Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress]

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Russian C300

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27q0rKeTnUY

[suchmoon]

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Yes, and all those "bavovna" is just Russians smoking in the wrong places. We know the Kremlin propaganda quite well here, than you very much.

Edit: sorry, I was wrong. Here is the real culprit:

[BADecker]

The end of the war for Ukraine is rapidly approaching. Here's the reason why Russia has been holding off on its nukes; they don't need them.


Ukrainian veterans detail how Kyiv plundered U.S. aid while wasting soldiers and endangering civilians

Ukraine has yet to formally ‘lose’ the war against Russia following Moscow’s invasion in late February, but according to several of the country’s military veterans, it’s just a matter of time before that happens.

“The weapons are stolen, the humanitarian aid is stolen, and we have no idea where the billions sent to this country have gone,” one war vet told The Gray Zone in detailing what is happening to the massive aid being provided to Ukraine compliments of U.S. taxpayers.

The outlet added:

In a video sent via Facebook messenger in July, Ivan* can be seen standing next to his car, an early 2010s model Mitsubishi SUV. Smoke is pouring out of the rear window. Ivan laughs and pans his phone’s camera across the length of the vehicle, pointing out bullet holes. “The turbocharger died in my car,” he said, panning his phone toward the front of the vehicle. “My commander says I should pay to repair it myself. So to use my own car in the war, I need to buy a new turbocharger with my own money.”

Ivan flipped the camera toward his face. “Well, you f**king motherf**ker members of parliament, I hope you f**k each other. Devils. I wish you were in our place,” he said.

His angry assessment comes after Ukrainian members of parliament voted last month to give themselves a 70 percent increase, The Gray Zone reported, adding that according to documentation, they were able to do that because of billions in dollars and euros that have been sent to the country.

“We, the Ukrainian soldiers, have nothing,” Ivan told the outlet. “The things the soldiers have been given to use in the war came directly from volunteers. The aid that goes to our government will never reach us.”

Ivan said he’s been serving the Ukrainian army since 2014. At present, he is stationed in the Donbas region where he has to use small commercial-grade drones in order to locate Russian positions to be targeted by artillery.

 “There are so many problems on the frontline now,” he said. “We don’t have an internet connection, which makes our work basically impossible. We have to drive to get a connection on mobile devices. Can you imagine?”

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[LTU_btc]

Seems that Ukraine started counter offensive operation in South and seems that now it's very hot there:
https://t.me/ukraina_novosti/36865
https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-offensive-operation-under-way-in-russian-held-kherson-as-strikes-on-ammunition-dumps-weaken-enemy-12684715
It's good news, but so far there no reason to celebrate something. Ukraine moved about 10 km towards Kherson and regain control of 4 villages

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it's very hot there

560 people were killed

https://t.me/mod_russia/19268

[TwitchySeal]

it's very hot there

560 people were killed

https://t.me/mod_russia/19268

Russia invaded Ukraine.

under "neutral source"

Who's the one who stayed neutral?

Find neutral, like Vovk was slaughtered.

I've seen a lot of funny predictions from them (We will take Kyiv in 3 days!) which were never to happen.

вoзьмeм киeв зa тpи дня site:kp.ru

Can I get a link?
There's no such thing there.
Sounds like a Ukrainian fairy tale from the цeнтp iнфopмaцiйнo-пcиxoлoгiчниx oпepaцiй.

Link:

In Kyiv on May 9 2022, a traditional parade will be held in honor of the victory of the USSR over Nazi Germany. It is naive and foolish to doubt it.

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As a result of the defeat of Ukrainian forces in the Nikolayev-Krivoy Rog and other directions, more than 1,200 fighters were destroyed in a day, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.
"As a result of the defeat of the Ukrainian offensive in the Nikolaevo-Krivorozhskoe and other directions carried out on Zelensky's personal orders, the enemy suffered large-scale losses. The effective actions of the Russian group of troops destroyed 48 tanks, 46 infantry fighting vehicles, 37 other armored fighting vehicles, 8 pickup trucks with large-caliber machine guns and more than 1,200 Ukrainian soldiers in 24 hours," the ministry said.
They specified that while repelling the offensive of the enemy, the Russian troops defeated the units of the 128th separate mountain assault brigade of the Ukrainian troops, which had been transferred to take part in the operation from western Ukraine. Five servicemen of the brigade laid down their arms and surrendered.

https://ria.ru/20220830/vsu-1813114417.html

Link:

In Kyiv on May 9 2022, a traditional parade will be held in honor of the victory of the USSR over Nazi Germany. It is naive and foolish to doubt it.

be.open is not KP.RU

johhnyUA writes fakes

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[BADecker]

Seems that Europe is starting to abandon the Ukraine. I wonder if the hidden reason is to get back on track with Russia, so that they get back their trade connections with her.


