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

[ballpoint]

The Rozneft owned Ryazan oil refinery, one of Russia's largest, was attacked by multiple drones today (March 13th), seen in the video flying about in daylight picking out the distillation towers - the most expensive and complex parts of the refinery, to hit.  Russian media reported all drones were shot down, with one unintentionally falling on the plant.  The video puts the lie to that piece of fake reporting.

 

 

 

[Mavideol]

Not surprised at all... also jealous of the North Korean guy   555

Putin Recalls Trump Acting Like Jealous GF in Private

https://au.yahoo.com/news/putin-recalls-trump-acting-jealous-102358021.html

[Mavideol]

better safer than sorry, Russians should start to pack as the gates of hell are opening up  555

 

Russians Warned to Flee Border Cities While They Still Can

https://www.yahoo.com/news/russians-warned-flee-border-cities-190211762.html

 

[Mavideol]

Ukraine-based Russian armed groups claim raids into Russia

https://au.yahoo.com/news/ukraine-based-russian-armed-groups-111302064.html

[Seppius]

1 hour ago, Mavideol said:

Ukraine-based Russian armed groups claim raids into Russia

https://au.yahoo.com/news/ukraine-based-russian-armed-groups-111302064.html

Going to be a very interesting weekend for Putin I think,  hope it's his last

[kwonitoy]

 

[kwonitoy]

 

[Mavideol]

if that's the case, they should be running out of meat feeder soon... or maybe not, as now they have the Indians 555

Putin's army suffers record casualties of nearly 1,000 a day in grinding Ukraine advances, say western officials

https://au.yahoo.com/news/republicans-blocking-military-aid-ukraine-075344473.html

[Mavideol]

it seems Vlad is having a heck of a BDay   555

Rogue Russian soldiers ‘capture prisoners and advance deep into border regions’

https://www.yahoo.com/news/rogue-russian-soldiers-capture-prisoners-184115366.html

Ukraine official: two Russian border regions are now active combat zones

https://www.yahoo.com/news/ukraine-official-two-russian-border-220417472.html

 

Edited March 15 by Mavideol

[GroveHillWanderer]

Here's why negotiating with the Russians seems like a non-starter at the moment. This is the Russian peace plan, according to both Russia's security council deputy chairman, and Putin's party chairman, Dmitriy Medvedev.

 

https://x.com/IAPonomarenko/status/1768323542750199843?s=20

 

"1. Recognition by the former 'Ukraine' of its defeat in the military component of the conflict. Full and unconditional surrender of former 'Ukraine' in the person of the neo-Nazi clique in Kyiv. Demilitarization of former 'Ukraine' and prohibition on the creation of militarized formations on its territories in the future.

 

2. Recognition by the international community of the Nazi nature of the former Kyiv political regime and conducting UN-controlled compulsory denazification of all former 'Ukraine's' government bodies.

 

3. UN acknowledgment of former 'Ukraine's' loss of international legal capacity and the impossibility of its successors joining military alliances without Russia's consent.

 

4. Resignation of all constitutional bodies of former 'Ukraine' and immediate elections for a temporary parliament of the self-governing territory under the UN's aegis of former ‘Ukraine.'

 

5. The temporary parliament's enactment of laws regarding the payment of all due compensations to Russia, including payments to the relatives of deceased citizens of our country and payments for injuries to wounded individuals. Establishment of the procedure for compensating property damage inflicted on entities of the Russian Federation.

 

6. The temporary parliament of former Ukraine's' official recognition that its entire territory is the territory of the Russian Federation. Adoption of the act of reunification of the territories of former 'Ukraine' with Russia.

 

7. Dissolution of the temporary parliament. UN recognition of the act of reunification."

Edited March 15 by GroveHillWanderer

[Seppius]

4 hours ago, Mavideol said:

it seems Vlad is having a heck of a BDay   555

Rogue Russian soldiers ‘capture prisoners and advance deep into border regions’

https://www.yahoo.com/news/rogue-russian-soldiers-capture-prisoners-184115366.html

Ukraine official: two Russian border regions are now active combat zones

https://www.yahoo.com/news/ukraine-official-two-russian-border-220417472.html

 

Nothing on mainstream much about this, but on Tiktok I follow a White Russian amongst other, he is saying they have secured two towns

[kwonitoy]

Another day another burning refinery.

