Russia and its “Special Operation” in Ukraine

[ml1dch]

10 hours ago, Awol said:

It gets even better

 

 

And one more - they've clearly been tasked to buy a wig (for disguise in their nefarious, undercover Nazi infiltration of Russian soil), but have instead been to a costume shop and picked up a bright green ladies disco wig.

[Delphinho123]

1 hour ago, magnkarl said:

Great news, I do think that out of all the Eastern partners (when they join), Finland are the most capable of defending themselves against Russia. UK support will be good (at least morally), but Finland are more than capable of defending themselves at least for a few weeks.

If you think the Russians bodged the Ukraine offensive, then an attack on Finland would be a disaster for them. 

Finland can put together an army of 500k people very, very quickly and they are experienced in fighting in difficult terrain. Logistically, the Russians wouldn’t stand a chance. 

Of course, they can just level towns if they want. But anybody can do that.

[Awol]

1 hour ago, ml1dch said:

And one more - they've clearly been tasked to buy a wig (for disguise in their nefarious, undercover Nazi infiltration of Russian soil), but have instead been to a costume shop and picked up a bright green ladies disco wig.

There might be something in this ‘brain drain’ talk.

[desensitized43]

Looks like the war might be spilling over into Moldova. Explosions targetting Russian radio broadcast towers in the occupied region of that country.

[magnkarl]

17 minutes ago, desensitized43 said:

Looks like the war might be spilling over into Moldova. Explosions targetting Russian radio broadcast towers in the occupied region of that country.

To be perfectly honest this is perfect timing for Moldova to kick out the Russians. Russia hasn't got the resources to defend their illegal territory in Moldova, and it's very unlikely that they'll even get out of the regions they are currently holding. Hope South Ossetia follows suit.

At the same time Russia is running out of missiles and will want these for Donbas and not to try to hit a target that close to NATO.

Win\win for Moldova who have been in conflict with Russia since USSR's fall.

Edited April 26, 2022 by magnkarl

[avfc1982am]

9 minutes ago, desensitized43 said:

Looks like the war might be spilling over into Moldova. Explosions targetting Russian radio broadcast towers in the occupied region of that country.

Rightly so. Moscow decided to sow the seeds of a complete southern invasion linking to Moldova and completely destabilise the region. I'm sure as shit Moldovans or Ukraine aren't going to allow any Russian link up now and will be more than willing to see Transnistria cut off from Russian contact. The obvious tactic would be that if Russian forces get near Odessa for a push out of Tiraspol by Pro Russians to cover the Southern advance. That needs to be addressed so I see this as par for the course.

[Awol]

2 minutes ago, magnkarl said:

To be perfectly honest this is perfect timing for Moldova to kick out the Russians. Russia hasn't got the resources to defend their illegal territory in Moldova, and it's very unlikely that they'll even get out of the regions they are currently holding. Hope South Ossetia follows suit.

At the same time Russia is running out of missiles and will want these for Donbas and not to try to hit a target that close to NATO.

Win\win for Moldova who have been in conflict with Russia since USSR's fall.

Moldova doesn't have an army to speak of, so would either need Romania to pass through it to kick Russia out of Transnistria or ask Ukraine to do it from their side of the border. Ukraine is obviously busy and Romania won't want to start shooting Russians directly. It would actually be a really good job for a western equivalent of the Wagner Group, but our PMCs only engage in defensive not offensive activity. 

There was some talk of Moldova joining Romania (which would make Transnistria a Russian occupied part of NATO territory) but apparently the Moldovans weren't keen.  That was before the invasion of Ukraine though so it might be different now. 

[magnkarl]

Looks like Germany's finally caved under pressure and will send Leopard tanks and two types of anti tank artillery (PzH2000 and one other model they're not naming, probably a Leopard variant with AA capability). About bloody time.

Edited April 26, 2022 by magnkarl

[magnkarl]

5 minutes ago, Awol said:

Moldova doesn't have an army to speak of, so would either need Romania to pass through it to kick Russia out of Transnistria or ask Ukraine to do it from their side of the border. Ukraine is obviously busy and Romania won't want to start shooting Russians directly. It would actually be a really good job for a western equivalent of the Wagner Group, but our PMCs only engage in defensive not offensive activity. 

There was some talk of Moldova joining Romania (which would make Transnistria a Russian occupied part of NATO territory) but apparently the Moldovans weren't keen.  That was before the invasion of Ukraine though so it might be different now. 

If they scrape all their army together, that's around 10.000 troops, should be enough capability to kick out 1000 Russians with some drone support via NATO/Ukraine.

[magnkarl]

Is this now a CIA backed opposition doing this, or just the average Russian finally doing something?

