Russian Invasion of Ukraine Megathread

[Duke Nukem]

It's only gonna get worse, way worse before it'll get better.

Reminds me of that old Soviet joke that "life is already better today than it will be tomorrow," but on repeat. That is where we are now.

 

[BULLY HUNTER_77]

Shielding is a thing and the only thing you need is to preserve the controls.
It’s cheap and easy to do and yes, you can absolutely test an EMP’s capabilities in the desert with equipment to see if the pulse will fry the sensitive transistors. Just more fear porn.

Constructing a Faraday cage is only needed for the controls. You’re not going to fry a transformer or any other large asset with an EMP. The cables to the controls can easily be shielded. Voilá, hardened. Also, detonating in the atmosphere works great in cheap simulations. Once you add the topography, EMP effective’s takes a big dump.

So, no, it’s not a big deal.

This is wrong but you do you fren. It's a free Internet - you get to believe whatever you want.

I recommend you brush up on how current induction works.

 

[H. Bergeron]

So wars by proxy aren't wars at all?

I didn't say that. But the arbitrary rules of the game say they aren't declarations of war on another country. That's why they are done. Doesn't make them less shitty, and sometimes they work.

 

[Fougaro]

I've been wondering what's going to happen when this war finally ends. Presumably Ukraine (if it still exists) and Russia will make some kind of terms and officially close the book on the hostilities that began in 2014. So what does the US do then? Try to normalize relations, or turn into some weird Lost Cause Slava Ukraini LARP pushing territorial claims even the Ukies themselves have ceded?

If I was part of the writing staff, I would in case of a Russian victory go with the scenario of Russia keeping the Crimea, taking the Donbass and Russian troops packing their shit and returning home. I wouldn't expect Russia to immediately install a pro-Russian regime but rather rigging the next Ukrainian elections that would ensure the victory of a pro-Russian candidate. Zelinskyy, if he's retarded enough not to fuck off into exile by then, will most likely become the modern day Milošević, especially if he ends up standing a show trial in a Russian kangaroo court.

 

[JosephStalin]

Folks, what's the latest? Drift I get is the Russians are still largely stalled outside Kyiv, and are getting chewed up in Kharkiv.

One side thought - Kharkiv was a very much fought-over city during WWII. Place was wrecked, hundreds of thousands died. Now, after all the years of peace, the city is once more being wrecked. Just as fucked-up as a football bat.

More side thoughts - at the rate things are going, if the odds had been just a little more even the Ukes would have kicked the Russians out, after limiting their advance in the first place. Now, who can tell when this war will end? The Lend-Lease is coming in and suggest the amounts and types of aid will only grow. The Ukes seem to react and adapt quickly, where the Russians aren't as responsive and flexible overall. My guess - the Russian military's never gotten away totally from the old Soviet model, where troops on the ground are given little to no leeway to adapt to changing circumstances on the ground. They are expected to do as ordered, right or wrong, smart or dumb. Just a motherfucking shame to see all the Russian soldiers dying for nothing, really. Hard to see dead Ukes but they gave their lives for their country's freedom.

 

[Reddit Silver]

Hey guys, remember when Russia invaded Georgia and they also were accused of having biological weapons?

Biological weapons, human experiments in every country that Russia invades. Really activates almonds...

 

[H. Bergeron]

In 1962, the USA was preparing for an invasion of Cuba if Kennedy and Khrushchev were unable to reach a deal on the removal of missiles from Cuba. Imagine if, on October 27, instead of telling the USA that the USSR would remove its missiles from Cuba if the USA removed its missiles from Turkey, the Red Army announced a military exercise, Operation: Eagle Hammer, with the stated goal of simulating offensive operations against the United States Armed Forces.

What do you think would have happened to Cuban cities?

Stating shit that didn't happen in order to justify shit that did. Because again, Ukraine had no nukes. Y'all have a hard on for Cuba even though the situations are vastly different. And even if the situations were closer, we never fucking invaded.

"Invading Ukraine is aok because the US almost invaded Cuba that one time that actual nuclear weapons were placed there."

"Are there nukes in Ukraine, or plans to put nukes in Ukraine?"

"Well, no... but there might be some day in the future, if it can finally join NATO, which wasn't currently on the table, and then decided to go against every single policy it had and ship Nukes to Ukraine. If that happened there would TOTALLY be nukes in Ukraine."

"..."

"See just like Cuba!"

