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#75851
⚡️12 thousand Ukrainian military have already been trained according to NATO standards under the DEEP program, – the Defense Ministry of Ukraine.The program includes training for academic staff, instructors and other professionals, both in teaching planning and decision-making…
Nikolai Patrushev, Russian Federation Security Council Secretary, has instructed Russian governors to prepare for the transition to a "mobilization economy".The heads of regions and the leadership of federal authorities have been ordered to "ensure the formation of mobilization…

 

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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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    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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#75852
If only someone had warned them 😱
Vladimir Sviridov, former commander of the 6th Army of the Russian Air Force and Air Defense Forces, and his wife were found dead.The body of the 68-year-old general was found in his house in the village of Andzhiyevsky, Stavropol Krai. The body of his 72-year-old wife Tatyana… https://t.co/pwN0ZOlQoN

 

#75853
47 minutes ago, Schulz2.0 said:
The Escadrone group continues to release completely insane footage.Seen here, a Ukrainian FPV munition chases down a Russian Bukhanka, doing loops around it while one of the passengers leans out the window, attempting to shoot it down with an AK, before it scores a direct hit.

 

now that right there.... thats pretty much the internet definition of a boop

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#75854
The Iron Curtain is descending over Russia#Estonia and #Norway do not rule out closing border crossings on the Russian border, following #Finland.If this happens, #Russia will be practically cut off from the #EU (except for the border in the #Kaliningrad region).Lux…
A hellish assault on Bakhmut by the Third Assault BrigadeThe fighters opened fire on the enemy even before landing from the combat vehicle. In a forest strip burned out by shells, the storm troopers fought their way into enemy trenches and shot down orc infantry until they…

 

#75855
Zelensky is right that Russia is preparing a war in the Balkans.My colleague & I just published an article about 🇷🇺 war game-plan there ⤵️https://t.co/XMBEcvGCMP

 

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#75856
Putin could face a new war crime case as evidence suggests starvation of Ukraine was pre-planned, the Independent informs.The international law firm Global Rights Compliance is working on this.GRC found evidence that in December 2021, Russia purchased three huge 170-meter…
The Czech Republic froze russian state's real-estate assets. Thank you for the historic unprecedented decision! Other countries should follow the lead.#russiawillpay

 

#75857
3 hours ago, PTINS said:

Russia has admitted that some Ukrainian forces have set up positions in a village but claims they will soon be wiped out.

If the area is held it would mean a significant advance for Ukraine. Russia retreated from the right bank of the river a year ago.

....

Russia conceded on Wednesday that "small groups" of Ukrainian forces had set up positions in the village on the left bank.

So that means the Ukrainians have several hundreds or thousands in those areas?  Because if the Russians admit it, it's usually far worse/more than they are willing to admit to.

#75858
3 hours ago, Schulz2.0 said:
Destruction of a Russian tank assault group using Javelin anti-tank missiles and anti-tank mines. Footage from the 14th Brigade.https://t.co/5vu5z34EaS
The Escadrone group continues to release completely insane footage.Seen here, a Ukrainian FPV munition chases down a Russian Bukhanka, doing loops around it while one of the passengers leans out the window, attempting to shoot it down with an AK, before it scores a direct hit.

 

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#75862

 

Russians gettin' deaded in trenches by drones. 

 

IFV gets hit. Guy flies off at 45-degree angle around 18-second mark. Kinda hard to see.

 

#75867

I know we are deep into this but I’ll ask a maybe obvious question but one I’ve wondered. Is there anyway to tell what kind of missile or bomb it was besides the explosion blast? Also, I know when the camera is from above and a grenade drops, I get that’s a drone. But when it’s from above and then all of the sudden…BOOOM! From a different direction..The drone is sending coordinates to artillery or a missile system and then shooting from distance? When the view is from further away is that a drone too or a plane or system? I’m sure this is basic knowledge to most but I guess I’d be surprised if every aerial video was a drone besides a plane. 

#75868
42 minutes ago, bolverk said:

People doing good

 

 

Check out the good boy at the bottom of the second photo.

 

One of the best dog pictures ever! And I want those lego sets. 

#75870
29 minutes ago, RockyMountainHighHorn said:

I know we are deep into this but I’ll ask a maybe obvious question but one I’ve wondered. Is there anyway to tell what kind of missile or bomb it was besides the explosion blast? Also, I know when the camera is from above and a grenade drops, I get that’s a drone. But when it’s from above and then all of the sudden…BOOOM! From a different direction..The drone is sending coordinates to artillery or a missile system and then shooting from distance? When the view is from further away is that a drone too or a plane or system? I’m sure this is basic knowledge to most but I guess I’d be surprised if every aerial video was a drone besides a plane. 

I think most, if not almost all aerial shots we get are from drones.  The air space is still highly contested and planes are pretty much at a premium for both sides at this point.  We gave the Ukrainians higher altitude drones that are surveillance several months ago, if not a year ago.  Pretty clearly the Ukrainians have learned to put them to good use.  It's also pretty clear that either the Russians can't detect these very well, or can't shoot them down (might be both).  The optics on them are pretty good.   

