"All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again." (15 Viewers)

[Thumpalumpacus]

How can those poor souls ever be repatriated?

They won't. They will be the modern-day zeks.

 

[Admiral Beez]

They won't. They will be the modern-day zeks.

Unless the Russians somehow erase their Ukrainian captives' minds, if they're not imprisoned they'll make it back home again when this is over.

 

[SaparotRob]

I'm worried that they are in extremely remote Gulags. No phones or electricity, let alone internet.

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

Unless the Russians somehow erase their Ukrainian captives' minds, if they're not imprisoned they'll make it back home again when this is over.

They don't need to erase any minds; I seriously doubt Putin's Russia will allow these captives to walk freely. They will be imprisoned or placed in remote camps. Russia is big enough that these captives can be easily disappeared. Solzhenitsyn, in GuLag Archipelago, documents many hundreds of thousands of foreigners forced into the camp system never to resurface. Putin's regime will have no problem lying with a straight face that "we never saw these people, we don't know what you're talking about", and meanwhile these folks will be dying in Kolyma or some other forgotten mining center/lumber field etc.

 

[GTX]

Britain giving Ukraine minehunter drones to clear coastline

Six autonomous minehunting vehicles will be sent to Ukraine to help detect Russian mines in the nation's coastal waters.

ukdefencejournal.org.uk

 

[GTX]

Will donate Hellfire missiles and night vision equipment to Ukraine

Norway will donate Hellfire missiles to Ukraine. The donation includes approximately 160 missiles, launching pads and guidance units. Ukraine will also receive night-vision equipment drawn from Armed Forces inventories.

www.regjeringen.no

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

KYIV, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Ukraine has recaptured more than 700 sq km (270 sq miles) of its territory in the east and south during a lightning counteroffensive, a Ukrainian general said on Thursday, offering the first official assessment of the operation.

The gains, if confirmed and held, would be a serious blow for Russia, which Western intelligence services say has suffered huge casualties. They would also represent a big boost for Kyiv, which is keen to show its Western backers that it can change the facts on the ground by force and deserves continued support.

Ukrainian general says huge gains made in lightning counteroffensive

Ukraine has recaptured more than 700 sq km (270 sq miles) of its territory in the east and south during a lightning counteroffensive, a Ukrainian general said on Thursday, offering the first official assessment of the operation.

www.reuters.com

 

[Glider]

KYIV, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Ukraine has recaptured more than 700 sq km (270 sq miles) of its territory in the east and south during a lightning counteroffensive, a Ukrainian general said on Thursday, offering the first official assessment of the operation.

The gains, if confirmed and held, would be a serious blow for Russia, which Western intelligence services say has suffered huge casualties. They would also represent a big boost for Kyiv, which is keen to show its Western backers that it can change the facts on the ground by force and deserves continued support.

Ukrainian general says huge gains made in lightning counteroffensive

Ukraine has recaptured more than 700 sq km (270 sq miles) of its territory in the east and south during a lightning counteroffensive, a Ukrainian general said on Thursday, offering the first official assessment of the operation.

www.reuters.com

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Message from Putin to all Russian people.

Don't worry, we have them where we want them, it's all going according to plan

 

[SaparotRob]

Don't get too confident. Sergei Shoigu will know what to do.

 

[GrauGeist]

Message from Putin to all Russian people.

Don't worry, we have them where we want them, it's all going according to plan

Right.

*Flips through Hitler's playbook*

Ok, the second phase of this "special operation" should be "случай cиний" (case blue).

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

Right.

*Flips through Hitler's playbook*

Ok, the second phase of this "special operation" should be "случай cиний" (case blue).

Somewhat graphic, but pertinent

Spoiler

 

[Mike Williams]

Kharkiv offensive is looking really good so far.

 

[Admiral Beez]

Russians are beginning to bicker.

‘We have already lost’: far-right Russian bloggers slam military failures

Military pro-war bloggers with frontline contacts offer rare insight into Russia’s performance on ground

www.theguardian.com

Meanwhile, the Ukrainians ride on!

 

[Mike Williams]

 

[Admiral Beez]

Blyskavychna viyna!

 

[vikingBerserker]

The Humvees reminded of the show Rat Patrol

 

[fubar57]

Loved that show

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

Watching the infantryman charge into the smoke ... wow.

 

[manta22]

One time, travelling highway A1 in Bulgaria (main highway between Sofia and Burgas) just west of Plovdiv, we had two BAF MiG-29s pass overhead, just like seen in the video.

It was pretty cool to see.

This was an unexpected very low pass!

 

[GrauGeist]

The rapid success of the Ukrainian offensive, the way their fronts are oriented complete with the bypassing and isolating pockets of Russians, looks to be something out of either Patton's or Rommel's book.