Ukraine - somebody explain to me

[myboynoah]

I would like to. But I can't guarantee he'll be brought in alive.

Awesomeness.

[Bo Diddley]

Ukraine was talking about the unusual activity of Russian ships in the Black Sea, apparently trying to recover our drone.

https://kyivindependent.com/news-fee...d-in-black-sea

Russian naval units currently stationed in the Black Sea include four missile carriers, one of which is underwater, Humeniuk said on national television.

[wuapinmon]

Absolutely brutal video of a drone dropping a grenade on a Russian, and then him killing himself. https://t.me/AnAmericanWhoSupportsUkraine/1141
Intense bunker clearing near Bakhmut: https://t.me/AnAmericanWhoSupportsUkraine/1142
Dying Russian catches a drone grenade to the head: https://t.me/AnAmericanWhoSupportsUkraine/1138
Russian soldier shot at point-blank range; you can hear him wheezing/shrieking as he falls dead: https://t.me/AnAmericanWhoSupportsUkraine/1135
Drone drop compilation showing how lethal these operators are becoming: https://t.me/AnAmericanWhoSupportsUkraine/1134

[myboynoah]

Ukrainian snipers have some range.

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[Bo Diddley]

I applaud Ukraine's forces for holding Bakhmut as they have. Russia's ineptness continues to impress. Is Ukraine like Rocky? Let Russia wear itself out and then unleash the pain back on them.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe...ds-2023-03-20/

Ukrainian troops, on the defensive for four months, will launch a long-awaited counterassault "very soon" now that Russia's huge winter offensive is losing steam without taking Bakhmut, Ukraine's top ground forces commander said on Thursday.

The remarks by Colonel-General Oleksandr Syrskyi were the strongest indication yet from Kyiv that it is close to shifting tactics, having absorbed Russia's onslaught through a brutal winter.

[Jeff Lebowski]

I applaud Ukraine's forces for holding Bakhmut as they have. Russia's ineptness continues to impress. Is Ukraine like Rocky? Let Russia wear itself out and then unleash the pain back on them.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe...ds-2023-03-20/

I wonder how many troops Russia has lost in Bakhmut.

[Bo Diddley]

I wonder how many troops Russia has lost in Bakhmut.

It's a meat grinder. I've seen estimates in the 10's of thousands.

[Non Sequitur]

It's a meat grinder. I've seen estimates in the 10's of thousands.

The battle is decimating Wagner mercenary forces. Some analysts are saying that it is a deliberate move by Putin to weaken Prigozhin as a political rival. Is Putin that calculating?

[Bo Diddley]

The battle is decimating Wagner mercenary forces. Some analysts are saying that it is a deliberate move by Putin to weaken Prigozhin as a political rival. Is Putin that calculating?

I would not put it past him. However, Occam's razor might suggest that it's the same ineptness we've been seeing from Russia throughout the war.

[frank ryan]

The battle is decimating Wagner mercenary forces. Some analysts are saying that it is a deliberate move by Putin to weaken Prigozhin as a political rival. Is Putin that calculating?

He is that calculating. In Chechnya he has the FSB bomb an apartment complex to turn public opinion.

[Lost Student]

He is that calculating. In Chechnya he has the FSB bomb an apartment complex to turn public opinion.

Any dictator is adept at taking out the competition and potential threats.

[Bo Diddley]

After girl draws anti-war picture, her teacher snitches her off. She's take from her father (mother is estranged) and placed in a home. He is sentenced to two years in prison, but escapes house arrest. Just crazy stuff behind Russia's Iron Curtain.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65102392

[Goatnapper'96]

The battle is decimating Wagner mercenary forces. Some analysts are saying that it is a deliberate move by Putin to weaken Prigozhin as a political rival. Is Putin that calculating?

I don't think the military COC structure is that clear wrt Wagner, or other PMCs. I think Prighozen cornered himself with his bluster about Wagner success during the Ukrainian counteroffensive last fall and politically he has no choice but to take Bahkmut or else his star will fade with the Russian public. I am sure Putin is pleased at the resources Wagner is exhausting and there are clear issues between the Russian MoD and Prighozen/Wagner/PMCs, I think the result of the lack of Russian MoD command and control structure of PMCs, but I think most of this is Prighozen's own doing. He left himself without any other recourse.

I think we have learned that Russia is incapable of taking land from Ukraine. The rest of the year ought to disclose whether or not Ukraine, with all its western equipment, can take land back from a dug in Russia who has time to prepare defenses. I think to keep Western support Ukraine must demonstrate that they are capable of taking land back with the donated modern armored equipment. I think they ought to be able to counterattack and take back occupied territory.

[Bo Diddley]

After girl draws anti-war picture, her teacher snitches her off. She's take from her father (mother is estranged) and placed in a home. He is sentenced to two years in prison, but escapes house arrest. Just crazy stuff behind Russia's Iron Curtain.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65102392

He's caught in Belarus. Sounds like he turned on his mobile phone.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65129231

[wuapinmon]

I have never seen a story spread faster on Telegram than the bomb assassination of this dude:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/02/w...orities%20said.

Here's a video of him accepting the statue that contained the bomb: https://t.me/opersvodki/13972
Here's video of it going off from outside the building: https://t.me/ukrnastup/75290
Here's video showing his dead, bleeding body (NSFL): https://t.me/ukrainian_militant/13762