Russian Invasion of Ukraine Megathread

[H. Bergeron]

Next you'll say you were only pretending to be retarded.
Ukraine isn't a nation of natsocs, but a regiment of far right fighters was formed to combat the separatist regions in 2014. They also had their numbers boosted by far right volunteers from overseas.
This isn't an indictment of the Ukrainian nation or the Ukrainian people, but those people exist and we have armed them and trained them. That's it. You can act outraged on Ukraine's behalf all you want, but that speaks more about you than the people who are simply stating the facts. If your nation was caught in conflict, and some unsavory characters were among the few to show up and fight, would you feel the need to disavow them?

And that's why they are a distraction. They exist, but they actually have the power they do primarily because Donbass seceeded, took government buildings, was clearly funded by Russia, and then too Mariupol. Azov was apparently instrumental in retaking that city, which is the most important port in Ukraine... so yeah.

If the south was invaded, the KKK and black dudes would be fighting side by side in an instant. That is how these things work.

It doesn't change the original points though. Putin calls out Nazis because it helps give him an excuse to invade, and it is fucking successful. Not in making people think Putin is a good guy, but in saying... "Nazis? Fuck them!" and thus ignoring his chimp out.

 

[RA-5C Vigilante]

Fox News cameraman memorial

The saddest part is this guy wasn't one of the useless talking heads many people have come to despise, but one of the background workers who gets everything to work and look good, and by the sound of it was one of the best Fox had. I wouldn't feel bad about a dead journo, but I do feel bad about one of the hundreds of faceless unknowns who actually do all the work and never get recognized until something like this happens.

 

[mr.moon1488]

Lezgo uploads be workin again!!

American mercenary who survived Russian airstrikes (on Yavorovsky training center, I believe) informs people to avoid volunteering in Ukraine, for various reasons (link).

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Wife of an American volunteer states reasons similar to the guy above (link)

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Burning in Nikopol after bombing (link)

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Lots of M1A2 Abrams tanks get carried by a train in Mannheim (link)

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First two videos are the most important. Really goes to show you the absolute, unadulterated state of the Ukrainian army atm

lol, what did these people think? Even Rome treated its auxiliaries as being more expendable than their own troops, and this is a corrupt shithole country whose entire economy is built around laundering money for western pedophiles.

 

[Atomic Ant]

Other sources half corroborate this

https://ukranews.com/en/news/841548-zelenskyy-appoints-jfo-commander-pavliuk-kyiv-regional-military-administration-head

but they don't mention reasons for the replacement.

If you google the name of that guy, you will find more than just something something clusterbomb.

We will see

Am I bad at reading? The greek city times article (which sources back to Russia) says this guy was fired as the head of Keeve's military admin in Donbass for shooting the rocket. But the article you linked, also from today, says he was appointed head of the Keeve Regional Military Administration. Is that a different job? It seems like one article is saying hes been fired from the same job the other one says he just got appointed to.

 

[Corpun]

Maybe spindoko should have listened.
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Stupid Ukrainian Russian Troll, these redditors know all about the conflict. They know all Ukraine history, Russian importance in the region, everything! What the fuck does he know?

Literally single digit IQ. They think war is like selling shit on Etsy, if you finish your stash it means that you sold a lot of things
The fact that these tards are going to war is amazing.

These idiots probably think getting cut off behind enemy lines and running out of ammunition is a good thing as well.

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It's really strange to see the President of a country who has the majority of his soldiers surrounded facing annihilation or surrender telling the other side to give up and surrender. I know it's just propaganda but it's so fucking far away from the truth and it's just another piece of evidence that faggots in the west will use to think the Ukrainians are winning. Some of these faggots on twitter or reddit really might kill themselves when Russia wins and Zelinskiy is hanging from a lamppost. They are so invested in this and believe things that are so detached from reality.

It makes sense with the jew comic because literally all his colleagues and friends pre-politics wore the same thing, but this guy is just proving how different rothschilds bankers are from the rest of the population

This is what happens when a literal comedian and his sycophants are put in office. For all the mockery Trump got for being a reality TV host he had actual corporate experience.

 

[Generic Retard]

Am I bad at reading? The greek city times article (which sources back to Russia) says this guy was fired as the head of Keeve's military admin in Donbass for shooting the rocket. But the article you linked, also from today, says he was appointed head of the Keeve Regional Military Administration. Is that a different job? It seems like one article is saying hes been fired from the same job the other one says he just got appointed to.

Kiev regional military administration is the same as "commander of Kiev’s military operation in Donbass"?
Still waiting on more sources though...

 

[Narcotics]

Putin has been trying to bait NATO into being active in the conflict precisely because this justifies his narrative, having troops in Europe be in a good state of combat readyness is vital. They already have aircraft there by default, having tanks on standby in case of "accidental" spillovers is useful. Note, this doesn't mean something will happen, it means that they are preparing for the case where something happens!

