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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Zelenskyy is an absolute master of message control and propaganda. He's literally holding court in Kiev as an endless parade of western leaders come to his throne room in order to offer tribute. Its a rare situation indeed where a country ends up with precisely the kind of leader it needs at precisely the right time. Say what you will about the guy, but he knows how to play the game and he's playing it much better then Putin. I have to imagine images like this are causing conniption fits in the Kremlin.

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JosephStalin said:
From the Army Times, an interesting article about a German Cold War weapon proving deadly to Russian tanks.

https://www.armytimes.com/off-duty/...war-weapon-wrecking-russian-tanks-in-ukraine/
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this is a really simple thing, just a good old unguided missile launcher. not much more sophisticated than the ww2 era bazooka or the classic russian rpg7. its warhead packs a serious punch though, probably enough to melt a big hole in any vehicle you want (if you can get close enough to successfully hit it with an unguided rocket like this)

its range sucks balls though, it's not going to take out targets from several kilometers away like you can with modern atgms (stugnas, javelins)
 
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Josterman said:
That one is even better and perfect sums up the failed invasion.
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Great, lemme just add that to this video and it sums up the war nicely: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYMSnNX3Gmc
(That's aa 2K22M Tunguska with the infamous slamfire cookoff issue)

On today's edition of "What the hell was Stavka thinking?", I present to you the 1k17 Сжатие. An "electro-optical jammer" made up of an SPG chassis, 30kg of rubies, and enough power to melt the controls of your helicopter/airplane. Allegedly there is test footage but we are unfortunately stuck with this one picture of the firing:
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兄貴 Forevermore said:
Great, lemme just add that to this video and it sums up the war nicely: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYMSnNX3Gmc
(That's aa 2K22M Tunguska with the infamous slamfire cookoff issue)

On today's edition of "What the hell was Stavka thinking?", I present to you the 1k17 Сжатие. An "electro-optical jammer" made up of an SPG chassis, 30kg of rubies, and enough power to melt the controls of your helicopter/airplane. Allegedly there is test footage but we are unfortunately stuck with this one picture of the firing:View attachment 3283946
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it Looks like it came from command and conquer.
 
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Givi said:
The Russians were never in Kharkiv, unless you mean Kharkivska Oblast, in which case, no they haven't left.

The latest from the Russian side is reported fighting at Buhruvatka, which clashes somewhat with reports that the UAF had reached the Russian border, though they may have made up a victory in the classical sense by claiming to take a village that was never in Russian control. The situation is very fluid and what is true one day, however, is untrue in the other. The Ukrainians are attempting to bait the Russians into weakening the attack towards the Donbas from the Izyum direction but the Russians are well aware of this, and there is no indication of any such action being taken. A river crossing from the Ukrainians is also a possibility, but has not happened yet. The Russians are holding in defense of Lyptsy and Kozacha Lopan after retreating without a fight from many other villages in the face of a UAF counteroffensive, and there were rumors a few days ago that the UAF was planning a large offensive towards there, but nothing has of yet materialized.

"Giving up" the Donbas front is neither a necessity nor a possibility. The at most 10,000 men involved in this counter offensive (according to Russian forces, many TDF, though this is unconfirmed) aren't nearly enough to force Russia into such a thing.
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Said it before but the ending to this thing will be Landbridge to Crimea plus Donbass, so the current battle lines besides the Donbass area. I don't think it's coincidence that basically all Russian gains past the first couple weeks have been in that area or have them pulling back from areas not requiring that ending.

The Novorussiya/landlocked ending is looking more and more unlikely, I'd be shocked if Russia themselves don't declare victory in one way or another after securing the rest of Donbass, which will involve "peacekeeping" forces and maybe even calling for ceasefire themselves. Russia can't give up on Donbass, since securing it was the barest of minimums on their war goals.
 
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