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#77601
According to Reuters the oil refinery and terminal of Tuapse, Russia, which has been hit yesterday, has been put out of operation.So, only 4 days after the strike against Ust-Luga, which kicked this facility out of action for the coming weeks or even months, the 2nd major oil…— (((Tendar))) (@Tendar)

 

Magyar publishes footage of a massive explosion of a Russian ammo stock in Krynky on 27 January, saying "Worms will have no ammo to shoot tonight".https://t.co/AClvqohDFr

 

 

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#77602
Wrote about the current state of the war with @KofmanMichael and @MassDara. Ukraine likely will not have the resources for a strategic-level offensive in 2024, but could set the conditions for one in 2025 if critical decisions are made now.https://t.co/0prsTtiSKF

 

Video from Ukraine’s Border Guards showing FPV strikes on two Russian T-90M tanks in Kherson Oblast. https://t.co/dRCKvqm2IJ

 

 

#77603
Luhansk Oblast, a Ukrainian FPV drone hits a Russian T-72 on the move, causing the loaded round in the main gun to detonate, and an onboard ammunition cookoff.
A few days ago, Russian forces attempted a mechanized assault towards a treeline east of Avdiivka, running into Ukrainian forces from the 110th Mechanized Brigade.The assault failed, with the Russian formation losing the lead T-80BV and BMP-1.
#77604
2 hours ago, Parliament said:

Why not pay with that shitty BRICS currency you’ve been talking about?

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#77605

This is what I was saying earlier the hope is regarding splitting the Ukrainian aid. We shall see

🚨 This is a substantial change in the political landscape around Ukraine aid 🚨I really want people to process this:If McConnell & Schumer can get 60 votes to pass a clean defense supplemental, a lot of the deadlock we've been in goes away.But wait, there's more.

 

#77607
7 minutes ago, Neonmoon said:

Does Russia have enough tanks to make it to 2025?

One Armata tank is worth a hundred ancient western tanks…they say.  Putin has 40 in reserve.  NATO might as well surrender. 

#77608
1 hour ago, Neonmoon said:

Does Russia have enough tanks to make it to 2025?

They can’t keep up production to match their losses, and sanctions are hurting them, so I’m guessing no.  The fact that they are fielding export variants means things are bad (export variants are usually lesser quality).  I’m guessing they’ll be fielding lots of T-6x series.

#77609
35 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

They can’t keep up production to match their losses, and sanctions are hurting them, so I’m guessing no.  The fact that they are fielding export variants means things are bad (export variants are usually lesser quality).  I’m guessing they’ll be fielding lots of T-6x series.

Using export variants also means that they aren’t getting paid for selling those export variants. 

#77616
German company Quantum-Systems gives Ukraine 100 Trinity dronesIt is noted that the company plans to open production of spare parts for UAVs in Ukraine this month, the Deaidua news and analysis website reported.

 

Russian military reporter describes an interesting FPV tactic: Ukrainians place drones on the road, watch the cameras, and once they notice an incoming vehicle, they raise the drone and let the car drive into it.
#77617
While India keeps the massive inflow of Russian oil, it pivots away from Russian arms and to Western technology as well as to domestically manufactured arms. "We are not likely to sign any major military deal with Russia," said Nandan Unnikrishnan, a Russia expert at New Delhi…— (((Tendar))) (@Tendar)

 

Greece has approved the transfer of Soviet-era air defense systems to Ukraine. The details of the military package have not been disclosed, but it is known that the country is armed with Tor, Osa, S-300 and ZU-23-2 air defense systems as well as their respective ammunition.…— (((Tendar))) (@Tendar)

 

 

#77620
Ukraine received brand new CANiK M2 QCB caliber .50 heavy machine guns from Turkey and mounted powerful Pulsar Thermion 2 thermal scopes on it. Pulsar is a Lithuanian company.Source: https://t.co/KRjU8otmy8#Turkey #Lithuania #Ukraine— (((Tendar))) (@Tendar)

 

This Russian repair shop for heavy military vehicles has been struck by Ukrainian missiles. According to the source six Russians were injured in that strike. Time and location are not provided.Source: https://t.co/grz0KmCzBW#Ukraine— (((Tendar))) (@Tendar)

 

 

#77621
38 minutes ago, Schulz2.0 said:
Ukraine received brand new CANiK M2 QCB caliber .50 heavy machine guns from Turkey and mounted powerful Pulsar Thermion 2 thermal scopes on it. Pulsar is a Lithuanian company.Source: https://t.co/KRjU8otmy8#Turkey #Lithuania #Ukraine— (((Tendar))) (@Tendar)

 

This Russian repair shop for heavy military vehicles has been struck by Ukrainian missiles. According to the source six Russians were injured in that strike. Time and location are not provided.Source: https://t.co/grz0KmCzBW#Ukraine— (((Tendar))) (@Tendar)

 

 

Dang, Canik makes a .50 cal?   Guess I shop on the wrong website.

#77622
21 hours ago, Doc Sam Beckett said:

So is there a way for us to take the coward route like Germany? Provide assistance through allies? 

