"All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again." (3 Viewers)

[SaparotRob]

Macron pleads with Xi to help end Ukraine war as fighting rages in Bakhmut

As the months-long battle for Bakhmut continues, French President Emmanuel Macron urges Chinese leader Xi Jinping to use his influence to persuade Russia to halt the war.

www.abc.net.au

There will be peace talks this year. Nothing is true until Russia denies it.

 

[SaparotRob]

Polish President Announces Next Polish MiG-29 Going to Ukraine

WARSAW --- "I think that in the future, we will be able to deliver the remainder of our MiG-29 jets to Ukraine if such a need,” stated President Andrzej...

www.defense-aerospace.com

I'm looking forward to seeing "NATO-ized" MiGs go up against their Soviet opponents.
I never thought I'd be rooting for guys flying MiGs and driving T-72s.
Slava Ukraine!

 

[Snowman]

Yeah, life is always unpredictable. Never thought that Putin, having no real economy, no real army, nor real allies will start the real war.
So for now he is the main candidate in the 'Cretin of the Century' nomination.

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

So for now he is the main candidate in the 'Cretin of the Century' nomination.

He's also got a big hat in the ring for Dumbass of the Era, too. It's funny how for so many years many in the West looked at him as a genius mastermind playing 3-dimensional chess ... when it turns out the only thing he was playing was the fears of the West.

 

[SaparotRob]

Problem is, according to an earlier post, Putin gets his information from his flunkies and state approved channels. He might not really know what is going on and believes he is winning.
I'd hate to be the one telling him Russia is getting its ass kicked.

 

[Snowman]

Putin gets his information from his flunkies and state approved channels. He might not really know what is going on and believes he is winning.

Yes, and that's also makes him a cretin.

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

Problem is, according to an earlier post, Putin gets his information from his flunkies and state approved channels. He might not really know what is going on and believes he is winning.
I'd hate to be the one telling him Russia is getting its ass kicked.

Well, yeah, there's a couple of news-bearers who'll be excoriated, but let's face it, reality has a way of talking to you all the same.

 

[SaparotRob]

I admit that sometimes reality bites.

 

[GrauGeist]

There's a long list of former Putler "friends" who have contracted a serious case of suicide.

Hitler suffered the same delusions: he and his imaginary empire were invincible, right to the last days he believed that his military and it's wonder weapons would drive the enemy back to preserve his vision of the utopia he envisioned and promised his people.

 

[MiTasol]

Certainly none of his "friends" and flunkies will give him the cranalrectomy he needs but maybe Xi started the process. Very hard to tell what really went on there

 

[SaparotRob]

I was just watching a clip from the BBC about a Royal Navy destroyer being closely shadowed and fired upon (warning shot across the bow but not very close) in the Black Sea. This was off the Crimean coast.
I thought the Dardanelles was closed to warships.

 

[J_P_C]

I'm looking forward to seeing "NATO-ized" MiGs go up against their Soviet opponents.
I never thought I'd be rooting for guys flying MiGs and driving T-72s.
Slava Ukraine!

you should not expect something spectacular- modernization effort of this machines has been seriously constrained by limited budget assigned on this program. Basically it was done more to allow operation of this airplanes in allied environment than to increase it's combat capabilities.....

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

I was just watching a clip from the BBC about a Royal Navy destroyer being closely shadowed and fired upon (warning shot across the bow but not very close) in the Black Sea. This was off the Crimean coast.
I thought the Dardanelles was closed to warships.

That happened before this invasion, in June of 2021. The Straits are only closed to warships during hostilities.

 

[SaparotRob]

Next time I'll read the teeny tiny numbers on the screen before posting. I guess I was feeling optimistic about the RN taking on Mikhail's navy.

 

[Glider]

Someone in NATO has been leaking some quite useful papers to Russia

MSN

 

[Denniss]

There are also claims these papers have been faked or at least altered to better fit russian propaganda

 

[SaparotRob]

According to a France 24 video, the next one down on the link provided, a Russian video of a "Terminator " destroying a Ukrainian base was actually the other way around. A video posted by the Ukrainian 93rd Brigade earlier was "co-opted " by the Russians.

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

There are also claims these papers have been faked or at least altered to better fit russian propaganda

The numbers for casualties, for instance, do not at all comport with NATO's public estimates. This reeks of a misinformation operation.

 

[fubar57]

Some more on the leaks

Ukraine debates ways to prevent military leaks after report of breach | CBC News

Ukraine's president and top security brass met Friday and discussed ways to prevent leaks of military information, Kyiv said, after secret documents detailing Western help for Ukraine reportedly ended up online.

www.cbc.ca

 

[GTX]

Ukraine says classified data leak is Russian effort to sow doubt about coming counteroffensive

Ukrainian authorities say a purported leak of classified documents detailing secret US and NATO plans to help Kyiv appear to be part of a disinformation operation the Kremlin is using to seize back the initiative.

www.abc.net.au

Of course this just confuses Russia even more - is this really a leak or just misinformation...