Russia's War Against Ukraine

[Gusington]

Yeah it does not sound like it will happen soon.

[GDS_Starfury]

or its a cover story and they're really being trained on F-16s.  :bd:

[Gusington]

F-16s you say?

[GDS_Starfury]

offff!

https://twitter.com/i/status/1560729704671444992

[Pete Dero]

offff!

https://twitter.com/i/status/1560729704671444992

Russia is asking the 'Chain Smokers Anonymous' group to change their holiday destination next year.
Too many cigarette incidents in Crimea lately.

[FarAway Sooner]

Come on, guys.  Russia hasn't faced this kind of existential threat since the American-backed Nazi regime threatened Moscow in 1942!   

Oh, wait...

[bobarossa]

Come on, guys.  Russia hasn't faced this kind of existential threat since the American-backed Nazi regime threatened Moscow in 1942!   

Oh, wait...

The biggest existential threat to Russia is its current leaders.  It's like a Bowery Boys comede of errors.

One of those twitter feeds went into great lengths to show Russia has enough artillery amunition to last until next year but didn't address the replacement barrels issue at all(from another of those twitter feeds).

[Crossroads]

Is it HIMARS o'clock?

- Yes


https://twitter.com/himarstime/status/1561432147864559616

[Staggerwing]

Is it HIMARS o'clock?

- Yes


https://twitter.com/himarstime/status/1561432147864559616

Best meme reboot ever!

[Sir Slash]

"In Putin's Russia, there's no Happy Hour. Because there is no happy hour".  :hide:

[JasonPratt]

offff!

https://twitter.com/i/status/1560729704671444992

Man, the comments in that twitter thread are epic! (...I mean, considering people just burned to death, hopefully killed by shock first.)

"Escape pod get you this far! Figure out landing on own, comrade."

[JasonPratt]

It would be even more embarrassing if that was caused by a drone plus lax security protocols:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ukrainian-drones-are-carpet-bombing-the-russians/ar-AA10VML6?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=U531&cvid=e19dc8c3c1bb4fbbb77d775332396d35

Granted, the Russians are trying to fight back, but step one would seem to be: keep hatches closed; deploy shotguns.

[JasonPratt]

More seriously, the false flag inciting incidents might or might not be ratcheting up:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/zelensky-warns-of-russian-escalation-as-putin-ally-s-daughter-is-killed/ar-AA10TKTQ?ocid=entnewsntp&pc=U531&cvid=e19dc8c3c1bb4fbbb77d775332396d35

(A relatively lengthy article, not mostly about Ms. Dugin being assassinated.)

[JasonPratt]

WaPo publishes excerpts from a Russian paratrooper's 140ish page journal. It's about like you'd expect. ;)

Note that there may be a paywall here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/08/21/ukraine-russian-soldier-diary/

Business Insider has some samples, no apparent paywall: https://www.businessinsider.com/russian-paratrooper-detailed-account-of-war-in-ukraine-describes-chaos-2022-8

[JasonPratt]

HuffyPo reports that parts of a Luhansk Russian military unit are refusing to fight any farther, specifically beyond Luhansk (like in Donetsk), now that the mission of securing (taking) all of Luhansk's claimed territory has been accomplished.

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/soldiers-refuse-to-fight-for-russia-ukraine-invasion_uk_63033f8ae4b0f7df9bb1c060