Russian Invasion of Ukraine

colemanY2K wrote:

looks like the ukrainians have taken out another russian ship. lots of rumours that the admiral makarov was hit and possibly sunk by a ukrainian anti-ship-missile in the black sea last night.

this would be even more impressive than the sinking of the moskva as the makarov is a state of the art frigate which entered service just 5 or so years ago.

Any confirmation on this yet?

Expect this to end soon. Bono’s intervened.

King_Kenny wrote:

Expect this to end soon. Bono’s intervened.

The Russians are pulling out as we speak.

Putin enjoying his military parade today.

Didn't call for a general mobilization though.

I could agree with you but then we'd both be wrong.

You f**king tell him Planning

It would damage this forums' reputation

eireland wrote:

King_Kenny wrote:

Expect this to end soon. Bono’s intervened.

The Russians are pulling out as we speak.

Plenty of wiping up so.

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Russian armoured column targeted. First few vehicles hit mines while artillery targets the rest . https://twitter.com/Blue_Sauron/status/1523925330578321415?t=LJDma6NAYZy7CYzWBfI4SQ&s=19

Artie Ziff wrote:

It's like a computer game the way you can watch all these attacks online.

pretty bizarre alright. the addition of ukrainian "RA songs" as a soundtrack to these videos takes some getting used to.

"One of the dominant facts in English life during the past three quarters of a century has been the decay of ability in the ruling class." Orwell, 1942.

colemanY2K wrote:

Artie Ziff wrote:

Coleman, do you know how much the sanctions affect Russia's ability to make it's own armaments?

basically a lot of the stuff with electronics in it is not being built at the moment. Russia is a huge extractor of raw material but its manufacturing industry is small. when was the last time you picked up something that said made in russia? That lack of a manufacturing base is hurting them.

Their missile factories are unable to build missiles at the moment (unable to import the electronic components) and only yesterday the Ukrainians released a video where they took apart a russian drone. It was made from off the shelf components from Japanese DSLR cameras. A real hotch potch effort, something you'd expect a TYO student to put together.

Another example is from the russian air force who have had to resort to using off the shelf civilian grade GPS units from the west. Footage and photographs from their aircraft has revealed how pilots have fixed these devices to the dash of their aircraft. this makes them more vulnerable as the devices can be picked up by the ukrainians.

all in all the sanctions are most definitely hurting the russian arms industry.

Margo Gontar

@MargoGontar

Russia's Uralvogonzavod shuts down production. It will no longer be able to assemble any of T-72 tank (main RU tank) or newer T-90 & T-14 tanks (Armata). Reason: lack of imported components. It means more saved UA lives, is direct result of Western sanctions which should continue

5:55pm · 16 Apr 2022 · Twitter for iPhone

Iuliia Mendel

@IuliiaMendel

Washington Post:

With Western technology sales banned, Russia is using computer chips meant for household appliances in battlefield gear, Commerce secretary tells a Senate hearing.

Hope they will run out of fridges too…

8:08am · 12 May 2022 · Twitter for iPhone

sanctions are working...the russians have resorted to stripping fridges, washing machines, microwaves etc... LOL

meanwhile the ukrainians have pushed the russians back to the border east of kharkiv. the city is pretty much out of artillery range, mariupol is still holding out and the russian advance is going nowhere in the donbas.

"One of the dominant facts in English life during the past three quarters of a century has been the decay of ability in the ruling class." Orwell, 1942.

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