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Is something going on in Ukraine?

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Yesterday I heard a news report that only 1/3 of Russian forces mobilized to the border have entered Ukraine.

Read this stuff a lot and it doesn’t seem logical to me. I think its more likely they are fighting with what they have available in that area. The rest of the stuff is out of gas, out of ammo, broke down etc.
 
Read this stuff a lot and it doesn’t seem logical to me. I think its more likely they are fighting with what they have available in that area. The rest of the stuff is out of gas, out of ammo, broke down etc.
it doesn't make sense to me either as Putin can't afford to look overwhelmingly strong in this attack
 
I don’t know who to cheer for at this point.

-I’m American, but have ancestors named Boris with very Russian last name.
-I don’t like communists or globalists.
-Putin’s an asshole, but NATO are assholes for not leaving a buffer zone like they agreed.
-Ukraine kills civilians, Russia kills civilians, NATO kills civilians, puts dictators in power, starts civil wars and lies about it.
-sort of seems like Putin my be fighting against globalists, but I don’t want communists to win ether...
- a lot of the folks in the previously annexed areas wanted to become Russia, and speak Russian..if they want to leave let them.

I guess I’ll just go for all the people who just want to be free and left alone, governments ruin everything it seems. A majority of the world would probably be holding hands and singing kumbaya if it wasn’t for them.

This is good but you left out the banks.

None of it is possible without the banks funding, even instigating all sides.
 
I posted this in another thread. at some point, this will be discussed seriously I believe

no fly zone would be the only thing that might make Putin stand down as I think he'll realize it's zero sum game for him then. He'd have the option of risking conflict with NATO and he is seeing his vaunted mil is not so vaunted. On top of that, a complete NATO response is not what he wants despite his rhetoric.
 
Looks like a sports shooter caught somewhere in Kharkiv

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No ballistics comp or range finder?

I wonder if a drone can be used to range find via GPS.
 
Here's the deal no one is talking about regarding NATO membership: The Ukraine isn't a member, but NATO seems to be gearing up to defend them, at least with assets. So in some abbreviated way they ARE loosely in the NATO orbit, for some reason, for now. The reasons are debatable. This is a contrarian statement for sure, but the NATO weapons keep a comin. If the Ukraine wasn't an asset of some importance to NATO the arms wouldn't keep being shipped to them.

This detail is not lost on Putin or his commanders.
I'm sure Putin has a big grab bag of captured NATO weaponry right now to evaluate and work out countermeasures for.
 
Norway snagged Ragnar! Anyone here that follow super yachts may recall all the fuss about this mega-explorer-yacht during its build. Finally sold (I believe just in the past 2years) to another ex-KGB, Norway just detained it!

 
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Obviously not confirmed but there are claims Ukraine captured a Russian General.

Instagram won't let me link to it for some reason.
 
Obviously not confirmed but there are claims Ukraine captured a Russian General.

Instagram won't let me link to it for some reason.
anything is possible, but there seems to be a suspicious correlation to this info I just read:

"remember the tons of weapons distributed in Kiev? Well, overnight, various gangs have been engaged in firefights, but not against Russians (who have still not entered the city), but against each other. Some of the wannabe Ukie Volkssturm even took a group of SBU officers prisoners. Some rumors report 60 dead or so just overnight."
 
I'm sure Putin has a big grab bag of captured NATO weaponry right now to evaluate and work out countermeasures for.
Probably so, but if he hasn't acquired most of it before now for reverse engineering then he sucks as a leader. That's not really what I was talking about though. I probably wasn't clear: at the moment Ukraine appears to the red-headed step-child of NATO, but family nonetheless at this point in time. The NATO countries appear to be coming to it's aid slowly. Not so sure that Putin thought this would happen, and its an escalation in the conflict. It changes any negotiations that Ukraine and Russia may have in the future. That doesn't mean a year from now NATO won't be reminding Ukraine how much they suck, how much it owes NATO, etc. IF this all plays out in the Ukraine's favor and they remain separate from Russia.
 
He continues to impress me.

He launched one rocket with starlink sats yesterday and another is scheduled for March 1st.

Starlink is going to be a highly disruptive technology.
I'm not up on starlink, how willit be disruptive?
 
