"All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again." (12 Viewers)

[Escuadrilla Azul]

A sphincter-flexing moment for the RAF RJ crew:

Russian jet released missile near RAF aircraft over Black Sea

The unarmed plane was in international airspace when the incident happened last month, a minister says.

www.bbc.com

Rusia blames a malfunction. Given what we known about the VKS it could even be true.

 

[Admiral Beez]

If there was ever a group needing a visit from Mosad, AFU special ops, etc. it's these buggers.

Ukraine war: Iranian drone experts 'on the ground' in Crimea - US

Find their accommodations. Kill them in their beds. Iran needs to be shown that arming Russia to attack Europeans including NATO applicants has fatal consequences.

 

[GrauGeist]

If there was ever a group needing a visit from Mosad, AFU special ops, etc. it's these buggers.

Ukraine war: Iranian drone experts 'on the ground' in Crimea - US

Find their accommodations. Kill them in their beds. Iran needs to be shown that arming Russia to attack Europeans including NATO applicants has fatal consequences.

Looks like a job for the Azov mother/daughter team!

 

[GrauGeist]

Rusia blames a malfunction. Given what we known about the VKS it could even be true.

Wonder what Russia's excuse would have been had they actually shot down the RJ...

 

[manta22]

My Stepdad was a Marine and his name was also Robert.
Except he was in Korea and 12 divisions of Chinese showed up for his birthday at Chosin.

Coincidentally, my first wife's first husband was at the Chosin Reservoir too. Not many people realize there was an Army unit there as well as the Marines. He was with the 31st Regimental Combat team on the North side of the reservoir where the Chinese struck first. He had a Purple Heart with seven clusters when he retired. Here is his obituary: https://www.washingtonpost.com/arch...lusters/7bdd50c6-fc4f-4594-affe-928772450c1f/ . He said that "in Korea, every time he stood up, somebody shot him in the ass."

He was an interesting man; he was in the US Embassy when Eisenhower sent the Marines into Beirut in 1959. His letter to Ella (his then-wife and two young boys who had evacuated to the US Embassy in Rome) is full of detail on what was actually going on at the time it was happening and it is far better than what is in Wikipedia on the "1958 Lebanon Crisis". If anyone is interested, I'll PM a copy. The first few pages are badly typed on a typewriter ribbon that is shot but by page 3 he has put in a new ribbon and legibility improves markedly. The actual event happening sure isn't very close to what you hear on the news media!

To save time, I'll just attache it here as a .PDF file.

 

[Admiral Beez]

Wonder what Russia's excuse would have been had they actually shot down the RJ...

There'd be no Russian pilots to explain themselves after the escorting Typhoons clear the skies.

 

[GrauGeist]

Coincidentally, my first wife's first husband was at the Chosin Reservoir too. Not many people realize there was an Army unit there as well as the Marines. He was with the 31st Regimental Combat team on the North side of the reservoir where the Chinese struck first. He had a Purple Heart with seven clusters when he retired. Here is his obituary: https://www.washingtonpost.com/arch...lusters/7bdd50c6-fc4f-4594-affe-928772450c1f/ . He said that "in Korea, every time he stood up, somebody shot him in the ass."

He was an interesting man; he was in the US Embassy when Eisenhower sent the Marines into Beirut in 1959. His letter to Ella (his then-wife and two young boys who had evacuated to the US Embassy in Rome) is full of detail on what was actually going on at the time it was happening and it is far better than what is in Wikipedia on the "1958 Lebanon Crisis". If anyone is interested, I'll PM a copy. The first few pages are badly typed on a typewriter ribbon that is shot but by page 3 he has put in a new ribbon and legibility improves markedly. The actual event happening sure isn't very close to what you hear on the news media!

To save time, I'll just attache it here as a .PDF file.

This is the thread here on the forum of my Stepdad's passing.

My Stepdad

I'm a little late in posting this, as I just haven't been in the mood to deal with it, to be honest. But back on January 25th, my Stepdad passed away. It's been difficult to have so many friends and family passing away lately, and this hits really close to home. My Stepdad was approaching 80...

ww2aircraft.net

 

[GrauGeist]

There'd be no Russian pilots to explain themselves after the escorting Typhoons clear the skies.

