Russian special military operation in Ukraine #36

If the building was the actual target, and not the substation that lies in the trajectory and that would match all the other substations struck in the same wave, then this is an extremely callous war crime and whoever ordered it should be trialled and jailed.

If that building was being used by the Kiev military as an HQ or some other such thing then hitting it is not a war crime... it is a mere continuation of what Kiev has been doing all along... using its own civilian population as a meat shield and when that meat shield gets bloody they cry about war crimes and other such nonsense, ignoring their own duty to protect their own citizens rather than using them to hide behind.

Terrorists and other utter fanatics may reason that any kind of collateral damage is excusable it (they don't care), but it is a crime. No two ways about it.

The Orcs put artillery in malls and hid all sorts of things in hospitals and schools and churches, so if they hit that building on purpose then do you think they were going for civilians or military targets?

It is not their job to protect Ukrainian civilians being used as meat shields... that is Kievs responsibility.

Also kh-32 fly at 40 000m. Not many radars look at such high heights. Soviet p-18, p-14, p-19... have all less than 35km range limit in altitude.

Kh-22 and Kh-22M operates at about 20-25km altitude...

I guess radar absorbent covers could help them too, to make them more difficult to track for US satellite SAR reconnaissance etc? Just speculating, no expert on radar.

In front line combat like this I would say IR camouflage would be more valuable, with thermal imagers widely deployed in handsets sniper scopes, drones and Javelin missiles etc etc.

Zelensky laughs at the Minsk Accords in 2019 in Paris.

Not laughing now...

50 Chevrolet Tahoe SUVs, transferred to Ukraine by the American company General Motors for the evacuation of wounded civilians from the frontline zones, disappeared to no one knows where.

Shopping trolleys for Ukrainian Oligarch wives no doubt.

Realistically, Russia should have made it clear at the beginning of the conflict that any nation providing and shipping free military equipment to Ukraine was a belligerent in the war. Now every NATO state will contribute, adding hundreds or even thousands of MBTs and IFVs to Ukraine's inventory.

But this assistance is not slowing down the rate at which the enemy are being killed and creating a huge cost to these western countries and greatly increasing the money they will be spending on defence which will impact their spending on their economies, and of course expensive weapons from partner countries is going to cause friction too.

I think the prohibition on smartphones is restricted to those used to attract "HIMARS missile" and not those used to control drones...

Funny though... in one breath it is military commands fault they locate groups of troops via phone signals, and now evil military command is trying to take cellphones from troops because they are evil and mean... poor military command... they are the Chinese and Russians all rolled in to one while certain members here are the western media who complain no matter what they do...

Doesn’t explain shaving, uniform bit. This won’t be enforced, I guarantee

Shaving is important if you want your gas mask to fit you properly...

Both phones and tablets have to be used without SIM card. That comes without saying. But they are needed for operation of drones, arty, reconnaissance,...

I rather suspect they would prefer devices they supply to be used for drones etc to avoid viruses and of course watsapp... type BS.

What's puzzling to me is possible ban on donated vehicles.

What is puzzling me is how naive you are... the enemy will use any opportunity you present to them...

Some units have reported shortage of vehicles for evacuation of wounded, bringing up supplies etc...

Shortages in war time... never happen...

What's the logic behind that ban?

A military that does not let you bring your own car to war... has never existed before... military forces hate rules and will always let you do as you please... and when the GPS tracking built into modern western SUVs or that apple watch or other spyware item gets you killed along with everyone around you you can jump up and down and complain about how stupid they all are again...