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DIY-HP-LED

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If Vlad was smart, he would withdraw from Ukraine and wait until the American election in November while focusing his efforts on helping republicans get elected. Then if they win, he can ring up his old buddy Trump and tell him what he wants, next the republican congress will declare war on Ukraine because of all the Nazi's foxnews is screaming about and the fact that Donald wants it as much as the big lie.

After America suddenly withdraws because congress pulls the plug, the Russians can move in unopposed and everybody will blame Biden! Hello Trump 2024! :lol:
 
HGCC

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DIY-HP-LED said:
Vlad has got himself on the wrong side of the west's war machine on a wide open battlefield, the Ukrainians will just be pulling the triggers. Right now they are fighting with mostly Soviet arms, but you are starting to see the new arms used in some videos. Take that asshole who was snuffed without warning while crowing on tictoc, as an example of technology at work. He posted regularly and they were waiting for his live stream to geolocate him, next they either painted him with a drone and did a precision missile strike, or it homed in on his phone signal. How fucking stupid and ignorant do you have to be to live stream from a combat zone over your enemy's network with a stolen cellphone.
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Those dudes should have sold weed. For fucks sake, remember how much attention people used to pay to making sure your electric bill wasn't out of line with the neighborhood average.
 
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DIY-HP-LED said:
The munitions can be produced in eastern European countries and are produced elsewhere too, I mean for things like bullets, shells and mortar bombs. I doubt they will scrap all the equipment, because I figure they will inherit a lot more of it from the Russians soon. The regular Ukrainian army was transitioning away from Soviet arms for awhile before the war and that has been accelerated by the war.
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How are they going to inherit shells? The Russians are going to go home and leave them for the Ukrainians? The munitions can be produced. Where are the factories that will produce them? You believe in the Easter Bunny, don't you.


Seeking Arms for Ukraine, Pentagon Buyers Scour Eastern European Factories

And since the Sept. 11 attacks, the Pentagon has been buying large amounts of such weapons through a variety of American defense firms to supply client armies in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and other countries that still rely on Soviet-designed arms.

One of those companies is the Ultra Defense Corp. in Tampa, Fla., which has about 60 employees and has built a bustling business working with factories in Romania, Bosnia, Serbia, Slovakia, Czech Republic and Bulgaria.

Those countries have provided about 90 percent of the nonstandard ammunition purchased by the Pentagon for forces in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria over the past 20 years, according to Matthew Herring, the company’s owner, though his firm has filled just a fraction of those orders.

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Seeking Arms for Ukraine, Pentagon Buyers Scour Eastern European Factories (Published 2022)

Soviet-designed ammunition is part of the ‘life blood’ for Ukrainian troops fighting Russia, and the United States is keeping it flowing.
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Ukraine’s Shift To A New NATO Arsenal Is Unprecedented-And Inevitable

Right now, Ukraine soldiers making do with “old-stye” Russian munitions and platforms. To keep the fight going, old Warsaw Pact countries, are donating whatever remaining Russian-derived weapons systems, ammunition, or other still-serviceable gear. Anything that might still work with Ukraine’s arsenal of Russian-sourced heavy weaponry is getting dusted-off and sent to the Ukraine frontier.

But these antiques, often stored under dubious conditions, are in finite supply.

In Ukraine, ammunition and other military consumables are running low. The West’s ability to support Russian-sourced equipment is already very limited, and the handful of Eastern European weapons manufacturers that may still make Russian-compliant ammunition and spare parts are probably pushing hard to break production records.


