Russia - threadbanned users in OP

This appears to be quite a success for the Russians at the moment.

The goal appears to be Cherneschchyna which offers strategic height amongst other things. This can pose real problems for the UAF.

But there are reports that the UAF have stabilised the south of that push there, so they might be able to flip it back, still worrying though.

Just Shelbyville fist shaking

They know fcuking well that if they drop one bullet, one bomb , one soldier into Poland, they'd be fertiliser before the day is over.

Been watching that last couple of days since the Russians established small beach head on the river there. They've broken through and Ukraine will need to get more resources there quickly and try get a new defence line.

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Russia boasting about destroying western hardware again.

Smoking a pipe on the job

Just for **** and giggles, what the Russian MOD claim over the past 24hrs and also in total. I can't imagine the Russian public even believe this shite:

2 munition depot

750 Ukrainian servicemen,

seven Leopard tanks,

18 armoured fighting vehicles, of which 10 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles,

17 motor vehicles,

one M777 artillery system,

as well as Msta-B and D-20 howitzers.

one Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer.

104 AFU artillery units

3 command posts

1 fuel depot

1 Su-25 aircraft

In total, 457 airplanes, 243 helicopters, 5,197 unmanned aerial vehicles, 426 air defence missile systems, 10,854 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,139 fighting vehicles equipped with MLRS, 5,573 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 11,848 special military motor vehicles have been destroyed during the special military operation.

The truly antagonizing thing about this is that a very large percentage of the population either do seem to believe it or don't care.

Which in effect means that if Putin truly wanted to, he could say he was pulling out every Russian soldier from all of Ukraine because they had destroyed a million tanks and all the Nazis. And that Crimea is where all the radioactive Nazi zombies roam now. So we can't go to Crimean beaches anymore. And a huge number of Russians would either believe him or not care enough to challenge him.

I used to think he'd be taking in a lovely short lived view of the pavement from a 5th story window if he lost Crimea and the whole Russian Federation would be de-stabilized. But I'm honestly not sure anymore. It really does seem like the Russian populations apathy knows no limits.

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Interesting article about Russian mines & booby traps.

https://news.sky.com/story/i-didnt-realise-id-lost-my-leg-risks-taken-by-ukrainian-soldiers-to-diffuse-mines-and-booby-traps-12925979

As an aside, war may be one of the few situations left where tobacco smoking is not only OK but pretty much encouraged. I guess you could say that the usual arguments of your life being unduly shortened don't really wash.

An odd one. I suppose if they actually are foolish/mad/brave (remove as preferred) enough to try something and achieved even a minor headache for Poland/NATO it's good (for Putin) - if (or when!?) they get wiped out quickly + that is the end of Prigozhin's private army in Europe...that is good too!

They will have to divert forces for sure unless they use the 70% they say they have in reserve. If they don't use this I'm not sure do they actually have this in reserve then. I can't see you diverting forces awy from where from your attacking and just leaving 70% in reserve for a breakthrough that could be days or even months off. If you divert forces away from where your attacking then your not going to be on the offensive then.