Europe quietly abandoning Ukraine by withholding military aid

The six biggest countries in Europe did not provide new military pledges to Ukraine for the first time since the Russia-Ukraine war kicked off in February 2022, according to Germany’s Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW).

The United Kingdom, Poland, Spain, Germany, Italy and France had not given any new military pledges in July 2022. This appeared to be a subtle proclamation that Europe is “abandoning” Kyiv without a word. Ironically, these nations were among the most loyal supporters of Ukraine during the early days of the conflict. (Related: UK to send nearly $1.2 billion more in military aid to Ukraine.)

Christoph Trebesch, chief of the team behind the IfW’s Ukraine Support Tracker, cited data from his group revealing that European military aid pledges have been on a downward trend since April 2022.

“Despite the war entering a critical phase, new aid initiatives have dried up,” he said.

Several potential causes are to blame for this slow abandonment, including the fact that Ukraine ranks in the bottom third of Transparency International’s corruption index. In addition, as much as 70 percent of the arms shipped to the Ukrainian frontline do not reach the troops – with huge parts turning up in the black market.

The U.S., meanwhile, announced a $775 million package of weapons and supplies to Ukraine. The weapons package consists of 40 armored vehicles, 1,000 Javelin anti-tank missiles, 16 high-mobility artillery rocket system (HIMARS) missiles and high-speed anti-radiation missiles. The HIMARS units were capped at 16 so as not to burn the U.S. Department of Defense‘s (DOD) own stockpile.
Brighteon.TV

But exasperation over the war in Ukraine is not only present in Europe. Even the U.S., which had been very eager to send weapons to Kyiv, espoused a rather grim outlook.

According to a New York Times article, the White House distrusts Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. A senior official in the DOD has also admitted that Kyiv lacks enough troops to drive Russians from their positions.

Kyiv’s use of human shields prolongs war

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[matveevich]

Russia is a huge propaganda machine. It’s scary to imagine how much resources are spent on propaganda, injections of fakes and disinformation in all countries of the world, I think if this money were spent on improving the lives of Russian citizens, as in Dubai, for example, then Russia would live no worse than Dubai, or even better.

So much effort and time of hundreds of thousands of people is spent every day on whitewashing a large and black spot on the map, an absolutely meaningless occupation that does not bring any benefit. For what budgets does the government allocate))

[paxmao]

There seem to be news of an increase of Ukrainian operations in the Kherson area. Bridges, command centres and depots seem to be having lots of RF soldiers smoking in forbidden areas.

Old one (pre-war) but worth reposting, mainly because it reminds me of countless hours spent in KSP

Russian C300 committing suicide:



It's a great example for all other Russian SAMs - which they are now repurposing for ground attacks but that's a whole other story - keep doing that, keep firing those defective outdated Soviet missiles and eventually one of them will go boomerang on you.

That was a terrorist attack from Ukrainian forces, that is a C-300 fired by Ukraine onto Ukraine, that is not a C300. That is caused by a chemical attack of the twisted Ukrainian spies and terrorist, that is just a test, that is not a missile, that is fake and photoshopped, the soldiers that fired it are well at home making love to nurses, that is due to a soldier smoking in the wrong place,...

All these assertions are true just because I say so and because it is on a RF telegram group and even if they all not all can be true at the same time you are a traitor for thinking otherwise.

[LTU_btc]

Russia is a huge propaganda machine. It’s scary to imagine how much resources are spent on propaganda, injections of fakes and disinformation in all countries of the world, I think if this money were spent on improving the lives of Russian citizens, as in Dubai, for example, then Russia would live no worse than Dubai, or even better.

So much effort and time of hundreds of thousands of people is spent every day on whitewashing a large and black spot on the map, an absolutely meaningless occupation that does not bring any benefit. For what budgets does the government allocate))

Good point about propaganda. Russian propaganda machine is huge and it costs crazy money. And at the same time 30 million Russians don't have sewage systems in their homes. But no, better spend billions of dollars for occupation whic don't have any benefits for Russia other than satisfying Putin's imperialistic ego This meme describe Russia very well:

be.open is not KP.RU

johhnyUA VKcams.com writes fakes

FTFY

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Sahalin

As the saying goes, the bees find the honey and the flies find the shit.


Exactly:
"Abandoned house of the lighthouse keepers of the Krillion lighthouse on Sakhalin's southernmost cape"

https://cs12.pikabu.ru/post_img/big/2022/07/12/10/165764829611704105.png

There are plenty of houses like this in Japan.
https://www.google.com/search?q=Abandoned+house+in+japan&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi-ifep6_D5AhXsh_0HHYDeCecQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=1540&bih=723&dpr=1.25

And your second picture is of Tokyo.
So again a fake, it is not 40 km to Sakhalin.

