welshbairn Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 1 minute ago, Dylan Easton Fanclub said: Lots of footage of Russian pows saying they didn’t want to fight and were told they’d be enemies of the people if they didn’t mobilise. Also unconfirmed reports of a riot of around 5000 Russian troops refusing to fight, according to Obozrevatel. This mornings analysis puts Russian losses at 4300. Don’t understand how the Russians seem to have been so tactically inept. Still they’re keeping groups of armour together and a drone strike took out a number of vehicles at Hostomel earlier. Stage 2 will be flattening Kiev from the air and artillery, Aleppo style. Or they'll come to their senses and withdraw to the Donbas, declaring victory. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 If I've understood correctly, the Bundestag have agreed to spend 2% of GDP on defence spending. Historic speech by Scholz. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 The BBC are moving to the right in real time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhys McCabe Hype Train Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 1 minute ago, welshbairn said: Stage 2 will be flattening Kiev from the air and artillery, Aleppo style. Or they'll come to their senses and withdraw to the Donbas, declaring victory. The attacks last night were meant to include all available MLRS weapons that the Russians had available according to intelligence. Whether that’s true or not… also with the economic sanctions and lack of raw materials it’ll take months to manufacture and replenish their stocks. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 There is some amount of nonsense on the thread this morning. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The DA Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Snafu said: The leaders don't care about how many Russian lives are lost only that they win. But if they run out of equipment? They seem to be using mostly low-quality, older vehicles at the moment. Possibly thought that was all that was needed. either that or they're saving the modern stuff for WW3. Edited February 27, 2022 by The DA 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suspect Device Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Detournement said: There is some amount of nonsense on the thread this morning. On a thread in The general Nonsense Forum. Who'd have thunk it? Edited February 27, 2022 by Suspect Device 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itzdrk Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 6 minutes ago, Snafu said: The leaders don't care about how many Russian lives are lost only that they win. But if they run out of equipment? Fully aware of this. Given they can just pile in from Belarus it's unlikely they run out of equipment before they take over Kyiv at least. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Brazil Forever Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 25 minutes ago, ICTChris said: Reports of a strike on Russian forces from a Tb2 drone at Kherson international airport. If true, this goes against almost all the analysis that I read which was confident Tb2 command and control and physical drones would be the first things destroyed by Russian attacks. I suspect there may also be a drone with Putin's name on it 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 6 minutes ago, Dylan Easton Fanclub said: Lots of footage of Russian pows saying they didn’t want to fight and were told they’d be enemies of the people if they didn’t mobilise. Also unconfirmed reports of a riot of around 5000 Russian troops refusing to fight, according to Obozrevatel. This mornings analysis puts Russian losses at 4300. Don’t understand how the Russians seem to have been so tactically inept. Still they’re keeping groups of armour together and a drone strike took out a number of vehicles at Hostomel earlier. I’d treat these reports with a pinch of salt. POWs are likely to say what they think their captors want to hear. Reports of soldiers refusing to fight etc are v hard to verify. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 (edited) Are we now in proxy war territory between NATO and Russia in Ukraine? Edited February 27, 2022 by doulikefish 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweeperDee Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 Are we now in proxy war territory between NATO and Russia in Ukraine? Yes 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee-Bey Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 2 minutes ago, doulikefish said: Are we now in proxy war territory between NATO and Russia in Ukraine? Since about 2014 I reckon. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Malkmus Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 Found this a bit more useful than some of the IR1001 takes floating about. https://prospect.org/world/worse-than-a-crime-its-a-blunder-russia-ukraine-lieven-interview/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee-Bey Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 wot 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 2 minutes ago, Detective Jimmy McNulty said: Since about 2014 I reckon. Nope this is different as you have governments announcing they are supplying weapons to Ukraine 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 How long before the Tesla Coils go up and we're hearing reports of Ion Cannon strikes? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillonearth Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 3 minutes ago, Detective Jimmy McNulty said: wot Still beeling from getting a knockback from Firewater. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diegomarahenry Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 15 minutes ago, Dylan Easton Fanclub said: Don’t understand how the Russians seem to have been so tactically inept It has always been about quantity rather than quality with Russia, throw bodies at it, hope the enemy shit themselves and give up, or keep piling cannon fodder to the front line until you win. The problem being, I think they thought Ukraine would have given up by now and a lot of Russians don't have the appetite for a war. The book Barbarossa describes the Russian military in the second world war. If you didn't fight, you were shot. If you got detached from your battalion you were shot as a suspected deserter, if you were captured and escaped you were shot as a potential spy. I don't think there is the same fear in the Russian army to refuse to fight in Ukraine. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Have some faith in Magic Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 5 minutes ago, Detective Jimmy McNulty said: wot Maybe they just didn't like their accents and told them they weren't allowed in. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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