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Ukraine’s Shift To A New NATO Arsenal Is Unprecedented-And Inevitable

For Ukraine to survive, the country needs new Western weapons. And that means everything from training to supply chains must change—and all while under combat.
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Budzbuddha

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Head of Mykolaiv region on Russian missile strikes: Theyll start throwing balalaikas at us soon …


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Valentyna Romanenko - Tuesday, 3 May 2022, 23:00

As rescue workers continue to seize explosive devices in Mykolaiv and Odesa Regions, the head of Mykolaiv Region, Vitaliy Kim, is raining on the Russian parade with his jokes. Source: State Emergency Service of Ukraine, Vitaliy Kim on Telegram, Ukrainska Pravda Details: Head of Mykolaiv Regional Military Administration Vitaly Kim posted a photo taken by some rescue workers and suggested that the Russians have been throwing all the weapons they have, even old Soviet ones, into the fray.

Quote: "Guess what this is? This is a component from the ancient anti-aircraft missile system 'Krug.' It has 3M8 of the rocket inside. This is probably the starting solid-propellant rocket engine 3C5. I'm no expert, but I feel like they'll start throwing balalaikas at us soon. Although this already looks like that: a TU-143 'Reys' (Soviet reconnaissance drone with a turbojet engine - ed.). Not too far off from balalaikas." Details: According to Ukrainska Pravda sources, the photo features a rocket launch accelerator, which is still widely used in military equipment. At 10.14 pm, Kim announced the all-clear after the air raid warning: "The balalaikas have passed by." However, at 10.21 pm the air raid warning sounded again. "You won't believe this. The air raid warning again! Maybe they're offended?" Kim said. Background: In the evening of 3 May, the air raid warning has been sounding all across Ukraine. It is still going on in many regions. It is currently known that Russian missiles have hit Lviv and the Kirovohrad, Vinnytsia, Dnipropetrovsk, Odesa and Zakarpattia regions. According to Ukrainska Pravda, one missile was also shot down by Air Defence near Kyiv. According to the Ukrainian State Emergency Service, pyrotechnic experts operating in Mykolaiv and Odesa Regions processed 264 requests and seized 54 munitions on 3 May.
 
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DIY-HP-LED

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How are they going to inherit shells? The Russians are going to go home and leave them for the Ukrainians? The munitions can be produced. Where are the factories that will produce them? You believe in the Easter Bunny, don't you.
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I said the reserves will be inheriting these weapons systems and short term logistical issues are a consideration. It is not difficult to produce bullets, and shells and the Ukrainians used to make tanks and still make vital components for them. There won't be a great deal of need for replacement ammo when they are transfered to the reserves, since they will be held back while NATO arms are used. I imagine other weapons systems would be scrapped though. There is still a demand for these munitions as the Russians exported lot's of weapons. One thing is certain, Ukraine will not be scrapping any useful tanks or artillery pieces any time soon, over time munitions supplies can be secured or made locally.
 
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Could this mean a change in the war? The beginning of offensive operations and they expect Vlad to run squealing to the peace table. From what I've seen of public opinion in Ukraine, the majority wants Crimea back too and as Ukrainian victories mount that sentiment will grow. Besides Uncle Sam wants his money's worth, Vlad's army must be destroyed and he must be either driven from power or barely clinging to it, with fires to put out all around his borders and his economy shattered.

The Feb 24th territory will serve as an initial goal, but there is no way it will end until Russia is completely gone from all of Ukraine and Crimea. I don't think Zelenskiy could or would sign a peace that gave up Ukrainian territory, including Crimea and I don't think Uncle Sam or the EU will force him to either. They said they wanted to bleed Vlad white and that would be the ticket, every tank the Ukrainians destroy is one less NATO needs to be concerned with, it's an investment, not an expense.

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BudmanTX

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DIY-HP-LED said:
Could this mean a change in the war? The beginning of offensive operations and they expect Vlad to run squealing to the peace table. From what I've seen of public opinion in Ukraine, the majority wants Crimea back too and as Ukrainian victories mount that sentiment will grow. Besides Uncle Sam wants his money's worth, Vlad's army must be destroyed and he must be either driven from power or barely clinging to it, with fires to put out all around his borders and his economy shattered.