Not so sure that Putin thought this would happen,
of course he did. the threat of NATO on his front door it is the main reason why the Russians had to attack. the Donbass stuff was secondary IMO.

NATO is a tool of the NWO. and they will squeeze Russia until it's dead and consumed. Then with the last national obstacle removed, they will come after citizens who dissent. like you and me. but yay, go NATO.

I've said this from the start. Russia's invasion was not what the neocon rubes say it is. Instead, it's a last desperate gamble with their back against the wall, to stay alive.
 
Here's the deal no one is talking about regarding NATO membership: The Ukraine isn't a member, but NATO seems to be gearing up to defend them, at least with assets. So in some abbreviated way they ARE loosely in the NATO orbit, for some reason, for now. The reasons are debatable. This is a contrarian statement for sure, but the NATO weapons keep a comin. If the Ukraine wasn't an asset of some importance to NATO the arms wouldn't keep being shipped to them.

This detail is not lost on Putin or his commanders.

They haven't sent in any troops because they aren't in NATO. But Ukraine is a giant gate with a broken lock to Europe for Russia... and China.
 
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One example: I can tell you super yachts are paying 86K per month for 128MB speed internet now - by next year that market will be gone because of Starlink.

Yeah, and we'll be running into those little bitty satellites trying to get to space.

And once everyone is dependent on it, then all an enemy has to do is hack 'em or shoot 'em down... just enough to break the network.
 
Supposed ambush site of Russian special forces just west of Kiev. Note the large pile of hand grenades.

 
Because it brings the internet to places its never been and can't be stopped unless Elon shuts it down.
do you REALLY believe that? you remind me of people who say that the cell phones are going to put the phone companies out of business.

let me ask you this…..how do you think those satellites are fed internet? you think it magics it’s way up there? it is every bit as susceptible to being disabled as anything else. wouldnt take much either if you understand how it works.
 
do you REALLY believe that? you remind me of people who say that the cell phones are going to put the phone companies out of business.

let me ask you this…..how do you think those satellites are fed internet? you think it magics it’s way up there? it is every bit as susceptible to being disabled as anything else. wouldnt take much either if you understand how it works.



They are fed internet from friendly nations.

Can they be hacked? I'm sure there's a way.

Can they be blown up? Probably but there are plenty to replace them.

The Space Force will implement its starlink later this year.

Source wiki...

In March 2018, the Space Development Agency (SDA) was formed by Under Secretary of Defense Michael D. Griffin (who was also a key participant in the founding of SpaceX[187]). He noted the new organization had "the sole mission to accelerate the development and fielding of new military space capabilities" with a focus on commercial low-cost Low Earth orbit satellites.[188]

In October 2020, the Space Development Agency awarded SpaceX an initial US$150 million dual-use contract to develop a deluxe military version of the Starlink satellite bus.[189] The first tranche of satellites are scheduled to launch September 2022 to form part of the Tracking Layer of the Space Force's National Defense Space Architecture (NDSA).[190]

The NDSA will be composed of seven layers and mirrors concepts from the former Brilliant Pebbles system. Cost overruns had led to cancellation of these earlier programs but SpaceX and other reusable launch systems have mitigated concerns according to a 2019 Congressional Budget Office analysis.[191] The new constellation also leverages Starlink and other commercial technology development to reduce costs, such as free-space optical laser terminals in a mesh network for secure command and control.[192]

While much of the program is classified, it broadly envisions layers of LEO satellites, some containing space-based interceptors to track and neutralize perceived threats such as ballistic missiles. Captain Joshua Daviscourt, USAF indicated the satellite constellations could include hypersonic re-entry vehicles or micro-missiles fielding pods of 100 interceptors onboard each satellite.[193] Previous National Research Council studies show space-based interceptors could kinetically impact a target within 2 minutes of initiating a de-orbit.[194][195] The Union of Concerned Scientists however warns that these weapon systems staged around the Earth would escalate tensions with Russia and China and called the project "fundamentally destabilizing".[196]

Starlink's military satellite development is overseen internally at SpaceX by retired four-star general Terrence J. O'Shaughnessy.[197]

Military user tests
In 2019, tests by the United States Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) demonstrated a 610 Mbit/s data link through Starlink to a Beechcraft C-12 Huron aircraft in flight.[198] Additionally, in late 2019, the United States Air Force successfully tested a connection with Starlink on an AC-130 Gunship.[199]

In 2020, United States Air Force utilized Starlink in support of its Advanced Battlefield management system during a live-fire exercise. They demonstrated Starlink connected to a "variety of air and terrestrial assets" including the Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker.[
 
Looks like new echelon entering the fight , til now we have mostly seen V and Z


As I said earlier,
Circles and Triangles without "Z"'s are reported in Crimea.
Circles with and without dots, and Triangles with one or two lines, etc...


