Grigb Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 RU impressions Quote But this does not mean that everything is fine. The enemy's arty hits tightly even on the rear, and in fact, where the rear was once, hell is now going on. ****ty news comes from the New Kakhovka. The guys are sitting in a basement [whole day] today. Where are the [ours] ****ing adequate answers [to this]? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danfrodo Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 When it comes to overthrowing Putin, one of the things I have trouble getting my head around is exactly how this would be done. He seems to have big cadre(s) of very loyal guards. What does an overthrow actually look like? Does someone bribe the guards -- that's a dangerous conversation. How would one actually get at Putin? I was hoping he'd be hit while traveling to/from Turkey a couple months ago, but no luck. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haiduk Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 Russians try to understand what's going on 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sburke Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 39 minutes ago, alison said: This is fairly off topic for this thread, but since this post got a couple likes... yeah It seemed relevant to the extent Russia is hoping for more assistance from China (unlikely). Thanks for the links and additional info. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chibot Mk IX Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 On 8/28/2022 at 2:00 PM, danfrodo said: Which makes one wonder just how stupid China wants to be? I think their leadership is smarter than Putin, but ya never know. "Better lucky than good". People has low expectation on our supreme leader's intelligence level, we all know he got his elementary school diploma a while ago(that's a secret joke in China) . But the chosen one has good luck, Putler took the lead of the formation and hit the minefield, so the chosen one has enough time to change his mind. And when we look through the history record, we would find out "Winnie the Pooh" throw away a lot of bicycles (another joke)... 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huba Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 (edited) Nova Kakhovka keeps exploding: Ans this would be very interesting, if true. Pushing east from Pokrovske and cutting off Shihurivka would undermine whole RU position. Edited August 29, 2022 by Huba 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beleg85 Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 Movie from intense close (very close) combat from Pisky. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danfrodo Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 26 minutes ago, Beleg85 said: Movie from intense close (very close) combat from Pisky. absolutely terrifying 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huba Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 1 minute ago, danfrodo said: absolutely terrifying Wonder if they had bayonets done? Terrifying indeed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haiduk Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 2 minutes ago, Huba said: Wonder if they had bayonets done? Terrifying indeed. Usually they have knives 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beleg85 Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 4 minutes ago, danfrodo said: absolutely terrifying There is longer version down the thread, it seems they forced UA to withdraw. It was from Russia Today, so probably cut appropriately to not show Russian losess. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAZmaj Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Huba said: Wonder if they had bayonets done? Terrifying indeed. They did not fix their knives. Hand grenades work better. Edited August 29, 2022 by CAZmaj 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danfrodo Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 Just now, Haiduk said: Usually they have knives I think just throw chunks of broken concrete. W RU plastic helmets, it would be second only to grenades at that range. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kraze Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 50 minutes ago, danfrodo said: When it comes to overthrowing Putin, one of the things I have trouble getting my head around is exactly how this would be done. He seems to have big cadre(s) of very loyal guards. What does an overthrow actually look like? Does someone bribe the guards -- that's a dangerous conversation. How would one actually get at Putin? I was hoping he'd be hit while traveling to/from Turkey a couple months ago, but no luck. Poison of course. And don't even need to poison the guy fast like Stalin. Poison can be administered slowly, like they did it to Yeltsin. Even looks like the guy is gradually going senile and drunk from outside, as poison kills his braincells. Problem is that putin did Yeltsin's poisoning and that trick would not work on him. Or would it? (Dun dun duuuun) 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danfrodo Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 2 minutes ago, Beleg85 said: There is longer version down the thread, it seems they forced UA to withdraw. It was from Russia Today, so probably cut appropriately to not show Russian losess. So RU TV viewers are showing battle over some rubble in Pisky and it would be presented as a great victory. Meanwhile, UKR today is taking a large number of villages and making real gains. Gonna be quite a shock to RU folks if Kherson falls when they think they've been doing all the 'winning'. