Russian Invasion of Ukraine Megathread

[Echo_Ender]

Hopefully even if we do get involved nukes won't fly. The Korean War kinda proved that where a large part of the aircraft we wh Soviet pilots.

How in the FUCK does a tank not only gets disabled, but fucking explodes from its ammo cooking off from a fucking AT HANDHELD GRENADE from the fucking 50s.

This is why Russia not knowing what the fuck blowout panels are is so important, sure they have them, but they're only on the T-90M and T-14, so in reality they might have around 50 tanks with them.

Well, first off, if you let determined infantry get close to your tank like, you're fucked. They're very creative about finding all sorts of weak points to shove explosives into. And when they're packing AT weapons, even old ones, they're going to do some serious damage.

Secondly, there have been reports the Ruskies are so paranoid about supply issues that they've been keeping as much extra extra ammo and fuel in and around their tanks as possible.

It's generally a pretty bad idea to do this at all, but suicidal levels of unsafe to do so in a combat situation.

There's a good bet that any decent hit is going to explosively jostle that ammo crate Dmitry is sitting on...

 

[garum expert]

someone should make a separate thread called:

Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022): UPDATES AND MEDIA​

and it's for posting updates and media. and then you guys can just have this thread.

 

[ThatDarnIrishMan]

One thing I could say of both sides is that none of us on either side or on the fence here have two anime pre-teens as their avatar.

Hey now, my waifus are considerably more real than most of the takes on this thread.

That's a funny thing to hear coming out of an Interpol lapdog like you.

Oy vey, busted again.

 

[Chinggis Khan]

I'd say it's far more likely they will play themselves. They are positioning themselves nicely for pissing everyone off. Nobody likes a fence sitter. Especially one that tries to involve itself.

I think what you are seeing now is not Countries trying to "play both sides", but they are legitimately reacting to who they think is going to have political and military supremacy moving forward. The current Russian military performance aside, there has to be serious doubt that the vision for an international world order as envisioned by Western think tanks no longer has the muscle or the economic engine to back it up, and that the future international economic system will instead be led by China and her various vassels including Russia. Sure they will cast their vote to 'Tsk Tsk' Russia in the UN, but they are falling short of following Washington's histrionic lead and many are probably quietly hoping this blows over after a few months. They don't want the China-Russia bloc to remember their lack of loyalty and Washington is signing checks they can't cash.

Where Washington seems to have been more successful is the East Asian countries, but they probably have the most to lose in a China-led international system and would be mostly reduced to rump states.

 

[Echo_Ender]

I mean they were at least good Russian shitposters. It is sad to see them go because they were at least good at propaganda especially compared to the parrots in this thread.

How bad is the Russian cope going in the thread, I have been away for a few days. Last time I looked at the war Boris Johnson met with Zelenskyy in Kyiv LMAO how insane is that. How is it that a Western political leader of an empire can just show up to a country that is actively being invaded with no fear and you retards think you are winning...
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What Russian Cope are you talking about? Just because people in this thread are actually questioning some of the Ukrainian propaganda doesn't mean it's Pro-Russia.

Hell, half of the thread is laughing at how hilariously bad the Russian military perfor.ance is, wondering what the fuck the Chechens are shooting truckloads of ammo at, or mocking obvious 'Russia Stronk!" nonsense.

The other half is just discussing the war overall, which means talking about stuff besides "Russia bad, Putin is monkey, Russians are all rapists!" and generally repeating the same shit the media does.

 

[Feline Supremacist]

What Russian Cope are you talking about? Just because people in this thread are actually questioning some of the Ukrainian propaganda doesn't mean it's Pro-Russia.

Hell, half of the thread is laughing at how hilariously bad the Russian military perfor.ance is, wondering what the fuck the Chechens are shooting truckloads of ammo at, or mocking obvious 'Russia Stronk!" nonsense.

The other half is just discussing the war overall, which means talking about stuff besides "Russia bad, Putin is monkey, Russians are all rapists!" and generally repeating the same shit the media does.

He's an assblasted Euro coping. And seething. Probably dilating too.

 

[Gondola Enjoyer]

What Russian Cope are you talking about? Just because people in this thread are actually questioning some of the Ukrainian propaganda doesn't mean it's Pro-Russia.

Hell, half of the thread is laughing at how hilariously bad the Russian military perfor.ance is, wondering what the fuck the Chechens are shooting truckloads of ammo at, or mocking obvious 'Russia Stronk!" nonsense.

The other half is just discussing the war overall, which means talking about stuff besides "Russia bad, Putin is monkey, Russians are all rapists!" and generally repeating the same shit the media does.

