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

[candide]

2 hours ago, rudi49jr said:

Over $150,000 raised in a day in crowdfunding in Ukraine for the capture of Igor Girkin, a prominent Russian nationalist who led Kremlin-backed separatists suring Putin’s first invasion of Ukraine in 2014. He is also wanted over the downing of flight MH17 in 2014.

 

Hope they catch the s.o.b. soon. May he live to be 115 years old and spend every miserable second of the rest of his life behind bars. 
 

https://www.ft.com/content/7c425499-3673-4a22-84ee-f02e4bc62a23

FSB, Transnitria, Chechenia, Bosnia, Crimea, Donbass.... The guy has a stainless CV!????

[bannork]

The miserable life of the mobilised.

 

[bannork]

Apparently the shooting of fellow soldiers in Belgorod was sparked by a religious insult.

 

[bendejo]

30 minutes ago, bannork said:

Apparently the shooting of fellow soldiers in Belgorod was sparked by a religious insult.

 

Tajikistan!  That country is nowhere near Ukraine.  Sounds like their gov sent them to please Vlad, and the guys aren't happy.  Chechans too are being drafted and sent there, they don't sound too happy either.  And now that swine in Belarus sending the country's young.

Could this be the beginning of a grass-roots uprising between Russia and the people of it's block?  Maybe soon will be revealed that Russian soldiers are dying from being shot in the back of the head. 

 

 

[jvs]

5 minutes ago, bendejo said:

Tajikistan!  That country is nowhere near Ukraine.  Sounds like their gov sent them to please Vlad, and the guys aren't happy.  Chechans too are being drafted and sent there, they don't sound too happy either.  And now that swine in Belarus sending the country's young.

Could this be the beginning of a grass-roots uprising between Russia and the people of it's block?  Maybe soon will be revealed that Russian soldiers are dying from being shot in the back of the head. 

 

 

This would be the ideal time for countries under Russian pressure to stand up and walk away.Things are starting to happen already as you mentioned.

 

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59 minutes ago, bannork said:

Apparently the shooting of fellow soldiers in Belgorod was sparked by a religious insult.

 

Here's a link to 7 interviews with 7 men from the Russian Federation who are dodging the draft. Number 4 is from Dagestan and his interview jibes with with the report says. He says the Russians call them "blacks" and treat them exceptionally badly. Definitely worth reading all the interviews but his was especially interesting.

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/10/14/russian-men-dodge-putin-draft-ukraine-00061579

 

[rudi49jr]

3 hours ago, bannork said:

Apparently the shooting of fellow soldiers in Belgorod was sparked by a religious insult.

 

LT Lapin was being a dick and should have known better. Calling Allah a coward is never a good idea, especially when you do it in front of a couple of Muslim soldiers holding a gun. Sounds like the death of LT Lapin (if he was one of the victims of this shooting) was not a great loss to humanity. 

[bannork]

Explaining why neither the first nor second line of Russian infantry can retreat 

 

[Rimmer]

Kyiv attacked by kamikaze drones say officials

The Ukrainian capital Kyiv has been hit by at least four explosions - with a presidential adviser blaming "kamikaze drones" sent by Russia.

"It shows their desperation," said Andriy Yermak, head of Ukrainian President Zelensky's staff.

Mayor Vitalii Klitschko said residential buildings in the central Shevchenkivskiy area had been damaged.

A week ago, the capital was hit by Russian missiles at rush hour, part of nationwide attacks which left 19 dead.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-63280523

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[Bkk Brian]

Couldn't put it better than this............................

 

President Zelensky has described Iran's supply of attack drones to Russia as "collaboration with evil". Apparently there's more: Iran has secretly agreed to send surface-to-surface missiles intended for use against Ukrainian cities and troop positions.

 

President Zelensky's reaction to this morning's attacks: "All night and all morning, the enemy terrorises the civilian population. Kamikaze drones and missiles are attacking all of Ukraine. The enemy can attack our cities, but it won't be able to break us."

 

'Kamikaze drones' pictured flying over Kyiv moments before city struck - as Iran 'planning to supply Putin with ballistic missiles'

 

“Iran must stop waging its proxy war in Ukraine. Iran seems willing to wage its war to the last Russian soldier.” “Iran providing Russia with weapons will only prolong the war”

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[rudi49jr]

18 hours ago, rudi49jr said:

Over $150,000 raised in a day in crowdfunding in Ukraine for the capture of Igor Girkin, a prominent Russian nationalist who led Kremlin-backed separatists suring Putin’s first invasion of Ukraine in 2014. He is also wanted over the downing of flight MH17 in 2014.

 

Hope they catch the s.o.b. soon. May he live to be 115 years old and spend every miserable second of the rest of his life behind bars. 
 

https://www.ft.com/content/7c425499-3673-4a22-84ee-f02e4bc62a23

Apparently Girkin is somewhere at the front in Ukraine now. I hope some of his ‘buddies’ there read/hear about the $150,000 bounty and decide to hand him over to Ukraine. How cool would that be?

[rudi49jr]

1 hour ago, Bkk Brian said:

Couldn't put it better than this............................

 

President Zelensky has described Iran's supply of attack drones to Russia as "collaboration with evil". Apparently there's more: Iran has secretly agreed to send surface-to-surface missiles intended for use against Ukrainian cities and troop positions.

