Russian Invasion of Ukraine Megathread

[Borscht]

Just you wait, as soon as they get the wikipedia article on the war changed, it's all over for Keev.

They already pulled some yapping faggot "professor of history" out of their ass to demand they ban it altogether because of all the "obvious untruths" in "every historic article about Russia". The justification is so hamfisted I do not know why they even bother.

EDIT: Found him on Wikipedia, kek.

 

[Feline Supremacist]

That cocaine is called patriotism my friend

I'm not Ukrainian. I don't have Ukrainian family. I also believe starting WW3 over their septic tank of a country is irresponsible, not to mention extremely retarded; in addition, having my potato government force me to starve and deplete my savings for these pigs is pissing me off, so the sooner Russia finishes them the better off, and safer, I am.

The hohols also caused my one and only spirit of choice, Russian vodka, to become unavailable so they can go fuck themselves with a rusty pipe studded with nails wielded by Russia.

 

[Suburban Bastard]

I'm not Ukrainian. I don't hav Ukrainian family. I also believe starting WW3 over their septic tank of a country is irresponsible, not to mention extremely retarded; in addition, having my potato government force me to starve and deplete my savings for these pigs is pissing me off, so the sooner Russia finishes them the better off, and safer, I am.

The hohols also caused my one and only spirit of choice, Russian vodka, to become unavailable so they can go fuck themselves with a rusty pipe studded with nails wielded by Russia.

Sorry nigger, I'm a whiskey lover.

 

[mr.moon1488]

Ah so Putin is scared of getting #cancelled on twitter which is why he has been unable to easily win as he is totally able to do if he wanted

...pretty sure the goalposts are somewhere in mongolia now...

>.pretty sure the goalposts are somewhere in mongolia now
You do realize the Ukrainians are already bitching about getting arty striked in those areas after trying to reoccupy them right?

Russia hits Kyiv outskirts, Chernihiv despite pledge to pull back

The intensified bombardment comes a day after Moscow said it would scale down military operations in the cities.

www.aljazeera.com

Pretty sure if you had just le btfo an enemy army and made them leave an area, you wouldn't then immediately turn around and act like there was some kind of betrayal of trust.

 

[Die Dunkle Maus]

Incidentally has anyone else noticed how the whole "superior rugged russian military tech which can easily outclass puny overpriced NATO junk" sperg sphere seems to have all dropped off the face of the earth as of late despite having been some of the loudest and most inescapable militaria autists on the internet beforehand?

Putin's no dummy; why spend billions of rubles on tanks when they can be taken out with a fucking water balloon filled with paint?

My apologies.

I'm not well informed on modern military hardware, per my limited experience I think of Russian equipment as superior to Chinese, but not as good as American/NATO.

Their new tanks look cool though, like COBRA.

 

[MrJokerRager]

Well since I am too lazy to split the memes from American and Russian chans as for late, well they are together as a giant dump.

Spoiler: Many Videos

Spoiler: Too Many Pictures

 

[Fanatical Pragmatist]

Hot Take:
You can root for Ukraine to pull of an upset against a much larger and more advanced (on paper) enemy WITHOUT wanting all of NATO to get involved in a ground war with Russia (that somehow turns global, then nuclear???).

 

[kuuu]

Kherson, Freedom square. Some may remember protests going on here with flashbangs and shit.
Dude points out removal of Ukrainian flag, peaceful sky above Kherson and that this square was made to be a stellar for a 100 martyrs of ATO(anti terrorist operation against Donbass) got a message written all over it. "Cursed and forgotten."
And he wants Lenin's statue back, lel.

 

[Toolbox]

Ping me when it hits 146% like in 2011 elections.

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This will never be irrelevant.

 

[White_N]

They already pulled some yapping faggot "professor of history" out of their ass to demand they ban it altogether because of all the "obvious untruths" in "every historic article about Russia". The justification is so hamfisted I do not know why they even bother.

EDIT: Found him on Wikipedia, kek.

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Maestro Ponasenkov caught you by the hand like a cheapie!

it's his own book

 

[Hell on Earth]

Reposting from the other thread:

TL;DW key takeaways for today:

