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ass struggle
Dec 25, 2012

by Athanatos

Count Roland posted:

When this recent "invasion" talk started (a week ago, maybe?) there was a lot of talk of Russian armour rolling openly into Ukraine. I haven't seen any confirmation or follow-up on that; did it happen, or was this propaganda from Kiev?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMmNHZetNn0


New Russian Roulette dispatch:
https://news.vice.com/video/russian-roulette-dispatch-73?utm_source=vicenewstwitter :nms:

ass struggle fucked around with this message at 18:10 on Sep 4, 2014

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ass struggle
Dec 25, 2012

by Athanatos

Majorian posted:

(there needs to be a crying Byzantine smiley here)

http://imgur.com/LZEeNOS


In other news Mariupol residents are forming a human chain around the city

https://twitter.com/Zhekan_ukrop/status/507539241463971841

More apparent shelling in Mariupol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6iMZTDTi5A


e:found a working live cam

http://webcams.ukrtelecom.ua/cams?id=43

ass struggle fucked around with this message at 19:48 on Sep 4, 2014

ass struggle
Dec 25, 2012

by Athanatos

Radio Prune posted:

Because the VDV is actually pretty well trained, unlike a bunch of dipshit Russian neo-Nazis.

Not only are they well trained, they also make quality music videos complete with explosions and karate kicks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rAHrHd2lcw


Official OSCE report on the situation in Mariupol
http://www.osce.org/ukraine-smm/123210

Some more video of todays shelling at a position by Mariupol.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7k6bHCoBcw

It looks like both sides are digging in for a protracted siege, I don't think this will end soon.

ass struggle
Dec 25, 2012

by Athanatos
Welp, DNR says it started beheading Ukrainian soldiers.

:nms: For obvious reasons

http://i.imgur.com/7raij2P.png


Text reads:
"packages to the homeland of punishers that shoot our guys and civilians".

ass struggle fucked around with this message at 17:37 on Sep 10, 2014

ass struggle
Dec 25, 2012

by Athanatos
Apparent heavy fighting happening in Donetsk

livecam:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eTRSk_FulY&feature=player_embedded

e:can't see anything but definitely some small arms and grad fire in the distance

ass struggle fucked around with this message at 01:15 on Sep 13, 2014

ass struggle
Dec 25, 2012

by Athanatos

Majorian posted:

Yeah, definitely hearing some big booms every now and then. This isn't good.

This sounds like some of the heaviest fighting in the war so far, I don't think we'll have good news in the morning.

ass struggle
Dec 25, 2012

by Athanatos
UA forces held the airport last night
Another assault is happening now.

livecam:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eTRSk_FulY

ass struggle
Dec 25, 2012

by Athanatos
New Ukrainian Army advert:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYX7KVEtfLo


Needless to say they've improved since 2008

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZV7FqxoKj4

ass struggle
Dec 25, 2012

by Athanatos
Motion to change thread title to Whiskey on the rocks 2: Electric boogaloo.

ass struggle
Dec 25, 2012

by Athanatos
Ukrainian BM-30 Smerchs Being fired today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTHSN1ESmrg

This level of bombardment seems to show a general end of the ceasefire for UA forces. Before this they took a much more passive role.

Explosion in Donetsk:


Aftermath:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8AAMGPptrg

ass struggle
Dec 25, 2012

by Athanatos
Yeah, that was a huge explosion. Maybe a shell cache, if it was actually hit by UA arty that shows a decent amount of intelligence.

ass struggle
Dec 25, 2012

by Athanatos
Google Maps now shows Russian vehicles (artillery?) right on the border.

https://www.google.se/maps/@47.9019669,39.8610982,779m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en

ass struggle
Dec 25, 2012

by Athanatos
Another interesting Ukrainian ad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1UGZtz83co

Not as well produced as the last one but it gets it's point across well.

ass struggle
Dec 25, 2012

by Athanatos

Discendo Vox posted:

who's the funding source for that one?

I wouldn't be too surprised if it was a major Ukrainian consumer goods manufacturer.

ass struggle
Dec 25, 2012

by Athanatos
Yawn another night assault on the airport underway.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NVJSWtQXRk

ass struggle
Dec 25, 2012

by Athanatos
Looks like an offensive is going to start soon.

Poroshenko ditched the "special status" for donbass and is deploying more troops to key cities.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29905014?ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbc_breaking&ns_source=twitter&ns_linkname=news_central

I would not be surprised if this whole thing restarted very soon.

ass struggle
Dec 25, 2012

by Athanatos
In other news the CCCP anthem was played instead of the Russian Federation one at a Slovak hockey game.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wx19ThqPac

ass struggle
Dec 25, 2012

by Athanatos

HUGE PUBES A PLUS posted:

That's what I was thinking.


Ukrainian military shot down a Russian drone near in Schastye, near Luhansk.




Airport control tower in Donetsk.




Honestly the drone looks ancient, It could just be surplus some DNR guy bought online. No indication it's Russian.

