How Hot is Ukraine Gonna Get?

[danfrodo]

so how do I block person's posts?  is it that signature thing at the lower right? 

[Phantom Captain]

1 minute ago, danfrodo said:

so how do I block person's posts?  is it that signature thing at the lower right? 

Click on your name, top right.  Drop down menu, click ignored users.  Add.

[Thomm]

8 minutes ago, danfrodo said:

so how do I block person's posts?  is it that signature thing at the lower right? 

Hover your mouse pointer over the user name left of the post. A window should appear with an 'Ignore' button in the bottom right corner.

Best regards
Thomm

[Battlefront.com]

  

I didn't see these posted yet.  Sorry if I missed them.  Ukrainian infantry on the counter attack:

 

[Haiduk]

Next loss of high-ranked Russian officer, confirmed by local Russian media

Lt.colonel Alexei Khasanov, deputy commander of 31st Fighter aviation regiment, Millerovo airfield, Rostov oblast. He got lost on 5th of March. Participated in bombing of Syria. 

The regiment armed with Su-30SM.

Edited March 10, 2022 by Haiduk

[sburke]

Apple, IKEA, among companies Russia considers nationalizing (msn.com)

How do you nationalize Apple in Russia?  I could kind of understand China taking over the production facility there, but what is Russia going to do?  Take over the genius bar?

[Battlefront.com]

More deliberate infrastructure destruction (at lest likely it is) that Russia somehow isn't at all responsible for:

 

[riptides]

2 hours ago, Erwin said:

That sort of strategy takes a long time - and it was tried vs Japan and more recently Venezuela etc.

American economic "experts" expect a complete economic crash in Russia by April 15th.

[danfrodo]

8 minutes ago, Battlefront.com said:

  

I didn't see these posted yet.  Sorry if I missed them.  Ukrainian infantry on the counter attack:

 

I have multiple thoughts on this.  One, as expected, we see UKR troops off the main roads, I am guessing they are working into ambush position for RU troops near roads. Two, they are just bristling w AT weapons. Three, DANG THAT IS SCARY!  Out there in the woods w nothing but twigs between a soldier and AK rounds; this aint paintball.  Brave men, well armed.  My hat is off to them.  I hope their hunts were successful.  Four, the assymetry of small infantry teams w AT moving to attack the roadbound RU units w multi-millions of dollars of gear.

[billbindc]

55 minutes ago, sburke said:

deleted  in deference to Steve's post

Just had a dosomefink flashback. 

[DesertFox]

 

 

[sburke]

 

[danfrodo]

8 minutes ago, sburke said:

Apple, IKEA, among companies Russia considers nationalizing (msn.com)

How do you nationalize Apple in Russia?  I could kind of understand China taking over the production facility there, but what is Russia going to do?  Take over the genius bar?

Yeah, good point.  Once they sell out the current inventory, it's over. 

[DesertFox]

 

 

[Bulletpoint]

14 minutes ago, sburke said:

Apple, IKEA, among companies Russia considers nationalizing (msn.com)

How do you nationalize Apple in Russia?  I could kind of understand China taking over the production facility there, but what is Russia going to do?  Take over the genius bar?

Siri will soon turn into Olga and start telling you about reuniting glorious homeland of Russian people.

[Sgt Joch]

re: China

I personally don't think we can draw that many parallel with the current crisis. Despite the rhetoric, I doubt China has serious plans to invade Taiwan.

1. Taiwan has been independent for 70 years;

2. Taiwan has few natural resources. China is resource poor and a major aim of its foreign policy for the past 20 years has been to develop access to more natural resources;

3. The Chinese leadership is more risk adverse than Russia. Xi Jinping does not rule China, the Communist Party rules China. Xi does not have the same freedom of action that Putin has. One wrong move, like an invasion of Taiwan that does not work and he would be out.

What China wants to do, it is already doing, namely gaining control of the South China Seas and its natural resources.

[Kinophile]

It would be nice if this thread focussed solely on military aspects of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine. Its like the slower pace of Russian advance has given us all a pause to breathe and absorb while they stagger forward/regroup, giving us time to get distracted by dramatic, useless, irrelevant clickbait garbage. 

I don't want to sound dogmatic/snotty, but....I personally have no interest in Taiwan, in regards to this invasion - I do see the correlations/parallels/implications ref that island, and it certainly would be fascinating in another thread, but here its a distraction of pure speculation. 

 

 

Edited March 10, 2022 by Kinophile

[danfrodo]

yes, too much distraction, but also some amazing content.  More smashed russian units, the latest one from desertFox was tanks, not just trucks & light armor.  There's some punching going on.

[cyrano01]

9 minutes ago, danfrodo said:

...Two, they are just bristling w AT weapons. Three, DANG THAT IS SCARY! ...

This was what struck me too. The wide variety of AT weapons being carried and the fact that almost everyone seemed to have one. The days of one A/T weapon per squad/section seem to be dedlining, at least if you are facing a heavily mechanised opponent.

[db_zero]

Just saw Kinophiles post so I'll delete.

Edited March 10, 2022 by db_zero

[sburke]

Russia’s Antiwar Protesters Are Terrified and Still Marching (msn.com)

 

[Haiduk]

15 minutes ago, danfrodo said:

I have multiple thoughts on this.  One, as expected, we see UKR troops off the main roads, I am guessing they are working into ambush position for RU troops near roads. Two, they are just bristling w AT weapons. Three, DANG THAT IS SCARY!  Out there in the woods w nothing but twigs between a soldier and AK rounds; this aint paintball.  Brave men, well armed.  My hat is off to them.  I hope their hunts were successful.  Four, the assymetry of small infantry teams w AT moving to attack the roadbound RU units w multi-millions of dollars of gear.

Here is Youtube-version. Looks like this is today counter-atack on Moshchun village on the left bank of Irpin' river, where Russians sneaked, crossing the river. Enemy was threw back. And, yes there is terrain with dense twigs and trees 

 

Edited March 10, 2022 by Haiduk

[db_zero]

7 minutes ago, Haiduk said:

Here is Youtube-version. Looks like this is today counter-atack on Moshchun village on the left bank of Irpin' river, where Russians sneaked, crossing the river.

 

Looks like some have the German Panzerfausts that was sent.

Edited March 10, 2022 by db_zero

[Bearstronaut]

About ten years ago I went to the US military’s Defense Language Institute and learned Korean. The events of the last couple weeks has me regretting that I didn’t choose Russian.

[riptides]

11 minutes ago, Sgt Joch said:

re: China

I personally don't think we can draw that many parallel with the current crisis. Despite the rhetoric, I doubt China has serious plans to invade Taiwan.

1. Taiwan has been independent for 70 years;

2. Taiwan has few natural resources. China is resource poor and a major aim of its foreign policy for the past 20 years has been to develop access to more natural resources;

3. The Chinese leadership is more risk adverse than Russia. Xi Jinping does not rule China, the Communist Party rules China. Xi does not have the same freedom of action that Putin has. One wrong move, like an invasion of Taiwan that does not work and he would be out.

What China wants to do, it is already doing, namely gaining control of the South China Seas and its natural resources.

You have to wonder if China steps in to "help" the Russians, in Russia. 

Vladivostok, parts of Siberia. China has a long memory too.