"All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again." (7 Viewers)
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Greg Boeser
1st Sergeant
He will now conscript all men of fighting age within the new territory. So all the Ukrainain soldiers are now actually Russian.
RogerdeLluria
Staff Sergeant
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- Jul 5, 2015
Seems a military plane crashed at Belbek airport. Some said it was a mig-31The mapper reports a big fire on Crimea.
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Military aircraft catches fire and explodes during landing in Crimea
HUGE plumes of black smoke were seen over Crimean skies today after a military aircraft was understood to have exploded upon landing at the airport near Sevastopol
RogerdeLluria
Staff Sergeant
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- Jul 5, 2015
Here is a paradox. Westerners tend to hugely underestimate the level of passive compliance which a ruler in Kremlin enjoys (nearly total). At the same time, they tend to hugely overestimate the level of the *active* support he enjoys. Most of it is very, very passive. Yes, Putin has lots of supporters. And yet, almost no one of them would choose to spend their free time coming to the Red Square and listening to his speech. So he is forced to ship there government employees en masse, to serve as his audience. Russia is a country of extreme, unthinkable passivity. It goes both ways though. Very few would make a choice to lift a finger against regime. But even less people would make a choice to lift their finger *for* regime. That's why Russian political structure is super fragile.
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
Very insightful.
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
Never thought I'd ever be cheering T-72s and MiG 29s but here we are.
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
Especially that Irish field Marshall, Tim O'shenko.
fubar57
General
Sub-title of CBC article "Ukraine's ongoing counteroffensive against invading Russian forces has angered Moscow."
Thumpalumpacus
Major
Seems a military plane crashed at Belbek airport. Some said it was a mig-31
Military aircraft catches fire and explodes during landing in Crimea
HUGE plumes of black smoke were seen over Crimean skies today after a military aircraft was understood to have exploded upon landing at the airport near Sevastopolwww.express.co.uk
Looks to me like the putative crash set something else off. There's no way all that is coming from a single-seat fighter on its own. The thick black smoke implies POLs burning. The paucity of grey or white smoke (which is usually steam, not smoke) indicates that they have little water on it at the time the video was shot.
ETA: The article mentions several explosions, which supports what I'm thinking. Debris from the crash probably set something else off.
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Russia is losing on the battlefield — now it's losing old friends
Ukraine's lightning offensive in Kharkiv may have damaged more than just Russia's depleted army — it's also tarnished Russia's status as a regional power in Central Asia.
www.abc.net.au
Glider
Captain
If I were Russian, I would be more worried about the cat. He has a real mean look about him
swampyankee
Chief Master Sergeant
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Sure. They just don't count* votes (or voters) they don't like.
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* after beating the crap out of them
Different view of what appears to be the same crash:
fubar57
General
From the article above if you never read it..."Russia's Defence Ministry claimed to have inflicted damage on Ukrainian forces in battling to hold Lyman, but said outnumbered Russian troops were withdrawn to more favourable positions. Kyiv's air force said it moved into Lyman, and Zelenskyy's chief of staff posted photos of a Ukrainian flag being hoisted on the town's outskirts." I'm thinking a more "favourable position" right now would be Moscow.
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
"inflicted damage on Ukrainian forces" - yeah, the Ukrainians most likely tripped over all the abandoned gear the Russians left behind when they ran away "relocated to more favorable positions".
Admiral Beez
Major
Does Ukraine now have the largest army in Europe? After the US and China, is Ukraine #3 in the world?
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
Last I heard, the Ukraine Army's strength (as of July of this year) was at 700,000.
This doesn't include their National Guard.
Their Navy has about 15,000 personnel, including about 6,000 Naval Infantry.
