gradenko_2000 posted:

Private Sector Paladin would be a funny bit for a character

gradenko_2000 posted:

Private Sector Paladin would be a funny bit for a character

Danann posted:

https://twitter.com/snekotron/status/1715743946385559876

Lot less shelling in Donetsk since the Adviivka battle kicked off in honest so Ukraine had to use HIMARS instead.

JAY ZERO SUM GAME posted:

comparisons of his real voice and his "i am a very serious military man" voice are beyond belief

Comrade Koba posted:

Special ability: Lay on Invisible Hand

Danann posted:

https://twitter.com/snekotron/status/1715743946385559876

Lot less shelling in Donetsk since the Adviivka battle kicked off in honest so Ukraine had to use HIMARS instead.

gradenko_2000 posted:

Private Sector Paladin would be a funny bit for a character

Lostconfused posted:

https://pillarsofeternity.fandom.com/wiki/Goldpact_Knights

OctaMurk posted:

natootan

OctaMurk posted:

playtime's over

Comrade Koba posted:

Special ability: Lay on Invisible Hand

Deadly Ham Sandwich posted:

I don't see any mention of Russia invited to these talks.

Danann posted:

https://twitter.com/snekotron/status/1715743946385559876

Lot less shelling in Donetsk since the Adviivka battle kicked off in honest so Ukraine had to use HIMARS instead.

mawarannahr posted:

good news for Chelsea's career
https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/1715056754373898374?s=20

Ytlaya posted:

His "serious military man" voice is so silly. It's like someone deliberately trying to do a funny voice as a joke.

FirstnameLastname posted:

it looked like a test pilot, it was an unreal looking maneuver and ive never seen a fighter flying solo before. afaik they do stuff here because the conditions are pretty similar to the mideast & iran

when I thought about how close it was able to get, when it also could've spotted and killed me even if i was under 15t of concrete from like a state away i got one of the most uneasy feelings in my stomach tho lol

Русское Национальное Государство posted:

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💪🏻In Kotelniki today, migrants were packed right at the exit of the mosque and sent to a military training camp

After Bastrykin's recent speech, migrants began to be attracted to participate in the SMO! All documents were seized from the they were sent to a medical examination in order to enlist in the Ministry of Defense. They were given an ultimatum: in case of refusal - loss of citizenship and deportation from the country.

As reported, such events will now become regular throughout Russia. The task is to mobilize directly those who already have a Russian passport. Storm-Z squads (stormtroopers) will be formed from them, which will fight exclusively on the front line.

In case of a riot/discontent, the families of the mobilized will also be deported from the country.
@RUSNG

Luceid posted:

gonna need a few 'intercepted phonecalls' about this before I judge

gradenko_2000 posted:

https://twitter.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1715698527068705034?t=75vBsTFTnL_9UWCe7oiTbg&s=19

He put this out now?

NOW???

Weka posted:

I don't think a F-35 can do that.

gradenko_2000 posted:

https://twitter.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1715698527068705034?t=75vBsTFTnL_9UWCe7oiTbg&s=19

He put this out now?

NOW???

fizzy posted:

Good news for people of the "ACAB" persuasion - Fighters from a Ukrainian special operations local defense unit got so fed up with being stopped and searched by police, that they, possibly illegally, temporarily took over a police checkpoint at gunpoint.


Irate Ukrainian Special Forces Soldiers Take Over Police Checkpoint
by Stefan Korshak | October 2, 2023, 3:34 pm | Comments (3)

Fighters from a Ukrainian special operations local defense unit got so fed up with being stopped and searched by police, that they, possibly illegally, temporarily took over a police checkpoint at gunpoint.

The Sep. 29 confrontation took place on a main road north of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city. While Moscow’s forces fire rockets into Kharkiv regularly, Kremlin troop incursions from the Russian border some 22 kilometers distant are rare.

In a video widely shared on Ukrainian social media, two 4x4 vehicles drive up to a police checkpoint on the city’s outskirts on Friday afternoon. Men in military fatigues carrying handguns and automatic rifles exit the vehicles and order police to lie on the ground.

A police bodycam recorded voiceover hears one of the men demand to speak with the checkpoint commander, and then tells the senior police officer that his unit, 0458, should not be subjected to police inspections.

In an angry voice, the leader of the group is heard to say: “We train every day, so that you guys can stand here in peace. So that you guys can do your job, and so that [Russian] saboteur groups don’t come here. You guys should f**king help us! And not search for enemies in our unit! Do you hear me?”