Please do not reply to the retard, it's what he wants.

 

[oldTireWater]

Soldiers are photographed before meeting with tanks
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Snipers at work
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Good lord. If the sound is synced correctly on that first sniper video then it was around a 1000m shot.

 

[MrJokerRager]

I've been saying this for years black America needs the night of the long knives to get rid of the racist haters and sub human idiots. Unfortunately black women will do everything they can to defend criminals.

Don't forget white shitlibs as well, without niggers, they are toast.

 

[cistendered]

Much as the West is committed to fighting this war to the last Ukrainian, Russia seems committed to fighting to the last journo.

 

[Disheveled Human]

What is gonna happen when the Russian war effort either ends abruptly or gets tossed into WW3 are you western fags flying the Russian flag gonna smarten up? or are we gonna have to duct tape you to a pole? I am trying to ask the real questions here.

 

[Titos]

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Much as the West is committed to fighting this war to the last Ukrainian, Russia seems committed to fighting to the last journo.

Putin may be a retard but a retard is right every once and a while. If you had just said you were gonna de-journofy the world I'd have been on your side.

 

[The Man With No Name]

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Much as the West is committed to fighting this war to the last Ukrainian, Russia seems committed to fighting to the last journo.

This is what we would call "A good start"

 

[A_throwaway_name62919]

someone should make a separate thread called:

Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022): UPDATES AND MEDIA​

and it's for posting updates and media. and then you guys can just have this thread.

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Technically thread somewhat like that already exists in Articles and News. I'll let you judge its value for yourself.

So is the west strong arming Ukraine not to reach a peace treaty with Russia? Or what's even going on at this point?

No, the west ain't strong arming Ukraine to not reach a peace treaty with Russia. In general the point we're at is something like this:

Ukraine: Can't promise to lift the sanctions because they aren't in charge of them. Has enough support and the war going well enough for them that they have no real reason to settle for anything less than Russian troops withdrawing from all Ukraine claimed territory that they weren't already in before the beginning of Russia's "special military operation". Plus decent reason to try for more like reparations or regaining control of Donbas.
Russia: Needs to get something out of the war to justify the expenditure of lives and equipment to its own population. The war isn't going badly enough for them to give up without getting either profitable territorial gains or something they can spin as a moral victory for their population. With decent enough reason to keep trying for both. Can't trust the west to lift the sanctions simply because the war ends with a treaty that Ukraine finds amicable. Would need some specific assurances that the west can't provide because they aren't part of the negotiations.
The West: Several NATO countries are currently in the process of divesting themselves of surplus and otherwise obsolete military goods that Ukraine can use. Old Soviet designed/built equipment and vehicles that Ukraine can use without needing to retrain people. Old Soviet era western equipment that doesn't require much in the way of training to use. Plus newer equipment like missiles that has a relatively short shelf life and would need to be used or replaced in a few years anyways. Said countries are mostly also using the divestment as an opportunity to purchase newer/better equipment from the US. Military sales aside, The West would be happy if Ukraine and Russia signed a peace treaty. However there's also a vocal faction that would like for the sanctions to remain in place not until the war ends on terms acceptable to Ukraine, but would rather they remain in place until Putin has been removed from power in Russia.

So we've fallen into something of a natural deadlock where as long as everyone is doing the best thing for themselves based on the current circumstances, the war will continue and something further will need to change for there to be peace.

 

[AnOminous]

Putin may be a retard but a retard is right every once and a while. If you had just said you were gonna de-journofy the world I'd have been on your side.

Putin isn't actually a retard. He may be the highest-IQ current world leader. His mistake appears to be surrounding himself in a bubble that reinforces all his dumbest ideas. People can be functionally stupid while being actually intelligent.

 

[Retink]

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Much as the West is committed to fighting this war to the last Ukrainian, Russia seems committed to fighting to the last journo.

Quick, send in the CNN reserves! The West can still be saved!

 

[JebbnGlockn]

Damn, Russians With Attitude got banned on Twitter, dumbass takes regarding the Russio-Japanese war and World War 1 aside I considered him by the far the best Pro-Russian account. All the others I found are laughably maximalist.

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he still have Gab account, but not active there.

https://gab.com/RWApodcast

 

[MrJokerRager]

Well is this an accurate meme of the tank situation.

 

[Animewasamistake]

What is gonna happen when the Russian war effort either ends abruptly or gets tossed into WW3 are you western fags flying the Russian flag gonna smarten up? or are we gonna have to duct tape you to a pole? I am trying to ask the real questions here.

I am a pretty big girl. you are going to need a lot of duct tape.

 

[Wy4M]

It's over Putin

I had to download that vid.