[Mandy Lifeboats]

I wish this story about fires being intentional sabotage was true. But I think it's being exaggerated. 

The UK has 60,000 fires a year that cause loss of life or significant property damage.  We have a small country with very cautious fire safety laws which are enforced.  

I assume Russia fire safety laws are less rigorous and commonly ignored.  

Statistics prove that toilets cause house fires.  Fire statistics show there was a toilet present in 100% of homes that suffer fires. And 56% of statistics are false.  

[magnkarl]

8 minutes ago, Mandy Lifeboats said:

I wish this story about fires being intentional sabotage was true. But I think it's being exaggerated. 

The UK has 60,000 fires a year that cause loss of life or significant property damage.  We have a small country with very cautious fire safety laws which are enforced.  

I assume Russia fire safety laws are less rigorous and commonly ignored.  

Statistics prove that toilets cause house fires.  Fire statistics show there was a toilet present in 100% of homes that suffer fires. And 56% of statistics are false.  

Do you not think that a weapon's facility, a chemical plant producing explosives for Russia's army and the link node for Russia's oil exports to Europe burning is a bit too big of a coincidence?

[GarethRDR]

4 minutes ago, magnkarl said:

Do you not think that a weapon's facility, a chemical plant producing explosives for Russia's army and the link node for Russia's oil exports to Europe burning is a bit too big of a coincidence?

Maybe, but have you seen the build quality of the average Russian toaster?  To be frank, it's a marvel the entire country isn't ablaze.

[Mandy Lifeboats]

4 minutes ago, magnkarl said:

Do you not think that a weapon's facility, a chemical plant producing explosives for Russia's army and the link node for Russia's oil exports to Europe burning is a bit too big of a coincidence?

I think the link node was 100% a deliberate attack. 

A chemical plant producing explosives would seem a very high accidental fire risk.  But maybe someone helped. Possible. 

A house in St Petersburgh?  No. 

A meat packing plant?  No.

A shopping centre? No.  

3 Police Stations? Probably deliberate but likely to be some criminal element seeking revenge. 

 

[Mandy Lifeboats]

6 minutes ago, GarethRDR said:

Maybe, but have you seen the build quality of the average Russian toaster?  To be frank, it's a marvel the entire country isn't ablaze.

Spot on @GarethRDR

Let's remember that Russia thinks its public will believe that its navy accidentally set fire to its own flagship.  

Personally,  I think the UK public would rather hear that we lost a ship to enemy missiles than Able Seaman Dave started a fire when he dropped an anti aircraft missile into a box of bullets. 

[bannedfromHandV]

6 minutes ago, Mandy Lifeboats said:

Spot on @GarethRDR

Let's remember that Russia thinks its public will believe that its navy accidentally set fire to its own flagship.  

Personally,  I think the UK public would rather hear that we lost a ship to enemy missiles than Able Seaman Dave started a fire when he dropped an anti aircraft missile into a box of bullets. 

 

[bickster]

1 hour ago, magnkarl said:

Is this now a CIA backed opposition doing this, or just the average Russian finally doing something?

No the CIA will not be doing this

Some of it will be Ukraine backed but not all of it. Anything out in Siberia is just the season fires, however, these are worse than usual because its the military that normally put them out and there's a much smaller military presence in the region for some unfathomable reason.

If its a sensible target it probably is, if its not it probably isn't

Of course it is in Ukraine's interest to neither confirm nor deny all of them but Ukraine aren't going to be setting alight Houses in St Petersburg or Airfields in Siberia. Even teh recruiting offices are going to be Russians trying to avoid being drafted

[Mandy Lifeboats]

There is a good book that can often be found as an audiobook on YouTube.  It's called the "Simple Sabotage Manual". I shall not add a link because its probably a copyright infringement and will have been deleted.  

It's written by the Americans  (who else) and is a guide for civilians wanting to u estate sabotage with minimal risks.  Its fascinating because its more focused with the impact of 1 million people doing small things than a few hundred people blowing up railways. 

There's lot of ways to make things wear out prematurely or fail catastrophicly a few months later. Its things like suggesting car mechanics add sand to car oil.  

With 1 million Ukrainians in Russia they can have a massive impact. 

[Awol]

The Ukrainians aren't just Nazis, they're gay Nazis. Furthermore, Biden is paying to make them gay, so you could argue that Ukrainians are really just gay, American Nazis. 

Big brain takes from Russian state media. 

 

 

[Genie]

7 minutes ago, Awol said:

The Ukrainians aren't just Nazis, they're gay Nazis. Furthermore, Biden is paying to make them gay, so you could argue that Ukrainians are really just gay, American Nazis. 

Big brain takes from Russian state media. 

 

 

Gay Nazi rent boys? Is that what they’re trying to say?