Ukraine War: Berth El Buk

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Flavahbeast: Jul 21, 2001

XeeD posted:

Whatever happened to that Russian band that sang about mustaches? Are they safe? Both in the alive sense and in the are they still okay to listen to sense? Cause I really like that mustache song.

Yeah they left the country in protest shortly after the start of the SMO, they actually just announced a US tour for this summer

https://mobile.twitter.com/LITTLEBIG_BAND/status/1636490064070070273

# ? Mar 21, 2023 20:25

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# ? May 28, 2024 10:52

mobby_6kl: Aug 9, 2009; by Fluffdaddy

Article about drone scouting in Ukraine:

quote:

Ukrainian Drone Pilot�s Frontline Account Of Fighting Via Eyes In The Sky
Dodging incoming Russian mortars to spot where Russia is firing from is just a day in the life of a Ukrainian drone operator.

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/ukrainian-drone-pilots-frontline-account-of-fighting-via-eyes-in-the-sky

Tigey posted:

Pooh Bear meets the Poo Bear

Wait let's see what he has to say!

Oh nooo Pooh that's not honey!

# ? Mar 21, 2023 20:27

Mulva: Sep 13, 2011; It's about time for my once per decade ban for being a consistently terrible poster.

He's a bear, camps are good things to him!

# ? Mar 21, 2023 20:29

Mr Teatime: Apr 7, 2009

mobby_6kl posted:

Warning, new drone bombing footage:

https://i.imgur.com/Fods9In.mp4

�Pilot the sausage drone Serhii, or Andrei will have to do it again�.

# ? Mar 21, 2023 20:37

Strategic Tea: Sep 1, 2012

zone posted:

https://twitter.com/Flash_news_ua/status/1638204861027155969

*Sweating as I peer at my smudged and dirty spycraft manual, unable to make out whether it says "do" or "don't" keep a giant flag for your real loyalties close at hand*

# ? Mar 21, 2023 20:40

Vakal: May 11, 2008

XeeD posted:

Whatever happened to that Russian band that sang about mustaches? Are they safe? Both in the alive sense and in the are they still okay to listen to sense? Cause I really like that mustache song.

They do good work.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhMYBfF7-hE

# ? Mar 21, 2023 20:51

Set: Oct 30, 2005

As the fighting for Bakhmut gets fiercer by the day, some people in nearby settlements still refuse to evacuate their homes. Their situation is extremely precarious, but they often can't leave behind animals or feel insecure about relocating to somewhere unfamiliar. They are also almost all pensioners. This is an article about the people who still live in Tsasiv Jar, just 4 km from the frontline. Check the link to see pictures and video on how the small town has fared.

Author: Antti Kuronen
Release date: 16.03.23
Link to untranslated article: https://yle.fi/a/74-20022645

quote:

Yle's Antti Kuronen met the elderly people who persevere near Bahmut's front line in Ukraine - Tatjana doesn't want to leave her dogs, cats and cows

Relatives can order evacuation help from organizations for their loved ones left in the war zone, but many do not want to leave.

Description of video: Tatjana is standing by the community well, as artillery fire can be heard in the background. She says that most of the time it is worse, and you can recognize the rockets by their whistling. Cut to the Journalist Kuronen who stands in what may have once been a park, clearly uncomfortable, saying that the artillery fire is basically non-stop. The Ukrainian army has positions nearby, and there is a lot of outgoing fire. He then mentions that there is quite a lot of incoming fire as well as he indicates the huge crater behind him. Tsasiv Jar is the next city from Bakhmut, and is situated just a few kilometers away. Cut away to a group of mainly elderly people collecting water, then one of them, Konstantin explaining that the artillery fire was heavy that day. He says that the Russians fired a cluster bomb at the railway crossing, where one person died.

T�ASIV JAR The thunder of war is near. The Bakhmut front line is only four kilometers from here.

Still, Tatjana and Aleh calmly draw water from the well in the center of the small town of Chasiv Yar. The couple has a trailer full of water tanks.

- We have dogs, cats and ten cows. We can't leave them, says Tatjana.

The Ukrainian defense forces fire on the Russians from the edge of the city. Russian projectiles are also hitting the city center, where a small number of residents are still holding out.

Almost everyone you meet on the street has reached retirement age.

- There is no water, gas or heat. There is constant firing here. But what can you do?, says Tatjana.

Earlier in the morning, a Russian cluster bomb killed a man at a railroad crossing right near the city center.