We could increase the defense budget 10%

#77624

Damn @Schulz2.0, that article was brutal

While India keeps the massive inflow of Russian oil, it pivots away from Russian arms and to Western technology as well as to domestically manufactured arms. "We are not likely to sign any major military deal with Russia," said Nandan Unnikrishnan, a Russia expert at New Delhi think tank the Observer Research Foundation.

This is the 2nd major bad news for Russia. Another unresolved issue is the huge amounts of Indian Rupees, which Russia has accumulated from the oil and gas sales. India pays only with its own currency which is not freely convertible and is stored in Indian banks. India's restrictions over capital flows make it impossible to transmit the money back to Russia.

In fact, 1 billion USD in Rupees come each month on top of the pile which are vastly useless for Moscow, while India makes a huge profit on the world market.

India offered that the money is invested in Indian infrastructure where Russian construction companies can participate, but that would contribute nothing to Russia's short term needs and even less to Russia's war industry.

India has Moscow completely where it wants it to be. Hence, it is only understandable that India keeps that Russian oil inflow intact and pretends to have "good ties".

This instance shows vividly how dependent Russia has become. The Russian babbling of the "Global South" along its posturing is less enticing when the Potemkin covers have been kicked away. It is no different with China where Russia's dependency is increasing with even bigger paces. Superior powers can cheaply buy Russian gas with their own currency and with strings attached to Russia.

History has coined entities like Russia where this kind of one-sided "agreement" has been established with one term:

Vassal states

#77625

Ukraine: Hack wiped 2 petabytes of data from Russian research center

The Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine's Ministry of Defense claims that pro-Ukrainian hacktivists breached the Russian Center for Space Hydrometeorology, aka "planeta" (планета), and wiped 2 petabytes of data.

Planeta is a state research center using space satellite data and ground sources like radars and stations to provide information and accurate predictions about weather, climate, natural disasters, extreme phenomena, and volcanic monitoring.

The agency is affiliated with Roscosmos, Russia's space agency, and it supports sectors such as the military, civil aviation, agriculture, and maritime.

In another case of state-affiliated hacking, Ukraine says cyber volunteers known as the "BO Team" successfully breached Planeta's Far Eastern branch (the largest of the three).

While the Ukrainian government does not state if they were involved in the attack, they claim the hackers destroyed 280 servers used by the research center, which held 2 petabytes of data (2000 terabytes).

This massive volume of information would be difficult and costly to store in backups, so if Ukraine's claims are true, this is a catastrophic attack on Planeta.

The Ukrainian intelligence service says the damage from the data loss is estimated to be $10,000,000, impacting the operation of supercomputer clusters and also years of research.

"Among the destroyed data are meteorological and satellite data, which were actively used in constant mode by the Ministry of Defense and MNS RF, "Roscosmos," and several other state agencies-aggressors, as well as years of unique research," reads the announcement (machine translated).

"The work of supercomputers equipped in the research center is paralyzed and cannot be fully restored."

The Ukrainians emphasize that given the sanction-imposed constraints, which severely limit Russia's capacity to restore sophisticated computer systems and software, this incident represents a formidable challenge for the research center to overcome.

In addition to the above, the cyberattack allegedly paralyzed all HVAC and power supply systems in Planeta's main building and cut off the station based on the island of Bolshevik from the network.

BleepingComputer has contacted the Far Eastern branch of "Planeta" requesting a statement on the Ukrainian allegations, but we have not received a response.

Attacks like these, which are promoted, if not sponsored, by the Ukrainian government, aren't unprecedented, as it has admitted to performing operations in previous months aiming to sabotage crucial agencies in Russia.

In November last year, Ukraine's intelligence service hacked Russia's Federal Air Transport Agency, 'Rosaviatsia,' and leaked files exposing a state of collapse of the country's aviation sector.

Later, in December, the Ukrainians claimed a breach of the Russian Federal Taxation Service (FNS), wiping the agency's database and backup copies.

#77627

Wow that makes me feel so much better about the game India is playing. Holy shit they’ve effectively stolen how many billions of dollars of oil from Russia? 

And presumably it’s another example of Russian incompetence leaving all that data on a network that could be accessed purely remotely. 

Ukraine may not be winning this war yet but Russia is sure as shit losing

#77628

Our goal is a free and democratic Ukraine.  We'll see if we achieve that.  But regardless, it's hard to see how Russia emerges as anything more than a 3rd World, irrelavant, shithole.

#77630

Long threat, you can read the article and the unroll link

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1751834974100054211.html

 

Her two known case officers we have identified as Dmitry Gladey, 74, and Sergei Beltyukov, 53. Both are attached to the FSB's apparatus in St. Petersburg. The FSB is Russia's domestic security service, one of the successors of the KGB.

 

 

"facilitate the exchange of information, generalization of best practices in the development of democracy and parliamentarism, and observance of citizens’ electoral rights."

 

 

 

#77632
On 1/27/2024 at 6:34 PM, Viper said:

This is what I was saying earlier the hope is regarding splitting the Ukrainian aid. We shall see

🚨 This is a substantial change in the political landscape around Ukraine aid 🚨I really want people to process this:If McConnell & Schumer can get 60 votes to pass a clean defense supplemental, a lot of the deadlock we've been in goes away.But wait, there's more.

