It looked like two of the shells landed on top of the guys in that slit trench.
Russian invasion of Ukraine | Fewer tweets, more discussion
- Thread starter Wednesday at Stoke
- Start date
I'm not sure what to feel when seeing videos like this one. On one hand I'm happy that the Ukrainians are fighting such a incompetent force but on the other hand I also feel sorry for those Russians because those are not soldiers, they lack even the most basic of training for an infantry soldier.
Attacking in the open when there is decent cover just meters away and no coordination in the attack, everyone just seems to be doing their own thing. Not even when the indirect fire starts comming in they seem to understand that they need to get in cover.
Tweet
— Twitter API (@user) date
Drone operators became extremly skilled in dropping grenades after one year of practice. I remember those videos during the first months of the war when many grenades landed a few meters away from the target on average. Now they hit tank hatches, narrow trenches and small dugouts without problems.
Can't imagine what it's like down there in the trenches, not only to worry about an enemy assault or artillery, but also the knowledge that anytime, even at night, a drone might end your life and you don't see it coming.
Most of the time they also don't die instantly, but slowly bleed to death because of horrific shrapnel wounds. I saw videos where russian soldiers shot themselves after being hit with a shrapnel granade.
I don't want to know how many soldiers will have PTSD just from this alone, waking up at night in your own bed expecting a drone over your head.
Good thread by Ryan.
The comming offensive will set the tone for the future of this war. If it's a succes we could start seeing an end to the war soon but if it's a failure we will have years of the same grinding and very destructive type of warfare we have seen for the past 10 months.
The comming offensive will set the tone for the future of this war. If it's a succes we could start seeing an end to the war soon but if it's a failure we will have years of the same grinding and very destructive type of warfare we have seen for the past 10 months.
Tweet
— Twitter API (@user) date
Tweet
— Twitter API (@user) date
How many Ukrainians in total have been trained abroad?
I haven't seen any exact numbers but around 40,000 would be my guess. I believe UK have trained 20,000 infantry troops so far in their program and the EU program that started in November should have the first 15,000 finishing their training about now. Add in all the types of specialized troops that are being trained by various nations on more advanced weapons and 40,000 would seem pretty close.
There was a clip of 30+ Russians lying dead or close to death in a small part of a trench, and that was just what was in view on this drone footage. First time I've felt sympathy for these guys. That and the fact we only see small snippets of the reality of this war. feck Putin.
Episode 2 is out... They stated they would release footage covering a 7 day battle for this area.
Viewer discretion advised! Death & some close ups...
Translated description from the video:
Six meters wide. 30 meters along. Seven days of continuous fighting for this small piece of Ukrainian land.
Today we publish a continuation of the battle for one of the positions of our battalion.
The battle for the "T-pattern". PART TWO. Rebuff
We will remind that more than 30 Russian attack aircraft attacked the "T-pattern" position. Eight of our brothers in the trenches faced an unequal battle. Most of the enemy group was destroyed. However, the invaders came close to the trenches.
The reserve of our battalion, which is already rushing to support, has the power to turn the tide of the battle.
Viewer discretion advised! Death & some close ups...
Translated description from the video:
Six meters wide. 30 meters along. Seven days of continuous fighting for this small piece of Ukrainian land.
Today we publish a continuation of the battle for one of the positions of our battalion.
The battle for the "T-pattern". PART TWO. Rebuff
We will remind that more than 30 Russian attack aircraft attacked the "T-pattern" position. Eight of our brothers in the trenches faced an unequal battle. Most of the enemy group was destroyed. However, the invaders came close to the trenches.
The reserve of our battalion, which is already rushing to support, has the power to turn the tide of the battle.
Last edited:
This has basically devolved into WW1 style trench warfare for the Russians, which is why I think the Ukrainians have a good chance of winning this.
Own impatience killed the guy at 1:10...The first war with this kind of footage. Insane.
edit: A new Kraken video got released. Those guys have the best and most impressive videos out there. They also have a Youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@KRAKEN_GUR/videos
Tweet
— Twitter API (@user) date
edit2: Here is a video from Bakhmut city. Definitely worth to watch.
Tweet
— Twitter API (@user) date
Last edited:
Tweet
— Twitter API (@user) date
Man, imagine actually siding with Russia on this one just because you don't like the US.
Fascists are a scourge, but so are tankies.
Fascists are a scourge, but so are tankies.
This should put to bed any doubts he was also prepared to use tactical nukes if not for NATO warning him of consequences if he did.
Authoritarians are bound to side with one another, which is why Putin has cozied up to China and received military help from Iran. The sooner all these dictatorships collapse, the better.
Amen.
No one ever said that democracy is an easy thing, but authoritarianism is always a recipe for disaster. Wish more people understand it.
Putin taking the projection thing to a whole new level there
Of course you feel sorry. They're sent there to die senselessly just cause a mad man has his own obsessions and fascinations. Incredibly sad and depressing. Of course its depressing for Ukrainian soldiers who are dying en masse cause they need to defend their country from that same mad man. So many lifes lost for nothing and the half of country or more destroyed.
Control with fear. A bookmark in every dictator's playbook.
Tweet
— Twitter API (@user) date
What do Ukrainians think about russians now?
Polina from Mariupol
Polina from Mariupol
This list is worth a read as there are legitimate questions about the seriousness and the longevity of the deal between Russia and China. The history of mistrust between those 2 countries goes FAR back.
