re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict

The funny thing is that several were upgraded the last few years with..... a satellite phone! BWAHAHAHA

I finally heard back from an acquaintance in Moscow who lives in the area as Crocus City Hall. Not only is it a concert venue but it also contains a mall and convention space. My acquaintance and his wife were there because there was a girl’s dance competition there. They said that they could hear shooting but everyone just assumed it was fireworks. It was not until the smell of smoke hit them that they started evacuating. My friend and his wife grabbed their twin girls and started running for the fire exits but they wouldn’t open. They ended up fleeing out of the main entrance and had to run over bodies to get out. There was still gunfire going on but it was in the main concert area by that time. So as sad as the situation is it could have been a lot worse if the gunmen had split up better to cover more ground because they would have gotten to the dance competition while people were still in there and there would be lots of young girls among the victims.

BTW, my friend also said that most of the Russian people are not buying Putin’s claim that they were escaping to Ukraine. Most Russians have some kind of non government approved vpn on their phone and Putin’s delay in addressing the Russians people meant that the first information that they heard about the attack was from western media which means they read about ISIS claiming responsibility, the USA and the UK warning, and Putin’s dismissal of the warning. Per my friend there is a palpable anger among Muscovites which was just made worse by Putin not not mentioning ISIS when he finally addressed the issue. My friend also said that nothing would come from the anger because unlike Yanakovich in Ukraine, Putin would have no problem sending in tanks and troops firing live ammunition at protesters if they rose up.

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SirWinston

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Go jerk off to your man crush Putin.

It sounded contrived is all, mate

Who is winning today, mate?

UK says Russia forced to constrain its fleet to port, but its ships are still sinking
Sunday, 24 March 2024, 19:22

Grant Shapps, Secretary of State for Defence of the United Kingdom, has issued a comment in response to the latest Ukrainian strikes on Russian Yamal and Azov landing ships in Russian-occupied Sevastopol, Crimea.

Source: Grant Shapps on X (Twitter)

Details: Shapps said that Russian leader Vladimir Putin's illegal occupation of Ukraine "is exacting a massive cost on Russia's Black Sea Fleet which is now functionally inactive".

"Russia has sailed the Black Sea since 1783 but is now forced to constrain it's [sic] fleet to port. And even there Putin's ships are sinking!"

Amazing video of Ukrainian drone strike on a Russian oil refinery. Most strikes are at night, so it's remarkable to see one in daylight.

LINK

whoops.

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I don't doubt the side of the ship is damaged but the dock took the brunt of it. I can't tell on the one being moved

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Hopefully the Ukrainians wait until the ship is being repaired in the dry dock and then take out the dry dock. The loss of a dry dock is a bigger loss than the loss of a ship.