1. #6376
    Heading down to Dino's
    bsnub's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2009
    Last Online
    @
    Posts
    35,419
    Quote Originally Posted by sabang View Post
    Wouldn't it have been better to expel the government legally, ie via election- as would certainly have happened if it were so unpopular?
    There was an election and your guy lost.

  2. #6377
    Heading down to Dino's
    bsnub's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2009
    Last Online
    @
    Posts
    35,419
    Today's daily battlefield update...


  3. #6378
    Heading down to Dino's
    bsnub's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2009
    Last Online
    @
    Posts
    35,419
    Russians getting skull fucked in Kharkiv oblast...




  4. #6379
    Thailand Expat
    NamPikToot's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2010
    Last Online
    @
    Posts
    32,927
    ^ didn't you post that already?

  5. #6380
    Heading down to Dino's
    bsnub's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2009
    Last Online
    @
    Posts
    35,419
    Quote Originally Posted by malmomike77 View Post
    didn't you post that already?
    What, are you some kind of fucking snitch? Did you watch it?

  6. #6381
    Thailand Expat
    NamPikToot's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2010
    Last Online
    @
    Posts
    32,927
    Calm down i'm just asking if its worth watching both?

  7. #6382
    Heading down to Dino's
    bsnub's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2009
    Last Online
    @
    Posts
    35,419
    Quote Originally Posted by malmomike77 View Post
    Calm down i'm just asking if its worth watching both?
    The one that you said I reposted is only two minutes, so that is quick and easy. The American in the daily battlefield update is also very much worth watching if you can get past his "Americaness" he does a great job of updating the war on a daily basis and he does not rely on the media for his information. So very legit. Well worth the watch.

  8. #6383
    Thailand Expat
    NamPikToot's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2010
    Last Online
    @
    Posts
    32,927
    ^OK thanks

  9. #6384
    Thailand Expat
    Join Date
    Oct 2019
    Last Online
    @
    Posts
    12,608
    Quote Originally Posted by bsnub View Post
    Today's daily battlefield update...



    Hope they are enjoying their last moments of life. It's a suicide mission. Getting drawn in.

    The Ukraine lost the first war against the republican militia which resulted in Minsk 1. Then they lost the second war which resulted in Minsk 2.

    You are encouraging this suicide.

  10. #6385
    Thailand Expat
    Join Date
    Oct 2019
    Last Online
    @
    Posts
    12,608
    Popasna was the most fortified region in the Donbas. It is in possetion of the republican militia.


  11. #6386
    Thailand Expat
    Troy's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2011
    Last Online
    Today @ 09:40 AM
    Location
    In the EU
    Posts
    13,764
    ^ First time I have seen the rear looking prism on the canopy during flight. A really cool idea that the Russians have on all their fighters while the West uses mirrors.

  12. #6387
    Thailand Expat harrybarracuda's Avatar
    Join Date
    Sep 2009
    Last Online
    @
    Posts
    108,175
    Quote Originally Posted by Troy View Post
    ^ First time I have seen the rear looking prism on the canopy during flight. A really cool idea that the Russians have on all their fighters while the West uses mirrors.
    *cough*VR*cough*AI*cough*.

  13. #6388
    Thailand Expat
    Troy's Avatar
    Join Date
    Feb 2011
    Last Online
    Today @ 09:40 AM
    Location
    In the EU
    Posts
    13,764
    ^ Oh sorry, yes, Skiddy...should've known.

  14. #6389
    Thailand Expat
    Join Date
    May 2008
    Last Online
    @
    Posts
    14,694
    Quote Originally Posted by David48atTD View Post
    After the Maidan Revolution was concluded, a National Election was held and Russia and Communism was rejected by the majority of Ukrainian Citizens.
    Hmm

    Can't say that I understand your post

    Was communism a major issue in the national election....or something ?

    And why would it be ?

  15. #6390
    Heading down to Dino's
    bsnub's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2009
    Last Online
    @
    Posts
    35,419
    Quote Originally Posted by Backspin View Post
    Hope they are enjoying their last moments of life. It's a suicide mission. Getting drawn in.
    You live in a fantasy world, you idiot. The Ukrainian army is better trained and equipt than the Russians. In direct contact battles, the Russians get their asses kicked, which is why they try to sit back and shell towns into glass.

