Military observations on Ukraine invasion

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PP, although there is some question about the veracity of this.

This is a quote in the article from Military Times - quote is from an anon "senior Defense official":

“We’ve seen indications that at times and at certain places, the convoys may have been resisted by Ukrainian forces and I think I have to leave it at that,” the official said. “But we’ve seen indications that we are in no position to refute [Ukraine claims they have hit the convoy].”

That careful wording makes me wonder if the damage was inflicted by those jets that the EU was, and then wasn't, agreeing to send. My assumption was that the jets were still going in, but that the public announcement of it by EU had been a mistake. Because first we heard that the jets had been delivered to Poland and the Ukrainian pilots were already there to pick them up, followed by public statements that donor countries had changed their minds about giving the jets. Sounds like they're trying to keep up the public illusion that the EU is not sending jets due to fears it would be provocative.

The picture looks like two burning buildings. The vehicles on the road are spaced out on a clear road. Looks like the Russians went after someone in the building.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What if Putin just wants western weapons sent to Ukraine so he can capture them and copy them?

They can't even copy American tires. Or organize basic maintenance. They can't capture shit.

There is tons of American gear on the market because of Afghanistan. Also Israel is well know for selling US military tech to China and Russia,

[Anonymous]

There are credible reports of Ukrainian villagers on the ground shooting the majority of Russian paratroopers in a drop as they descended or upon landing in a Russian paratroop attack.

That Russian attack is likely where the General was killed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Meh.....they sent in a bunch of teenagers and early 20s somethings (kids) conscripts with crappy supplies and weapons to serves as fresh meat to be turned into ground beef. They were used to soften up the Ukraine. Russia's advanced weaponry and elite divisions till haven't really been deployed yet. People shouldn't get confident at all that Russia has been 'struggling'. They are just getting warmed up, so I wouldn't extract a whole lot from the first week of combat.

Please click through the slides https://www.instagram.com/p/Cakjjveg9fL/ . these are not propaganda fakes.

slide 7 shows these Russians' food kits that expired in fffing 2015... and no, this video is not from 2015 or earlier, it's recorded in the last few days. P sent these teenagers and 20 somethings like trash, cargo 200 has already started going back to mother Russia.

[Anonymous]

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Great thread. Thanks for posting. He says he's posting another lengthy thread tomorrow on why he thinks the Russia's economic collapse will come sooner than expected.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are credible reports of Ukrainian villagers on the ground shooting the majority of Russian paratroopers in a drop as they descended or upon landing in a Russian paratroop attack.

That Russian attack is likely where the General was killed.

Ukraine also downed one of those big transport planes carrying paratroopers.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Meh.....they sent in a bunch of teenagers and early 20s somethings (kids) conscripts with crappy supplies and weapons to serves as fresh meat to be turned into ground beef. They were used to soften up the Ukraine. Russia's advanced weaponry and elite divisions till haven't really been deployed yet. People shouldn't get confident at all that Russia has been 'struggling'. They are just getting warmed up, so I wouldn't extract a whole lot from the first week of combat.

Please click through the slides https://www.instagram.com/p/Cakjjveg9fL/ . these are not propaganda fakes.

slide 7 shows these Russians' food kits that expired in fffing 2015... and no, this video is not from 2015 or earlier, it's recorded in the last few days. P sent these teenagers and 20 somethings like trash, cargo 200 has already started going back to mother Russia.

That's just sad. They look like babies.

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Russian State Media claims that there are no conscripted soldiers fighting in Ukraine, so thats what may be paperwork is for?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Putin will use thermobaric weapons to slaughter civilians in Ukraine - especially in the cities.

The entire remaining population of Ukraine WILL fight.

Remember the grandma with sunflower seeds? She is coming back.

Only this time she will stab a kitchen knife into the neck of that Russian soldier.

Yes, she will. My grandmother was Ukrainian. Be very afraid of the Ukrainian grandmothers. Some of them remember what life was like under the Russians.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The playbook is Grozny - pound Ukraine into submission, even if destroys all infrastructure and the populace is decimated. Elevate a ruthless strongman Ukrainian-native mobster to be the Governor that answers only to Putin.

