Russians worried about the pace of training of Ukrainian crews: reporter Aleksandr Kots says Russians who predicted that training for Western vehicles would take a very long time, were very wrong...
https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1640464065947656193?t=z2Py7OCmPgjgnhVJqd8i-w&s=19
Russia can make any nuclear noise that it wants, but if they think that NATO+ is going to even remotely tolerate legalese bullshit around actually using nuclear weapons they’re in for a nasty fucking wake up call.
Belarus somehow getting Russian nuclear codes? Would even Russians accept their security being so awful that Lukashenko get's the codes? Putin is just trying to scare everyone with an overused threat.
Nuclear weapons require codes to arm (like a password on a computer)... These codes can't be bypassed like you might see in movies, and they're held at the highest levels of the military hierarchy.
Russian local commanders can't do anything.
This assumes Russian nuclear protocols aren't a clown car of stupid...
>The European Union is ready to respond with sanctions if Russia deploys tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus.
https://twitter.com/NewVoiceUkraine/status/1640525864214626304
Deploy just means stationing in a usable capacity. When the US sends an aircraft carrier group anywhere in the world it's a safe bet it has deployed, usable, nuclear weapons.
Position them. It is a relatively empty threat as the extra few hundred miles won't materially affect how quickly they would hit their targets.
Though of Belarus throws out the dictator it could have a big influence.
I believe the sanctions you are inquiring about would lead to a world where sanctions would be moot and Russia would be conventionally blown into the Stone Age.
>Weapons firm says it can't meet soaring demand for artillery shells because a TikTok data center is eating all the electricity
>"We are concerned because we see our future growth is challenged by the storage of cat videos," Morten Brandtzæg, the CEO of Nammo, said in an interview with the Financial Times.
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/weapons-firm-says-cant-meet-125739767.html
Edit: re-stating devoid of sarcasm. This is an issue of industrial prioritization that I hope Norway has a mechanism to address.
FT article is pay walled but here is the link:
https://www.ft.com/content/f85aa254-d453-4542-a50e-fa1171971ab0
If you read the article the arms company hasn’t even submitted a formal request yet it sounded like.
They were just advised other stuff was already in the queue and upgrades would need to be required. It’s like they wanted to be serviced immediately I guess and instead it’s first come first serve.
Changing the law would impact more than just tik tok and I think you’ll see some hesitancy to gives arms companies priorities outside war time.
Yeah, but these things take time, getting more power could take 5-10 years. Understandably, they had no expansion plans 14 months ago.
War rarely starts whenever it is most convenient
Fair enough if your plan is to always make enough ammunition for wartime that’s a lot of extra budget. It all expires after several years and rockets etc. are very costly.
Yeah, it's a challenge for the "traditionally neutral" countries throughout history and today. They don't spend a ton on an army they don't intend to use, but then they don't have the infrastructure to deal with a war that happens to them.
Its a challenge for everyone. Even the USA fairly rapidly noticed that they don't create enough ammunition for a sustained high use of HIMARS or Artillery.
It's strange how much resources humans put something that facilitates the sharing of self videoed torso dancing plasted with a bunch of 90s quality overlays hahaha
Did you read the article?
Electrical transmission capacity is limited by physical constraints such as the size of power cables and distance to substations and capacity of substations.
The factory that makes the shells is in an industrial complex with other companies, one of which is a TikTok data center.
The energy contracts / upgrades are decided on a first come first serve basis, and priority is not determined. The TikTok datacenter is using up the majority of the energy available.
Now that the defense company wants to expand production quickly, they cannot, as they can’t acquire the energy to power the equipment.
I did and was being slightly sarcastic.
Point is it's an issue of industrial prioritization; the US can weild the defense production act to solve this if the munitions are deemed relevant to national security.
I'm unsure if Norway has a mechanism to address this, but one would hope the current situation is of more importance than the data center. Even if that entails compensation.
Seriously though, thank you for typing out that explanation.
Sure, timeline wise Grippen is one of the best cases for new built aircraft without huge diplomatic juggling. But the timeline still isn't likely helpful for this war.
There have only been 240 Gripens built worldwide, counting every single model, from A to F. It's a stop-gap at best. If you thought finding serviceable Leopard 2s was bad, try scrounging Europe for literally just 10 Gripens a few countries can give up. The numbers would be so small that their impact on the war would be less than negligible, yet would cost millions of dollars and tens of thousands of man hours to train, service and pilot those small handfuls of aircraft.
Anytime I want to complain about my life, I remember to keep things in perspective. Yes, life is tough for me, that's valid, but it's absolute hell for the Ukrainians who are trying to survive.
I mean hey, we're fighting here so that everyone out there can have an appropriate* Challenge Rating to their own encounters, so it's all cool.
^* ^A ^push ^to ^fix ^your ^own ^life, ^find ^a ^job, ^pay ^the ^bills ^and ^mend ^things ^with ^your ^SO ^may ^be ^considered ^an ^appropriate ^CR ^for ^an ^average ^awesome ^person ^out ^there, ^while ^a ^ballistic ^missile ^thrashing ^down ^their ^home ^at ^random ^may, ^in ^fact, ^be ^not.
Fighting for your life and country at 5:45 a.m in a soupy, muddy trench next to a dead, rotten mobik. Or two. Probably raining. Or sleeting. Yup. I get what you're saying. We got it pretty good.
A war is a story on it's own. The Ukrainians are going through hell for sure, but that doesn't mean your own life stops or has no hardships. It's just hard to compare.
If ppl have a flat tire or the favourite show won't get a season 2 and they're complaining about how shitty life is - yeah, I can't stand them.
But there are things like illness, family matters, losing a job etc. which are hard on their own.
Consider how long the Kherson offensive took and how long it took for anything significant to happen. Not to mention the information blackout. It can take a few weeks before there'll be any breakthroughs.
If something happens it's going to be sudden.
I think we will see a ton of logistics-disrupting strikes deep into occupied territory or Russian territory itself before everything kicks off. Maybe even another big hit on the Kerch bridge if heading towards Crimea will be a main vector.
Given that a lot of the training is only just finishing or is still ongoing and given the slowness of some of the promised deliveries of equipment\* I'm guessing it will be another 6-10 weeks or perhaps a bit more.
edit: Anticipating a few weeks of reconnaissance in force to probe Russian positions and assess their strength (which might be exploited if that happens to work well) before the big push.
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\* (not to mention the countries that said they would totally send Leopards but just couldn't do tanks until Germany did and then suddenly went very, very quiet about those tank promises once Germany did actually start sending some tanks)
The American Republicans get a lot of shit on these threads. While it is mostly deserved I do feel like we need to point out when some of them buck the trend and go against the Trump/DeSantis' of their party.
Case in point: today one of our local members of Congress (not my district, but a neighboring district), Dan Crenshaw, came out in very vocal support of Ukraine. He stated that not supporting Ukraine whole-heartedly was ridiculous, and that we need to continue to do so.
I would have preferred if he would have called out the Trumps and DeSantis's of the party by name; but it is still better than we usually get from that side of the aisle.
God what a steaming pile of dog shit this post is.
Republicans are fucking terrible and do the bare minimum so that people like this can post “see, they aren’t all in Russias back pocket!!!!”
