Ukrainian War Developments
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One of these days, people like him will suffer real discrimination for his racist and insane behaviour completely devoid of any empathy and any real understanding of what has caused this crisis. This man is not long for the world if he cannot views things objectively
Those believing Ukrainian claims must either believe their propaganda or are extension of their propaganda. I don't believe Ukrainian claims, though Russian casualties have been heavy.
Incompetent, egoistic commanders, afterthought logistics, corruption hampering military reform, ineffective doctrine.
Okay my impressions from today & yesterday, lots of small things so I thought I'd make one big post instead of littering the thread with lots of smaller posts.
Not much happened on the ground again today. This looks like a pause for negotiations. Maybe the Russians are waiting to see how the biolabs story goes? Powers been cut off in Mariupol and it looks like the Russians are finally fed up with the hostage situation that's going on there.
The law and order situation in many Ukrainian cities still seems to be a mess. There's still street justice being dished out to "marauders" by vigilante groups. At this point I'm assuming they're just looking for food and supplies rather than trying to steal a TV. The fact that it's been two weeks now and the authorities haven't been able to re-establish order doesn't bode well for the overall state of the country. This is based on 100% Ukrainian sources. There aren't the street battles that were taking place between militia groups and "Russian saboteurs" earlier, so that's good. Maybe they finally realised they don't exist? I don't know the Ukrainian president isn't publically telling his people to calm down on this, yet he's got time to update them on the state of EU accession negotiations.
Ukraine released it's KIA for the first time since day one: 1,300. No mention about POW. I thought it would be around 2,500. Not long after, Russians released their version of Ukrainian casualties. 15,704. A ten to one disparity is big, even by propaganda war standards, usually it's 2-3x. Someones telling porkies. I think the Ukrainian number is closer to the truth. Russians claim they've captured 860 POWs, so if the Ukrainian number is accurate that's a very high POW/death rate, i.e. surrendering soldiers aren't being killed on the spot.
The ex-Ukrainian president has been driving around in a technical with pro-Nazi collaborator slogans painted on it. Both Ukrainian and Russian sources are posting this. Again, I've no idea why mainstream media aren't picking this up. It would be like Saddam driving around Baghdad with a picture of Osama on the side of his car.
Given that each side has 200,000+ soldiers currently deployed, most are following protocol and not sharing pictures and videos on social media. What is being put out seems to be vetted, far away from front lines or from is from civilians or irregulars. I doubt any western army would have that level of discipline in this day and age.
Ukrainians still getting ATGMs as recently as yesterday. At this point I think they've got more than Russia has tanks. I think NATO have dumped their entire European stock of them. They've definitely received more in one month than the Afghan Mujahideen rebels got in 10 years. Back in Afghanistan the CIA set up training camps where selected militants had a 2 week training course. Then they'd pull them back every 6 months for refresher training. Looking at the way some of the militia are carrying them I doubt they know how to change the battery, let alone use them. I bet most of these end up in Russian hands unused.
Lastly, Russian sources posted a video of a hotel that got bombed in Chernihiv. That's right on the front line. They claim it was where a lot of foreign fighters were staying. I wonder if some volunteer posted where they were staying on an internet forum that got leaked to the Russians? If it's true it could be the first confirmed deaths of foreign mercs.
Not much happened on the ground again today. This looks like a pause for negotiations. Maybe the Russians are waiting to see how the biolabs story goes? Powers been cut off in Mariupol and it looks like the Russians are finally fed up with the hostage situation that's going on there.
The law and order situation in many Ukrainian cities still seems to be a mess. There's still street justice being dished out to "marauders" by vigilante groups. At this point I'm assuming they're just looking for food and supplies rather than trying to steal a TV. The fact that it's been two weeks now and the authorities haven't been able to re-establish order doesn't bode well for the overall state of the country. This is based on 100% Ukrainian sources. There aren't the street battles that were taking place between militia groups and "Russian saboteurs" earlier, so that's good. Maybe they finally realised they don't exist? I don't know the Ukrainian president isn't publically telling his people to calm down on this, yet he's got time to update them on the state of EU accession negotiations.
Ukraine released it's KIA for the first time since day one: 1,300. No mention about POW. I thought it would be around 2,500. Not long after, Russians released their version of Ukrainian casualties. 15,704. A ten to one disparity is big, even by propaganda war standards, usually it's 2-3x. Someones telling porkies. I think the Ukrainian number is closer to the truth. Russians claim they've captured 860 POWs, so if the Ukrainian number is accurate that's a very high POW/death rate, i.e. surrendering soldiers aren't being killed on the spot.
The ex-Ukrainian president has been driving around in a technical with pro-Nazi collaborator slogans painted on it. Both Ukrainian and Russian sources are posting this. Again, I've no idea why mainstream media aren't picking this up. It would be like Saddam driving around Baghdad with a picture of Osama on the side of his car.
Given that each side has 200,000+ soldiers currently deployed, most are following protocol and not sharing pictures and videos on social media. What is being put out seems to be vetted, far away from front lines or from is from civilians or irregulars. I doubt any western army would have that level of discipline in this day and age.
Ukrainians still getting ATGMs as recently as yesterday. At this point I think they've got more than Russia has tanks. I think NATO have dumped their entire European stock of them. They've definitely received more in one month than the Afghan Mujahideen rebels got in 10 years. Back in Afghanistan the CIA set up training camps where selected militants had a 2 week training course. Then they'd pull them back every 6 months for refresher training. Looking at the way some of the militia are carrying them I doubt they know how to change the battery, let alone use them. I bet most of these end up in Russian hands unused.
Lastly, Russian sources posted a video of a hotel that got bombed in Chernihiv. That's right on the front line. They claim it was where a lot of foreign fighters were staying. I wonder if some volunteer posted where they were staying on an internet forum that got leaked to the Russians? If it's true it could be the first confirmed deaths of foreign mercs.
I will still be cautious, because I still believe that famous saying: "Russia is never as strong as she looks; Russia is never as weak as she looks."
Who do you think is doing this jeopardizing?
Let's start concurrently which was what China insisted and WHO inspectors actually did go to the Wuhan institute
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