Honestly at this point it feels like both NATO and russia are trying to bait eachother to see who attacks who first to then pursue higher, it could also be a way of having stuff ready to deploy just in case shit hits the fan, like having a fire extinguisher and a gun ready in case your crazy neighbour throws a molotov at your lawn.

 

[A_Callow_Youth]

Yup, fighting on your home ground can be highly motivating.

@A_Callow_Youth - you make good points. Russia prepared for a different sort of war than they are fighting now. Happens more often than most think. Still believe a great deal of the money intended for weapons, trucks, ammo, fuel, and supplies disappeared into various pockets. Bet we'd be surprised to see Russian war reserve stockpiles. Suggest those stockpiles may be meager at best.

I think Lazerpig managed to find a picture of a T-62 or similar, but yeah, a lot of the Russian army is just shell units waiting on the order to start drafting, and I doubt they get much oversight beyond "are all your tanks still here?"

Both Russia and Ukraine are very corrupt (so is every other country) but it seems a lot more of the money that was put into the Ukrainian military actually found its intended target.

Probably courtesy of having a smaller margin for embezzlement; Ukraine's room to make military funding disappear before it really starts compromising national security is much smaller than Russia's, and corrupt generals usually aren't outright treasonous, just greedy.

 

[Atomic Ant]

Kiev regional military administration is the same as "commander of Kiev’s military operation in Donbass"?

It specifically says "commander of Kiev’s military operation in Donbass" in the first article, but the ukranews article says that he was formerly "Commander of the Joint Forces Operation" so it doesnt seem clear enough to me to say these corroborate each other. I mean they might I'm just not sure these are different jobs.

 

[Spicey McHaggis]

That's very interesting, because nobody in Europe uses Abrams tanks. They're only used by Egypt, the Saudis, Australia, Kuwait and the US. European countries use either German Leopard 2s, modernized T-72 variants, or a combination of both. And those fat lads on the trains are 100% Abrams tanks.

Why does this feel like something big is about to kick off?

Poland actually recently ordered a bunch, so it could be related to that. Also it doesn't really mean shit will kick off, the US has had armored units stationed in Europe since the end of ww2

 

[Fougaro]

(...) the petrodollar is in peril.

Having the money printer go brrrr and chimping out at the rest of the world will do that.

 

[Screamer]

The propaganda of Russia losing, isn't this a bit defeatist?

"Please help us, we're about to win the war!"

 

[JosephStalin]

That's very interesting, because nobody in Europe uses Abrams tanks. They're only used by Egypt, the Saudis, Australia, Kuwait and the US. European countries use either German Leopard 2s, modernized T-72 variants, or a combination of both. And those fat lads on the trains are 100% Abrams tanks.

Why does this feel like something big is about to kick off?

One very important thing to watch - large-scale mobilization of Reserves and National Guard units. Should this happen, shit's going to get real. As I remember, each Active Army (Regular Army) division has a National Guard "round-out" brigade. In addition, Civil Affairs is handled only by the Army Reserve.

After Vietnam, we moved to a volunteer military. Last draftees left in 1975. Actually saw a few Army draftees when I was in language school 74-75. The Army consciously went to a "total force" concept, deliberately dividing up various missions between the regulars and the reserves, to stop people saying the reserves and NG get to stay home while the regulars went out to fight. Everyone has skin in the game from day one.

Air National Guard can mobilize fairly quickly. They could go overseas, or stay here and backfill while regular units went overseas. AF Reserve could also get into action fairly quickly. Will take National Guard longer to get "round-out" brigades combat-ready. This was a problem in Desert Storm. Believe at least one NG brigade never became combat-ready enough to go to the Middle East. Cannot speak about Navy and Marine Reserves, no National Guard for them.

To those living in NATO countries, keep an eye out for similar mobilizations.

Another sign of anus-clenching adventure to come would be if people started getting drafted. Machinery has always been in place, men must register at 18. However, likely would take 6-9 months to produce combat-ready infantry replacements from the day the first men were called up.

 

[mr.moon1488]

Tulsi has some Big Dick Energy and couldn't care less about these cunt whore slut bitches.

She's impressed the fuck out of me in the past couple of years. I had pretty much decided to sit the elections out, but I'll probably vote for her if she runs. At the very least she'll cause a lot of sperging.

 

[Kenya Jones]

So lets get this right:

1. Absolute faggots come over to Ukraine to join the Ukraininan resistance
2. They are put directly in the firing line and very few of them will actually end up alive by the time the war is over
3. They get Ukraininan citizenship
4. Which then becomes Russian citizenship once Russia completely annexes Ukraine.
5. Becoming a citizen of the country that you wanted to wipe off the face of the earth.

Absolute kino. I actually prefer this timeline to redditors getting turned into hamburger meat because of the existential horror it'll produce once they try to get home and find themselves detained for being a russian national.

That is a lot of hoping you are doing.

