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really??..lol...did that already

BudmanTX said:

Putin had cancer treatment in April and end is near, classified US report says

The high-ranking officials have reportedly said Kremlin insiders are 'sensing that the end is near' for the 69-year-old warmonger as they warn his death will still cause 'chaos'

www.mirror.co.uk

with cancer....he may have parkinson's too....hmmm

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A repeat performance? All his cronies would lose power, unlike the old soviet union where the successors were all government officials and party members, most of these guys are completely dependent on Vlad for their positions and power. They must maintain the pretext of an organized government and they must have some legal authority to assume power.

A dark comedy, Vlad banned it in Russia in 2018, I wonder why? It is more or less accurate, the events did happen, just not in the timeline presented for some of them. Made in the UK

BudmanTX said:

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MSLR ranges......

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Yeah but if you only have a dozen and you still need enough rockets to go with them.

As long as Putin's private army and spies gets well paid the rest of the bunch has to watch their p's and q's.

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Yeah but if you only have a dozen and you still need enough rockets to go with them.

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very true......

and from the looks of it..it's Britian, Germany, and the US giving them....along with long range rockets too....fingers crossed.....if the US gives up the good rockets...that bridge is in line sight too

BudmanTX said:

very true......

and from the looks of it..it's Britian, Germany, and the US giving them....along with long range rockets too....fingers crossed.....if the US gives up the good rockets...that bridge is in line sight too

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Moscow warned Ukraine if they take out the bridge they will bomb the decision making apparatus in Kiev.

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Moscow warned Ukraine if they take out the bridge they will bomb Kiev.

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They already tried that and hopefully the Krauts will come through on those air defense systems that can defend cities. I don't think they will try for the bridge at Kerch any time soon, there is business to finish in the east where the Russians are attacking, increasingly into the teeth of 155mm artillery that I'm pretty sure they have concentrated where the targets/Russians are.

When they are ready they will go after the bridge at Kerch and the Russians will be in one Helluva pickle, if they moved on Kherson and Mariupol, forcing the Russians to defend both ends of the south at once and forcing those in the east to come out from behind their defenses to try and intervene on the Mariupol side. Then the bridge at Kerch will be blown, if they can, any way they can. Putting immediate pressure on Crimea would preclude the possibility of getting their equipment out by sea. It is the irreplaceable equipment that is the real prize and trapping it in Crimea or the South with no fuel might be the plan. The destruction of Vlad's army means he won't be able to interfere with Ukrainian gas development, especially if he has other fires to put out in other places. Crimea and the surrounding waters are also rich in undeveloped oil and gas. Vlad would like to keep it this way.

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Moscow warned Ukraine if they take out the bridge they will bomb the decision making apparatus in Kiev.

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that's ok, those same rockets can hit Moscow too......and with the air defenses the way they are.....not even a russian plane crosses into UA right now for being afraid of being shot down.......all for pooty little achievement of connecting russia with crimea.......blow it

Here is how Ukrainian artillery operates, use closed captions in the video for the translation into English. Things will change a lot with new artillery that has superior range and accuracy.
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«Gods of war»: how Ukrainian artillery fights the war
1,444,665 views Premiered May 21, 2022 "Reconnaissance, artillery, reconnaissance, infantry, cleanup" - the algorithm of the Ukrainian army's work in the war now looks like. hromadske was lucky to get to the positions of one of the most effective motorized brigades to the east of Kharkiv. In the region, Russian troops are pushed to the border. "I would have gone further," "Barracuda," the squadron commander told us, "but it is more clear to the higher command and the higher one there."

Artillery plays a crucial role in the chain of the effectiveness of the Ukrainian army because, for the most part, the Russian-Ukrainian war is a war of artillery.

hromadske witnesses an artillery barrage in support of infantry, which counterattacks to liberate the next Ukrainian village.
First reconnaissance, then aiming, then "Carnations" [2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled artillery].

The difference between the war of 2022 and the war of 2014-2015, where artillerymen also worked, is that now, almost immediately after the work of Ukrainian artillery, Russian artillery begins to fire at the positions that Ukrainian artillery used. Therefore it is necessary to work very effectively. Effective now is a maximum of three shots on target. And yet - very quickly, so as not to become a goal yourself.

BudmanTX said:

that's ok, those same rockets can hit Moscow too......and with the air defenses the way they are.....not even a russian plane crosses into UA right now for being afraid of being shot down.......all for pooty little achievement of connecting russia with crimea.......blow it

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I am pretty sure if Moscow got hit they would use the thermobaric bombs on a major city. They will say they were justified and the hell with what anyone outside of Russia thinks. I think Ukraine should make some of their own as well as phosphor bombs and say if you use them we will hit you right back with them.

