Russian special military operation in Ukraine #52

Meh, at this point I think Russia allows it to a degree. If you are allowing supplies to flow in, not conducting deep interdiction strikes, not blowing up rail lines then you are accepting this is gonna happen and maybe it has political value for recruiting etc,

Closing the borders will not stop Ukrainian military forces from using the little ammo they have left to hit soft civilian targets instead of having their ammo shot down in mid flight like it is against Russian military targets.

This is about Ukrainian military forces going for soft civilian easy targets because they can't do anything else, an indication of desperation....

Keep killing them in their thousands every week seems to be the best solution all round.

If I was planning on making a case for wiping out all of Russia's enemies once and for all with unholy nuclear fire and **** the collateral damage - this is how I will do it. Just saying.

They could admit defeat or they can start hitting civilians... they have chosen the latter, so for Russia it simply makes sense to continue to slaughter these inhuman barbarians because having to be neighbours and trade with these people after the war is probably not so appealing.

Well then the same would happen to Russia, so how is that a win?

That is what they were trying to do to their own people before this conflict started... they were murdering Russian speaking Ukrainians and trying to eliminate Russian culture from within their borders and beyond... not only did they fail to do that, but Russia has now responded and is eliminating that threat on their borders.

For such a thing to happen to Russia would require Russia to let it.

It seems they have had enough with the west and are turning their backs on them, but I dare say they will be keeping an eye out for stabs in the back... a nice thick wall should stop that.

Ukraine yet again attacked a market in Donetsk killing about 25 people.

I'm wondering, those who are documenting everything, has anyone documented a full list, including index with photos/videos, of said atrocities for future use?

I would say yes. 100%, and the Army would probably have tracked the location the shells came from even if they didn't have air defences there to stop them and that those artillery vehicles and the command posts and HQs near by will receive extra attention over the next few days and weeks.

Rather suspect perhaps a few frenchies in those artillery units pissed off at losing some friends and just lashing out... and weak easy targets... like real men do. (NOT)

I know that the total death toll from the shelling of Donetsk is over 14,000 since 2014.

Yeah, pretty strange that a few months in Gaza and Israel eclipses that number, where Russian forces are on a genocidal mission to destroy a peace loving European democracy, while Israel is defending itself... those Palestinian civilians can carry rocks you know... they are dangerous...

Considering that the crypto-Ukrainian Putin is in charge, do not expect something like that to take place.

Putin isn't Ukrainian, but he does understand what Ukraine is going through because the Russians went through it during the 1990s.

He sees the Ukrainians as Russians, which is why he is not keen on simply murdering them all.

Of course he is not a fucking idiot like Americans who think that simply murdering them all would even be possible... when was the last time the side that murdered the most people won?

The Germans and Japanese lost WWII, the western allies fought to a stalemate in Korea, the French and Americans killed way more Vietnamese than they lost and yet both lost, and all the little conflicts in the Middle East... body count didn't win anyone anything, and eventually you get kicked out anyway.

1. I still am not seeing how Putin is Crypto Ukrainian, if he was he would have just let NATO have the country and Crimea too. What I do see is a man who is trying to be humanitarian when he needs to be ruthless. Now if its ruthlessness you want, well I think he is slowly evolving in that direction. Certainly if Ukraine and NATO keep hitting civilian infrastructure and targets far removed from the front and that have nothing to do with the prosecution of the war, then he certainly will be more ruthless.

He will be more ruthless in his attacks on military targets. I don't expect any level of war crimes by Kiev would lead to him targeting and killing civilians the way they do.

I just don't think any level of evil from the west will turn him into their Padawan...

2. You do prove my hypothesis of what will happen in Russia if the west ever gets their dream of regime change in Moscow. It will be their worst nightmare because those who would decolonize aka dismantle Russia and sell it off piecemeal to western oligarchs (something that has been a Eurotrash and Amerinazi wet dream since the end of the Cold War) such as Navalny would not be those the Russians would install in the event of regime change. No, they'd replace Putin, who is very pragmatic and and very calm, with an ultra nationalist who would take the rest of Ukraine and invade the Baltic states too and dare NATO to do anything about it.

