Russian Invasion of Ukraine Megathread

[borsabil]

The division between the Roman Republic and Roman Empire is purely arbitrary, as the position of Rome as a Mediterranean superpower and then hegemon over Western Europe and the Mediterranean was, despite numerous civil and foreign wars where Roman authority was temporarily lost over some areas, essentially uninterrupted from the end of the Second Punic War to the middle fourth century AD. Rome never met a setback she did not recover from, reimposing her preeminent position, stretching from the defeat of Hannibal outside Carthage at the end of the 3rd century BC, to the death of Julian in 363 AD. That's over 550 years, not 250.

Declaring that the United States was an empire from literally 1776 is pure idiocy. The United States was not a great power until ~1890, that to today is 130 years, not 250.

The Habsburgs were a great power from the 1400s and a superpower from the early 1500s up to World War I, again, significantly longer than 250 years.

The French were a European superpower and then a global empire from the end of the 1400s to 1940, despite numerous defeats they never lost their ability to drive European events until Hitler. Over 400 years.

More examples can be provided, of course. The original Assyrian empire. The New Kingdom of Egypt, almost 500 years. Multiple Chinese dynasties that were great empires for longer than 400 years.

Buddy I just keep embarrassing you and it's fun as hell, never stop.

It could be argued that the Roman empire existed until the fall of Constantinople in 1453, a near 2000 year span, but you're missing the point. How long do hegemonic empires survive for? What does Pax Americana have in common with Pax Britannica and Pax Romana? Commonalities, a single overarching trading system and common currency, a competent and well funded army, vassal states that surrender their sovereignty in return for military protection, foreign elites that ape the cultural practices and beliefs of their imperial masters. Who gives a fuck whether or not the Untied States will continue in it's current form or fall apart? What matters to non burgers is how long the post WW2 settlement can last given the rise of China and the very obvious hollowing out of the US economy? Not much longer IMO. America has descended into utter degeneracy on almost every level and it's dragging what's left of the west down with it. I give it a decade and that's assuming the Chinese continue to play the patient long game.

 

[Animewasamistake]

I kept being told that Azovstal wasn't actually an Azov stronghold for some reason (This was back when there was the fake news about it falling last month). Is the place actually a fortress or what?

Its a gigantic factory with miles of tunnels, multiple basements that have sub basements, a giant self contained compound and hardened buildings. even if it was never stockpiled with ammo and food, as it was supposedly since after the city was taken back by the Ukrops. its still a giant fortress in of itself. Azov or more accurately the AFU command of the southern pocket are using it as a base of operations. and the big breakout in the north was to get more guys to the Azovstahl.

 

[OG Swolemaster]

Could be a big happening, depending on the meaning of "anti-tank weapons" with most extreme being Ukraine receiving NLOS fire and forget anti-tank/anti-helicopter missiles that fit on the back of a Toyota and have range that rivals some artillery.

Could just be more Panzerfaust 3s or some L-MATs(Javelin equivalents).

Could be fake.

https://twitter.com/sentdefender/status/1514476775019106307

Edit, it's real:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/11/world/asia/japan-military-russia-ukraine.html

 

[ThatDarnIrishMan]

1, Chechen Special forces in Rubizhne in Luhansk
2, DPR Soldiers in Mariupol
3, House fighting in Mariupol
4, RattenKrieg Mariupol
5, Azovs citadel at the Azovstahl plant
6, Tanks of the DPR shelling it.

I enjoy that basically every clip I've seen of Chechen fighters is just lots of people firing constantly on full auto lol

Imagine being the fucker standing there just emptying an LMG in a fire fight and your friend is just kinda standing behind you filming you lol

 

[Netizennameless]

Lol I actually wasn't talking about race anymore you kept bringing it up. I gave my Mea culpa. I came in trying to be funny And the last time I checked white volk get made fun of on kf and /pol/ tongue in cheek is still a thing. I'm not BLM, Israelite , noi or black nationalist.... Your yelling at the wrong nigger...... yell at them not ME your wasting your time...... I don't know what else I can say. I've been following this conflict literally since day one watching Givi and Motorola fuck up the Airport and Ilovaisk So you're not going to tell me what I can and can't talk about. I have retard Identitarian fatigue black-and-white I want to get away from them They are the ones going around shooting people making gun grabber fuel. I teach Asian people and women how to shoot so when they drive into our wonderful blue Democrat cities they can blow the head off of D'elante and his cousin pookie... When was the last time you helped somebody in this country do something? See you around Dylan roof

I hope you both know you're being jewed by the same (((people))). Neither one of you want to talk about race, but neither one of you will stop talking about it. Race is a stupid fucking concept that matters as much as you let it, both of you.

I think we can all compromise by saying that we should all hate pedos.

 

[PUTIN MAKES ME HORNY]

Well they are getting fucked by the motherland

Watch out because Putin is coming in dry!

 

[borsabil]

Some reposts from dvach.

Ukrainian female soldiers with their asses lit up:
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Lotsa cursing, not much to translate.

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Some Azov stan:
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nohomo

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lol:
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Any militia trained by glowies ends up doing similar atrocities and psyops. I have no doubts in my mind about it.

Usually it's only Jews and burgers who are so far gone as to encourage women to fight in wars. The Ukies truly are a lost people.