Tweet
— Twitter API (@user) date
Seriously, wtf?
Russian soldiers should be allowed to compete at Olympics, claims UN expert
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2...rs-ukraine-olympic-games-united-nations-paris
Russian soldiers should be allowed to compete at Olympics, claims UN expert
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2...rs-ukraine-olympic-games-united-nations-paris
UN is full of rotten and corrupt people payed by the likes of Kremlin and other dictatorships sadly. The same goes for many other organizations like the IOC for example.
German armor delivered!
Tweet
— Twitter API (@user) date
The thing that always fascinates me is something Yuval Noah Harari wrote in one of his books: Russia has no ideology beyond a corrupt oligarchy. So basically what they're 'selling' to the rest of the world is a hatred of the West but that really doesn't amount to much if you've nothing to replace it with in terms of an ideology that people can believe in. It's like ok, you think the West is horrible, fine, so what do you believe in and how will it appeal to people?
As I mentioned, long time ago here, with the Russian population dwindling, low male expectancy and the Ukrainian war making a huge dent to their 20-40 years old age, in 20-30 years Russia will have problems to defend their territory, not only for the lack of people in their borders but economically speaking. China would have the resources to recover via combination of pressure/historical reasons/economic exchange. Russia would lose territories that they would not care that much and China would claim "historical territories" that it could use to give to their huge population (though they will be dwindling too).
So as long as someone is not filmed doing war crimes, they are good. Let's ignore the fact that Russia's goal of the entire war is essentially doing a genocide and every solder involved in that is part of it.
According to this Putin himself could compete. Not a great look.
Out of interest what do you think the consequences from NATO would have been?
The rumors last summer were, that Nato threatened to create a no-fly zone in Ukraine if Putin would have decided to use tactical nukes.
Mind, it may very well be a deepfake but interesting rhetoric nevertheless...wonder if this is the kind of conversations among the Russian elites and celebs.
Tweet
— Twitter API (@user) date
Fair enough these are the rumours I heard. I guess other than more sanctions NATO wouldn't dare to do more otherwise it could start WW3
Irrespective of the NATO reaction, I reckon China would drop Russia instantly if it were to use a nuclear weapon in Europe.
Who knows, but once it happens the other side isn’t exactly incentivized to be tame.
Tweet
— Twitter API (@user) date
Challengers are also in Ukraine. Seems like most of the western armor is in Ukraine already, apart from the Abrams of course. Now it'll depend on Ukraine to use them as efficiently as possible because it doesn't look like that they can expect another delivery soon. Even a 10 to 1 ratio wouldn't be good enough for the MBTs probably. And Russia will definetly use their air force to destroy those tanks, because they have also a big propaganda value to them.
The upcoming offensive will be probably the most important one in this war, for it will determine how long the war will continue. If it's successful, Putin would be under heavy pressure to start negotiating. If not, Kremlin gets enough propaganda material to keep brainwashing their people into continuing this war for the foreseeable future.
edit:
As probably some of you have seen the insane footage of the ukranian soldier Ruslan Zubariev who defended his trench together with his partner with all kinds of weapons against a russian assault, killed 4 and destroyed a BMP in the process. He got recently the golden cross for his heroic action.
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/03/27/7395253/
For those who don't know the video, I put it in a spoiler because he shoots one russian attacker in more or less close combat. (If it's not allowed, please delete it then)
Absolutely insane footage. One man rambo and his personal squire!
Tweet
— Twitter API (@user) date
The upcoming offensive will be probably the most important one in this war, for it will determine how long the war will continue. If it's successful, Putin would be under heavy pressure to start negotiating. If not, Kremlin gets enough propaganda material to keep brainwashing their people into continuing this war for the foreseeable future.
edit:
As probably some of you have seen the insane footage of the ukranian soldier Ruslan Zubariev who defended his trench together with his partner with all kinds of weapons against a russian assault, killed 4 and destroyed a BMP in the process. He got recently the golden cross for his heroic action.
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/03/27/7395253/
For those who don't know the video, I put it in a spoiler because he shoots one russian attacker in more or less close combat. (If it's not allowed, please delete it then)
Absolutely insane footage. One man rambo and his personal squire!
Last edited:
What assault rifles and submachine guns are UA soldiers using?
Russia have lost 1900 tanks which are visually confirmed so I would think the count provided by Ukraine (3600) in their daily updates is likely realistic or not that far off considering that obviously not every loss is visually documented, especially if it's further into Russian occupied territories. Crazy.
Tweet
— Twitter API (@user) date
Tweet
— Twitter API (@user) date
Tweet
— Twitter API (@user) date
Politico really dug itself a hole there, with this terrible obvious smear campaign article.
Check all the replies, how our people debunked it in matter of seconds
No cancel culture (except for when we ban free speech and prosecute regular people and artists alike for daring not to support the war)
Traditional values based on Christianity and heterosexual marriage (with Putin initiating a genocidal war, having multiple "illegitimate" children and semi-openly cheating on his wife for many years)
Focus on promoting Russian history and culture (historical fakes like 28 Panfilov's men get put into schoolbooks while things like Molotov-Ribbentrop pact or Stalin's repressions gets excluded; most decent contemporary Russian authors fled the country and Russian culture, unsurprisingly, is at its (all-time?) low in terms of popularity abroad)