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re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Posted on 4/21/24 at 5:57 pm to Auburn1968
Posted on 4/21/24 at 5:57 pm to Auburn1968
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Ukraine is the perfect testing ground for DARPA on this.
No. It could be, if we had frontline monitors providing real-time feedback to the manufacturers.
But the reality is that our drones were hopelessly outdated by the time they reached the front. The tech is evolving so quickly, and the constant modifications by electronic warfare systems mean that Ukraine itself is producing far more effective drones than any of its allies.
Ukraine and Russia are now, by a good bit, the world leaders in drone tech. They have made such software and hardware advances lately that the rest of the world is lagging behind.
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Posted on 4/21/24 at 6:22 pm to GOP_Tiger
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No. It could be, if we had frontline monitors providing real-time feedback to the manufacturers.
Any nation's military without observers isn't much of a military. The UK, the US and Germany all had observers in Russia's Winter War with Finland pre WWII
Posted on 4/21/24 at 6:46 pm to Lima Whiskey
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Russophobia
Posted on 4/21/24 at 7:29 pm to cypher
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many outlets are repeating Medvedev's telegram post.
I know you're too stupid to have a point but if you'd like to posit one I'm here.
Posted on 4/21/24 at 8:02 pm to SirWinston
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I hate all of them. They are traitors to America
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SirWinston
Says the man who showed last night that he was a Third Reich supporter on top of being an Anti-Semite and a racist.
The sooner you're permabanned, the better off we'll be.
Posted on 4/21/24 at 8:14 pm to Turbeauxdog
ISW Update
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Key Takeaways:
US Senate Intelligence Committee Chairperson Senator Mark Warner reported on April 21 that US provisions of military aid to Ukraine, including long-range ATACMS missiles, will be in transit to Ukraine “by the end of the week” if the Senate passes the supplemental appropriations bill on April 23 and US President Joe Biden signs it by April 24.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated on April 21 that the swift delivery of US military aid to Ukraine could allow Ukrainian forces to stabilize the frontline and seize the initiative.
Ukrainian forces struck and damaged the Russian Black Sea Fleet’s (BSF) Kommuna submarine support ship – the world’s oldest active-duty naval vessel – in occupied Sevastopol, Crimea on April 21.
US-sanctioned, pro-Kremlin Moldovan politician Ilan Shor created the new pro-Russian Moldovan Victory electoral bloc on April 21, which plans to run a candidate in the October 20 Moldovan presidential election.
The Victory electoral bloc will likely allow the Kremlin to focus on a unified political effort in Moldova instead of maintaining relations with multiple pro-Russian Moldovan actors and parties, as it has done recently.
The Russian and Chinese navies signed a memorandum of understanding and cooperation on April 21 amid recent reports of China’s increased support for Russia’s war in Ukraine.
The Kremlin blocked domestic access to the website of the French non-governmental organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF), depriving Russians of access to independent assessments of Russian freedom of speech and press.
Russian forces recently advanced near Kreminna and Avdiivka and in the Donetsk-Zaporizhia Oblast border area.
Russian forces have increased their use of small, lightweight, off-road vehicles along the frontline.
Posted on 4/21/24 at 8:44 pm to GOP_Tiger
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if we had frontline monitors providing real-time feedback to the manufacturers.
The CIA and Defense Intelligence literally has hundreds of guys doing exactly this. They're flying pallets of money into Ukraine for direct access to front line Intelligence.
In a western (NATO) army this would be hard (but not impossible). But we're talking about Ukraine. There's some advantages to dealing with a systemically corrupt culture.
We can bypass the normal Intelligence channels and get our goods straight from the front. And cheap.
Posted on 4/21/24 at 8:55 pm to GOP_Tiger
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Ukraine and Russia are now, by a good bit, the world leaders in drone tech. They have made such software and hardware advances lately that the rest of the world is lagging behind.
Necessity is the mother of invention as the saying goes. Our suicide drones cost a lot of money like $60k or more. Ukraine is effectively using hobby and commercial drones costing a few hundred to a few thousand.
DARPA is not a slow moving organization though.
Posted on 4/21/24 at 8:57 pm to Tigris
The Poles were the Slavic heavyweight until the Russians took their place. That’s the ultimate problem, the Poles don’t want to be in second place. For the Poles the Russians are more dangerous than the Germans, because they’re both Slavs, and thus pose a greater cultural (identity) threat.
Ukraine has been a battle ground between the two powers for centuries now.
Ukraine has been a battle ground between the two powers for centuries now.
Posted on 4/21/24 at 9:10 pm to Lima Whiskey
This guy did a dive into the spring 2022 peace talks as reported by Foreign Affairs Magazine.
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Posted on 4/21/24 at 9:48 pm to Hateradedrink
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American citizens who support Russia are totally not seditious and/or retarded
Please don't procreate. We're full up on stupid.
Posted on 4/22/24 at 6:24 am to Turbeauxdog
Russia throws a tantrum over US aid to Ukraine and asset confiscation
Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has claimed that the US aid to Ukraine approved by the House of Representatives "will kill more Ukrainians" and enrich the United States. He also warned that the United States "will have to answer for the confiscation of frozen assets of the Russian Federation".
