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Russia begins Invasion of Ukraine

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sankt-Antonio

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It's too late for that buddy. We are already that involved I would say this has been a proxy war since the last year.
I don’t think so. At the moment support only leads to Ukraine being able to hold the line and maybe slowly get territory back.

Giving them long range capabilities would change that. With that change comes uncertainty where all this is going.
No one outside Poland (because they would be next) want’s a war with Russia over Ukrainian, sounds harsh but I guess that’s the motivation behind all this.

NATO wants a stalemate and sometime down the line an agreement between Ukraine and Russia to then continue business with both.

NATO I think has no real interest to not be in economic relationship with Russia and by proxy China whom both have a wealth of natural resources.
 

Liljagare

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I don’t think so. At the moment support only leads to Ukraine being able to hold the line and maybe slowly get territory back.

Giving them long range capabilities would change that. With that change comes uncertainty where all this is going.
No one outside Poland (because they would be next) want’s a war with Russia over Ukrainian, sounds harsh but I guess that’s the motivation behind all this.

NATO wants a stalemate and sometime down the line an agreement between Ukraine and Russia to then continue business with both.

NATO I think has no real interest to not be in economic relationship with Russia and by proxy China whom both have a wealth of natural resources.

Ukraine has received Western weapons with permission to hit Russia – Latvian Foreign Ministry.


"Ukraine has that right to use the weapons provided by London to strike targets inside Russia. Just as Russia is striking inside Ukraine, you can quite understand why Ukraine feels the need to make sure it's defending itself", - David Cameron

https://mstdn.social/@MAKS23@mastodon.social/112375931128936653
 
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Liljagare

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Military intelligence general: Chasiv Yar's fall probably a matter of time.


Battle of Chasiv Yar begins: On the ground with Ukrainian forces defending city key to Russia’s plans.



Local Kyiv website reports on Ukrainian men beginning to voluntarily flock to the Armed Forces of Ukraine’s military record centers, centers are now open 24H a day (Ukrainian source, https://nashkiev.ua/news/bilya-ttsk-u-kievi-utvorilis-chergi-choloviki-priishli-onoviti-dani-foto).


This Ukrainian ATACMS strike on training ground seems to have caused huge losses for Russian Army.

 

sankt-Antonio

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Ukraine has received Western weapons with permission to hit Russia – Latvian Foreign Ministry.


"Ukraine has that right to use the weapons provided by London to strike targets inside Russia. Just as Russia is striking inside Ukraine, you can quite understand why Ukraine feels the need to make sure it's defending itself", - David Cameron

https://mstdn.social/@MAKS23@mastodon.social/112375931128936653
Isn’t Ukraine’s Starlink reach limited to Ukrain territory only? I do think they meant Russian territory in the vicinity of the boarder.
Not striking Moskau. It the only reason why NATO countries are slow to give Ukraine the latest tech that makes sense to me.

NATO could give Ukraine weapons to destroy every Russian in Ukraine territory within days.
 

Tams

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Military intelligence general: Chasiv Yar's fall probably a matter of time.


Battle of Chasiv Yar begins: On the ground with Ukrainian forces defending city key to Russia’s plans.



Local Kyiv website reports on Ukrainian men beginning to voluntarily flock to the Armed Forces of Ukraine’s military record centers, centers are now open 24H a day (Ukrainian source, https://nashkiev.ua/news/bilya-ttsk-u-kievi-utvorilis-chergi-choloviki-priishli-onoviti-dani-foto).


This Ukrainian ATACMS strike on training ground seems to have caused huge losses for Russian Army.



jfc, it's like looking at some smooshed ants.

Zero sympathy of course. We all know they had opportunities to not be there.
 

Liljagare

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The minority Asian population colonised by Russia in the Buryatia and Tuva regions are being sent to the frontline to die.

"The Russian Federation is destroying my people. It plunders our lands only to go to war with its neighbors" - Marina Khankhalaeva, representative of Buryatia Independence Committee. She spoke at United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues."

https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1783417093079081428
 
The minority Asian population colonised by Russia in the Buryatia and Tuva regions are being sent to the frontline to die.