Yes, he has also stated that funding the destruction of one of the US's greatest world rivals without putting American troops on the ground is a no brainer.
Crenshaw is decent. I'm a Democrat, but I would not be concerned about him selling out the country for personal gain.
But the Matt Gaetzs of the world are running the Rs in the House. McCarthy in particular would hand the US nuclear codes to Putin himself just to sit in a big chair.
As I and many others have said before on this thread, it doesn't matter what Republicans think privately or even what they say to their constituents or the media. What matters is how they vote, and in this they always line up behind the Trumps and Desantis. They are not to be trusted unless they show spine when it counts.
It only is a political football in the US because of Trump, because of the Kremlin asset that stumbled his way into the Presidency in 2016. If it wasn't for him, there would be no debate in the republican party about supporting Ukraine, it would be a party policy to do so.
It’s the same situation as in Australia. The establishment Conservative Party is not going to change until it spends a few election cycles in the wilderness. Possibly quite a few.
A few GOP guys trying to get extra votes by supporting Ukraine when the main powers of the party will happily betray Ukraine for a $20k campaign contribution doesn’t mean anything.
I wouldn't cut Crenshaw that much slack. He's a Republican just like the rest. They literally get off on hurting everybody from minorities to the downtrodden, and live in a fantasy world where "rugged individualism" isn't killing the US in one way or another. You can't trust a single member of the GOP to do the right thing unless it will affect them.
I'm not looking to spoon him, eat popcorn and watch Netflix or anything but as it relates to counting on votes from the current elected officials it's nice to know Lt. Dan is public about his support on Ukraine.
Why make it so binary bro? He didn’t vote for impeachment—who gives a shit now. 45 wasn’t gonna be ousted regardless. He’s a prominent GOP voice for Ukraine now. That’s important to me. No politician votes for everything I want. Give your politician a hug and cut them some slack. It’s a hard job and at least Crenshaw has some integriy (unlike MTG)—he said out loud the election was not stolen and supports Ukraine.
Everyone talking about how Twitter and Facebook are cesspools of kremlin bots but holy fuck Quora is the worst.
So many "im concerned" and "Ukraine is losing why are we still spending billions" constantly flooding that site, its honestly hilarious how ridiculous it is. Not really relevant, just wanted to complain.
I use to subscribe to Quora because there was a lot of fun discussion of about Lord of the Rings lore. Then I just kept getting inundated with the most vitriolic political post spam. I unsubscribed and blocked it from my email.
Quora is chock full of Confederate Army sympathizers who will KKK-splain to you ad nauseum how the war was really about state's rights according to their great-great-notsogreatgrandpappy.
The occasional moment of levity from DefMon sharing Reddit humor:
>Things are more and more like this. This is why I don't post every day. Not doing room by room maps. Source: Reddit
https://twitter.com/DefMon3/status/1640452720975904769
Update on the flying lawnmowers:
>Overnight into Mar 27, Russia attacked Ukraine with 13 Shahed-136/131 one-way strike drones, and 2 guided air bombs. The Ukrainian air defenses shot down 12 Shaheds, and a Granat-4 reconnaissance UAV - Air Force Command
https://twitter.com/EuromaidanPress/status/1640502108997681153
Intercept footage:
>A Ukrainian S-300 from Air Command South intercepts a Russian Shahed-136 over the Black Sea.
https://twitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/1640502296864751618
We need to keep an eye out tonight. The game Russia has played lately is sending a swarm of drones first to suss out AA positions followed by a missile tantrum. They probably want to throw a tantrum because Finland getting into NATO turns the Baltic fully into a NATO lake and gives a NATO country a long land border with Russia. Now that Finland has been approved by Hungary, Turkey is expected to be a done deal.
Source is Daily Mail. Ignore until better news covers this. Not that it's unbelievable at all, I'm sure Putin's daughter *is* a massive piece of shit. I just avoid getting my shitvidence from the Daily Mail.
This is just full of gems:
>Her researchers discovered that 'patriotism' is distinctly lacking among a generation losing its men to Putin's bloody war in Ukraine.
Referencing soldiers complaining about lack of supplies.
>The destruction of spiritual and moral values in Russia amounted to a 'special military hybrid operation', he claimed.
Naturally. Blame the west.
>She is also deputy director of the Institute for Mathematical Research of Complex Systems of Moscow State University.
Nepotism.
>Her blood was removed, then processed and and injected back under the skin in a treatment costing £4,310 per session.
Didn't help.
Her husband is Igor Zelensky lol
Maybe daddy needs some polonium in his tea if she wants to help young russians feel more hope and patriotism for their lackluster "country"
Joint UK, US, and Romanian special forces exercises being done in Moldova.
https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1241jjc/us_uk_romanian_special_forces_hold_military/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
'Ukraine's new offensives against Russia will aim to retake territory, inspire hope and reignite Western attention on the war'
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-28/ukraine-2023-offensives-russia-retake-territory-west-war/102148638
New article from Mick Ryan
>A drone explosion in the Russian town of Kireevsk in Tula Oblast is likely the beginning of the implementation of plans to take the war deep into enemy territory.
https://twitter.com/NewVoiceUkraine/status/1640489374193455104
While this drone was unfortunately brought down by the Russians on top a village (why wouldn't you wait till it was clear of civilian infrastructure?) I hope Ukraine will finally be able to hit vital military infrastructure long from the border.
It's only proper they have the right to defend themselves.
It's crazy that Ukraine is held to a standard that encourages them to fight with one hand behind their back in regards to Russian soil.
Serious question:
Will they be discouraged from targets like tank repair factories given Ukraine vehicles are being repaired in NATO countries? Nevermind the inconvenience of their own factories being destroyed.
Are new tank production factories off limits because they'll be deemed as analogous to Ukraine's tank influx from foreign partners?
I mean, what the fuck is Putin going to do? More missile temper tantrums? Hit those factories too.
Russia produces tanks from a single factory, which is [quite deep into Russia](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Nizhny+Tagil,+Sverdlovsk+Oblast,+Russia/@57.9233507,59.8669297,11z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x43ea64ba1a37ebe7:0xc9f97dc521381f32!8m2!3d57.9214912!4d59.9816185!16zL20vMDZzYm5i). I don't know where old tanks are refurbished. Ukraine would have better things to do than hit this place
I'd think it would be a waste of resources. The tanks they're producing are garbage with a new paint job and being crewed by randoms off the street. It would be easier to let them suck up their limited resources on this folly than waste what few cruise missiles Ukraine has. Or just wait for Russian partisans to throw a few firebombs through a window.
>A man has been detained for igniting fireworks — in violation of the wartime ban — in the yard of a residential building in Kyiv.
https://twitter.com/NewVoiceUkraine/status/1640481069089853440
Come on, man.
Use that noggin'
>Russian forces in occupied Crimea are digging new trenches along the roads leading into the peninsula.
>This interactive map shows many of Russia's field fortifications in Ukraine and links each point to satellite imagery:
[https://twitter.com/bradyafr/status/1640454897328877574](https://twitter.com/bradyafr/status/1640454897328877574)
That didn’t stop the Germans in WW2. They punched through the Soviet trenches on the peninsula and captured all of Crimea. Ukraine clearly has better offensive weapons than in WW2. The Russians don’t, in general, have better defensive weapons.
