ThreePi Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 12 hours ago, CitizenVectron said: Russia is having major electrical and natural gas/heating issues right now. It's gotten much colder, and many of their systems are failing around Moscow. Right now there are hundreds of thousands of homes in the Moscow region without power or heat, and many trains operating without heat. Basically just infrastructure degradation combined with a lack of replacement parts. Also big shortages of chicken and eggs. Which came first? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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CitizenVectron Posted January 12 Author Share Posted January 12 Sunak vows that Ukraine will never be alone as he pledges £2.5bn package WWW.BBC.COM Rishi Sunak announces the package, the largest since Russia's invasion, on a surprise trip to Kyiv. Good news. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted January 13 Author Share Posted January 13 Primary warehouse for Russia's Amazon (Wildberries) completely burned down in Moscow: MSN WWW.MSN.COM Massive fire. Russian officials had previously raised this facility (1,600 workers) to abduct foreign workers to conscript into the army and fight in Ukraine. The fire is believed to be arson in retaliation for the company allowing the government to do this. The fire alarms had previously been disabled by the company, as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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PaladinSolo Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Honestly engaging a tank in a bradley without a TOW seems crazy, lol, but apparently Russian tank crews can't hit shit or their optics are garbage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TUFKAK Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 13 minutes ago, PaladinSolo said: Honestly engaging a tank in a bradley without a TOW seems crazy, lol, but apparently Russian tank crews can't hit shit or their optics are garbage. Yeah, my very first thought was why the tank wasn’t pressing forward, clearly undertrained. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted January 15 Author Share Posted January 15 A Russian AWACS A-50 aircraft appears to have been shot down, along with an Il-22 sigint plane that was possibly shot down, but at least damaged. No confirmation of source of attack, but possibly Russian air defense targeted their own intelligence aircraft. Big loss for Russia, they likely only have a handful of working AWACS craft left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CayceG Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 I'm waiting for lots of confirmation on those things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted January 15 Author Share Posted January 15 Sounds like Ukraine performed the strikes on the planes. IL-22 was heavily damaged with potential deaths, A-50 completely destroyed. Russia is internally saying it was a friendly fire incident, mainly to make pilots feel safer. If Ukraine is hiding a Patriot system in Kherson/Zaporizhzhia and Russia can't find/destroy it, then pilots aren't going to want to fly so close to the front. But if it's friendly fire...then they can claim the unit responsible was punished and it won't happen again, etc. Also, sounds like an Su-34 was almost taken down over the Sea of Azov today. So...Ukraine either has a Patriot system near the frontlines in the south, or possibly an older S-200 system (they have good range). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 New video from Kings & Generals: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 This is reportedly a photo of the damaged IL-22: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted January 16 Author Share Posted January 16 Седьмой за неделю самолет российской авиакомпании сломался во время рейса - Русская служба The Moscow Times WWW.MOSCOWTIMES.RU 7th airline plane in Russia to break down mid-flight (and have to land) in a week. More and more flights are being cancelled (and crews reduced) in Russia due to lack of repair parts for planes, thanks to sanctions. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mclumber1 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 I don't want to see any of those civilian planes crash of course, but it is good to hear that they are unable to repair them due to sanctions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted January 17 Author Share Posted January 17 France is providing another 40 SCALP cruise missiles to Ukraine (French equivalent of Storm Shadows), which is great news. Germany is STILL not providing Taurus missiles, which would allow for the destruction of the Kerch bridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commissar SFLUFAN Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 Ukrainian Crews Set A Complex Missile Trap For Russia’s Best Radar Plane WWW.FORBES.COM Exactly how the Ukrainians shot down the four-engine A-50 is unclear, but analyst Tom Cooper has a theory. Ukrainian missile crews lured the Russian crew into a trap. Quote Exactly how the Ukrainians shot down the four-engine A-50 with its top-mounted radar is unclear, but analyst Tom Cooper—who has written many books about Soviet and Russian warplanes—has a theory. Ukrainian radar and missile crews lured the Russian crews into a trap. If Cooper’s theory is correct, the Ukrainians set the trap on Saturday, when Ukrainian air force jets—presumably Sukhoi Su-24 bombers—struck Russian air force installations across the Russian-occupied Crimean Peninsula. “A number of radars were knocked out,” Cooper reported. The Saturday strikes, the latest in a long campaign of Ukrainian raids on Russian defenses in Crimea, suppressed the Russians’ ground-based radar coverage, leaving the surviving missile batteries on the peninsula partially