Russian Invasion of Ukraine 2022

[The Original Sixth]

Has this been shared before? Apparently it's now legal to spew hatred towards anything Russian related to Ukraine.

Facebook allows posts with violent speech toward Russian soldiers in specific countries

Facebook’s policy exception applies in Ukraine

www.theverge.com

It's limited to a handful of countries, so it's not all-out. That said, it's incredibly hypocritical. I'm not sure if anyone here actually expected anything less of tech companies these days.

 

[Arch Dornan]

It's limited to a handful of countries, so it's not all-out. That said, it's incredibly hypocritical. I'm not sure if anyone here actually expected anything less of tech companies these days.

It is but that's the way the cookie crumbles. Hypocrisy for thee but not for me.

edit: They didn't like that.

Russia opens criminal case against Meta over death calls on Facebook

Russia’s Investigative Committee said a criminal case was opened Friday ‘in connection with illegal calls for murder and violence against citizens of the Russian Federation by employees of the American company Meta’

www.theglobeandmail.com

 

[Bacle]

 

[Chiron]

Russia is slow rolling their documentary evidence as usual. But its becoming clear Kherson was a complete UkA disaster.



Again we must look at the map, and it is clear UkA is being crushed on the battlefield. Their tactical successes are irrelevant at the operational level. They have 2 choices, martyrdom, taking as many Russians down with them as they can, or honorable surrender under honorable terms to avoid being marched down Red Square in a humiliating fashion.



Ok... Strip them of their licenses and boot them for violating their oaths.

 

[Vaermina]

Again we must look at the map, and it is clear UkA is being crushed on the battlefield. Their tactical successes are irrelevant at the operational level. They have 2 choices, martyrdom, taking as many Russians down with them as they can, or honorable surrender under honorable terms to avoid being marched down Red Square in a humiliating fashion.

You realize you continually posting that map doesn't actually make it accurate right?

Also... You continually seem to be forgetting that Russia can't actually sustain this war for more then maybe another month or two...

 

[Chiron]

You realize you continually posting that map doesn't actually make it accurate right?

Also... You continually seem to be forgetting that Russia can't actually sustain this war for more then maybe another month or two...

1. This is the most accurate map around.

2. Russia is an industrial state with a large pool of manpower that vastly outnumbers Ukraine's and has a real economy with real currency and can sustain this war as long as it wishes to.

3. UkA has not been able to break the siege of Kyiv extricate the pockets and is having its industry and depots wiped, further crippling its ability to fight.

 

[PsihoKekec]

Guess Assad finally ran out of tanks

He didn't. It's just that rebels are confined to the Turkish protectorate, where their main pastime is killing each other over protection money they extort from the civilians and going abroad as Turkish mercenaries.

Assad has more AFVs than he started the Civil War with

Not really, SAA suffered massive material losses, both from combat and from poor maintenance, while Russia did replace some of it, their armored inventory is now of more ''managable'' size. T-55s are now almost gone from the inventory, mostly replaced by T-62s sent by Russia, T-72 inventory is greatly reduced and they have some T-90s as well.

 

[The Original Sixth]

You realize you continually posting that map doesn't actually make it accurate right?

Also... You continually seem to be forgetting that Russia can't actually sustain this war for more then maybe another month or two...

The Russians ARE advancing. This is indisputable fact that every analyst has observed and acknowledged. They've had strong success in the south, where there's less mud and their vehicles are afforded more mobility. They're currently forming up a land bridge and preparing for an assault on Odessa. Analysts suspect that after the coast is taken, the Russians will send forces north to further encircle Kiev.

I'd also like to see your analysis or your source for Russia being unable to sustain their war for more than 1-2 months, which is frankly the most ridiculous thing I've heard about this war thus far. Well, that and stupid Twitter twats thinking that any war that goes on longer than a week is somehow a colossal failure.

Within a week, Russia is likely to control over 30% of the world's wheat exports. You honestly think the US can just lock them out?

 

[Chiron]

That list is rather unrealistic, much of stuff there is rusting away in dump depots, there is no way they are still using 200+ BTR-152, their BTR-60 were written off before the war and were mostly used as towed metal piboxes, there is no way 650 are in use, T-55s are also mostly written off, there is no way 1600 of them are in use. To put it simply, their maintenance capabilities are limited, so with Russians replacing their lost material with better stuff, their armored forces are better equipped and more experienced, but also smaller than they were before war.

BTR-152s are used by police forces and are still viable gun platforms.

BTR-60s were mostly scrapped as the article states.

T-55s were given mid life restorations pre-war with many receiving lasers sights and capability to launch ATGMs. They are still viable gun platforms and used for fire support by NDF units. Otherwise they are in deep storage till the Syrian State decides to sell them for scrap.



