Assault on Kiev: Russian helicopters swoop above Ukraine's capital

[ozimoron]

 

https://www.rawstory.com/this-us-made-weapon-has-become-a-symbol-of-ukrainian-resistance/

[Virt]

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2022/03/russian-navy-landing-ships-seen-approaching-ukrainian-coast-near-odessa/

 

Hopefully the peace talks leads to something positive, before these Russian ships start to use whatever they might have in their arsenal.

 

Does Ukraine have something left for naval warfare?

[tgw]

3 minutes ago, Virt said:

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2022/03/russian-navy-landing-ships-seen-approaching-ukrainian-coast-near-odessa/

 

Hopefully the peace talks leads to something positive, before these Russian ships start to use whatever they might have in their arsenal.

 

Does Ukraine have something left for naval warfare?

these are *landing ships*

Ukraine will wait for these troops to land before slinging javelins, NLAW, panzerfaust 3 and other missiles their way.

[Virt]

4 minutes ago, tgw said:

these are *landing ships*

Ukraine will wait for these troops to land before slinging javelins, NLAW, panzerfaust 3 and other missiles their way.

Not only landing ships according to the article.

Also some Slava class cruise ship and that's definitely not just a landing ship.

 

https://www.19fortyfive.com/2022/02/meet-the-slava-class-the-russian-navys-most-powerful-cruisers/

 

 

[Meat Pie 47]

9 hours ago, RJRS1301 said:

I have never been in favour of political assignations, however if Putin was to become a victim I would possible open a bottle of vodka in celebration

it would be pretty hard to find a bottle of vodka because all imports of vodka are banned

[RJRS1301]

5 hours ago, Meat Pie 47 said:

it would be pretty hard to find a bottle of vodka because all imports of vodka are banned

Russia is not the only country which makes quality vodka, and have not drunk Russian Vodka for years

[Bkk Brian]

When evil strikes it shows no mercy................

 

"This is a dispatch for history. About a mass grave of children. One killed on the soccer field. Another so young that an umbilical cord is still attached. By the last two international journalists in Mariupol, risking their lives to write.

@ap"

 

MARIUPOL, Ukraine (AP) — The bodies of the children all lie here, dumped into this narrow trench hastily dug into the frozen earth of Mariupol to the constant drumbeat of shelling.

There’s 18-month-old Kirill, whose shrapnel wound to the head proved too much for his little toddler’s body. There’s 16-year-old Iliya, whose legs were blown up in an explosion during a soccer game at a school field. There’s the girl no older than 6 who wore the pajamas with cartoon unicorns, among the first of Mariupol’s children to die from a Russian shell.

 

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-mariupol-descends-into-despair-708cb8f4a171ce3f1c1b0b8d090e38e3

 

 

[Bkk Brian]

Video disturbing content

 

"The last hospital in Mariupol, by @AP. All others were bombed out by Russia. People doctors can't save are lined up in the basement, including infants. It's the most heart wrenching footage of this war."

 

https://twitter.com/christogrozev/status/1504213961633378304

 

[RJRS1301]

13 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

When evil strikes it shows no mercy................

 

"This is a dispatch for history. About a mass grave of children. One killed on the soccer field. Another so young that an umbilical cord is still attached. By the last two international journalists in Mariupol, risking their lives to write.

@ap"

 

MARIUPOL, Ukraine (AP) — The bodies of the children all lie here, dumped into this narrow trench hastily dug into the frozen earth of Mariupol to the constant drumbeat of shelling.

There’s 18-month-old Kirill, whose shrapnel wound to the head proved too much for his little toddler’s body. There’s 16-year-old Iliya, whose legs were blown up in an explosion during a soccer game at a school field. There’s the girl no older than 6 who wore the pajamas with cartoon unicorns, among the first of Mariupol’s children to die from a Russian shell.

 

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-mariupol-descends-into-despair-708cb8f4a171ce3f1c1b0b8d090e38e3

 

 

This invasion is as disgusting as the tactics used by the Gestapo in WW11

Bombing conveys escaping violence, civilian residential blocks and killing civilians lined up for bread

There is no possible reason for these acts under any circumstances

[Bkk Brian]

"Russian forces dropped a massive bomb on a theater in besieged Mariupol, where hundreds of civilians were sheltered. The word "children" had been written in Russian on the pavement outside the building, clearly visible from the sky. It didn't mean anything to them."

