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    Post  limb Sat Sep 10, 2022 2:18 pm

    TMA1 wrote:Russia is playing the game with what they have in a position where declaring war would be an undesired escalation. The west wants Russia to declare war so the west can feel legitimized to mobilize against it. To what degree they would mobilize I don't even want to imagine. The west has gone mad. Thry were hoping thry could create such disasters outside and inside Russia's border to regime change Putin. When Putin invaded they went mad. Some of my politicians openly called on the assassination of Putin. This is highly unusual in a historical context. Our leaders here in the west see this as a fight for legitimacy. An attack on their "rules based" world order.

    So no. only a small few of you demoralization shills are posting in good faith. The others support fag flag waving globohomo and their unipolar world order. They are slithery snakes that want Russia to fail and for some reason find it important to post on a fairly insignificant Russian military enthusiast site. Strange. Wonder who pays that well that their shills even post here. I hear lots about Putin bots. It is the western governments and NGOs paying hundreds of millions in propaganda, not Russia.

    Declaring war is just a formality. How much more would nato escalate? They already escalated to the maximum

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    Post  Arkanghelsk Sat Sep 10, 2022 2:20 pm

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    Draw own conclusions
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    Post  billybatts91 Sat Sep 10, 2022 2:24 pm

    This is simple I believe, if Russia increases the number of soldiers in Ukraine, they will destroy the Ukronazis. In boxing terms what Russia is doing currently is called potshotting and looking for a decision victory in a fight. Instead, it should go guns blazing and looking for a knockout, throwing everything they can at the enemy until they wither and collapse as a result of your onslaught. We all know Russia is capable of doing this, why they haven't is a mystery to many of us.

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    Post  ALAMO Sat Sep 10, 2022 2:25 pm

    Mig-31BM2 Super Irbis-E wrote:
    Civilians have now been left to the Fascho Mob twice. How do you want to conquer the hearts of people there if you leave them so easily to the fascist Mob? What is the goal????
    Russen free from fascists! What is not the goal? Course the civilist from fascist not torture! Civilians who to wanted to protect, go to freedom!
    No more fun! Weeks, months 1 meter per day and NATO goes 60 km in 2 days and on ??? What were the Russian victims worth free to free cities? Nothing!
    That's ridiculous. NATO is encouraged from day to day more weapons to deliver stronger weapons. To strike in other places in the world! Anyone who shows weakness is eaten!
    Credible militarily drones can be done buddies and not let such a crap be done here!
    End of the party! Massive now finally bombs, with everything that works and show: Whoever thinks the Russian bear is annoying to torture and clean their citizens! On the spot!
    Go to War with all !!!


    Yes, that is the only point of concern in reality.
    It will be hard to establish new authorities if Ukrs can take the area back and unleash hell on the residents.
    Still, if that wouldn't be necessary from a military point of view - nobody would have done that, right?
    A hundred dead civilians murdered by the ukro junta is a bitter price, but more manageable than a few thousand KIA and POW, and the dead civilians anyway after.
    You are really missing the part of a story, that Russkie are de facto mobilizing.
    And doing that fast and in numbers - the sole Putins decree increased the size of an army units by 30%, do you realize that?
    Battalions trained in Gudermes are part of nazgvardia, out of the army ranks - those are thousands of fresh troops.
    National battalions are outside of the army structure - those are tens of thousands.
    This whole "offensive" shit is a fan song of ukronazi regime - they had the last chance to do anything, and the curators know that perfectly well either.
    It is a Bulge battle.
    Fields around Cherson are full of burned hardware.
    Ukrs can't replace that, there is no more supply in a whole fuckin' world they can dig.
    A whole NATO ended a program of junking Leopard 1 a few years ago, all has been melted. The same applies to the M48 or M60 they had.
    Poland can transfer MAYBE some 200 T-72M1 more, but those will be in gravy condition.
    That's it.
    Good luck fighting T-90M and 80BVMs we see approaching in numbers.
    UVZ is shipping echelons full of 90Ms, one each month I would say.
    This is a production rate unseen till now, and it is not all they can do, oh no Laughing

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    Post  Podlodka77 Sat Sep 10, 2022 2:26 pm

    Arkanghelsk wrote:Russian special military operation in Ukraine #23 - Page 25 Img_2171

    Draw own conclusions

    The conclusion is that you are either a child or a person who is not in good contact with himself because you do not have any balance and your personal attitude.
    I wouldn't even rule out the possibility that you are doing all this on purpose for someone else's interests...
    I see you as an enemy, to be honest..



