RobertV

You mean special military operation?
 
Add a zero that
 
Privet Andrey!
 
Those who can afford it are fleeing the country right now.

Dabling in alternate reality seems to be the feature of the Ukrainian side these days with politicians medding in the military planing.
 

Interesting trend
 
 
 
 

50 seems to be very inflated number (for whatever reason) but even if it was true it's more than clear that TB-2 is not a suitable weapon for penetrating into well defended airspace. It works better than I thought when used reasonably. 

I think anything other than fastest blitzkrieg in history with lowest casualties would have been considered as "not so good" result. But current operation is indeed incompetent.
 
   Different camps of "everything is shit/gone" or "this is within a plan/not too bad". But plenty of people don't like implication behind negotiations with a background of no further success on economical war and in actual war frontlines.
 
Overestimated capibilties of army and how Russia viewed in Ukraine will be my guess.

Yeah, anything that claims ghost of Kiev is real.  Loses me completely.  

Discussed it on otvaga, most likely generator unit. Jammer/EW system have big ass antenna on top, not visible here.

Russian deployed their new Necromancy tech And have resurrected Vasily Bukov from it's watery grave. 
 
 
 

Russian deployed their new Necromancy tech And have resurrected Vasily Bukov from it's watery grave. 
 
 
 

Looks like Russia might finally get a 3rd gen ATGM, @LoooSeR  

GeoPoliticalFutures which is a subscriber only site has its take on events keeping in mind it has multiple contributors from around the world but is American focused.
 
* Prior to invasion a rumour they heard Russia was offered a deal, the USA stays out of Ukraine but Russia must stay out of Belarus, it was declined.
* Russian strategy was politically driven to scare Ukraine into signing an agreement and to undermine Nato via the new German government wanting the invasion problem to go away, Germany caved under western pressure and Ukraine resistance was higher than expected when Russia rolled in.
* Russian armed forces were operating like something out of the cold war with large armoured formations and all the problems that incurs,  puzzled why the internet is still active etc (no war is clean and you definitely don't want it broadcast to the world of today), decisions may be have been politically made rather than what's best tactically.
* The Ukrainian armed forces have dispersed requiring Russian infantry units having to sweep areas clear before armour can push through, the west is flooding Ukraine with infantry anti-armour weapons.
* The Russian Air Force has not much to hit targets wise (not because its incapable).
* Russia needs a quick win and cannot let this drag on which is what the west wants.
 
Economics
* If Russia can survive the initial shock from global sanctions it will be fine in the long run, also sanctions sometimes can have the opposite effect and actually help domestic production and technology, Russia is self reliant in many areas but will loose access to high end technology and luxury goods from the west.
* Huge risks in wheat and fertilizer production, Russia and Ukraine are both major global suppliers, if conflict drags on it will badly affect North Africa the main customers which could in turn fuel instability in an already fragile part of the world.
 
What some in the west fear the most is that a Eurasian alliance forms with its own international finance institutions and technology it hasn't happened yet but this could accelerate its creation, the USA is going to be working overtime to keep China and Russia apart.
 
How things play out remains to be seen, the west has done as much as it can without direct war, either Putin gets a compromise deal with west (no way they allow it at this point but months from now attitudes may change) or Russia breaks Ukrainian morale and forces a surrender.
 
My own view on this talk of insurgency is made by people with not much understanding, Ukraine is not Afghanistan, if Russia were to occupy all of Ukraine;
* Ukraine is not a poor/undeveloped country its citizens have something to loose, bills to pay, going to school etc. they cannot afford to send their sons off to die.
* Ukraine is flat there is not many places to hide.
* Russia has a fairly effective secret police in putting down revolts once military occupation ends.
* Ukraine/Russia share language/culture/religion, Russians are not strangers to Ukraine something the Soviets and Americans failed to understand in Afghanistan.
* Entry points into Ukraine via EU can be policed by Russian "peace keeping" forces and resupplied via Belarus, Afghanistan was surrounded by unfriendly countries to USA.
 
This action by Putin defiantly backfired when it comes to Nato which was falling apart all on its own, as Macron pointed out much to the anger of western elites a few years ago. Now Nato is fully rejuvenated, Germany is going to re-arm which is going to be another problem (many in Europe are nervous about Germany with large military). The USA has gotten new military bases in EU countries Denmark/Romania and support for Nato has sky rocketed in Sweden/Finland, Turkey is being brought in from the cold. All anti-Russia hard liners are now politically untouchable in the west.

USER PARDUS HAS BEEN BANNED UNTIL MAY 1 FOR INSUFFICIENT LOYALTY TO VLADOLF PUTLER

I long time didnt post on this forum, didnt really want to, but the ignorance of some people made me do so.
 
First, I ABSOLUTELY condemn this war! There were far, far better options to deal with ukraine.
 
BUT!
 
Even though Putin said lots of idiocy about the reasons to attack ukraine, he is right in some things.
First, to the surprise of some ignorants, the ukrainian fascism is a REAL THING. Current ukrainian government not even tolerates, actively supports extremist groups. Russian, Hungarian, and also Jewish communities are frequently harassed in that country. Death threats are common against these people, sometimes unfortunately murders happen too. Where was the EU when these happened? Where was the NATO? Where was the international outrage? In the west, if someone is "misgendered", whole country is talking about it. In ukraine, these messages are totally accepted, nobody cares in the EU (even though EU politicians are 100% aware of their existence!)

 
It happened a year ago if Im not mistaken. Where was the west?
 
Also. Minsk agreements. Ukraine didnt even give a fuck about them, and never intended to comply. In the last few years, they began to be more and more provocatory. Russian or ukrainian attack was totally inevitable in the end.
 
The conclusion is that Ukraine, is FAR, FAR from being innocent! And FAR from being a victim! Equally guilty as Putin at best. But probably more. Think about these, when reading shitloads of BS pouring from ukrainian propaganda...
Also think about when a country's main national hero is a guy named Stepan Bandera...

Just for a note - not banning him because he is laughable idiot.

You got to be trolling.   Nobody is this gullibly stupid.

If showing you the reality of the war in Ukraine is trolling, sure, you can call it that then.

Nah, he's just the brain dead target audience for the pro global war propaganda.

Sure thing buddy, I'm so pro war that I dare condemn Putin for invading a sovereign democratic country (twice!) 
 
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60675599

You think people posting laughing emojis at the war crimes committed by the VDV, and videos calling Zelensky evil, are mature? 
 
 
 

As suspected the invasion is failing hard (it's a bloody shambles to be frank), and meanwhile the Russian economy is falling off a cliff and the anti war sentiment of the average Russian (but also the Oligarchs) is growing by the day.  It's becoming more and more obvious that the days of the little madman war criminal are numbered, and it's all by his own doing. 
 
Slava Ukraini! And a prayer of hope that one day the Russian people will be free of corrupt dictatorships, and become part of the free west.
 
 

Incredible. Russian negotiated a corridor for civs just to shell them! It was their evil plan all along! Its totally like corridors in Aleppo!
 
They can't get to Georgia from Leningrad, "Leningrad" doesn't exist for 31 year.

Oh hey, we have KGB expert here. How many times KGB used attacks on truckers with tire stabbing?

Crew of one tank stuck a Soviet flag. Deffinetly rebuilding Soviet Union now, with 5 years plans, taking all oligarchs toys and giving it to worker class, nationalisations of all factories, including toilet paper ones.
 
This is real one.
 
You guys act like they hanged a black person and now drive around whith his corpse.