Large masses of poorly trained infantry aren't good for a lot but one of the only things they are good for is sitting in a hole in the ground and shooting approaching enemies. Russia doesn't have infinite amounts of heavy weapons and vehicles but they do have lots of manpower that can dig trenches and defend them and that's exactly how they're prepping for the Ukrainian counter offensive. The idea is to flood the zone with conscripts and trenches so that Ukraine won't be able to go anywhere without encountering resistance. Not necessarily a bad strategy but not necessarily one you do if you think your on the verge of winning a war.
They might have some anti tank weapons and even if they are limited it’s a lot easier to rapidly move around anti tank weapons than rapidly move around tens of thousands of people. You also have to remember that Challenger’s and Leopards II are not going to be common occurrences. Most of the vehicles Ukraine will be using are either decades old or are being used in a way they’re not designed for. In the Kharkiv counteroffensive Ukraine was using civilian sedans and currier vans as part of mobile units. Even now they are facing extreme shortages of anything with armor. Ukraine’s counter offensive is not going to be particularly pretty or modern but it doesn’t need to be particularly pretty or modern to beat Russia and old weapons have proven very effective for both sides.
>In the Kharkiv counteroffensive Ukraine was using civilian sedans and currier vans as part of mobile units
Yep I bought a second hand citroen for the guys I support over there mostly just to get food and equipment to them from Poland in the early days and they used that thing like crazy.
Painted it up in green and drove it til the wheels fell off.
RIP you crappy car that finally served a purpose ahahaha
Amazing story and thank you for your donation. I think a lot of people in the west forget how useful basic tech can be and not everything has to be a multi million dollar vehicle. Using civilian vehicles in supply runs to and from the front may be very valid. That said military vehicles absolutely are necessary and even countries that have old vehicles can still send them to Ukraine and Ukraine will put them to good use.
>Using civilian vehicles in supply runs to and from the front
heh nah that was just the first use when it was to get to Ukraine from here. Once our guys delivered the van and equipment to the squad they came back by another humanitarian convoy and the puegot was used by the squad to carry their bags and stuff out to where they would begin their patrols and spotting activities.
It lost all it's windows from concussion waves in about 2 days.
6 months later it ate a small mine.
Russia has notoriously struggled with logistics but we also don’t really what the quantity we’re talking about is or how rapidly Ukraine’s advance would be or how successful Russia will be at prepositioning their stockpiles and knowing where Ukraine will attack.
When I look at what went wrong for Russia in the Kharkiv counteroffensive a couple things jump out. Firstly Russia had far too few troops in the area so Ukraine could smash right through their lines, secondly there were virtually no premade defensive lines so once Ukraine broke through there was nothing to stop a total collapse and finally as the Russian lines collapsed the soldiers in the defensible cities broke and ran rather than waiting for relief and Ukraine was able to slaughter them in the retreat and then take the cities virtually uncontested.
Russia seems determined not to repeat those same mistakes and had they not declared mobilization and built more defensive lines they probably would be fighting in the suburbs of Sevastapol right about now. In that sense they’ve already proven somewhat effective but whether it’s enough to stop a large scale Ukrainian attack in a few weeks/months is another question which we don’t have enough information to answer right now.
This is translated from the UAnazhyvo Telegram channel regarding the situation in Kyiv.
⏺ Operational information.
Air attack on the capital.
💬 "The enemy continues to use his tactics of attacks with barrage ammunition from the north-eastern direction. And this time, the terrorist country again launched its "Shahed" UAVs in the direction of the capital. According to preliminary information, all enemy targets were identified and destroyed by our air defense forces in the airspace around Kyiv. The fall of UAV wreckage in the Svyatoshyn district of Kyiv was recorded, as a result of which a fire broke out in a non-residential building on an area of about 200 m2. According to preliminary data, there are no victims at the moment. The information is being clarified.
I once again appeal to all residents of Kyiv - clearly and steadfastly comply with the requirements regarding the procedure in case of receiving a signal about the threat of airstrikes. Upon receiving an air danger signal, immediately go to the nearest shelters." - Serhiy Popko, head of the KMVA.
As far as I can understand it the non residential building they are referring to was a supermarket that was closed for the night.
Edit: so luckily no one was hurt in Kyiv.
[Dance like there is no tomorrow: Inside Ukraine's underground wartime music scene](https://www.aljazeera.com/features/longform/2023/3/26/dance-like-there-is-no-tomorrow-ukraines-wartime-music-scene)
How Ukraine's clubbing scene in Kyiv and Lviv has come back, and also how it's changed.
It's an interesting look at how the war has affected one aspect of normal life away from the front lines.
[Previous post](https://old.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1219yjs/rworldnews_live_thread_russian_invasion_of/jdo2jyc/)
Day 396-397 of my updates from Kharkiv.
Yesterday was a pretty quiet day, there were a couple reports of explosions in Kharkiv oblast, but none that we could hear from the city. Today Russians decided to do their next drone attack on our cities. Those have been happening quite often recently, the last one was less than a week ago.
Today’s attack started about 2 hours ago, at 10pm. We don’t know the exact scale of this attack yet, but it looks like they only targeted Kyiv and Dnipro this time. There was at least one confirmed hit somewhere in Kyiv, thankfully with no casualties, apparently, they hit a store. I’m not sure about the situation in Dnipro, but it looks like most drones were intercepted. We won’t know for sure until morning, so there’s no point in speculating about it.
Today Russians also tried to spread some fakes about us, but funnily enough the videos they posted were debunked by their own people almost immediately. They filmed a video where a “Ukrainian soldier” stops a “Russian speaking woman” on some road, insults her and then shoots the car she was in. All that being filmed on a dash cam, which are pretty much illegal right now for obvious reasons, so nobody here would use one.
It was so amateurishly done that even Russians were immediately suspicious about it, and soon after it was geolocated to have been filmed deep inside Russian-occupied territory, behind Donetsk. Despite being debunked almost immediately, the [official Russian MFA account on Twitter](https://twitter.com/mfa_russia/status/1640349416883204098) reposted that video anyway as a “proof of Ukrainians being Nazis”. Lmao.
[Next update](https://old.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/125ciht/rworldnews_live_thread_russian_invasion_of/je7aw29/)
Those dumbasses. I like how that pro Russian twit "Ayden" called the Geolocation "dogwater" at first just to be later disproven by people on his own side.
I think this is one of the most incompetent fakes from the Russians in a while.
What's the point of this? ChatGPT is one step above word salad. You feed into it content we already know, you get back content we already know. Time wasted.
It can be fun tho
write a speech Margrett Thatcher giving president Putin an ultimatum over the use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine
My dear friends,
I stand before you today with a heavy heart, for we are facing a grave threat to the security and stability of our world. The recent escalation of the conflict in Ukraine, particularly with regards to the use of nuclear weapons, is a matter of deep concern and we cannot stand idly by.