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    Post  thegopnik Sat Sep 10, 2022 2:29 pm

    Come back izium has fallen, great just give it a week and they will be in Moscow. Might as well have some humor out of this.

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    Post  Arkanghelsk Sat Sep 10, 2022 2:44 pm

    Podlodka77 wrote:

    The conclusion is that you are either a child or a person who is not in good contact with himself because you do not have any balance and your personal attitude.
    I wouldn't even rule out the possibility that you are doing all this on purpose for someone else's interests...
    I see you as an enemy, to be honest..




    I got no problem with you

    Just posting informative map from Rybar , a pro russian telegram

    As I said draw your own conclusion

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    Post  zorobabel Sat Sep 10, 2022 3:13 pm

    Arkanghelsk wrote:Russian special military operation in Ukraine #23 - Page 25 Img_2171

    Draw own conclusions
    All part of the plan clown
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    Post  flamming_python Sat Sep 10, 2022 3:16 pm

    Has Izyum actually fallen or is someone just drawing a silly map and the usual yellowbellies and doomists on Telegram spreading panic?

    Apti Aluidinov is calling the advance more of a raid than an offensive.
    And I think that about sums it up.
    The Ukrs are not there to hold ground, but just to cause trouble. And have expended a huge amount of cannon fodder to do so.

    I'm not happy about the civilians in Balakleya and whereever else but that's the only part of the Russian strategy that's flawed. They should have evacuated people and had measures in place for that. Even if they didn't want to go.

    Relinquishing territory in exchange for inflicting attrition on them however is the way to go.

    The Mongols did not conquer all the territory they did, especially in Eastern Europe - by standing and fighting for each settlement. They would advance and retreat very readily, and in battles would annihilate the enemy from stand-off range with their horse archers while staying out of the enemy's range. Their key advantage was mobility.
    More than anything the Russian strategy reminds me of that


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    Post  ALAMO Sat Sep 10, 2022 3:20 pm

    flamming_python wrote:Has Izyum actually fallen or is someone just drawing a silly map and the usual yellowbellies and doomists on Telegram spreading panic?

    Ukrostavka is calling fighting started.
    Plus that they took Balakleya and half of Kupyansk.
    They are "fighting" in places where the Russkies are not there for a while, old fashion, just like Bucha/Irpen/Gostomel Laughing

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    Post  ALAMO Sat Sep 10, 2022 3:25 pm

    The most fascinating part is, that our riders of a shitstorm obviously forgot that it is already the second "big offensive" in the Charkov area.
    The last one was performed quite similarly, but in quiet as the Mariopol siege was ongoing.
    But the Ukrs reached the Russian border in some places.
    At least on Twitter Laughing
    The whole area was reconquered by Russia in quiet either Laughing but in a wider range in about a month, when the Ukro propaganda was focused on another direction already Laughing Laughing

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    Post  flamming_python Sat Sep 10, 2022 3:26 pm

    zorobabel wrote:
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    Draw own conclusions
    All part of the plan clown

    Russia could stop this advance any moment. They have enough troops to defend territory. Instead they're being withdrawn

    So draw your own conclusions

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    Post  flamming_python Sat Sep 10, 2022 3:31 pm

    ALAMO wrote:The most fascinating part is, that our riders of a shitstorm obviously forgot that it is already the second "big offensive" in the Charkov area.
    The last one was performed quite similarly, but in quiet as the Mariopol siege was ongoing.
    But the Ukrs reached the Russian border in some places.
    At least on Twitter Laughing
    The whole area was reconquered by Russia in quiet either Laughing  but in a wider range in about a month, when the Ukro propaganda was focused on another direction already Laughing Laughing

    They will have their orgies on Twitter and Telegram and their Western cheerleaders on social media will be saying 'we won!', 'we've shown they can be beaten back!', and all the rest of this claptrap

    Only it makes no difference to Russia as it has no fks to give, it will just use the opportunity to take out more Ukrainian forces and then move back in

    And I have no doubt that the Russians planned for everything. It went public, FFS, that Zaluzhny was convincing Zelensky about the expediency of an offensive towards Izyum just 3 weeks ago. And hey presto, they've launched an offensive against Izyum
    Yet some personalities here and on Telegram are insisting that this is some sort of disaster, Russia didn't see anything coming, not enough men, taken by surprise, etc...
    Absolute nonsense.


