re: The Official Thread: Russia invades Ukraine

Dead men tell no tales

1/2??Zelenskyi: “There is a difficult encirclement in Mariupol right now. Today is one of the most difficult days. They shoot from the sea, from land, from tanks, from artillery - from everything they can.”

Azov fighters are Ukraine's greatest weapon and may be its greatest threat
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The battalion's far-right volunteers' desire to 'bring the fight to Kiev' is a danger to post-conflict stability

Fighters from the battalion told the Guardian last month they expected a "new revolution" in Ukraine that would bring a more decisive military leader to power, in sentiments similar to those of many Azov fighters.

Despite the desire of many in the Azov to bring violence to Kiev when the war in the east is over, the battalion receives funding and assistance from the governor of Donetsk region, the oligarch Serhiy Taruta.

In Russia and China, you get thrown in jail or disappear for having a different opinion than the government. Glory to the people! Glory to the American , French, British, and other allied Volunteers fighting the good fight in Ukraine against the dictator Putin! This man has been in power in Russia for 18+ years. Ukraine is sovereign nation and has the right to be free of "Russian Influence". FOR THE WEST! FOR THE FREE WORLD! DEATH TO RUSSIA AND THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY. KILL THE THOSE COMMIE BASTARDS!

The Guardian reported on autopsies of some of the Bucha dead, from the mass graves.

They found flechettes in the bodies. And a local woman reports finding flechettes in her car.

I suspect the dead were caught by either Ukrainian or Russian shelling, after the Russian withdrawal.

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In other news the Russians are sending this ship to the site of the Moskva

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One of the most interesting ships of the Russian Navy, Kommuna (???????) was laid down in 1912 and launched in 1913. The unusual catamaran arrangement allows for small submarines to be carried between the hulls. It was originally intended to lift stricken submarines into this area.

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Cats do have the whole 9 lives thing going for them though. Cats can “steal” the breath of people, infants being the most frequent victims. You ever heard that, just as an aside?

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Wrong

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Two oil depots in Bryansk, Russia. Don't know what happened yet.

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I bet its a thing that rhymes with thistle, this is going to make Vlad extra shakey.

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Just goes to show you can’t trust anybody these days except Russian media and their investigative sources.

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I'm really hoping this is sarcasm.

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Eighty miles north of the city, First Lt. Ivan Skuratovsky, serving in the 25th Airborne Brigade, told POLITICO that help needs to come immediately.

“The situation is very bad, [Russian forces] are using scorched- earth tactics,” the 31-year-old married father of two said via text. “They simply destroy everything with artillery, shelling day and night,” he said via text.

He fears that if reinforcements in the form of manpower and heavy weaponry — particularly air support — don’t arrive in the next few days, his troops could find themselves in the same position as those in Mariupol.

Skuratovsky described his soldiers’ situation as “very desperate.”

“I don’t know how much strength we will have,” he said, adding that the troops under his command around the city of Avdiivka, near Donetsk, have gone without rest since the start of the war. At least 13 of them have been wounded in recent weeks, he said, and they are running dangerously low on ammunition, reduced to rationing bullets.

The day before, he told POLITICO his soldiers were being bombarded with Russian howitzers, mortars and multiple-launch rocket systems “at the same time.” Just hours earlier, he said, they had been attacked by two Su-25 warplanes, “and our day became hell.”

Skuratovsky had a message for the United States and other NATO countries: “I would like to tell them that grenade launchers are good, but against airstrikes and heavy artillery we will not be able to hold out for long. People can no longer endure daily bombardments. We need air support now. We need drones.”

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They also lied about Russian collusion for 4 years

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It's really pretty amazing how shitty and incompetent they are

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I think you can toss out almost all of the western media coverage. It’s written by people who aren’t there, relying on statements made by partisan parties, and in service to the war effort.

The media, for us, is an extension of the war effort. And we use it to promote allied morale, and undermine Russians morale. It also ensures continued western support, despite Ukrainian losses.

The problem is, we’re in an emperors new clothes situation, where the allied propaganda is completely divorced from the reality on the ground. But everyone continues to play make believe.

The Ukrainians will be on the “on the cusp of a triumphant victory” until some Tuesday, when they suddenly aren’t, and are shockingly falling apart.

And everyone’s going to be very confused. Because it’s not only not what they were lead to believe, it’s logically impossible for them. It will be painful and befuddling.

Well then just look at the knowns…

- Russia invaded northern Ukriane and attempted to encircle Kyiv… after several weeks and heavy losses, they retreated.
- Russia still considers this a ‘special operation’… they have not declared war and instituted a general mobilization. As a result, there is a finite amount of manpower committed to the fight.
- Russia still does not have air superiority.
- Russia is either incapable or unwilling to perform combined arms tactics
- Mariapol still hasn’t completely capitulated.

Those are facts my man… whether you wanna believe them or not.