"The Russian Federation is destroying my people. It plunders our lands only to go to war with its neighbors" - Marina Khankhalaeva, representative of Buryatia Independence Committee. She spoke at United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues."

https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1783417093079081428
A sober reminder of what it means to be oppressed by the Russian Federation.
 

Liljagare

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Hospitals in Russian-occupied Luhansk Oblast are reportedly threatening to confiscate newborns from mothers if neither of the newborn’s parents can prove that they have Russian citizenship. Luhansk Oblast Military Administration Head Artem Lysohor reported on May 1 that mothers who give birth at hospitals in occupied Luhansk Oblast will be required starting on May 6 to prove that at least one of the newborn’s parents has Russian citizenship in order for the hospital to discharge the newborn. If this report is accurate, such actions violate Article II(d) of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, which defines genocide as “imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group.”[122]
https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-may-3-2024


The newly pledged Patriot system is not expected to arrive in Ukraine until late June at the earliest. Its delivery could coincide with shipment of F-16 fighter jets", - The New York Times




Meanwhile Russia is out here losing at least 128 T-90s.

 

Liljagare

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Russia hits Kharkiv again, fourth time today. They're not just bombing us; they're trying to break people’s resilience.




Long story short: the Russians forced this man to join their military from one of the occupied regions. He ended up shooting six Russians and fled.




Situation north of Avdivka: #RussianArmy took control over new trenches north of Keramik. In addition, #UkrainianArmy withdrew from the northern part of Arkhanhelske and the adjacent trench system.




Situation south of Bakhmut: #RussianArmy retook all the territory that lost ten days ago (https://x.com/Suriyakmaps/status/1782892136129520031) between Ivanivske and Klishchiivka.

 
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Liljagare

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Kotlyarivka-Kyslivka - Yesterday, the footage did not yet confirm Russian full control over Kotlyarivka, but geolocation confirmed the footage was indeed in the center of the settlement, confirming Russian control/occupation.




Russians pouring guided bombs and ballistic missiles on any residential neighborhood they can reach in Kharkiv.15 victims in this small neighborhood yesterday, leaving ruins.




Finland wants to build a TNT plant amid a shortage of shellsCurrently, there is only one such plant in the EU, in Poland, and it is unable to handle all the orders.




U.S. Approved More Weapons for Ukraine. Now It’s a Race Against Time.



Russian Soldier with the 200th Brigade from Pechenga says commanders execute their own men.

https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/s...ys-commanders-regularly-execute-their-own-men


The Russians Have Added Yet Another Layer Of Armor To Their Giant Turtle Tanks.

 

Lunarorbit

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Are the f-16 that eventually arriving this summer going to be used to stop the guide bombing planes?

I'm kinda ignorant about what they are used for even though they've been in pop culture for 40 years.
 

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hlm666

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Are the f-16 that eventually arriving this summer going to be used to stop the guide bombing planes?

I'm kinda ignorant about what they are used for even though they've been in pop culture for 40 years.
They could possibly be used to engage the bombers dropping the glide bombs, I have no idea if they could be engaged by russia fighters in return. I think the air to air missile on the f16 have up to 150km range, and the glide bombs are being dropped from like ~70km away so the f16 would need to be like ~70km away from wherever the target is which probably puts them within range of russia air to air missiles.

It wont be untouchable or able to counter russian air all by itself, it should help but the problem like everything ukraine gets is they are expected to be used in conjunction with other equipment which they normally don't get.



edit: That isn't the video I thought it was, there was one going through the weapons and their uses but will leave that until I find the right one.
 
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Nonehxc

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They could possibly be used to engage the bombers dropping the glide bombs, I have no idea if they could be engaged by russia fighters in return. I think the air to air missile on the f16 have up to 150km range, and the glide bombs are being dropped from like ~70km away so the f16 would need to be like ~70km away from wherever the target is which probably puts them within range of russia air to air missiles.

It wont be untouchable or able to counter russian air all by itself, it should help but the problem like everything ukraine gets is they are expected to be used in conjunction with other equipment which they normally don't get.



edit: That isn't the video I thought it was, there was one going through the weapons and their uses but will leave that until I find the right one.