The control tower reminds me of the water tower in Vukovar that became a symbol during the Croatian war of independence.

ass struggle
Dec 25, 2012

by Athanatos
I don't know if this should go here or in the awful kick starter thread but, you can now back the official Maidan 2014 board game! complete with helmets made out of pots and burning tyres.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/260702799/maydan-tactical-board-game/description

ass struggle
Dec 25, 2012

by Athanatos
Kinda interesting (scripted?) film Called "one night on the ATO" at 5 minutes a soldier they are interviewing gets hit by a shell.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55_wtYx55FM

ass struggle
Dec 25, 2012

by Athanatos
Another new Ukrainian recruitment ad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mtvU0BdYqI

ass struggle
Dec 25, 2012

by Athanatos
watch putin blame gays

ass struggle
Dec 25, 2012

by Athanatos
Dumb idiot here:
Is the damage to the ruble permanent? or will it just level out once oil goes up?

Is this caused by the sanctions? oil? something else?

Is this actually the beginning of a Russian economic collapse or just a lovely day at the market?

ass struggle
Dec 25, 2012

by Athanatos

my dad posted:

So, does anyone have any info about the stuff going on in Ukraine right now? I mean, the past few weeks were mostly spent talking about stuff that isn't Ukraine, and complaining about talking about stuff that isn't Ukraine. Anything new happening?

Those Ukrainian made Kraz armored cars that were being paraded around Kyiv on Independence day finally made it to the front.

ass struggle
Dec 25, 2012

by Athanatos
someone found a DNR volunteer application.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1sFqUqXKVuxHLaKHQJV6dUKT4VLBnboxR0w_QTz6vuDs/viewform?edit_requested=true

sign up

ass struggle
Dec 25, 2012

by Athanatos

HUGE PUBES A PLUS posted:

They're using Skype? And :lol: if anyone ever filled this out with real information.

I put in my info, will record if called.

ass struggle
Dec 25, 2012

by Athanatos
They killed Batman

http://rusvesna.su/news/1420125547

ass struggle
Dec 25, 2012

by Athanatos

fatherboxx posted:

Batman was a leader of Rusich, a squad of neonazi volunteers from Russia in Luhansk. They got too greedy and uncontrollable, so the leadership of LNR declared them criminals and got most of them executed via Russian Spetsnaz. Sadly, the more prominent ones that were talking a lot on social media about their successes in ear-collecting are alive.


This sounds like a great way to assure your self proclaimed state is ripped apart. Have a bunch of bandits running around whose leader you just offed.

ass struggle
Dec 25, 2012

by Athanatos
Merry Christmas from Novorussia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr4nce9Nuwc


quote:

For others to enjoy. On the death of his enemies. Merry Christmas. With Novorussia. The enemy will be defeated. Victory will be ours. And if we lose, we will destroy the whole world."

ass struggle
Dec 25, 2012

by Athanatos
http://youtu.be/hx_CUXrw7K8?t=3h58m45s

Really bad fighting right now in Donetsk. Looks like the power in the airport/city got knocked out again.

"so much for a ceasefire" for the tenth time.

ass struggle
Dec 25, 2012

by Athanatos

Dusty Baker 2 posted:

Brown Moses or somebody else with smarts, what is on the left side of the screen in this video? A buddy of mine (SA user mng) had a keen eye and spotted this earlier, so I nabbed it earlier from the Ruptly live stream. It looks like an aircraft flare but it isn't in the air long enough. Is it just artillery at night, or what?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUg1-m8E0uM

Looks like White phosphorus for illumination. Which is a legal use for it.




Another example from early in the war.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43stDvLDAWM&t=41s

ass struggle
Dec 25, 2012

by Athanatos

Jarmak posted:

Its not illegal to use WP period, except for against civilians.

I'm used to people using this as evidence of the Nazi junta war crimes

ass struggle
Dec 25, 2012

by Athanatos
The Control tower at Donetsk airport has collapsed.

ass struggle
Dec 25, 2012

by Athanatos
loving christ

ass struggle
Dec 25, 2012

by Athanatos
video showing shelling of checkpoint, killing 10 civilians.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDhHqeqdqLw


shells hit at 0:14 destroyed bus at 1:40

ass struggle
Dec 25, 2012

by Athanatos

Full video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2dsVMpyL40

Seeing things like this beg the question once again:

Why is there almost no western (especially American) news coverage of this? Even in Syria American agencies had embedded reporters.

ass struggle
Dec 25, 2012

by Athanatos

Miltank posted:

Do we have any idea what role the US played in maiden square protests? Were the leaked Clinton phone calls red herrings or what?

Weren't those phone calls just along the lines of "we support your endeavor for democracy"

ass struggle
Dec 25, 2012

by Athanatos
I still have no idea what's happening west of Donetsk, but someone is blowing up bridges from Donetsk to the Airport.



Seems like something you'd do while retreating.

ass struggle
Dec 25, 2012

by Athanatos
whelp day broke on Donbass and the shelling has started again.

e: The camera got taken out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mo7CkdBe3Rc

ass struggle fucked around with this message at 17:55 on Jan 19, 2015

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ass struggle
Dec 25, 2012

by Athanatos
T-80's(?) crossing the Ukrianian border.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtMyNmRCxWI

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