War in Ukraine

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/t4cbu7/the_ukrainian_army_has_captured_an_abandoned/?ref=share&ref_source=link

I could be wrong and I likely am, but it looks like a few of those tubes on that launcher aren't empty.

Yet.

I wonder how much Russian equipment is getting turned against the Russians.

[Anianna]

Kaliningrad is an Oblast of Russia, so no real surprise there.  Looks like Belarus, Syria, and Eritrea are the others that voted against.

Edit:  Ha, missed North Korea over there, but that's no surprise, either.

[majorhavoc]

https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/t4cbu7/the_ukrainian_army_has_captured_an_abandoned/?ref=share&ref_source=link

I could be wrong and I likely am, but it looks like a few of those tubes on that launcher aren't empty.

Yet.

I wonder how much Russian equipment is getting turned against the Russians.

I keep thinking of that 40 mile long convoy of Russian military vehicles north of Kyiv that the Pentagon says has made "no appreciable progress" for two days now.  Just strung out along that highway.  Wish the Ukranians had something to hit it with.

[Anianna]

https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/t4cbu7/the_ukrainian_army_has_captured_an_abandoned/?ref=share&ref_source=link

I could be wrong and I likely am, but it looks like a few of those tubes on that launcher aren't empty.

Yet.

I wonder how much Russian equipment is getting turned against the Russians.

I keep thinking of that 40 mile long convoy of Russian military vehicles north of Kyiv that the Pentagon says has made "no appreciable progress" for two days now.  Just strung out along that highway.  Wish the Ukranians had something to hit it with.

They have weapons.  I wonder why they aren't just decimating the whole line.

[12_Gauge_Chimp]

https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/t4cbu7/the_ukrainian_army_has_captured_an_abandoned/?ref=share&ref_source=link

I could be wrong and I likely am, but it looks like a few of those tubes on that launcher aren't empty.

Yet.

I wonder how much Russian equipment is getting turned against the Russians.

I keep thinking of that 40 mile long convoy of Russian military vehicles north of Kyiv that the Pentagon says has made "no appreciable progress" for two days now.  Just strung out along that highway.  Wish the Ukranians had something to hit it with.

If only the Ukrainians had a bunch of A-10s.

[NT2C]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJfx9yOk1qc

[EBuff75]

https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/t4cbu7/the_ukrainian_army_has_captured_an_abandoned/?ref=share&ref_source=link

I could be wrong and I likely am, but it looks like a few of those tubes on that launcher aren't empty.

Yet.

I wonder how much Russian equipment is getting turned against the Russians.

I keep thinking of that 40 mile long convoy of Russian military vehicles north of Kyiv that the Pentagon says has made "no appreciable progress" for two days now.  Just strung out along that highway.  Wish the Ukranians had something to hit it with.

They have weapons.  I wonder why they aren't just decimating the whole line.

From quite a few of the pictures it looks like much of it is open farmland.  Not a lot of places to hide for an ambush. 

[RickOShea]

If only the Ukrainians had a bunch of A-10s.

According to wiki, the Ukrainian Air Force is supposed to have a dozen or so Su-25 Frogfoots in its inventory.....or at least, it did.



ETA: That's the old Soviet ground attack and CAS aircraft with a twin barreled 30mm cannon and a bunch of hard points for bombs, rocket pods and cannon pods.

[Anianna]

https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/t4cbu7/the_ukrainian_army_has_captured_an_abandoned/?ref=share&ref_source=link

I could be wrong and I likely am, but it looks like a few of those tubes on that launcher aren't empty.

Yet.

I wonder how much Russian equipment is getting turned against the Russians.

I keep thinking of that 40 mile long convoy of Russian military vehicles north of Kyiv that the Pentagon says has made "no appreciable progress" for two days now.  Just strung out along that highway.  Wish the Ukranians had something to hit it with.

They have weapons.  I wonder why they aren't just decimating the whole line.

From quite a few of the pictures it looks like much of it is open farmland.  Not a lot of places to hide for an ambush.

They have aircraft.  Not sure what kind of drone or missile capabilities they have, but they definitely have the air option available.  I think Ukraine is in a tough spot knowing that the Russian army has been lied to and they'd rather give them an opportunity to surrender. 

[wee drop o bush]

Germany seizes Russian billionaire Usmanov's yacht -Forbes

BERLIN, March 2 (Reuters) - German authorities have seized a nearly $600 million luxury yacht owned by Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov, who has faced European Union sanctions over Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Forbes reported, citing sources in the yacht industry.

The more-than-500-foot (150 meter) Dilbar superyacht, which boasts a 25-meter swimming pool, was taken in the northern port of Hamburg, the Forbes website reported. Separately on Thursday, French authorites took control of a yacht they said belonged to Rosneft boss Igor Sechin

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/germany-seizes-russian-billionaire-usmanovs-yacht-forbes-2022-03-02/

[Anianna]

Roscosmos announced today that they would no longer ship Russian rocket engines to the US.

"Oh noes!" 

Just kidding.  SpaceX and BlueOrigin make their own rocket engines and the US Space Force announced phasing out Russian engines in May 2021. 

As part of their tantrum, the Russian Space Agency chief said, "Let them fly into space on their broomsticks."   

[Raptor]

An interesting way to deal with looters.

Shrink wrap them to a pole in winter and pull their pants down.



https://twitter.com/BillyBostonStr/status/1498915544258555904


On another issue the University of Milano-Bicocca banned a free four-session course on Dostoevsky. They then reversed their decision and decided a free course conducted by an American on a Russian dead for 140 years (who was also sentenced to death in 1849 because he read a forbidden book) was probably not going to help Putin.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/college-backtracks-on-banning-teaching-dostoevsky-because-he-s-russian/ar-AAUwdgR

[NT2C]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Unexpected/comments/t5vu5s/explaining_the_stock_market_in_russia_right_now/

[NT2C]

"They were like monkeys with the last banana on Earth."

[EBuff75]

"They were like monkeys with the last banana on Earth."

I've been seeing "Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrt!!" comments for days now regarding that convoy!   

[flybynight]

 But is it ok if someone else says it ...?

Russian businessman has put a $1 million bounty on Vladimir Putin's head

https://www.yahoo.com/news/russian-businessman-put-1-million-053413403.html

[Blast]

Good video about why judging the current Russian military situations/actions in the Ukraine through Western military theory is very wrong.

https://youtu.be/K5BAZ2bBUzM
Russia is actually following their standard practice of throwing lots of "low" soldiers at their opponent and slowly grinding their enemy down via shear numbers. Unlike us, the Russian government doesn't care about their own solider casualty numbers. 
A lot of hurt is going to happen.
-Blast

[Blast]

"They were like monkeys with the last banana on Earth."

"without reflective belts" 
-Blast

[Johan]

"They were like monkeys with the last banana on Earth."

I'd give it a "Plausible" ...  👍

I've been drooling at the thought of a few warthogs and that column for a few days now, so I can hardly imagine what it's  like for the pilots.. 
(Unfortunately they probably have  their AA pretty well set up in that  vehicle-column, but I wonder how effective it would really be if the planes came in Really low..😊)

[aikorob]

 

https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/disaster-pmn/ukraine-nuclear-power-plant-zaporizhzhia-on-fire-town-mayor-says
https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3419555-zaporizhzhia-npp-declares-nuclear-threat-due-to-shelling-by-russias-heavy-weapons.html