Maybe, mayyyyybeeee, they won't have much to contest with when they arrive... 😏😏😏


'The best of the best died in that plane'. Lets not forget that planes and airframes are valuable.

Pilots are priceless.

😎
 
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Liljagare

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If you find yourself wondering "How pissed is Russia about Ukraine getting F16s? Are they really a big deal?". Here's your answer:
Russia Warns Ukraine's F-16s Will Be Treated as Nuclear Threats - Newsweek
While F-16s can accommodate certain nuclear weapons in the right configuration, Ukraine does not have a nuclear arsenal and there have been no indications that any allies who do possess nuclear weapons intend on sharing them with Kyiv.
The F-16s—provided by Western allies including Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway and Belgium—will represent a much-needed update to Ukraine's aging fleet of largely Soviet-made aircraft that have been battered and depleted after more than two years of combat.
Russia also claimed that the arrival of the F-16s was a "purposeful provocation" by "the United States and NATO," despite neither having supplied the aircraft to Ukraine.
And now Ladies and Gentlemen, your moment of zen:
"We cannot ignore the fact that these planes are dual-purpose platforms that can be used both for nuclear and non-nuclear tasks," the Russian Foreign Ministry statement reads. "No matter what modification of the aircraft will be supplied [to Ukraine] we will treat them as nuclear-capable and we will consider this step of the United States and NATO as a purposeful provocation," it continues. The ministry's statement goes on to warn that "the regime in Kyiv and its Western sponsors should realize that their reckless steps are bringing the situation closer to the point where it will attain 'critical mass' and explode."
"Any aircraft is actually nuclear weapons capable," U.S. Air Force Weapons School alumnus and former F-16 pilot Christopher Stewart said in comments last year to The Kyiv Post, where Stewart also serves as an editor. "A blimp, dirigible, zeppelin or hot air balloon is nuclear weapons capable."
https://www.newsweek.com/russia-warns-ukraines-f-16s-will-treated-nuclear-threats-1897700
 

FunkMiller

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hlm666

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Shot down by Magura missile drone boat... hope they figure out how to mount Stingers on them too.
Did they really get it with one of the missiles mounted on the drone boat? Their best pair of war criminals taken out by a bloody radio controlled jetski, the indignity must burn almost as much as their oil refineries.

Nobody wants russia military crap anymore, looks like the yanks bought a bunch for cheap to help maintain ukraines russian crap until the f16's arrive.

 
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Liljagare

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Did they really get it with one of the missiles mounted on the drone boat? Their best pair of war criminals taken out by a bloody radio controlled jetski, the indignity must burn almost as much as their oil refineries.

It's supposedly the same drone boat later filmed being shot up by a RuSSkie helicopter, it has two racks of missiles, one was empty.
Good trade, a cheap arse drone boat for a highly advanced airplane and two war criminal.
Ukraine is really making the best out of drones. Ukraine advanced in a undisclosed area using drones too.
 

Liljagare

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Another spike in numbers.. :eek:

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Russian forces continue their advance in the Avdiivka sector and raised their flag in the settlement of Uman'ske, west of Orlivka. The area south of Semenivka and west of Orlivka are also considered under Russian control.




A video of the drone attacking the plant in Russian Salavat, Bashkiria, appeared on Russian Telegram channels.

 

Nonehxc

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Finally get to see a bradley using the tow missile.



I'm also gonna drop this here so we all get onboard with Nonehxc Nonehxc requesting uncle sam send more bradleys.



Also there is a picture of a bradley that was hit by a russian lancet missile, and it got home with the crew safe.

I always get a good chuckle when I see someone write on the Internets about the Bradley in the likeness of that scene from the Siege of Minas Tirith ( Gondor ) :

T-90 : 'No Tank can kill me' 😎😏

Bradley : ' I am not a Tank' 😚

😱😱😱

2500 Bradleys going their happy way destroying everything in their path from St. Petersburg to Vladivostok would be all kinds of ridiculously ludicrous shits and giggle. As for civilians casualties, do not wanna destruction? Don't get in the path of the Mad Puppies on Speed 🐶

I mean, the thing is ridiculous. Even the TOW pods deploy like a goddamn Transformer or Gundam. 😆

Bradley, the Happy Puppy 🐶 of Destruction
 
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Gp1

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Are the f-16 that eventually arriving this summer going to be used to stop the guide bombing planes?

