Russian Invasion of Ukraine Megathread

How well is the war this going for Russia?

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  • ⭐⭐⭐ Competent attack with some upsets

    Votes: 796 33.7%
  • ⭐⭐ Stalemate

    Votes: 659 27.9%
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    Votes: 378 16.0%

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The Manlet-war will come to an end, and Putin will appoint Ralph as a manlet-president of the Ukraine.

It means the borderlands... what would the Guntlands sound in russian? But do it. Guntaine. A fitting leader for such a scum country.

Except that by a 19th century treaty the US is obligated to do just that, conduct government business in Spanish if asked.

I believe indiscriminate shelling of the Donbass without regard for civilians, when still part of Ukraine, for eight years, isn't considered Ukraine merely promoting its language and culture, which are so close that each can understand the other, unlike, say German/Dutch or German/English, despite being closely related as well.

Their culture maybe is shelling civilians and jewing for weapons when ruskies take issues with it.
 
How in hell is it a humiliation? I really want to hear your arguments for that, how them not giving a fuck and doing a smart thing (just wait the defenders out while softening them) in a siege is a humiliation.

It WOULD be a humiliation if ukrainians managed to relieve the besieged troops and regain control over Mariopol. In that it would be a humiliation.
Why didn't Ukraine try a counter offensive to Mariopol? They wasted their energy on Kharkiv and Snake Island while abandoning and leaving their soldiers in Azovstal to practically die there.

"Concluding its combat mission", "obeyed orders to save lives" and "evacuated its fighters" are my favorite euphemisms for surrender.
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Why didn't Ukraine try a counter offensive to Mariopol? They wasted their energy on Kharkiv and Snake Island while abandoning and leaving their soldiers in Azovstal to practically die there.
Most likely they dont have offensive capabilities. The only gains they were able to do in most of this war were done after russians retreated. Plus, southern front is/was most heavily defended, well in range of russian/lugansk reserves. Before ukrainians could develop their offensive a mass of troops could be moved in to aid in defense.
 
This has been a hellish week for Ukraine, even with the gains in Kharkiv and reaching the Russian border there. Here goes;

Not to be outdone in retardation by whatever Russian commander wasted 70 vehicles trying to cross a river, the Ukrainians decided an attack towards Vishnevoye was the way to go. In this absolutely genius military maneuver, 26 tanks and 11 IFVs were destroyed, and the Russians now claim around 100 UAF personnel were KIA during, down from the 300 dead, 30 tanks claimed a few days ago. Why the Ukrainian command decided that risking their limited supply of tanks on this counter-offensive was a good move is unknown.

In terms of territory, the Russians and separatists have advanced in several fronts.

In the LPR:

From Novotoshkivske, the LPR separatists as well as the Chechens have taken Orikhove, putting Zolote and Hirske in really shitty positions. Only Komyshuvakha and Toshkivske remain between these two cities and an encirclement.

From Popasna, an offensive towards Pylyptachyne was successful, and the village was captured.

Fighting intensifies in Severodonetsk as Russian, separatist and Chechen forces storm the city. While the UAF did show signs of wanting to retreat from this place by blowing bridges to it, no further moves have been noted that would indicate that's the objective for now, the fighting there will probably continue.

If I remember correctly, Vorone was also reported to have been captured, but fighting here is fluid and control of it is as well.

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In the DPR:

From the direction of Verkhnotoretske, separatist troops have been spotted by residents of Novhorodske, in the city itself, for the first time the past day or so. At the same time, an offensive was developed towards Novoselivka Druha and the village was captured. Fighting presumably continues in Novobakhmutivka

In Mari'inka the fighting remains static. Battles there are purely positional and the separatists have not yet been able to advance from the landfill.

In Adviivka no progress I can make out, the Somali battalion is active there and half a week ago claimed to have killed 100 Ukrainians in the "past few days".

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In the entire Zaporozhie line, no changes have been noted other than the aforementioned counter attack that went poorly.

In Kherson-Mykolaiv, the Russians have been claiming for the past week that a giant UAF counter-offensive is being planned there, consisting of 15,000 men, including many TDF and counting with massive support from Ukrainian aviation. It would be conducted both from Mykolaiv and from Kryvi-Rih and would perhaps be aimed at an eventual retaking of Kherson.

The Russians still believe that the UAF intends to attack and take Cossack Lopan. More UAF personnel arrives to reinforce the eventual offensive, especially newly-trained and equipped TDF personnel.
 
So they say. Ukraine used the exact same SA-11 Gadfly surface to air missiles. Would be highly unfortunate for the west if the investigation concluded that the regime you just helped install ended up shooting down an airliner

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Get the name right, it was a SA-17 Buk.

Oh and it was Russian and their idiot separatist allies who shot down the jet

Those things are nasty. I wonder how they will perform in fight.
Like most Russian gear..... Poorly 😅

Their best tank in active service, the T-90M, was taken out on camera. Export sales probably aren't going to be very good.
 
More photos of surrendered Ukrainians at Azovstal.
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More videos of surrendered Ukrainians at Azovstal.