 

[RJRS1301]

No One Has Addressed WHY Russia Invaded Ukraine (So I’ll Do It)

There are bigger reasons at play than an insane madman flexing power

https://benjaminsledge.medium.com/no-one-has-addressed-why-russia-invaded-ukraine-so-ill-do-it-45892616c10e

[ozimoron]

 

 

[Virt]

1 hour ago, Bkk Brian said:

"Russian forces dropped a massive bomb on a theater in besieged Mariupol, where hundreds of civilians were sheltered. The word "children" had been written in Russian on the pavement outside the building, clearly visible from the sky. It didn't mean anything to them."

 

I read they supposedly were hiding in shelters beneath the theater. Hopefully they made it or else this is just another heartbreaking example of Russia breaking all rules of war.

 

Putins latest speech are not a good sign.

 

https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/europe/300543483/vladimir-putin-labels-overseas-russian-nationals-traitors-in-scathing-speech

 

Someone seriously need to wake up in Russia and remove him as soon as possible and replace him with someone that knows it's perfectly possible to live in peace side by side with the west.

 

 

[Hellfire]

Photo from Russian kindergarten (to better understand the scope of the propaganda).

 

 

Edited March 17, 2022 by Hellfire

[sammieuk1]

1 minute ago, Hellfire said:

Photo from Russian kindergarten

 

 

The Russian infantry surrendering by the look of it ????  

[Jingthing]

37 minutes ago, Hellfire said:

Photo from Russian kindergarten (to better understand the scope of the propaganda).

 

 

???
Tomorrow belongs to them

???

 

[Jingthing]

1 hour ago, Virt said:

I read they supposedly were hiding in shelters beneath the theater. Hopefully they made it or else this is just another heartbreaking example of Russia breaking all rules of war.

 

Putins latest speech are not a good sign.

 

https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/europe/300543483/vladimir-putin-labels-overseas-russian-nationals-traitors-in-scathing-speech

 

Someone seriously need to wake up in Russia and remove him as soon as possible and replace him with someone that knows it's perfectly possible to live in peace side by side with the west.

 

 

Sure but have people even considered that even ridding the world of Putin might not make any difference at this point?

 

As noted in this video wars are easy to start, but really hard to end.

 

 

[Bkk Brian]

1 hour ago, Virt said:

I read they supposedly were hiding in shelters beneath the theater. Hopefully they made it or else this is just another heartbreaking example of Russia breaking all rules of war.

 

Putins latest speech are not a good sign.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/europe/300543483/vladimir-putin-labels-overseas-russian-nationals-traitors-in-scathing-speech

Someone seriously need to wake up in Russia and remove him as soon as possible and replace him with someone that knows it's perfectly possible to live in peace side by side with the west.

 

 

Yea that latest speech is something else, Putin truly unhinged and dangerous.

 

Putin Says Russia Must Undergo a 'Self-Cleansing of Society' to Purge 'Bastards and Traitors'

 

Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a speech Wednesday that Russia should undergo a "self-cleaning of society" to get rid of the "bastards and traitors" as thousands of Russians try to flee the country amid its invasion into Ukraine. 

 

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/03/16/putin-says-russia-must-undergo-self-cleansing-of-society-purge-bastards-and-traitors.html

 

 

[Jingthing]

2 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Yea that latest speech is something else, Putin truly unhinged and dangerous.

 

Putin Says Russia Must Undergo a 'Self-Cleansing of Society' to Purge 'Bastards and Traitors'

 

Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a speech Wednesday that Russia should undergo a "self-cleaning of society" to get rid of the "bastards and traitors" as thousands of Russians try to flee the country amid its invasion into Ukraine. 

 

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/03/16/putin-says-russia-must-undergo-self-cleansing-of-society-purge-bastards-and-traitors.html

 

 

Well I suppose on top of the potential 20 million Ukrainian refugees that Putin is creating, the world will have to deal with millions of Russian refugees as well.

The race based hypocrisy of their reception compared to Syrians is ugly and predictable to watch, but that doesn't make their distress  any less real. 

[Hummin]

It is to late to even think of a peaceful end of the war, since it have already gone to far, and only The west can stop the war now. Putin is not going to give in, and withdraw without victory!
 

Horrible civilian losses in the two Chechen wars, and many still missing. 
 

Official: Chechen wars killed 300,000

About 300,000 people have been killed during two wars in Chechnya over the past decade, a senior official in the province’s Moscow-backed government said.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2005/6/26/official-chechen-wars-killed-300000

Georgia war in comparison 

 A total of 64 Russian servicemen were killed during last year’s war with Georgia and in the immediate aftermath, while another 283 were wounded 

Georgia says 228 Georgian civilians and 169 servicemen were killed.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-georgia-deaths-idUKTRE51K1B820090221

Edited March 17, 2022 by Hummin

[Jingthing]

Just now, Hummin said:

It is to late to even think of a peaceful end of the war, since it have already gone to far, and only The west can stop the war now. Putin is not going to give in, and withdraw without victory!
 