I'm kinda ignorant about what they are used for even though they've been in pop culture for 40 years.

Hard to tell how they will use these fighters. You have to be on the right spot at the right time to intercept his kind of threat (small guided bombs launched from tactical aviation). And both sides still retains a good portion of AA so that's why we don't see many air to air engagements or interceptions like that.

Imho Ukraine will use the F-16s as a platform to launch all the Western weapons (Harm, Storm Shadow/Scalp etc.) that are currently improvised on their old Soviet fleet and as area access denial/air defense against missiles launched from the Russian strategic bomber fleet.
 
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Nonehxc

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Russia, as was known since April, didn't held any Immortal Regiment parades in any of their land because 'terrorism'.

As you may or may not know, Immortal Regiment parades have been a pet peevee of the Russians since the 60s, where soldiers and family of soldiers parade the pictures, things and garments of those fallen in combat during Victory Day.

Guess why Putin didn't want people going out with things from dead shits in the streets? 😏
 

Nonehxc

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Reports of Big Bingo Bango BADABOOMS in Mariupol, supposedly ATACMS on Russian Filth HQ.

You're not safe anywhere now, Moscovian Scum. Doesn't matter if you're man, woman, child, elderly or young. You're trampling over the bones of their former inhabitants. So you have two choices.

RUN.

OR DIE.
 

Liljagare

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Ukraine Strikes More Russian Oil Facilities in a Bid to Disrupt Military Logistic.




A Ukrainian Sport Plane Drone Just Flew 800 Miles Into Russia To Blow Up An Oil Refinery.



The new aid from the west can't arrive soon enough!

Continuing progress in the area from last week, RuSSia has now taken almost full control of the settlement of Robotyne.



RuSSia has also advanced west of Avdiivka and taken control of the settlement of Umans'ke.

 

TwinB242

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Lotsa bad news but I don't think Russians fully control Robotyne yet. I keep on reading that every time they reach the settlement they're forced to retreat shortly afterwards. Maybe they finally have a foothold, but its hard to say.
 

Liljagare

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Briefly about the situation in Kharkiv Oblast from the fighters of the "Sharp Kartuza" unit working in this operational zone:

▪️The Russians occupied several villages that were located almost on the border and were strategically difficult for their maintenance;

▪️Our line of defense was not breached;

▪️Now the battles are much less active than they were yesterday;

▪️The situation is completely stabilized.





 

Nonehxc

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Lovely missile attack on Russian ultranationalist propaganda gathering in Donetsk city (frontline doesn't seem so far now huh) for propaganda purposes of their Donkey Republic day. Aftermath of Paradise venue:

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Donetsk, also known as The Blast Oblast.

Run, 'children' of the Dombass. Your home is the fuck outta to the right in the swamps you should never have crawled out of, not on stolen land tramping over the bones of murdered people. Only death and horror awaits you here.

In other news, ATACMS being used against refineries. Yesterdays attack engulfed an entire refinery on destruction, bomblets were found afterwards. Now you don't have a tower or a rig being blown out, now you have the entire refinery fucked up. No need to thank us orcs, happy to serve you the afterlife.
 
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Durien

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Briefly about the situation in Kharkiv Oblast from the fighters of the "Sharp Kartuza" unit working in this operational zone:

▪️The Russians occupied several villages that were located almost on the border and were strategically difficult for their maintenance;

▪️Our line of defense was not breached;

▪️Now the battles are much less active than they were yesterday;

▪️The situation is completely stabilized.






Is it Operation Dolphin?
 
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Liljagare

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Is it Operation Dolphin?

I see it, but that's pretty improper, 280 Ukrainians died in that dolphin, including 17 children. Hope you feel good about your "edgy" joke.

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