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ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21209 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
Do you think Putin might notice?... YouTube: Russian state TV cuts away from Putin at pro-Russia rally wrote: Putin was making a speech with his government in Moscow's packed Luzhniki stadium when the TV started showing patriotic songs being played at the event instead... So... Just some "accidental birthday (anniversary)"?... Ouch. When does the latest Russian Revolution begin? Stay safe folks! Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
W-K 666 Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19398 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67 |
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Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36772 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
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Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24911 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
It took 6 years before someone stood up to Hitler. History recorded what happened in the following 6 years. "No one is ready to stand up to Putin," says Pavel Felgenhauer. "We're in a dangerous spot."if there is no Russia, why do we need the planet? |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36772 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
I wonder how many generals PooTin can afford to lose. Russian Lieutenant-General Andrey Mordvichev killed in Ukraine. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31006 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Is it really so bad PooTin has had to call in sailors to be land soldiers? https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-navy-commander-killed-ukraine-2022-03-20/ |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36772 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Elon must be getting up PooTin's nose by now with his broomsticks and satellites. Musk is playing a key role in Ukraine’s defence against Russia. |
Bob DeWoody Send message Joined: 9 May 10 Posts: 3387 Credit: 4,182,900 RAC: 10 |
I saw an interesting video on YouTube regarding the sad state of repair of much of Russia's military equipment. According to a US logistics expert, equipment such as the trucks that are bogged down in the Ukraine, is plagued with failures that are due to extremely poor quality in procurement and a total lack of maintenance. The example cited are the tires used on heavy transport equipment that are designed to be able to inflate or deflate depending on the terrain being crossed. The problem is that the people in charge of production elected to skimp on quality materials and pocket the funds that were intended to procure the materials. So after several years of sitting in depots with little or no maintenance when the vehicles were called into service for Putin's incursion into the Ukraine many of the tires have gone flat due to dry rot. It seems that the Russian leaders were more interested in acquiring expensive dachas, yachts, cars and etc. than they were in providing their army with quality equipment. Now when called upon to carry out those leader's orders much of Russia's military equipment is terribly substandard. As with much of what is seen on the various news services and YouTube this may be just another example of propaganda and wishful thinking but it does have a ring of truth to it. All that money the Russian leaders lead by Putin had to come from somewhere and it seams reasonable that in that system something like this could have happened. Bob DeWoody My motto: Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow as it may not be required. This no longer applies in light of current events. |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21209 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
Elon Musk to the rescue with saucers and broomsticks! Twice over!! Elon Musk's Starlink arrives in Ukraine but what next? wrote: A lorry full of Starlink dishes has arrived in Ukraine, with the country's deputy prime minister thanking Elon Musk, who runs the firm. OneWeb to fly on competitor SpaceX's rockets wrote: The London-based satellite company OneWeb will resume launches of its spacecraft using rockets operated by its American competitor, SpaceX But will OneWeb get their impounded satellites back from Russia? Let alone the launch fees already paid up front??... Stay safe folks! Martin FYI: From trampolines to broomsticks: Russian space chief reacts to US sanctions See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
Bob DeWoody Send message Joined: 9 May 10 Posts: 3387 Credit: 4,182,900 RAC: 10 |
Is it possible that in the kremlin's extreme greed for wealth that they have sown the seeds for disaster thru the procurement of substandard parts and equipment for their military forces. I expected this "war" to be over within a week of Russian troops crossing the border. Maybe it was a big bluff and the Ukraine called it. Now Putin is stuck and hasn't got a way out that will save face. Bob DeWoody My motto: Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow as it may not be required. This no longer applies in light of current events. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31006 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Hey, Mr. old used PooTin, what's your exit strategy? |
W-K 666 Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19398 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67 |