The authorities would like everyone to leave frontline settlements like Chasiv Yar, but there are always residents who refuse.

There are many reasons. Tatjana and her husband Aleh point out their animals.

Others plead that they have nowhere to go, even though authorities and organizations are organizing evacuations to different cities. Refugees are accommodated there as best they can.

Many can't even say why they stayed. The trauma of war acts as a barrier to leaving for a safer place.

Tatjana no longer reacts to explosions

A loud explosion is heard nearby. It doesn't bother Tatiana.

- Normal, she says.

There is often more gunfire during the nights. Then the couple hide in the basement of their house.

- If you can even call it a basement, grunts Aleh.

Since last summer, Russia has been trying to capture the city of Bakhmut in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine.

Russia has sacrificed a huge amount of crew and military equipment to the operation. Still, Bakhmut is in Ukrainian hands.

The city of Bakhmut is practically the front line, and no one but soldiers can go there. The entrance route is very dangerous.

The neighboring settlement of Chasiv Jari can still be reached via a couple of roads.

There are almost no families with children left in Chasiv Jar. Tatjana assures that everyone has left.

Tatjana and Aleh's children are already adults and elsewhere.

Humanitarian aid is brought to frontline settlements. Bread and food are distributed in downtown buildings.

Humanitarian aid is essential, but it also makes evacuations more difficult.

- We'll be fine. We get food aid and fetch water from the well.

Despite the food aid, life in Chasiv Jar is dangerous. Tatjana and Aleh talk about acquaintances who have died in the Russian attacks.

- They sat at home and died from shrapnel while sitting in their armchairs. It hurts, says Aleh.

Relatives order evacuations for the elderly in the war zone

For the past couple of months, Russian forces have been approaching Chasiv Yar. The Russians are besieging the city of Bakhmut from three directions.

Ukraine's defense has still held and the attack has been very difficult for the Russian forces.

Ukrainian defenders are also killed and wounded a lot. According to the Ukrainian leadership, this is a decisive defensive battle that cannot be lost before the promised counterattack in the spring.

# ? Mar 21, 2023 20:51

Ups_rail: Dec 8, 2006; by Fluffdaddy

so did someone eat all the skin off the chicken

# ? Mar 21, 2023 21:08

Noblesse Obliged: Apr 7, 2012

You were not allowed to speak at the dinner table unless you had a drumstick to wave around

# ? Mar 21, 2023 21:19

Edgar Allen Ho: Apr 3, 2017; by sebmojo

Oscar Wilde Bunch posted:

I don't know how to grab/embed Reddit videos, but my second fav today is the attempted Russian water crossing with one of those amphibious APC's, and they forgot to close all the hatches, so it just drives into the water.....and sinks.

Is it the same one that�s been circulating since early last year and is a Ukrainian one from 2018

# ? Mar 21, 2023 21:21

Rad Russian: Aug 15, 2007; Soviet Power Supreme!

Flavahbeast posted:

Yeah they left the country in protest shortly after the start of the SMO, they actually just announced a US tour for this summer

More than just left. Little Big were declared as foreign agents by Putin (the same law that Georgia was rioting about) so they can't come back to Russia anymore or will be arrested/tortured as traitors.

# ? Mar 21, 2023 21:49

Gejnor: Mar 14, 2005; Fun Shoe

So, one of the Russian propagandists collapsed live on air, not sure if this is new or old but i don't remember hearing about it and figure it fits the discussion:
:nms:

i guess if you get concerned when people collapse?
https://imgur.com/v7nd3wJ

# ? Mar 21, 2023 22:21

zone: Dec 6, 2016

Gejnor posted:

So, one of the Russian propagandists collapsed live on air, not sure if this is new or old but i don't remember hearing about it and figure it fits the discussion:
i guess if you get concerned when people collapse?
https://imgur.com/v7nd3wJ

Seems like it happened today, Julia Davis also posted it on her Twitter account

# ? Mar 21, 2023 22:44

Cthulu Carl: Apr 16, 2006

Gejnor posted:

So, one of the Russian propagandists collapsed live on air, not sure if this is new or old but i don't remember hearing about it and figure it fits the discussion:
i guess if you get concerned when people collapse?
https://imgur.com/v7nd3wJ

What happened, did he lock his knees? Those weird supervillain gameshow sets should probably have stools at least for the propagandists to sit on.

# ? Mar 21, 2023 22:49

Alan Smithee: Jan 4, 2005; A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...

