Russian Invasion of Ukraine Megathread - Episode III - Revenge of the Ruski (now unlocked with new skins and gameplay modes!!!)

[Blewberry Nausea]

So I heard Russia was totally gonna close the borders today and press gang 500k men into conscription. How is that working out?

 

[Astro Galactic Megalul]

This is peak presidential performance. You may not like it, but this is what it looks like.

The war is aging him.

All I know is that he looks hella weird, like a deepfake of baby goblin on a KGB turd. It would be nice if he died but I'm not going to hold my breath. At the very least he has all the doctors to keep him going for as long as possible regardless of the condition he might have.

Water retention. A lot of it.
Some medicines can do that, or failing kidneys, among the more usual causes.
Not unexpected in the 70s.

If Biden can keep going in his condition, I think Putin could easily have a decade ahead of him, sadly.

 

[not william stenchever]

My personal guess is drills/readiness operations for Pyotr (supply crimea or prepare for landings), and the subs providing security so there isn't another engine fire.

This sentence provoked in me the mental image of the subs sitting behind the other ships like a commissar in WW2 waiting to shoot sink any soldier vessel with the temerity to run away randomly catch fire.

 

[AgendaPoster]

All I know is that he looks hella weird, like a deepfake of baby goblin on a KGB turd. It would be nice if he died but I'm not going to hold my breath. At the very least he has all the doctors to keep him going for as long as possible regardless of the condition he might have.

If Biden can keep going in his condition, I think Putin could easily have a decade ahead of him, sadly.

Possible, Biden's survival is something of a miracle to be honest, dude's an obvious near vegetable, and probably gets pumped with amphetamines and steroids before each speech or public appearance.

 

[Pocket Dragoon]

Alright, so I clicked the link for RAAMS

So to answer corette's original question, yes, they do. Not sure how useful it would be against trucking though.

Even if they're openly scattered across the harball in plain sight, doing so will either stop the convoy until EOD can clear a path, or force them off-road/route.... unless the Russians don't see them because they're drunk/complacent, or it's night & they don't issue NVGs to their logistics drivers.

But if they're stopped in a particular spot for mines, then they become fodder for the waiting artillery; while going off-route can at the least bog them down, if not drive them into a better concealed minefield or small-unit ambush.

And even if it's small string across a road, and it only takes five minutes for some brave comrade to dismount & kick them out of the way, that exposure time is enough for artillery already eyes on that location to wipe the convoy out.

Openly mining roads has been well utilized by both sides in this war, most notably during the Kyiv offensives & the Kharkiv counterattacks, and it's worked as intended; but mostly for Ukrainians.

 

[DumbDude43]

We will see. Poland was not afraid to ban Huawei and put Huawei employees (some of them Chinese citizens with links to CCP) under arrest and on trial over espionage. Lithuania does not seem to worry about China's opinions much either as it started a spat with China over Taiwan's status. Romania banned Chinese companies and investments from several industries, including energy and telecoms. Czechs had a corruption scandal where Chinese companies were heavily involved. People were tried, economic cooperation with China was limited, and Czechs followed Lithuania in talking about Taiwan's independence.
Belt and Road itself appears to be sidelined anyway. Xi does not pay it nearly as much lip-service as he did in mid 2010s. Rhetoric around the project changed since then from the grandiose "China's own initiative to build a new silk road" to more passive "a shared cooperation of many nations." Global Development Initiative seems to be CCP's favorite now. GDI resembles a scaled down BRI with a stronger focus on developing countries.

bri was/is primarily a gigantic stimulus program for the chinese construction sector, funded largely by loans given by chinese banks to various foreign govenments. having chinese construction companies working on thousands of projects around the world helped fuel the chinese gdp growth, the downside is that now there's lots of chinese banks sitting on loans to foreign states whose willingness and ability to pay might be quesitonable, such as sri lanka and pakistan, an issue that is exacerbated when people in those countries realize that some of these constructions are actually worthless vanity projects with no payoff that were greenlit by corrupt officials who took bribes from china.

 

[Napoleon Bonerfart]

So I heard Russia was totally gonna close the borders today and press gang 500k men into conscription. How is that working out?

