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A 21-year-old fighter of the Luhansk separate territorial defense brigade with the call sign Businka shot down 2 enemy reconnaissance drones with a machine gun in 5 minutes. "When they fly low, it's easy to shoot them down. The main thing is to know your weapon," he said.

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  • AUS-97HORN
    AUS-97HORN

    For the love of Christ woman,  stop posting the same fucking thing every 20 mins just to make your neurotic self feel better.     Bring something useful to the thread other than your inane babbli

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  • InkaUtexas
    InkaUtexas

    I volunteered today. Log/Admin role to replace people for 30-60 days. The operation is in the west, or should the Orcs win will be pulled back behind the NATO wall. Either way the humanitarian effort

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#57955

Here's a blast from the past courtesy of Russia's news agency, from February of last year:

https://tass.com/world/1409771

Russia is capable of coping with the situation in Ukraine on its own and does not need China's military support, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying announced on Thursday.

"Russia is a great power with might. It does not need the support of China or other countries," she said at a briefing, answering a corresponding question from a Western journalist.

The Chinese diplomat noted that Beijing’s position on this issue differs from the views of the American leadership. "We will not act as the United States acts, which supplies Ukraine with a large number of weapons," she stated.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a televised address on Thursday morning that in response to a request by the heads of the Donbass republics he had made a decision to carry out a special military operation in order to protect people "who have been suffering from abuse and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years." The Russian leader stressed that Moscow had no plans of occupying Ukrainian territories.

When clarifying the developments unfolding, the Russian Defense Ministry reassured that Russian troops are not targeting Ukrainian cities, but are limited to surgically striking and incapacitating Ukrainian military infrastructure. There are no threats whatsoever to the civilian population.

#57958

I love that Putin won't sit anywhere near Russians he's known for 50 years but he'll surround himself with strange black men, shoulder-to-shoulder.  What a fascinating commentary on authoritarian rulers.  

#57959
13 minutes ago, YGIFS said:

I love that Putin won't sit anywhere near Russians he's known for 50 years but he'll surround himself with strange black men, shoulder-to-shoulder.  What a fascinating commentary on authoritarian rulers.  

Or it’s a double like Girkin claims.

#57961
37 minutes ago, MNLonghornFUKM said:


So not a single cent of US/NATO humanitarian aid to any of those countries represented in that photo, amirite?

it would seem poor politics to further drive them to Putin side.  Small impoverished countries have played both sides to further their interests since the start of the Cold War.  

CR stuff really. 

#57962
1 hour ago, BehoId, The Underminer! said:

Washington Post is pretty apocalyptic about Xi's visit.  Several articles the last few days talking about the two countries trying to forge a West-free path forward.

We’re not allowed to talk about China’s involvement in this war.

Take it to the China thread where we’re talking about balloons, please.

#57963

https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3334472/dod-announces-additional-security-assistance-for-ukraine/

DOD Announces Additional Security Assistance for Ukraine
March 20, 2023 |
Today, the Department of Defense (DoD) announces the authorization of a Presidential Drawdown of security assistance to meet Ukraine’s critical security and defense needs. This authorization is the thirty-fourth drawdown of equipment from DoD inventories for Ukraine since August 2021 and is valued at up to $350 million.

Ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS);
155mm artillery rounds;
25mm ammunition;
High-speed Anti-radiation missiles (HARMs);
81mm and 60mm mortar systems and mortar rounds;
AT-4 anti-armor weapon systems;
Grenade launchers, small arms, and associated ammunition;
Demolition munitions and equipment for obstacle clearing;
Mine clearing equipment;
Heavy fuel tankers;
Thermal imagery systems, optics, and laser rangefinders; 
Riverine patrol boats; 
Testing and diagnostic equipment to support vehicle maintenance and repair; 
Spare parts and other field equipment.

To meet Ukraine’s evolving battlefield requirements, the United States will continue to work with its Allies and partners to provide Ukraine with key capabilities.

#57967
4 minutes ago, DefinitelyNotHollywoodColt said:

Xi going to Moscow days after an arrest warrant for war crimes was issued for Putin is completely fucked.

  

 

#57972
8 minutes ago, Bevo said:

What does the first tweet mean?

The British offered to backfill aircraft to Poland so that Poland can donate aircraft to Ukraine.