Gejnor posted:

So, one of the Russian propagandists collapsed live on air, not sure if this is new or old but i don't remember hearing about it and figure it fits the discussion:
i guess if you get concerned when people collapse?
https://imgur.com/v7nd3wJ

Guards: arrest this man for discrediting the special military operation!

# ? Mar 21, 2023 23:37

Dr. Quarex: Apr 18, 2003; I'M A BIG DORK WHO POSTS TOO MUCH ABOUT CONVENTIONS LOOK AT THIS

TOVA TOVA TOVA

Maybe he was standing on a window.

# ? Mar 21, 2023 23:43

HonorableTB: Dec 22, 2006

Could've been low blood pressure, low blood sugar, or locked knees. or the latest fsb poison

# ? Mar 21, 2023 23:45

Alan Smithee: Jan 4, 2005; A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...

All contestants agree first person to collapse has their pockets rifled through

# ? Mar 21, 2023 23:53

Decrepus: May 21, 2008; In the end, his dominion did not touch a single poster.

The main propagandist has nosferatu energy

# ? Mar 21, 2023 23:53

GABA ghoul: Oct 29, 2011

Gejnor posted:

So, one of the Russian propagandists collapsed live on air, not sure if this is new or old but i don't remember hearing about it and figure it fits the discussion:
i guess if you get concerned when people collapse?
https://imgur.com/v7nd3wJ

I can't believe NATO would just do something like this to the poor man

# ? Mar 21, 2023 23:55

zone: Dec 6, 2016

https://twitter.com/Flash_news_ua/status/1638310327845617667
Well, they're throwing a tantrum with drones again. Probably mad because of what happened last night in Crimea.

# ? Mar 21, 2023 23:56

zone: Dec 6, 2016

https://twitter.com/KevinRothrock/status/1638012444764143617

no gently caress off, you are not getting reconnected to SWIFT. Cope as much as you like about it.

# ? Mar 22, 2023 00:05

Alan Smithee: Jan 4, 2005; A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...

zone posted:

https://twitter.com/KevinRothrock/status/1638012444764143617

no gently caress off, you are not getting reconnected to SWIFT. Cope as much as you like about it.

Okay fine grain deal but you bring back McDonald�s

# ? Mar 22, 2023 00:15

Fumble: Sep 4, 2006; Can't post for 12 days!

if locking your knees makes you pass out, why dont people do that when jacking it instead of hanging themselves?

# ? Mar 22, 2023 00:21

Crab Dad: Dec 28, 2002; behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB

Fumble posted:

if locking your knees makes you pass out, why dont people do that when jacking it instead of hanging themselves?

It�s the hands around the throat feel. Not the same with a leg-lock faint.

# ? Mar 22, 2023 00:30

Stocky Manhood: Jul 29, 2014; Can I get a hat wobble?

Cartoon Man posted:

https://www.businessinsider.com/video-huge-kfc-delivery-to-xi-hotel-in-russia-despite-rebrand-2023-3

I ate at KFC in China many times, it is the best KFC, no joke. I'm not surprised Xi has got a hankerin for some

Edit: then again, I guess it's Russian KFC in this case...

# ? Mar 22, 2023 00:35

zone: Dec 6, 2016

https://twitter.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1638237069267857412
Chris_O with a thread on what happened in Crimea. If Kalibr rockets were hit, as Ukrainian GUR claims, they were likely in a warehouse and not on train cars. Damage and destruction was reported to warehouses, the railway power grid, and the fuel depot. One civilian was reported injured. :nms:

for description of casualty.

# ? Mar 22, 2023 00:46

Ups_rail: Dec 8, 2006; by Fluffdaddy

why do they want swift back?

I thought the brics were gonna make their own swift with black jack and hookers

# ? Mar 22, 2023 00:58

CAT INTERCEPTOR: Nov 9, 2004; Basically a male Margaret Thatcher

HonorableTB posted:

Could've been low blood pressure, low blood sugar, or locked knees. or the latest fsb poison

The way he suddenly jerks upright / to the left suggests it was a lot worse than that. Stroke or an aneurysm or heart attack possible?

# ? Mar 22, 2023 01:02

mobby_6kl: Aug 9, 2009; by Fluffdaddy

CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:

The way he suddenly jerks upright / to the left suggests it was a lot worse than that. Stroke or an aneurysm or heart attack possible?

Up and to the left you say...

