Russian Invasion of Ukraine Megathread

[Kane Lives]

AZOV are surrounded, left on their own and it's bad. They have been begging for more than a week now to get reinforcements and extra equipment.
They even had to tweet in English hoping that the Western media would pick it up. Nothing happened.
Russia gave them an ultimatum: You have time to surrender until midnight 25th of March, after that we will not take any prisoners.

I mean Russia been giving that ultimatum for like three times already right?

Did someone state earlier that russia lost two ships, how the fuck did that happen?

Ukies managed to shoot a rocket onto a landing ship while it was unloading supplies, probably munitions. The cookoff was spectacular.

 

[Arc]

I don't remember the detail, but a few days ago Pentagon said they still haven't managed to have a direct line to Kremlin. Take that as you will

LMAO, who made this? 82% Air Defense losses and yet the Russian Air Force pretty much only appears here and there? And 97% Bayraktar losses? Then who the hell blew up that Transport Ship? The Ghost of Kyiv? LOL

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OTR-21_Tochka

 

[Rezza]

I mean Russia been giving that ultimatum for like three times already right?

Yeah, and whenever the time passed, nothing happened, and Mariupol still stands
If they still managed to hold until past this weekend, that's beyond impressive

 

[Wy4M]

Not poopooing your posts - very informative and always appreciated. But if you saved the map as a jpg (instead of png) it would cut it's size nearly in half even at highest quality jpg compressions. 5.5 mb is pretty steep and the difference is not visible to the human eye.

You're right.
I just copy-pasta from the main source. Will take it into account the next time.

 

[Arc]

You're right.
I just copy-pasta from the main source. Will take it into account the next time.

Just do what I do use windows snippet (provided you are using windows lol) it's faster even if this file format stuff isn't the issue. It's the one thing Microsoft has made that just good all the way.

 

[Rezza]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OTR-21_Tochka

Apparently there's words spreading around about preliminary report that it was actually a Bayraktar that blew up the ship

 

[Wy4M]

I mean Russia been giving that ultimatum for like three times already right?

No, that was a cease fire to set up a human corridor in order to let civilians get out of surrounded cities.

 

[The Foldless Brain]

AZOV are surrounded, left on their own and it's bad. They have been begging for more than a week now to get reinforcements and extra equipment.
They even had to tweet in English hoping that the Western media would pick it up. Nothing happened.
Russia gave them an ultimatum: You have time to surrender until midnight 25th of March, after that we will not take any prisoners.

If I were Azov I wouldn't take it either. What have you got to lose? The civilian population you don't give a shit about anyway and no matter the assurances you know the Russkies will off your LARPing ass in captivity. You might as well fight to the last.

 

[Arc]

Apparently there's words spreading around about preliminary report that it was actually a Bayraktar that blew up the ship

Ok, I heard it was this thing. Either way, technically as the report said (and yes no one here is claiming that these numbers are trustworthy) there is 1 Baykatar left.

 

[Richardface]

Here's my guess at Russia's phase 1 objectives based on what we saw:

1. Northern/Kiev sector; attempted decapitation strike (failure) AND/OR invest Kiev and force Ukraine to commit resources to defense rather than reinforcing the east, including cutting off the cargo airports around Kiev making Western supply more difficult (Success)
2. Eastern sector, encircle and destroy the Ukrainian army in the field. Once Ukraine loses its professional troops, it loses the ability to mount any kind of offensive operation and makes the occupation of territory relatively easy from that point (Ongoing)
3. Southern sector; Cut-off Ukraine from the sea and gain the ports for Russian logistical resupply, secure water supply for Crimea, gain a crossing across the Dniper before Ukrainian forces can dig in (Success)

 

[kuuu]

One of the AZOV founders and neo-NAZI Biletsky crying about his fallen comrades because Russians shot them like dogs with rabies.


Earlier, on the 19th of March Biletsky and some of his AZOV friends attending the funeral of a fallen AZOV commander.
Imo very bad OPSEC but who am I to decide this?



Another AZOV funeral. No further details. So sad.

Some of these guys were probably less than 20 years old and became indoctrinated just because it was cool to play around with guns and that it looked like a healthy community on paper, hating on muscovites being only second or third priority. Kinda sad.

But the old cunts propagating this almost century old ideology must burn, yes.

 

[Richardface]

Did someone state earlier that russia lost two ships, how the fuck did that happen?

