Ukraine / Russia Thread

[Gomez Adams]

Frankly, all of those organizations have lost all credibility for not having already expelled Putin.

 

[Zeedox]

Ukraine is decapitating Russian tanks due to a 'jack-in-the-box' design flaw, reports say

Russian tanks carry ammunition shells in their turrets, and when attacked by Ukraine's forces, this can explode and blow their tops off, experts told CNN.

www.businessinsider.com

Images of destroyed Russian tanks with their turrets blown off have become common since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine.

Experts say that Russian tanks have a design flaw that makes them vulnerable to being decapitated by Ukrainian attacks, called a "jack-in-the-box effect," CNN reported.

The issue lies in the fact that Russian tanks carry their supply of up to 40 shells in their turrets, which means that even an indirect hit can cause the entire ammunition store to explode.

Someone should post this at WG for shitz and grinz.

 

[Gomez Adams]

The funny part of that is the flaw was revealed back in Desert Storm in 1990. Every Russian tank we hit the same thing happened. It's amazing that rather than learn their lesson, Russia doubled down on that exact same design for the T90.

 

[Zeedox]

Officials reveal that the Russian economy is collapsing as inflation is set to reach 20%.

Russians are expected to bear the brunt of Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine, with inflation expected to soar for the

www.cengnews.com

Russians are expected to bear the brunt of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, with inflation expected to soar for the rest of the year.

According to preliminary estimates, base rate inflation could reach 20.7 percent in the 2022/2023 financial year, according to Alexei Kudrin, chairman of Russia’s accounts chamber, a parliamentary financial body.

Since Putin’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, the United States has been a vocal supporter of the Ukrainian government. As a result, the international community has imposed harsh sanctions on the country.

Oligarchs and financial institutions like Alfa Bank and Sberbank, as well as critical major state-owned enterprises, are among those targeted.

“The economy is going through a difficult period,” Kudrin, a former finance minister, said, adding that even a more conservative inflation forecast of 12.4% meant “the uncertainties are very large.”

That's going to cause lashing out by both the population and putin.

 

[Gomez Adams]

So far, not much at all has happened there. The only thing anybody has noticed is their EU and U.S. bank cards not working.

 

[Zeedox]

Vladimir Putin's fresh blow as he loses 9th general in Ukraine counter-strike

Major-General Andrei Simonov is the latest of Vladimir Putin's senior military men to lose their life during the Russian invasion of Ukraine following a battle in Izyum near Kharkov

www.mirror.co.uk

A devastating new blow has been dealt to Vladimir Putin with the loss of his ninth general killed during the course of the war in Ukraine.

Major-General Andrei Simonov, 55, was killed in battle in Izyum near Kharkov, the country’s second city, according to Ukrainian sources.

He was Russia ’s most respected electronics warfare commander, serving with the 2nd Combined Arms Army, and died in a devastating fightback by the Ukrainians against a Russian offensive.

More than 30 Russian armoured vehicles were destroyed in the attack along with around 100 Russians troops, unconfirmed reports suggest.

As well as losing nine generals, Putin's army has seen 36 colonels slain in little over two months fighting in what military experts say this is an astonishing rate of attrition.

 

[Gomez Adams]

This is another thing people make too big a deal of. In the Russian Military, most generals buy their position. The vast majority aren't even real military men.

In fact, my father-in-law knows two of the ones killed. They were, in his words, "not in the wrong place at the wrong time but in the wrong profession entirely".

 

[Zeedox]

Congress passes bill letting U.S. lend weapons systems to Ukraine

The bill now goes to President Biden's desk.

www.cbsnews.com

The House has passed a bill allowing the Biden administration to lend or lease weapons to Ukraine and other eastern European countries, sending the bill to the president's desk.

The House on Thursday approved the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022 by 417-10, after the Senate passed it by unanimous consent earlier this month. The lend-lease bill allows the president to lend or lease defense equipment to Ukraine for fiscal year 2022 and 2023, and also slashes bureaucratic red tape to make sure equipment is delivered quickly. The legislation is named for the revival of a World War II era program that helped supply allies in the fight against Nazi Germany.

 

[Gomez Adams]

Typical. We can always shit billions and trillions for the military industrial complex, but suddenly we can't afford to fight covid anymore. It's all over. Government funding for the greatest pandemic in a century is over.

 

[Zeedox]

Downed Russian fighter jets are being found with basic GPS 'taped to the dashboards,' UK defense minister says

As the invasion of Ukraine drags on, evidence is emerging that much of Russia's military equipment is outdated and often ineffective.

www.businessinsider.com

Wrecked Russian fighter jets are being found with rudimentary GPS receivers "taped to the dashboards" in Ukraine because their inbuilt navigation systems are so bad, the UK defense minister said.

Speaking at the National Army Museum in London on Monday, Ben Wallace commemorated those who died in World War II and called Russia's invasion of Ukraine "senseless and self-defeating."

He also said there was evidence suggesting Russian military hardware was being pushed to breaking point by the invasion of Ukraine.

"'GPS' receivers have been found taped to the dashboards of downed Russian Su-34s so the pilots knew where they were, due to the poor quality of their own systems," he said.

 

[Gomez Adams]

There are also rumors that a lot of junior officers are refusing orders to move forward.

So much for the old, "Not one step backwards" edict.

 

[Zeedox]

What was that line from Enemy At The Gates...

"When the one with the rifle gets killed the one who is following pick up the rifle and shoots"