 

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Frens I bring news regarding the fedi

 

[Smity Werbenjagermanjensen]

Folks, what's the latest? Drift I get is the Russians are still largely stalled outside Kyiv, and are getting chewed up in Kharkiv.

One side thought - Kharkiv was a very much fought-over city during WWII. Place was wrecked, hundreds of thousands died. Now, after all the years of peace, the city is once more being wrecked. Just as fucked-up as a football bat.

More side thoughts - at the rate things are going, if the odds had been just a little more even the Ukes would have kicked the Russians out, after limiting their advance in the first place. Now, who can tell when this war will end? The Lend-Lease is coming in and suggest the amounts and types of aid will only grow. The Ukes seem to react and adapt quickly, where the Russians aren't as responsive and flexible overall. My guess - the Russian military's never gotten away totally from the old Soviet model, where troops on the ground are given little to no leeway to adapt to changing circumstances on the ground. They are expected to do as ordered, right or wrong, smart or dumb. Just a motherfucking shame to see all the Russian soldiers dying for nothing, really. Hard to see dead Ukes but they gave their lives for their country's freedom.

Kharkiv is apparently going to have a referendum to split off from Ukraine and become the "Kharkiv People's Republic" I.E. Russians will have a sham vote so they can make local propaganda to say "See! The Ukrainians WANT to be liberated from the oppressive Neo-Nazis in Kiev!"

 

[Rome's rightful successor]

Would this do?

Whenever I hear a Randy Newman song I think of this.

 

[The Bovinian Derivative]

Where are you seeing plane? Isn't it most likely a rocket attack similar to the rocket attacks in retaliation to Soleimani being killed?


Supposed video, wrong thread really. Is there an Iraq thread?
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It's the crying emoji that ties this video together.

 

[Oxous]

Kharkiv is apparently going to have a referendum to split off from Ukraine and become the "Kharkiv People's Republic" I.E. Russians will have a sham vote so they can make local propaganda to say "See! The Ukrainians WANT to be liberated from the oppressive Neo-Nazis in Kiev!"

Correction, that's for Kherson. They can't hold a dummy referendum in Kharkiv because the Ukros turned the place into a mini-Stalingrad. Burned out tanks and rubble everywhere.

 

[redeyejedi]

Wasn't a plane; my bad. The building was hit by six Fateh-110 missiles, which are launched from trucks.

Apparently the missiles hit the military base and Kurdistan 24 studios was shelled

Probably timed conveniently with current world events. There's more videos but I wrong threaded enough

 

[Shitted Scaredless]

I've got to stop reading this thread. Will I? No. I'm a dumbass.

 

[Nate Higgers]

On this dark and troubled times where civilians are getting blown by the millions, bio weapons are about to turns us all gay, nukes are at the ready, famine is about to grip the places that are always in famine, and gas prices have made those of us who live in urban freedomland consider actually using public transport, I must mention the invisible victims in this conflict.

Vodka drinkers. I started drinking vodka when Tequila and wines became too much of a chore to drink. Vodka cheaper or expensive you can just drink it straight, chill it a little, or like I do which is with a bit of lemon juice and maybe some mineral water. Don't know what to drink on the weekend? buy a bottle of Stoli, Ketel One, Svedka , or Russian Standard. Only the last one is actually Russian but last week when I got a bottle of Stoli at my local liquor store I had to point out to the mixed Arab-American guy who looked at me inquisitively that it was ok because it wasn't really Russian vodka, only pretended to be and it was actually from Latvia. Guess that'll be my life from now on.
Sure, I could give up and slurp that french gay juice they call Grey Goose to let my those I drink with that I'm totally not a Putin sympathizer, but in life one must take a stand from time to time and I will continue to drink my low-tier non Russian vodkas that sound like they could be until the day I die of alcohol poisoning.
Thank you, and please pour one for me.

Can’t drink Tito’s? Or is it not as high quality as the other ones?

I wouldn’t know, I rarely drink

 

[B_mizz]

Folks, what's the latest? Drift I get is the Russians are still largely stalled outside Kyiv, and are getting chewed up in Kharkiv.

One side thought - Kharkiv was a very much fought-over city during WWII. Place was wrecked, hundreds of thousands died. Now, after all the years of peace, the city is once more being wrecked. Just as fucked-up as a football bat.