Horrible civilian losses in the two Chechen wars, and many still missing. 
 

Official: Chechen wars killed 300,000

About 300,000 people have been killed during two wars in Chechnya over the past decade, a senior official in the province’s Moscow-backed government said.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2005/6/26/official-chechen-wars-killed-300000

 

 A total of 64 Russian servicemen were killed during last year’s war with Georgia and in the immediate aftermath, while another 283 were wounded 

Georgia says 228 Georgian civilians and 169 servicemen were killed.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-georgia-deaths-idUKTRE51K1B820090221

Yes NATO can rather easily beat Putin if they choose with conventional warfare, but then will Putin use nukes? A very good chance. I've felt WW3 has already started a while back already. 

[Danderman123]

On 3/15/2022 at 8:21 PM, Bkk Brian said:

Maybe looking in the wrong place, try this for starters, plenty more where that came from

 

Ukraine Weapons Tracker

 

Zero about Russians in occupied areas being killed by insurgents. 

[Bkk Brian]

31 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Well I suppose on top of the potential 20 million Ukrainian refugees that Putin is creating, the world will have to deal with millions of Russian refugees as well.

The race based hypocrisy of their reception compared to Syrians is ugly and predictable to watch, but that doesn't make their distress  any less real. 

The "cleansing of society" phrase he use's sounds like something coming out of Germany in 1941. The first person that needs to be purged is him, he's evil incarnate

[Bkk Brian]

3 minutes ago, Danderman123 said:

Zero about Russians in occupied areas being killed by insurgents. 

Isn't it pretty obvious that is happening in some area's or are you trying to play on the words insurgents, be it insurgents or defense forces or regular forces there are areas been taken back from the Russian forces

 

Separately, Ukraine forces have retaken the regional airport in the Mykolayiv region, the local governor has said.

While analysts predict Russia should have enough resources to take key parts of Ukraine, holding them could be trickier - with the potential for a drawn-out guerrilla struggle.

 

LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - Ukrainian forces have retaken control of the town of Chuhuiv in northeastern Ukraine, presidential adviser Oleksiy Arestovych told a briefing on Monday.

Further details were not immediately available on the situation in the town in the Kharkiv region, where fighting has been heavy since Russia invaded Ukraine.

[Pravda]

 

[Saanim]

49 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

Putin Says Russia Must Undergo a 'Self-Cleansing of Society' to Purge 'Bastards and Traitors'

 

Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a speech Wednesday that Russia should undergo a "self-cleaning of society" to get rid of the "bastards and traitors" as thousands of Russians try to flee the country amid its invasion into Ukraine. 

 

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/03/16/putin-says-russia-must-undergo-self-cleansing-of-society-purge-bastards-and-traitors.html

 

 

In all fairness, he also said:

“I want to say this for the first time: at the very beginning of the operation in Donbass, to avoid bloodshed, we asked the Kiev authorities through various channels to not engage in hostilities but simply withdraw their troops from Donbass. They didn’t want to,”  

[Bkk Brian]

1 minute ago, Saanim said:

In all fairness, he also said:

“I want to say this for the first time: at the very beginning of the operation in Donbass, to avoid bloodshed, we asked the Kiev authorities through various channels to not engage in hostilities but simply withdraw their troops from Donbass. They didn’t want to,”  

"In all fairness".................????????????

[Jingthing]

5 minutes ago, Saanim said:

In all fairness, he also said:

“I want to say this for the first time: at the very beginning of the operation in Donbass, to avoid bloodshed, we asked the Kiev authorities through various channels to not engage in hostilities but simply withdraw their troops from Donbass. They didn’t want to,”  

Do you think that game fooled anyone?

He speaks to a Ukraine that he's on record as saying isn't a legitimate country AT ALL!

[Jingthing]

5 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

"In all fairness".................????????????

Exactly.

The very idea of Putin (or his hero Stalin) being fair about anything is truly comical. 

[Chomper Higgot]

38 minutes ago, Saanim said:

In all fairness, he also said:

“I want to say this for the first time: at the very beginning of the operation in Donbass, to avoid bloodshed, we asked the Kiev authorities through various channels to not engage in hostilities but simply withdraw their troops from Donbass. They didn’t want to,”  

In all fairness, Dunbas is part of Ukraine, tge Russians have no business telling Ukrainian not to station Ukrainian troops in Ukrainian territory.