Long range drones getting the job done

 

one report I've read is that they are targeting the cracking towers in all the refineries, just another thing they don't have the ability to manufacture

Edited March 15 by kwonitoy

[kwonitoy]

Another one, right in the cracking tower

[kwonitoy]

I think this is the same refinery from different angles.

The last week has seen a massive amount of damage to their refining capacity

Real war time targets, not apartment blocks in Odessa

[Mavideol]

OPINION - Vladimir Putin is hoping for a Ukraine truce in weeks — the West must step up to say no

https://au.yahoo.com/news/opinion-vladimir-putin-hoping-ukraine-180013343.html

 

[Mavideol]

Breaking: Moscow under attack! Major drone strikes during crucial Russian votes | Watch (msn.com)

 

 

[Mavideol]

Putin Warns Russia Won’t Stop After Predictable Election Win

https://au.yahoo.com/finance/news/putin-warns-russia-won-t-222959852.html

 

Putin managed to beat Stalin on running/controlling Russia

Soviet Union Leaders: A Timeline

https://www.history.com/news/soviet-union-leaders-order

 

• Vladimir Lenin (1922-1924) Vladimir Lenin was the founder of the Russian Communist Party and the first Soviet head of state. Following the February Revolution that ousted the Russian monarchy and ended the Russian Empire in 1917, Lenin helped lead the October Revolution (or Bolshevik Revolution) that established a new Soviet government.
• Joseph Stalin (1924-1953) Joseph Stalin (at left) seated with U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. During World War II, the three leaders formed an uneasy alliance.
• Georgy Malenkov (1953-1953) The first to take control of the Soviet Union was Stalin’s heir apparent Georgy Malenkov, who had helped facilitate Stalin’s purges in the 1930s.
• Nikita Khrushchev (1953-1964) Nikita Khrushchev became first secretary of the Soviet Union’s Communist Party and, in 1958, its premier. His rule was characterized by his attempts at de-Stalinization and improving the Soviet Union’s international relationships.

 

[Mavideol]

great way to start the week with a good laugh.... did anybody expected a different outcome... he did have the face to claim "ONLY"  87.8% of the votes in favor, I was expecting 100%  wonder what the remaining 12.2% voted for whom    555

In The Least Surprising News Ever, Vladimir Putin Has Won The Russian Election

https://au.yahoo.com/news/least-surprising-news-ever-vladimir-190125669.html

Putin is set to win a fifth term by a landslide of 87.8%, according to a Russian exit poll

 

https://au.yahoo.com/news/wave-drones-target-russia-opposition-064042934.html

 

 

Edited March 18 by Mavideol

[Mavideol]

Putin’s Army Reeling After 600 Killed Inside Russia, Ukraine Claims

https://au.yahoo.com/news/putin-army-reeling-600-killed-204920264.html

[Mavideol]

Ukraine war: No choice for Ukrainians - more Putin means more war

https://au.yahoo.com/news/ukraine-war-no-choice-ukrainians-134436286.html

[Mavideol]

Ukrainian drones attack refinery, target Moscow, disrupt power, Russia says

https://www.yahoo.com/news/ukraine-drone-attacks-spark-fire-022552871.html

 

[Mavideol]

reality hits them, they are not safe and Ukrainians keep coming at them....

 

Kremlin says the only way to protect Russia is to create a buffer zone with Ukraine

https://www.yahoo.com/news/kremlin-says-only-way-protect-111658561.html

 

[beautifulthailand99]

The situation at the front "is worse" than reported and more Ukrainian soldiers are losing their lives - including those from the US and Europe fighting in the international legion.

The US Congress, for more than half a year, has refused to pass funding to support Ukraine in its existential fight against Russian aggression.

Ariah Ben-Yehudah has been serving in the International Legion since the start of the war. Now after two full years of storming Russian points, Ben-Yehudah is injured a fourth time - forcing him to call it quits. He opens-up about how things are really at the front and how abysmally under armed Ukraine is in combat with the Russians.

 

https://www.kyivpost.com/videos/29771

 

 

[beautifulthailand99]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/03/15/ukraine-village-mobilized-men-war/

 

https://archive.is/yJlbf

 

MAKIV, Ukraine — Few men of fighting age are left in this village in southwest Ukraine, and those who remain fear they will be drafted at any moment.

Their neighbors are already hundreds of miles east in trenches on the front lines. Some have been killed or wounded. Several are missing. Others from this rural area — about 45 miles from the borders of Romania and Moldova — have fled abroad or found ways to avoid the war, either with legitimate exemptions or by hiding.

