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ronya posted:https://twitter.com/JackDetsch/status/1497584071828021248 If the Russians STILL don't have air superiority established aren't those armored columns and convoys easy pickings? This is mind boggling to me. I thought Russia had a pretty good and modern airforce? They're being outgunned by MiGs? TulliusCicero fucked around with this message at 16:01 on Feb 26, 2022 |
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 fortunately unlike everyone in Ukraine right now, we're all keyboard warriors here so the decision to take this probation for the cause is a really easy one: this is the worst collection of "leftists" this side of national socialism. The brain rot goes deep. e: one for the road  (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST) :rolleyes: fucked around with this message at 16:04 on Feb 26, 2022 |
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TulliusCicero posted:You would think Germany wouldn't be a fan of overt Russian aggression and have more willingness to respond, given the bad blood there There's still a lot of pro-Russian sentiment in Germany, particularly in Eastern Germany amongst the reactionary rightwing. Merkel's drive to normalize relations with Putin and build pipelines and other economic ties between the two countries can be seen in that light.
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Not going great in the north maybe. Google translation of the below: ‼ ️ During the battles for Chernihiv as a result of a lightning attack together with the Armed Forces of Ukraine, NMU servicemen managed to return to their positions in a flash and capture 2 🇷🇺 occupiers who did not even have time to react to what happened, were very confused. One of them is the Chief of Staff of unit 41659. https://twitter.com/ArmedForcesUkr/status/1497584608556240898?t=lUKm3h7vZ9EGR2wdHdMl5A&s=19
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ronya posted:TheBaseLeg deleted the tweets, but was just fpleitgenCNN's earlier tweet showing the convoy rolling by + the same video of I am not convinced it's the same convoy. The white vans in the intact video are newish Ford Transits, while the burnt up ones look more like older Gazelles.
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the popes toes posted:Isn't the US the lynch pin on this? Last I understood they were not on board. It's all leaks and rumour. Quite rightly nobody is calling out who the holdouts are/were because when you are doing serious diplomacy behind closed doors between friends that kind of behaviour isn't helpful. The media bubble seems to think that over the course of the last 24 hours there's been significant movement from the holdouts and there's been a rash of formal announcements from suspected holdouts that they are on board, but until something is announced we just don't know.
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Libluini posted:maybe some Russian officer really hates riot police too and made sure those guys were ordered to just drive in a straight line through Ukraine until the inevitable happened Could be an extension of each combat arm sniffing their own farts and doing whatever they wanted.
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TulliusCicero posted:If the Russians STILL don't have air superiority established aren't those armored columns and convoys easy pickings? so far the invasion is the worlds second most powerful military launching an imperialist war and then promptly falling on 10,000 banana peels on their way to the front
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TulliusCicero posted:You would think Germany wouldn't be a fan of overt Russian aggression and have more willingness to respond, given the bad blood there Apparently it's just Scholz alone now opposing the SWIFT-ban. Even his own party has started screaming at him to just drop it.
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Crazyweasel posted:I know it is a minor thing in comparison with what is happening to actual Ukrainians on the ground, but I have to imagine this must be very validating for Western intelligence. They clearly had no problem sniffing out and broadcasting what Putin was going to do in the lead up, and I have to imagine some of the early successes from Ukraine are likely due to complete intelligence overmatch. From what I understand it is basically a big flat area where satellites and who knows what else can see and pick up everything. Or maybe America’s entire military tech and intelligence structure was built to counter conventional mass Soviet armor groups, and the scenario of smaller ground forces with advanced weaponry and near-perfect intel are faring well. Also I’d say Russia’s influence in the 2016 election was a pretty successful considering half the country was all about her emails.
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FishBulbia posted:https://twitter.com/poppoppopkt/status/1497485834236346368?s=20&t=cxPoiGvlCuiMp2XQQgEK0A Why are the Russians traveling solo? In cities?!
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TulliusCicero posted:If the Russians STILL don't have air superiority established aren't those armored columns and convoys easy pickings? Surely Russia has air superiority by default, and what they dont have is air supremacy.
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Libluini posted:Apparently it's just Scholz alone now opposing the SWIFT-ban. Even his own party has started screaming at him to just drop it. According to the German thread, at this moment the German minister of finance is signalling that the government is going to back off and allow the sanctions. Allegedly. Perestroika posted:Seems like it's happening now: OctaMurk posted:If this was WW2 these people would be providing critical support to Comrade Hitler in the battle against American Imperialism, because there's "socialism" in "national socialism" Sadly SA has become the Nazbol central, and apparently this is something important to maintain at all costs. steinrokkan fucked around with this message at 16:08 on Feb 26, 2022 |
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TulliusCicero posted:If the Russians STILL don't have air superiority established aren't those armored columns and convoys easy pickings? I think the most shocking thing to me is that almost all of Ukraine air defenses were designed by the Soviet Union and often in centers based in Russia. And yet Russia doesn't have the ability to jam equipment they developed?
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TheRat posted:Surely Russia has air superiority by default, and what they dont have is air supremacy. Supposedly the ukr Air Force is shooting down transport jets; so that seems iffy. We also don’t see evidence that there are any CAPs up in the air.
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Young Freud posted:Why are the Russians traveling solo? In cities?! I'm guessing they mistakenly think pushing the Ukrainian forces out means they control the region
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freeasinbeer posted:Supposedly the ukr Air Force is shooting down transport jets We've seen zero evidence of that still though, which is rather suspect.