This is an interesting development

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I am pretty sure if Moscow got hit they would use the thermobaric bombs on a major city. They will say they were justified and the hell with what anyone outside of Russia thinks. I think Ukraine should make some of their own as well as phosphor bombs and say if you use them we will hit you right back with them.

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Attacking Russian cities would be a mistake, it would invite retaliation, cause the Russian population to support the war more, is bad PR and they would lose the moral high ground. There are better targets inside Russia that would hurt them more militarily and economically, like rail bridges, the ones close to Ukraine's borders would be best and keep the Russians at bay. However tit for tat retaliation will have to be used, if Vlad continues to lob missiles into Ukraine, they must pay a painful price for each one. Hitting civilian targets are useless for security, military, logistics and fuel targets are what they need to hit, keep destroying the equipment they can't replace.

Medvedev threatened to strike at Kyiv in the event of an attack on Russia. "We will act to defeat"
In the event that Ukraine uses American multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) against Russian facilities, the Russian Armed Forces will have no choice but to act to defeat decision-making centers. This statement was made by Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev.


But it is OK if the Russians use them.

Medvedev explained the difference between a special operation and war
Russia's actions in Ukraine are precisely a special operation, the goals of which are limited, since only military facilities are being destroyed and destroyed. Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, spoke about this in an interview with Al Jazeera.

“This is really a special military operation. What happens there follows a certain scenario. The President announced that we have two goals that need to be achieved. The first is to protect the citizens of the Donetsk and Lugansk republics <...> The second is to destroy the militarist machine and denazify these regions so that there are no nationalists who promote an absolutely anti-Russian, Russophobic course and try to push Russia and Ukraine together, ”Medvedev said during an interview with a TV channel Al Jazeera. So the deputy chairman of the Security Council answered the question why Moscow called the special operation in this way.


Just changing hearts and minds. We come in peace.

Russia is developing its own international court
The Russian Bar Association (AJUR) has taken up the development of an international court that will serve as an alternative to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). This was stated by the chairman of the association, former Minister of Justice Sergei Stepashin. It is assumed that the BRICS, the CIS, or the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) will become a platform for creating an alternative instance.

“We have withdrawn from the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), and it is necessary to protect human rights: both our citizens, and those who are abroad, and those who are in Ukraine,” Stepashin said in an interview with Vedomosti, specifying that no one is going to throw out "many postulates of the ECtHR". He added that AJUR has already begun work on the creation of such an alternative court.


Taking my marbles and going home.

Hot off the presses.

In South Ossetia, the postponement of the referendum on joining the Russian Federation was explained
The referendum on the accession of South Ossetia to Russia was postponed due to a special operation in Ukraine, so as not to create "unnecessary problems" for Moscow. This was stated by an associate of the President of the Republic Alan Gagloeva and a member of his election team Vladimir Vaneev.

“Russia is busy with the situation in Ukraine, and we don’t want to cause unnecessary problems for it. The time will come, Moscow will give a sign - and we will do all this very competently and beautifully, ”Vladimir Vaneev told Izvestia .

Got a strange felling we have a successor, he was pres for a bit....hmmm

Private companies track the war in Ukraine in real time
8,090 views Jun 1, 2022 Even before Russian military forces crossed into Ukraine three months ago, private companies were using data from satellites and other technology to closely monitor events on the ground. Newshour Special Correspondent Mike Cerre explores the ongoing efforts to track the war in Ukraine in real time, digitally.

Th Ukrainians are chewing up the Russians as they advance, while they themselves maneuver and retreat to survive the Russian artillery. They want to defend the territory, but will trade it temporarily for destroyed Russian equipment and units. The Russians have concentrated a lot of BTGs in a small area close to their front, which is on the hills, on the west side of the river looking down on the Russians. Many of those Russian BTGs taking the city are in range of both drones and 155mm artillery. Half of the Russian army in Ukraine is concentrated here and this is a good opportunity to destroy much of it.
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Russian success in eastern Ukraine, but at huge cost - UK
Russia is now achieving "tactical success" in the eastern Donbas region of Ukraine, but it's come at a "significant resource cost", the UK's Ministry of Defence has said in its latest intelligence update.

Questions remain around Moscow's decision to concentrate so much of its "force and fires" on a single part of the overall campaign.

Looking back at the 100 days since Russia invaded its neighbour, the MoD also reminds people that Vladimir Putin's original plan - to seize the capital Kyiv and topple Ukraine's government - has failed.

However, 90% of Luhansk - part of the Donbas region - is now controlled by Russia, the update said. And it is likely Putin will have complete control of the area in the next two weeks.

Another Russian General dead?

Vladimir Putin's health is a subject of intense conversation inside the Biden administration after the intelligence community produced its fourth comprehensive assessment at the end of May. The classified U.S. report says Putin seems to have re-emerged after undergoing treatment in April for advanced cancer, three U.S. intelligence leaders who have read the reports tell Newsweek.