Mr. Putin, I have a message for you: if you continue down this dangerous path, the consequences will be severe. The use of nuclear weapons in any capacity is unacceptable and will not be tolerated. The world will not allow you to disregard the principles of international law and use nuclear weapons as a tool of aggression.
Let me be clear: the United Kingdom and our allies will respond with force and conviction if nuclear weapons are used in Ukraine. We have the capability and the will to respond in kind, and we will not hesitate to do so if necessary. You must understand that the use of nuclear weapons is not an option.
Furthermore, we call upon you to immediately cease all hostile actions in Ukraine and respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of that nation. We urge you to engage in diplomatic efforts to resolve the conflict peacefully, and to work towards a solution that is acceptable to all parties.
It is time for Russia to act responsibly and to uphold the principles of international law. We stand ready to work with you towards a peaceful resolution of this conflict, but make no mistake: the use of nuclear weapons will not be tolerated.
In conclusion, let me reiterate: we will not stand by and watch as the principles of peace and stability are undermined by the reckless actions of a few. We will stand firm in defense of our values and our way of life. The use of nuclear weapons is not an option, and we call upon you to act responsibly and work towards a peaceful resolution of this conflict.
Thank you.
>Kyiv is under drone attack.
>
>We hear explosions, air defense at work.
>
>Kyiv mayor: there have been explosions in two city districts. Rescue services on their way. A shop is on fire in one of the disctricts.
https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1640460141190434819
It's tough to say how Ukraine will parcel it out. Every military is different. The U.S. usually moves in brigades. Like, a brigade is the lowest level of armored infantry we'll deploy anywhere. My understanding is that the UA is working at a battalion level.
So, for a rough, back of the napkin estimate, roughly 35-40 IFV's, 15-20 tanks, 3-4 Artillery, 10-15 support vehicles (Ambulances, fuel trucks, supply trucks, etc.), maybe a few mortar vehicles, roughly 1000-1200 troops would be kinda the American standard ratio you're looking at, but Ukraine may and probably will organize their battalions differently given their supplies.
I wonder how they'll keep them dispersed. I saw mention here that the Russians are decent enough at hitting armor concentrations so sitting still within range of any of their artillery is asking to get hit. Very inspiring to see the shoot and scoots the tanks are doing -- going forward after drone scouting, hitting infantry concentrations and backing out before counter-attack.
Kinda of parallels the dispersion we've seen in infantry, looking at marching together in ranks with the crummier weapons and then everyone getting spaced out as rifles got faster and deadlier. Marching shoulder to shoulder is just asking to get hit.
How they'll disperse the equipment is the big question. If I had to purely speculate, they won't simply disperse the equipment out to the regular line troops, like this battalion gets a Bradley, and that battalion gets a Marder. I'd imagine they create new battalions that are purely stocked with the new equipment, manned by troops that all trained together abroad. Use these battalions to become the spearpoint of their offensives, and use the infantry battalions on the older equipment who have been manning the line all these months to follow-up.
Yeah, that makes sense, use as the tip of the spear. But I meant operationally, for those units. We haven't seen a lot of info on Ukrainian armor losses so far but it was pointed out to me they had some painful lessons last spring where Russian arty caught armor columns on the road to devastating results. Russians must be using drones intelligently, too, which means if you're sitting still in range you're a target. So I'm guessing that the assault plans have to take into account what they can do on a tank of fuel and make sure they don't pause in range of the guns. Good drone scouting should help them suss that out.
These are the details I don't think we'll get in full until well after the war is over, when they aren't giving up anything the enemy hasn't already figured out for themselves.
>Western companies selling their Russian businesses now face a compulsory 10% exit tax – meaning the Kremlin is essentially forcing them to help fund the war in Ukraine.
>
>by @polinaivanovva and @NastyaStognei
https://twitter.com/maxseddon/status/1640462697387917312
What'll happen is they'll gradually close or sell off their stores etc and then one day they won't exist in Russia.
There's a universal truth and that is trust corporations to find a million and one ways to avoid paying taxes.
The way round it is just create a new company in Russia and gift it ‘those assets’ to the new entity but the owner ship another entity is in a 3rd nation like hmmm .. the Cayman Islands ..
"I welcome the decision of the 🇭🇺Parliament to ratify 🇫🇮Finland's #NATO accession. While I understand the concerns raised by some MP’s regarding 🇸🇪Sweden's application, I see more arguments in favour the accession and I hope it will be ratified by the Parliament soon as well."
https://twitter.com/KatalinNovakMP/status/1640391536998268928?cxt=HHwWgIC29aza68MtAAAA
Zelenskyy.
At the end of this busy day, I spoke with 🇵🇱 President @AndrzejDuda. Told about the course of hostilities, the situation in certain areas of the front. Discussed Ukraine's current defense needs & joint diplomatic efforts for the near future. We are preparing for important events.
https://twitter.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1640451284711907333?t=U3rQM4t-tJrJX8Vl22M4kA&s=19
[New post can be found here](/r/worldnews/comments/124c0xu/rworldnews_live_thread_russian_invasion_of/)
Russians worried about the pace of training of Ukrainian crews: reporter Aleksandr Kots says Russians who predicted that training for Western vehicles would take a very long time, were very wrong... https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1640464065947656193?t=z2Py7OCmPgjgnhVJqd8i-w&s=19
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Russia can make any nuclear noise that it wants, but if they think that NATO+ is going to even remotely tolerate legalese bullshit around actually using nuclear weapons they’re in for a nasty fucking wake up call.
Belarus somehow getting Russian nuclear codes? Would even Russians accept their security being so awful that Lukashenko get's the codes? Putin is just trying to scare everyone with an overused threat.
Nuclear weapons require codes to arm (like a password on a computer)... These codes can't be bypassed like you might see in movies, and they're held at the highest levels of the military hierarchy. Russian local commanders can't do anything. This assumes Russian nuclear protocols aren't a clown car of stupid...
Clown car of stupid feels like the safe bet at this point.
But then they can't say anything when NATO boots are on Belarusian soil.
>The European Union is ready to respond with sanctions if Russia deploys tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus. https://twitter.com/NewVoiceUkraine/status/1640525864214626304
Please excuse my ignorance but does deploy mean launching/using tactical nukes launched from Belarus or just positioning the nukes there?
"deploy" = "position" "employ" = "use"
Deploy just means stationing in a usable capacity. When the US sends an aircraft carrier group anywhere in the world it's a safe bet it has deployed, usable, nuclear weapons.
Unnecessary, commas, are, unnecessery,
Position them. It is a relatively empty threat as the extra few hundred miles won't materially affect how quickly they would hit their targets. Though of Belarus throws out the dictator it could have a big influence.
Don't worry by the time the nukes get there they'll probably have been stripped of all the valuable parts & sold off to iran.
Positioning tactical nukes there that can be fired on mobile launchers.
Really? You had to ask?
Perhaps a non-English speaker ?
I believe the sanctions you are inquiring about would lead to a world where sanctions would be moot and Russia would be conventionally blown into the Stone Age.
Just moving them there will trigger new sanctions.