I agree, but I think it would be worse... I suspect if they managed to take out Putin the person who replaced him wont be so pro west and might start doing to the west what the west has been doing to everyone else and the results will be coarser and less positive for Russia and Russians but will be dramatically more painful and difficult for the west.

Putin follows his own rules, not the wests rules.

A potential Putin replacement that has no rules is going to be more difficult to deal with and more damaging to the west.

Russia is in the process of getting clean nuclear energy into service, but they don't have to provide that clean service to the west so if the west wants to cut its dependence on Russian Uranium then they are missing out on the perfect solution to their energy problems which was radiation waste free nuclear power where Russia would build nuclear power plants at a reasonable price and take away all the waste material and provide fuel for the life of the reactor... the greenies in the west should love that concept because it generates power where they need it with no carbon emissions and no radioactive waste and can run desalination plants to produce fresh water at the same time as delivering power and heat if that was needed.

When the west cuts off Russian Uranium, not only will they have to pay extra while the west relearns the trade, but the result is going to be nuclear waste that Russia is not going to take away for you that you have to deal with yourself... so extra costs on top of extra costs.

The new structures are similar to those that Russia used previously: a three-layer trench system, tank traps and strongholds.

Such things are most effective when they are a surprise because you waste part of your attacking for finding out the defensive lines are there and waste men and machines and ammo working out their depth and extent and strength.

The Russians have air power and some rather big heavy bombs at their disposal which will deal with most engineering structures in the blink of an eye.

Glide kits allow them to be delivered from safe distances with a level of precision to make them very effective.

"While stronger fortifications will slow down the movement of Russian troops [...] they will also reduce Kiev's ambitions to recapture lost territory."

They will render them static targets that can be pummelled.

CNN notes that the entire front line is already infested with rats.

Of course it is... they are not interested in recovering their dead so of course rats and cats and wild dogs are going to become a problem... morality isn't the only reason to recover you dead and the dead of the enemy... hygiene too.

The more ordinary people die the more the Russian government and military will realise that their enemy is a mortal enemy and needs to be completely eliminated with no mercy for those doing the planning and cheering from the rear.

They wont start hitting civilian targets but I rather suspect that hitting targets that are making such stupid decisions would be a start and also their target list will expand to include some targets they wouldn't otherwise target.

Now in the Northeast Military District there are volunteers from Serbia, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, France, Armenia and other states. Many volunteers come from Latin America. Together with the Russians, volunteers from such distant countries as Guatemala, Cuba, Zimbabwe are fighting against the Nazis...

Almost all units in which foreign volunteers serve are assault units, where no one makes concessions on the basis of nationality and citizenship. There are also no monetary or other preferences for foreigners in the troops; they enter into a standard contract with the Ministry of Defense. At the same time, as Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu recently noted, by the end of 2023, “the number of foreign volunteers has increased sevenfold” in the Northern Military District. The countries from which the fighters came are different, as are the motives for participating in the Special Operation, but all volunteers are united by their love for Russia and the values ​​it defends.

For obvious reasons, there cannot be complete and, especially, up-to-date data on their number, as well as accurate information about the geography of the countries from which they arrive in the Russian Federation. But figures from the recent past can give an idea of ​​the scale of the volunteer movement of Russian supporters. Thus, at the end of November 2022, the head of the second directorate of the Main Organizational and Mobilization Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, General Alexander Tulyaganov, at a meeting of the Federation Council committee, noted that since the beginning of the Northern Military District, 15 thousand people have become volunteers. And one more eloquent figure: in Moscow alone, from January 1 to April 17, 2023, more than 200 foreigners signed the contract. This data was provided by Moscow military commissar Maxim Loktev.