The Feb 24th territory will serve as an initial goal, but there is no way it will end until Russia is completely gone from all of Ukraine and Crimea. I don't think Zelenskiy could or would sign a peace that gave up Ukrainian territory, including Crimea and I don't think Uncle Sam or the EU will force him to either. They said they wanted to bleed Vlad white and that would be the ticket, every tank the Ukrainians destroy is one less NATO needs to be concerned with, it's an investment, not an expense.

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from what i'm reading yes, they got them stopped.....now they're on the offensive especially around Karkiv and if the keep working at it they'll cut off about 20k worth of Russian Troops from the Russian border....nice flank manuver i'd say, if it works
 
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The pope wars begun they have! May the farce be with you!
Being an "altar boy" carries certain "connotations" among that bunch... :lol: A papal cut if there ever was one!
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Don’t be ‘Putin’s altar boy,’ Pope warns Russian Orthodox leader

Pope Francis warned the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church not to be “Putin’s altar boy” and justify the Russian president’s invasion of Ukraine.

In a Tuesday interview with the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, Francis said he spoke with Patriarch Kirill, a key supporter of Vladimir Putin and his war, for 40 minutes over Zoom. During the March 16 conversation, Francis said, Kirill was listing off all the justifications for the war from a sheet of paper he was holding.
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BudmanTX said:
from what i'm reading yes, they got them stopped.....now they're on the offensive especially around Karkiv and if the keep working at it they'll cut off about 20k worth of Russian Troops from the Russian border....nice flank manuver i'd say, if it works
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I saw that move to cut the supply lines from Russia and it will force them to move forces around and perhaps be vulnerable to some of that long range artillery while they are on the move. I expected a real big push when they get more modern shit, but perhaps we've been deceived along with the Russians. In war ya go with what ya got and take advantage of opportunities and your enemy's mistakes. I noticed the Ukrainians have downed an awful lot of Russian drones in the past week and the Russians are nearly drone blind, thanks to Uncle Sam I think. If that is the case then deception and surprise become more of a factor, just like on the west side of Kyiv, their end can come very quickly when they break. The attack that rolled the Russians back to the border was sudden and unexpected and with the next hit they will have even less warning.

They have taken their measure, they did their best to advance and they stopped them and know what it takes to hold them. Now other forces can be diverted to attack in vulnerable places, meanwhile wear them down everywhere and destroy as much of their logistics as possible. We should see that long range artillery in action, they would wait for that edge at least before going on the offensive in a big way and reports are they have a couple of hundred pieces of various kinds in the field now.
 
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Russia Ukraine conflict: Will Western weapons decide the war?


While 21 people were reported killed by Russian attacks in the Donetsk region yesterday. We reported from Pokrovsk in Donetsk where forces preparing for the next stage of the war are massing.

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Coup in Kremlin! Why everyone's looking for Ukrainian agents?!


Some of them confess their love for Ukraine, others flee to Ukraine from Russia. After all, after such antics, each of them can be told: you are a secret agent of Ukraine.
But are they really secret?
 
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Russia's attacks on Ukraine's supply lines are intensifying. Ukraine's national railway hasn't buckled
The smell of burnt wire and rubber still lingered in the air around the railway power station on the outskirts of Lviv Wednesday morning, hours after the blaze was extinguished. A group of investigators was collecting debris from the Russian rockets that struck this place the evening before. Now it serves as evidence of Russia's attempts to systematically destroy key infrastructure.
The Lviv power station was among six railway facilities in central and western Ukraine targeted by Russian forces on Tuesday evening, according to the chairman of Ukrainian Railways Olexander Kamyshin. The coordinated strikes briefly knocked out power in parts of the region and caused long delays to more than 40 trains.

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Russia intensifies attacks on railways, taking aim at Ukraine's lifeline to the outside world | CNN

Ukraine's railways have always been crucial to the economy. Since Russia invaded, the network has become a crucial conduit for weapons, supplies and humanitarian aid -- and one that is now increasingly under attack.
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