Russia's War Against Ukraine

[bobarossa]

so your driving behind a russian tank transporter....

https://twitter.com/i/status/1520629742914863104

There'll be tractor along shortly to tow that away.

Actually, I expected the driver to jump out and run away.  Otherwise it's off to the front you go.

[Dammit Carl!]

so your driving behind a russian tank transporter....

https://twitter.com/i/status/1520629742914863104

"So, you chained the tank down, right?"
"...sure..."

[Gusington]

The Russians are even having a hard time looting Ukraine:

Russians plunder $5M farm vehicles from Ukraine -- to find they've been remotely disabled

https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/01/europe/russia-farm-vehicles-ukraine-disabled-melitopol-intl/index.html

[steve58]

Alas, apparently the Ghost of Kyiv was only a myth...

[Gusington]

 :-[

[Dammit Carl!]

The Russians are even having a hard time looting Ukraine:
Russians plunder $5M farm vehicles from Ukraine -- to find they've been remotely disabled

Rape, murder and other war crimes aside, these Russians are just so...inept seeming.

[GDS_Starfury]

The governor of the Kursk region of #Russia claims that the "collapse" of the railway bridge is "sabotage."

[MengJiao]

another map heavy update:

https://twitter.com/JominiW/status/1520596475209736192/photo/1

  After going through a lot of that and the ISW assessments and maps, it looks to me like the Russians are advancing slowly in the center of their line while the Ukrainians are launching diversionary attacks on the northern (around Kharkiv) and western (around Kherson) flanks.  The Russians haven't been reported to be making any nuclear threats lately and they have allowed some evacuations.  Maybe they are looking at declaring victory before the Ukrainian forces get built up...which is going to lead to the strange situation of Ukraine attacking (or more likely being restrained by NATO) and there would then be a stalemate of the usual 50-year variety or in any case until Russia changes pretty radically.

[Sigwolf]

Alas, apparently the Ghost of Kyiv was only a myth...

As reported by the NY Post...   

[steve58]

Alas, apparently the Ghost of Kyiv was only a myth...

As reported by the NY Post...   

If you don't feel you can trust the NYP, try doing an internet search and you'll find the report pretty much on every news site.

[JasonPratt]

Alas, apparently the Ghost of Kyiv was only a myth...

As reported by the NY Post...   

If you don't feel you can trust the NYP, try doing an internet search and you'll find the report pretty much on every news site.

The Washington Post's version, published by MSN: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-ghost-of-kyiv-was-never-alive-ukrainian-air-force-says/ar-AAWOXMj?ocid=entnewsntp&cvid=a64dd006c3b44559adae4626e725f49f

[Pete Dero]

Somebody asked Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to explain why Ukraine needs denazification when the prime minister is Jewish : he claimed that Nazi leader Adolf Hitler "had Jewish blood" and that Jews as a rule are among the worst antisemites  :hide:.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/yad-vashem-chief-accuses-lavrov-of-libelously-blaming-jews-for-holocaust/
https://twitter.com/juliaioffe/status/1521136329987342337?cxt=HHwWgoCyvdnblJwqAAAA

[ArizonaTank]

The 10th Russian General... Ukraine hits a command post near Izyum.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1603798/putin-ukraine-tenth-russian-general-killed-invasion-Izyum-kharkiv-andrei-simonov

[Jarhead0331]

...and the retraction...

[ArizonaTank]

Not all of the Russian looters are incompetent.   :hide:

Lieutenant Yevgeny Kovalenko, a recon platoon leader of 656th Regiment of the Russian Federal Guard Service is a champ!!

He sent home over 1000 lbs. of stolen goods to his loving wife, who proceeded to boast about her husband's prowess on social media.

His haul included speakers, tools, a table and a tent. He sent the items back to his hometown Rubtsovsk in Siberia.

https://nypost.com/2022/04/26/russian-champion-looter-reportedly-sent-1k-pounds-of-goods-home/