More side thoughts - at the rate things are going, if the odds had been just a little more even the Ukes would have kicked the Russians out, after limiting their advance in the first place. Now, who can tell when this war will end? The Lend-Lease is coming in and suggest the amounts and types of aid will only grow. The Ukes seem to react and adapt quickly, where the Russians aren't as responsive and flexible overall. My guess - the Russian military's never gotten away totally from the old Soviet model, where troops on the ground are given little to no leeway to adapt to changing circumstances on the ground. They are expected to do as ordered, right or wrong, smart or dumb. Just a motherfucking shame to see all the Russian soldiers dying for nothing, really. Hard to see dead Ukes but they gave their lives for their country's freedom.

Russians are grinding it out slowly, they don't seem to be in a big rush at this point. They are rolling up the South Eastern front right now. Mariupol should fall any day. I think its really just they are fighting a different style of war than we are used to. At some point there will be a general collapse of ukranian resistance in most of the country and that will be that.

 

[No Batty Boys in Jamaica]

Never thought I would do this but I prayed for Putin/Russia to prevail. I am convinced he is on the right side. Russia is taking on The Globohomo and doing the Lord's work. God bless them.

He's playing right into Globohomo's hands in my opinion. This is only strengthening NATO and American Hegemony. Long term it's still declining but this war is adding years to its life.

Folks, what's the latest? Drift I get is the Russians are still largely stalled outside Kyiv, and are getting chewed up in Kharkiv.

One side thought - Kharkiv was a very much fought-over city during WWII. Place was wrecked, hundreds of thousands died. Now, after all the years of peace, the city is once more being wrecked. Just as fucked-up as a football bat.

More side thoughts - at the rate things are going, if the odds had been just a little more even the Ukes would have kicked the Russians out, after limiting their advance in the first place. Now, who can tell when this war will end? The Lend-Lease is coming in and suggest the amounts and types of aid will only grow. The Ukes seem to react and adapt quickly, where the Russians aren't as responsive and flexible overall. My guess - the Russian military's never gotten away totally from the old Soviet model, where troops on the ground are given little to no leeway to adapt to changing circumstances on the ground. They are expected to do as ordered, right or wrong, smart or dumb. Just a motherfucking shame to see all the Russian soldiers dying for nothing, really. Hard to see dead Ukes but they gave their lives for their country's freedom.

There will be no lend lease beyond Stingers and Javelins. Modern wars end quickly. Vlad has strongly implied that he is going to be operating with a lose definition of a declaration of war. Its not going to be like the US military not striking Soviet ships coming into Vietnam with weapons because it could start WWIII. The Poles were scared to give the Ukrainians their old MiG-29s.

The insurgency might not even be that brutal because civilians are throwing themselves up against the initial onslaught instead of making hit and run attacks after the occupation to keep the Russians scared and miserable. Civilians are pretty useless in a conventional war. They are effective in unconventional war.

 

[MarvinTheParanoidAndroid]

Folks, what's the latest? Drift I get is the Russians are still largely stalled outside Kyiv, and are getting chewed up in Kharkiv.

One side thought - Kharkiv was a very much fought-over city during WWII. Place was wrecked, hundreds of thousands died. Now, after all the years of peace, the city is once more being wrecked. Just as fucked-up as a football bat.

More side thoughts - at the rate things are going, if the odds had been just a little more even the Ukes would have kicked the Russians out, after limiting their advance in the first place. Now, who can tell when this war will end? The Lend-Lease is coming in and suggest the amounts and types of aid will only grow. The Ukes seem to react and adapt quickly, where the Russians aren't as responsive and flexible overall. My guess - the Russian military's never gotten away totally from the old Soviet model, where troops on the ground are given little to no leeway to adapt to changing circumstances on the ground. They are expected to do as ordered, right or wrong, smart or dumb. Just a motherfucking shame to see all the Russian soldiers dying for nothing, really. Hard to see dead Ukes but they gave their lives for their country's freedom.

Not to mention the Ukrainians have a reason to fight much harder than the Russians who don't have much of any reason to be there at all. One side's morale is much higher than the other's.

 

[Jump]

Apparently the missiles hit the military base and Kurdistan 24 studios was shelled
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Probably timed conveniently with current world events. There's more videos but I wrong threaded enough

JPost story

https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-701103

 

[MarvinTheParanoidAndroid]

Russians are grinding it out slowly, they don't seem to be in a big rush at this point.

If they're really being complacent like that then they're fucking stupid, their enemy is not being complacent at all.