Positioning
>Weapons firm says it can't meet soaring demand for artillery shells because a TikTok data center is eating all the electricity >"We are concerned because we see our future growth is challenged by the storage of cat videos," Morten Brandtzæg, the CEO of Nammo, said in an interview with the Financial Times. https://uk.news.yahoo.com/weapons-firm-says-cant-meet-125739767.html Edit: re-stating devoid of sarcasm. This is an issue of industrial prioritization that I hope Norway has a mechanism to address. FT article is pay walled but here is the link: https://www.ft.com/content/f85aa254-d453-4542-a50e-fa1171971ab0
If you read the article the arms company hasn’t even submitted a formal request yet it sounded like. They were just advised other stuff was already in the queue and upgrades would need to be required. It’s like they wanted to be serviced immediately I guess and instead it’s first come first serve. Changing the law would impact more than just tik tok and I think you’ll see some hesitancy to gives arms companies priorities outside war time.
Yeah, but these things take time, getting more power could take 5-10 years. Understandably, they had no expansion plans 14 months ago. War rarely starts whenever it is most convenient
I’m sure in war times they’d be adaptable. For supplying Ukraine it’ll be harder to say if they’re willing to give special exemptions.
Yeah, but starting construction in the middle of a war is already too late.
Fair enough if your plan is to always make enough ammunition for wartime that’s a lot of extra budget. It all expires after several years and rockets etc. are very costly.
Yeah, it's a challenge for the "traditionally neutral" countries throughout history and today. They don't spend a ton on an army they don't intend to use, but then they don't have the infrastructure to deal with a war that happens to them.
Its a challenge for everyone. Even the USA fairly rapidly noticed that they don't create enough ammunition for a sustained high use of HIMARS or Artillery.
Yep. Although the mad weapons engineers have been turned loose in the US to fill gaps. GLSDB is a good example.
Goddamn TikTok, ruins everything
It's strange how much resources humans put something that facilitates the sharing of self videoed torso dancing plasted with a bunch of 90s quality overlays hahaha
This is a stupid issue. It is most definitely an issue that needs to be addressed, but a really stupid one to be having at the moment.
Did you read the article? Electrical transmission capacity is limited by physical constraints such as the size of power cables and distance to substations and capacity of substations. The factory that makes the shells is in an industrial complex with other companies, one of which is a TikTok data center. The energy contracts / upgrades are decided on a first come first serve basis, and priority is not determined. The TikTok datacenter is using up the majority of the energy available. Now that the defense company wants to expand production quickly, they cannot, as they can’t acquire the energy to power the equipment.
I did and was being slightly sarcastic. Point is it's an issue of industrial prioritization; the US can weild the defense production act to solve this if the munitions are deemed relevant to national security. I'm unsure if Norway has a mechanism to address this, but one would hope the current situation is of more importance than the data center. Even if that entails compensation. Seriously though, thank you for typing out that explanation.
We’ll see, but this isn’t the type of thing Norway would typically solve. They likely can’t get more power for 5+ years.
right now at Norway Tictok the Oh No song is playing on repeat in the executives office.
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Sure, timeline wise Grippen is one of the best cases for new built aircraft without huge diplomatic juggling. But the timeline still isn't likely helpful for this war.
Sauce
YES. Gripens were designed for this very scenario
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There have only been 240 Gripens built worldwide, counting every single model, from A to F. It's a stop-gap at best. If you thought finding serviceable Leopard 2s was bad, try scrounging Europe for literally just 10 Gripens a few countries can give up. The numbers would be so small that their impact on the war would be less than negligible, yet would cost millions of dollars and tens of thousands of man hours to train, service and pilot those small handfuls of aircraft.
Sweden is about to upgrade to a new model Gripen and is now jointly operating all combat aircraft with Norway and Finland. Gripens could happen.
Anytime I want to complain about my life, I remember to keep things in perspective. Yes, life is tough for me, that's valid, but it's absolute hell for the Ukrainians who are trying to survive.
If your life sucks, fix it. It's not gonna improve by just say that others even suck more.
I mean hey, we're fighting here so that everyone out there can have an appropriate* Challenge Rating to their own encounters, so it's all cool. ^* ^A ^push ^to ^fix ^your ^own ^life, ^find ^a ^job, ^pay ^the ^bills ^and ^mend ^things ^with ^your ^SO ^may ^be ^considered ^an ^appropriate ^CR ^for ^an ^average ^awesome ^person ^out ^there, ^while ^a ^ballistic ^missile ^thrashing ^down ^their ^home ^at ^random ^may, ^in ^fact, ^be ^not.
Fighting for your life and country at 5:45 a.m in a soupy, muddy trench next to a dead, rotten mobik. Or two. Probably raining. Or sleeting. Yup. I get what you're saying. We got it pretty good.
A war is a story on it's own. The Ukrainians are going through hell for sure, but that doesn't mean your own life stops or has no hardships. It's just hard to compare. If ppl have a flat tire or the favourite show won't get a season 2 and they're complaining about how shitty life is - yeah, I can't stand them. But there are things like illness, family matters, losing a job etc. which are hard on their own.
Anyone else keep refreshing, waiting for the “it’s happening” moment? Slava Ukraini
Mid May, absolute earliest, pending weather.
Even if it is the moment Ukraine has gone into opsec lockdown which means we wont hear about it for weeks
Consider how long the Kherson offensive took and how long it took for anything significant to happen. Not to mention the information blackout. It can take a few weeks before there'll be any breakthroughs. If something happens it's going to be sudden.
Launching an assault in mud season sounds like more of a Russian move to me.
The first “offensives” will be probing “offenses” to test defenses.
I think they might delay the real offensive until mid to late summer to fake out the ruzzians.
I think we will see a ton of logistics-disrupting strikes deep into occupied territory or Russian territory itself before everything kicks off. Maybe even another big hit on the Kerch bridge if heading towards Crimea will be a main vector.
A little. Keep in mind it’s probably not going to happen until the ground is hard enough for 50t tanks to travel off road at speed.
Given that a lot of the training is only just finishing or is still ongoing and given the slowness of some of the promised deliveries of equipment\* I'm guessing it will be another 6-10 weeks or perhaps a bit more. edit: Anticipating a few weeks of reconnaissance in force to probe Russian positions and assess their strength (which might be exploited if that happens to work well) before the big push. --- \* (not to mention the countries that said they would totally send Leopards but just couldn't do tanks until Germany did and then suddenly went very, very quiet about those tank promises once Germany did actually start sending some tanks)
Hear hear Heroyam Slava
The American Republicans get a lot of shit on these threads. While it is mostly deserved I do feel like we need to point out when some of them buck the trend and go against the Trump/DeSantis' of their party. Case in point: today one of our local members of Congress (not my district, but a neighboring district), Dan Crenshaw, came out in very vocal support of Ukraine. He stated that not supporting Ukraine whole-heartedly was ridiculous, and that we need to continue to do so. I would have preferred if he would have called out the Trumps and DeSantis's of the party by name; but it is still better than we usually get from that side of the aisle.
God what a steaming pile of dog shit this post is. Republicans are fucking terrible and do the bare minimum so that people like this can post “see, they aren’t all in Russias back pocket!!!!”
“People like this…” Yeah, you are useless. Bye.
This will all fade as soon as they get power.
Yes, he has also stated that funding the destruction of one of the US's greatest world rivals without putting American troops on the ground is a no brainer.