Question: Regarding your photo, was there any indication of where the photo was taken? I have the Triangles penciled in as the Crimea and Mariupol areas.

Next we could find the Circles with dots and lines, either Donbas/Kharkiv areas or a new line of attack not fully defined.
 
Norway snagged Ragnar! Anyone here that follow super yachts may recall all the fuss about this mega-explorer-yacht during its build. Finally sold (I believe just in the past 2years) to another ex-KGB, Norway just detained it!


If that’s the one with a helo hanger/night club combo under the party deck it’s badass.

Didn’t feel like watching the video. There’s a yacht capt on YouTube I follow who toured it if it’s the same one.
 
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This is not a T-72

T80s and 90s have that square vent at the back.

Also there is the sensor for the defensive missile system. Seen in the video


Back to this, I appreciate the video.

I can't state for certain if that is a T-90, however, without those distinct markings we are seeing, I don't feel confident in placing that video in the conflict zone with certainty.

Nor does it appear to have been blown up. More like an accident, possibly falling off in transit? Or is there some indication of blast that I am missing here?

Looking at the tank comparison's it does seem that many of the tanks are being misidentified in the media as being t-72's when they are clearly later models.


Still no T-14 Armata's though.

I want to see how well the T-14 stands up to the Javelin.
 
They honestly need to play some taunting, ridiculing voice saying 'You'll never get the airport!' 'You'll never get the airport!' in Kiev, on loop.

Because that's what they are after, that's the key to literally the entire campaign and that's exactly what they are not getting.

There's also talk of a coup by Tsikhanouskaya in Belarus (lol that timing).
 
All in all, I care about what China is doing 10x more than Russia. China has stolen manufacturing with inhumane labor wages, China has stolen technology with a systemic and cultural animosity toward intellectual property rights, China has began spreading its military out into oceans and into neighboring countries. China is the reason North Korea still exists (those poor people). China is the threat. And we have allowed China to gain steam and we have incentivized Russia to partner with China, not the West, and therefore if we do end up in a WWIII with China, I suspect Russia will join China. A combination of Russia and China against the United States, Canada, and whatever Europe can muster will be the end of days.

I disagree with China being a greater threat. Unlike China, only Russia represents an actual overnight existential threat to the United States.

Russia alone has the actual ability to extinguish the existence of the United States or anyone else if they stand between Putin and his goals. Moreover, his publicly stated goals cannot be achieved with NATO, the EU and the United States in his way.

Putin is highly capable and extremely dangerous.
 
I disagree with China being a greater threat. Unlike China, only Russia represents an actual overnight existential threat to the United States.

Russia alone has the actual ability to extinguish the existence of the United States or anyone else if they stand between Putin and his goals. Moreover, his publicly stated goals cannot be achieved with NATO, the EU and the United States in his way.

Putin is highly capable and extremely dangerous.
That’s not what I’m seeing from the conflict going on. Unless it’s the JV team playing. Outside of self destructive nuclear war. At which point, the US isn’t destroyed, the world is.
 
Back to this, I appreciate the video.

I can't state for certain if that is a T-90, however, without those distinct markings we are seeing, I don't feel confident in placing that video in the conflict zone with certainty.

Nor does it appear to have been blown up. More like an accident, possibly falling off in transit? Or is there some indication of blast that I am missing here?

Looking at the tank comparison's it does seem that many of the tanks are being misidentified in the media as being t-72's when they are clearly later models.


Still no T-14 Armata's though.

I want to see how well the T-14 stands up to the Javelin.
Na it looks like it fell of the truck going round that corner.

Been looking for Javelin action too.
 
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