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A rare hit among the Russian elite. Shoigu's #2 has been arrested on charges of bribery. Notable that this is the guy whose main portfolio has included the reconstruction of occupied Mariupol. Federal investigators have arrested Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov on felony bribery charges. Ivanov...

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Has the Senate voted on it yet? Later today. Cheers Heard anything more about the Patriot systems to be 'donated' to Ukraine? Rumour was Greece and maybe Portugal? Portugal doesn't operate Patriot. Spain was the other country rumoured. It'll just be a case of wait and see. Ringtausch is a possibili...

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CanNZ2000 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 23, 2024 8:08 pm Has the Senate voted on it yet?

Later today.

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Most of the next US aid package is already in Germany and Poland ready to go as soon as Biden signs the bill into law. Includes Bradleys, M113s, HMMWVs, arty ammo, air defence missiles, and ATACMS.

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Not even close https://www.nps.gov/bost/learn/historyculture/ussconst.htm What do we consider active? From the link. "CONSTITUTION remains both a training and ceremonial ship for the Navy, as well as an educational experience for visitors." and "Naval officers and crew still serve aboard the ship t...

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Holy shit! You mean I was being anti-Semitic by criticising Israel this whole time?... Thank god I found out. I'll never say anything bad about them again.... I so sorry, It's actually totally fine that they've massacred thousands of kids. Who the fúck are you? I was referring to the Saffer troll. ...

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Would people please ignore the antisemitic Tankie. Or at the very least just stop quoting him. Holy shit! You mean I was being anti-Semitic by criticising Israel this whole time?... Thank god I found out. I'll never say anything bad about them again.... I so sorry, It's actually totally fine that t...

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Seeing some rumours in the OSINT community that the IFV/APC situation for the Russians is much worse than previously thought; storage bases being much emptier than earlier assessed and remaining vehicles showing far more signs of cannibalization for parts. I've seen one source tentatively revise his...

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Would people please ignore the antisemitic Tankie. Or at the very least just stop quoting him.

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The use of English is an interesting one that I've seen elsewhere. Recently was in Tbilisi - sat at a restaurant, next to a Russian-speaking couple, having a conversation in Russian. The restaurant staff also clearly spoke Russian since the menu was printed in Georgian, English and Russian, but the...

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I was listening to a podcast the other day with The Telegraphs former Moscow bureau chief, Julius Strauss, who recently visited Kharkiv. He said that there is still about 1m people living in and around the city, which is incredible really, but the major difference he found this time compared to whe...

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So there should be an independence referendum every couple of years until the separatists one day hit the jackpot? The SNP approves No, but expecting people's views and attitudes to remain static for 33 years is more than a little unrealistic. They affirmed their desire for freedom/independence wit...

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It appears that the Ukrainians hit the Kommuna in Sevastopol this morning. So ends the oldest active service naval ship in the world in her 111th year.

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David Sacks predictably going into meltdown @DavidSacks It’s not “just” $61 billion. Ukraine will need massive annual cash infusions to stave off total defeat. So it’s $61 billion as the baseline for an annual appropriation in a new forever war. @DavidSacks It’s no coincidence that the Uniparty is ...

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Skiaddict wrote: ↑Sat Apr 20, 2024 10:12 pm
Hellraiser wrote: ↑Sat Apr 20, 2024 5:22 pm British intelligence has confirmed the Tu-22M3 was hit by an S-200.
At a distance of slightly more than 300km? That has to be damn near a record for that platform. I thought 300 was the limit.

308km. The Ukrainians have been upgrading them quietly for a number of years.

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Not really. Ospreys played the Stormers at sea level today and are playing the Bulls at 1350m next weekend. Useless facts: At 1,724 metres, at Ellis Park (Lions) there is only 82 per cent of the oxygen available compared with sea level. Water boils at 93 °C in Joburg, not 100 °C, according to my so...

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Schumer said the Senate will vote on the bill on Tuesday.

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I've seen mention on Telegram that the hysterical reaction among the Russian leadership to the vote is because they were caught off guard by the result. They seemed to actually expect it to fail to pass.

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British intelligence has confirmed the Tu-22M3 was hit by an S-200.

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Russian telegram channels report that either russian or DPR soldiers killed an American citizen, military Z-blogger Russell Bentley, who was fighting on the side of russia. In the USA Bentley was convicted of drug smuggling and spent 5 years in prison. In 2014 he decided to come to Ukraine to "help...