#57974
16 minutes ago, Schulz2.0 said:

The British offered to backfill aircraft to Poland so that Poland can donate aircraft to Ukraine.

Isn't Poland already backfilling those Migs with F16s? 

#57978
18 minutes ago, Pescado_Rojo said:

Isn't Poland already backfilling those Migs with F16s? 

They are buying F-35s. I don't think we're backfilling them.

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#57980

This is like a dark timeline "Arrested Development" episode.

"They can't place Putin on trial for war crimes if we blow up the courthouse, Michael."

-Yeah, that's not a thing.  Lobbing a missile at a civilian court is the literal definition of a war crime, Dad.

"I have the worst fucking attorneys."  

#57988
2 hours ago, Hefeweizen said:

So Russia is basically North Korea now?

Just a reminder that Medvedev once came to Washington and got Ray’s Hell Burger with Obama.  Now he’s reduced to trolling the ICC and can’t leave Russia. 
 

Truly an example of what Russia has done to itself, all by itself. 

#57990
2 hours ago, Schulz2.0 said:

They are buying F-35s. I don't think we're backfilling them.

Poland also has F-16s that they already fly. But yeah, their most recent purchases are both F-35s and Korean T-50 light fighters. Not backfill, the replacements were already ordered. With sanctions in place, I’m not even sure Poland was still flying the MiGs, I know Slovakia had grounded their fleet. 

#57991
1 minute ago, 956 Worldwide said:

Poland also has F-16s that they already fly. But yeah, their most recent purchases are both F-35s and Korean T-50 light fighters. Not backfill, the replacements were already ordered. With sanctions in place, I’m not even sure Poland was still flying the MiGs, I know Slovakia had grounded their fleet. 

These seem like parts planes.  Further, this is not a manned air war, which makes all this talk about MiG-29s and F-16s seem like a second tier concern.

#57992
1 minute ago, Chad Fuck said:

These seem like parts planes.  Further, this is not a manned air war, which makes all this talk about MiG-29s and F-16s seem like a second tier concern.

If they had some F-16s it might not be a second tier concern...

#57994
9 minutes ago, Chad Fuck said:

These seem like parts planes.  Further, this is not a manned air war, which makes all this talk about MiG-29s and F-16s seem like a second tier concern.

Two of the Slovak airframes don’t have engines. The others had been grounded because up until the war broke out, they had been maintained by factory techs from Russia who had to go home. 
 

I know that Bulgaria has some indigenous capability to do engine maintenance for the MiG-29. And before the war, Ukraine did as well— which they clearly still have, since they are keeping their own aircraft flying. 
 

Some of these planes will fly and others may indeed be important to keep the others going. They are important, will likely see a lot of duty away from the front lines hunting cruise missiles. 

#57995
25 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

If they had some F-16s it might not be a second tier concern...

The big benefit to getting them on the F-16 is the amount of additional support that would be unlocked and not as much the capability of the aircraft itself. These NATO-compatible MiGs got delivered in 1992– about the same vintage of the types of F-16s they’d get. They are capable planes.

 

The big win would be the numbers we have and the eliminated need to shade tree mechanic engineer western weapons to launch from a MiG. 
 

The new Block 70 is different, it’s basically a 5th gen radar in a 4th gen fighter. But those are just coming off the line for Slovakia and Bahrain. 

#57997
3 hours ago, MillerEP said:

imagery systems, optics, and laser rangefinders; 

Riverine patrol boats; 
Testing and diagnostic equipment to support vehicle maintenance and repair; 

 

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Included in the list are two 35-foot, Small Unit Riverine Craft (SURC), 10 34-foot Sea Ark Dauntless-class patrol boats and six 40-foot maritime combat patrol boats.

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/these-are-the-riverine-patrol-boats-ukraine-is-getting-from-the-u-s

35’ SURC

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40’ Riverine 

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this will be handy to drop a couple hundred guys off somewhere on the beach in Crimea

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#57998
8 minutes ago, BamaATL said:

Welp, looks like the Ukrainians ought get to the negotiating table now

 

he has Russian and Serbian passports, so let’s revoke his citizenship and let him spend the rest of his days in the paradise that is Russia

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#58000
22 minutes ago, Gatorubet said:

he has Russian in Serbian passports, so let’s revoke his citizenship and let him spend the rest of his days and the paradise that is Russia

Wouldn't it be more fun though to send Chuck Norris to take him out?

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