Source: Dmitry Peskov in comments to TASS; Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova; Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, on Telegram
Quote from Peskov: "The decision to provide aid to Ukraine was expected and predictable. This will further enrich the United States and further ruin Ukraine, with more Ukrainians killed due to the fault of the Kyiv regime."
Details: Peskov also declared that if the United States confiscates frozen Russian assets, it "will have to answer for it".
"Any time limits here will be unlikely. And we will do it in the way that best suits our interests," Peskov threatened.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said the aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan approved by the US House of Representatives "will exacerbate global crisis phenomena".
Zakharova called support for Ukraine "direct sponsorship of terrorist activities", support for Taiwan "interference in China's domestic affairs", and support for Israel "a direct path to an unprecedented escalation" in the Middle East.
Meanwhile, Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of Russia’s Security Council, called the House of Representatives' approval of aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan "a vote by gleeful American freaks for continuing the civil war between the divided people of our previously united country" and a vote for increasing the numbers of casualties of the war that Russia is waging against Ukraine. Medvedev also said he hoped the United States would plunge into a new civil war as soon as possible, which would "lead to the break-up of the United States".
Ukrainska Pravda
Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has claimed that the US aid to Ukraine approved by the House of Representatives "will kill more Ukrainians" and enrich the United States. He also warned that the United States "will have to answer for the confiscation of frozen assets of the Russian Federation".
Source: Dmitry Peskov in comments to TASS; Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova; Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, on Telegram
Quote from Peskov: "The decision to provide aid to Ukraine was expected and predictable. This will further enrich the United States and further ruin Ukraine, with more Ukrainians killed due to the fault of the Kyiv regime."
Details: Peskov also declared that if the United States confiscates frozen Russian assets, it "will have to answer for it".
"Any time limits here will be unlikely. And we will do it in the way that best suits our interests," Peskov threatened.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said the aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan approved by the US House of Representatives "will exacerbate global crisis phenomena".
Zakharova called support for Ukraine "direct sponsorship of terrorist activities", support for Taiwan "interference in China's domestic affairs", and support for Israel "a direct path to an unprecedented escalation" in the Middle East.
Meanwhile, Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of Russia’s Security Council, called the House of Representatives' approval of aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan "a vote by gleeful American freaks for continuing the civil war between the divided people of our previously united country" and a vote for increasing the numbers of casualties of the war that Russia is waging against Ukraine. Medvedev also said he hoped the United States would plunge into a new civil war as soon as possible, which would "lead to the break-up of the United States".
Ukrainska Pravda
Posted on 4/22/24 at 6:33 am to cypher
British Defence Intelligence
INTELLIGENCE UPDATE
UPDATE ON UKRAINE 22 April 2024
The husband of prominent Russian influencer Yelena Blinovskaya has joined the Russian Armed Forces military campaign in Ukraine in an effort to stop Blinovskaya going to prison on tax evasion charges. On 16 April 2024, Blinovskaya's husband, Alexei Blinovsky, was pictured serving in a specially created military unit of the Russian Armed Forces, known as the Bars Kaskad, near Ukraine.
This unit was reportedly set up by Russian State Duma Defence deputy chairman, Dimitry Sablin. The unit is predominantly involved in Uncrewed Aerial Vehicle operations normally away from the frontline. It has been active since October 2022 and has had at least 10 United Russia Party members, and sons of Kremlin VIPs enlist. Enlisted VIPs are reportedly given a protection detail.
Enlistment with Bars Kaskad likely allows Russian elite figures to sidestep statutory Russian military service requirements with guaranteed safety and potentially curry favour with the Kremlin. Blinovsky's case is the first recorded time where an individual has joined the unit to help a family member to avoid prison.
INTELLIGENCE UPDATE
UPDATE ON UKRAINE 22 April 2024
The husband of prominent Russian influencer Yelena Blinovskaya has joined the Russian Armed Forces military campaign in Ukraine in an effort to stop Blinovskaya going to prison on tax evasion charges. On 16 April 2024, Blinovskaya's husband, Alexei Blinovsky, was pictured serving in a specially created military unit of the Russian Armed Forces, known as the Bars Kaskad, near Ukraine.
This unit was reportedly set up by Russian State Duma Defence deputy chairman, Dimitry Sablin. The unit is predominantly involved in Uncrewed Aerial Vehicle operations normally away from the frontline. It has been active since October 2022 and has had at least 10 United Russia Party members, and sons of Kremlin VIPs enlist. Enlisted VIPs are reportedly given a protection detail.
Enlistment with Bars Kaskad likely allows Russian elite figures to sidestep statutory Russian military service requirements with guaranteed safety and potentially curry favour with the Kremlin. Blinovsky's case is the first recorded time where an individual has joined the unit to help a family member to avoid prison.
