Cult Icon Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 Russian fire support at Mariupol: https://vk.com/milinfolive?w=wall-123538639_2298671 street view of Mariupol https://t.me/voenacher/12431 https://t.me/bolshiepushki/453 It is interesting to see the Russian media coverage- they are constantly accusing URK of war crimes that the US media claims that the Russians committed. Also they have a particular interest in the stubborn Azov Regiment- Putin's Nazis. They are accusing them of all sorts of war crimes. Frankly any soldier in this group is in trouble if they are captured by the Russians. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cult Icon Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 T-64 shooting, probably supporting the Separatist forces: Interesting thing I heard was that the Russian army supposedly banned cell phones for their soldiers- so we get very little footage from them and a ton from the URK every day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cult Icon Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 Maxar releasing satellite photos of the battlefields https://twitter.com/Maxar At Kyiv, the Russians are approaching artillery range for their ubiquitous 152mm self-propelled artillery pieces. Once their combat formations fight their way within 25 KM, they can start using their artillery forces to systematically destroy the city. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cult Icon Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 Putin as a young man: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Cult Icon Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 5 minutes ago, Matt! said: I found out that the tiktok footage was fake- a lot of fake air combat footage out there for the war. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt! Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 18 minutes ago, Cult Icon said: I found out that the tiktok footage was fake- a lot of fake air combat footage out there for the war. Why would anyone do that? Ugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt! Posted March 20, 2022 Share Posted March 20, 2022 Russia's elite wants to eliminate Putin, they have already chosen a successor - intelligence https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/03/20/7332985/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Cult Icon Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 23 hours ago, Matt! said: Why would anyone do that? Ugh. There was fake air combat footage from the first day! of the war- they uploaded stuff from ARMA and other games and made certain claims. The "Ghost of Kyiv" or something was a hoax (URK fighter ace). Besides the fake air combat footage there are also fake pictures of tank wrecks being claimed as part of this war. Some of the pictures look like they were taken by 1990s-era film photography (previous wars), in other countries/wars etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cult Icon Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 14 hours ago, Matt! said: Russia's elite wants to eliminate Putin, they have already chosen a successor - intelligence https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/03/20/7332985/ I don't understand why Putin/the Russian leadership decided to wage this risky war but I suspect it is something more spiritual than tangible & based on money signs- the idea of neutralizing Ukraine and integrating it back into the Russian sphere of influence. I think he knows that his days as leader of Russia are numbered. Putin's popularity in Russia has fallen significantly since the early 2010s according to many polls- particuarly among young people who don't like him. He still has a lot of supporters but mostly among middle aged and old people. Maybe this war is some kind of last "hurrah" to make a big impact. Keephim in power and make him a "great" figure in Russian history as some sort of legacy. As some sort of catalyst to change Russian society into other form. The signs right now are accumulating (rapidly, all sorts of news) that the Russians are escalating the war into a war of attrition. There are signs that they have given up on the climatic battle of Kyiv for now, and are preparing an artillery offensive to ruin the city first. Their offensive objectives are largely elsewhere, particularily in the south. They are moving a lot more personnel and weapons to the Ukraine and even conscripting more young Russians. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Matt! Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 9 hours ago, Cult Icon said: There was fake air combat footage from the first day! of the war- they uploaded stuff from ARMA and other games and made certain claims. The "Ghost of Kyiv" or something was a hoax (URK fighter ace). Besides the fake air combat footage there are also fake pictures of tank wrecks being claimed as part of this war. Some of the pictures look like they were taken by 1990s-era film photography (previous wars), in other countries/wars etc. So it was just a part of western propaganda? The "Ghost of Kyiv" has been confirmed as fake? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cult Icon Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 6 minutes ago, Matt! said: So it was just a part of western propaganda? The "Ghost of Kyiv" has been confirmed as fake? yep, probably Ukraine's social media propaganda. This was debunked in the first week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt! Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 2 minutes ago, Cult Icon said: yep, probably Ukraine's social media propaganda. This was debunked in the first week. Oh, bummer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cult Icon Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 Just now, Matt! said: Oh, bummer. There's even a wiki entry on it now: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_of_Kyiv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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