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    Post  caveat emptor Sat Sep 10, 2022 3:41 pm

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    Post  Azi Sat Sep 10, 2022 3:42 pm

    flamming_python wrote:
    zorobabel wrote:
    Arkanghelsk wrote:

    Draw own conclusions
    All part of the plan clown

    Russia could stop this advance any moment. They have enough troops to defend territory. Instead they're being withdrawn

    So draw your own conclusions
    A great plan to have the civilians slaughtered by fascists! Maybe let the Ukronazis straight to Belgorod or maybe Moscow? You can save soo many Russian soldiers... civilians are expendables.

    To be serious now....you really believe this shit of a great plan? Maybe if there is a great plan for a big Russian counteroffensive....Russia betrayed the civilians here! My estimation are more than 100000 civilians left in this area. Here are not some small villages and the retreat of Russian Forces was too hastily... civilians couldn't react that fast.

    Russia has damaged it's own image of a liberator making the liberation of the regions more complicated. Do you really believe the people of Kharkov or Odessa will cheer if the Russians show up, knowing they will leave in the blink of a second if shit is going serious?

    And one serious question....are these people in the east of Ukraine in the liberated territories Ukrainians or Russians (ethnicity)? And if they are all Ukrainians...what the **** are the Russians doing there? If they are Russians....why they were not properly protected?


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    Post  Isos Sat Sep 10, 2022 3:45 pm

    Biggest looser of the war is the su-34. Junk aircraft. Su-35 was successful when used but can't be used for close support. Su-25/ka-52/mi-28 used as MLRS system.

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    Post  caveat emptor Sat Sep 10, 2022 3:46 pm

    I didn't understand what moving west of Oskol river means. Is it only in the area of Izyum and Kupyansk or whole length. Because withdrawing in the north would mean leaving Velikiy Burluk and Vovchansk as well. I don't see a reason for that as they are next to the border with Russia.
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    Post  ALAMO Sat Sep 10, 2022 3:47 pm

    flamming_python wrote:
    They will have their orgies on Twitter and Telegram and their Western cheerleaders on social media will be saying 'we won!', 'we've shown they can be beaten back!', and all the rest of this claptrap
    Only it makes no difference to Russia as it has no fks to give, it will just use the opportunity to take out more Ukrainian forces and then move back in
    And I have no doubt that the Russians planned for everything. It went public, FFS, that Zaluzhny was convincing Zelensky about the expediency of an offensive towards Izyum just 3 weeks. And hey presto, they've launched an offensive against Izyum
    Yet some personalities here and on Telegram are insisting that this is some sort of disaster, Russia didn't see anything coming, not enough men, taken by surprise, etc...
    Absolute nonsense.

    What really brought my attention is the fact, that there are almost no Russian losses.
    Ukro trolls have almost nothing to wank about, absolute lack of masturbation agenda.
    I would say they have less fap material than usual when there was no "big, great&succesfull offensive" at all.
    Folks from Balakleya are safely evacuated, turned out that they have a few 300, that's it.
    They have shown FOUR POWs in two separate incidents I guess, and one that can be contested as hardly applies there - some Buryat in winter uniform.
    Kupyansk seems still holding on the other river bank, and the withdrawal of troops from the western bank was due to bridge destruction that hindered supplies.
    Izum is a question mark, Russkie are said to withdraw from it, but Ukrs didn't claim it as taken yet.
    Looks like one big trap to me, with some small covering forces left behind to make it look more natural.
    And the info that something is boiling there was aired by the Russian bloggers a week ago already, so I don't buy the "suprice attack" narrative either.
    Russkie artillery and aviation are pulverizing forces that were hidden inside the city limits, in strongpoints and tranches.
    It is much easier this way.
    I would say, those Russkie bastards should pay some thanks to the architects of this show ...

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    Post  Azi Sat Sep 10, 2022 3:48 pm

    Isos wrote:Biggest looser of the war is the su-34. Junk aircraft. Su-35 was successful when used but can't be used for close support. Su-25/ka-52/mi-28 used as MLRS system.
    Was only used a few times. You can't say that! Russia used systems for a low attack like Su-25, the Su-34 is best for attacks out of manpad range.