# ? Mar 22, 2023 01:05

zone: Dec 6, 2016

CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:

The way he suddenly jerks upright / to the left suggests it was a lot worse than that. Stroke or an aneurysm or heart attack possible?

It at least seems that in the studio the propagandist was conscious.
https://twitter.com/machine101011/status/1638280233211109378

# ? Mar 22, 2023 01:07

ZogrimAteMyHamster: Dec 8, 2015

CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:

The way he suddenly jerks upright / to the left suggests it was a lot worse than that. Stroke or an aneurysm or heart attack possible?

Yet another episode of Solovyov's unhinged nuclear-talk bullshit was sending him to sleep and as he jolted back into conscoiusness he failed to keep his balance.

# ? Mar 22, 2023 01:11

Cthulu Carl: Apr 16, 2006

mobby_6kl posted:

Up and to the left you say...

How could Keith Hernandez do this?

# ? Mar 22, 2023 01:15

Toxic Mental: Jun 1, 2019

tbf I'd probably collapse too if I was in that studio from all the hot air coming out of their mouths and the insane amount of fart huffing that's expected of the hosts

# ? Mar 22, 2023 01:15

zone: Dec 6, 2016

https://twitter.com/Flash_news_ua/status/1638318969160445952
https://twitter.com/Flash_news_ua/status/1638324126082269185
In Kyiv and Zhytomyr no recorded hits by the drones.

# ? Mar 22, 2023 01:16

Oscar Wilde Bunch: Jun 12, 2012; Grimey Drawer

Xi was officially welcomed to Russia by the deputy minister for sports because Putin (or a man that looks like Putin) probably don�t want to be in a pre determined place.

https://twitter.com/tendar/status/1637770986920574978?s=46&t=PJIxGDyp2ZcdczVnKDD3nA

# ? Mar 22, 2023 01:19

weg: Jun 6, 2006; Reassisted Retrogression

Toxic Mental posted:

tbf I'd probably collapse too if I was in that studio from all the hot air coming out of their mouths and the insane amount of fart huffing that's expected of the hosts

Probably overdosed on copium or having withdrawls from lack of copium.

Actually that's unlikely as I think copium is the only stockpile still left in the Russian Federation after Xi ate the strategic fried chicken reserves.

# ? Mar 22, 2023 01:24

HonorableTB: Dec 22, 2006

Oscar Wilde Bunch posted:

Xi was officially welcomed to Russia by the deputy minister for sports because Putin (or a man that looks like Putin) probably don’t want to be in a pre determined place.

https://twitter.com/tendar/status/1637770986920574978?s=46&t=PJIxGDyp2ZcdczVnKDD3nA

I'm sure that wasn't taken as an insult by the obsessed-with-concept-of-face Chinese government.

# ? Mar 22, 2023 01:26

zone: Dec 6, 2016

weg posted:

Probably overdosed on copium or having withdrawls from lack of copium.

Actually that's unlikely as I think copium is the only stockpile still left in the Russian Federation after Xi ate the strategic fried chicken reserves.

I'm not so sure how much longer that'll last either, they're breaking into the vintage stuff

# ? Mar 22, 2023 01:27

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# ? May 28, 2024 10:52

Tigey: Apr 6, 2015

Ups_rail posted:

why do they want swift back?

I thought the brics were gonna make their own swift with black jack and hookers

If making a replacement for SWIFT was easy, someone would have done it by now.

This however is just another bad faith proposal:

If the West agrees - excellent! The precedent has now been set that sanctions can be loosened if we apply pressure indirectly, by threatening to hurt non-Western countries. Now lets see if we can repeat this victory in other areas and cause sanctions to collapse more fully - for example, getting 'independent' German businessmen or Hungarian Prime Ministers to push for more sanctions to be loosened. Or maybe just abuse the system by using it to transfer money for weapons trades labelled as 'grain sales'.

And if the West disagrees? No problem, we expected them to! But the fact we have publicised this, creates material for our propaganda in Africa and Asia to use! Maybe we can unravel the grain deal and blame the West for it, for being unreasonable. Or just threaten to do so and see what happens. Regardless of what we do, a bunch of wise African and Indian commentators will nod seriously and sagely as we express disbelief at "How could the US do this?"

The best strategy is for the West to just ignore this. Russia has a history of making proposals that aren't intended to resolve or progress an issue, but just to hurt/divide their opponents or make them look bad to naive onlookers - going back at least as far as the Stalin Note and the like.

# ? Mar 22, 2023 02:07

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