For the first time, it became known that foreigners wanted to take part in the SVO back in March 2022. “We are receiving a huge number of applications from various kinds of volunteers from different countries,” Sergei Shoigu said then. According to him, “these requests are not for money,” but according to the true desire of these people.

Especially, according to the minister, there were many applicants from the countries of the Middle East. President Putin then gave instructions to “meet” the wishes of these people and “help them move to the combat zone.” Of course, this was not just about the Middle East.

Shortly after Shoigu’s statement, an appeal was made public by fighters from the armed forces of the Central African Republic, who also expressed their readiness to “help the Russians fight against NATO countries.” Another message from Africa said: “We know what is happening in Ukraine. Russian soldiers are conducting a military operation to restore peace and order. We, African soldiers, are ready to go to the side of our Russian brothers to support them.” Meeting their wishes, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree in September 2022 defining the rules for recruiting foreign nationals.

Over time, more and more foreign citizens began to enroll in the ranks of the Russian army and volunteer units. By February 2023, said Vladimir Rogov, chairman of the “We are together with Russia” movement, there were several thousand such people from more than 40 countries of the world.

People in Arab and African countries want to become Russian soldiers. Citizens of Tanzania, Nigeria, Congo, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Iraq, Afghanistan, Serbia, Sweden, Italy, Slovakia, Spain, and Japan have already been seen at the front.

By the way, there were many Serbs in Donbass already in 2014. These are different people, united mainly by ideology, Orthodoxy, similarity of mentality and just friendship. There are also organized groups - from veterans of the wars in Bosnia and Kosovo to former football fans. This is the largest group of foreign volunteers in the Northern Military District. They integrate easily into non-Serbian units, learn Russian, and often serve as informal “political instructors” for other fighters because of their sincere belief in Russia and devotion to what they call the “Russian,” “Slavic cause,” or “peace.” At the same time, among Serbs there is a very small percentage of those who claim Russian citizenship. They consider their participation in the North Military District a sacred duty, protecting, among other things, the interests of Serbia, without separating them from the interests of Russia.

It is curious that the overwhelming majority of Latin Americans are supporters of leftist views, which are very common in Chile, Bolivia and Ecuador. Their motives are largely related to nostalgia for the USSR and socialism. In addition, they perceive Russia as a conductor of social ideas that are close to them - traditional values, family priority, healthy conservatism.

Igor Morozov, a member of the Federation Council from the Ryazan region, said that he received emails from Africans asking for help to go to the front. An international team has gathered in one of the companies of the Skif battalion, which is fighting with the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Here fighters from Niger, Egypt, Syria, and Moldova fight shoulder to shoulder. They studied in Russia and went to defend it when difficult times came for us, “Our Dos is from Egypt, the city of Alexandria. At first I didn’t speak Russian at all, but now I’ve learned a little. Very brave. “He’s not at all afraid of bombing,” says a fighter with the call sign “Farsh,” who managed to become especially friendly with the young Egyptian,” wrote Anna Dolgareva, corr., in a report from the North Military District zone. RT.

The dark-skinned Vanka also spoke about his love for Russia: “Russia helps Niger, helps Egypt, that’s why we are all here. There are many countries that are helped by Russia and the Russian army. Your country is doing everything right, many people look at it with hope both in Africa and throughout the planet.”

A fighter with the call sign “Grozny” came from Syria and also studied at the Voronezh Polytechnic before going to the Northern Military District. Was injured. Spent 12 days in the hospital. The commander of the company where these guys are fighting, with the call sign “Lake,” speaks of his subordinates like this: “It’s a little difficult with them, because not everyone here knows English. Thank God, we have a fighter in our company who knows English well. So we communicate with them through him. And so they showed themselves very worthy, they were not afraid. They behaved well. All orders are carried out. Nobody says that I don’t want to, I can’t, they say. It’s hard for everyone, understandably. But well done, they coped with the task.”