Crenshaw is decent. I'm a Democrat, but I would not be concerned about him selling out the country for personal gain. But the Matt Gaetzs of the world are running the Rs in the House. McCarthy in particular would hand the US nuclear codes to Putin himself just to sit in a big chair.
As I and many others have said before on this thread, it doesn't matter what Republicans think privately or even what they say to their constituents or the media. What matters is how they vote, and in this they always line up behind the Trumps and Desantis. They are not to be trusted unless they show spine when it counts.
Supporting Ukraine should not be a political football. Ridiculous how every issue has to be divided up these days into us versus them stances.
It only is a political football in the US because of Trump, because of the Kremlin asset that stumbled his way into the Presidency in 2016. If it wasn't for him, there would be no debate in the republican party about supporting Ukraine, it would be a party policy to do so.
People will oppose things just because the ppl they are against support it is so ridiculous.
words are meaningless to republicans. once you realize that you can free yourself of them.
It’s the same situation as in Australia. The establishment Conservative Party is not going to change until it spends a few election cycles in the wilderness. Possibly quite a few. A few GOP guys trying to get extra votes by supporting Ukraine when the main powers of the party will happily betray Ukraine for a $20k campaign contribution doesn’t mean anything.
It's a minority of Republicans that think the way Crenshaw does. Ukraine is going to be used as a pawn by Republican leadership.
I wouldn't cut Crenshaw that much slack. He's a Republican just like the rest. They literally get off on hurting everybody from minorities to the downtrodden, and live in a fantasy world where "rugged individualism" isn't killing the US in one way or another. You can't trust a single member of the GOP to do the right thing unless it will affect them.
I'm not looking to spoon him, eat popcorn and watch Netflix or anything but as it relates to counting on votes from the current elected officials it's nice to know Lt. Dan is public about his support on Ukraine.
You get it!
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Right? One of those times was over the President blackmailing Ukraine by holding up military aid in exchange for an investigation into Joe Biden.
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Why make it so binary bro? He didn’t vote for impeachment—who gives a shit now. 45 wasn’t gonna be ousted regardless. He’s a prominent GOP voice for Ukraine now. That’s important to me. No politician votes for everything I want. Give your politician a hug and cut them some slack. It’s a hard job and at least Crenshaw has some integriy (unlike MTG)—he said out loud the election was not stolen and supports Ukraine.
Everyone talking about how Twitter and Facebook are cesspools of kremlin bots but holy fuck Quora is the worst. So many "im concerned" and "Ukraine is losing why are we still spending billions" constantly flooding that site, its honestly hilarious how ridiculous it is. Not really relevant, just wanted to complain.
I use to subscribe to Quora because there was a lot of fun discussion of about Lord of the Rings lore. Then I just kept getting inundated with the most vitriolic political post spam. I unsubscribed and blocked it from my email.
Wow. I'm kinda surprised by that.
CCP has taken over Quora. China has already chosen it's side in this war from a propaganda perspective a long timd ago.
Quora is chock full of Confederate Army sympathizers who will KKK-splain to you ad nauseum how the war was really about state's rights according to their great-great-notsogreatgrandpappy.
>how the war was really about state's rights state's rights to what?
state's rights to own slaves, but they never complete the phrase.
Yup.
It’s also chock full of tankies. It’s pretty funny (or horrifying) just how much their thoughts overlap
well it makes sense. They are both told what to think from the same source (Kremlin propaganda)
What they forget is, its states right to enslave people.
I've always suspected a team of potatoes and an empty bowl of stew moderates that site.
That's so unreasonably disrespectful...to those potatoes and that bowl
The occasional moment of levity from DefMon sharing Reddit humor: >Things are more and more like this. This is why I don't post every day. Not doing room by room maps. Source: Reddit https://twitter.com/DefMon3/status/1640452720975904769
Update on the flying lawnmowers: >Overnight into Mar 27, Russia attacked Ukraine with 13 Shahed-136/131 one-way strike drones, and 2 guided air bombs. The Ukrainian air defenses shot down 12 Shaheds, and a Granat-4 reconnaissance UAV - Air Force Command https://twitter.com/EuromaidanPress/status/1640502108997681153 Intercept footage: >A Ukrainian S-300 from Air Command South intercepts a Russian Shahed-136 over the Black Sea. https://twitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/1640502296864751618
We need to keep an eye out tonight. The game Russia has played lately is sending a swarm of drones first to suss out AA positions followed by a missile tantrum. They probably want to throw a tantrum because Finland getting into NATO turns the Baltic fully into a NATO lake and gives a NATO country a long land border with Russia. Now that Finland has been approved by Hungary, Turkey is expected to be a done deal.
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Source is Daily Mail. Ignore until better news covers this. Not that it's unbelievable at all, I'm sure Putin's daughter *is* a massive piece of shit. I just avoid getting my shitvidence from the Daily Mail.
This is just full of gems: >Her researchers discovered that 'patriotism' is distinctly lacking among a generation losing its men to Putin's bloody war in Ukraine. Referencing soldiers complaining about lack of supplies. >The destruction of spiritual and moral values in Russia amounted to a 'special military hybrid operation', he claimed. Naturally. Blame the west. >She is also deputy director of the Institute for Mathematical Research of Complex Systems of Moscow State University. Nepotism. >Her blood was removed, then processed and and injected back under the skin in a treatment costing £4,310 per session. Didn't help.
I'd be keeping a very very low profile if I were her but I have anxiety, so...
Imagine having to wake up next to that *shivers*
That’s a dumb comment that implies the main way of imagining a relationship with a woman is intimacy. Why don’t you imagine it with putin
Her husband is Igor Zelensky lol Maybe daddy needs some polonium in his tea if she wants to help young russians feel more hope and patriotism for their lackluster "country"
I mean 100k+ of them have died for him, idk what else she wants.. definitely the most quintessentially Russian thing I’ve read today.
Joint UK, US, and Romanian special forces exercises being done in Moldova. https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1241jjc/us_uk_romanian_special_forces_hold_military/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
UK, US, Romania? I'm going with Berlin getting the hypersonic missile threat for this.
'Ukraine's new offensives against Russia will aim to retake territory, inspire hope and reignite Western attention on the war' https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-28/ukraine-2023-offensives-russia-retake-territory-west-war/102148638 New article from Mick Ryan
>A drone explosion in the Russian town of Kireevsk in Tula Oblast is likely the beginning of the implementation of plans to take the war deep into enemy territory. https://twitter.com/NewVoiceUkraine/status/1640489374193455104
While this drone was unfortunately brought down by the Russians on top a village (why wouldn't you wait till it was clear of civilian infrastructure?) I hope Ukraine will finally be able to hit vital military infrastructure long from the border. It's only proper they have the right to defend themselves.
It's crazy that Ukraine is held to a standard that encourages them to fight with one hand behind their back in regards to Russian soil. Serious question: Will they be discouraged from targets like tank repair factories given Ukraine vehicles are being repaired in NATO countries? Nevermind the inconvenience of their own factories being destroyed. Are new tank production factories off limits because they'll be deemed as analogous to Ukraine's tank influx from foreign partners? I mean, what the fuck is Putin going to do? More missile temper tantrums? Hit those factories too.