blind—especially to the north, where the terrain could mask incoming Ukrainian planes, drones and missiles. So Russian commanders did the obvious, but stupid, thing. They ordered one of their few remaining A-50U radar planes, which normally fly far to the south over the Sea of Azov, to push farther north in order to extend radar coverage over most of Crimea. An A-50’s rotating radar can see airplane-size targets nearly 200 miles away. The original blog post from Tom Cooper: Ukraine War, 16 January 2024: Scratch one A-50 XXTOMCOOPERXX.SUBSTACK.COM Hello everybody! So much is going on the last two days - in Ukraine and in the Middle East - that I can’t even decide what way to look as first and what to comment about. Even less so can I summarise all of this in form of ‘useful’ articles - at once. Sure, I’ll try, but… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris- Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 14 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said: Ukrainian Crews Set A Complex Missile Trap For Russia’s Best Radar Plane WWW.FORBES.COM Exactly how the Ukrainians shot down the four-engine A-50 is unclear, but analyst Tom Cooper has a theory. Ukrainian missile crews lured the Russian crew into a trap. The original blog post from Tom Cooper: Ukraine War, 16 January 2024: Scratch one A-50 XXTOMCOOPERXX.SUBSTACK.COM Hello everybody! So much is going on the last two days - in Ukraine and in the Middle East - that I can’t even decide what way to look as first and what to comment about. Even less so can I summarise all of this in form of ‘useful’ articles - at once. Sure, I’ll try, but… Quote If there’s any comfort for the Russians, it might be that the Ukrainian air force does not have a limitless supply of PAC-2 missiles. Unless and until pro-Russia Republicans in the U.S. Congress approve the $61 billion in fresh aid to Ukraine that U.S. president Joe Biden has proposed, the Ukrainians may need to begin rationing their missiles—and taking fewer chances on ambitious missile traps. *eye twitches* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted January 18 Author Share Posted January 18 Power is out across most of occupied Crimea, including the major cities, and has been for hours. No reason provided, yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted January 18 Author Share Posted January 18 The underrated success of the past twelve months: Ukraine has recaptured the Black Sea for international shipping, having driven back the Russian fleet through a series of devastating missile and drone attacks on ships at sea as well as ports. Grain shipments are approaching pre-war levels: Òåìïû ýêñïîðòà çåðíà ïî ×åðíîìó ìîðþ âîññòàíîâëåíû ïî÷òè äî äîâîåííîãî óðîâíÿ - ÓÀÊ WWW.EPRAVDA.COM.UA Òåìïû ýêñïîðòà àãðîïðîäóêöèè ïî �çåðíîâîìó êîðèäîðó� â ×åðíîì ìîðå ïî÷òè âåðíóëèñü ê äîâîåííîìó óðîâíþ, à ñòîèìîñòü ñòðàõîâàíèÿ ãðóçîâ ñóùåñòâåííî ñíèçèëàñü. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted January 19 Author Share Posted January 19 Russia’s Novosibirsk Declares State of Emergency Over Growing Heating Outages - The Moscow Times WWW.THEMOSCOWTIMES.COM Authorities in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk on Friday declared a state of emergency amid a series of heating pipe bursts that have left residents without central heating in freezing temperatures. “Unfortunately, in the area of the heating system failure... things are getting worse,” Novosibirsk region Governor Andrei Travnikov wrote on the messaging app Telegram. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TUFKAK Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Rats and mice swarm trenches in Ukraine in grisly echo of World War I | CNN EDITION.CNN.COM The frontlines of Russia’s war in Ukraine have become infested with rats and mice, reportedly spreading disease that causes soldiers to vomit and bleed from their eyes, crippling... 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted January 23 Author Share Posted January 23 NATO signs contracts for $1.2 billion worth of artillery shells KYIVINDEPENDENT.COM The NATO Support and Procurement Agency concluded the deal on behalf of allies who will either pass shells to Ukraine or use them to refill their own arsenals. This is good, but I wonder how soon the shells will actually arrive. Yes, the west has a medium-term pipeline for new systems that should start ramping up by the end of this year...but that doesn't help if Russia is able to take Kharkiv in the meantime. Russia is out-shelling Ukraine 10:1 on some parts of the front thanks to North Korean artillery shells. Meanwhile, the west has used up South Korea's surplus supply and no one is donating anything else (hint: because Europe only has enough shells of their own to sustain 1-3 days of actual war). The US has the supplies needed, but the GOP is controlled by Russia at this point and will not consent to further aid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted January 23 Author Share Posted January 23 Russia also NATO signs contracts for $1.2 billion worth of artillery shells KYIVINDEPENDENT.COM The NATO Support and Procurement Agency concluded the deal on behalf of allies who will either pass shells to Ukraine or use them to refill their own arsenals. This is good, but I wonder how soon the shells will actually arrive. Yes, the west has a medium-term pipeline for new systems that should start ramping up by the end of this year...but that doesn't help if Russia is able to take Kharkiv in the meantime. Russia is out-shelling Ukraine 10:1 on some parts of the front thanks to North Korean artillery shells. Meanwhile, the west has used up South Korea's surplus supply and no one is donating anything else (hint: because Europe only has enough shells of their own to sustain 1-3 days of actual war). The US has the supplies needed, but the GOP is controlled by Russia at this point and will not consent to further aid. Last night Russia also launched a fairly large wave of missiles, and only 50% were intercepted. Ukraine's AA stocks might also be running low. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted January 23 Author Share Posted January 23 Ukraine has hit a few oil depots and terminals in Russia recently, but this one is unique because of where it is: reuters.com WWW.REUTERS.COM Either overflew Belarus and Russia, or potentially Belarus and Baltic NATO airspace. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted January 24 Author Share Posted January 24 NOELREPORTS (@noelreports) on Threads WWW.THREADS.NET The moment the Il-76 plane crashed was caught on video. It seems the plane already occurred severe damage before going down to the ground. A Russian IL-76 large transport plane crashed in the Belgorod region. Russia claims it was transporting Ukrainian POWs...but the list they've provided include POWs already swapped, so they are certainly lying. Flight trackers indicate the plane was actually in Iran the day before, so it was likely actually carrying Iranian drones/missiles. Around the time of the crash Russia announced the shootdown of a Ukrainian drone in the same area...so possibly they shot it down (which wouldn't be a freak case, Russia has shot down quite a few of their own fighters/helicopters). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Brussels threatens to hit Hungary’s economy if Viktor Orbán vetoes Ukraine aid WWW.FT.COM EU strategy aims to spook investors by cutting off funding to Budapest in stand-off over €50bn package 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted January 30 Author Share Posted January 30 New US-made longer-range bomb expected to arrive as soon Wednesday in Ukraine - POLITICO WWW.POLITICO.COM The Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb doesn't even exist in the U.S. inventory. FINALLY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted January 31 Author Share Posted January 31 Ukraine appears to have hit an oil refinery in St. Petersburg. Crazy as it's 850km from Ukraine, and the drone would have had to fly over NATO airspace (and likely Belarus) unless Ukraine has operatives inside Russia near there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted January 31 Author Share Posted January 31 Ukraine struck the Belbek airbase in occupied Crimea today using some kind of missiles (GLSDBs?). Breaking the rule below to post a shot. Russia claims to have intercepted all missiles (20)...and I guess that's true, if you include grounded aircraft which prevented the missiles from impacting the ground directly! Sources on the ground are claiming at least three jets destroyed, and around 9 GRU special forces killed. https://x.com/Osinttechnical/status/1752748095463448591?s=20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted January 31 Author Share Posted January 31 On an unrelated note, the National Ballet of Ukraine is currently touring Canada, raising funds for the war effort. I will be performing on-stage with them tonight in my city as my dance group closes the show with our Hopak, the traditional dance where men and women show off with flips and tricks. It's based on the ancient tradition of Zaporizhzhian Cossacks re-enacting their battles around bonfires. 1 2 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chakoo Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 19 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said: On an unrelated note, the National Ballet of Ukraine is currently touring Canada, raising funds for the war effort. I will be performing on-stage with them tonight in my city as my dance group closes the show with our Hopak, the traditional dance where men and women show off with flips and tricks. It's based on the ancient tradition of Zaporizhzhian Cossacks re-enacting their battles around bonfires. Post photos or videos from the performance if possible. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 thank you dark brandon Joe Biden Is Arming Greece So Greece Can Arm Ukraine—And Pro-Russia Republicans Can’t Stop Him WWW.FORBES.COM As the Republican Party’s blockade of aid to Ukraine drags on, Pres. Joe Biden has found a new way to give Ukraine’s forces the weapons they need to defend their country. 1 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted February 1 Author Share Posted February 1 24 minutes ago, Jason said: thank you dark brandon Joe Biden Is Arming Greece So Greece Can Arm Ukraine—And Pro-Russia Republicans Can’t Stop Him WWW.FORBES.COM As the Republican Party’s blockade of aid to Ukraine drags on, Pres. Joe Biden has found a new way to give Ukraine’s forces the weapons they need to defend their country. This is great news, but why can't Biden give the surplus gear to Ukraine? Is the authority for this limited to NATO allies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 35 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said: This is great news, but why can't Biden give the surplus gear to Ukraine? Is the authority for this limited to NATO allies? Per the article, the US is giving Greece our surplus gear with the understanding that Greece will turn around and give their surplus gear to Ukraine. The US gear is not going to Ukraine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CitizenVectron Posted February 1 Author Share Posted February 1 22 minutes ago, Jason said: Per the article, the US is giving Greece our surplus gear with the understanding that Greece will turn around and give their surplus gear to Ukraine. The US gear is not going to Ukraine. Right, but why can't the US just gift stuff to Ukraine? I assume a limitation of the act that allows this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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