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Orban losing was a right kick in the stones for vatniks. The 90BN is going to hurt. Europe is going to really up weapons production in this time especially drones.
Long range flamingo missiles flying over the Russian rear as we speak!
First reply under the tweet has the geolocation.
Starlink banned
and internet about be switched off again
I doubt Russians are happy their country is being turned into a shittier version of Iran
They may not like but don't have much choice, cops in Moscow hit down hard on anyone who questions the Govt and in particular Putin, they may vote but they don't bother to count, Putin just calls the result.
If you were in a bar and spoke critically of Putin, trouble would follow.
Sad to say, so far there's been very little evidence that most Russians give a toss about anything, least of all their country being a European(ish) version of Iran. Maybe if food or fuel rationing starts…….
This video might well show it being launched.
little evidence that most Russians give a toss about anything, least of all their country being a European(ish) version of Iran
yep precious little prospect in either country of the regime being overthrown from below…
At least Iran has had serious protests, and I'm not totally convinced by the notion that the regime there has saved itself by giving the Americans a bit of a bloody nose. Russia has nothing similar.
One could say the same in respect of a certain North-Korea style transatlantic regime, under which it's rating for "freedom of the press" is already in the bottom half of the table and heading lower …
Two articles caught my eye today (very grim)
”President Volodymyr Zelensky said on March 10 that "out of 100 percent of losses, 62 percent are killed and 38 percent wounded" among Russian forces, citing intelligence assessments reviewed by Ukraine — a ratio of nearly 2:1.
A source in the President's Office familiar with the data told the Kyiv Independent that the shift represents a dramatic change from earlier stages of the war.
"Until 2025, roughly 35% of all Russian losses were lethal losses," the source said, a ratio of 1:2.”
And this article goes into great detail into how Russian meat assaults actually work tactically on the ground (it’s grim)
A Flamingo arrival is a shit just got real happening.
Just what you love to see. Air sirens working, air defence not, target hit.
Western businesses closing down due to sanctions has hurt them, particularly the criminal class as they have nobody to scam other than their own as the Govt is surviving on a shoestring but those with money will have moved abroad for part fear of social instability.
Good point. I've more respect for the average Iranian then Russian.
Those numbers he mentions about Russian anti-air that Ukraine took out in April alone are staggering. No wonder they get more and more success with their drones.
Deleted. Different link of the same video posted by cnocbui earlier.
Wonder how it was hit.
Reports from Ukraine says Belarus is mobilising on the border. Says roads are being built towards Ukrainian territory. Says Lukashenko has said Belarus is preparing for war.
Zelensky says Lukashenko is preparing for war.
I just hope Europe have the balls to attack Belarus if they do. Even just a bombing campaign. If it's true Ukraine has gained the momentum and is winning more territory then it's losing I can see Russia going for one last throw of the dice.
They would have to surely.
Russia are already significantly weakened so it's not like they've many "cards to play"
A bombing campaign on strategic targets on the border and on supply lines to prevent progress.
This has to be contained now, another front festering away for years is just another sh1tshow to fix later.
No doubt Lukashenko is willing to wave his hands to distract Ukraine, but an actual war would be a huge risk for him. People in Belarus are not going to universally support this and they will not be under any illusion that it will be a three day operaton or that Ukraine cannot strike back.
Odd, that sounds like Denys Davidov on the audio… wonder if it's a repost of his content? Very little about this on r/ukraine and what there is seems to be being dismissed almost out of hand. It seems the Ukrainians have no fear of the Belarussians.
Great article about a Ukrainian who, after being captured by a Russian, convinced him to surrender to him! It really highlights the appalling conditions the guys on the frontlines are dealing with. https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/may/03/youre-not-one-of-us-are-you-how-a-ukrainian-soldier-survived-two-weeks-in-a-russian-dugout
100%
The average Iranian has (broad brush strokes here) for much of the past 75 years, been agitating for civil freedoms and a version of constitutional democracy. They've consistently been let down by the West - the UK, the US and Russia primarily, and abused by monarchists and extreme Islamists, neither of which had any sort of clear mandate for the direction they took the country in.
By all accounts, Iranians are well educated, outward looking, cultured and tolerant. I'd in no way compare them to the average Russian in Russia today. Sure, there are plenty of decent Russians in the world, plenty in academia and culture who just want to engage with the world, but when you look at what has been tolerated in Russia and the lack of any meaningful popular protests, compared to Iran, there's no comparison and that's something that Russians, good or otherwise, will have to carry with them for a long time to come. They may not support Putin, but unless they can ask themselves "what have I done to try and change things" and answer positively, then they are in too many ways complicit in what's being done in their names.
You also have to look at the cost/benefit of this and the actual size of the Belarussian army. Belarus can only field a small token force in a confict like this, and they are only armed with whatever table-scraps the Russians hadn'd already taken for their use. The Russians can and have already used Belarus as an attack vector into Ukraine, so the actual involvement of Belarussian troops would be little more than a symbolic jesture.
This would also cost them the final slither of veneer that Belarus is in any way a neutral 3rd party in the confict. (Which no-one with functioning senses is likely to believe…they are essentially a semi-automous oblast of the Russia Federation at this stage).
Beyond some very despirt gambit by Moscow (which is possible), I don't see the Belarussians themselves to be involved. But if they do…they'll have damned themselves to the same sinkhole the Russian state is destined for.
Agreed. Also the whole of Belarus is in easy reach of Ukraine's drones. Lukashenko's main money come from a small number of oil refineries and factories, which can be shut down in a day.
If Belarus kicked off against Ukraine, it would be a great opportunity for Lithuania to invade and get itself a buffer state between itself and Russia.
Make Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth Great again 😅
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Lithuanian_Commonwealth
Anyways
Can't imagine Belarus has any air defence worth speaking of - presumably everything but the most critical hardware has all been diverted to aid Putin. Ditto drone capacity.
Kindergarten hit in Sumy. No kids injured but one security guard was killed. Among other attacks today. So much for the unilaterally called May 9th ceasefire.