Brutal, but if it speeds up surrenders, Putin will do so.



Will take his word on it.



Ok... Where Fast Food Restaurants fled, this Company has zero fucks. I like.

 

[strunkenwhite]

Best update so far on approximate locations of units.

"Russia cannot sustain its air losses [at the present rate] for more than a fortnight"

Holy shit.

It seems I was right about the maturnity hospital being turned into a Azov position after they kicked out the women and hospital staff.

"4. Why isn't there any blood?
"7. Why is there a bucket of fake blood?"

...Yeah, OK bud.

 

[Culsu]

Regarding those Munich doctors, it's a private clinic and not part of the standard public healthcare and emergency system, as far as I can tell. So, as a private entity, they are well within their rights to choose their "customers", even if it's a total crap move.

 

[Marnuplee]

Footage shows 200 Russian Spetsnaz taking control of Gostomel airport in Ukraine about 2 weeks ago .

ASB Military News on Gab: 'EXCLUSIVE FOOTAGE shows 200 Russian Spetsnaz taki…'

ASB Military News on Gab: 'EXCLUSIVE FOOTAGE shows 200 Russian Spetsnaz taking control of Gostomel airport in Ukraine — about 2 weeks ago. The most revealing part to us from this footage is the Ka-52 helicopter differentiating angle of attacks and specific weapons. At the end, you can hear the...

gab.com

 

[LTR]

More posts pruned. Most were relating to Assad, comparisons to the Iraq War or posts that were engaged in personal speculation and commentary. As stated in previous staff posts, personal hot takes can go to the Donb Ass thread. The primary purpose of this thread is discussing and covering the events of this conflict. Also as stated before anyone wanting to celebrate the conflict or other propagandistic behavior can do that in the Donb Ass thread as well. And again if your disagreeing with sources, provide counter evidence, not your own random speculation in this thread. This is also true if your just being contrarian because you think one side or the other is automatically lying. This thread and I won't care about your personal viewpoints. The Donb Ass thread is for random Sietcher speculation, biased and otherwise. You can recreate your adversarial CNN Panel discussions there. A few posts pertaining to the ongoing Biolab speculation were moved to the Biolab discussion.

Some posts that were 'newsworthy' but also had excessive commentary on Assad or other topics were moved to the Donb Ass thread unfortunately, more to keep the 'conversations threads' intact instead of bouncing them between threads.

 

[Chiron]

 

[TheRomanSlayer]

Do we know any DPR/LPR casualties? I'm not sure if the separatist losses are higher than the losses sustained by the regular Russian military.

 

[Husky_Khan]

The presumed first loitering munition was found in Ukraine. The Kalashnikov of loitering munitions... In that it's made by Kalashnikov.



Supposedly it was shot down. Here's some info on the littering munition... Hurr hurr.

Kalashnikov Is Making Kamikaze Drones

The company responsible for making small arms for the Russian Army is now making drones that crash into their targets and explode.

www.popularmechanics.com

Residents of Melitopol in Southern Ukraine protest the abduction of their Mayor by Russian Invasion forces.

Video appears to show Russian forces abduct mayor of Ukrainian city

Mayor Ivan Fedorov was taken from the city’s crisis center by a group of about 10 Russian troops – who put a plastic bag over his head – after he “refused to cooperate with the enemy.”…

nypost.com

Belarus has backed down a second time from deploying troops into Ukraine but will instead send forces to secure their shared border.



Scout vehicle captured then recaptured, like a multiplayer match.



Ukrainian refugees numbers estimate as of yesterday. Lists bordering countries.

 

[Chiron]

Do we know any DPR/LPR casualties? I'm not sure if the separatist losses are higher than the losses sustained by the regular Russian military.

We won't know any firm numbers till the shooting stops. Especially from Russia as their MoD is very adamant about not fighting the war on Social Media except in specific circumstances where it is beneficial to do so.



Hmm, that's a major change from 12 hours ago, as to the last known positions of Russian Troops.





No shortage of ammo, which indicates the raids on convoys are not significant enough to effect operations, and as the Russians clear out the void spaces, the raids will become less intensive and more suicidal to attempt.



Irpin remains hotly contested in a back and forth shit kicking contest.



Hmm, don't know how he arrives by the 20% number, but ok. This is more useful in assessing who is where.

 

[Bacle]

So Kamala thinks Ukraine is already a part of NATO, it seems.

 

[Culsu]

I'm sure absolutely no problems can arise from such gaffes.

 

[Tiamat]

So Kamala thinks Ukraine is already a part of NATO, it seems.

Her look says it all: "I chose the wrong day to quit drinking. I should've stuck to my doggie act in D.C., I could've been a contender..."