Look at all the Chechen forces Putin has at his disposal. They are all the kids born during or after the Chechen war; they've been thoroughly placated and brainwashed to fight on behalf of the monster who murdered all their relatives.

That's the playbook for Ukraine.

This. P is a monster. He's destroying infrastructure as we speak. It's even in his interests if most of the Ukrainians flee to Europe as it will inevitably cause more instability in the region. Look at how Germany reacted to 1 million immigrants. What do they think about letting in millions more?

Yes, Europe loves Ukrainians now, but the population of Ukraine is over 40 million. Where will all those people go?

[Anonymous]

Looks like Ukraine got the big rockets from the West. Unconfirmed launching at the large Russian convoy tonight:

https://www.instagram.com/tv/Capv16GJCBI/?utm_medium=copy_link

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Anonymous wrote:Meh.....they sent in a bunch of teenagers and early 20s somethings (kids) conscripts with crappy supplies and weapons to serves as fresh meat to be turned into ground beef. They were used to soften up the Ukraine. Russia's advanced weaponry and elite divisions till haven't really been deployed yet. People shouldn't get confident at all that Russia has been 'struggling'. They are just getting warmed up, so I wouldn't extract a whole lot from the first week of combat.

Why, though? Why would they send their worst troops first?

This will be a question for the ages. High on their own supply (propaganda) seems the most likely, combined with bad intel about the Ukrainian ability to mount a resistance. Or the people that knew this would be the outcome were not allowed to get that message to Putin. We've all heard that he is isolated and only seeing a few advisors. Maybe no one had the guts to tell him the truth.

Hassan Piker (Hassanabi) had Chelsea Manning on his show (you can see it on YouTube). I don't know how much you can take what she says for the truth since she's a traitor to the US but she basically said that Russia just doesn't have the war machine that we have. She claimed (exaggeration?) that we have 100,000 cruise missles just sitting around and that most of them will rust out before ever being used. Meanwhile Russia doesn't have those types of stockpiles of ammunition waiting to be fired. They're using what they've got but they don't spend a gazzillion dollars a year on weapons like we do.

Those gazillions of dollars are all sitting in the oligarchs' bank accounts. Why spend them on weapons when you can spend them on a superyacht or two?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Meh.....they sent in a bunch of teenagers and early 20s somethings (kids) conscripts with crappy supplies and weapons to serves as fresh meat to be turned into ground beef. They were used to soften up the Ukraine. Russia's advanced weaponry and elite divisions till haven't really been deployed yet. People shouldn't get confident at all that Russia has been 'struggling'. They are just getting warmed up, so I wouldn't extract a whole lot from the first week of combat.

Please click through the slides https://www.instagram.com/p/Cakjjveg9fL/ . these are not propaganda fakes.

slide 7 shows these Russians' food kits that expired in fffing 2015... and no, this video is not from 2015 or earlier, it's recorded in the last few days. P sent these teenagers and 20 somethings like trash, cargo 200 has already started going back to mother Russia.

That's just sad. They look like babies.

I'm on the edge of tears. These are kids who be one of my own. They are there throw away pawns in a monster's game. Someone has to take P down and be done with it.

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Anonymous wrote:Meh.....they sent in a bunch of teenagers and early 20s somethings (kids) conscripts with crappy supplies and weapons to serves as fresh meat to be turned into ground beef. They were used to soften up the Ukraine. Russia's advanced weaponry and elite divisions till haven't really been deployed yet. People shouldn't get confident at all that Russia has been 'struggling'. They are just getting warmed up, so I wouldn't extract a whole lot from the first week of combat.

Please click through the slides https://www.instagram.com/p/Cakjjveg9fL/ . these are not propaganda fakes.

slide 7 shows these Russians' food kits that expired in fffing 2015... and no, this video is not from 2015 or earlier, it's recorded in the last few days. P sent these teenagers and 20 somethings like trash, cargo 200 has already started going back to mother Russia.

That's just sad. They look like babies.

I'm on the edge of tears. These are kids who be one of my own. They are there throw away pawns in a monster's game. Someone has to take P down and be done with it.

Russian lives are cheap to Russian czars. Russia lost 11 million soldiers in WWII, that's a higher number than what the rest of the world lost collectively including Germany.