Also Azov being into troons, what a shocking development. At least he could have tucked his cock and balls, but likely that's the point.

 

[Lookie-lou]

Why are the Moslem rape-beasts somehow more empathetic than totally-white-and-western-you-guys Hohols?

thinking about it, they probably want a reputation as mercenaries who won't embarrass you if you hire them for your conflict, too much. Got to have a little fun with the muslim style battle antics. The Georgian mercs so far have been a PR disaster for Ukraine.

 

[kuuu]

Oh hey, this is that captured UK dude. Well, before he got captured.

"Johnny Wood"

 

[Kane Lives]

thinking about it, they probably want a reputation as mercenaries who won't embarrass you if you hire them for your conflict, too much. Got to have a little fun with the muslim style battle antics. The Georgian mercs so far have been a PR disaster for Ukraine.

I didn't know Kadyrov was planning to start a PMC, but good on him, lol.

 

[Peter Piper]

Last night, a group of Spetnaz got lost on their way to the gay sauna. The local Ukrainian rednecks
didn't approve of their lifestyle and hatecrimed them

 

[St.Davis]

I enjoy that basically every clip I've seen of Chechen fighters is just lots of people firing constantly on full auto lol

Imagine being the fucker standing there just emptying an LMG in a fire fight and your friend is just kinda standing behind you filming you lol

The Chechens know that the first rule of war is to Have Fun.

 

[SneedEyeMitch]

The Chechens know that the first rule of war is to Have Fun.

The 2nd rule, when in doubt moar dakka!

 

[Spicey McHaggis]

Could be a big happening, depending on the meaning of "anti-tank weapons" with most extreme being Ukraine receiving NLOS fire and forget anti-tank/anti-helicopter missiles that fit on the back of a Toyota and have range that rivals some artillery.

Could just be more Panzerfaust 3s or some L-MATs(Javelin equivalents).

Could be fake.

https://twitter.com/sentdefender/status/1514476775019106307

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Edit, it's real:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/11/world/asia/japan-military-russia-ukraine.html

That's a first I believe, up until very recently Japan has been pretty strict about not exporting any military shit at all.

 

[draggs]

Allegedly only 54 sailors were rescued from the Moskva. Not seeing it from any non twatter sources yet so take it with your personally preferred grain(s) of salt intake on war claims. If anywhere near true, ouchies

 

[White_N]

During an interview with the BBC, Zelensky boasted that Macron himself was calling him on the phone. To enhance the effect, he also decided to chastise the French president for his words about "fraternal peoples". Zelensky told Macron that it was ‘extraordinary’ on his part.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Biden is right about everything, and Russia's actions in Ukraine are ‘genocide’

"As President Joe Biden emphasized, there are official prerequisites for defining genocide, but I think it is absolutely right that more and more people are saying and using the word ‘genocide‘ in terms of what Russia is doing in Ukraine, what Putin is doing."

 

[St.Davis]

Oh hey, this is that captured UK dude. Well, before he got captured.
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"Johnny Wood"
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The first guy's name is Sean Pinner, incidentally. From what I've been able to find out he's ex-military, and used to be in the Royal Anglian Regiment. Appointed as section commander in The Ukraine six months after signing up. I'm a little embarrassed to admit I can't place Johnny's accent though.

Allegedly only 54 sailors were rescued from the Moskva. Not seeing it from any non twatter sources yet so take it with your personally preferred grain(s) of salt intake on war claims. If anywhere near true, ouchies

Either that means there've been a lot of deaths, or they've only evacuated people from a certain section of the ship. The latter feels more likely, given that the ship doesn't appear to have suffered structurally catastrophic damage.

 

[Elbereth]

Oh man, This post aged super well.

Be careful, this is a man who each time is proven wrong, comes twice as smug.

Levels of his smugness after this will probably blind us all

 

[draggs]

It could be argued that the Roman empire existed until the fall of Constantinople in 1453, a near 2000 year span, but you're missing the point. How long do hegemonic empires survive for? What does Pax Americana have in common with Pax Britannica and Pax Romana? Commonalities, a single overarching trading system and common currency, a competent and well funded army, vassal states that surrender their sovereignty in return for military protection, foreign elites that ape the cultural practices and beliefs of their imperial masters. Who gives a fuck whether or not the Untied States will continue in it's current form or fall apart? What matters to non burgers is how long the post WW2 settlement can last given the rise of China and the very obvious hollowing out of the US economy? Not much longer IMO. America has descended into utter degeneracy on almost every level and it's dragging what's left of the west down with it. I give it a decade and that's assuming the Chinese continue to play the patient long game.

What do they have to do with America? Dunno, ask wrong about everything anti Americans who brought up muh 250 year rule and pointed to several historical empires that roughly fit it so it's now an axiom or something.

The hollowing out of the US economy? Utter degeneracy on every level? What's left of the West? You're talking about 70% of global GDP there, what's left indeed.

Gimme dem buzzphrases.

I give you guys are utterly ignorant of the United States, how vast it is, what power and vitality it has. You guys sound like every commie and fascist of the 20th century wishcasting piled on wishcasting piled on wishcasting about the hollow degenerate Muricans. It's wishcasting all the way down.

 

[mindlessobserver]

The Chechens know that the first rule of war is to Have Fun.

The amount of cocksucking for Putins Tik Tok Towelheads around here is shameful.