LTU_btc post fakes

On the territory of Alaska the situation is like in the Russian Federation.

"For some Alaska villages, the lack of modern water and sewer service means more health risks"
https://www.arctictoday.com/for-some-alaska-villages-the-lack-of-modern-water-and-sewer-service-means-more-health-risks/

"Alaskan Villages Still Without Plumbing Infrastructure"
https://ucononline.com/magazine/2015/december-2015-vol-70-no-12/newsline/alaskan-villages-still-without-plumbing-infrastructure

[cryptomaxsun]

VKcams.com don't you want to eat shit?
but will have to.

The next city is Ulan-Ude, the capital of Buryatia. Located somewhere in the fucking russia.
It is from there that putin drives the most Buryat soldiers to be slaughtered in the war with Ukraine.
Poverty and despondency emanates from personnel from Ulan-Ude. Apparently, this is why the Buryats go even to death, just not to live there.



https://twitter.com/kyiv_duke/status/1562577853320814593

[DaRude]

I do not expect much of an answer, but just to humour you, direct and clear: RF cannot defend the land that has stolen from Ukraine and is shameful to see how a theoretically superior army cannot achieve anything but marginal gains during the last months. Hope that is clear enough.

I have already spoken here many times and I will say it again - time works for Russia. The Armed Forces of Ukraine have not carried out a single successful offensive in six months, Ukraine simply does not have the opportunity for offensive operations. Russia can and knows how to attack, but saves a limited human resource. The situation now seems to be a stalemate, but the approach of winter plays into the hands of Russia. August is still on the calendar, and Europe is already in hysterics. I'm glad you're able to joke under these circumstances.

He's joking because UK along with USA cheers not only for as many Ukrainians and Russians deaths, they like weakening EU, too.
Brexit didn't happen randomly

Weakening EU has always been a too convenient "side effect" for US giving out freedom cookies to UA. As usual lots of fog of war, and shit throwing of daily announcements by both sides. But money is one constant that tends to cut right through the fog. If i may quote myself back from May:

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In other news,

Janet Yellen confirmed it’s unlikely the US will allow Russia to continue making bond payments on its foreign-currency debt

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-05-18/yellen-confirms-russia-debt-payment-license-extension-unlikely

Ahh the, you default because i won't accept your payment, logic. I'm not sure if USD can be militarized anymore than this, so they decided to totally kill USD as a global reserve currency, how much of the US debt do they expect China to buy up after such antics? US cannot run on balanced budget especially now, so Yellen will need to force EU (Germany/France) to start propping up USD at the cost of EUR. USD/EUR parity incoming. Scholz and Macron are set up to be played hard, guess that's why they're running around the way they do

So now here we are at USD/EUR parity. How's EU doing

Europe’s fertilizer crunch is deepening with more than two-thirds of production capacity halted by soaring gas costs, threatening farmers and consumers far beyond the region’s borders.
“We are extremely concerned that as prices of natural gas keep increasing more plants in Europe will be forced to close,” said Maximo Torero, chief economist at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. “This will switch the EU from being a key exporter to an importer, putting more pressure on fertilizer prices and consequently affecting the next planting season.”
About 70% of capacity is offline, according to Fertilizers Europe, which represents most of the continent’s producers.
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This week, large producers, including Norway’s Yara International ASA and CF Industries, curtailed or halted output. “We confirm we are reducing and stopping production of some fertilizer plants in the different EU sites and this for economic reasons,” a spokesperson for Borealis AG said in an emailed response to questions.
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The industry must also contend with US and European Union sanctions on potash sales from Belarus and China’s move to rein in shipments. Trade in Russian nutrients has suffered from many shippers, banks and insurers self-sanctioning, as well as difficulties in servicing exports from Russia, a big supplier of every major type of crop nutrient.
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Millions of people across Africa already face starvation and a projected 7% decline in global fertilizer next season

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/europe-deepening-fertilizer-crunch-threatens-193821567.html

• EU production is undercut ✓
• Starvation in Africa ✓
• Prevent Russia from delivering while blaming Russia ✓
• Keep claiming that RU sanctions don't effect food shortages, and it's UA that fed the whole world ✓

Now let's check how the largest producer of freedom fertilizer in US, CF Industries NYSE(CF) is doing, huh only up 46% YTD with only $20,5B market cap. And Exxon Mobil is only up 50% YTD. Well, who needs VW when they can have a FORD, BMW and Mercedes when there's Cadillac and Tesla, Airbus when there's Boeing. I'm sure US can spare extra mittens, blankets, and scarfs for EU.