 

How is this getting through the House. 

I appreciate all of you guys actively participating on this thread. I get obscenely depressed. 

#77633

This is a sign of some serious displeasure all around.  Ambassador to Hungary is coming to DC for consultations.

U.S. Ambassador to Hungary David Pressman is travelling to Washington, DC today for discussions with senior U.S. officials. Media inquiries may be directed to the U.S. Embassy press office at PressBDP@state.gov

 

#77634

 

I’m told by Ukrainian govt source that reports of the firing of top general Valery Zaluzhny look to be true. We await confirmation by presidential order - but this appears to be a done deal.

from Economist reporter

Edited by wei dai

#77635

Could be a sign they're going to move toward more unconventional tactics to attack Russia. Possibly compounded by the drop in supplies provided by the US and Europe. 

#77637
The German arms industry is stepping up. Factories, which would have taken a decade to be built, are now constructed within months, so Rheinmetall (@RheinmetallAG) CEO Armin Papperger. Other companies such as Hensoldt (@hensoldt) declared their readiness even on February 24,…— (((Tendar))) (@Tendar)

 

Czechia will purchase 24 F-35 multi-role fighters of the 5th generation from the United StatesThe first aircraft will arrive in 2031. This deal is considered historic for the Czech defense industry.The total contract amount is estimated at $14 billion.

 

 

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#77638
French-supplied SCALP cruise missile mounted on a Ukrainian Su-24, sporting the text “De Paris avec amour, Rachysty, allez en enfer” (From Paris with love, Russia, go to hell.)

 

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#77639
49 minutes ago, wei dai said:

 

I’m told by Ukrainian govt source that reports of the firing of top general Valery Zaluzhny look to be true. We await confirmation by presidential order - but this appears to be a done deal.

from Economist reporter

 

43 minutes ago, Viper said:

Could be a sign they're going to move toward more unconventional tactics to attack Russia. Possibly compounded by the drop in supplies provided by the US and Europe. 

 

43 minutes ago, wei dai said:

now, an official denial

 

 

Or, more likely, another russian propaganda artist since they're a brand new member and their first two posts happen to be this thread.
Maybe we can ask for a minimum post count before people can post on this thread.

#77640
7 minutes ago, vtaenz said:

 

 

Or, more likely, another russian propaganda artist since they're a brand new member and their first two posts happen to be this thread.
Maybe we can ask for a minimum post count before people can post on this thread.

And GRU got crowd sourced again recently. 

#77641
25 minutes ago, Schulz2.0 said:
The German arms industry is stepping up. Factories, which would have taken a decade to be built, are now constructed within months, so Rheinmetall (@RheinmetallAG) CEO Armin Papperger. Other companies such as Hensoldt (@hensoldt) declared their readiness even on February 24,…— (((Tendar))) (@Tendar)

 

Czechia will purchase 24 F-35 multi-role fighters of the 5th generation from the United StatesThe first aircraft will arrive in 2031. This deal is considered historic for the Czech defense industry.The total contract amount is estimated at $14 billion.

 

 

The Shitbird order bank is 7 years out?  Noice

#77642
59 minutes ago, Parliament said:

The Shitbird order bank is 7 years out?  Noice

And the 1,000th F-35 just rolled off the assembly line.  Meanwhile the Russians have rolled 22 Su-57’s off their assembly line…

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Serial production of the aircraft began in July 2019, with the first production aircraft scheduled to be delivered by the end of the year; following the crash of the first production aircraft, the Russian Aerospace Forces took delivery of the second Su-57 as its first aircraft in December 2020. By May 2022, four more aircraft were delivered, and production has progressed slower than planned

 

#77644
2 hours ago, Schulz2.0 said:
Czechia will purchase 24 F-35 multi-role fighters of the 5th generation from the United StatesThe first aircraft will arrive in 2031. This deal is considered historic for the Czech defense industry.The total contract amount is estimated at $14 billion.

14,000,000,000 for 24 jets? That comes to $583M per plane. Seems expensive.

Looking elsewhere, F-35As for the Air Force is < $100M. Higher for export models, but not anywhere close to $583M per unit.

#77646
3 minutes ago, Parliament said:

Includes a long parts and service contract.  And Tru Coat.

The salesteam had to go check with their manager, and they don't normally do this, but they got the Tru Coat thrown in for free if they were willing to commit to the order that day.

#77649
33 minutes ago, Superhero said:

14,000,000,000 for 24 jets? That comes to $583M per plane. Seems expensive.

Looking elsewhere, F-35As for the Air Force is < $100M. Higher for export models, but not anywhere close to $583M per unit.

 

 

I guess I shouldn't be too upset with the cost of a new car these days.

#77650
3 hours ago, Superhero said:

14,000,000,000 for 24 jets? That comes to $583M per plane. Seems expensive.

Looking elsewhere, F-35As for the Air Force is < $100M. Higher for export models, but not anywhere close to $583M per unit.

I'd assume the purchase isn't just the jets but all of the ammo and support materials as well. 

Like million dollar ball bearings and antifreeze. 

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