At first, some legal uncertainty created difficulties for the effective integration of foreigners into the RF Armed Forces, but this problem was characteristic of the entire volunteer movement, and not just foreign citizens. By mid-2023, these nuances had been resolved, in particular, within the framework of the creation of a special unit - the Volunteer Assault Expeditionary Force (DShK (E)). This is not the only structure where foreign citizens fight within the framework of the Northern Military District, but it is one of the notable ones.

Recently, a separate unit within the DShK (E) was created by the Moldovans, but their unit “Dniester” is considered international and, rather, resembles the ethnic composition of Moldova and Transnistria in miniature: Moldovans, Russians, Ukrainians, Greeks, Bulgarians, Gagauz. After the end of the Northern Military District, they are ready to liberate Moldova from the current pro-Romanian and Russophobic government. And it’s worth telling separately about the fighter with the call sign “Viking” from Moldova. Having arrived here, he blocked his way back: now he will not be able to return home - he faces imprisonment there. “There is such a profession - to defend the Motherland,” says Viking. - And my homeland is both Moldova and Russia. My relatives live in Russia. I myself am a Russian-speaking Moldovan.” Viking speaks angrily about the President of Moldova, Maia Sandu: “Before Sandu, our Moldova, after all, had very good, friendly relations with Russia. Sandu says that Russia is an aggressor. And many of us do not agree with this. Many! — the fighter gets excited. “And whoever speaks out against the fact that Russia is an aggressor, she immediately shuts her mouth.” Immediately sent to prison for six months. For example, I became an enemy and a traitor for the Sandu regime. I'll be jailed if I return. Or they will kill you." After the service, Viking plans to stay in Russia. But first he will fight.

People from Abkhazia and South Ossetia are not usually considered foreigners in everyday life, but legally this is so (although many citizens of the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of South Ossetia already have Russian passports). The battalions, considered “Ossetian” by their specificity and stripes, have never been mono-national; in their composition, as in the Cossack detachments such as “Skif” and “Terek”, there are many foreigners from far abroad. Abkhazians mostly end up in the volunteer battalion “Pyatnashka” under the command of Hero of Donbass Alkhas Avidzba.

Now those wishing to from some CIS countries cannot take part in the special operation, as they fear persecution of their families in their homeland. This opinion was expressed by Nikolai Kostikin, an expert from the Bureau of Military-Political Analysis, on the radio station “Moscow Speaks”.

“I am a supporter of creating a law on private military companies. Of course, some part of this law, based on state necessity, will be classified as secret. It will only happen in relation to judicial practices, I admit this. Now we do not have the opportunity to accept volunteers from the CIS countries who fully share our interests, but the leadership of these republics follows some political positions and persecutes them and their families legislatively. Here a moment arises of concealing one’s identity, as happened in the French Foreign Legion.” According to Kostikin, the state should also think about helping fighters who signed up as volunteers from the colonies. After the end of the contract, they need to be integrated into society, the expert noted.

Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin raised social issues for participants in the military operation. He recalled the creation of the Defenders of the Fatherland fund (provides assistance to veterans and family members of fallen military personnel). “Regardless of the status of a person who performs or has performed combat missions, social guarantees must be absolutely the same for everyone. For the country, for the Motherland, it makes no difference in what status a person fought and defended the Fatherland,” the Kremlin press service quotes the president.

At the same time, the Russian army does not need the massive participation of foreign soldiers. If the military department removed all legal and visa barriers to the service of foreigners, then it is quite obvious that their number in our army would be measured in tens of thousands. The Russian authorities do not intend to relax the visa regime with other countries to attract more foreign soldiers. There is no such need. Judge for yourself: Minister Shoigu recently reported that last year about 490 thousand people entered service under a contract or became volunteers. Among them are four thousand students. Despite the fact that initially it was planned to recruit 400 thousand fighters by January 2024.

Foreign volunteers are just reinforcements for the Russian army and a real refutation of the false Western propaganda about the isolation of Russia. Front-line reality shows that many in the world sympathize with Russia and are ready to fight for it.

