International Russia vs Ukraine Combat Megathread vol 4

[Videer]

UK to provide Starstreak, truely one of a kind design.

 

[13 others]

Haha, that would be very weird to see, given everything that is going on. I was curious where the drills were taking place and saw this other post. I love how their annual biggest military training exercise is called Opperation Maple Resolve

They do it every year, this being the 22nd year

Same thing happened at the beginning of the pandemic and some ppl thought Canada was preparing for martial law lol.

Canada transports most military vehicles to Wainwright via train unless they're coming from Edmonton to reduce costs. They'd break down & cost way too much to drive there from Ontario & QC

 

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I went in with an open mind, but LMFAO that this Brit is giving "the Russian" perspective. Unless by "the Russian" you mean "the Kremlin's" or even more specifically "Putin's". He's a mouthpiece for Vlad. Really sold that the Nazis were in fact running the Ukrainian government...just wow.
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“EvErYthInG I dOn’T aGreE WitH iS RusSiAn pRoPAganDa”

meanwhile you’re gleefully and fanatically sharing and parroting US propaganda here as if there is no other possible viewpoint possible. One would almost asume its ilegal to see things differently if we look at you, lol.

 

[aries]

5th
Russia could Already have levelled entire cities if they didn't care about civilian deaths.......

There are signs they are starting to do that in the smaller towns, not in the big cities yet but they are going that way. Some excerpts from this article:

Pavlo*, a Schastia native who evacuated his family, said 80% of the town was damaged in an intense bombardment that lasted days, and as in Volnovakha, barely any buildings were entirely untouched.

The devastation in larger cities such as Chernihiv and Kharkiv is deadly and terrible, but has still affected only a relatively small portion of the towns, even if the terror it instils casts a shadow over every civilian still trapped there.

But what Russian forces appear to show in these smaller towns is that they are willing to leave behind them a wasteland on a massive scale, as they did in Grozny in Chechnya, or – together with Syrian forces – in the ancient city of Aleppo.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...ged-thousands-trapped-in-ukraines-small-towns

 

[aries]

Friendly fire a matter of interest to you?

Only I suspect when it's committed by the Ukrainians

 

[cottagecheesefan]

Looks like China is going to the yard sale
Btw I feel that China is by far the largest beneficiary of all of this


China pushing state-owned firms to buy Russian oil, gas metals assets

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  • Beijing is in talks with state-owned enterprises "SOEs" regarding opportunities to scoop up Russian companies and assets, according to Bloomberg.
  • The news comes on the back of European and US firms announcing exits from Russian holdings, including BP's (NYSE:BP) sale of Rosneft (OTCPK:RNFTF), Exxon's (NYSE:XOM) exit from Sakhalin, and Shell's (NYSE:SHEL) exit from a series of assets and joint ventures.
  • China's foreign minister Wang Yi said earlier this week that China-Russia ties remain "rock solid."
  • It was previously reported that Rosneft (OTCPK:RNFTF) was a likely bidder for BP's (BP) ~20% equity stake in the Russian producer.
  • Western companies are in a difficult position, facing social and investor pressure to divest from Russia; selling assets at reduced prices to Russia does little to help investors, help Ukraine or hurt Russia; with China emerging as a likely buyer, it will be interesting to see if asset prices rise or Western companies re-think exit strategies.

this is so fucking stupid. Let's all give up assets at a discount so that Russia itself or China, Iran, and others can swoop in and get it all. I been saying that this rising prices are only going to benefit Russia because they will find people to buy the oil and other materials. Even if it is 20% discounted from the world market, it is still going to be more than they were making a month ago.

And people will be like "Well, Russia is just going to be another North Korea then". Bros.. it already was, just for the west. That is why I been saying they have the same economy size as Italy despite 3x the population and all their resources. It has been being ran like a dictatorship since the soviet union collapsed, they just have more to offer than small ass North Korea. This is all going to just make China stronger and stronger.

