Yazata Wrote:Do we really know these came from Ukraine? (I'm not denying it exactly, we all know that before the war made them all into Saints, Ukraine was hugely corrupt where everything was for sale.)
The Javelin launchers seem to come in different colours. I'd guess ones in desert camo probably didn't come from Ukraine but could be wrong.
The second linked to article in #1278 contained a link to an Oliver Stone 2016 documentary on events surrounding the Feb 2014 coup in Ukraine (and considerably more):
https://rumble.com/embed/vubrga 'Ukraine On Fire'
At an hour thirty seven long, it's not a quickie. Stone has strong leftist leanings, but presents imo a highly revealing overview entirely absent from MSM.
sounds like russia is going to do a huge conscription drive
even though they have said their current mobilization has ended it looks like they are now going to do an even bigger mobilization.
Oh no!
The former head of Roscosmos (the Russian space agency)
Dmitry Rogozin was celebrating his 59th birthday in a very nice restaurant in the city of Donetsk, the capital of the Russian-separatist Donetsk People's Republic since 2014. The leader of the DPR was also present at the party. (I'm not sure what kind of official status the DPR government has after Russia annexed the Donetsk oblast recently. Maybe it became a provincial government.)
Well, Dmitry's party turned out to be a blast!
Ukrainian artillery shelling appears to have struck a building nearby and blew in all the restaurant windows and riddled it with shrapnel. Rogozin and some of the others were wounded, and from the looks of it at least one of those present was killed. Rogozin's injuries are said to be relatively minor.
So Rogozin has a war-wound and will probably receive a medal from his friend Putin.
https://twitter.com/Spriter0000/status/1...2302976000
https://twitter.com/typicaldonetsk/statu...9210480640
https://twitter.com/Rinegati/status/1605...69/video/4
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Ukrainians on the internet are claiming that Rogozin has had his penis almost completely blown off and are laughing about it.
Frankly, I don't believe it. It sounds like wishful thinking disinformation to me.
A more realistic description of his injuries are a bad cut to his head and a penetrating shrapnel wound to his thigh.
Most likely, anyone who is talking doesn't know, and anyone who knows isn't talking.
(Dec 24, 2022 12:23 AM)Yazata Wrote: [ -> ]Ukrainians on the internet are claiming that Rogozin has had his penis almost completely blown off and are laughing about it.
Frankly, I don't believe it. It sounds like wishful thinking disinformation to me.
A more realistic description of his injuries are a bad cut to his head and a penetrating shrapnel wound to his thigh.
Most likely, anyone who is talking doesn't know, and anyone who knows isn't talking.
1 report said he had sustained a serious injury in his ass
when you look at the room he was in he was likely seated facing away from the blast zone
(Dec 24, 2022 03:57 AM)RainbowUnicorn Wrote: [ -> ] (Dec 24, 2022 12:23 AM)Yazata Wrote: [ -> ]Ukrainians on the internet are claiming that Rogozin has had his penis almost completely blown off and are laughing about it.
Frankly, I don't believe it. It sounds like wishful thinking disinformation to me.
A more realistic description of his injuries are a bad cut to his head and a penetrating shrapnel wound to his thigh.
Most likely, anyone who is talking doesn't know, and anyone who knows isn't talking.
1 report said he had sustained a serious injury in his ass
when you look at the room he was in he was likely seated facing away from the blast zone
Yeah, "thigh" might be a euphemism for "ass", entirely possible.
Latest I heard was that the guy who was killed was a bodyguard for the leader of the Russian Donetsk administration.
And here's @warmapper's interesting summary map of the present state of Russia's 3-day lightning war to seize Ukraine, 10 months in. The white areas are areas the Russians once occupied that have been retaken by the Ukrainians, the red areas are areas taken since February 2022, and the purple areas are the areas held since 2014.
Before the war started nobody (least of all Putin himself) could have predicted how badly the once vaunted Russian army has performed. When they invaded in February everyone, including the Pentagon, assumed Ukraine was toast and it would only be a question of how many days they could hold out. (The US evacuated its embassy and offered Zelensky a flight out, to which he said that he needed ammunition, not a ride! Gotta admire that.)
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Russian contract soldiers complaining they are not given any diesel to heat themselves with and being asked to pay for it out of their own pockets
AND many have pneumonia and bronchitis and a person is being taken away sick every day.
ha ha !
filthy Orcs getting sick is awesome
1 less KA-52 Orc attack helicopter & crew yay !