TommyDickFingers Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 Russians showing off the new lancet loitering munition today. Quite the piece of kit if it works as advertised. Many reasons to hope it doesn't obviously, one of which would be getting to reuse the pic in the compo faces thread later. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 Kerch bridge closed to traffic, reports of explosions, something happened about the 145th support from the Russian side. https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/16/europe/russia-crimea-bridge-intl-hnk/index.html 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 9 hours ago, TommyDickFingers said: Russians showing off the new lancet loitering munition today. Quite the piece of kit if it works as advertised. Many reasons to hope it doesn't obviously, one of which would be getting to reuse the pic in the compo faces thread later. It looks like garden storage. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 9 hours ago, TommyDickFingers said: Russians showing off the new lancet loitering munition today. Quite the piece of kit if it works as advertised. Many reasons to hope it doesn't obviously, one of which would be getting to reuse the pic in the compo faces thread later. Looks like Wall E has been radicalised. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 3 hours ago, TxRover said: Kerch bridge closed to traffic, reports of explosions, something happened about the 145th support from the Russian side. https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/16/europe/russia-crimea-bridge-intl-hnk/index.html 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 (edited) Could be a USV (naval drone) that got to the Kerch bridge. If it was the spans that were damaged that seems likely. Russia has also pulled out of the grain deal (again). Remains to be seen what happens if Turkey and Ukraine continue the shipments - will Russia attack ships delivering grain and their Turkish naval escorts? Another point of note is that nine years ago today the Russian armed forces shot down a passenger jet over Ukraine, killing 298 people. None of those responsible have been brought to justice, yet. Also, another video released from, apparently, Belgorod region showing Ukraine-aligned Chechen fighters ambushing a Russian truck. Edited July 17, 2023 by ICTChris 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyDickFingers Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 27 minutes ago, ICTChris said: Could be a USV (naval drone) that got to the Kerch bridge. If it was the spans that were damaged that seems likely. Busy weekend for the Ukrainian remote controlled boat enthusiasts. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 4 hours ago, ICTChris said: Could be a USV (naval drone) that got to the Kerch bridge. If it was the spans that were damaged that seems likely. Russia has also pulled out of the grain deal (again). Remains to be seen what happens if Turkey and Ukraine continue the shipments - will Russia attack ships delivering grain and their Turkish naval escorts? Another point of note is that nine years ago today the Russian armed forces shot down a passenger jet over Ukraine, killing 298 people. None of those responsible have been brought to justice, yet. Also, another video released from, apparently, Belgorod region showing Ukraine-aligned Chechen fighters ambushing a Russian truck. Reports it was two drone that struck the bridge. Russia has announced it has opposed extending the grain deal…will be interesting to see what happens now. Meanwhile, Putin says if the Ukrainians use cluster munitions, Russia will too…conveniently ignoring the fact they have been using them…followed by a denial or Russian use of them, apparently for domestic consumption and Tucker Carlson. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 The attack on the truck in Belgorod seems to have been carried out by a Chechen group who left Syria to fight against Russians in Ukraine - Ajnad Al Kavkaz. The group is led by Rustam Azhiev, also known as Abdul Hakim Al-Shishani, who fought in the Second Chechen war and subsequently against Syrian government and Russian forces in Latakia province on Syria. The group never joined overall rebel structures and were eventually forced to leave the country. There was footage earlier in the war of Akmed Zakayev meeting Al-Sishani in Ukraine and appointing him head of Ichkerian forces. Al Shishani is in the footage of the attack, he’s clearly leading from the front. One interesting* thing is that al-Shishani had previously been affiliated with the Caucasian Emirate, who effecting took over the Chechen armed resistance and sidelined Zakayev and the Ichkerian separatists. The level of armed and civil resistance in Chechnya itself has massively reduced due to the repression by Kadyrov but also by many of the groups moving to Syria. Seems like they have mended their bridges, at least in part. *it’s interesting to me, a weirdo who takes an interest in conflict in thr Caucasus. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyDickFingers Posted July 18, 2023 Share Posted July 18, 2023 Kerch bridge on fire Your defence is terrified.... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 Russia ramped up missile and drone attacks last night. Seem to have been targeting Odesa in recent days. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted July 19, 2023 Share Posted July 19, 2023 4 hours ago, jagfox said: Russia ramped up missile and drone attacks last night. Seem to have been targeting Odesa in recent days. There is potentially a point where the NATO/Western countries will, of necessity, consent to a transfer of offensive missiles in numbers to attack Russian targets, simply because of shortages of defensive missiles, unless Russia stops these strikes. That will be the point of maximum escalation risk in this conflict. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 Only surprise is it took this long: Will be interesting to see if there are any revelations now about past misdeeds by Vlad given there was always a suspicion that Igor Girkin was being tolerated because he had the ability to embarrass the Russian leadership in a big way if anything untoward ever happened to him related to falling out of a window, drinking dodgy polonium-laced tea, etc. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MazzyStar Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 On 16/07/2023 at 22:32, TommyDickFingers said: Russians showing off the new lancet loitering munition today. Quite the piece of kit if it works as advertised. Many reasons to hope it doesn't obviously, one of which would be getting to reuse the pic in the compo faces thread later. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyDickFingers Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 58 minutes ago, LongTimeLurker said: Only surprise is it took this long: Will be interesting to see if there are any revelations now about past misdeeds by Vlad given there was always a suspicion that Igor Girkin was being tolerated because he had the ability to embarrass the Russian leadership in a big way if anything untoward ever happened to him related to falling out of a window, drinking dodgy polonium-laced tea, etc. Pity he wasn't head first out a window 4 days ago, would still have been 9 years too late tbf. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyDickFingers Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 6 minutes ago, MazzyStar said: Timeless 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 Igor getting banged up was probably part of the deal Putin made with Prigozhin. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dev Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 It also gives Girkin protection from arrest for his dirty work! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 Quote “The western territories of present-day Poland are a gift from Stalin to the Poles, have our friends in Warsaw forgotten about this?” Putin said. “We will remind you.” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/21/putin-warn-poland-against-unleashing-aggression-against-belarus-troops-eastern-border I think the Poles are just itching to get stuck into Russia. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweeperDee Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 Just now, Newbornbairn said: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/21/putin-warn-poland-against-unleashing-aggression-against-belarus-troops-eastern-border I think the Poles are just itching to get stuck into Russia. Who could blame them? If Poland decided to actually have a go at Russia it would be the end of the world, but only cause Russia knows they'd be steamrollered. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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