Russian Invasion of Ukraine Megathread

[A_throwaway_name62919]

Russian MoD has announced targets of second phase of Special Military Operation.

Russian military in the course of second phase of Special Operation will take control of Donbass and south of Ukraine. This was stated by the Deputy Commander of the Central Military District for Military-Political Work Major General Rustam Mannekaev, TASS reports.

"With the beginning of second phase of Special Operation <...> one of the tasks of Russian forces is taking full control of Donbass and south of Ukraine"

He says that controlling Donbass and South Ukraine will allow to establish land corridor to Crimea and also "to influence the vital objects of the Ukrainian economy", and over the south of Ukraine - another corridor in Transnistria, where "there are facts of oppression of the Russian-speaking population."

And there we have confirmation of what some of us said weeks ago. Russia was hoping to walk away from this with Ukraine's coast, giving them overland connections from Russia to Crimea and from there to Transnistria. Looks like they're still optimistic enough that they think they can pull it off. I wonder if they'll attempt to annex everything like they did Crimea, or if they think they'll need to settle for puppet states like the DPR?

"It seems we are fighting with the whole world, as it was in Great Patriotic War, all of Europe, all the world was against us. And now it is the same, they never loved Russia." - general added.

Love this bit of historical revisionism. People were about as fine with Russia as anywhere else back before the communists took it over. Britain and France were allied with Russia in WWI and the royal family was related to the the other European royal families. The unusual amounts of hatred only came once it was the commies in charge. While during WWII in no way was "the whole world" fighting Russia. They were welcomed and supported by the allies despite their wars of aggression against Finland and Poland. Enough so that they were willing to give them a shot at partnership in the UN, despite not really trusting them. And of course they weren't fighting all of Europe, just the half that the Axis had managed to take over.
Really, I just find it amusing how they're trying to play the eternal victim to the point they'll pretend past alliances didn't happen.

 

[Smity Werbenjagermanjensen]

And there we have confirmation of what some of us said weeks ago. Russia was hoping to walk away from this with Ukraine's coast, giving them overland connections from Russia to Crimea and from there to Transnistria. Looks like they're still optimistic enough that they think they can pull it off. I wonder if they'll attempt to annex everything like they did Crimea, or if they think they'll need to settle for puppet states like the DPR?


Love this bit of historical revisionism. People were about as fine with Russia as anywhere else back before the communists took it over. Britain and France were allied with Russia in WWI and the royal family was related to the the other European royal families. The unusual amounts of hatred only came once it was the commies in charge. While during WWII in no way was "the whole world" fighting Russia. They were welcomed and supported by the allies despite their wars of aggression against Finland and Poland. Enough so that they were willing to give them a shot at partnership in the UN, despite not really trusting them. And of course they weren't fighting all of Europe, just the half that the Axis had managed to take over.
Really, I just find it amusing how they're trying to play the eternal victim to the point they'll pretend past alliances didn't happen.

Yeah, I have my doubts of them managing to capture Mykolaiv in the near-term, much less even reaching Odessa. Odessa's and Mykolaiv's general geography are greatly in favor of Ukraine. Making it extremely difficult to actually encircle which is practically a necessity.

I suppose we'll see, Kherson managed to be captured thanks to the strategic surprise Russia still had at the time and Mariupol was right on the separatist borders and hugging the Russian dominated sea which obviously made it a much easier job for Russia.

If they actually manage to come even close to capturing Odessa and Russia doesn't actually mobilize, which it's shown it really doesn't want to, I'd be really impressed.

 

[CAPTAIN HAPPY]

You either send them to a hospital but if you can't, just have them surrender.

Russia has field hospitals where they're treating injured Ukrainian POWs.

dying from a shot in the back of the head is way better than going out like a raving lunatic and in horrible, racking pain from sepsis.

Get a load of this cat lol

 

[Based Boy]

Staying on the topic of Azov, new plea for help just dropped, now with 5 time more kids.

 

[White_N]

After conducting preliminary reconnaissance by drone, a group of Ukrainian militants tried to burn Russian tanks with NLAWs, but ran into an ambush 50 meters away. They barely made it out alive, with no lossees.

This is presumably a video from the basements of Azovstal, the date is not specified.

 

[Wy4M]

Thanks for informing me.

I saw it sometime ago but am not sure if it was me who posted it.

Was it debunked or something?

I initially also didn't post it but remembered the AZOV in a garbage bin.
No idea if it's been debunked or not.

 

[Lookie-lou]

Staying on the topic of Azov, new plea for help just dropped, now with 5 time more kids.

appeal to whom who is willing to do what exactly?
The problem with slav wars is the side with more men and resources and manpower wins by default. there is no such thing as demoralisation.

 

[IKOL]

Staying on the topic of Azov, new plea for help just dropped, now with 5 time more kids.
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Why do I feel like these kids are being azog's hostages...

 

[Wrangel1926]

Why do I feel like these kids are being azog's hostages...