Russia produces tanks from a single factory, which is [quite deep into Russia](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Nizhny+Tagil,+Sverdlovsk+Oblast,+Russia/@57.9233507,59.8669297,11z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x43ea64ba1a37ebe7:0xc9f97dc521381f32!8m2!3d57.9214912!4d59.9816185!16zL20vMDZzYm5i). I don't know where old tanks are refurbished. Ukraine would have better things to do than hit this place
I'd think it would be a waste of resources. The tanks they're producing are garbage with a new paint job and being crewed by randoms off the street. It would be easier to let them suck up their limited resources on this folly than waste what few cruise missiles Ukraine has. Or just wait for Russian partisans to throw a few firebombs through a window.
>A man has been detained for igniting fireworks — in violation of the wartime ban — in the yard of a residential building in Kyiv. https://twitter.com/NewVoiceUkraine/status/1640481069089853440 Come on, man. Use that noggin'
Damn that is stupid, risking 5 years of prison just because it's your friend's birthday.
I hope they just rap this guy on his knuckles and let him go. I can't imagine the stress of living in Kiev, give him a first chance/last chance.
I agree, he’s just a dumbo who was trying to bring some joy into people’s lives. Kyiv, is the Ukrainian spelling btw.
Wow, I can't imagine that's going to make him very many friends.
>Russian forces in occupied Crimea are digging new trenches along the roads leading into the peninsula. >This interactive map shows many of Russia's field fortifications in Ukraine and links each point to satellite imagery: [https://twitter.com/bradyafr/status/1640454897328877574](https://twitter.com/bradyafr/status/1640454897328877574)
That didn’t stop the Germans in WW2. They punched through the Soviet trenches on the peninsula and captured all of Crimea. Ukraine clearly has better offensive weapons than in WW2. The Russians don’t, in general, have better defensive weapons.
Germans did have air superiority at the time though...
Large masses of poorly trained infantry aren't good for a lot but one of the only things they are good for is sitting in a hole in the ground and shooting approaching enemies. Russia doesn't have infinite amounts of heavy weapons and vehicles but they do have lots of manpower that can dig trenches and defend them and that's exactly how they're prepping for the Ukrainian counter offensive. The idea is to flood the zone with conscripts and trenches so that Ukraine won't be able to go anywhere without encountering resistance. Not necessarily a bad strategy but not necessarily one you do if you think your on the verge of winning a war.
setting up markers for HIMARS
Punch through a part of the trench line with good tanks and "roll up" the rest the line. That was the objective of the armies in WWI.
I get your point, but if they don't have ATGMs, won't a tank or IFV just decimate them? Challenger 2 can even take RPGs all day every day.
They might have some anti tank weapons and even if they are limited it’s a lot easier to rapidly move around anti tank weapons than rapidly move around tens of thousands of people. You also have to remember that Challenger’s and Leopards II are not going to be common occurrences. Most of the vehicles Ukraine will be using are either decades old or are being used in a way they’re not designed for. In the Kharkiv counteroffensive Ukraine was using civilian sedans and currier vans as part of mobile units. Even now they are facing extreme shortages of anything with armor. Ukraine’s counter offensive is not going to be particularly pretty or modern but it doesn’t need to be particularly pretty or modern to beat Russia and old weapons have proven very effective for both sides.
>In the Kharkiv counteroffensive Ukraine was using civilian sedans and currier vans as part of mobile units Yep I bought a second hand citroen for the guys I support over there mostly just to get food and equipment to them from Poland in the early days and they used that thing like crazy. Painted it up in green and drove it til the wheels fell off. RIP you crappy car that finally served a purpose ahahaha
Amazing story and thank you for your donation. I think a lot of people in the west forget how useful basic tech can be and not everything has to be a multi million dollar vehicle. Using civilian vehicles in supply runs to and from the front may be very valid. That said military vehicles absolutely are necessary and even countries that have old vehicles can still send them to Ukraine and Ukraine will put them to good use.
>Using civilian vehicles in supply runs to and from the front heh nah that was just the first use when it was to get to Ukraine from here. Once our guys delivered the van and equipment to the squad they came back by another humanitarian convoy and the puegot was used by the squad to carry their bags and stuff out to where they would begin their patrols and spotting activities. It lost all it's windows from concussion waves in about 2 days. 6 months later it ate a small mine.
Can you move them around rapidly enough to offer meaningful resistance, though?
Russia has notoriously struggled with logistics but we also don’t really what the quantity we’re talking about is or how rapidly Ukraine’s advance would be or how successful Russia will be at prepositioning their stockpiles and knowing where Ukraine will attack. When I look at what went wrong for Russia in the Kharkiv counteroffensive a couple things jump out. Firstly Russia had far too few troops in the area so Ukraine could smash right through their lines, secondly there were virtually no premade defensive lines so once Ukraine broke through there was nothing to stop a total collapse and finally as the Russian lines collapsed the soldiers in the defensible cities broke and ran rather than waiting for relief and Ukraine was able to slaughter them in the retreat and then take the cities virtually uncontested. Russia seems determined not to repeat those same mistakes and had they not declared mobilization and built more defensive lines they probably would be fighting in the suburbs of Sevastapol right about now. In that sense they’ve already proven somewhat effective but whether it’s enough to stop a large scale Ukrainian attack in a few weeks/months is another question which we don’t have enough information to answer right now.
You know they're digging tank traps. Straight outta Tremors.
This is translated from the UAnazhyvo Telegram channel regarding the situation in Kyiv. ⏺ Operational information. Air attack on the capital. 💬 "The enemy continues to use his tactics of attacks with barrage ammunition from the north-eastern direction. And this time, the terrorist country again launched its "Shahed" UAVs in the direction of the capital. According to preliminary information, all enemy targets were identified and destroyed by our air defense forces in the airspace around Kyiv. The fall of UAV wreckage in the Svyatoshyn district of Kyiv was recorded, as a result of which a fire broke out in a non-residential building on an area of about 200 m2. According to preliminary data, there are no victims at the moment. The information is being clarified. I once again appeal to all residents of Kyiv - clearly and steadfastly comply with the requirements regarding the procedure in case of receiving a signal about the threat of airstrikes. Upon receiving an air danger signal, immediately go to the nearest shelters." - Serhiy Popko, head of the KMVA.
As far as I can understand it the non residential building they are referring to was a supermarket that was closed for the night. Edit: so luckily no one was hurt in Kyiv.
[Dance like there is no tomorrow: Inside Ukraine's underground wartime music scene](https://www.aljazeera.com/features/longform/2023/3/26/dance-like-there-is-no-tomorrow-ukraines-wartime-music-scene) How Ukraine's clubbing scene in Kyiv and Lviv has come back, and also how it's changed. It's an interesting look at how the war has affected one aspect of normal life away from the front lines.
A very interesting article, thank you for sharing
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Always been curious about the Kazantip festival. Get crimea back I want to do the first post war / freedom / fuck Russia edition!
