Russian Invasion of Ukraine Megathread

How well is the war this going for Russia?

  • ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Blyatskrieg

    Votes: 249 10.6%

  • ⭐⭐⭐⭐ I ain't afraid of no Ghost of Kiev

    Votes: 278 11.8%

  • ⭐⭐⭐ Competent attack with some upsets

    Votes: 796 33.7%

  • ⭐⭐ Stalemate

    Votes: 659 27.9%

  • ⭐ Ukraine takes back Crimea 2022

    Votes: 378 16.0%
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A joke about Boris Johnsonuk as a Ukrainian surname.
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kuuu said:
Source claims this is a Russian under Italian flag. Dumb zoomers. Guy might have ended his career right there if this goes viral. Or maybe these are new Yuropean values. We shall see.
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I sure hope that he and his mother are going to live in italy for now.
 
Russians are still on the advance in the Donbass, this tank managed to get in the Ukrainian Rear and Engaged AFU soldiers who did not realize the tank coming towards them was enemy. The other video is of a tank company commander explaining how The AFU seems to be dragging whatever it can out of storage to the frontlines. and they are running and dropping incendiary munitions whenever the two sides meet in pitched battle.



 
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White_N said:
The manufacturer of mayonnaise "Sloboda" tested a prototype of a drone for evacuation in case of an emergency.

It can fly at a distance of up to 20 km at a speed of up to 100 km/h and carry cargo weighing up to 170 kg, Forbes reports, citing a message from EFKO.

The drone is able, for example, to evacuate victims in the event of an emergency from hard-to-reach places.

Would you take a chance on such a ride?
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This is Dahir Insaat levels of technology. All that is missing is a 40mm turret firing explosive rounds.
 
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In New York, residents heard a powerful explosion in Times Square and decided that they were being bombed.

However, it turned out to be a sewer explosion.
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Can NY Mutts confirm such a panic?
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Yes. It happens a lot because we use steam heat and the city isn't great at replacing worn out/corroded pipes. In Manhattan cables are required to be underground so you have electric pipes, natural gas mains, steam pipe, copper telco wires, internet/tv cable, fiber optic cables and sometime gasoline pipes all buried next to each other. You need a diagram and permission from the city every time you break open the road/sidewalk for this reason. We had a lot of rain every day for a week so water gets and combined with the fact we use rock salt to melt ice in winter corrosion this is a given. Gas builds up, water and salt drip in, wires corrode and sooner or later: BOOM!

It is very common, happens several times a year. None of these people running like fools live in NYC. Pathetic. We survived the collapse of two huge office towers with two large passenger planes and by the end of the month the area was back in business, despite the smoldering mess in the remains of the WTC. This is just another day that ends in y in NYC.

 
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Feline Supremacist said:
Yes. It happens a lot because we use steam heat and the city isn't great at replacing worn out/corroded pipes. In Manhattan cables are required to be underground so you have electric pipes, natural gas mains, steam pipe, copper telco wires, internet/tv cable, fiber optic cables and sometime gasoline pipes all buried next to each other. You need a diagram and permission from the city every time you break open the road/sidewalk for this reason. We had a lot of rain every day for a week so water gets and combined with the fact we use rock salt to melt ice in winter corrosion this is a given. Gas builds up, water and salt drip in, wires corrode and sooner or later: BOOM!

It is very common, happens several times a year. None of these people running like fools live in NYC. Pathetic. We survived the collapse of two huge office towers with two large passenger planes and by the end of the month the area was back in business, despite the smoldering mess in the remains of the WTC. This is just another day that ends in y in NYC.

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I don't know about you, but this NYC "Big Apple" center of civilization and culture isn't all it cracked up to be (except the pipes, which are all cracked up). At least locals are used to the BS and carry on?
 
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kuuu said:
Here's a lovely Ukrainian lady describing her experience with Russian soldiers:
"Things they were saying: "Look! All of their houses are made out of bricks, every house has a notebook, and they are gouging on NUTELLA." It was shocking. It's nothing unusual for us - a brick house, a notebook, nutella for kids. For them it was a surprise."
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Is this really the case? I mean, it's not like Russia is stuck in 1988.
 
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Maurice Caine said:
Is this really the case? I mean, it's not like Russia is stuck in 1988.
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No. They just enjoy painting Russians as cavemen to sell the entire "they only attacked us because of how PROSPEROUS we became under DEMOCRACY" spiel. "Putin is AFRAID his own cave people will see how PROSPEROUS we are and TOPPLE HIS REGIME with their clubs and stones, which is why he sees Ukraine is a threat. Send more money and weapons."

Couple of weeks ago they were claiming Russians saw paved roads and street lamps for the first time. Not kidding.
 
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naaaaiiiiillllll!!! said:
I don't know about you, but this NYC "Big Apple" center of civilization and culture isn't all it cracked up to be (except the pipes, which are all cracked up). At least locals are used to the BS and carry on?
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It happened in Times Square, a huge tourist area. I run into the telco guys sometimes around my building and chat with them if they're having a break. That's why you always have crews working in the street; to fix these pipe/wires. We're used to it. The big danger is stray voltage from electric cables when the sheaths become exposed due to salt corrosion; the sidewalk becomes charged and when its wet it's dangerous. People usually aren't affected since the material in the soles of out shoes insulate us against shocks, but not pets. Some people have been killed from being electrocuted as they tried to save their dogs. Con Edison has had to pay out millions and was forced to fix it, so that's another reason they're always working in the streets.

This happened recently in Brooklyn, although Con Ed was not responsible. But stray voltage is a hazard for dogs, especially if there's any metal on the pavement.

Fun fact: it wasn't until 9-11 that Con Edison replaced the wooden gas mains downtown. Like SF, NYC had wood mains covered in tar/pitch underground and they held up for over 100 years but it was time to replace them, so they took the opportunity to do so when lower Manhattan had no traffic.
 
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Wy4M said:
It seems that one of the Ukrainian soldiers had his phone out when that tank approached.
"You know the video of the Russian tank that sidles up to the Ukrainian soldiers? Look closer."

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I hope that art was done by Coach Red Pill, but yeah after checking the clip again a lot of them are on their phones. What a way to go.

edit: I'm still confused about the whole situation. Ukrainian soldiers hanging out near a disabled tank(?) and then a lone tank rolls down the road and due to the circumstances they assume it's one of their own? This implies the Russians felt comfortable getting that close so did the tank lack Z markings? Was it a captured Ukrainian tank?
Maybe the Ukrainians thought it was a freshly captured Russian tank?

It has got to be one of the sneakiest tank kills in history.
 
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Feline Supremacist said:
People usually aren't affected since the material in the soles of out shoes insulate us against shocks, but not pets. Some people have been killed from being electrocuted as they tried to save their dogs.
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That sounds HORRIFYING. Looks like the NY maintenance department is really something. Man, and I thought leaky pipes in the 60's commieblocks were bad.
 
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Borscht said:
No. They just enjoy painting Russians as cavemen to sell the entire "they only attacked us because of how PROSPEROUS we became under DEMOCRACY" spiel. "Putin is AFRAID his own cave people will see how PROSPEROUS we are and TOPPLE HIS REGIME with their clubs and stones, which is why he sees Ukraine is a threat. Send more money and weapons."

Couple of weeks ago they were claiming Russians saw paved roads and street lamps for the first time. Not kidding.
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Russians walking around Kherson like
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Borscht said:
That sounds HORRIFYING. Looks like the NY maintenance department is really something
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Ghostbusters 2 was a documentary.
 
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