I beleive that the "malfunction" encounter with the RAF RJ was an unescorted mission.
The RAF is now escorting the flights.

 

[at6]

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

Tucker Carlson in print?

 

[J_P_C]

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

Ukraine appears poised to deliver another crucial blow to Russian President Vladimir Putin's war effort with a counteroffensive to take back Kherson, which was the first major Ukrainian city seized by Russia after its invasion in February.

Ukraine has blacked out all media on its operations around the southern city this week, as it did ahead of a successful counteroffensive in the northeast last month. Experts studying the war said all signs point to a major offensive in the coming days, with Russia already signaling its potential retreat.

Ukrainian victory in Kherson, which is the only regional capital that has been captured by Russian forces, could set the direction of the rest of the war, said John Spencer, chairman of urban warfare studies at the Modern War Institute at West Point.

"Strategically, operationally and tactically, it'll send a signal that Russia can't hold ground in Ukraine, and the path to victory for Ukraine is pretty much assured. The timeline's still in question, but the path to victory is pretty assured," he said.

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/3697701-ukraine-poised-for-crucial-blow-to-putin-in-battle-for-kherson/

 

[Admiral Beez]

Looks like a job for the Azov mother/daughter team!

The ladies strike again? You play with fire, you'll get burned.

10 Iranians killed in Ukrainian strikes - report

The report comes as American and Ukrainian officials warn that Iranians are training Russians to use Iranian drones in Crimea.

www.jpost.com

 

[GTX]

Teen fighting Vladimir Putin says he has no regrets despite Ukraine ordeal

 

[GTX]

Putin's commander in Syria is now leading Russia's forces in Ukraine. Here's what that means

General Sergei Surovikin, dubbed by some as “General Armageddon” after his role in the Syria bombing campaign, is the new leader of Russian forces in Ukraine.

www.abc.net.au

 

[GTX]

Iran sending personnel to Crimea to help Russian forces use drones, US says

The White House says it believes Iranian military staff have been sent to Crimea to help Russian forces use Iranian-made drones to attack Ukraine, as scheduled power outages began.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Admiral Beez]

Iran sending personnel to Crimea to help Russian forces use drones, US says

The White House says it believes Iranian military staff have been sent to Crimea to help Russian forces use Iranian-made drones to attack Ukraine, as scheduled power outages began.

www.abc.net.au

Now this is where Mosad will come in handy whilst still having plausible deniability. The moment those Iranians pick up a phone or make any communications, they're dead.

 

[Snautzer01]

I bet that before soon we will see UKR script kiddies filling their drones with a bit of a bang and have a tournament.

 

[buffnut453]

Having worked at Stuttgart for a few years, this does my little heart good. Absolutely awesome to see this "boring" logistics work acknowledged:

What is EUCOM’s Ukraine Control Center? | Air & Space Forces Magazine

The U.S. European Command stood up EUCOM Control Center Ukraine at Ramstein Air Base to rapidly deliver weapons to Ukraine.

www.airandspaceforces.com

 

[ThomasP]

From various sources:

'Satellite images show the Russians/Wagner Group building kilometers long anti-tank fortification near Herske' [in Luhansk Oblast about 10-15 miles south of Sverodonetsk]

From CNN:

"RIA/FAN, a Russian tabloid, published a map on Wednesday claiming the Wagner group would continue building their 'line' until it stretches east from the Russian-Ukraine border to Kreminna, and then south to Svitlodarsk." [this would result in a line about 135 miles long]

 

[buffnut453]

From various sources:

'Satellite images show the Russians/Wagner Group building kilometers long anti-tank fortification near Herske' [in Luhansk Oblast about 10-15 miles south of Sverodonetsk]

From CNN:

"RIA/FAN, a Russian tabloid, published a map on Wednesday claiming the Wagner group would continue building their 'line' until it stretches east from the Russian-Ukraine border to Kreminna, and then south to Svitlodarsk." [this would result in a line about 135 miles long]

Wonder if it's All Quiet on the Western Front?