re: Latest Updates: Russia-Ukraine Conflict

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I get the vibe that a lot of people on PT think they are red pilled and the rest of us are mindless NPCs when the reality is they are peddling insane theories.

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They rail incessantly against "MSM" without knowing or realizing that they are slaves to an entirely different media and they've taken their bait hook, line, and sinker. It is no different than being equally brainwashed by "the MSM". They're spoon fed what to think about every single thing in the world yet very little of it operates within the realm of reality.

The fact that none of them realize that they are, in fact, exactly what they hate has great comedic value to me.

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So I know a lot has been talked about the failures of Russian armor, Air Force and logistics so far but one of the biggest surprises to me has been their apparent lack of electronic or cyber warfare abilities.

The after action reports after Crimea and the 2014 foray into eastern Ukraine said that their capabilities in these areas were “eye-watering” according to one US military observer. I would have assumed that Russia would’ve crippled Ukraine’s command and control with these techniques at the outset of the war. Obviously that didn’t happen.

Discuss

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Furthers my belief that a lot of cyber crap that gets blamed on Russia is not actually done by Russia.

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I think a lot of the Russian love on the right comes from the fact that on social issues Russia has is very much in line with an American conservative's view (e.g. homosexuality and transgenders are not normal).


Nah. When Trump kissed Putin's arse, his followers followed suit.

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Congrats you just posted the dumbest thing in this thread.

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Congrats you just posted the dumbest thing in this thread

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let's not get carried away. There's some real dumb shite in this thread.

March 17, 5:30pm ET

Russian forces did not make any major advances and Ukrainian forces carried out several local counterattacks on March 17.[1] Russian forces made little territorial progress and continued to deploy reserve elements—including from the 1st Guards Tank Army and 810th Naval Infantry Brigade—in small force packets that are unlikely to prove decisive. Russian forces continue to suffer heavy casualties around Kharkiv, and Russian attempts to bypass the city of Izyum are unlikely to succeed. Russian forces continued assaults on Mariupol on March 17 but did not conduct any other successful advances from Crimea.

Key Takeaways

Russian forces continue to make steady territorial gains around Mariupol and are increasingly targeting residential areas of the city.

Ukrainian forces northwest of Kyiv launched several local counterattacks and inflicted heavy damage on Russian forces.

Ukrainian forces repelled Russian operations around Kharkiv and reported killing a regimental commander.

Ukrainian intelligence reports that Russia may have expended nearly its entire store of precision cruise missiles in the first twenty days of its invasion.

Russian forces deployed unspecified reserve elements of the 1st Guards Tank Army and Baltic Fleet Naval Infantry to northeastern Ukraine on March 17.

Russia may be parceling out elements of the reserve force that could conduct an amphibious operation along the Black Sea coast to support ongoing assaults on Mariupol, further reducing the likelihood of a Russian amphibious assault on Odesa.

Ukrainian forces shot down 10 Russian aircraft—including five jets, three helicopters, and two UAVs—on March 16, and Ukrainian forces continue to successfully contest Russian air operations.



Russian forces face mounting difficulties replacing combat casualties and replacing expended munitions. The Ukrainian General Staff stated on March 17 that Russian forces will begin another wave of mobilization for the Donetsk People’s Republic’s (DNR) 1st Army Corps on March 20.[2] Ukrainian intelligence continued to report Russian forces face difficulties manning both combat and support units and increasing desertion rates.[3] The General Staff further reported that Russian forces are increasingly using indiscriminate weapons against residential areas because they used almost their entire supply of “Kalibr” and “Iskander” cruise missiles in the first 20 days of the invasion.[4] It is unclear if the Ukrainian General Staff means Russian forces have used almost all precision munitions earmarked for the operation in Ukraine or almost all missiles in Russia’s total arsenal—though likely the former.

The Ukrainian Military Intelligence Directorate (GUR) reported several details on Russian efforts to recruit Syrian mercenaries on March 17.[5] The GUR reported that the Russian military ordered its base in Hmeimim, Syria to send up to 300 fighters from Syria to Ukraine daily. The GUR additionally reported that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has promised to recruit 40,000 Syrian fighters to deploy to Ukraine. The GUR reported Russian authorities are promising Syrian recruits that they will exclusively act as police in occupied territories. Finally, the GUR reported low morale among Syrian recruits, including several cases of self-mutilation to avoid being deployed, and claimed many fighters see deploying to Russia and Belarus as an opportunity to desert and migrate to the EU.

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Ukrainian intelligence reports that Russia may have expended nearly its entire store of precision cruise missiles in the first twenty days of its invasion

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Finally, the GUR reported low morale among Syrian recruits, including several cases of self-mutilation to avoid being deployed, and claimed many fighters see deploying to Russia and Belarus as an opportunity to desert and migrate to the EU.

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Man, that's actually a genius idea by the Syrian recruits even though there is no way they'd get asylum in the EU, not this time. The Europeans are very much over the migrants.

Twitter vid with English Subtitles

2:09 clip of Putin calling for the “cleansing” of the nation. Can’t help but laugh at some of quips like “gender freedom”, but overall a disturbing clip historically speaking.

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SEC country on the board. They are the Volunteers....

@Phildstewart
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(Reuters) - Three current and former members of the Tennessee National Guard falsely identified in a Russian media report as mercenaries who were killed in Ukraine are in fact alive and well, the Tennessee National Guard said on Thursday.

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Impossible the US media are the only ones in the whole war who have used the wrong footage for what may or may not be propaganda. Russian media clearly would never do that

DailyKos has a lot of informative articles. SIAP.
Ukraine update: Ukraine retakes 75 miles of Russian-held territory, pushes toward Kherson