Have alternatively heard that it was a ballistic missiles strike, MLRS strike, or fuel explosion caused by sabotage or by accident

So nobody really knows

 

[Derka Derka]

Good for civilian use. But without encryption capabilities, nor modern low detection capabilities, it is just a giant artillery/missile magnet.

Better than hand-signals and harsh language in only a few situations.

The Baofengs are encryption capable (software disabled because it's illegal in the US/Canada).

The software chip they run is very capable, and a couple of outfits customise to suit.

 

[Rezza]

Here's my guess at Russia's phase 1 objectives based on what we saw:

1. Northern/Kiev sector; attempted decapitation strike (failure) AND/OR invest Kiev and force Ukraine to commit resources to defense rather than reinforcing the east, including cutting off the cargo airports around Kiev making Western supply more difficult (Success)
2. Eastern sector, encircle and destroy the Ukrainian army in the field. Once Ukraine loses its professional troops, it loses the ability to mount any kind of offensive operation and makes the occupation of territory relatively easy from that point (Ongoing)
3. Southern sector; Cut-off Ukraine from the sea and gain the ports for Russian logistical resupply, secure water supply for Crimea, gain a crossing across the Dniper before Ukrainian forces can dig in (Success)

I wouldn't call it a "phase 1" instead of their full objectives in this war. There are no "phase 2" or "phase 3", its all just Kremlin shifting their goalpost to make it easier in declaring a "victory"

And everything there is wrong as well. The conquest of Kyiv is one of their primary attempt, hence why they still put considerable resources to the north. The so-called "feint to pin down Ukraine to the north" is just cope cage once the Russian momentum stopped.

The encirclement to the east is seems to be stalled, as the southern front is getting stabilized, Ukraine can send more reinforcement there

Also they failed in cutting off Ukraine from the sea once the Russian called off the landing attempt on Odessa. This is even more true after they lost a landing ship

 

[Kane Lives]

Also they failed in cutting off Ukraine from the sea once the Russian called off the landing attempt on Odessa. This is even more true after they lost a landing ship

Called off? When were they ever even serious at landing at Odessa? Every time people were screaming that the Rossiyans were gonna get Gallipollied at Odessa, it turns out that the source is the Kyiv Independent or adjacent.

 

[Bananadana]

LMAO, who made this? 82% Air Defense losses and yet the Russian Air Force pretty much only appears here and there? And 97% Bayraktar losses? Then who the hell blew up that Transport Ship? The Ghost of Kyiv? LOL

Read the whole, entire sentence my dude. Dont skim. Read all words out loud.
"Long and medium range air defense systems".
That seems to explicitly exclude the thousands of (what i would assume to be short-range air defense) stingers that are keeping the russian airforce at bay.
They probably mean the S300 and Tunguska and similar (non-handheld) anti-air systems that can fire at longer ranges because they contain giant radars.
Also, "82% of losses" does not mean "100% of losses".
Also, "97% of losses" does not mean "100% of losses".

If you already nitpick propaganda then at least bother to actually read the claims you are trying to nitpick. Your criticism is meaningless strawmanning otherwise.

 

[Arc]

Called off? When were they ever even serious at landing at Odessa? Every time people were screaming that the Rossiyans were gonna get Gallipollied at Odessa, it turns out that the source is the Kyiv Independent or adjacent.

Russia has failed at every objective speculated into existence by copeposters. Sad.

The real cope cages are of our own making,

 

[Richardface]

You would think that as retarded as the Tories are, they would by now be alert to the danger of prank callers, but here's the home secretary being successfully coached to refer to herself as a "disgusting Englishwoman" in broken Russian amongst other things by some crank yankers

https://nitter.net/wyattreed13/status/1507555204371255298#m

 

[Richardface]

I wouldn't call it a "phase 1" instead of their full objectives in this war. There are no "phase 2" or "phase 3", its all just Kremlin shifting their goalpost to make it easier in declaring a "victory"

And everything there is wrong as well. The conquest of Kyiv is one of their primary attempt, hence why they still put considerable resources to the north. The so-called "feint to pin down Ukraine to the north" is just cope cage once the Russian momentum stopped.

The encirclement to the east is seems to be stalled, as the southern front is getting stabilized, Ukraine can send more reinforcement there

Also they failed in cutting off Ukraine from the sea once the Russian called off the landing attempt on Odessa. This is even more true after they lost a landing ship

Oh well ok if you're sure and all

 

[just a banana]

recently captured Ukrainians near Keeev if this tweeter is to be believed
whoops surrendered