    Maybe you failed to notice, but Russia was decisively defeated by the Ukrainians in the battle for Kyiv. I wouldn't be surprised if you think something else happened, since you are an utter moron who buys into state propaganda and fake news. But the reality is that Russia lost decisively and Ukraine won. Fact.

    Quote Originally Posted by Backspin View Post
    The Ukraine lost the first war against the republican militia which resulted in Minsk 1. Then they lost the second war which resulted in Minsk 2.
    The Ukrainian army is nothing like it was in 2014 you utter imbecile. It has been trained by the US, since then they have become more of a western army rather than a Soviet one. You are a clueless buffoon.

    Quote Originally Posted by Backspin View Post
    You are encouraging this suicide.

  16. #6391
    Thailand Expat David48atTD's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2016
    Last Online
    @
    Location
    Palace Far from Worries
    Posts
    14,962

  17. #6392
    Thailand Expat David48atTD's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2016
    Last Online
    @
    Location
    Palace Far from Worries
    Posts
    14,962

  18. #6393
    Thailand Expat
    Join Date
    Feb 2006
    Last Online
    @
    Posts
    40,667
    Just helping out with some war porn-






    The Ukrainians were literally getting Pulverized in Donbass
    So they decided to conduct an Operation to take back Zmeiniy Island from the Russian Oversight
    Their Western Friends cooperated and used an EMP to disable the TOR system
    However they were not to know that TORs Failure and Disabling automatically enabled the Russian Satellites to focus on the area where TOR had failed or disabled. This was due to the JIAN Program developed between Russia and China that automatically placed places where Defense got disabled.
    It got the Russians alerted
    The Result was CATASTROPHIC
    Like a Turkey Shoot
    Ukraine lost a MI 24 Chopper, 2 Sukhoi 27s and 2 Sukhoi 24s , A Patrol Boat named Stanislav and 68 Personnel

    Good news is India is also developing the same Technology named SANJAYA (After Sanjay Dutt?) though this is still in conception stage for now.


    Yet the key Question is:-

    WHO PARTIALLY DISABLED THE TOR SYSTEM
    Only 5 Countries can do so Remotely

    • USA, UK, France, Canada & Russia

    Still saying this is Russia vs Ukraine?
    THIS IS CLEARLY RUSSIA VS NATO!!!!



  19. #6394
    Elite Mumbler
    pickel's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2008
    Last Online
    @
    Location
    Isolation
    Posts
    8,839
    They seem to be doing fine here. But who could argue with your meme.



    Moment two Ukraine fighter jets bomb Russian-occupied Snake Island

  20. #6395
    Elite Mumbler
    pickel's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2008
    Last Online
    @
    Location
    Isolation
    Posts
    8,839
    The only helicopter destroyed there was a Russian one.


  21. #6396
    Thailand Expat
    Join Date
    Feb 2006
    Last Online
    @
    Posts
    40,667
    Yeh right.

  22. #6397
    Elite Mumbler
    pickel's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2008
    Last Online
    @
    Location
    Isolation
    Posts
    8,839
    Quote Originally Posted by sabang View Post
    Yeh right.
    Video evidence is much more credible than a tweet from Intel Slava Z.

  23. #6398
    Thailand Expat
    Join Date
    Feb 2006
    Last Online
    @
    Posts
    40,667
    Yeh sure.



    However after previous Ukrainian air attacks Russian troops had already left the island and the Russian airforce had laid an ambush for the attack forces. The Russian Defense Ministry briefings mentioned Ukrainian losses around Snake (Zmeinyi) Island and related operations several times.

    07.05.2022 (20:15):
    The following have been shot down in the air near Zmeinyi Island: 1 Ukrainian Su-24 bomber, 1 Su-27 fighter jet, 3 Mi-8 helicopters with paratroopers and 2 Bayraktar-TB2 UAV. The Ukrainian amphibious assault boat Stanislav has also been destroyed.
    08.05.2022 (10:45):
    A Ukrainian naval corvette of project 1241 has also been destroyed near Odessa.
    ...
    During the night, Russian air defence means destroyed 2 more Ukrainian Su-24 bombers and 1 Mi-24 helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force over Snake Island, and also shot down 1 Bayraktar-TB2 unmanned aerial vehicle near Odessa.
    A total of 4 Ukrainian aircraft, 4 helicopters, including 3 with paratroopers on board, 3 Bayraktar-TB2 UAV and 1 Ukrainian Navy amphibious assault boat have been destroyed in the area during the day.
    08.05.2022 (19:30)
    Russian air defence means have shot down 1 Bayraktar-TB2 unmanned aerial vehicles near Zmeinyi Island.
    09.05.2022 (12:45)
    Oniks high-precision missiles launched by Bastion coastal missile system near Artsiz, Odessa region, have destroyed Ukrainian helicopters at a bounce platform.
    ...
    Three Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles, including two Bayraktar-TB2, have been hit over Snake Island.

