Updates and events in the War in Ukraine 2025

[sharot724]

Very sad that the Mothers of these men have to live with never seeing thier own sons ever again. I blame the citizens of Russia for such ignorance Nothing wakes the reality like a cemetary. Just for the putin Land Grab

[Mavideol]

22 hours ago, tgw said:

 

TikTok has never been available in mainland China, a fact that CEO Shou Chew has mentioned in testimony to U.S. lawmakers. ByteDance instead offers Chinese users Douyin, a similar video-sharing app that follows Beijing’s strict censorship rules. TikTok also ceased operations in Hong Kong after a sweeping Chinese national security law took effect.

https://apnews.com/article/tiktok-bytedance-ban-china-india-376f32d78861e14e65ec4bc78e808a0d

 

Edit: somehow the link gets filtered out by the forum software, just copy-paste it into your browser, it's from Associated Press.

 

same service different name and that's irrelevant for the topic... in any case somebody already cover the issue as there are many ways to peel off a rabbit

[zmisha]

9 hours ago, sharot724 said:

Very sad that the Mothers of these men have to live with never seeing thier own sons ever again. I blame the citizens of Russia for such ignorance Nothing wakes the reality like a cemetary. Just for the putin Land Grab

You are too harsh on Vladimir's hero factory. After all, the Russian Z-leader directly said that the future elite of the country would be recruited from the [survived] heroes of the SMO. Therefore, the today`s brave denazificators will become ministers and deputies tomorrow in the future Z empire. An incredible social lift.

[GroveHillWanderer]

1 hour ago, zmisha said:

You are too harsh on Vladimir's hero factory. After all, the Russian Z-leader directly said that the future elite of the country would be recruited from the [survived] heroes of the SMO. Therefore, the today`s brave denazificators will become ministers and deputies tomorrow in the future Z empire. An incredible social lift.

So you actually believe that front line soldiers (some of whom are released convicts) are all going to get jobs as ministers and deputies when the war is over - if, as you mention, they actually manage to survive?

 

If you do believe that, I've got a bridge in Brooklyn you might like to buy.

[sharot724]

46 minutes ago, GroveHillWanderer said:

So you actually believe that front line soldiers (some of whom are released convicts) are all going to get jobs as ministers and deputies when the war is over - if, as you mention, they actually manage to survive?

 

If you do believe that, I've got a bridge in Brooklyn you might like to buy.

Correct, that those prisioners may well be the best of the buch...

[problemfarang]

UPDATE:

 

russia really trying hard to get into ukraine from sumy area. we may move there. 

[rabas]

(to the tune of '16 tons')

A hundred thousand tons and what-a you get?
Another day older and deeper in debt
Saint Peter, don't you call me, 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to Vladimir's  show

 

This occurred in the Vladimir region 60 km from Moscow. 

 

 

 

 

 

[zmisha]

5 hours ago, GroveHillWanderer said:

So you actually believe that front line soldiers (some of whom are released convicts) are all going to get jobs as ministers and deputies when the war is over - if, as you mention, they actually manage to survive?

 

Try asking the same thing but in a slightly different way. For example, like this:

So you really think that Putin's entourage does not approve of Vladimir's dreams of wars and the restoration of the USSR, Putin understands this perfectly well and strives to replace the elites with those who share his sweet dreams - that is, the military, right?
 

And here a completely different answer to your question becomes obvious to you.

[zmisha]

5 hours ago, problemfarang said:

UPDATE:

 

russia really trying hard to get into ukraine from sumy area. we may move there. 

The Great Victory day, 9th of May is approaching. Putin needs something to brag about on this day.

[problemfarang]

36 minutes ago, zmisha said:

The Great Victory day, 9th of May is approaching. Putin needs something to brag about on this day.

 

Probably

[kwonitoy]

 

 

[tgw]

45 minutes ago, kwonitoy said:

 

 

 

more of these fireworks would be really nice to celebrate victory day

[rabas]

Much of the ammo dump exploded and is now on fire according to NASA FIRMS

 

100,000 tons (100 kilotons) of assorted ammunition could contain 10-15 kilotons of explosives, roughly the equivalent energy of the Hiroshima atomic bomb, but slower.  This is 10X the recent Beirut blast. 

 

There are many videos but this wins the 'gasp' award. Listen.

[jayceenik]

1 hour ago, tgw said:

 

more of these fireworks would be really nice to celebrate victory day

My family suffered from the German invasion of Belgium.

Some killed by the Wehrmacht in combat.

I thank the brave Russian and Allied soldiers who died for the Liberation of Europe.

I see that tgw does not like Moscow's Victory Day over nazism.

No doubt a nostalgic like the Kyiev Azov Banderas...

 

[bannork]

Taurus missiles ready to take action

Friedrich Merz who won the legislative elections in Germany at the end of February, has expressed openness to continue military aid to Kiev.

"I have always said I would only do it in agreement with European partners," he stated. "It must be coordinated and if it's coordinated, then Germany should participate."

 According to Merz, "the Ukrainian army needs to get out of its defensive position. It's merely reacting".

Turning point in the War in Ukraine: Germany steps in

[Mavideol]

18 hours ago, zmisha said:

The Great Victory day, 9th of May is approaching. Putin needs something to brag about on this day.

probably.... but maybe not what you think or expect, life is full of surprises

[MicroB]

9 hours ago, jayceenik said:

My family suffered from the German invasion of Belgium.

Some killed by the Wehrmacht in combat.

I thank the brave Russian and Allied soldiers who died for the Liberation of Europe.

I see that tgw does not like Moscow's Victory Day over nazism.