As to the munitions being used, most of the time when it's pretty standard fare this is largely disclosed.  It's the strikes well behind the lines that we typically don't find out for a while.  Sort of like when they hit the bridge with sea drones and they didn't disclose it, or when they have used Scalp or ATACMs.  

#75871
Just now, Pescado_Rojo said:

JDAMS would suggest they've put a pretty big dent in Russian air defenses, right? 

I would tend to think so, because the jdams we gave them to my understanding only have a glide distance of 15km or so.  So if they are willing to get air that close, they must be confident that they aren't in danger of SAMS.  

#75873
9 hours ago, Scheiss Meister said:

I admit that this thread is my main source for news on Ukraine.  That being said, I haven't heard much of anything about Russian drone/missile attacks on civilians and infrastructure.  Have they really slowed down, or are they pushed aside by the Israel/Hamas fighting?  If they have really slowed that much, I hope that Ukraine has enough AA assets and is preparing for a massive swarm attack on energy and road infrastructure and government buildings, along with the usual terrorist attacks on civilians.

"It's quiet out there.  Too quiet."

Yup, everyone is assuming they’re stockpiling in order to overwhelm Ukrainian air defenses and fuck their infrastructure (and their air defenses if they’re competent.. so 50/50) this winter. 

#75874
3 hours ago, BamaATL said:

Big Boom, glad Ivan is wasting mines.  

 

I think the point of these is to clear a path in the minefields… try to detonate as many as possible with an unmanned vehicle. Then sent another… and another…

#75875
18 minutes ago, B00M said:

I think the point of these is to clear a path in the minefields… try to detonate as many as possible with an unmanned vehicle. Then sent another… and another…

Perhaps, and to your point, that have a shit load of mines to use.  They made so many of the TM-62 they likely have millions of them.  

#75877
35 minutes ago, BamaATL said:

Perhaps, and to your point, that have a shit load of mines to use.  They made so many of the TM-62 they likely have millions of them.  

And if the ramming tank gets through the field or close to the Ukrainian lines, bonus. As poorly trained as Russian tank operators must be, yeeting their shitty tanks like kamikazi drones is probably their most effective use

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#75878

 

Here https://t.co/Cyb8pXXYU4

 

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#75879
5 hours ago, RockyMountainHighHorn said:

I know we are deep into this but I’ll ask a maybe obvious question but one I’ve wondered. Is there anyway to tell what kind of missile or bomb it was besides the explosion blast? Also, I know when the camera is from above and a grenade drops, I get that’s a drone. But when it’s from above and then all of the sudden…BOOOM! From a different direction..The drone is sending coordinates to artillery or a missile system and then shooting from distance? When the view is from further away is that a drone too or a plane or system? I’m sure this is basic knowledge to most but I guess I’d be surprised if every aerial video was a drone besides a plane. 

The drones we see over the battlefield dropping stuff, are dropping at max (probably) 60mm or 80mm mortars, or hand grenades.  If you see one drop something and the blast radius is visible out to maybe 10 feet or so, and/or it only affects people who are literally right at or next to the point of impact, it's probably a hand grenade (although the shrapnel can travel much farther, but the "small" puffs of smoke/blasts are almost all hand grenades). 60mm mortars are good for probably 45m under the right conditions and 81mm a lot more.  I'm spitballing here (and we have a couple of folks who actually had mortars as their MOS), but it's really confusing because we are seeing them drop a lot of these into fox holes/trenches/depressions, so the blast radius is very constrained.

Hand grenade is under a pound, 60mm mortar I think is 3 lbs, and 81m is around or just under 10 lbs.  I think 120mm are like 30 lbs or more, and there's just not that many drones with decent flight-times that can handle 120mm.

The kamikaze drones that we see flying into and blowing vehicles are probably rocking 60mm - 81mm mortar rounds.  A 1lb hand grenade is not going to do enough damage to justify losing the drone, but a 60mm or 81mm round will absolutely fuck up a vehicle (especially if it makes it inside or hits the treads) and is worth the trade-off.  

Mortars are also more aerodynamic by nature, and better to drop than grenades, so I have a feeling the insanely accurate drops are all mortars.

When you see the drone from well above and then see the explosion, we are seeing their spotters/scouts point-of-view, and they are using lighter drones (longer flight time, harder to spot) scouting for other drone operators with strike capabilities or for artillery.

I don't think we are seeing much drone footage of missile (HIMARS/M270) strikes because the ranges are really far, so you need a larger drone, but tube artillery strikes can be well within the range to catch on drone and that artillery generates large blast radius.

And to ramble some more, we might also be seeing Ukrainian tanks hitting vehicles - apparently many armored formations are carrying drone operators along with them, which is a game changer.

 

#75880
12 minutes ago, KYHorn said:

 

Here https://t.co/Cyb8pXXYU4

 

It even looks like the fighting in a basement scene aftermath.  

#75881
7 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

I don't think we are seeing much drone footage of missile (HIMARS/M270) strikes because the ranges are really far, so you need a larger drone, but tube artillery strikes can be well within the range to catch on drone and that artillery generates large blast radius.

And I would toss in that we do see occasional HIMARS footage, but it's from pretty far away (probably a fixed wing drone), and the Ukrainians are very cagey about what they show of HIMARS operations.

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#75882

Fuck yeah. 

Congratulations to Global UGRAD finalists 23/24! Nineteen students from all over Ukraine will study for one semester at the U.S. colleges and universities!📌 Apply here for the AY 24/25: https://t.co/bcB8dw5FjG

 

#75883
7 hours ago, BamaATL said:

It even looks like the fighting in a basement scene aftermath.  

 

7 hours ago, KYHorn said:

 

Here https://t.co/Cyb8pXXYU4

 

The translation of the original tweet is more informative:

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#75884
8 hours ago, BamaATL said:

It even looks like the fighting in a basement scene aftermath.  

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#75886
5 hours ago, InkaUtexas said:

Fuck yeah. 

Congratulations to Global UGRAD finalists 23/24! Nineteen students from all over Ukraine will study for one semester at the U.S. colleges and universities!📌 Apply here for the AY 24/25: https://t.co/bcB8dw5FjG

 

Advantage A&M?

#75887
13 hours ago, Nivek said:

saw that in the theater...  always remember 

 

Me too.  But my dad made the mistake of bringing my grandmother along.  We made it about 15 minutes in and after enough f bombs dropped he got up and we walked out.  I had to wait until it came out on HBO to see the whole thing.  Sad Chad.  /csb.

#75888
Macron announced negotiations with Switzerland regarding the re-export of weapons to Ukraine. During his visit to Switzerland, the President of France said that negotiations on the re-export are ongoing and voiced an optimistic forecast. https://t.co/9JSg1f5ldi
A Russian vehicle near the M-14 south of Krynky destroyed by an FPV drone.

 

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#75889

I hope nobody minds if I mention that Eugene Vindman, retired US Army Colonel, born in Kyiv with twin brother Alex, announced Wednesday he's running for Congress in a swing district in Virginia. His family moved to the US when he was 3 years old and after serving in ROTC during College he was commissioned to the infantry. He's a combat veteran of the Iraq war. Lately he's been a war crimes prosecutor concerning war crimes committed in Ukraine, and he's been working to set up training for battlefield maintenance and repair of military gear near the front lines. 

Spoiler

In case you're inclined to throw him a dollar or two https://votevets.org/candidates/eugene-vindman

 

#75890
#Russian military bloggers said there were ongoing battles in two other areas in north-east #Kherson region, about seven and nine miles from Kherson city, according to [@thestudyofwar]. @FT reports: https://t.co/zTCfpMzoh8

 

 

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#75892

 

Odesa, our biolab Swan 🦢 destroys a drone 😎

 

#75893
4 minutes ago, Schulz2.0 said:

 

Odesa, our biolab Swan 🦢 destroys a drone 😎

 

Last post checks out.

Swans are ultraviolent dicks.  Weaponizing them is a no-brainer.

#75894
5 hours ago, Viper said:

Advantage A&M?

Haven't those kids suffered enough?   They shouldn't have to spend time in College Station.

#75895
4 minutes ago, Macanudo said:

Haven't those kids suffered enough?   They shouldn't have to spend time in College Station.

Aggy stole that like the 12th man and are going to start suing anyone who uses it. That is how they are going to pay Jimbo's payout.

And are you saying the Fonz was an aggy? 

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#75896
2 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

Aggy stole that like the 12th man and are going to start suing anyone who uses it. That is how they are going to pay Jimbo's payout.

And are you saying the Fonz was an aggy? 

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No....but Ralph Malph definitely was.

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#75897
25 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Last post checks out.

Swans are ultraviolent dicks.  Weaponizing them is a no-brainer.

I fear those damn things more than water moccasins when kayaking.

There was one on town lake that would circle his territory just wishing a motherfucker would.

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#75898
A Russian TOS-1A "Solntsepyok" thermobaric MLRS destroyed by a Ukrainian munition dropping drone, Kherson Oblast.https://t.co/fdjN1pkTaB

 

#75899
27 minutes ago, MissingInAction said:

I fear those damn things more than water moccasins when kayaking.

There was one on town lake that would circle his territory just wishing a motherfucker would.

The small college I attended in Nebraska had on campus lakes with a pair swans, and was also a wet campus, so you really had to keep your head on a swivel walking home hammered. When it was time to move them to winter quarters, the ground crew would like up the work study kids like you were covering a kickoff and try to push them across campus into their heated shed and fenced in area. It usually took a few tries. 

#75900
1 hour ago, NorthLoop said:

I'm still confused about the basement thing. Is that footage taken by Russians of their own fuckup? 

Yes, based on the english translation accompanying the video, the RU is triaging the situation and trying to save who they can, while also questioning wtf happened, nothing super intelligle , but you can tell they are shell shocked and there are soldiers from different units, so they dont all know each other.  Thats what i could infer.

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