Well, given all the footage and interviews of residents that have been posted before, that feeling's likely because it's exactly what's happening. If it wasn't originally the case, it probably is now. It'd be folly for them not to try to use the kids as leverage to withdraw from the city unmolested or as a threat to blame their deaths from being starved out on the Russians instead of letting them go. Given how the wider western perception is now, who do you think the West's media is going to believe, the "barbaric Russian orcs" or "The gallant fighters of Azovstal"?

 

[IKOL]

Surely latter. Although I highly doubt azovites will get away with it this far.
It might happen that they will get out from tunnels with civvies, but nobody have guaranteed they'll walk out from Azovstal territory at all.

 

[Lookie-lou]

Why do I feel like these kids are being azog's hostages...

at least with kids, granted something terrible doesn't happen... they won't think of it that way if Azov has the decency to just let them leave. Human shields mean little when your enemy more or less says they are content to starve you out.... I like to think there is some humanity left there, I dunno. This war is vile.

 

[UVB-76]

https://www.voanews.com/a/putin-tells-military-not-to-storm-last-holdout-in-mariupol-/6538807.html

"This package includes heavy artillery weapons, dozens of howitzers and 144,000 rounds of ammunition," Biden said in a short White House speech. He said the new arms shipment was particularly aimed at helping Ukraine's forces fight in the Donbas region, which is flatter, more open terrain than where earlier fighting had occurred to the west.

Biden said the new assistance, on top of another $800 million package announced last week, "almost" exhausts congressional authorization for U.S. military aid to Ukraine. But the president said he would soon ask Congress for even more money for Ukraine's forces.

1.6 billion USD. Money's either going to Ukraine or into Zelensky's offshore accounts (with Joe getting his cut) but that materiel is going somewhere. even if it's out the back door and into an African warlord's arsenal.

This was announced yesterday so its not exactly a secret.

The article literally states the Russians are talking about putting the plant on a headlock, nothing gets in or out.
Whatever aid is being sent to the front, cannot simply jump over the encirclement.

 

[Feline Supremacist]

The article literally states the Russians are talking about putting the plant on a headlock, nothing gets in or out.
Whatever aid is being sent to the front, cannot simply jump over the encirclement.

I don't believe the Azovbstal steelworks plant is the front; the Azovites are confined to the underground bunkers. It's getting mighty spicy in Kherson and Nikolaev as Russian forces head towards Odessa.

 

[IKOL]

STOP! Yugoslavsky groove time

 

[wtfNeedSignUp]

"In the US Armed Forces, every car will be climate-friendly, every vehicle. We are spending billions of dollars on this. "
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Give them spears and axes!!!

It's beyond retardation, and you can't even blame globalists since the USA army might as well be their private army.
Imagine disabling the entire USA ground forces by just targeting their generators. The army needing to retire their vehicles for several hours after every operation because those batteries take forever to recharge. Land vehicles having massively lower range. Tanks fucking exploding on a tiny hit since those batteries aren't stable when facing impact. The entire army behind dependent on China exporting those raw materials....

And that's just the things I can name without thinking on it for more than one minute.

 

[UVB-76]

Imagine disabling the entire USA ground forces by just targeting their generators.

To be fair, you could disable the US ground forces by targeting these.

 

[Sexual Chocolate]

Love this bit of historical revisionism. People were about as fine with Russia as anywhere else back before the communists took it over.

There's a lot of dindu nuffin in the Russian mindset, but it's true that Western powers have been historically antagonistic to Russia most of the time. Especially since about 2008, when open hostility against the Adidas Menace got a big propaganda boost in Western media (remember the MSM campaign trying to get us to hate Russia on account of its 'homophobia'? )

 

[male pattern malding]

There's a lot of dindu nuffin in the Russian mindset, but it's true that Western powers have been historically antagonistic to Russia most of the time. Especially since about 2008, when open hostility against the Adidas Menace got a big propaganda boost in Western media (remember the MSM campaign trying to get us to hate Russia on account of its 'homophobia'? )

2008 you say? Sure is a mystery what might have lowered people's opinion of Russia at around that time...

 

[kuuu]

2008 you say? Sure is a mystery what might have lowered people's opinion of Russia at around that time...

"Psst, Mikhail, how bout you do a quickie on those territories your country has claim on. We totally got your back, we've been preparing and supplying you for years to do this. Go on."

A little chechen counter-offensive later:

"Oi, genatsvale Bush, help a nigga out."
"Lol nope"

And guess what country this georgian fuckface went to corrupt even further afterwards?

But nah, must be usual ruskie bs, he was a good boy that dindu nuffin.

 

[Juan But Not Forgotten]

Two days ago the leader of Azov Beletsky said this on ukrainian television - "if people of Mariupol want to celebrate V-Day, they should know that our Tochka missiles are still able to reach them". Nevermind the fact, that he basically hinted towards mass killing civilians, like a typical ironic nazi, where have I seen this before? Missile? Killing a crowd of civilians? Donetsk in March and Kramatorsk in April? Nah, those were russians, we should stand with Ukraine.

P.S. If there will be a crowd of civilians killed in church during Easter, you might know who done it.