No doubt a nostalgic like the Kyiev Azov Banderas...

 

 

25,000 Belgians joined up in the German army.....

 

And it was Ukrainian and Belarusan soldiers who did most of the dying for the Soviet Union. I expect the Ukrainians will also be marking VE day. For that reason, I doubt they will interfere in Russian parades.

 

Using language such as "Bandaras" is as offensive as reminding little Belgium of the VNV, the Wallonien Legion, Leon Degrelle.

 

Russia, like most of Eastern Europe, including Ukraine, has seen an explosion of hard right political movements, often built around a football hooligan element. There are all kinds of reasons. Putin openly courts some of these.

[MicroB]

19 hours ago, zmisha said:

The Great Victory day, 9th of May is approaching. Putin needs something to brag about on this day.

 

Potato production is up?

[Cameroni]

6 minutes ago, MicroB said:

And it was Ukrainian and Belarusan soldiers who did most of the dying for the Soviet Union.

 

Most of the Ukrainians fought for the Germans actually.

[MicroB]

On 4/22/2025 at 10:12 AM, GroveHillWanderer said:

So you actually believe that front line soldiers (some of whom are released convicts) are all going to get jobs as ministers and deputies when the war is over - if, as you mention, they actually manage to survive?

 

If you do believe that, I've got a bridge in Brooklyn you might like to buy.

 

 

I know this other fella thinks this is all part of a strategy to get war-loving officers into power (I thought he sas a cmedy account, but it seems he is serious), but one of the (many) reasons why the Russian Armed Forces have been so shambolic, pretty much from the first day, is how Putin has promoted officers based on sycophancy, not ability. Ukraine is doing the same, but there is a difference. Ukraine is promoting more and more younger officers who have had significant experience obviously during the conflict, but who have attended, over the years, training events with Western militaries, but have also served in combat zones with Western troops. That's bringing in a change in mindset.

 

One of the complaints from British instructors is the Ukrainian troops are too wasteful. NATO troops have access to precision, but expensive weapons. Soviet troops; not so accurate weapons, but they are cheap. The complaints included using Javelins like they were RPGs, and consequently the Russians have been finding a lot of tossed aside launchers. That seems to be changing.

 

The difference in mentality enabled a US-British-French force, with scarcely any recent relevant combat experience to tear apart a numerically superior, battle hardened Soviet-trained enemy with minimal casualties (Desert Storm, 1991). Superior equipment, superior training. The Iraqis stuck rigidly to Soviet tactics.

 

Russian kit was at a high point 3 years ago. Its now been degraded significantly in quality. They've lost experience, having switched from an army with a significnt professional element to one that is dependant upon convicts and those who were pressganged, The Chinese equipped Chechen "TikTok" warriors seem to have all scarpered; they were the Russian troops swanning around in all the Gucci kit (and yes, they were buying Chinese equipment, such as MRAPs, in preference to Russian).

 

I would want to see the situation not in  Orthodox cemetaries, but in the Muslim cemetaries in the Causcus region. Its in that area where there has been most resistance to the call  up, with locals burning down recruitment offices.

 

https://united24media.com/latest-news/russia-intensifies-raids-to-recruit-more-chechens-for-the-frontlines-following-attack-on-military-convoy-3520

 

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/officer-killed-assault-police-station-russias-chechnya-along-with-attacker-2025-04-08/

 

While some of this might be extremists taking advantage of a weakened central government (arguably though, Kadyrov is an extremist who receives Dane Geld tribute from Moscow), there is undoubtedly disquiet among the general population of places like Dagestan and Chechenya.

[rabas]

24 minutes ago, Cameroni said:

 

Most of the Ukrainians fought for the Germans actually.

 

By ‘most’ you mean 250,000 Ukrainians who opposed  Stalin outnumbers  4.5 million+  who battled Hitler’s occupation? Nice math. But your logic's not so good. Times were real tough in those days, especially for Ukrainians.

[Cameroni]

4 minutes ago, rabas said:

 

By ‘most’ you mean 250,000 Ukrainians who opposed  Stalin outnumbers  4.5 million+  who battled Hitler’s occupation? Nice math. But your logic's not so good. Times were real tough in those days, especially for Ukrainians.

It's your math that's not so accurate. The 250 000 Ukrainians received training by the Germans so you have to multiply them by 4.

 

Of course they all had families, 3 children is typical in Ukraine in those days , so it's almost possible that the entire Ukrainian army fighting today are descendants of the 250,000 Ukrainians who fought for Hitler. 

 

Let that sink in. 

[bannork]

The administration of US President Donald Trump has disbanded the group that was investigating Russian war crimes in Ukraine. The position of the group's coordinator was cut, The Washington Post reports.

According to the agency, the White House has cut the work of the Justice Department's team investigating Russian war crimes and cancelled the program to seize the assets of Russian oligarchs who have been sanctioned.

According to two sources, Trump also cut the position of the coordinator of a group to collect intelligence on Russia's atrocities in Ukraine. 

USA shut down investigations into Russian atrocities in Ukraine - WP

[problemfarang]

killed a russian guy about 1 hr ago. he is 20s 

he was wearing a nazi era helmet and had a nazi tattoo 

 

cannot post his pic. sorry.. hes not in a good shape.. he had 2 grenades plus 2 mags from me

he was trying to scout for his team staying on 2nd flr. 

 

orcs still using war crime chemicals. 

[beautifulthailand99]

Vladimir Putin's present delivered by Special Envoy Witkoff to President Trump who is reportedly delighted with the result.

 

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/putins-tacky-gift-to-trump-reveals-his-dark-sense-of-humour/