Russo-Ukrainian War - 2022 Edition - Part 5

[aapkop]

They received the entire north Macedonia fleet of soviet planes and also loads of spare parts from unspecified countries, I think Romania and Bulgaria , supposedly to fix old planes they had, but I think it basically ended up getting entire planes in parts.

That happened after 24 Feb

He said 80 % pre invasion , not after invasion

 

[MiW]

https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/y3j7x8

 

[MiW]

That happened after 24 Feb

He said 80 % pre invasion , not after invasion

I think the pre invasion numbers, not exact planes. It's just my guess, I have no idea.

 

[Temujin]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1580819437824839681

 

[MiW]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1580831871306698753

 

[MiW]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1580723081902841857

 

[Blu82]

I am really curious how this happens. It can't be wing tipping, they probably fly into those things by accident and then the whole jet is rekt. There are probably even more damaged UA jets if this is the case that 3 are lost. Seems like a really bad way to take out those drones if they just keep losing jets that way. that being said, if they did nothing those shaheds would have potentially destroyed civilian infrastructure or vital military equipment. It is a really bad (super cheap drone vs expensive jet) trade-off but probably justifiable if it saves civilian lives.

If you engage the with guns they may explode in your face and FOD is no one's friend.

 

[MunosMachos]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1580819437824839681

Ah, a Banderite Ukrainian politician.

Ukraine's envoy to Germany irks Israeli, Polish governments – DW – 07/02/2022

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry distanced itself from Ambassador Andriy Melnyk's statement to a German journalist. Melnyk said that nationalist Stepan Bandera was "not a mass murderer."

www.dw.com

Andriy Melnyk,Ukraine's outspoken ambassador to Germany, drew the ire of Poland, Israel, and Jewish groups on Friday when he defended Ukrainian nationalist leader Stepan Bandera in an interview.

Pretty disgusting to have Stepan Bandera supporters in the Ukrainian government. But then again, this is not a surprise:

Nazi collaborator monuments around the world

There are hundreds of monuments around the world to people who abetted or took part in the murder of Jews and others during the Holocaust.

forward.com

L’viv and Ivano-Frankivsk — 1.5 million Jews, a quarter of all Jews murdered in the Holocaust, came from Ukraine. Over the past six years, the country has been institutionalizing worship of the paramilitary Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, which collaborated with the Nazis and aided in the slaughter of Jews, and the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), which massacred thousands of Jews and 70,000-100,000 Poles. A major figure venerated in today’s Ukraine is Stepan Bandera (1909–1959), the Nazi collaborator who led a faction of OUN (called OUN-B); above are his statues in L’viv (left) and Ivano-Frankivsk (right). Many thanks to Per Anders Rudling, Tarik Cyril Amar and Jared McBride for their guidance on Ukrainian collaborators.

 

[NarrowBandFtw]

 

[NarrowBandFtw]

New developing story:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1580802535509864448

LMFAO

if fuelling enemy warplanes is a "war crime" ... wtf is sending billions and billions of dollars worth of weapons to the warzone?!?

 

[borro]

LMFAO

if fuelling enemy warplanes is a "war crime" ... wtf is sending billions and billions of dollars worth of weapons to the warzone?!?

2+2 = 5

 

[MunosMachos]

LMFAO

if fuelling enemy warplanes is a "war crime" ... wtf is sending billions and billions of dollars worth of weapons to the warzone?!?

It is called defending the "rules-based international order" and standing up for freedom and democracy.
Which is code for "defending the freedom of oligarchs to exploit the working class and select plonkers that the working class can vote for to make them think they have real demoacracy".

 

[BBSA]

Quote of the week:
"Russia wants to be the second strongest army in the world, but at the moment they are only the second strongest army in Ukraine"

 

[Howdy]

Ah, a Banderite Ukrainian politician.

Ukraine's envoy to Germany irks Israeli, Polish governments – DW – 07/02/2022

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry distanced itself from Ambassador Andriy Melnyk's statement to a German journalist. Melnyk said that nationalist Stepan Bandera was "not a mass murderer."

www.dw.com

Pretty disgusting to have Stepan Bandera supporters in the Ukrainian government. But then again, this is not a surprise:

Nazi collaborator monuments around the world

There are hundreds of monuments around the world to people who abetted or took part in the murder of Jews and others during the Holocaust.

forward.com

So much here.

"My nazis are better than your nazis".

 

[Dave]

This might make for some twitchy orcs, rybar not sounding too happy.

 

[NarrowBandFtw]

Quote of the week:
"Russia wants to be the second strongest army in the world, but at the moment they are only the second strongest army in Ukraine"

s-u-r-e

only one army in Ukraine has:
- faced literally all weaponry NATO could throw at it short of nukes
- captured 20% of the other's territory
- destroyed 50% of the other's electricity generation capacity in 3 days

Ukraine sure is stronk!

 

[MunosMachos]

So much here.

"My nazis are better than your nazis".

Let's see how the Ukraine (and the Banderites in their government) and USA vote at the UN this year:
Last year:

 

[wingnut771]

s-u-r-e

only one army in Ukraine has:
- faced literally all weaponry NATO could throw at it short of nukes
- captured 20% of the other's territory
- destroyed 50% of the other's electricity generation capacity in 3 days

Ukraine sure is stronk!

Maybe Ukraine should start sending rockets Moscow's way taking out their generation capacity?

 

[sefeddt]

That happened after 24 Feb

He said 80 % pre invasion , not after invasion

You can gauge the amount on this link. On paper Russia should have destroyed Ukraine in weeks but corruption and hype show how they actually have been found wanting.

Comparison of Ukraine and Russia Military Strengths (2023)

Comparison of two world military powers in side-by-side format.

www.globalfirepower.com

 

[NarrowBandFtw]

Maybe Ukraine should start sending rockets Moscow's way taking out their generation capacity?

they can try, I don't believe they have anything with that kind of range and Moscow is armed to the teeth with air defences

but that all aside, all it would achieve is the same as the Crimea bridge stunt: escalation

in fact, a direct strike on Moscow would guarantee significant escalation, WW3 level stuff
we'd better all hope Ukraine isn't crazy enough to go there, or rather that the west isn't crazy enough to give them the capability to go there