The London Telegraph reports that the Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu’s has disappeared. He was very active in the media until the 11th March, but has not appeared since then. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/03/23/ukraine-war-russia-latest-news-putin-zelensky-weapons-mariupol/ at 1:56pm Also reported is that a Russian electronic warfare system, the Krasukha-4 unit which the Ukrainians recovered is to be transported to US Air Force base in Ramstein, Germany, before it is flown to the US for closer examination. Nato military chiefs have been wary of the technology for years as they fear it is capable of tracking the alliance’s airborne warning and control aircraft, which act as air traffic control in the event of conflict. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/03/23/ukrainians-capture-russian-warfare-equipment-used-intercept/ Confirmation that the deputy commander of its Black Sea Fleet Major General Andrei Sukhovetsky was killed in Ukraine. Ukraine sources say he was the 6th high ranking general to be killed. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russias-military-hit-by-high-ranking-losses-ukraine-2022-03-23/ |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36772 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
For a war that PooTin thought would over in days it now drags into its 5th week. The reason so many of PooTin’s generals are dead. PooTin’s generals are getting picked off, one by one. |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24911 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
During WWII, there was the "5th Column". In today's society it can be called "6th Column". A former defence attaché at the British embassy in Moscow says that his warnings of "a long, dark march to war" by Vladimir Putin were ignored.Nowhere is this more clear as what the clowns in Westminster have done, sanctioned the owner of Chelsea FC, The club, staff, players, fans all suffer. WHY? What changed in 20 years? Hmm... ...a war. ******* hypocrites. Saudi Arabia fighting in Yemen & their human rights abuse yet they'e allowed to take over Newcastle FC. Money talks, decency walks. Edit: Just like Covid, the dumbo's don't know what the hell they're actually doing. Update. Chelsea football club will be allowed to sell tickets to away games, cup matches and games involving the women's team after the UK government made alterations to the club's special licence. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36772 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
All is certainly not going that war criminal PooTin's way as NATO countries ramp up preparations for war. NATO: 7,000 to 15,000 Russian troops dead in Ukraine. NATO estimated on Wednesday that 7,000 to 15,000 Russian soldiers have been killed in four weeks of war in Ukraine, where fierce fighting by the country’s fast-moving defenders has denied Moscow the lightning victory it sought.And then there's the leaked report on a meeting between Russian and US military officials last week. Inside a rare US meeting with a Russian general in Moscow. A rare face-to-face meeting between Russian and US military officials last week led to an "outburst" of emotion from a normally stoic Russian general, a "revealing moment" that the Americans present believe hinted at larger morale problems in Russia's military, according to a closely held US military readout of what transpired.... |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36772 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Is this the next Russian war criminal general on the hit list? Mikhail Mizintsev: Bloody past of Russian Colonel dubbed ‘Butcher of Mariupol’. If not then he should be. |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22526 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
NATO estimated on Wednesday that 7,000 to 15,000 Russian soldiers have been killed in four weeks of war in Ukraine, where fierce fighting by the country’s fast-moving defenders has denied Moscow the lightning victory it sought. Any "sane" government loosing about 10% of a large force in matter of a few weeks would be seriously questioning both its strategy and how they managed to underestimate the effectiveness of their opponent. However I question the sanity of the current Russian leadership who appear to be saying "Only 10%, we can afford to loose many times that before we even consider giving in", (provided that number is not any of the top level leadership). Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
W-K 666 Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19398 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67 |
NATO estimated on Wednesday that 7,000 to 15,000 Russian soldiers have been killed in four weeks of war in Ukraine, where fierce fighting by the country’s fast-moving defenders has denied Moscow the lightning victory it sought. That number is for killed only, normally the calculation is three times as many will be wounded, captured or MIA. Therefore if those numbers are accurate then a total between 30,000 and 60,000 soldiers can be deducted from the starting number of ~150,000. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36772 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
NATO official estimates that 40,000 Russian troops have been captured, injured, or killed. NATO estimates that up to 40,000 Russian troops have been killed, injured, captured or gone missing during the first month of the Kremlin's war in Ukraine, an alliance official confirmed to NBC News....I wonder how many of the missing are actually deserters. |
W-K 666 Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19398 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67 |
Claim that the Ukrainians have destroyed the Russian Landing ship ORSK. https://www.fleetmon.com/maritime-news/2022/37657/russian-navy-large-landing-ship-explosion-fire-aft/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXUTg_A7LxA&t=14s |
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