News from Ukraine Conflict

[GDS_Starfury]

I typically leave the room when the penis pacifier comes up.

lies

[Gusington]

I swear.

[BanzaiCat]

I swear.

I bet Gus said it just like these guys:

[Mr. Bigglesworth]

[LongBlade]

Heh. I had seen the Putin one, but not with the stormtrooper.

[Centurion40]

Here we go, on Canuckistan Broadcasting Corp.  http://www.cbc.ca/player/News/ID/2651997771/

Mat you Spetsial Correspondent!

The Russkies are just mad 'cause his dad's a Steelers fan.  They figure that Pittsburgh is really a worker's paradise founded by Russian explorer Dmitri Pittsov, and that the Pengiuns are a farm team of the Magnitogorsk "Metallurg" of the KHL.

[GDS_Starfury]

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/3000-us-troops-head-eastern-europe-exercises-29501996

About 3,000 U.S. soldiers from the Georgia-based 3rd Infantry Division will deploy to Eastern Europe beginning next week, to conduct training exercises with forces from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, the Pentagon said Monday.

The deployment is part of an ongoing U.S. military troop rotation aimed at bolstering support for NATO allies who are worried about escalating aggression by Russia.

Army Col. Steve Warren told reporters that about 750 U.S. military tanks, helicopters, and other vehicles and equipment arrived in Riga, Latvia, on Monday, as part of the deployment. Much of the heavy equipment is expected to stay in the region, as the U.S. continues to rotate troops in and out of the Baltics.

The Defense Department has announced plans to reduce its overall permanent basing in Europe. But at the same time, it is ramping up its program to send military units on short-term deployments across Europe for training and exercises. Over the past year, the U.S. has sent a variety of troops, including special operations forces, to exercises and training program in Eastern Europe, including Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia.

Those nations are particularly concerned about potential threats from Russia in the wake of Moscow's annexation of Crimea and the ongoing fighting between Ukraine and Russian-backed separatists in the eastern part of the country.

The 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division soldiers, based at Fort Stewart, will take over as the 2nd Cavalry Regiment leaves this month. The brigade is expected to be in the region for military exercises for about three months.

[bayonetbrant]

yeah, but 1/3 MECH ain't falling in on 2 ACR's gear.  There's pretty much no one out there falling in on 2 ACR's equipment set, since they're the only Stryker-based ACR we have.

[LongBlade]

Britain's secret weapon: gossip.

Britain may broadcast the financial secrets of Russia's ruling elite as part of the information war against the Putin regime, the Foreign Secretary has indicated.

Philip Hammond said he was interested by the idea of publicising the wealth of the Russian president's inner circle in order to embarrass them in front of their people, as part of the response to the ongoing incursion into eastern Ukraine.

source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/11461163/Britain-may-broadcast-Putins-financial-secrets-to-Russian-people.html

[Martok]

^  Whatever works, I say.  It's not like it'd be the first time the UK has used unconventional (but effective) weapons/tactics. 

[BanzaiCat]

Ha!

http://www.headlineshirts.net/russia-t-shirt.html#.VQDI2PnT7-k

[Con]

Interesting white paper on the Russian military begining to wear down over the Ukraine conflict. 

A couple of things stood out for me

A further example of such actions is the deployment of the Russian Ministry
of the Interior's Dzerzhinskiy Division in the role of 'barrier squads' – punitive
action, anti-retreat troops – behind the lines of rebels and Russian regulars.
This has been reported at both the northern part of the rebel-controlled
territory near Debaltseve and near Mariupol on the southern operational
axis. On five identifiable occasions, detachments of the Dzerzhinskiy Division
have undertaken punitive action against Russian regulars; rebels have also
reported punitive actions by the Dzerzhiskiy Division against them

Can you say Hello Commissar!

And

Under such circumstances, one cannot exclude the possibility that the
Kremlin might opt to capitalise upon its relatively advantageous position –
while it still exists – over a Ukrainian military that is currently weakened by its
forced retreat from the Debaltseve area, in which it took substantial losses of
equipment and probably manpower. This would also solidify the rebels' new
territorial gains. The large industrial centre and seaport of Mariupol would
be the most likely target.

I sense a summer offensive when the spring rasputitsa is over

https://www.rusi.org/downloads/assets/201503_BP_Russian_Forces_in_Ukraine_FINAL.pdf

[Gusington]

I can't believe they still use tactics like that. I shouldn't be surprised, I guess...it's still Russia.

[Centurion40]

Interesting white paper on the Russian military begining to wear down over the Ukraine conflict. 

A couple of things stood out for me

A further example of such actions is the deployment of the Russian Ministry
of the Interior's Dzerzhinskiy Division in the role of 'barrier squads' – punitive
action, anti-retreat troops – behind the lines of rebels and Russian regulars.
This has been reported at both the northern part of the rebel-controlled
territory near Debaltseve and near Mariupol on the southern operational
axis. On five identifiable occasions, detachments of the Dzerzhinskiy Division
have undertaken punitive action against Russian regulars; rebels have also
reported punitive actions by the Dzerzhiskiy Division against them

Can you say Hello Commissar!

And

Under such circumstances, one cannot exclude the possibility that the
Kremlin might opt to capitalise upon its relatively advantageous position –
while it still exists – over a Ukrainian military that is currently weakened by its
forced retreat from the Debaltseve area, in which it took substantial losses of
equipment and probably manpower. This would also solidify the rebels' new
territorial gains. The large industrial centre and seaport of Mariupol would
be the most likely target.

I sense a summer offensive when the spring rasputitsa is over

https://www.rusi.org/downloads/assets/201503_BP_Russian_Forces_in_Ukraine_FINAL.pdf

Good stuff.  Thanks Con.

[Uberhaus]

Yes, very good stuff.

The Gerasimov Doctrine of Ambiguous Warfare, eh?  It would be interesting to find more information on this.