Given that the Southern border of the United States is currently seeing record numbers of Russians trying to illegally cross into the US to seek asylum, probably not well.

 

[Badungus Kabungus]

Given that the Southern border of the United States is currently seeing record numbers of Russians trying to illegally cross into the US to seek asylum, probably not well.

Yes, that is exactly what those crafty Russians do. They also paint themselves brown and go by something like Miguel Gonzalez. Classic Russian maskirovka. Going by public records, at least two hundred divisions of Russians have snuck into the US this way in 2022 alone.

 

[Astro Galactic Megalul]

Openly mining roads has been well utilized by both sides in this war, most notably during the Kyiv offensives & the Kharkiv counterattacks, and it's worked as intended; but mostly for Ukrainians.

Considering Russia was on the offensive, I don't see how mining would've helped them, so I guess that's a given. I mean, what possible purpose could laying mines as an advancing force serve? Now, to make the area unlivable after the retreat, that's another thing.
Mine is a defensive tool, from what I understand, so I assume that naturally their use would favor the defending side. Though same logic applies to their counter-offensives.

I suppose any area that saw intense shelling is going to be virtually unlivable for decades at least due to mines and unexploded ordnance.

 

[Napoleon Bonerfart]

Yes, that is exactly what those crafty Russians do. They also paint themselves brown and go by something like Miguel Gonzalez. Classic Russian maskirovka. Going by public records, at least two hundred divisions of Russians have snuck into the US this way in 2022 alone.

Russians are using the southern border because Western nations closed air space to Russian flights. The Mexicans are not proving to be welcoming at all to the vatniggers. One Russian girl broke down over social media and threw a tantrum about “muh oppression” by the Mexicans.

 

[CaptainAutism69]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnsp9HdtWh4

I like this guy, no skin in the game and burning both sides.

 

[Ghostse]

in order to take Soledar, vatniggers are throwing everything they have at the town. Ukraine is expecting to lose fight, at the trade off of exhausting Russian offensive capabilities (at least, until the second mobilization is announced.)

While I hate to give the vatnigger contingent any ground
Bakhmut is the russiagrinder, the elevation vs the Russian positions makes it easier to hold and harder to take. Soledar and neighboring towns are not important objectives except as they relate to Bakhmut. Soledar isn't the worst terrain - not a hopeless exposed position - but it wasn't great, lacking good defensible chokepoints and has several features that would allow a creeping advance & Russia to bring forces on a wide plane (as we've seen).
Russia paid/is still paying an outsized cost for Soledar, but did better than getting slaughtered in Bakhmut yet again. If they can consolidate and hold, this gives them a step to putting pressure on Bakhmut, or bypassing and encircling, or threatening encirclement such that Ukraine will have to pull back and they can take it without getting pounded back again. But that still depends on Russian forces keeping and holding what they've taken. They were real close to Bakhmut's center for a fairly long time before having to fall back.

Bakhmut by itself isn't even an important objective except its on the way to another railhub and the fact there is a massive force of Russians and holding them there keeps them tied up in unfavorable conditions (and the force is there because, presumably, Wagner gets a bonus for taking the town); If Russia takes Bakhmut and Ukraine gets Svatove, that's a trade any commander would make all day.

 

[Glowie]

Second source all children born between 2005 and 2006 have to go through patriotic education and 18 year olds have to conscript. Confirmed by Russian state television

Russian army begins to conscript school children second source

War is going well for Russia that school children have to be trained.

 

[Badungus Kabungus]

Second source all children born between 2005 and 2006 have to go through patriotic education and 18 year olds have to conscript. Confirmed by Russian state television

Russian army begins to conscript school children second source

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War is going well for Russia that school children have to be trained.

Did this nigger just find out that just like Israel, Norway, and Switzerland, Russia also has mandatory military service at 18? Only difference is that Russia is increasing their minimum recruitment age from 18 to 21 in the near future.

 

[Pocket Dragoon]

Considering Russia was on the offensive, I don't see how mining would've helped them, so I guess that's a given. I mean, what possible purpose could laying mines as an advancing force serve? Now, to make the area unlivable after the retreat, that's another thing.
Mine is a defensive tool, from what I understand, so I assume that naturally their use would favor the defending side. Though same logic applies to their counter-offensives.

Russians love their mines, and standard Soviet doctrine involved mining the flanks of their advance with self-propelled artillery, rockets, and rotary-wing; along with ingress/egress routes for enemy reinforcements or those fleeing the Russian push.

They probably didn't use mines as much during the initial invasion because Ukraine was expected to immediately fall, and there wouldn't be any counterattacks.

And after that metric fucktons of Russian mines went up in smoking accidents; plus the haphazard nature of their retreats meant not much time/thought was put into laying them.

I suppose any area that saw intense shelling is going to be virtually unlivable for decades at least due to mines and unexploded ordnance.

I think I mentioned it before, but I've heard the Bakhmut area will be turned into a no-go zone & restricted memorial. EOD will certainly be able to clear roads & infrastructure areas (i.e. power & water stations), though everything else is fucked far into the future.

At the end of the war instead of just hanging them, Ukraine should just use convicted war-criminals to help clear minefields. When the US, NATO, and the UN inevitably protests, they should be reminded that the Allies & Russians used German POWs to clear minefields for years after the war, long before releasing them.

Drone ops & commentary on the fighting in Soledar, 11 Jan 23

Spoiler: Huge video, working on it

 

[CaptainAutism69]

Second source all children born between 2005 and 2006 have to go through patriotic education and 18 year olds have to conscript. Confirmed by Russian state television

Russian army begins to conscript school children second source

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War is going well for Russia that school children have to be trained.

1) Since when is an 18 year old a child?
2) LOL source = poo2theloo
3) When is the 500k mobilisation and closed borders happening again? Will you not take the bet I laid on the table earlier?
4) Kek

 

[Astro Galactic Megalul]

Russians love their mines, and standard Soviet doctrine involved mining the flanks of their advance with self-propelled artillery, rockets, and rotary-wing; along with ingress/egress routes for enemy reinforcements or those fleeing the Russian push.

I think I mentioned it before, but I've heard the Bakhmut area will be turned into a no-go zone & restricted memorial. EOD will certainly be able to clear roads & infrastructure areas (i.e. power & water stations), though everything else is fucked far into the future.

At the end of the war instead of just hanging them, Ukraine should just use convicted war-criminals to help clear minefields. When the US, NATO, and the UN inevitably protests, they should be reminded that the Allies & Russians used German POWs to clear minefields for years after the war, long before releasing them.

Drone ops & commentary on the fighting in Soledar, 11 Jan 23

Spoiler: Huge video, working on it

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Even more exlcusion zones for Ukraine. If that gas business doesn't work out for them, they could always try going for the theme park industry.
Prepare for Call of Ukie games and Stalker spin-offs.

 

[Napoleon Bonerfart]

When is the 500k mobilisation and closed borders happening again?

The order to close the borders off to all men of fighting age has already been issued.

If Russia is pulling more conscripts, despite the fact that conscription should have already occurred, that is a good sign of mobilization. The Hitler Youth aspect of it is a new development, however.

 

[Badungus Kabungus]

1) Since when is an 18 year old a child?
2) LOL source = poo2theloo
3) When is the 500k mobilisation and closed borders happening again? Will you not take the bet I laid on the table earlier?
4) Kek
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Yep. Most nations start military assessments and light training in schools at 16, then conscript at 18. Not sure why this is such a novel concept to a fella who claims to be old enough to remember (and possibly participate in) McNamara's Morons.

Meanwhile Ukraine is running out of blood for transfusions after the meat grinders in Artemovsk (Bakhmut) and Soledar.

 

[Pocket Dragoon]

Even more exlcusion zones for Ukraine. If that gas business doesn't work out for them, they could always try going for the theme park industry.
Prepare for Call of Ukie games and Stalker spin-offs.

There will definitely be an official route for volunteers & contractors into the Ukrainian Hurt Locker. The pay-offs might be pretty good, if they survive long enough; although most farmers are still probably going to have to do it on their own (the ones who come back).