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haiduk Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 (edited) Antonivskyi bridge... Sunset... Summer... All as usual, nothing interesting %) Edited August 29, 2022 by Haiduk 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kraze Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 2 minutes ago, danfrodo said: So RU TV viewers are showing battle over some rubble in Pisky and it would be presented as a great victory. Meanwhile, UKR today is taking a large number of villages and making real gains. Gonna be quite a shock to RU folks if Kherson falls when they think they've been doing all the 'winning'. "Good will gestures" come in all shapes and forms, my man. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beleg85 Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 That is an accurare hit...reportedly somewhere in the south. A squad of occupants eliminated. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huba Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 Belgorod is busy tonight: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haiduk Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 1 minute ago, Beleg85 said: That is an accurare hit...reportedly somewhere in the south. A squad of occupants eliminated. No. This is Pisky. The side is unknown. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultradave Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 IAEA to visit Zaporizhzhya power plant this week. While they can't do anything, they can make a thorough evaluation of any damage and the integrity of safeguards and safety systems. Sounds like the offsite power supply TO the plant is back on line, which is good news. A couple of caveats - unknown how cooperative Russians occupying the plant will be with the IAEA, and the off site power of course is vulnerable to being cut off at any time. For now, all is well. Tomorrow? https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/iaea-support-and-assistance-mission-sets-out-to-zaporizhzhya-nuclear-power-plant-in-ukraine Dave 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beleg85 Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 22 minutes ago, Haiduk said: No. This is Pisky. The side is unknown. Yu, you are right, it's edge of Donetsk airstrip. https://www.google.com/maps/place/48°04'27.9"N+37°41'05.1"E/@48.0743483,37.6831569,325m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x9fbca480ab098a65?hl=pl 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vet 0369 Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 46 minutes ago, Huba said: Wonder if they had bayonets done? Terrifying indeed. A good friend of mine was part of a USMC M60 machine gun team in Viet Nam. He told me of an assault on a tree line they made across a rice paddy. By the time he reached the tree line, three-quarters of the gun team were down, and he was the last one left. In the tree line, the fighting was hand-to-hand. They were so close, that when he threw a grenade from his prone position, the NVA soldier pushed it back. I didn’t press him any further (I never asked him direct questions, just let him tell me what he was comfortable with telling me). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kraze Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 5 minutes ago, Ultradave said: IAEA to visit Zaporizhzhya power plant this week. While they can't do anything, they can make a thorough evaluation of any damage and the integrity of safeguards and safety systems. Sounds like the offsite power supply TO the plant is back on line, which is good news. A couple of caveats - unknown how cooperative Russians occupying the plant will be with the IAEA, and the off site power of course is vulnerable to being cut off at any time. For now, all is well. Tomorrow? https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/iaea-support-and-assistance-mission-sets-out-to-zaporizhzhya-nuclear-power-plant-in-ukraine Dave This IAEA delegation was allowed there on a condition that it won't have people from countries "unfriendly" to Russia. So I'm calling it now - they will say "everything is ok, russians treat ZNPP like a princess". But! This is russians we are talking about - and russians are amazingly talented at ****ing everything up at the worst possible moment (for them). So there's a very non-zero chance of something going really bad right in front of IAEA due to sheer stupidity that will be extremely hard to cover up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battlefront.com Posted August 29, 2022 Share Posted August 29, 2022 2 hours ago, danfrodo said: When it comes to overthrowing Putin, one of the things I have trouble getting my head around is exactly how this would be done. He seems to have big cadre(s) of very loyal guards. What does an overthrow actually look like? Does someone bribe the guards -- that's a dangerous conversation. How would one actually get at Putin? I was hoping he'd be hit while traveling to/from Turkey a couple months ago, but no luck. A bunch of guys rushing in to arrest or isolate Putin, as was done to Gorbachev, is unlikely. Kraze outlined the "safer" ways, but that takes time. If someone decides there isn't time for that, then a bomb would do the job quite nicely. Blow him up, blame Ukraine and the British SAS (or whomever else they feel like), and reassure the population that the new kids in town have got things under control. Steve 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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