"All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again." (7 Viewers)

[Crimea_River]

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Ukrainian Family's Dash for Safety Ends in Death

IRPIN, Ukraine — The bridge was just a shell of its old self, blown up days earlier by Ukrainian soldiers intent on slowing the Russian advance on the capital, Kyiv, but battered as it was, it offered a lifeline to civilians desperate to flee the fighting. On Sunday, as Ukrainian refugees were...

www.yahoo.com

This tragic episode was covered on the CBC National news last night. An update from his morning with a shortened, yet still graphic video here:

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2010114627972

 

[rochie]

Hard Hitting Video broadcast on Sky here yesterday

Ukraine invasion: Young mother collapses in boyfriend's arms after toddler killed in Russian shell attack

Difficult to watch footage shows an unconscious 18-month-old boy being rushed to hospital after his home was shelled in the southern Ukrainian port city of Mariupol.

news.sky.com

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

Yes, that is exactly the point. They don't have enough troops to control the terrain and villages and small towns of no strategic value.

One of my business acquaintances operates a factory in the south. RF's units arrived 2 days after the Ukrainian force has left. Entered the office and declared they will set up their base on the territory. All factory personnel refused to cooperate and went home. A few hours later, Russian units left the factory and the town and headed north, leaving no troops in that area.

Hardly what could be called an invasión.

 

[Crimea_River]

Hard Hitting Video broadcast on Sky here yesterday

Ukraine invasion: Young mother collapses in boyfriend's arms after toddler killed in Russian shell attack

Difficult to watch footage shows an unconscious 18-month-old boy being rushed to hospital after his home was shelled in the southern Ukrainian port city of Mariupol.

news.sky.com

Tragic

Would love to see video of Putin caught in a mortar barrage. With sound.

 

[rochie]

yes, so would I.

caught that yesterday as i was flicking channels, incredibly moving footage

 

[SaparotRob]

Hardly what could be called an invasión.

It is an invasion alright. Poorly executed.

 

[SaparotRob]

Tragic

Would love to see video of Putin caught in a mortar barrage. With sound.

For years I've been hoping Putin gets a touch of polonium flu. A mortar barrage might be nice.

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

It is an invasion. Poorly executed.

As we say in Spain, una mierda pinchada en un palo* of an invasion.

*A shit in a stick

 

[GrauGeist]

What has baffled me for years, is how the Russian people, finally free of the Communist yoke, allowed Putin to go from President, to special advisor to the President then to long-term leader of the state, etc.

Sort of reminds me of a certain Corporal who managed to weasel his way into absolute power...

 

[Crimea_River]

Control the message to the masses.

 

[Escuadrilla Azul]

What has baffled me for years, is how the Russian people, finally free of the Communist yoke, allowed Putin to go from President, to special advisor to the President then to long-term leader of the state, etc.

Sort of reminds me of a certain Corporal who managed to weasel his way into absolute power...

It isn't a very different history.

A once powerful nation loses a war due to (allegedly) an inside treason with help from the outside and the anti... (fill with the apropiate nationality) where everybody profits save the good people of the nation.

Then one leader came with a message of unity and national rebirth and pride and... voilà! the recipe for disaster is ready.

 

[J_P_C]

Can they be effective against low flying cruise missiles, what do you think?

with AWACS or working ground radar system support will works - 29's is carrying pulse-doppler radar, it means locating targets flying in ground clutter is theoretically possible - with underscore of "theoretically". Because of weather KOLS system (thermolocator) may be more effective than radar but still within limited range. Considering short legs of -29 guidance support is rather necessary.

 

[SaparotRob]

What has baffled me for years, is how the Russian people, finally free of the Communist yoke, allowed Putin to go from President, to special advisor to the President then to long-term leader of the state, etc.

Sort of reminds me of a certain Corporal who managed to weasel his way into absolute power...

Possibly because those same people never knew freedom of speech or press. From centuries of serfdom to worker's paradise.

They didn't stand a chance.

 

[soulezoo]

If only we could get them some P-39's.... hmm.

 

[SaparotRob]

I hear they need trucks. Has Lend-Lease been embargoed yet?

 

[The Basket]

Problem is tank.
You have to have truck and tanker and transporter and some form of engineering vehicle to tow it or recover it and then train the crew and the provide food and supply and ammunition and then you need maintenance facilities and supply facilities and somewhere for the crew to live and all I wanted was a Tank!!

Army is like a chain. It will snap at its weakest link and then be useless.

 

[XBe02Drvr]

Stand for your values, - against new "bolsheviks" or whatever they are called today.

"Putinskis"?

 

[FLYBOYJ]

"Putinskis"?

Putinicks?

 

[Admiral Beez]

In addition to the now infamous Bayraktar TB2 Ukraine is operating their domestically designed UA-Dynamics Punisher. It flies automatically to the coordinates of its targets - coordinates likely precisely and in real-time provided by NATO recon satellites.

Ukraine's small combat drone "The Punisher" destroys Russian supply lines

The re-deployable drone has a wingspan of 7.5 feet.

interestingengineering.com

The Russians have basically become every weapon designers (and r/c hobbyists) test case.

 

[SaparotRob]

"Putinskis"?

Gentlemen, the answer is obvious.

Putzes