    But this also a mystery why Russia don't use the big birds....are really soo many S-300 and Buk still active???
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    Post  caveat emptor Sat Sep 10, 2022 3:50 pm

    franco wrote:The Russians have fought this operation with a very small number of troops on the ground... This week that caught up with them. Some people complain about the non use of reserves but to me the non use of conscripts is a major factor. Can understand not using the conscripts in their first 6 months however those over 6 months would allow deployment of another 80,000 troops. For those expecting a 50,000 3rd Corps to arrive, don't! Numbers are only 15-20,000 and those guys will go on the line, not on the offense. And yes, losing Izyum is not good. I also can't imagine the terror about to be unleashed on the pro-Russian Ukrainians in this zone to cause "warm and fuzzy" feelings to those in other Russian occupied areas.  
    I agree. I've seen numbers quoted btw 17-20k. Btw, many batallions are not full strength batallions. They are mostly 250-400 troops, so maybe that is where confusion comes from.
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    Post  Isos Sat Sep 10, 2022 3:50 pm

    Azi wrote:
    Isos wrote:Biggest looser of the war is the su-34. Junk aircraft. Su-35 was successful when used but can't be used for close support. Su-25/ka-52/mi-28 used as MLRS system.
    Was only used a few times. You can't say that! Russia used systems for a low attack like Su-25, the Su-34 is best for attacks out of manpad range.

    But this also a mystery why Russia don't use the big birds....are really soo many S-300 and Buk still active???

    S-300 and buk should be targets for su-34. At least they advertize it like this...

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    Post  caveat emptor Sat Sep 10, 2022 3:53 pm

    Azi wrote:Was only used a few times. You can't say that! Russia used systems for a low attack like Su-25, the Su-34 is best for attacks out of manpad range.

    But this also a mystery why Russia don't use the big birds....are really soo many S-300 and Buk still active???
    I'll give you this statistics. In '99 bombardment NATO fired 400 HARMS and destroyed only 3 or 4 radars or AD systmes with radars. And out most potent mobile AD system was early KUB that couldn't engage planes that were flying  over 6-7 kilometers.

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    Post  Arrow Sat Sep 10, 2022 3:55 pm

    https://twitter.com/mdfzeh/status/1568597511916474368?t=ifxWFC8JHl9ahaH910jXvw&s=19

    Another attack?
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    Post  flamming_python Sat Sep 10, 2022 3:55 pm

    Azi wrote:
    To be serious now....you really believe this shit of a great plan? Maybe if there is a great plan for a big Russian counteroffensive....Russia betrayed the civilians here! My estimation are more than 100000 civilians left in this area. Here are not some small villages and the retreat of Russian Forces was too hastily... civilians couldn't react that fast.

    When Russia withdrew from Bucha it offered people it considered at risk the chance for evacuation. But many refused
    For all we know the same offer was made here.

    And yes if Russia withdrew forces instead of fighting for all these places then there is a reason for it

    Russia has damaged it's own image of a liberator making the liberation of the regions more complicated. Do you really believe the people of Kharkov or Odessa will cheer if the Russians show up, knowing they will leave in the blink of a second if shit is going serious?

    They won't cheer in any case; maybe Kharkov a little as most of the pro-Ukrs have left.

    And yes if they're on Russia's side so then support the war effort and support the destruction of the enemy. Support a withdrawal if it means luring out more experienced Ukr forces to come get some. Don't assume everything revolves around you. And if you've given info to Russian forces so then either leave with them or take measures to hide your involvement. Provide info again remotely on enemy forces present in your vicinity, if you're prepared to take the risk

    I would prefer that Russian airpower creams all these raiding Ukrainian bands; but clearly they're advancing in a way that makes that difficult. So let the Russian forces do their job and implement their own plan already, without any more crying.

    And one serious question....are these people in the east of Ukraine in the liberated territories Ukrainians or Russians (ethnicity)? And if they are all Ukrainians...what the **** are the Russians doing there? If they are Russians....why they were not properly protected?

    They're a mix; typically Russians in the cities and larger towns, and Ukrainians in the smaller towns, villages and farmsteads. Add to that some Greeks as well, the descendants of those resettled from the Crimea by Catherine the Great. But in practice everyone has intermarried hundreds of times over the last few centuries; it doesn't much matter. They are mostly pro-Russian if we're talking about the Donbass and eastern parts of Kharkov region. And the Ukrainian nationalists despise them. But a lot of them are in areas controlled by the Ukrainians already for 8 years now, and have survived to date.

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