    (Bounce platform is a mistranslation for a helicopter supply pad that is not a full airport.


    The operation was quite costly for the Ukrainian side. Besides the 60+ paratroopers who were killed during the assault one of the helicopter also had the deputy commander of the Ukrainian navy on board. Today it was announced that Col. Ihor Bedzai was killed in action when his helicopter came under Russian airforce fire.
    More than 4 helicopters, 4 jets and 6 Bayraktar drones were lost for zero gain. The U.S. is in the process of giving the Ukraine a total of 16 Mi-17 transport helicopters that were originally supposed to go to Afghanistan. At the current Ukrainian rate of losses such supplies, just like others, will not last for long.
    Under the current circumstances Snake Island is of little military value. It seems that the sole point of the Ukrainian operation to retake it was to create a propaganda item for today's Victory Parade. It now is one but for the Russian side.

    Update 17:15 UTC:

    The last briefing (09.05.2022 (19:15) by the Russian Defense Ministry (published after the above post) again mentions Snake Island:
    According to the updated information, 6 Mi-8 and Mi-24 helicopters have been destroyed during the night near Artsiz in Odessa Region near the Chervonoglinskoe military airfield by Onyks high-precision missiles from the Bastion coastal missile system.
    ...
    On 7 May, on direct orders from Zelensky, the Ukrainian General Staff, with the direct involvement of advisers from the USA and Britain, planned a major provocation to seize Zmeiny Island.
    Over the past two days, the Kiev regime has made several desperate attempts to land air and sea assaults on Zmeiny Island, which is important for controlling the northwestern part of the Black Sea.
    The Ukrainian provocation was thwarted as a result of the competent actions of a Russian Armed Forces unit on the island. The enemy suffered heavy losses.
    4 Ukrainian airplanes, including 3 Su-24 and 1 Su-27, 3 Mi-8 helicopters with paratroopers on board, and 1 Mi-24 helicopter have been shot down in the air while repelling the attacks near Zmeiny Island.
    Within two days, 29 Ukrainian UAVs have been shot down in the air, including 8 Bayraktar TB-2 strike UAVs. Meanwhile, 4 Bayraktar drones have been shot down this afternoon.
    Also, 3 armoured Ukrainian amphibious assault boats carrying Ukrainian naval personnel were destroyed during an attempted landing on the night of May 8.
    As a result of Zelensky's thoughtless provocation, more than 50 Ukrainian saboteurs have been killed at sea and on the coast during the landing and attempts to consolidate on the island.
    24 bodies of dead Ukrainian servicemen were left on the shore of Zmeiny Island.

    Posted by b on May 9, 2022 at 16:20 UTC | Permalink

    https://www.moonofalabama.org/2022/05/ukraine-putin-on-why-the-war-started-failed-attempts-on-snake-island-other-issues-.html?cid=6a00d8341c640e53ef02942fa9da9f200c

  24. #6399
    Thailand Expat
    Join Date
    Oct 2019
    Last Online
    @
    Posts
    12,608

  25. #6400
    Heading down to Dino's
    bsnub's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2009
    Last Online
    @
    Posts
    35,419
    Quote Originally Posted by sabang View Post
    https://www.moonofalabama.org


    The dumbass Three Stooges posting up propaganda horseshit as usual. Pretty bad when you have to create propaganda to make it look like you are winning. Epic fail.


    The truth about what is happening on snake island is in the opening sequence of this video posted today...





    Oh wait, I thought Russia shot down all the drones in the first three days of the war?


Page 256 of 629 FirstFirst ... 156206246248249250251252253254255256257258259260261262263264266306356 ... LastLast

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •