Russia Invades Ukraine

[NDVirginia19]

Trump you moron

I mean that's if you believe whatever those alleged sources allegedly said about the closed door meeting

 

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[Fbolt]

Looks like a 131 variant. Popular with Shia Militia Groups. An Iranian-Russian alliance?

Shahed 131 - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[sixstar]

Man that's terrifying

 

[calvegas04]

Looks like a 131 variant. Popular with Shia Militia Groups. An Iranian-Russian alliance?

Shahed 131 - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

They have been working allies for a while. Russia is not our friend

 

[Fbolt]

What'll be terrifying is when the avionics navigation improves. That 131 (?) looked like a rudimentary nose cone explosive using an area target and not a point target nav system. When they start to become more sophisticated-look TF out. Can you imagine someone slipping a miniature beacon into a dude's pockets during a brush pass and the drone/UAV can then pinpoint that beacon?

What's crazy is the counter-drone equipment, especially the suicide drones that attack another while in flight.

 

[calvegas04]

What'll be terrifying is when the avionics navigation improves. That 131 (?) looked like a rudimentary nose cone explosive using an area target and not a point target nav system. When they start to become more sophisticated-look TF out. Can you imagine someone slipping a miniature beacon into a dude's pockets during a brush pass and the drone/UAV can then pinpoint that beacon?

What's crazy is the counter-drone equipment, especially the suicide drones that attack another while in flight.

Won't even need to do that, AI will be able to self target

 

[Irish#1]

Wish the article would have provided more detail, like the expected impact and how long before Russia feels it. Europe joining in.

U.S. sanctions Russia's two largest oil companies

President Donald Trump confirmed Tuesday that a planned meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin wasn't currently scheduled.

www.nbcnews.com

https://www.newsnationnow.com/world/russia-at-war/ap-eu-joins-us-in-heaping-more-sanctions-on-russia-to-push-putin-into-ukraine-peace-talks/

 

[Irish#1]

Russia furious as Trump sanctions target the heart of Putin's war economy

Days after canceling a planned summit with Putin, citing a lack of progress toward ending the war in Ukraine, Trump took a major step by effectively blacklisting Rosneft and Lukoil.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[RDU Irish]

Russia furious as Trump sanctions target the heart of Putin's war economy

Days after canceling a planned summit with Putin, citing a lack of progress toward ending the war in Ukraine, Trump took a major step by effectively blacklisting Rosneft and Lukoil.

www.nbcnews.com

Should have been done the day they invaded Ukraine.

 

[Irish#1]

Guessing this is Putin reacting to the canceled talks and sanctions.

Trump calls Russia's missile test 'inappropriate' — but is Putin's nuclear-powered weapon actually a threat?

“The main reason that no one else has tried to build something like this is that it doesn’t really have any use," one expert told NBC News.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[Irish#1]

Everything points to Russia behind railway sabotage, Poland says

Prime Minister Donald Tusk has described the explosion on a rail line linking Poland’s capital, Warsaw, to the border with Ukraine as an “unprecedented act of sabotage.”

www.nbcnews.com

 

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[drayer54]

Feels like the attacks from Ukraine are escalating and getting deeper into Russia. Particularly destroying the oil and gas infrastructure. New missiles are seemingly making a dent as well as the air strikes.

 

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[drayer54]

If we really think we are close to peace, we should be sneaking them a bunch of cool stuff to dump some major Russian assets.

 

[calvegas04]

Sounds reasonable, not sure the hold up on russias side, would help is trump put pressure on russia

 

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[Irish#1]

Trump says that Ukraine didn't target Putin residence in a drone strike as Kremlin claims

A CIA assessment concluded that Ukraine did not try to kill Putin at his country residence as alleged by the Kremlin, a source with knowledge of the matter told NBC News last week.

www.nbcnews.com

 

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[Irish#1]

I wonder what excuse Putin will come up with to justify this?

 

[drayer54]

I wonder what excuse Putin will come up with to justify this?

He’ll pretend someone did something in violation and they responded. Now we need to give Zelensky something big to aim back at them.

 

[calvegas04]

He’ll pretend someone did something in violation and they responded. Now we need to give Zelensky something big to aim back at them.

Won't happen, Trump will say he received a call from putin and he is serious about peace

 

[GATTACA!]

Won't happen, Trump will say he received a call from putin and he is serious about peace

He'll give them 2 weeks™ before a very serious deadline.

 

[calvegas04]

Russia is now 4 years into their 3 day war

 

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[Irish#1]

That's some brutal numbers. Looks like Putin made two mistakes. Over estimated his own military's capabilities and underestimated Ukraine's.

 

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[Fbolt]

Damn. I recall capturing a BMP back in the Gulf War, displayed in the Fort Hood museum now. The amount of time the Russians get out of the BTRs and BMPs is incredible. They probably are using T54/55 and T62 tanks.

Actually, just read (AI) that Russia is retrofitting reactive armor to these relics due to losses in Ukraine. Their T72 and T80 tanks are almost exhausted, and a huge increase of T90s, bringing that number to roughly 500. Weak.