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freeasinbeer posted:Supposedly the ukr Air Force is shooting down transport jets; so that seems iffy. We also don’t see evidence that there are any CAPs up in the air. https://twitter.com/JackDetsch/status/1497584941651083268?s=20&t=PChDXJVHvp0m5LlQfDqSPw It seems Ukr AA is still active, though that report is yet to be confirmed. Tiny Timbs posted:Between this poo poo and the DSA coming out in support of Putin I'm starting to believe that goons.txt post Didn't DSA post a lot positively about the anti-war protests in Russia?
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Could be the beginning of the end https://mobile.twitter.com/JackDetsch/status/1497584071828021248
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TulliusCicero posted:Russia IS an imperialist power A lot of people desperately need a strong authoritarian hero and the idea that the world's workers, peasants, and indigenous people might be well and truly on their own against international capital (in other words, the actual foundation of Marxism) is too hard for many "Marxists" to bear. They don't actually believe in a workers' world established by workers.
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https://t.me/rian_ru/149029 Russia preparing to justify the images we will see. "Ukrainian nationalist putting artillery in civilian centers"
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Who would have thought that having a forum of people dedicated to having the worst possible opinions in the most offensive way possible might have negative consequences? e: yeah I'll take the 6er (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Vahakyla posted:This is a conventional war. Not NATO vs insurgency. As the Second World War would indicate you ought to care because once captured it can be used against you. Even worse if your opponent uses the same equipment because then they know how to use it and can put it to use against you immediately.
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Herstory Begins Now posted:Good thing we keep people like this around the forums. Well you see more users browsing=more right. Just not today. Definitely not today lol.
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raverrn posted:https://twitter.com/RihoTerras/status/1497537193346220038?t=Wa-4YVEhX9Krs3e5TldzEg&s=19 This thread seems like propaganda memery but there are two other threads I've seen lately that point in similar directions but seem somewhat more credible: https://twitter.com/delfoo/status/1497498201527521281?s=20&t=7fVa1TjT0nUizM9wOmmaXQ https://twitter.com/USCentrist/status/1497473201848340480?s=20&t=EFMey7q_egMXb_fJrbqeYg https://twitter.com/USCentrist/status/1497477480445267969?s=20&t=EFMey7q_egMXb_fJrbqeYg The net takeaway seems to be that Russian forces aren't as strong as they appear on paper due to massive corruption and institutional rot, whereas Ukrainian forces are over-performing due to apparent strong support from NATO signals intelligence.
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TulliusCicero posted:I would assume the Russian troops have some kind of tracking gps systems but honestly at this point do they? They have a GPS equivalent called GLONASS.
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KitConstantine posted:Not going great in the north maybe. looks like the anti-Javelin cage did not help much
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Herstory Begins Now posted:Good thing we keep people like this around the forums. You get instabanned (rightly so) for denying the genocide of, say, American Native Peoples. Denying the holodomore or the Uighur genocide? That’s cool and good in CSPAM. Honestly this should be a reckoning for SA. It’s not good enough for D&D mods to say “take it up in CSPAM “ because the loving CSPAM mods post the same vile poo poo. Either purge these people from this site, or we should all leave. I’m serious. It’s no better than an Alex Jones forum otherwise. I’ll eat a 6er and more - gently caress SA shame on anyone involved for protecting these people. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Dreissi posted:They have a GPS equivalent called GLONASS. They can still use GPS for normal navigation, it doesn't get shutdown or degraded (that we know of)
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fatherboxx posted:looks like the anti-Javelin cage did not help much Picnic table didn't stop a tandem HEAT warhead spewing jets of molten metal? Big if true.
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TulliusCicero posted:If the Russians STILL don't have air superiority established aren't those armored columns and convoys easy pickings? There seems to be air parity right now, which is amazing given Ukraines integrated air defense system is about two generations old; and the Ukrainian Air Force is both much smaller than Russia’s and a generation behind. Pure speculation on my part, but this leads me to believe, while there is no proof or acknowledgment, that NATO is providing more than just MPAD stingers. How hard/likely would it be for NATO to allow their radars, either ground or AWAC to guide Ukrainian SAMs?
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TheRat posted:Surely Russia has air superiority by default, and what they dont have is air supremacy. I'm pretty sure US intelligence would know the difference between air superiority and air supremacy They specifically say Air Superiority
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von Vicious posted:https://twitter.com/Tsihanouskaya/status/1497583706038484996?cxt=HHwWiICyvcacvsgpAAAA if she actually follows through this is huge right? Russia loses easy access to Kyiv in the north and their supply chain breaks edit: welp alg fucked around with this message at 16:19 on Feb 26, 2022 |
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ZombieLenin posted:There seems to be air parity right now, which is amazing given Ukraines integrated air defense system is about two generations old; and the Ukrainian Air Force is both much smaller than Russia’s and a generation behind. Big problem would be Ukraine using a bunch of Soviet era stuff that isn't interoperable with NATO gear.
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alg posted:if she actually follows through this is huge right? Russia loses easy access to Kyiv in the north and their supply chain breaks She's in exile in Lithuania (I think) right now. Honestly the most surprising thing is that she hasn't committed double-gunshot suicide yet. Good luck to her but there's not much hope to cling to there.
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