Russia's War Against Ukraine

[Jarhead0331]

hows it going

Livin'.

Learned that one of the Bn's we were attached to for a short while was nearly and completely obliterated. 70%+ causality ratio for them. No idea what that ratio entails with regards to WIA and KIA, though its probably evenly matched. A lot of UKR units are being completely destroyed and reformed with the greenest of green conscripts, but at least they're making an effort to delineate experienced NCO's and officers among them.   

Amazing...from the mainstream news and constant feed of little twitter videos and links in this thread, you'd think Ukraine was on the verge of marching victoriously into Moscow.

[JasonPratt]

I certainly understand the importance of keeping morale up -- I've done my share of posting vids and articles along that line, too -- but reality checks are also helpful and morally justified. And hard to come by in this war, despite modern technology.

We can only make use of what we get, so thanks for sharing any hard news, Det, especially where the news is tragic for you.


As I pray every day, in one way or another, today for the souls of both the survivors and the departed, in honor of the sacrifices they have made: may God Who shares in all our suffering, even to the death, be with them, to strengthen them and those who love them with life beyond our lives, and bring us all home in the end, so that in a day to come we may all live together in peace -- however long that takes, even into the eons of the eons, reconciling us all with each other, whether in the heavens or in the earth, saving us with God's own life.

Another day of pain in our souls and our bodies right now, in which we also grievously share in various ways -- another day sooner to come. Out of our sins against each other, and into (and for and by) the Truth and the Life, may we all be saved, with no one left behind. God help us to see and to do our duty today, as small or as great as that may be, giving our own lives, to and for others, as God gives to us all. Freely given, we have received; help us be giving, freely given: loving our enemies, too, as much as we can, beyond what we naturally can, even if we must fight them for now -- may we be strengthened with chivalrous honor, for the sake of those we love, for those who love us, too, and even for our enemies, today and in the day to come, for as long as it is called Today!


Det, if you have a war charity you particularly like, let us know how we can give or otherwise work (since work is also prayer! -- including for people who cannot pray, for any of various reasons.)

And thank you for your own service.

[JasonPratt]

Meanwhile, in some war news today: apparently a key logistic rail line in the Crimea is tired of the war!

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/18/7402716/

While it could be sabotage, Andrii Yusov, representative of the Defense Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, chalks it up publicly to the rail line simply being worn out with heavy usage beyond its weight limit.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ukraine-s-intelligence-reacts-to-railway-explosion-in-crimea-railway-lines-got-tired/ar-AA1blO4e?ocid=entnewsntp&cvid=6dc4b856798140ac9ad1038f2779137e&ei=58


This reminds me that I've heard different things about the rail line of the Kersh bridge having been put back in action pretty quickly: yes, technically true, but not enough to rail war logistics across to the front line. Any updates or clarifications on that?

[Sir Slash]

Nazi Drug-Addiction appears to be spreading.   

[GDS_Starfury]

Nazi Drug-Addiction appears to be spreading.   

and an example would be........

[GDS_Starfury]

Amazing...from the mainstream news and constant feed of little twitter videos and links in this thread, you'd think Ukraine was on the verge of marching victoriously into Moscow.

Ukraine can both be winning and suffering casualties at the same time.

[Windigo]

hows it going

Livin'.

Learned that one of the Bn's we were attached to for a short while was nearly and completely obliterated. 70%+ causality ratio for them. No idea what that ratio entails with regards to WIA and KIA, though its probably evenly matched. A lot of UKR units are being completely destroyed and reformed with the greenest of green conscripts, but at least they're making an effort to delineate experienced NCO's and officers among them.   

Ahhh the army's reward for being good at your job and surviving - throw you back into the suck again, but with greener troops under your command. I want to have a drink just thinking about it.

[FarAway Sooner]

Det, what they all said.  I'd like to echo Jason's ask for any charities recommendations you might have, whether they benefit Ukrainian charities, US-based veterans charities, or both.

[FarAway Sooner]

We all know about "the fog of war". 

But there also seems to be "a fog of Russian government", where it's hard to say anything at all conclusive about what anything we hear or see from any member of the Russian government means. 

Last but not least, these days we seem to have "a fog of Internet news", where portal site algorithms have gone berserk trying to put us in Echo Chambers where we only hear the viewpoints we already clicked on in the last 3 months, in an effort to sell us more advertising.

Put these all together, and I'm dealing with "the fog of war involving Russian government via Internet news".  I assume something that I've read is true and accurate, but I'm not sure what.

[GDS_Starfury]

my twitter feed for the last 6 months has been mostly pro russian bs. groups or people that I followed daily now have be directly searched for.  good think elon is neutral and non biased.   

[Jarhead0331]

my twitter feed for the last 6 months has been mostly pro russian bs. groups or people that I followed daily now have be directly searched for.  good think elon is neutral and non biased.   

Yeah. For shame. The audacity to not censor opinions you may disagree with.

[GDS_Starfury]

I dont mind a difference of opinion JH.  thats the other sides playbook. 

https://news.yahoo.com/exclusive-us-could-train-ukrainian-pilots-to-fly-f-16s-in-4-months-184136820.html

[JasonPratt]

I think Star's complaint was that Twitter has downgeared groups and people on the pro-Uk side which used to show up regularly, too, but which he now has to actively search for.

Meanwhile:

Nazi Drug-Addiction appears to be spreading.   

and an example would be........

My educated guess would be that Slash means the train in Crimea running off the rails with some kind of attendant explosion: the joke would be that the 'Nazi Drug Addiction' supposedly pandemic in Ukraine, according to Russian propaganda, has spread into formerly-Ukrainian-Crimea, causing the derail.

That's the only thing that makes sense to me; if I'm wrong, I still appreciated what I thought was the joke! 

[Sir Slash]

Exactly. Maybe I should've referenced, 'careless smoking' to make it plainer for Star. The more pertinent question is, was the train blown-up by Ukrainian Commando types or locals sick of the Big Bear sitting on their chests? I'm hoping commandos would've done a more through job of it.

[Groggy]

my twitter feed for the last 6 months has been mostly pro russian bs. groups or people that I followed daily now have be directly searched for.  good think elon is neutral and non biased.   

Seriously. Twitter is a shithole now. I mean just last month Medvedev posted a tweet titled "WHY WILL UKRAINE DISAPPEAR? BECAUSE NOBODY NEEDS IT." And Elon allowed him to do it.