That's very interesting, because nobody in Europe uses Abrams tanks. They're only used by Egypt, the Saudis, Australia, Kuwait and the US. European countries use either German Leopard 2s, modernized T-72 variants, or a combination of both. And those fat lads on the trains are 100% Abrams tanks.

Why does this feel like something big is about to kick off?

They have been moving equipment from Germany to Poland since the first days of the war, this isn't new. In fact, the US was in talks of selling tanks to Poland before the war broke out. https://www.military.com/daily-news...-poland-tanks-bolster-nato-against-putin.html

It's pretty obvious the opposite didn't happen in Russia, if they are asking for chinese help with fucking foodstuffs for their soldiers for instance, you can tell they pocketed most of the money and set aside some pennies for the actual shit they needed!

According to the US state department that stuff was already in talks before the Ukraine invasion, and has nothing (or at least originally didn't) to do with the state of Russia in Ukraine.

 

[H. Bergeron]

Are people still arguing about why Russia invaded Ukraine? Still taking the word of Putin's televised addresses?

For fucks sake the essay Putin wrote, which was released in middle of last summer which would have meant planning and preparation for the invasion was already in the works, basically serves as a manifesto titled "Why I invaded Ukraine" in retrospect.

On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

He doesn't think Ukrainians are a seperate people at all from Russians, they are one in the same in his mind. He also calls an independent Ukraine impossible because Ukrainians and Russians are one and the same, which also applies to Belarus, and when Lukashenko kicks the bucket it will definitely get annexed into the Russian Federation, if not sooner.

I don't think this really has a ton to do with Nazis, NATO, Crimea and Donbass. Those are certainly reasons for it happening, but also serves causa belli for the public. He wants to restore Imperial Russia's borders as much as possible. If it really about Crimea and Donbass land based military operations would mostly be limited to that area, instead of the majority of Ukraine like it actually is.

Well Crimea and Donbass do have something to do with it, not in that he gives a wet fart about the people there, (the more DPR and LPR people die the better) but because that was his exact tactic with Georgia. He inflames ethnic tensions and funds any part of the population that is closer to Russia and pissed at the government, and then when those ethnic groups secede or attack, he has his excuse to come in and "save" them.

 

[MugolEx]

Lezgo uploads be workin again!!

American mercenary who survived Russian airstrikes (on Yavorovsky training center, I believe) informs people to avoid volunteering in Ukraine, for various reasons (link).

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Wife of an American volunteer states reasons similar to the guy above (link)

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Burning in Nikopol after bombing (link)

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Lots of M1A2 Abrams tanks get carried by a train in Mannheim (link)

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First two videos are the most important. Really goes to show you the absolute, unadulterated state of the Ukrainian army atm

They told their meat shields that they aren't just meat shields and can leave when ever they want. Shows you how easily these Marvel consooming soy eaters turn on their virtue when faced with reality. I mean, I know its been said a hundred times now, but this is a war. What the fuck did they actually expect when risking their lives to a country they probably couldn't point to on map until recently?

 

[SCSI]

I'm not able to post screenshots at the moment because the farm seems to act weird. Kiwis with a fb account better check this out:

https://www.facebook.com/jesper.soder.9/posts

Swedish 'volunteer' who was present when the missile strike happened is now trying to get as much mercenaries out of the country as possible.
Note that it's only 30-40 miles / 40-65km from the Polish border in unoccupied territory and still after 2 days people struggle to get out.

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Looks like he got out ok -- there's a link to a news article on Alekcandra's FB that went up a couple hours ago.

GTranslate:

Alekzandroz was chased by Russian troops and sought transportation out of the country - updated: Out of the country now
March 15, 2022 3:35 PM

News During the agen, attempts have been made to get 19-year-old Alekzandroz Haydari other Westerners out of Ukraine as they cannot defend themselves without weapons and more. At 22.15, Alekzandroz's mother tells that everyone is now well and outside Ukraine. Updated at 22.18.

19-year-old Alekzandroz Haydari from Värnamo traveled to Ukraine to help the people.
- Alekz and at least 15 westerners that Alekz sent a list of must be evacuated now, told earlier in ah his mother Alekcandra Haydari.
Another Swede coordinated a rescue operation, but money was needed to get a transport. They also succeeded in this.
- Incredible! I can finally breathe, comments Alekcandra Haydari.

Writer
Per Bunnstad

per@skillingaryd.nu

 

[Tom Nook's Gloryhole]

That is a lot of hoping you are doing.

Good point, all redditors should be Grozny'd instead. They don't deserve a chance to reform, just to leave a puddle of blood that means they'll never be identified.

 

[Narcotics]

Something weird and interesting.
About 7.5k people are watching a russian airplane in flightradar heading who knows where, that's more than the 4k people watching the us drone.
link here
Kiwi aint letting me upload so i'll share the link.
Wikipedia link to the type of plane