Bairnardo Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 2 minutes ago, Newbornbairn said: Why are they going to nuke an industrial site they'll have captured by the end of next week anyway? Why are they going to nuke anywhere... To make a point 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Tattiescone Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 35 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. Nah, the Chechens are too busy thieving, raping kids and making Tik Tok videos https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/world/ukraine-war-latest-updates-russia-b2072960.html 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Tattiescone Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 11 minutes ago, Bairnardo said: Why are they going to nuke anywhere... To make a point Oh, ok. What point would that be then? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 Oh, ok. What point would that be then? For f**k sake. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salt n Vinegar Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 46 minutes ago, Newbornbairn said: Why are they going to nuke an industrial site they'll have captured by the end of next week anyway? Wouldn't put it past Russia to save the nukes and use gas. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 (edited) 1 hour 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. All the propaganda I'm taking in is that the Chechens on the Russian side are far too busy filming to be anywhere near the front line. However there's supposed be quite a few Chechens on the Ukrainian side too understandably, the Russians destroyed their country and handed it over to an utter psycho, they might be in Mariupol. P.S. Nobody's going to be nuking anyone ffs. (general point, not part of this reply) Edited May 7, 2022 by welshbairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty dingus Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 Pure Eurovision Russia - Snake Island - Nil points Europe - Snake Island - 20 points 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 People need to get a grip on this tactical nuke stuff. The prevailing wind direction would take any resulting fallout over Rostov and a large portion of Russia's most fertile farmland. It would also be a while before any fish consumption from the Sea of Azov would be a good move. Odds on Vlad will give that a miss. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorlomin Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 This is taken from the ISW assessments that have generally been good. The blue in the top is the counter attack around Kharkiv. This seems to have started with the limited goal of pushing artillery beyond Kharkiv. But its now pushing the whole region back to the point its turning the adjacent region, the push out from Izyum into a salient. Their main lines of communication are starting to get close to Ukrainian artillery range. This will severely test Russia's ability to sustain offensive operations with its constrained manpower. Western artillery is now starting to arrive though the numbers are vague. A gun like the M777 has a range of up to 38km, while the standard Russian gun, D30, (and the one the Ukrainians have been using) can only get about 13km with inaccurate rocket assistance. There has been video claiming to show the use of western "precision guided artillery" (claimed video here) so its either Copperhead (laser guided) or Excalibur (GPS guided). We will likely start hearing a lot about the latter in the coming weeks. Its insanely accurate, 4m at around 40km range. America is sending about 200 000 rounds (99% will be old style dumb rounds) but these are going to be air bursting not ground bursting so much more lethal for troops, even in trenches. To put western aid here into some perspective the numbers (from memory so always happy to be corrected) as that the Russians have about 4-6000 tubes, Ukraine about 1-2000 and the US and other sending about 120. I am sure there are those who will dispute the efficacy of such a small amount of support. I doubt those under direct fire will be among them. Its not going to "change the war" in one week. But it will up the attrition rate. My guess is especially among Russian artillery units. Russia's current strategy is headed to collapse. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinese-tech-giants-quietly-stop-doing-business-with-russia-11651845795 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Sergeant Wilson Posted May 8, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 8, 2022 1 hour ago, dorlomin said: Russians have about 4-6000 tubes, Ukraine about 1-2000 and the US and other sending about 120. . Sounds like a war Scotland could win. 22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty dingus Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 2 hours ago, LongTimeLurker said: Flesh wound. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNU_Linux Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 With everything happening on Snake Island I assume whacking day this year is cancelled? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 10 minutes ago, GNU_Linux said: With everything happening on Snake Island I assume whacking day this year is cancelled? Maybe for you....... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 Why is everyone translating Zmiinyi/Snake Island but not any other toponyms? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 4 minutes ago, DiegoDiego said: Why is everyone translating Zmiinyi/Snake Island but not any other toponyms? Because it sounds like the lair of an evil genius in a children's cartoon. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 3 minutes ago, DiegoDiego said: Why is everyone translating Zmiinyi/Snake Island but not any other toponyms? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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