Mr Waldo Posted May 6, 2022 Share Posted May 6, 2022 Russian forces released the motor of a UK made Brimstone missile. It looks like the UK has rushed through a surfaced launched conversion kit. If the Russians thought thought NLAW was frightening ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 Reports that Russian forces have advanced to the outskirts of Severdonetsk, a n important target for them. At the same time, Ukrainian forces are counter attacking in Kharkiv, pushing Russian forces back from the city. They are also attacking around Izyum, which is a major hub for Russian logistics in the Donbas. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 (edited) Definitely two very conflicting narratives now on the Admiral Makarov: or Having had an irate officer of the Russian army yelling at me in Moscow for taking a picture of the hotel I was staying in which turned out to be owned by the MoD and hence technically a military installation, I'm skeptical it's easy to take a picture like that. When he realised I wasn't Russian he continued to go through the motions of fiercely berating me but was actually smiling as he did so. Didn't wind up in the Lubyanka or anything like that. Doubt he would have been so laid back during war oops I mean special military operation time. Edited May 7, 2022 by LongTimeLurker 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Khaki Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 Sevastopol bay is a busy commercial port though, not a Navy facility, so I would think it wouldn't be too difficult to just whip out your phone while you are onboard a piece of typical commercial traffic and grab a pic. It's not like the Russians can 'hide' ships in port from anyone who is interested in knowing where things are anyway, so it's difficult to imagine they'd devote the sort of resources required to patrol an enormous bay just to prevent randoms taking the odd snapshot. Who knows if that is Admiral Makarov though, and even if it is, there's no guarantee that pic was taken recently. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 The dolphins would get them! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 Tough read. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bennett Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 The Ukrainians sure do love their dance music. Won't hold it against them though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leggy Blonde Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 According to Ukraine all the woman, children and elderly have been evacuated from the Azovstal steel plant. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty dingus Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 12 minutes ago, Leggy Blonde said: According to Ukraine all the woman, children and elderly have been evacuated from the Azovstal steel plant. Is there any numbers on how many fighters are left inside the Avostal plant? Don't know if the folk that have left have been asked to kept information about inside to a minimum. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 According to Ukraine all the woman, children and elderly have been evacuated from the Azovstal steel plant. If there are nothing but soldiers in that large, sprawling complex with underground tunnels etc, and Russia want it, this would be the liklest time I could imagine for a battlefield nuke. Sort of, if they don't do it there, they won't do it anywhere feeling. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loonytoons Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 If there are nothing but soldiers in that large, sprawling complex with underground tunnels etc, and Russia want it, this would be the liklest time I could imagine for a battlefield nuke. Sort of, if they don't do it there, they won't do it anywhere feeling. Tomorrow is the big date for Russia is it not? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 Tomorrow is the big date for Russia is it not?9th for their big parade day thing iirc. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loonytoons Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 9th for their big parade day thing iirc. Ah. Cheers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 12 minutes ago, dirty dingus said: Is there any numbers on how many fighters are left inside the Avostal plant? Don't know if the folk that have left have been asked to kept information about inside to a minimum. Got to feel for some of these youngsters who thought it might be cool to get a swastika tattoo one night in Odessa. Especially the wounded. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty dingus Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 14 minutes ago, Bairnardo said: If there are nothing but soldiers in that large, sprawling complex with underground tunnels etc, and Russia want it, this would be the liklest time I could imagine for a battlefield nuke. Sort of, if they don't do it there, they won't do it anywhere feeling. Is it not the Chechens that are doing the donkey work in Mauripol? Maybe he's looking for them to clear it. No major casualties for Russia and a nice pat on the head and good propoganda for Kadyrov. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty dingus Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 4 minutes ago, welshbairn said: Got to feel for some of these youngsters who thought it might be cool to get a swastika tattoo one night in Odessa. Especially the wounded. Yeah I have no time for the Azov Battalion. I was saying their negative involvement wasn't a good look for the Ukraine freedom fighters angle in the media. Russia had basically used these one or two armed football hooligan mobs to sell they're aggression. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 Is it not the Chechens that are doing the donkey work in Mauripol? Maybe he's looking for them to clear it. No major casualties for Russia and a nice pat on the head and good propoganda for Kadyrov.Maybe, but the West are almost at the point of open conflict with Russia. There's no subtlety in it anymore. My concern is that Putin does eventually feel he needs to follow through with one of his many threats. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty dingus Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 4 minutes ago, Bairnardo said: 11 minutes ago, dirty dingus said: Is it not the Chechens that are doing the donkey work in Mauripol? Maybe he's looking for them to clear it. No major casualties for Russia and a nice pat on the head and good propoganda for Kadyrov. Maybe, but the West are almost at the point of open conflict with Russia. There's no subtlety in it anymore. My concern is that Putin does eventually feel he needs to follow through with one of his many threats Think a tactical nuke would blow it into WW3. The Russians might go for it as they are getting shown up on a global level and the West may decide f**k it if the rest of their weapons are poor we go for it. Think it will eventually come to a point of full on NATO v Russia. Hopefully I'm in Thailand when it gets hot 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Tattiescone Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 Why are they going to nuke an industrial site they'll have captured by the end of next week anyway? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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