 

President Zelensky's reaction to this morning's attacks: "All night and all morning, the enemy terrorises the civilian population. Kamikaze drones and missiles are attacking all of Ukraine. The enemy can attack our cities, but it won't be able to break us."

 

'Kamikaze drones' pictured flying over Kyiv moments before city struck - as Iran 'planning to supply Putin with ballistic missiles'

 

“Iran must stop waging its proxy war in Ukraine. Iran seems willing to wage its war to the last Russian soldier.” “Iran providing Russia with weapons will only prolong the war”

Iran denies delivery of drones to Russia, and Russia denies using Iranian drones. The EU is searching for evidence that Russia actually uses Iranian suicide drones (shouldn’t be too hard to find, I think), and if the evidence is there, Iran can expect to be hit with (more) sanctions.

[Bkk Brian]

7 minutes ago, rudi49jr said:

Iran denies delivery of drones to Russia, and Russia denies using Iranian drones. The EU is searching for evidence that Russia actually uses Iranian suicide drones (shouldn’t be too hard to find, I think), and if the evidence is there, Iran can expect to be hit with (more) sanctions.

Exactly like Iran denies its nuclear development, even when faced with video evidence from this mornings strikes and previous downed drones as below:

 

Ukraine shoots down Iranian-made drone used by Russia- defence ministry

 

 

[rudi49jr]

How much more personal can it get? And all this achieves is an even deeper hate for everything that is Russian, and an even stronger resolve to defend their country and kick the Orcs out. 

 

 

[BarraMarra]

Iran must be Punished Sanctions will not work. H,owever what Iran is doing is what the west is doing against Russia. So the only action is to keep shooting them down. Or if the Russians attack a delivery to Ukraine outside Ukraine then the west can attack the shipments on Route to Russia from Iran.

Edited October 17, 2022 by BarraMarra

[thaibeachlovers]

11 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

“Iran must stop waging its proxy war in Ukraine. Iran seems willing to wage its war to the last Russian soldier.” “Iran providing Russia with weapons will only prolong the war”

Some have been saying the exact same thing about America being willing to wage its war to the last Ukrainian soldier. “America providing Ukraine with weapons will only prolong the war”

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59 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Some have been saying the exact same thing about America being willing to wage its war to the last Ukrainian soldier. “America providing Ukraine with weapons will only prolong the war”

Whoever those "some" are, precious few of them seem to be Ukrainians.

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[Bkk Brian]

1 hour ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Some have been saying the exact same thing about America being willing to wage its war to the last Ukrainian soldier. “America providing Ukraine with weapons will only prolong the war”

Oh the irony...lol

 

Indeed they did, mostly Russian apologists and Russian officials, even the Russian embassy's were sending out the same message. Looks like its come back to bite them. If you'd have clicked on the link provided you would have got the full tweet along with the replies. I honestly didn't think I needed to point that out but obviously that irony was lost on some.

 

I doubt we'll be seeing any more Russian officials using now.

 

 

Edited October 17, 2022 by Bkk Brian

[heybruce]

2 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Some have been saying the exact same thing about America being willing to wage its war to the last Ukrainian soldier. “America providing Ukraine with weapons will only prolong the war”

Has any Ukrainian complained about US support?

 

Is your argument that without US support Russia could have easily crushed Ukraine and then invaded other countries in its quest to rebuild the Russian empire?

 

49 minutes ago, AndyFoxy said:

The US and NATO must stop waging its proxy war in Ukraine.

Shouldn't the country that started the war, and is currently losing the war, be the one to stop the war?

[Bkk Brian]

Ukraine asked for help, looks like Russia has now asked Iran an official state sponsor of terrorism to do the same. After all Iran is well known for sponsoring proxy terrorists, Russia seems to be their current choice.

[Bkk Brian]

Another home goal for Russia.

 

Russian tower block in flames after deadly warplane crash

A military aircraft has crashed in a residential area of the southern Russian town of Yeysk, killing at least four people and injuring up to 25.

An apartment block was set on fire and emergency services called in. A nearby school was evacuated, reports say.

Russia's Investigative Committee said it had opened a criminal case and sent investigators to the site of the crash, without giving any reasons.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63292320

[Rimmer]

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[Rimmer]

Retaking Kherson City Is Critical

 

Ukraine is continuing to press forward in its Kherson Oblast counteroffensive, a senior U.S. military official told reporters, including from The War Zone, Monday.

 

“We continue to see deliberate and calibrated operations by the Ukrainians to move forward but have no major updates provided in terms of territory taken back,” said the senior U.S. military official, speaking on the condition of anonymity. “We do assess that Russian forces continue to reinforce their defensive lines against Ukrainian forces.”

 

When asked by The War Zone if Kherson City could fall this week, the official deferred questions to the Ukrainian military.

 

For Ukraine, capturing that city will be critical, but so too will be establishing a bridgehead across the Dnipro River, according to ISW.

 

Read more:

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/ukraine-situation-report-why-retaking-kherson-city-is-so-critical

 

 

[Rimmer]

2 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

Another home goal for Russia.

 

Russian tower block in flames after deadly warplane crash

A military aircraft has crashed in a residential area of the southern Russian town of Yeysk, killing at least four people and injuring up to 25.

An apartment block was set on fire and emergency services called in. A nearby school was evacuated, reports say.

Russia's Investigative Committee said it had opened a criminal case and sent investigators to the site of the crash, without giving any reasons.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63292320