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The Ukrainian 3rd Mechanized Company of the 1st Mechanized Battalion of the 93rd Brigade, operating near Izyum, is seemingly publicly threatening to desert because they're being slaughtered and support from command is non existent.

Well, for understanding - about the microclimate that prevails in the 93rd brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, operating near Izyum, in our direction.

“We, the servicemen of the 3rd mechanized company of the 1st mechanized battalion of the 93rd OMBR, refuse to serve further for the following reasons:

No evacuation of the wounded
Lack of adequate command
Lack of heavy equipment
Lack of specialists in anti-tank weapons
Large losses of personnel 3 mech company 1 mech battalion (60%)
Loss of combat effectiveness of the company
Lack of rotation for staffing a company

We refuse to carry out orders that are aimed at the destruction of personnel.”
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As much as I doubted its veracity, it seems to be true. The original source is a pro-Ukrainian telegram account. Now, while it is incredibly excepcional to publicly threaten desertion, I can understand doing so if the situation is this bad. Unfortunately the Izyum front seems to be a giant meat grinder, Western supplies aren't making their way there as they are to other fronts for obvious reasons.

Can anyone here read Slavic cursive and fully translate all those bullet points?
 
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Marley Rathbone said:
How Malcolm Nance landed a job in the International Legion of Territorial Defense in Ukraine:
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"When was the last thing I did, when did I go to Iraq? I moved back to the States in 2016. So 2015, so seven years. When you guys go: ‘Oh yeah. That’s what Malcolm would do,’ you have to understand that Malcolm maintains his weapons proficiency all the time. I’m a collector of firearms and, because I was an intelligence contractor, I just have it in my mind to maintain my proficiency. I’m that kind of guy."

Who talks like this? What a fucking jackass.
Spicey McHaggis said:
I'll at least give him credit, he may be a hack, but he at least put his money where his mouth is.
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Marley Rathbone said:
There are a few interesting things in his article, about how he claims that the Ukrainians basically ignored his first application, then he walked into the Ukrainian embassy and asked for an interview, they gave him one, which was: "Do you have combat experience?" and his answer was "yes" and he was in.

He also claims that they recognized him as a very important person and put him on "press duty." And that he gave the interview from a "safehouse" in a secret location.

So I'm not convinced that he is not in Maryland.
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He definitely hasn't come close to the west, if he's in the country he's in Lviv or somewhere else in the west but he's probably in Poland but decent chance he's just in Maryland.
 
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Getting tard comed said:
BTW, just read that the US has directly joined the war on Ukraines side with a bill that just passed in the senate and that Biden intends to sign saying the US will send over every type of weaponry except nukes to Ukraine.

What is Lusitania for 500 Alex?
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If your definition of intervening directly in the war is sending heavy weapons then the U.S. has intervened directly in the Taiwan crisis by sending tens of billions in weaponry to Taiwan and in theory the CCP and the ROC are still at war since they haven't signed any peace treaty to end the Chinese civil war.
 
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Hell on Earth said:
If your definition of intervening directly in the war is sending heavy weapons then the U.S. has intervened directly in the Taiwan crisis by sending tens of billions in weaponry to Taiwan and in theory the CCP and the ROC are still at war since they haven't signed any peace treaty to end the Chinese civil war.
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Stoneheart said:
Russia has no fleet and the Us will not ship weapons on civilian ships, the last time they had to cover up alot of shit after they recovered what ever they had from the estonia.
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It doesn't have to be via a ship. It can be a missile strike or a cruise missile.

For both of these comments, sending weaponry to a participant in a war makes you directly involved and a valid military target to the opposing participants. While one can, and the US will/would have argued they weren't directly involved before since they were send money + aid to civilians and any weaponry sent was via NATO, when this bill is signed the US has directlyninvolved themselves in this war. Now, Russia may decide not to attack any US shipments(doubt it) but it doesn't change the state of things according to international law.

Hope you all are older than 27 if they decide they need the draft.
 
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Stoneheart said:
Russia has no fleet and the Us will not ship weapons on civilian ships, the last time they had to cover up alot of shit after they recovered what ever they had from the estonia.
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russia has 4 fleets actually, but none of them are anywhere near strong enough to engage the US navy so in practice they aren't very relevant to US supply lines

Getting tard comed said:
It doesn't have to be via a ship. It can be a missile strike or a cruise missile.
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i don't think russia is able to missile strike ships in the atlantic ocean, and i don't think they are willing to directly strike assets on NATO territory, which is basically all europe right up to ukraines western borders
i think they will continue to try and blow up deliveries in western ukraine after they made their way over the border from poland, slovakia and romania, while loudly screeching about how they will nuke everybody who keeps helping ukraine, but i don't think these threats will lead to anything
 
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DumbDude42 said:
russia has 4 fleets actually, but none of them are anywhere near strong enough to engage the US navy so in practice they aren't very relevant to US supply lines


i don't think russia is able to missile strike ships in the atlantic ocean, and i don't think they are willing to directly strike assets on NATO territory, which is basically all europe right up to ukraines western borders
i think they will continue to try and blow up deliveries in western ukraine after they made their way over the border from poland, slovakia and romania, while loudly screeching about how they will nuke everybody who keeps helping ukraine, but i don't think these threats will lead to anything
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Submarine attacks are still viable for the russian navy. Their sub forces haven't degraded as much as the others.
 
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DumbDude42 said:
russia has 4 fleets actually, but none of them are anywhere near strong enough to engage the US navy so in practice they aren't very relevant to US supply lines
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yeah but lusitania was a passengership illegaly carrying ammunitions for the brits, thats very different than a hit on some navy transportship,
 
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