Germany is a disgrace IMO.
How the became so powerful in EU is beyond me after the war the had.
They should be kicked out of EU and NATO at this stage.
Ok....
"In the fighting on part of the territories of the south-eastern regions of Ukraine, as part of the grouping of enemy troops, there are separate units of the 103rd, 109th, 113th, 125th and 127th motorized rifle regiments. Structurally, these regiments number up to 5 battalions with a number of about 300 servicemen each. Only 5-10 percent of the personnel of these units have combat experience. The management of the regiments consists of "officers" of the horde. These formations have significant problems with the provision of weapons, ammunition and medicines. "
5- 10%!
In keeping with the Orc theme, the Ukrainian collective designation for Russians is the horde.
If that's in Donbas with the trenches already dug then those guys sound perfect for some classic Russian human wave attacks.
France isnt much better, NATO is now above any future EU army in terms of preference. Cant trust German and French interests now they are too close to Russia.
I agree, but its not about getting the money back for those companies. I see it as a way, any way, of putting additional pressure on the Germans. If we really want to get something back from Russia we can nationalise the alumina refinery here.
Afterall we bailed out their banks bad investments here.
I guess the stamp needs to be updated, the Moskva is still intact in the drawing.
Because I lived in Ireland for 7 years…and retain an active interest in the country…hardly ever post outside the rugby forum, but discussion of politics, including Ukraine, banned on that forum. This pointless war saddens me and, like the vast majority of people, I’d be firmly in the Ukrainian camp. It’s somewhat miraculous that Switzerland has taken sides: virtually all EU sanctions have been equally imposed by the Swiss. They haven’t kicked out the Russian diplomats (and never will) but pretty much the rest has been put in place.
What makes it all the sweeter is that the Neptune is a Ukrainian designed and built system, so the sysmbolism is epic. The pride of the black sea fleet, sunk by a Ukrainian made weapon, not high tech gift from a 3rd party. It just doesn't get any better.
As Maggie thatcher once said of the Belgrano - “sink it”!
Quite the prescient article...
oh, and... not anymore
Weapons please
Italy must be doing training exercises with 6 fighter aircraft airborne.
Some top notch outmanoeuvring (as one poster likes to put it) by the Russians again. Running rings around a non existent Ukrainian navy.
Had to be done...
Things are going to be much harder in the East for the Ukrainians. Flatter, and easier for the Russian military to take, much less favorable to Ukrainian infantry. Quite possible Russia can encircle the Ukrainian military there, and push right up to Dnieper river. Good video here on why things don't look good
One would wonder how much more careful the Russian Navy will need to be with their chip pans. They wouldn't want too many more of them going on fire, would they - could get embarrassing 🤣
Putrid will strike on Kyiv - his inflated ego will demand it.
This is hilarious. There is quite literally no basis for this considering they could have done ALL of this when they were previously at full strength. Now they have a thrown together bunch of BTG with untrained people and low ranking people moving into the 'officer' role. They've lost so much of their actual good real equipment and actual trained and battle tested soldiers that this video is at odds with reality.
Russians will most likely try dig in all over the place which is exactly what we are seeing from satellite imagery. Literally digging trucks into the ground.
There's alot of OPS int and military commentators accounts on Twitter speculating that the ship had 64 S300 on it which meant it offered protection to west crimea and therefore kherson. This loss represents huge capabilities for Ukraine to push on from Kherson cutting off or taking parts of Crimean peninsula
Putin is going to be apoplectic with rage this morning, losing his flagship and faced with Finland joining NATO. I fear for the petulance of his response in east Ukraine - chemical weapons etc
When you think about it. Goes to show how excellent the Ukrainian forces have been. The afghans were given all sorts of fancy weapons and decades of training within conflict so very battle hardened and they fell apart in 48 hours.
Ukraine is here 50 days in and just destroyed the flagship of the Russian navy bearing moscows name.
Their initial assault failed for all the obvious reasons.
Taking the East is much more "doable" for the Russian forces (in relative terms) and suits their style of warfare (and equipment) much better. Large tracts of flat land. They have also learnt a lot of lessons and their limitations. On top of that they will be concentrating a larger force into a relatively smaller front. The Ukrainians have very limited capacity to counter-attack on that type of terrain, especially since they are mainly infantry based. Thankfully it will rain this week, which won't help the Russians, but people need to be prepared for the fact that Russia could make gains over the coming weeks.
They've less equipment and less people. They're even less motivated. It's taken nearly two weeks for them to get even some of the forces over from Belarus. It actually looks like many of them fucked off home and aren't willing to go back in. I'd pay as much credence to Russians making huge gains in the east as I do the Easter bunny giving me Irish lotto numbers.
This war will turn into digging in and has started that in earnest.
Yet more Western propaganda.
The Moskva was not sunk. It is simply taking part in a Special Underwater Operation.
Yeah. People here celebrate the loss of one Russian war ship as if it's proof that Russia is losing the war while ever more swathes of the eastern part of the country are lost to the enemy.
Ukraine has done a great job but the idea they are somehow winning this war in terms of territory is ridiculous.
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