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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Russia and Putin have pound on their chest so much about victory day, that it become a important point. It is a huge propaganda victory for Urkaine when Russia fails to achieve anything after it.
How exactly is this years Victory day any different from any other except that Russians get to kill literal nazis again, do tell. Did MoD release a schedule or speculate about timetable for achieving goals set by Putin on day one? At this point some fire in Siberia is a win for Ukraine, somehow.
 
Russia and Putin have pound on their chest so much about victory day, that it become a important point. It is a huge propaganda victory for Urkaine when Russia fails to achieve anything after it.
They will be basically just prolonging their failures unless they go all out and succeed. It's kinda dumb though because Ukraine are gonna be even more reinforced than when their 'surprise mission' first started.

Russia are for sure gaslighting the world again, some shits gonna happen on the 9th
 
So what have you got for me this morning, Twitter?

Inside the nuclear bunkers that will protect Finland’s citizens from war

Well, what a cheery thing to wake up to! Thanks, Twitter!
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I'm glad it's lower on the list than the new ObiWan series though, it's important to prioritize things.
 
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Five days until the victory day for Russia.
I see no way Putin will be able to achieve any of his objectives ( anyone who say that Kiev was a fake out is a fucking idiot)
What if we figure that we are in World War 3, and while capturing Kiev would have been an accomplishment, Russia still preventing Ukraine from exporting food and otherwise destabilizing the global geopolitical stage being just as bad?
 
Russians use mortars on the Azovstal plant (link)



Russian howitzers and MRLs fire at positions in Azovstal (link)



Russians carry the dead Ukrainians that Kiev officials refused to deal with (link)



Kino video of Russian choppers flying somewhere in the Donbass (link)

 
Is that fucking Klaus Meine - lead singer of that famous German group "The Scorpions"?

I do believe it fucking is!

Here have the video!



But, what strikes me as 'funny' is:

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Video is from 13 years ago - but comments above are from 2 months ago!

Mmmm... I think this might have been a meme I might have missed.


Scorpions - Send Me An Angel​


Scorpions - Still Loving You​


The Best Of Scorpions - Scorpions Greatest Hits​



Klaus is like a German Ronnie James Dio (RIP).

Rudy Schenker used to be a hairdresser. And it shows. Excellent cuts all around for this band!

Matthias Jabs is one of the best lead guitarists in the world.

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NO one, and I mean no Fucking one should ever whistle in a song. Unless you are Klaus. That's ok then.

Oh and that bloke from the Scottish Band 'The Silencers':

So give her kasha
And feed her well
 
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It's suprisingly capable. Aside from the totally-not-carriers other posters mentioned they have some big capable Destroyers as well.


Modifying the ships is fairly easy as you note (and they're already partway done). What's less trivial is learning modern carrier ops when you haven't used them since WW2. Fortunately they can, and are, cross training with the US to rebuild that capability.


Their subs will only get better as well as the new ones are coming with lithium-ion batteries instead of the old lead-acid ones, which gives them a nice boost.


They already are: https://news.usni.org/2021/10/05/vi...fighters-to-fly-from-japanese-ship-since-wwii

I suspect they'll probably be doing some cross training with Britain as well since we also operate F-35B carriers as well, and the advantage of having a bunch of cross trained ships is huge in a potential major war.
I would be sure of that, expect RN/USN/Japanese Navy already exercise together, likely have been doing so for decades. With all three navies flying F-35s now, makes eminent sense. Lots of cross-talk, exchanges, etc.

Notable.


 
The Russian Foreign Ministry has banned the Japanese Prime Minister and other cabinet members from entering the country indefinitely.
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The first video of the use of the M32A1 MSGL grenade launcher in the AFU

 
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T90M got popped. Vatnik “They’re just sending in old Soviet stuff” on suicide watch
Why is he doing the female version of taking the pic, just give me a zoom on the tank. It's so far away you can't even say it's a T-90. Might as well be ukrainian for how it looks.

I don't know in other places, but in my nearest surroundings the mood about the war got.. somber? I don't know how to call it. People believed for weeks that Russians are at the brink of collapse, especially after they withdrew from Kiev. That they were to surrender, retreat, stop fighting, sign peace treaty, whatever. Constant barrage from media definitely helped fuel that sentiment. But then the bombings from yesterday and the night happened, and suddenly it's not so good anymore. Russians were supposed to be out of guided munitions by mid-march, yet here we are, with cruise missiles flying pretty much unopposed. Some are asking why the fuck can Russians just fly their planes and missiles nightly with next to no opposition, and why is Ukrainians taking a single village huge news now, when the entire west is supporting them and Russia blocked by everyone (according to media of course).
Granted I am surrounded by people at least twenty years older than me, but at least it was interesting to have a discussion about the war with normies who suddenly suspect something is off, unlike first two months of the war. Ukrainians calling german PM something weird (sausage?) definitely didn't help, because why bite the hand that feeds you? Why would they be so unfriendly when we're helping them.
 
>welded turret with large bustle
>remains of combined RWS/CITV
>crosswind sensor
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It's a T-90M.
Now that's a good image, it actually does look like it, thanks.


it's a common figure of speech in german, fairly common way for saying what anglos refer to as "butthurt"
It's not about the fact that someone can be called that way, more about the fact that prime minister was insulted like that. It's pretty uncommon, and if it happens it has fairly big repercussions.
Also idk where it's common, but definitely not in the area where I live.
 
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