaction, must go through the hardships of war and internalize the lived experience as a historical lesson and the redemption of its guilt.

As i say, the article is quite long, the word "nazi" can be found 89 times. 89 times!!!
Beau of the fifth column just made a video on it.

[Belize]

https://www.reuters.com/world/pentag...ar-2022-04-06/



Not much more to the article than that, but it gives us all hope. Well, all but the Putinistas here. And hope is important.

@Easo you've been awfully quiet there mate. What say you about the Pentagon saying Ukraine can win? You've been armchair generaling Ukraine to throw in the towel since day one, and we all know about your absolute stellar track record of military analysis.

[zorkuus]

I just read a terrifying article, apparently a translation of a russian editorialist or bloggist, i'm not sure
The article is quite long, so i only post the link here, along with some "morceaux choisis"

https://medium.com/@kravchenko_mm/wh...st-a3e92e3cb64



As i say, the article is quite long, the word "nazi" can be found 89 times. 89 times!!!
Beau of the fifth column just made a video on it.

Yup, that be genocide. Never change russkies.

[Dadwen]

I just read a terrifying article, apparently a translation of a russian editorialist or bloggist, i'm not sure
The article is quite long, so i only post the link here, along with some "morceaux choisis"

https://medium.com/@kravchenko_mm/wh...st-a3e92e3cb64



As i say, the article is quite long, the word "nazi" can be found 89 times. 89 times!!!
Beau of the fifth column just made a video on it.

Calling others nazis all while writing his own "Final Solution" really classy .... sure the irony would be completely lost on him.

[zorkuus]

Calling others nazis all while writing his own "Final Solution" really classy .... sure the irony would be completely lost on him.

These fuckheads see nazis everywhere, in Ukraine, under the bed, in the mirrror... Must be scary.

[Vampiregenesis]

So the Russians are going all-in now on the east? it seems that the north is fully cleared now. I wonder if they will renew their offensive on the north assuming they win on the east.

[Zaydin]

@Easo you've been awfully quiet there mate. What say you about the Pentagon saying Ukraine can win? You've been armchair generaling Ukraine to throw in the towel since day one, and we all know about your absolute stellar track record of military analysis.

Yeah, where HAS Mr. "Fog of War" been the last few days? He's been mysteriously absent ever since evidence of Russias war crimes has been piling up.

[Poopymonster]

Yeah, where HAS Mr. "Fog of War" been the last few days? He's been mysteriously absent ever since evidence of Russias war crimes has been piling up.

He logged in about 20 minutes ago, my guess they were using the entrails of raped Ukraine women to see into the Faygo store, I mean, fog of war.

[Zaydin]

So how many convicts do we figure Putler conscripted from Russian prisons due to the ever growing pile of evidence we have of Russian conscripts committing horrific war crimes in Ukraine? Or would 'Special Operation Crimes' be more acceptable for our resident Putleristas?

[zorkuus]

So how many convicts do we figure Putler conscripted from Russian prisons due to the ever growing pile of evidence we have of Russian conscripts committing horrific war crimes in Ukraine? Or would 'Special Operation Crimes' be more acceptable for our resident Putleristas?

No need to really draw conclusions like that. Russian forces conscripted from normal conditions are more than capable enough of this already. Esp. when they come from poorer less educated parts of russia. The attitudes in those places is like stepping back in time several decades, or more.

[Thekri]

So the Russians are going all-in now on the east? it seems that the north is fully cleared now. I wonder if they will renew their offensive on the north assuming they win on the east.

That is a hell of an assumption. All the things they would need to do to win, they still haven't and can't do.

What they would need to win is to fix their logistical systems, retrain their military, reconstitute their damaged units, and install competent military officers. They will do none of those, because they can do none of those. The political imperative to get this done fast prevents them from spending the time and resources to accomplish those things.

Instead, they will flood Eastern Ukraine with raw numbers, and hope that will be enough to win. But it won't be, because the numbers actually involved are pathetic. The Russian Federation is not the Soviet Union. The Soviets sent 500,000 troops to pacify Czechoslovakia, when it wasn't resisting. Putin sent 120,000 troops to conquer Ukraine. A few hundred thousand troops isn't going to cut it, even if he doubles down. That might seem like a large force, but spread over that area, it really isn't. It probably isn't even more then Ukraine is able to commit to the fight at this point, since Ukraine mobilized a lot more then Russia did, and there isn't really a quality difference to even that out. Meanwhile, Russia is still fighting with broken logistics, incompetent leadership, and demoralized troops. Ukraine has roughly equal numbers with frayed logistics, excellent leadership, and troops that are extremely motivated and convinced they will win.

War is ultimately a contest of will. Russia lost that more then a month ago, it is just delaying the inevitable. Even chemical weapons would be unlikely to turn the tide, and Russia can't use nuclear weapons without ensuring their own permanent extinction.

[Belize]

So the Russians are going all-in now on the east? it seems that the north is fully cleared now. I wonder if they will renew their offensive on the north assuming they win on the east.

More likely that they're trying to secure the DNR and LNR as a consolation prize and as part of peace negotiations. Like "let this part of the country because '''''"'""independent'''"'''""" and we'll leave the rest alone".

With the amount of war crimes though, I don't know that any real peace negotiations are really possible at this point, beyond achieving peace through putting a Javelin through every Russian in Ukraine.