“It’s just a fact,” said Larysa Bodna, deputy director of the local school, which keeps a database of students whose parents are deployed. “Most of them are gone.”

[tgw]

On 3/19/2024 at 12:59 PM, Mavideol said:

reality hits them, they are not safe and Ukrainians keep coming at them....

 

Kremlin says the only way to protect Russia is to create a buffer zone with Ukraine

https://www.yahoo.com/news/kremlin-says-only-way-protect-111658561.html

 

 

I completely agree with the Russians - and they already have the perfect buffer zones: Kursk Oblast, Bryansk Oblast, Belgorod Oblast, Rostov Oblast and Voronezh Oblast.

[tgw]

1 hour ago, beautifulthailand99 said:

The situation at the front "is worse" than reported and more Ukrainian soldiers are losing their lives - including those from the US and Europe fighting in the international legion.

The US Congress, for more than half a year, has refused to pass funding to support Ukraine in its existential fight against Russian aggression.

Ariah Ben-Yehudah has been serving in the International Legion since the start of the war. Now after two full years of storming Russian points, Ben-Yehudah is injured a fourth time - forcing him to call it quits. He opens-up about how things are really at the front and how abysmally under armed Ukraine is in combat with the Russians.

 

https://www.kyivpost.com/videos/29771

 

 

It's so sad.

How can those vile MAGA Reps look at themselves in the mirror?

[Jingthing]

9 minutes ago, tgw said:

 

It's so sad.

How can those vile MAGA Reps look at themselves in the mirror?

Yep.

Ukrainian blood on their hands.

Maga is not just isolationist.

They are anti-Ukraine, and pro Putin. 

[thaibeachlovers]

On 3/15/2024 at 7:13 PM, GroveHillWanderer said:

Here's why negotiating with the Russians seems like a non-starter at the moment. This is the Russian peace plan, according to both Russia's security council deputy chairman, and Putin's party chairman, Dmitriy Medvedev.

 

https://x.com/IAPonomarenko/status/1768323542750199843?s=20

 

"1. Recognition by the former 'Ukraine' of its defeat in the military component of the conflict. Full and unconditional surrender of former 'Ukraine' in the person of the neo-Nazi clique in Kyiv. Demilitarization of former 'Ukraine' and prohibition on the creation of militarized formations on its territories in the future.

 

2. Recognition by the international community of the Nazi nature of the former Kyiv political regime and conducting UN-controlled compulsory denazification of all former 'Ukraine's' government bodies.

 

3. UN acknowledgment of former 'Ukraine's' loss of international legal capacity and the impossibility of its successors joining military alliances without Russia's consent.

 

4. Resignation of all constitutional bodies of former 'Ukraine' and immediate elections for a temporary parliament of the self-governing territory under the UN's aegis of former ‘Ukraine.'

 

5. The temporary parliament's enactment of laws regarding the payment of all due compensations to Russia, including payments to the relatives of deceased citizens of our country and payments for injuries to wounded individuals. Establishment of the procedure for compensating property damage inflicted on entities of the Russian Federation.

 

6. The temporary parliament of former Ukraine's' official recognition that its entire territory is the territory of the Russian Federation. Adoption of the act of reunification of the territories of former 'Ukraine' with Russia.

 

7. Dissolution of the temporary parliament. UN recognition of the act of reunification."

For the benefit of the anti Russians on this subforum, note that Russia wants it to be done under the UN, not itself.

 

No country that has been so punished in a war would accept less than total surrender of the enemy.

[thaibeachlovers]

On 3/16/2024 at 2:59 AM, kwonitoy said:

Another day another burning refinery.

Long range drones getting the job done

 

one report I've read is that they are targeting the cracking towers in all the refineries, just another thing they don't have the ability to manufacture

All that is going to happen now is that Russia will punish Ukraine in return.

If it comes down to a war of tit for tat, who can survive the longest?

 

Ukraine may be using foreign supplied drones for now, but they are running out of western money to pay for them ( someone has to and the Americans are not, at least for now ), and it is apparent to me that Ukraine is running out of cannon fodder men to fight, which means that those that they do send will be poorly trained, and reluctant to fight.

[stevenl]

41 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

For the benefit of the anti Russians on this subforum, note that Russia wants it to be done under the UN, not itself.

 

No country that has been so punished in a war would accept less than total surrender of the enemy.

"No country that has been so punished in a war would accept less than total surrender of the enemy"

Exactly, Ukraine has no choice but to keep on fighting the invader.