In other news,

British consumer price inflation is set to peak at 18.6% in January, more than nine times the Bank of England's target, an economist at U.S. bank Citi said on Monday
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Consumer price inflation was last above 18% in 1976.

https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-inflation-hit-18-early-2023-citi-forecasts-2022-08-22/
USD/GBP parity is next. Just remember it's not NATO's article 5 that protects Europe, it's apparently non-EU/non-NATO Ukraine !

[paxmao]

VKcams.com don't you want to eat shit?
but will have to.

The next city is Ulan-Ude, the capital of Buryatia. Located somewhere in the fucking russia.
It is from there that putin drives the most Buryat soldiers to be slaughtered in the war with Ukraine.
Poverty and despondency emanates from personnel from Ulan-Ude. Apparently, this is why the Buryats go even to death, just not to live there.



https://twitter.com/kyiv_duke/status/1562577853320814593

Regardless of pictures, there is no doubt that not all RF is treated or considered equally. The political weight of the regions is minimal compared to Moscow and St Petersburg. That is by design, keeping this regions poor keeps an steady supply of desperate and hungry men that would rather join the RF army than live in their home counties. Also, the less money, the less influence.

The military spending in the RF is 11% of the GDP, which for a large country with a GNP similar to Italy cannot end in anything that is not deprivation and underdevelopment for most of it.

[LTU_btc]

So again a fake[/font], it is not 40 km to Sakhalin.

LTU_btc post fakes

On the territory of Alaska the situation is like in the Russian Federation.

Congratulations, you just debunked meme, very well done. And now you're seriously comparing infrastructure and living conditions USA, Japan and Russia. Even in your articles about Alaska there talk about few thousands people. In general, just few % of people in USA don't have access to basic sanitation, not 30 millions like in Russia.

The military spending in the RF is 11% of the GDP, which for a large country with a GNP similar to Italy cannot end in anything that is not deprivation and underdevelopment for most of it.

Are you sure about 11%? From what I can find it's 4.5-5% of GDP, but still, it's 2x more than most civillized countries spending

[DaRude]

So again a fake[/font], it is not 40 km to Sakhalin.

LTU_btc post fakes

On the territory of Alaska the situation is like in the Russian Federation.

Congratulations, you just debunked meme, very well done. And now you're seriously comparing infrastructure and living conditions USA, Japan and Russia. Even in your articles about Alaska there talk about few thousands people. In general, just few % of people in USA don't have access to basic sanitation, not 30 millions like in Russia.

The military spending in the RF is 11% of the GDP, which for a large country with a GNP similar to Italy cannot end in anything that is not deprivation and underdevelopment for most of it.

Are you sure about 11%? From what I can find it's 4.5-5% of GDP, but still, it's 2x more than most civillized countries spending

Facts don't matter when you're in the world of orcs and wizards that rape babies! You're not suppose to have critical thinking, don't question "your side" just blindly follow whatever "your side" claims, and grow your hatred for the other side, otherwise you're a traitor!

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute has  Saudi Arabia 6,6%, Israel 5,2%, Russia at 4,1% and US at 3,5%
World Population Review has RU at 3,04%, US 3,85%, UA 4,81%, Israel 5,66%, Saudi Arabia 9,84%
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_military_expenditures

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When you take money from both sides.

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The next city is Ulan-Ude, the capital of Buryatia.

https://www.google.com/search?q=ulan+ude&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiZktGlhvP5AhUWhf0HHcopB0YQ_AUoAnoECAIQBA&biw=1540&bih=698&dpr=1.25


A simple google search shows a normal city.
And there are enough selections of abandoned places on the territory of the Russian Federation.

The military spending in the RF is 11% of the GDP, which for a large country with a GNP similar to Italy cannot end in anything that is not deprivation and underdevelopment for most of it.

Imagine that the city of Messina has an open sewer, and it leads directly into the sea.

And now you're seriously comparing infrastructure and living conditions USA, Japan and Russia.

I prefer Italy, where I am.
There are a lot of beggars in the United States. There are no such things in Russia, and I don't know much about Japan.

Whenever I think about the price of health insurance in the U.S., I feel sick.
And there you have to pay for doctor's visits and if you need any surgeries, then you're screwed.

[be.open]

Seems that Ukraine started counter offensive operation in South and seems that now it's very hot there:
https://t.me/ukraina_novosti/36865
https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-offensive-operation-under-way-in-russian-held-kherson-as-strikes-on-ammunition-dumps-weaken-enemy-12684715
It's good news, but so far there no reason to celebrate something. Ukraine moved about 10 km towards Kherson and regain control of 4 villages

How is it going? Or is it a taboo topic in Ukraine now?

Walking in full growth across the pure steppe to certain death is an excellent strategy. Fucking drug addicts.