Posted on 4/22/24 at 7:01 am to cypher
Chechen leader Kadyrov suffers from pancreatic necrosis, Russian media say
Novaya Gazeta Europe, a Russian socio-political newspaper, has reported that Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov is gravely ill, suffering from pancreatic cystic disease, leaving him with no hope of recovery. (The Chechen Republic, also known as Chechnya, is a federal subject of the Russian Federation; the Ukrainian parliament has recognised it as the temporarily Russian-occupied territory of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria – ed.)
Source: Novaya Gazeta Europe
Quote: "The health of the Chechen leader has been a matter of concern for a year now. The fact that Kadyrov is ill has been officially denied, first and foremost, by him and his entourage.
Yet some things cannot be concealed, namely the striking changes in the Chechen leader's appearance, behaviour and work schedule.
Kadyrov is sick, and the Kremlin faces a significant problem: how to painlessly prepare the most trouble-causing region of Russia for a change of power that may occur very soon."
Ukrainska Pravda
Novaya Gazeta Europe, a Russian socio-political newspaper, has reported that Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov is gravely ill, suffering from pancreatic cystic disease, leaving him with no hope of recovery. (The Chechen Republic, also known as Chechnya, is a federal subject of the Russian Federation; the Ukrainian parliament has recognised it as the temporarily Russian-occupied territory of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria – ed.)
Source: Novaya Gazeta Europe
Quote: "The health of the Chechen leader has been a matter of concern for a year now. The fact that Kadyrov is ill has been officially denied, first and foremost, by him and his entourage.
Yet some things cannot be concealed, namely the striking changes in the Chechen leader's appearance, behaviour and work schedule.
Kadyrov is sick, and the Kremlin faces a significant problem: how to painlessly prepare the most trouble-causing region of Russia for a change of power that may occur very soon."
Ukrainska Pravda
Posted on 4/22/24 at 7:04 am to doubleb
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Raytheon currently at 101.56 down .67% for the last year.
And up almost 40% in the last 6 months
If you look at the trades of congressmen the money a lot of times is in options, not long term holding. A 6 month call starting 6 months ago would have done you really well.
Posted on 4/22/24 at 8:14 am to GOP_Tiger
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Ukraine is the perfect testing ground for DARPA on this. No. It could be, if we had frontline monitors providing real-time feedback to the manufacturers.
We have observers in Ukraine. The Army sent me there to observe and how mass casualties are handled in a major war since American military medicine has not experienced that since Vietnam. When I was there I met multiple advisors/observers.
I read on X and online that the UK was planning on testing its laser air defense system Dragon Firein Ukraine. IDK if it is true or not because I read it on the internet. However, if it is true and it works it will be a game changer because if it works the price of intercepting missiles and drones from tens of thousands of dollars per shot to hundreds of dollars per shot.
This post was edited on 4/22/24 at 8:32 am
Posted on 4/22/24 at 8:40 am to cypher
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Greece and Spain are under intense pressure from their EU and Nato allies to provide more air defence systems to Ukraine, as Kyiv demanded more aid at a meeting of EU foreign and defence ministers on Monday.
I can understand why Greece would be hesitant to get rid of its Patriots given its relationship with Turkey. However, Spain doesn’t have any legitimate reasons to hold onto theirs. They are older systems so they need to upgrade anyway. Plus the USA keeps Aegis capable ships in Spain at all times as part of the NATO missile defense shield. Spain needs to get up off its pocket book and send its old Patriots to Ukraine and buy some new ones to replace them. It also needs to get off its arse and meet the 2% threshold for NATO.
Posted on 4/22/24 at 9:00 am to VolSquatch
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If you look at the trades of congressmen the money a lot of times is in options, not long term holding. A 6 month call starting 6 months ago would have done you really well.
If you could bet on the LSU game that was played yesterday, you would win every time.
Raytheon was at 97.12 the day Russia launched its special operation against Ukraine.
Since the invasion it peaked at 104.27 in April of 2022. Now it’s at 102.07.
It’s low since the war started was just over six months ago, 69.77.
I don’t know why it dropped so much, but it did. Now it’s about back to where it was trading when the war began.
As savy as you are, I bet you bought a thousand shares.
Posted on 4/22/24 at 9:04 am to cypher
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Quote from Peskov: "The decision to provide aid to Ukraine was expected and predictable. This will further enrich the United States and further ruin Ukraine, with more Ukrainians killed due to the fault of the Kyiv regime."
Someone needs to get their story straight. I thought the war was bankrupting the US, not enriching us. It was said right here that Russia was booming while the US is declining???
Seriously how can anyone believe it’s US aid that’s killing Ukrainians and not Russian armies. I guess Ukraine was supposed to surrender day one and let the Russians roll right in and take over.
This post was edited on 4/22/24 at 9:07 am
Posted on 4/22/24 at 9:09 am to doubleb
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I don’t know why it dropped so much, but it did. Now it’s about back to where it was trading when the war began.
It pulled a Boeing
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In July, RTX disclosed issues with its PW1100G-JM engine that powers the Airbus A320neo that would require a costly fix.
The stock continued its plunge into September when RTX finally quantified the financial impact of the engine issue. The company said it needs to remove upwards of 700 engines for inspection over the next three years, a costly and time-consuming task that would require it to compensate airlines for the downtime.
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