(everybody in this video say that they are from 35th marine brigade)

Also, there are reports that Investigative Committee of Russia will conduct their "interrogations" of those soldiers.
Common interrogative tool of Russian investigators. (Applied rectally.)
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There is also a quote from Deputy Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Polyansky about Western framing of AZOV surrender:
I didn't know there were so many ways to convey a simple message in English: the Nazi [regiment] Azov surrendered without conditions.
It feels like they going to get a really hard time.
 
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As much as I think they're retarded Nazi LARPers and some have probably committed war crimes in the past; I'm glad Azov surrendered instead of rotting to death in the basement of a Soviet factory while you get made fun of by Russians, I can't think of a much worse way to go. They fought well enough for a surrounded enemy, though we won't know for sure for years. In my opinion, best case scenario for them is that when the war ends, Ukraine includes them in their peace deal, and in this best case scenario, they're either allowed to

- Return to Ukraine free like any other prisoner of war (unlikely)
or
- Return to Ukraine with whatever prison sentence the DPR gave them

But most likely, they're all going to spend 25 years in Izolyatsia which is... not good.

In any case; apparently Uralvagonzavod isn't making T-72s, but T90M Proryvs. They should be able to make around 250+ a year since they received a contract to do so in 2010, though they weren't Proryvs, the number shouldn't vary that much. The smaller tank factories (I assume there are some) are harder to find for someone who can't speak Russian so, no idea on their capacity, though I assume that information wouldn't be publicly available anyway for obvious reasons. They could also simply be splitting production between the two models.


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There is no other operational tank factory in Russia besides Uralvagonzavod. The other one, Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant, just makes bulldozers now and maybe chassis for Self propelled howitzers.
 
Oh no, a tank got destroyed! In war! While taking fire! Why, I never!

You have no idea what Terminator is and what it is supposed to do, do you?
The "Terminator" was created on the basis of the T-72 tank. Its task is to destroy anti-tank weapons and fortifications. The Terminator can also handle a fight with manpower and helicopters.

In fact, he is a product of the experience with war in Chechnya and urban battles, so the expectations are quite high.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMPT_Terminator
 
So, that Bucha Massacre...it has to be real, right? It'd be way too convoluted to fake that. That being the case, how fucked is Russia, assuming the rest of the world actually bothers to press charges for war crimes?
 
The "Terminator" was created on the basis of the T-72 tank. Its task is to destroy anti-tank weapons and fortifications. The Terminator can also handle a fight with manpower and helicopters.

In fact, he is a product of the experience with war in Chechnya and urban battles, so the expectations are quite high.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMPT_Terminator
Ahah I think it's time to manage expectations for it. A Javelin or Brimstone will open it up. It's designed to spray 30mm shells and a 4 ATGMs into buildings. It's no war winner.
 
Ahah I think it's time to manage expectations for it. A Javelin or Brimstone will open it up. It's designed to spray 30mm shells and a 4 ATGMs into buildings. It's no war winner.
You are special, arent you.

Everything has a counter. Hell, you can destroy the F-22 with a well placed 12.7mm shot. Terminator has one task: support tanks in urban environment while having more protection than an IFV.
 
So, that Bucha Massacre...it has to be real, right? It'd be way too convoluted to fake that. That being the case, how fucked is Russia, assuming the rest of the world actually bothers to press charges for war crimes?
That should be enough.
This shit is glows.
I might have had doubts if Russia's request for an investigation had not been ignored. But now I'm 80% sure that the Russians didn't do it.
About Buchа
Another point worth paying attention to is the scattered Russian dry rations.
The National Security forces mistook these people for saboteurs/loyalists and killed them.
I don't see any point in the Russians feeding them first and then killing them. It defies any logic.
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0:26 These corpses were presented as victims of Russian troops, yet at least one of them had white armbands.
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re: Bucha

March 30th:
Russian forces move out

March 31st:
https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3445989-bucha-liberated-from-russian-invaders-mayor.html
"March 31 will go down in the history of our Bucha community as the Day of Liberation. The liberation by our Armed Forces of Ukraine from Russian orcs, from Russian occupiers. So today, I state that this day is joyful. Joyful and this is a great victory in Kyiv region! And we will definitely wait so that there is a great victory all over Ukraine," Fedoruk said.
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April 1st/2nd:
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/0...he-russians-retreat-from-suburbs-outside-kyiv
Azov moves in

https://en.lb.ua/news/2022/04/02/12441_special_forces_regiment_safari.html
"Special Forces Regiment SAFARI Begins Clearing Operation in Bucha from Saboteurs and Accomplices of Russia"
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April 3rd:
All the stupid shit you've been seeing drops, and this:
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re: the "fuck yeah" part there's debate on whether he says "fuck yeah" or "try it" either way this shit stinks
What is your argument? I am not sure that the person holding Javelin in his hands is particularly resistant to any of the Terminator's weapons.
Ahah I think it's time to manage expectations for it. A Javelin or Brimstone will open it up. It's designed to spray 30mm shells and a 4 ATGMs into buildings. It's no war winner.
 
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