Russia's War Against Ukraine

[GDS_Starfury]

[Windigo]

That is an impressive list. I am thinking that a RSR reboot would be a far shorter novel.

Russia fails its' surprise first strike.
None of the new shit works as intended.
NATO's 'everything and the kitchen sink' air response pounds the bastards into twine and tin can communications.
Poland and Germany compete to see who can counter attack the fiercest.
Big pause after the first week and a bit while NATO waits for resupply.
Finland says, "Oh what the fuck" and opens up another front.
All over in 1-2 months

[GDS_Starfury]

seems theres some collateral damage to another ship at the bottom.

before:


after:

[GDS_Starfury]

its what puts a smile on my face 

[Gusington]

^I do not understand that post.

[GDS_Starfury]

hes a russian blogger that started by asking Americans if they slept well at night knowing their weapons were killing russians.
the response has been an overwhelming yes.

[Gusington]

That's what I thought but then I was saying to myself 'The US, NATO and the West did not invite Russian troops into Ukraine to be slaughtered. Putin did.'

That blogger must have forgotten that he is the enemy.

[GDS_Starfury]

while local advances have been made over the last week the russian losses have been... impressive.
as usual the tweet exists.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1740356879627452676

[GDS_Starfury]

https://twitter.com/i/status/1741848689105322267

[ArizonaTank]

In the 'balls of steel' department, a Ukrainian saboteur(s) set an SU-34 on fire at a Russian airfield located 600 miles behind Russian lines.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/a-ukrainian-saboteur-traveled-600-miles-to-a-snowy-russian-airfield-and-in-the-dead-of-night-lit-a-russian-sukhoi-fighter-bomber-on-fire/ar-AA1mtAN0?ocid=msedgntp&pc=NMTS&cvid=cefb7f4d0a5044beaec4b5cfa22f9a19&ei=14

[UN Weapons Inspector]

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[GDS_Starfury]

scratch one Tos

https://twitter.com/i/status/1744352389031665976

[SirAndrewD]

Saw some interesting videos today featuring Russian family members trying to take trips to areas as close to the front as possible to find out what's happening to their family they hadn't heard from. 

It went a little in depth and confirmed, with the airing of a few intercepts, that the Russians haven't been sending any casualty information back to family for some time, over a year at least.

Russian standing orders are to leave the dead where they are shot and not to try to collect tags.  Dead are being listed as missing, captured or more often families are being told they're likely on secure duty hence no communication. 

Even the Russian MOD likely has no idea how many casualties they've sustained as officers are hesitant to provide true numbers up the line and simply aren't logging a lot of losses.   The only dead they're logging are officers and some nco's that they're putting in for propaganda and decorations.

A whole generation's getting ground facelessly to dust.  It's possible we'll never know the true scale of what Russia has expended.  Their families aren't even getting the decency of the ability to know what happened to their loved ones, just that they left and after the war they won't be coming home.

[Gusington]

That is horrible.

[Windigo]

I echo your sentiment Gus. Truly Russian leadership has an obscenely high level of moral deficit. We are literally living through the time of Russian empire decline through leadership corruption and self-interest. A power is crumbling, in Rome-like fashion.

I remind myself that the west has more than its fair share of filthy rich, some would sooner see the world burn than give up even a little bit.