I was saying this last week and people told me I was crazy for suggesting anyone would be working with Russia like this

 

[mkess101]

“EvErYthInG I dOn’T aGreE WitH iS RusSiAn pRoPAganDa”

meanwhile you’re gleefully and fanatically sharing and parroting US propaganda here as if there is no other possible viewpoint possible. One would almost asume its ilegal to see things differently if we look at you, lol.

Illegal LMAO? Guess which country actually is jailing people by the thousands for any hint of dissent? (Hint because maybe you're a little slow: it's not the US or any western NATO countries).

Save your "illegal to view things differently" idiocy... because that's Russia where that's actually true. And you and baldy the Brit are carrying the water for that regime that's actually crushing free speech.

It's like some of you can't take one second and think before you post this drivel.

 

[aries]

UK to provide Starstreak, truely one of kind design.

Call me cynical but just seems like a chance to demo some weapon systems to generate sales.

 

[Rholk]

UK to provide Starstreak, truely one of kind design.

Now that's a cool looking missile

 

[Fugazy]

Well, that explains alot then. I live to be in the wilderness lol. Probably the the reason why so many people from there settled in the upper peninsula of Michigan. Ancestors were also from Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Germany, with very small percentages of Baltic and irish. I am the melting pot lol

Yoooper, eh?

I think I’ve seen you mention that before. Always wanted to go, never been.

 

[Videer]

Oh look, another cope cage, I wonder what kind of protection did it provide? Oh.

 

[shinkyoku]

UK to provide Starstreak, truely one of a kind design.

probably a waste of energy.
Ukraine does not need refined weaponsystem they have no training for, with control's in an alphabet they do not use.
Those things would be awesome if they had time to train with them. They do not. The first time they fire them will be against live targets.
Ukraine need simple systems that a moron can figure out first time, or weapon-systems they are already used to or close enough to what they are used to.

That is one of the things I find so silly about the whole give them airplanes argument. Unless they have pilots trained with that specific airplane model, ground crews who are trained with them and has the required tool and spare parts, its not of much use. (BTW the mig 29 that poland said they will hand over to them are equipment they are trained with.)

 

[MichiganMMA1978]

Yoooper, eh?

I think I’ve seen you mention that before. Always wanted to go, never been.

Yessir, been away for about 5 years now.... and it's kinda depressing me. I miss it alot more than I thought I would lol

 

[Ruprecht]

probably a waste of energy.
Ukraine does not need refined weaponsystem they have no training for, with control's in an alphabet they do not use.
Those things would be awesome if they had time to train with them. They do not. The first time they fire them will be against live targets.
Ukraine need simple systems that a moron can figure out first time, or weapon-systems they are already used to or close enough to what they are used to.

That is one of the things I find so silly about the whole give them airplanes argument. Unless they have pilots trained with that specific airplane model, ground crews who are trained with them and has the required tool and spare parts, its not of much use. (BTW the mig 29 that poland said they will hand over to them are equipment they are trained with.)

The controls on the manpad are apparently much the same as the Javelin (the S15 versions), and they don't seem to be struggling with those.
It's just the the speed of the missile and the use of three tungsten submunitions which makes it more effective.

Spoiler

Interesting that current corporate boycotting of Russia exceeds that of apartheid South Africa.
I guess we'll find out just how hooked on endemic corruption and authoritarian strongmen they are.

 

[SandisLL]

All this “Polish MiG’s” story is just a stupid hype-train - those MiG’s are a piles of junk, useless for Ukrainians, because their capabilities as an assault craft are very limited (basically, manual targeting) and even more useless as a fighter crafts - Ukrainian aerospace is fully controlled by Russians,

You are living in Russia.

Sorry, it is very painful for me to post this reality.
You as a person are nice lad, while ppl here should know that you are Kremlin's propaganda supporter.
Also to know why.

