"All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again." (2 Viewers)

[GTX]

„Human Life Has No Value There“: Baltic Counterintelligence Officers Speak Candidly About Russian Cruelty

The Estonian weekly Eesti Ekspress interviewed the heads and several employees of Estonia’s, Latvia’s, and Lithuania’s state security agencies. This is what they had to say regarding Russia.

ekspress.delfi.ee

 

[buffnut453]

Possibly some alarmist sensationalist 'reporting' here...I hope:

Fears Mad Vlad on brink of detonating nuke over Black Sea in show of force

FEARS are growing that Vladimir Putin will launch a nuclear show of force by detonating a deadly warhead over the Black Sea. Defence Secretary Ben Wallace dashed to Washington for crisis talks yest…

www.thesun.co.uk

It's the Sun...you can guarantee alarmist and sensationalist "reporting."

 

[GrauGeist]

Possibly some alarmist sensationalist 'reporting' here...I hope:

Fears Mad Vlad on brink of detonating nuke over Black Sea in show of force

FEARS are growing that Vladimir Putin will launch a nuclear show of force by detonating a deadly warhead over the Black Sea. Defence Secretary Ben Wallace dashed to Washington for crisis talks yest…

www.thesun.co.uk

A very sensational write-up, but Putler has nothing to gain by detonatung a nuke over the Black Sea and runs the risk of accidently triggering a response.

 

[GTX]

Iran agrees to ship missiles, more drones to Russia

Iran has promised to provide Russia with surface to surface missiles and more drones, a move that is likely to infuriate the United States and other Western powers.

www.reuters.com

 

[J_P_C]

Has Russia ever not had a secret police terrorizing its people?

Third Section of His Imperial Majesty's Own Chancellery - Wikipedia

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Okhrana - Wikipedia

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Chronology of Soviet secret police agencies - Wikipedia

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What is this flaw in their national character that while nearly every other European descendant nation has progressed to a reasonable level of state police held under democratically elected control? CSIS might monitor my web browsing for terror plots, but I needn't worry about RCMP arresting me for speaking my mind against the PM. Don't the Russians want the same rights and freedoms?

their ruling caste is elected / legitimized by terror since.... ever - RU has 0 (none, null) democratic traditions - they switched from hyper-autocratic form of government directly to quasi-mob type structures of communism than again to hyper-autocratic with Vlad as a fake tsar. For them marshal law is business as usual - the same day just different name.

 

[J_P_C]

It's the Sun...you can guarantee alarmist and sensationalist "reporting."

is anybody, ever treated The Sun as a credible source? if yes it has to be done by obvious mistake....

 

[Crimea_River]

Uh, didn't Trudeau declare martial law to break up a trucker's strike last winter?

Yes, we were all sent to our rooms with no Timmy's donuts or hockey for a week.

 

[MiTasol]

The other good thing for Ukraine is that no one in the Russian military seems to know what Putin is up to.

Sometimes I think even Putin does not know what he is up to

 

[Greg Boeser]

Yes, we were all sent to our rooms with no Timmy's donuts or hockey for a week.

No hockey?!!!

 

[fubar57]

4th game into the season, Canucks blow 4 two goal leads.....its over

 

[Admiral Beez]

Iran agrees to ship missiles, more drones to Russia

Iran has promised to provide Russia with surface to surface missiles and more drones, a move that is likely to infuriate the United States and other Western powers.

www.reuters.com

Is a naval and air blockade of Iran being considered?

 

[Greg Boeser]

Ayallolah: We will trade missiles for nukes.
Putin: Done!

 

[vikingBerserker]

The scary part of that is I could see it happening.

 

[Greg Boeser]

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

The Iranian government generally won't do anything without a quid pro quo. I'm unsure why they're doing this now, or what benefits they hope to garner from a weakened Russia. The two nations have worked alongside each other in Syria supporting Assad's regime in Syria, so there may be something hidden in that cesspool.

The Israelis, who have had a working (if at times a semi-hostile) relationship with the Russians again in Syria, seem to be irked by the two nations drawing closer. I suspect there's a lot going on behind the scenes that's beyond my ken.

There's also the fact that Iran has many years of experience dodging sanctions, and so Russia may be giving Iran business as a return favor that just so happens to supply some needs of their own as well?

 

[buffnut453]

Worth a watch...some real front-line reporting:

 

[GrauGeist]

Worth a watch...some real front-line reporting:

If the Russians' probing is that predictable, they should set up an ambush for the next scouting party.

 

[Admiral Beez]

If the Russians' probing is that predictable, they should set up an ambush for the next scouting party.

Wouldn't a scouting party's job be to reconnoitre and report back rather than engage?

 

[MiTasol]

yes but if they are wiped out then they can't report and their vodka primed commander will assume the area is heavily defended.

 

[GrauGeist]

Wouldn't a scouting party's job be to reconnoitre and report back rather than engage?

Depends on several factors: if the scoutung party is purely reconnoitering to identify enemy positions and such, then yes, avoiding contact would be preferable.
But if the scouting parties are probing the enemy defenses to judge reaction (amount of response, amount of force encountered, etc.), then engaging is necessary.

The Ukrainians need to have some mobile artillery on standby for the next probe, hammer the eff out of them and then quickly relocate the artillery elsewhere.