Popular Post tinker Posted January 17, 2023 VT Supporter Popular Post Share Posted January 17, 2023 4 hours ago, LondonLax said: Zelenskyy was also named in the Pandora papers as having off shore bank accounts in tax havens, along with his key presidential aids. Biden’s kid was working for a Ukrainian oligarch operating a gas conglomerate. The US military were in Ukrainian as far back as 2015 providing military support and training. There is plenty of grist for the conspiracy mill. That’s why both sides in a war feel like they are ‘fighting the good fight’. Russia have won a war of manipulating social media and other internet based platforms into its own interests, it has backed Trump which has led to political turmoil and a whole army of followers that are being manipulated. I also believe it played a large hand in promoting Brexit and benefitting Boris and his cronies. It's using these skills to help muddy the water over its invasion of the Ukraine. They are a rogue nation, murdering their enemies around the world like a cartel. Most people severely underestimate their vulnerability to being manipulated into doing what advertisers and marketing companies want them to do and this physiological science has been turned into weapon against certain countries and their political systems, add AI into the mix and you have an extremely powerful weapon, one that's in it's infancy but is growing exponentially. It's no surprise that China strictly control foreign influences over their social media platforms, they are the ones pulling the strings there. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnkarl Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 (edited) Today's most gruesome video is one where a Ukrainian drone flies over a halted Russian armoured attack in Avdiivka, it seems the Russians have tried to cross a lake on the ice, then been absolutely taken apart by mortars and artillery. It seems the BMP-1s Russia have now resorted to using are nothing more than a metal coffin. Attacking over the ice in human waves sounds familiar, eh Putin? Your idol Stalin tried the same in Finland and lost more soldiers to breaking ice than actual fighting. The Russian army seems so inept and blind to history that it's almost too good to be true. Edited January 18, 2023 by magnkarl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted January 18, 2023 Moderator Share Posted January 18, 2023 15 minutes ago, magnkarl said: Today's most gruesome video is one where a Ukrainian drone flies over a halted Russian armoured attack in Avdiivka, it seems the Russians have tried to cross a lake on the ice, then been absolutely taken apart by mortars and artillery. It seems the BMP-1s Russia have now resorted to using are nothing more than a metal coffin. Attacking over the ice in human waves sounds familiar, eh Putin? Your idol Stalin tried the same in Finland and lost more soldiers to breaking ice than actual fighting. The Russian army seems so inept and blind to history that it's almost too good to be true. Is that the video of at least 7 IFVs destroyed or is that a different incident? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnkarl Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 (edited) 7 minutes ago, bickster said: Is that the video of at least 7 IFVs destroyed or is that a different incident? Yes, it's the same. There was a longer version earlier today, but it got removed. I'm not sure why they keep removing things from Combatfootage? The start of the video shows the lake where there's several BMP sized holes in the ice with tracks leading to them, and then several more lines where they got off the beach and got trounced by mortars. I gather that around 10 BMP's were lost along with all crew just in this exchange.. 1 BMP normally carries 8 people. Edited January 18, 2023 by magnkarl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted January 18, 2023 Moderator Share Posted January 18, 2023 Quote Ukraine boasts that it used a drone to steal a radio from a dead Russian soldier, letting it listen in on enemy plans Ukraine said Monday that it was able to use a drone to steal a Russian radio left behind in battle. A video shows the moment the drone picked up the radio, which was lying next to a dead Russian. Ukraine said the radio was still working and that it listened in on its enemy's plans for nine days. Ukraine boasted that it used a drone to steal a working radio from a dead Russian, allowing it to listen in on the enemy's plans for several days. The moment was captured on video, which was first posted by the K-2 combat unit of the 54th mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on Monday. [...] Yahoo The actual video is on Faceache so it won't post here. The link is in the article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avfc1982am Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 I think TVP showed this also. Apparently Ukrainians were listening in to Russians for 9 days. Ouch.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted January 18, 2023 Moderator Share Posted January 18, 2023 Quote Bulgaria to the rescue: How the EU’s poorest country secretly saved Ukraine Sofia provided fuel and vital Soviet specification arms to Kyiv, but had to keep supplies secret because of pro-Moscow politicians in government. Last spring, Ukraine’s army was running desperately low on the fuel and Soviet caliber ammunition it needed to fight the Russians. Salvation came from an unexpected quarter: Bulgaria. Thanks to its fractured domestic politics — and the pro-Russian leanings of much of its elite — Sofia has been at pains over the course of the invasion to stress that it is not arming Ukraine.