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Admiral Beez said:
If I'm India selling anything to Russia I want US$ cash in advance before I lift a finger. I don't know what Russia will look like politically by 2030, but the place is going to be economically bankrupt.
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Dedollarization is the shiny new economic thing. Demand payment in rupees.
 
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I'm sorry sir, the manual clearly states you may not attempt to fire
our product in an aggressive manner before the warranty runs out...
 
Admiral Beez said:
To their credit these don't look like the ragged, poorly equipped conscripts we're told populate the Russian army.
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Remember that Wagner is not the only PMC.

Shoigu owns one too so they may be his troops. Another Russian General agrees with the lack of support for ordinary troops.

Senior Russian general in Ukraine says he was dismissed after criticizing lack of support for troops

From CNN's Tim Lister and Uliana Pavlova


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General Ivan Popov in an undated photo. Teoyaomiquu/Twitter

A high-profile Russian general in command of forces in occupied southern Ukraine says he has been dismissed from his post after accusing the defense ministry of betraying Russian soldiers by not providing sufficient support.
General Ivan Popov was the commander of the 58th Combined Arms Army, which has been involved in heavy fighting in the Zaporizhzhia region. He is one of the most senior officers involved in the Russian campaign in Ukraine.
In a voice note, Popov said that he raised questions about "the lack of counter-battery combat, the absence of artillery reconnaissance stations and the mass deaths and injuries of our brothers from enemy artillery. I also raised a number of other problems and expressed it all at the highest level frankly and extremely harshly."
Popov said that the Minister of Defense Sergey Shoigu then dismissed him.
"As many commanders of divisional regiments said today, the servicemen of the armed forces of Ukraine could not break through our army from the front, [but] our senior commander hit us from the rear, treacherously and vilely decapitating the army at the most difficult and tense moment," he said.
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Popov's audio message was relayed by Andrey Gurulev, a member of the Russian parliament and a former Deputy Commander of the Southern Military District, on his Telegram channel.
The public resignation or dismissal of such a senior officer amid an open dispute over the conduct of the Russian campaign is unprecedented, according to analysts.
 
MiTasol said:
Remember that Wagner is not the only PMC.

Shoigu owns one too so they may be his troops. Another Russian General agrees with the lack of support for ordinary troops.

Senior Russian general in Ukraine says he was dismissed after criticizing lack of support for troops

From CNN's Tim Lister and Uliana Pavlova


View attachment 729547General Ivan Popov in an undated photo. Teoyaomiquu/Twitter

A high-profile Russian general in command of forces in occupied southern Ukraine says he has been dismissed from his post after accusing the defense ministry of betraying Russian soldiers by not providing sufficient support.
General Ivan Popov was the commander of the 58th Combined Arms Army, which has been involved in heavy fighting in the Zaporizhzhia region. He is one of the most senior officers involved in the Russian campaign in Ukraine.
In a voice note, Popov said that he raised questions about "the lack of counter-battery combat, the absence of artillery reconnaissance stations and the mass deaths and injuries of our brothers from enemy artillery. I also raised a number of other problems and expressed it all at the highest level frankly and extremely harshly."
Popov said that the Minister of Defense Sergey Shoigu then dismissed him.

Popov's audio message was relayed by Andrey Gurulev, a member of the Russian parliament and a former Deputy Commander of the Southern Military District, on his Telegram channel.
The public resignation or dismissal of such a senior officer amid an open dispute over the conduct of the Russian campaign is unprecedented, according to analysts.
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Even Windows 10 may be hazardous to his health now.:p
 
Warspite63 said:
What a tool ....was gonna ask 'Who is this guy?' - in a rare moment of self-sufficiency I googled his name. This confirmed (i) that my assessment of him as a tool is totally correct; and (ii) that i have things in my fridge that are smarter ....... He's the poster child for Useful Idiots.......
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I went to his "toilet bowl of a website" and felt the need to shower after I left.
 
MiTasol said:
Remember that Wagner is not the only PMC.

Shoigu owns one too so they may be his troops. Another Russian General agrees with the lack of support for ordinary troops.

Senior Russian general in Ukraine says he was dismissed after criticizing lack of support for troops

From CNN's Tim Lister and Uliana Pavlova


View attachment 729547General Ivan Popov in an undated photo. Teoyaomiquu/Twitter

A high-profile Russian general in command of forces in occupied southern Ukraine says he has been dismissed from his post after accusing the defense ministry of betraying Russian soldiers by not providing sufficient support.
General Ivan Popov was the commander of the 58th Combined Arms Army, which has been involved in heavy fighting in the Zaporizhzhia region. He is one of the most senior officers involved in the Russian campaign in Ukraine.
In a voice note, Popov said that he raised questions about "the lack of counter-battery combat, the absence of artillery reconnaissance stations and the mass deaths and injuries of our brothers from enemy artillery. I also raised a number of other problems and expressed it all at the highest level frankly and extremely harshly."
Popov said that the Minister of Defense Sergey Shoigu then dismissed him.

Popov's audio message was relayed by Andrey Gurulev, a member of the Russian parliament and a former Deputy Commander of the Southern Military District, on his Telegram channel.
The public resignation or dismissal of such a senior officer amid an open dispute over the conduct of the Russian campaign is unprecedented, according to analysts.
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More info from reuters

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The Ukrainian foothold under the Kherson bridge
1) is a morale boost for Ukrainians
2) forces russia to keep more forces there, may lure them to attack sustaining heavy losses
3) lures Russia to engage more artillery to keep the Ukrainians under the bridge
4) may lead to more russian artillery losses from counterbattery fire
 
Admiral Beez said:
I would have never imagined as teenager in the 1980s first reading about the MiG-29, that four decades later the type would become a heroic all-purpose aircraft used by a free Ukraine to defend Europe from the Russian horde. Here's an article about the first Western pilot to fly the MiG-29 in 1989.
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The MiG-29 in Ukrainian hands reminds me of how the Israelis repurposed Nazi Germany's Messerschmidt Bf 109s. How Nazi Germany's Fighter Planes Saved Israel

Perhaps one day we will read the article "How the ex-USSR's Fighter Planes Saved Ukraine"
 
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