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Another IRIS-T SLM system will be delivered to Ukraine by the end of the month.

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The German company Quantum-Systems GmbH opened a new factory for the production of drones and a development center in Ukraine. The new plant will be the company's second enterprise in Ukraine, it is expected that by the end of the year it will employ about 100 people. The new production facility wi...

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https://youtu.be/ITZfjXEOx7Y?si=SCZRcDnM-2dVsRRu

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Visual evidence has emerged that Russia has received 203mm M106 HE ammunition from Iran for it's 2S7 Pions. This ammunition would belong to Iran's 30 or so M110 howitzers, so it's basically all from pre-1979. It also means that Russia has or is close to exhausting it's own 203mm ammo stocks as that ...

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Launch footage of the ATACMS launch for the Dzankhoi strike was released. It was M270s, which is logical as they have two launch modules to the HIMARS one.

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The commander of the Tu-22M3 died due to failure to eject.

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After sifting through some data it looks like Germany may be able to eventually provide Ukraine with >500 Marders. The German defence industry had ~1000 in storage in 2023, and the rule of thumb that they apply themselves seems to be that you get one operational vehicle for every two when taking the...

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Robert Habeck, the German Vice-Chancellor, lead a large delegation of the German defence and energy industries to Kyiv yesterday.

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General Budanov, head of the GUR, reaffirms that the Russian Tu-22M3 was shot down this morning by Ukrainian missiles. “We shot down the plane at a distance of 308 km, using the same means as we did with the A-50. The preparation took us a week.” https://twitter.com/Tendar/status/178139802071143676...

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Zelensky stated that 2S22 Bohdana 155mm SPH production has reached 10 per month. Just needs the ammo now.

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Not sure how they managed to do it but the Ukrainians shot down a Tu-22M3 strategic bomber near Stavropol. https://twitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/1781178675045552537?t=gNF_kcGbfh0AVvHO_BaEow&s=19 I am amazed at the slow pace at which the plane is falling, almost like a leaf in the ait. Do these ...

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German officials today announced the arrest of two men with dual Russian-German citizenship on suspicion of spying for Russia and plotting sabotage on military installations in Germany, including US military bases, to undermine military support for Ukraine. According to the Voice of America, two me...

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Well maybe hit nearer the border and limped deeper into Russian territory before falling apart . Modified S200 with extended range was what they used for one of the A50s, wasn't it? I know the Patriot Battery Roadshow was the cause of the one that was hit along the coast in the Sea of Azov. That se...

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That's surely Red on Red or a catastrophic malfunction at that distance from the active conflict zone? The Ukrainians are claiming it. But yeah, no idea how they've done this if so. Hit over Ukraine apparently but limped on to come down in Russia. Bombers don't cross the border as they are too vuln...

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Not sure how they managed to do it but the Ukrainians shot down a Tu-22M3 strategic bomber near Stavropol. https://twitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/1781178675045552537?t=gNF_kcGbfh0AVvHO_BaEow&s=19 That's surely Red on Red or a catastrophic malfunction at that distance from the active conflict zon...

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Not sure how they managed to do it but the Ukrainians shot down a Tu-22M3 strategic bomber near Stavropol.

https://twitter.com/Osinttechnical/stat ... BaEow&s=19

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https://twitter.com/ralee85/status/1781045500558418208?s=61&t=KJJ96NXgcBqfns75U3MUBQ Interesting development This news is a couple of days old. Apparently there was considerable friction between the core of old UVC troops and the non-UVC troops they amalgamated with to form the 67th. Not terribly s...

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As I like to remind anyone who disparages the Russian UK Embassy Twitter account, there is probably a very scared intern publishing this pro-orc bullshit. There are probably lots of open windows to remind them to stick to the script. Embassy accounts are more than likely run by SVR officers, not Va...

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IMHO this thread should be one of those protected threads where mindless, unimaginative, arse-achingly dull trolling - should be banned Who’s with me on this? Let attention-seeking incels infest the regular threads instead of a thread where one country has invaded another country. You'll notice tha...

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It's not necessary to be honest. Smoking is going to fade away in time as it gets taxed out of existence and there are far fewer new smokers over time to replace the older ones who die off. There just won't be a market for it in 30 years outside of niche higher end products like cigars and pipe toba...

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