Miragedriver
Brigadier
A good video showing the fighting in Donbass. Warming this is graphic!
Back to bottling my Grenache
Back to bottling my Grenache
Ukraine Revolt/Civil War News, Reports, Data, etc.
- Thread starter Jura The idiot
- Start date
Miragedriver
Brigadier
Shirokino. TV reporters under Ukrainian arty shellings
Back to bottling my Grenache
Back to bottling my Grenache
Miragedriver
Brigadier
he Saxon AT105 APC given by the UK to the Ukrainians
The British donated some of these to the Iraqi army a few years ago. the Iraqis, graciously gave them to the Kurdish Peshmerga immediately.
Back to bottling my Grenache
The British donated some of these to the Iraqi army a few years ago. the Iraqis, graciously gave them to the Kurdish Peshmerga immediately.
Back to bottling my Grenache
Beaten me on the subject Master Delft!
I think though there are further ramifications of this for both the Ukraine and Iran/Iraq and Syria.
Will stick with Ukraine here and try and get to the ISIS thread asap.
In both theatres however, you do get a sense of the US wanting to close its "bad positions"
Put bluntly, I think Mr Kerry has just thrown Poroshenko under the bus, by committing to Minsk 2, which is death sentence for the Maidan Revolution.
In short, I see this as the US accepting that next time the Ukrainian side breach the Ceasfire with an offensive, that there will be no serious objection to overt Russian military intervention. This of course means that Russia will; for the first time, be free, at the very least, to unleash the might of its Air Power, irrespective of whether or not actual Russian Army Ground Units cross the border.
So will Kiev go for a Straw Death or Gotterdemerung?
I think though there are further ramifications of this for both the Ukraine and Iran/Iraq and Syria.
Will stick with Ukraine here and try and get to the ISIS thread asap.
In both theatres however, you do get a sense of the US wanting to close its "bad positions"
Put bluntly, I think Mr Kerry has just thrown Poroshenko under the bus, by committing to Minsk 2, which is death sentence for the Maidan Revolution.
In short, I see this as the US accepting that next time the Ukrainian side breach the Ceasfire with an offensive, that there will be no serious objection to overt Russian military intervention. This of course means that Russia will; for the first time, be free, at the very least, to unleash the might of its Air Power, irrespective of whether or not actual Russian Army Ground Units cross the border.
So will Kiev go for a Straw Death or Gotterdemerung?
NYT is loosing its believe in the Kiev regime. See this rather long article;
That accords well with Poroshenko being thrown under the bus.
I'm about to read this NYT article about Victoria Nuland going to Moscow to execute the Minsk2 accord.
That accords well with Poroshenko being thrown under the bus.
I'm about to read this NYT article about Victoria Nuland going to Moscow to execute the Minsk2 accord.
Miragedriver
Brigadier
Ukraine crisis: 'Russian special forces' captured
Ukraine says rebel forces (pictured) are being helped by regular Russian troops
Ukraine's military says its forces have captured two Russian soldiers fighting with rebels in eastern Ukraine.
The troops were seized in the town of Shchastya, near the line of separation.
A video emerged apparently showing one of the soldiers - which it said were members of Russia's elite special forces - saying during questioning that he was a sergeant from the central Russian city of Togliatti.
Russia denies claims that it is sending its forces to help the rebels.
However, it admits that a number of Russian nationals are fighting with the separatists in Ukraine's eastern Luhansk and Donetsk regions.
More than 6,000 people have been killed in fighting which began in April 2014 when the rebels seized large parts of the two regions.
This happened a month after Russia annexed Ukraine's southern Crimea peninsula.
'Special forces brigade'
On Sunday, Ukrainian military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said that the two Russian soldiers were captured by the volunteer Aydar battalion in Shchastya, Luhansk region.
He said this happened close to the front line, without giving further details.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian MP Anton Gerashchenko posted a video purportedly showing the questioning of one of the seized soldiers, who was injured during the fighting.
The soldier identifies himself as Aleksandr Aleksandrov - a sergeant in the third special forces brigade.
He says he was part of a 14-member group, naming the commander and his deputies.
The video has not been independently verified. Russia has not publicly commented on the latest developments.
Ukraine and the West have repeatedly stated than thousands of Russia's regular troops are deployed in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Last year, the Kiev authorities posted a video apparently showing Russian paratroopers seized in the region.
Earlier this week, Russian opposition activists , originally compiled by , alleging that 220 Russian soldiers had died in two key battles in eastern Ukraine.
The lull in the conflict in eastern Ukraine since February's ceasefire .
Back to bottling my Grenache
Ukraine says rebel forces (pictured) are being helped by regular Russian troops
Ukraine's military says its forces have captured two Russian soldiers fighting with rebels in eastern Ukraine.
The troops were seized in the town of Shchastya, near the line of separation.
A video emerged apparently showing one of the soldiers - which it said were members of Russia's elite special forces - saying during questioning that he was a sergeant from the central Russian city of Togliatti.
Russia denies claims that it is sending its forces to help the rebels.
However, it admits that a number of Russian nationals are fighting with the separatists in Ukraine's eastern Luhansk and Donetsk regions.
More than 6,000 people have been killed in fighting which began in April 2014 when the rebels seized large parts of the two regions.
This happened a month after Russia annexed Ukraine's southern Crimea peninsula.
'Special forces brigade'
On Sunday, Ukrainian military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said that the two Russian soldiers were captured by the volunteer Aydar battalion in Shchastya, Luhansk region.
He said this happened close to the front line, without giving further details.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian MP Anton Gerashchenko posted a video purportedly showing the questioning of one of the seized soldiers, who was injured during the fighting.
The soldier identifies himself as Aleksandr Aleksandrov - a sergeant in the third special forces brigade.
He says he was part of a 14-member group, naming the commander and his deputies.
The video has not been independently verified. Russia has not publicly commented on the latest developments.
Ukraine and the West have repeatedly stated than thousands of Russia's regular troops are deployed in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Last year, the Kiev authorities posted a video apparently showing Russian paratroopers seized in the region.
Earlier this week, Russian opposition activists , originally compiled by , alleging that 220 Russian soldiers had died in two key battles in eastern Ukraine.
The lull in the conflict in eastern Ukraine since February's ceasefire .
Back to bottling my Grenache