• A Ukrainian counteroffensive from Nikolayev Mikolayiv to retake Kherson was attempted and failed. Mostly thanks to Russian artillery and air strikes.
• Ukrainians have been doing a decent job stalling the Russian advance for now.
• The Russians have started to change their approach in fighting the Ukrainians. They switched from tank rushing the Ukrainians Command & Conquer style into using reconnaissance to bait the Ukrainians into artillery, aircraft, missile and MLRS fire.
• Russian aircraft is now flying higher than usual hinting that the Russians may have degraded medium and long range air defense systems.
• Ukrainians have most likely been getting intel on Russian air craft from American AWACs.
• For most part the front lines have been stale in the past 48 hours.
• In the northwest of the city of Kevin, according to Pentagon estimates, the Russians have retreated around 20% of their military assets west of the Dinepr river back into Belarus while deployed some reserve units on the north eastern side.
• The Ukrainians used this opportunity for a counter-attack, yet the Russians still keep on keeping on around Anatov Air Field. In an earlier video VOR said that while the Russians tried to encircle the Ukrainians in the vicinity of Kevin, they put themselves at risk on getting encircled on their own. In other words: The northern front will depend on which side is better at the *teleports behind you*/"Nothin' personell, kid"-tactic.
• VOR doesn't as of now expect the Ukrainians to make any significant gains in the north and even expects the Russians to push back.
• Contrary to initial expectations, the Russians have increased their operations around Chernigov Chernihiv with the recon+artillery tactic.
• Ukrainians use civilian trucks to hit the Russians with anti tank weapons from the rear, more or less switching to behind enemy lines SpedOps partisan tactics. In turn, the Russian supply lines and command and control were forced to get their shit together and began to demolish Ukrainian supply and fuel depots.
• Russia has been deploying volunteer units (hopefully not Redditors) and conscripts and it seems that they intend to keep on keeping on.
• It is mostly Russian artillery that keeps felting the Ukrainians.
• Nothing new regarding Mairu/pol/'.
• A Russian attack on Nikolayev Mikolayiv and Odessa is plausible, but still in mid to far future. Worst case scenario is that if the Russians go for bigger cities it may be a repeat of Mariu/pol/'.

Shit's been pretty wild. Personally I think this has the potential to go on for months if not years in the worst case scenario. Unless the Russians somehow get a second wind and manage to blitz or alternatively devastate Ukraine until Zelinsky throws the towel like Milošević, we may or may not be looking forward for another Syria.

VOR has been pretty consistent in his coverage of the war so far and I watched every video covering the prelude to this war.

His videos on the Ethiopian civil war are pretty great too but unfortunately no one gives a shit about Ethiopia.

 

[Feline Supremacist]

Sorry nigger, I'm a whiskey lover.

>whiskey
>not bourbon

Thant's not very patriotic of you since there is no whiskey more American than bourbon. I bet you can't even hold your liquor.

 

[Toolbox]

That is the one positive of this war. Even rubble looks better than commieblock.

Implying this won't just lead to the construction of "modern" commieblocks when the cities start to rebuild.

 

[Superman93]

LMAO is Ukraine actually going to win this? Russians potentially blow the fuck out?

 

[Walrus and Carpenter]

I'm not Ukrainian. I don't have Ukrainian family. I also believe starting WW3 over their septic tank of a country is irresponsible, not to mention extremely retarded; in addition, having my potato government force me to starve and deplete my savings for these pigs is pissing me off, so the sooner Russia finishes them the better off, and safer, I am.

The hohols also caused my one and only spirit of choice, Russian vodka, to become unavailable so they can go fuck themselves with a rusty pipe studded with nails wielded by Russia.

My local Wal-Mart liquor store still has Russian Standard on the shelf (Central Florida). Bought two handles the other day, one to open when Ukraine surrenders and one to drink when Russian goods start being imported into the US again.

 

[Ukraine is Big Gay]

Hot Take:
You can root for Ukraine to pull of an upset against a much larger and more advanced (on paper) enemy WITHOUT wanting all of NATO to get involved in a ground war with Russia (that somehow turns global, then nuclear???).

Agreed, whether they are big gay or not.

Their respective fanclubs I will laugh at all day still though.

 

[3-2-1836]

That seems somewhat unlikely to me, they tend to require some training to use. I know they had issues in the Falklands war when one of the only guys trained in it got killed early on. Plus it's not like Russia doesn't have enough manpads.

The Russians first captured Stingers with user manuals all the way back in 1987 and had 8 launchers by the time they pulled out in 1989 so you think it's really unreasonable for the Russians to have them fully documented in those 35 years? Especially with suplimental data and documentation from modern units captured in Syria?

 

[owTwo]

Not only is Putin losing, he doesn't even know about it.But we know, oh how smart we are!
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I was wondering where Ukrainian copium comes from and now I have got my answer.

Imagine this scene:

You're Vladimir Putin. You're lounging around in your gigantic mansion across an 18 foot table from all of your military advisors, high up on your stack of phone books. One of your military advisors says that they have great news. Mariupol has largely been taken, and numerous leaders of the paramilitary group backed by the Ukrainian and US governments have been confirmed KIA.

You set down your banana and stare him down as you say:
"That sounds like Russian disinformation to me. The White House roundly rejects your claim."
...
That's what our government and media actually fucking believe.

 

[Spicey McHaggis]

Implying this won't just lead to the construction of "modern" commieblocks when the cities start to rebuild.

If even one of them isn't replaced with that, and instead gets anything else, it's still an improvement.

 

[Spicey McHaggis]

The Russians first captured Stingers with user manuals all the way back in 1987 and had 8 launchers by the time they pulled out in 1989 so you think it's really unreasonable for the Russians to have them fully documented in those 35 years? Especially with suplimental data and documentation from modern units captured in Syria?

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Documentation isn't the same as training. Yes, it helps, but there's no real substitute for hands on training. Also the stinger of 87 is not the same as the stinger of today.