BTW, how happy you are that Putin prohibited banks to sell casuals foreign hard currency in cash?

Nothing wrong, just small little operation with small denazification of russians in russia brainwashed by Kremlin.

It is cool achievement.


I know russian mentality: they might respect only poverty, unemployment and huge sufferings, direct death threats.

 

[aries]

I went in with an open mind, but LMFAO that this Brit is giving "the Russian" perspective. Unless by "the Russian" you mean "the Kremlin's" or even more specifically "Putin's". He's a mouthpiece for Vlad. Really sold that the Nazis were in fact running the Ukrainian government...just wow.

I have business relationships with a lot of Russian nationals, some are good friends. They have family back home. They have a much different perspective on this war, and I'll take their views as more representative of the Russian populace than this joker.

But...I bet you do enjoy his videos, absolutely no surprise there. Carry on, bud.

I started watching it and the guy gave me bad vibes straight away, a narcissist. Then he kept referring to the invasion as a 'situation'. And then the complete bullshit starts, claiming war crimes committed by the Neo-nazi forces of Ukraine shelling the people of the Donbas for 8 years but no mention of huge number of Russian Neo-nazis that were deliberately using the Donbas civillians as human shields.

Russian Donbas militant leader Girkin admits to using civilians as human shields & other war crimes

List of Russian Neo-Nazis fighting in Donbas:
Russian Orthodox Army, 4000
Eurasian Youth Union
Russian Imperial Movement
Slavic Union
Movement Against Illegal Immigration
Svarozhich Battallion
Rusich Battallion
Ratibor Battallion
Sparta Battallion, 7200
Interbrigades

 

[aries]

Looks like China is going to the yard sale
Btw I feel that China is by far the largest beneficiary of all of this


China pushing state-owned firms to buy Russian oil, gas metals assets

• 
  
  
  • Beijing is in talks with state-owned enterprises "SOEs" regarding opportunities to scoop up Russian companies and assets, according to Bloomberg.
  • The news comes on the back of European and US firms announcing exits from Russian holdings, including BP's (NYSE:BP) sale of Rosneft (OTCPK:RNFTF), Exxon's (NYSE:XOM) exit from Sakhalin, and Shell's (NYSE:SHEL) exit from a series of assets and joint ventures.
  • China's foreign minister Wang Yi said earlier this week that China-Russia ties remain "rock solid."
  • It was previously reported that Rosneft (OTCPK:RNFTF) was a likely bidder for BP's (BP) ~20% equity stake in the Russian producer.
  • Western companies are in a difficult position, facing social and investor pressure to divest from Russia; selling assets at reduced prices to Russia does little to help investors, help Ukraine or hurt Russia; with China emerging as a likely buyer, it will be interesting to see if asset prices rise or Western companies re-think exit strategies.

Well they would be stupid not to use this as a massive opportunity. As a wise man said 'Chaos is ladder'

 

[SandisLL]

Putin had imposed capital control regards to hard currency in cash aka in 1991 th souce. Denazification of russia looks that is very succesful process.

Putin had raised central bank's base rate to 20%, you imagine reality, that this is huge punch for local businesses and everyone from cleaner till small business and small investors with net worth < 10 000 000 bucks irl..........

Damn, this alone will de nazify Russia heavier than sanctions.

Add here sanctions too and then add rouble exchange rate dropped.

Add that investors and specialists had left Russia and process had started before sanctions had been implemented.


Kremlin during 13 days damaged Russia's economic heavier than 2008/2009 th World Financial crisis and 2 years Covid crisis had achieved.

De nazification is cool process in Russia.

 

[aries]

Why don’t you propose that to Putin and Zelensky

How do you know I didn't already? It's the only reason Putin hasn't moved on Kiev.

 

[aries]

Oh look, another cope cage, I wonder what kind of protection did it provide? Oh.

lol I guess their bodge fix ,sorry sophisticated anti-tandem warhead defence system isn't working too well?