All conversation is in Russian, the language most frequently used in east Ukraine. One of the interlopers drives off in a pickup.

One of the men appears to be sporting the unit patch of a group called Kraken, a previously civilian volunteer unit recruited in Kharkiv at the start of the war. The formation’s best-known victories came during Ukraine’s dramatic liberation of the Kharkiv region last September.

Currently, the Kraken group is a 100-200 man contracted special forces unit directly subordinate to the Armed Forces of Ukraine’s Main Directorate of Intelligence (HUR). While some Kraken members are dispatched to operate in other areas, the unit’s main mission in 2023 has been securing territory north and east of Kharkiv.

The unit named in the video, 0458, is associated with Kraken, and Ukrainian media overwhelmingly reported it was members of that special forces unit that had threatened to kill police at the checkpoint on Sep. 29.

Neither Kraken nor its main public spokesman have responded to Kyiv Post requests for comment or issued a public statement on the incident at the time of publishing.

A Kharkiv regional police statement on Oct. 1 did not name the unit involved, describing the assailants simply as armed men. The account they gave of the altercation said:

“On September 29, around 15:00, four SUVs drove up to one of the roadblocks on the way out of Kharkiv. Men in military uniform came out of them and threatened with firearms the whole assembled unit [at the checkpoint], which includes policemen, border guards, national guardsmen, and a representative of the military service of law and order.”

Kharkiv’s prosecutors have opened an investigation into alleged violations of the law banning threats or violence against law enforcement officers, the police statement said.

“The task of the police is to help our soldiers defend our country, to ensure respect for the legislation of Ukraine. We should not have untouchables. We urge everyone, without exception, to respect the laws of Ukraine,” the statement said.

Public reaction seemed heavily in favor of the gunmen with a small minority voicing pro-police views. Most posters on pro-Ukraine platforms, particularly those associated with raising funds to support the military, complained about unduly lengthy waits at police checkpoints that hinder persons and vehicles performing important work supporting the war effort. They also said that in any case men with combat tasks at the front shouldn’t be harassed by cops.

The Ukraine Front Lines volunteer support group in a typical comment said: “The Kraken unit's conflict with the police at the checkpoint in Kharkiv oblast …was due to the fact that the boys went to shooting training every day, and the cops constantly searched them every day, the boys got tired of it. Get these cops out of the checkpoints, deploy the military!”

The right wing and aggressively Ukrainian nationalist platform ukrain1an news reported local police had appeared to single out Kraken vehicles and fighters for extended roadside inspections, and claimed that HUR-associated operators have the lawful right to ignore police commands.

“Kraken fighters acted within the limits of their structure. I repeat that the police do not have the right to inspect the vehicles of the HUR. No one can guarantee that there is no traitor in the ranks of the police, while every fighter of the Central Intelligence Agency undergoes regular checks…Before writing about ‘permissiveness’ and ‘armed sheep’, civilians should first learn the context, and before that they should not open their mouths.”

Russian state-run media leaped on the incident and spun it as evidence of conflict between Ukraine’s security structures and “proof” the country is lawless, the television channel RT calling it “An attack on Kharkiv police.”

Since Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine hundreds of armed groups only informally associated with the Ukrainian military have helped defend the country and, in some cases, have been key to defensive victories. Eighteen months later, most fighters in those groups have returned to civilian life or joined conventional military units.

Currently, Ukrainian volunteer military units that are able to trace their lineage unbroken straight back to volunteer days at the start of the war and are still operating, are rare. Where they are, strong leadership, a large contingent of fighters with pre-existing military skills, and generous funding from civilian donors have been the main factors helping units like Kraken to stay in the field.

mawarannahr posted:

fizzy ftw

Jonah Galtberg posted:

FirstnameLastname posted:

maybe f22? i didn't have my contacts in and stuff gets kinda fuzzy edged at a distance + it was at a weird angle but it was a big grey modern fighter jet out in eastern wa, ive never seen a plane move like that it looked almost like a kite being dragged across the sky at first

comedyblissoption posted:

https://twitter.com/jacksonhinklle/status/1715847763433525721

fits my needs posted:

https://x.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1715785428274381045?s=20

Comrade Koba posted:

Special ability: Lay on Invisible Hand

Clip-On Fedora posted:

lol that's just the Hydra logo

Comrade Koba posted:

Special ability: Lay on Invisible Hand