The only additional incentive for many foreigners may be to obtain a Russian passport.

In early January, Vladimir Putin signed a decree granting Russian citizenship to foreigners who signed a contract to serve in the Russian Armed Forces and members of their families. A similar right, the decree says, is available to foreign citizens who resigned from the RF Armed Forces during the special operation, as well as to their spouses and children. Earlier, by his decree, the president simplified the admission to Russian citizenship of citizens of Belarus, Kazakhstan and Moldova. A foreigner, having spent six months in the Northern Military District zone, receives the right to acquire Russian citizenship and the opportunity to move his family to Russia. But obtaining Russian citizenship is not always the main motive for volunteers, especially for representatives of non-CIS countries.

“There are especially many people who want to take part in the SVO on the side of Russia in Latin America. Because they suffered from American oppression like no one else. They are close to the United States and they were robbed and humiliated more than anyone else,” notes WarGonzo military correspondent Timofey Ermakov.

There are many fighters who want to take arms in their hands to help the Russian army cope with the neo-Nazi infection. At the same time, all foreigners, from Africans to Serbs, who take part in the North Military District today are united with Russians by their love for Russia and common values. The Nigerian artilleryman with the call sign “Vanka” feels no less Russian than the French machine gunner Gavriil Doroshin, a descendant of European aristocrats. Like other participants in the special operation.

In general, there are enough people in the world who are ready to fight the US-led cannibalistic system of globalists.

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Fighting is picking up again over the past couple of weeks. Last week's daily average for claimed casualties of Ukrainians exceeded 800+ per day. The total for the last 24 hours just announced in the Russian MoD daily briefing was 1005.

https://function.mil.ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12497084@egNews

Arrow wrote:"Ukraine should behave „aggressively” towards Russia and launch as many strikes as possible, including strikes against civilians, if this will lead to a final victory over Moscow. With such a statement on the air of the Ukrainian YouTube channel „Vyshka” was made by Harry Tabach, former chief of staff of the NATO military mission in Moscow.

The retired U.S. Navy captain of the first rank believes that all means are good for defeating the enemy, so Kiev does not need to „shy away” from strikes on civilians. He believes that the more ordinary people die, the faster victory will come."

This clown only wants to ensure Ukraine's defeat or ensure this war's escalation into places (nuclear) that nobody with sanity wants to go. Bombing civilians only strengthens a nation's resolve to fight to the finish. War after war has proven this. He thinks it will lead to regime change? Well, it might but God help NATO because Putin the diplomatist will be replaced by someone who is a war eagle and they will stop pussy footing around. The worst thing Ukraine could do would be to target civilians.

This clown only wants to ensure Ukraine's defeat or ensure this war's escalation into places (nuclear) that nobody with sanity wants to go

He is being fatalistic and essentially suicidal because such actions assure the complete destruction of the Ukraine...

A bit like Hitler wanting everyone to fight to the death because if they can't win then there is no point living with the loss.

Of course most that survived would probably disagree.

The retired U.S. Navy captain of the first rank believes that all means are good for defeating the enemy, so Kiev does not need to „shy away” from strikes on civilians. He believes that the more ordinary people die, the faster victory will come."

He says that because he is no where near that line so he can be quite brave about it. Another line he is probably in is a shareholder in Lockheed or Boeing or Blackwater and expects to get bonus returns for the next 10 years...

I hope the Ukrainians think about that before taking his advice...

Ignoring the abject immorality/criminality from this despicable Murkan baby-killer, his suggested tactic only works when done by the side that is WINNING. When its done by the losing side (eg Nazis in WW2/GPW, or the Banderites today) then it simply means that when you eventually lose, the triumphant victors will carve a even bigger chunk of vengeance and retribution out of your defeated hide.

It also makes it easier for those supporting you or on the fence to realise your true nature and realise they don't actually share any values at all with you or your kind.

But no surprise when an American ex HATO official says such things... which amount to war crimes of course... with the US funding and driving this it was always going to end up as a war.