[...] [...] While the Socialist Party in Sofia called Bulgarian arms deliveries to Ukrainian forces a “red line,” Petkov’s officials avoided government-to-government transactions and used intermediary companies in Bulgaria and abroad to open up supply routes by air and land through Romania, Hungary, and Poland. “We estimate that about a third of the ammunition needed by the Ukrainian army in the early phase of the war came from Bulgaria,” Petkov told WELT. Just as sensitively, the diesel that Bulgaria supplied to Ukraine was processed from Russian crude oil at a Black Sea refinery, which at the time belonged to the Russian company Lukoil. “Bulgaria became one of the largest exporters of diesel to Ukraine and at times covered 40 percent of Ukraine’s needs,” former Finance Minister Vassilev told WELT. The government in Kyiv confirmed that version of events. Kuleba told WELT his country was in danger of running out of ammunition last April. “We knew that Bulgarian warehouses had large quantities of the ammunition needed so President [Volodymyr] Zelenskyy sent me to obtain the necessary material,” Kuleba said.[...] Politico Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Genie Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 41 minutes ago, NoelVilla said: First time i’ve seen a cost of items map where the UK wasn’t highest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted January 18, 2023 Moderator Share Posted January 18, 2023 Just now, Genie said: First time i’ve seen a cost of items map where the UK wasn’t highest The accuracy of the data isn't the point, it's Russian, it isn't going to be the truth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 19 minutes ago, bickster said: The accuracy of the data isn't the point, it's Russian, it isn't going to be the truth Yeah, I spotted that. It was just an aside from me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnkarl Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 (edited) The great Russian navy has another problem. Its only aircraft carrier is disintergrating due to bad materials, bad construction and corruption. As Russia's only aircraft carrier falls apart, some Russians want to undo a shady ship deal with China from 25 years ago Quote Russia's only aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, is in such bad shape that it may be easier to buy a replacement than fix it. In a sign of how low Russia's military has sunk, a politician in the country has suggested doing so by buying a Soviet-designed carrier that was sold to China 25 years ago. It's all good though, they trained a whale to take down NATO's boats. Hvaldimir: Seeking sanctuary for whale dubbed a Russian spy Quote A mysterious beluga whale was dubbed a spy when he appeared off Norway's coast wearing a Russian harness. Edited January 18, 2023 by magnkarl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BleedClaretAndBlue Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 Putana is making an announcement today isnt he? Another mobilisation more than likely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted January 18, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted January 18, 2023 (edited) 15 minutes ago, BleedClaretAndBlue said: Putana is making an announcement today isnt he? Another mobilisation more than likely More cannon fodder. More of Russia's future gone. Edited January 18, 2023 by sidcow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted January 18, 2023 Moderator Share Posted January 18, 2023 Why wait until they get to the battlefield? Quote Russian training ground attacked by kamikaze drones Russian media report a massive attack with the loitering munitions on a military training ground where the mobilized servicemen of the Russian Armed Forces were trained. NIP Tysk reported this. It is reported that this training ground is located 100 kilometers away from the front line. The Russian side claims that their air defense successfully shot down seven UAVs. Another undisclosed number of drones reached the target but did not cause significant damage. [...] mil.in.ua Sure as eggs is eggs that last bit isn't true. Russian media wouldn't even be reporting it if the last bit were true 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandy Lifeboats Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 1 hour ago, BleedClaretAndBlue said: Putana is making an announcement today isnt he? Another mobilisation more than likely I bet Edward Snowden is cr@ping himself. From whistle blower to cannon fodder. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villakram Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 Hail Satan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 (edited) 36 minutes ago, Mandy Lifeboats said: I bet Edward Snowden is cr@ping himself. From whistle blower to cannon fodder. He’s too valuable for the Russians to be drafted Edited January 18, 2023 by LondonLax Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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