Russia's War Against Ukraine

[GDS_Starfury]

NOW its a proper ostfront fight!
as far as I can tell thats a proper MG42 and not a MG3

[al_infierno]

Another instalment in the series of Russian military blunders:

https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3465606-ukraine-army-destroys-enemy-command-operations-center-eliminates-two-russian-generals.html

"The Armed Forces of Ukraine have destroyed a command operations center of the 49th Combined Arms Army of the Russian Armed Forces, eliminating two enemy generals."

Apparently this also included up to 50 staff officers.  I like to imagine this involved a Ukrainian commander right-clicking an HQ hex and chuckling while he munches some pretzels and downs a beer.

[Jarhead0331]

NOW its a proper ostfront fight!
as far as I can tell thats a proper MG42 and not a MG3

It's most likely an Italian made MG42/59. They are made by Beretta.

[GDS_Starfury]

shhhh

dont ruin the dream

[Con]

If this link works the dream is still alive

https://images.app.goo.gl/e3WiqqdzHhExLFib7

[JasonPratt]

NOW its a proper ostfront fight!
as far as I can tell thats a proper MG42 and not a MG3

It's most likely an Italian made MG42/59. They are made by Beretta.

Time to unzip some fools charging in!  :D BZZZZZZZT!

[JasonPratt]

Holy crap on the salvage ship, Kommuna - originally tsarist!!

I just started reading my Mom a novel by H. Rider Haggard (Child of Storm, the second in his Quatermain Zulu Trilogy), published in 1912. I can't wait to tell her that the salvage ship searching to recover the Moskva was laid down the year of this book!

[Dammit Carl!]

Glib question here: Did we offload our UCP stock to Ukraine or are they doing their own thing?  Does seem to kinda-sorta work well enough and gets them away from the Multicam/OCP glut. 

[Pete Dero]

Russian authorities have arrested these people outside the Kremlin *for holding invisible signs.
The police noted in their report that the people were arrested because the "invisible signs" had "anti-government inscriptions."  :'(

[Dammit Carl!]

Russian authorities have arrested these people outside the Kremlin *for holding invisible signs.
The police noted in their report that the people were arrested because the "invisible signs" had "anti-government inscriptions."  :'(

Unreal and frightening at the same time.

[jamus34]

Russian authorities have arrested these people outside the Kremlin *for holding invisible signs.
The police noted in their report that the people were arrested because the "invisible signs" had "anti-government inscriptions."  :'(

Unreal and frightening at the same time.

*if this considered violation of RP rules please delete

Well at least every time I feel our country is going down the path of extremism / fascism / progressiveness I can always look at examples like this and elsewhere and realize it's not that bad.

[Gusington]

^I agree with you. Thank God my relatives got the hell out of Eastern Europe when they did.

[Sir Slash]

I hope Putin can see the invisible finger I'm giving him right now.  L:-)

[JasonPratt]

^ That's a Javelin.

[Uberhaus]

Well, the authorities can see the Czar's invisible clothes so why can't they read invisible signs?

As to Putin making the sensible choice not to play this game, he really had no choice.  Put very simply, either Putin had to provide the Russians with government that was moving towards democracy and away from corruption with decent economic prospects or just wreck everything for the prospering Ukrainians.  There have been protests in Russia in 2021 over the poisoning of Navalny, in 2015 after the murder of Nemtsov, in 2012 after the very flawed election, and 2006-2007.  With these there was no compromise by Putin but more draconian measures put in place and opponents cowed, jailed or killed.

Putin was installed to protect Yeltsin and the oligarchs from prosecution for corruption.  Who will protect him in the same manner?  Unfortunately, he won't take the advice of the Ukrainian UN ambassador.