I believe it's time. The article (although edited since I first read it this morning) spells it out pretty clearly, that the regime care not what the West thinks of them, and what rational person could argue with that viewpoint. The kremlin is a criminal organisation, it's really that simple.
Below, a teenage Crimean Tatar girl being abused and assaulted by the spawn of the great russia.
Didn't see this posted yet, apparently Belgorod earlier today (the airport?):-
Isn't it amazing that when missile's are hurtling to the ground people take out their phones to record rather than run, I for one certainly would not be hanging around.
Just a reminder that even the 'Orcs' are human beings and are forced into action. It's one of the great tragedies of conscription which to me is akin to slavery.
I understand the russian soldiers can be given no quarter in Ukraine and the war must be won but it's still a tragedy none the less, for both sides.
How many of us would not have done exactly what this guy did?
The ratio of losses of Ukrainian defenders and Russian occupiers is about 1 to 6.5. This was announced by the commander of ok "South" Major General Andriy Kovalchuk. The critical limit of the loss ratio is 1 to 8. After overcoming it, the Russian army will psychologically "crumble".
A very interesting claim that will no doubt be proven wrong by the shrill voices of self appointed military experts in no actual position to know better, but who will give it a shot anyway.
Saw someone speculating that they were targeting the S-300's that took down the fighter jet in eastern Ukraine the other day.
You could as easily be running into danger as away from it. Given expensive ordnance tends to be targeted 'at' something, I have sometimes wondered if you might actually be statistically safer in the open, as far from buildings as possible.
I feel sorry for some of them, but not many tbh Josey. They're leaving now not because of anti-war feelings. They could hav e done that months ago and many did, but nowadays it's because since mobilisation the war has come to them. They're more anti-me-fighting-the-war. That's imho of course.
Isn't that understandable? Most people will not go out to overthrow an authoritarian regime with the military at their back. At least not until the opposition is in the millions, until that point you are sure to be imprisoned torture and possibly murdered and when you have a dependant family, that calculated risk changes dramatically. I don't condemn someone for that. Anyway it's a net gain. People like him opting out. He is likely part of the small cohort of highly trained, good age, fit individuals that Russia can call on.
I see a lot of talk of a new Russian symbol ∆ (Delta?) appearing on equipment moving to/from/in Belarus, see for example this thread:-
Didn't they only start applying the Z and other symbols when getting ready for deployment to Ukraine?
Pure speculation (like is normal) or more evidence of Belarus "getting ready"?
France plans to transfer the Crotale air defense systems to Ukraine. Negotiations with the Ukrainian side on this issue continue.
"This technique, as the head of the French Ministry of National Defense said, will allow Ukrainians to defend their skies."
Nice, thank you France. Air defences are sorely needed.
Big fire reported in Berdyansk
65,000 fewer Orcs now.
The Ukraine prosecutors office have 40,348 war crimes logged so far. If you could deal with one per day it would take over 110 years to do justice to each. Such are the Orcs.
Didn't take long after Iran supplying Russia with ballistic missiles. You can guarantee Israel will not hold back with weapon supplies and intel for Ukraine.
So now we have two arch enemy's who have entered a proxy war.
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Rumours abound about friendly fire/fratricide in the pitiful russian ranks
Hmmm...Maliar: Ratio between Ukrainian and Russian losses in Ukraine’s south 1:6.5 | Ukrainska Pravda
As the saying now goes, Iranian women have bigger balls than Russian men.
Briany, the fact that Putin has managed to conscript thousands and thousands of Russians to go and fight (and die) in Ukraine, is proof in the present time that his system of repression works. Calling the " special operation" a war or speaking negatively about Putin etc. earns you 15 years in prison. In the beginning (Feb 2022) there were protests, until Putin clamped down on hard. End of protests. He will do the very same in Moldova, if they start protesting, hit the first ones hard, and the protests will stop. Unless of course, the Moldovans are a different breed, and suppression will trigger even greater protests? Have to wait and see how that will go.
From what I saw of Russian prisons, he was telling the truth. You won't get too many prisoners back answering the guards, never mind taking a poke at them. And for sure I would not like to get caught up in prison riot there.
Blackout in Soloti village of Valuyki district amid missile launches from the area
the Belgorod region is front and centre of the war now
Looks like Russian mig31s have landed in Belarus today ,
Expect more air launched cruise missiles to hit in the next 72 hours .
So that's code for any equipment trying to leave will be bombed to the stone age ?
Looks like Igor girkin officially has a Price on his head from the Ukrainans
Well I know if I had a choice between Israeli weapons and Iranian ones which I'd choose and it's not the ones coming from Persia.
Pity we haven't got a similar system here in Ireland for our own criminals.
That is clearly Ukrainian propaganda, and you don't need to be a "military expert" to realise it.
Do these trackers use old fashioned detective work to find out where photos were taken? If so, I am in awe
If they use magic, one click of a button tech - my awe is gone.
But let the bounty hunt begin!!!!
Lie flat on the ground, preferably in a low area, ditch, behind a wall etc. Then when you consider it safe enough (beware of secondary's) get as far as possible away from the blast site.
Russian leaders might be mistaken in betting the winter will prove “too tough” for Ukrainians and their European benefactors, but “they’re going to do their best to make it so,” he said.
winter is coming.....who can withstand more pain? Europe/Ukraine or Russia