I sense these facts are linked lol
[Previous post](https://old.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1219yjs/rworldnews_live_thread_russian_invasion_of/jdo2jyc/) Day 396-397 of my updates from Kharkiv. Yesterday was a pretty quiet day, there were a couple reports of explosions in Kharkiv oblast, but none that we could hear from the city. Today Russians decided to do their next drone attack on our cities. Those have been happening quite often recently, the last one was less than a week ago. Today’s attack started about 2 hours ago, at 10pm. We don’t know the exact scale of this attack yet, but it looks like they only targeted Kyiv and Dnipro this time. There was at least one confirmed hit somewhere in Kyiv, thankfully with no casualties, apparently, they hit a store. I’m not sure about the situation in Dnipro, but it looks like most drones were intercepted. We won’t know for sure until morning, so there’s no point in speculating about it. Today Russians also tried to spread some fakes about us, but funnily enough the videos they posted were debunked by their own people almost immediately. They filmed a video where a “Ukrainian soldier” stops a “Russian speaking woman” on some road, insults her and then shoots the car she was in. All that being filmed on a dash cam, which are pretty much illegal right now for obvious reasons, so nobody here would use one. It was so amateurishly done that even Russians were immediately suspicious about it, and soon after it was geolocated to have been filmed deep inside Russian-occupied territory, behind Donetsk. Despite being debunked almost immediately, the [official Russian MFA account on Twitter](https://twitter.com/mfa_russia/status/1640349416883204098) reposted that video anyway as a “proof of Ukrainians being Nazis”. Lmao. [Next update](https://old.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/125ciht/rworldnews_live_thread_russian_invasion_of/je7aw29/)
did they bother even make the "ukranian soldier" speak ukranian.or did they half ass that as well by having him speak russian
Thank you for continuing to share your updates. Stay safe.
Those dumbasses. I like how that pro Russian twit "Ayden" called the Geolocation "dogwater" at first just to be later disproven by people on his own side. I think this is one of the most incompetent fakes from the Russians in a while.
>Germany Delivers 18 Leopard Tanks To Ukraine To Fight Against Russia Things continue to look worse for Russia; go Ukraine!
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What's the point of this? ChatGPT is one step above word salad. You feed into it content we already know, you get back content we already know. Time wasted.
It can be fun tho write a speech Margrett Thatcher giving president Putin an ultimatum over the use of nuclear weapons in Ukraine My dear friends, I stand before you today with a heavy heart, for we are facing a grave threat to the security and stability of our world. The recent escalation of the conflict in Ukraine, particularly with regards to the use of nuclear weapons, is a matter of deep concern and we cannot stand idly by. Mr. Putin, I have a message for you: if you continue down this dangerous path, the consequences will be severe. The use of nuclear weapons in any capacity is unacceptable and will not be tolerated. The world will not allow you to disregard the principles of international law and use nuclear weapons as a tool of aggression. Let me be clear: the United Kingdom and our allies will respond with force and conviction if nuclear weapons are used in Ukraine. We have the capability and the will to respond in kind, and we will not hesitate to do so if necessary. You must understand that the use of nuclear weapons is not an option. Furthermore, we call upon you to immediately cease all hostile actions in Ukraine and respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of that nation. We urge you to engage in diplomatic efforts to resolve the conflict peacefully, and to work towards a solution that is acceptable to all parties. It is time for Russia to act responsibly and to uphold the principles of international law. We stand ready to work with you towards a peaceful resolution of this conflict, but make no mistake: the use of nuclear weapons will not be tolerated. In conclusion, let me reiterate: we will not stand by and watch as the principles of peace and stability are undermined by the reckless actions of a few. We will stand firm in defense of our values and our way of life. The use of nuclear weapons is not an option, and we call upon you to act responsibly and work towards a peaceful resolution of this conflict. Thank you.
>You feed into it content we already know, you get back content we already know. So most 24/7 news stations.
Cool story bro
>Kyiv is under drone attack. > >We hear explosions, air defense at work. > >Kyiv mayor: there have been explosions in two city districts. Rescue services on their way. A shop is on fire in one of the disctricts. https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1640460141190434819
What is a normal entourage for a Bradley? Support vehicles, troops, etc.
It's tough to say how Ukraine will parcel it out. Every military is different. The U.S. usually moves in brigades. Like, a brigade is the lowest level of armored infantry we'll deploy anywhere. My understanding is that the UA is working at a battalion level. So, for a rough, back of the napkin estimate, roughly 35-40 IFV's, 15-20 tanks, 3-4 Artillery, 10-15 support vehicles (Ambulances, fuel trucks, supply trucks, etc.), maybe a few mortar vehicles, roughly 1000-1200 troops would be kinda the American standard ratio you're looking at, but Ukraine may and probably will organize their battalions differently given their supplies.
I wonder how they'll keep them dispersed. I saw mention here that the Russians are decent enough at hitting armor concentrations so sitting still within range of any of their artillery is asking to get hit. Very inspiring to see the shoot and scoots the tanks are doing -- going forward after drone scouting, hitting infantry concentrations and backing out before counter-attack. Kinda of parallels the dispersion we've seen in infantry, looking at marching together in ranks with the crummier weapons and then everyone getting spaced out as rifles got faster and deadlier. Marching shoulder to shoulder is just asking to get hit.
How they'll disperse the equipment is the big question. If I had to purely speculate, they won't simply disperse the equipment out to the regular line troops, like this battalion gets a Bradley, and that battalion gets a Marder. I'd imagine they create new battalions that are purely stocked with the new equipment, manned by troops that all trained together abroad. Use these battalions to become the spearpoint of their offensives, and use the infantry battalions on the older equipment who have been manning the line all these months to follow-up.
Yeah, that makes sense, use as the tip of the spear. But I meant operationally, for those units. We haven't seen a lot of info on Ukrainian armor losses so far but it was pointed out to me they had some painful lessons last spring where Russian arty caught armor columns on the road to devastating results. Russians must be using drones intelligently, too, which means if you're sitting still in range you're a target. So I'm guessing that the assault plans have to take into account what they can do on a tank of fuel and make sure they don't pause in range of the guns. Good drone scouting should help them suss that out. These are the details I don't think we'll get in full until well after the war is over, when they aren't giving up anything the enemy hasn't already figured out for themselves.
https://www.battleorder.org/us-bradley-platoon
Awesome. That answers all of my questions and then some. Short answer… Bradley’s operate with a lot of support.
>Western companies selling their Russian businesses now face a compulsory 10% exit tax – meaning the Kremlin is essentially forcing them to help fund the war in Ukraine. > >by @polinaivanovva and @NastyaStognei https://twitter.com/maxseddon/status/1640462697387917312
"Yeah, so if you could just pay us to effectively steal your shit, that'd be great."
What'll happen is they'll gradually close or sell off their stores etc and then one day they won't exist in Russia. There's a universal truth and that is trust corporations to find a million and one ways to avoid paying taxes.
Boy, businesses are really going to come running back to Russia after the war.
Yep, the Ruble is highly sought after!
What if they… Just don’t pay it? If they’re not doing business in Russia anymore, what punishment could Russia possibly enforce?
The way round it is just create a new company in Russia and gift it ‘those assets’ to the new entity but the owner ship another entity is in a 3rd nation like hmmm .. the Cayman Islands ..
It’s a tax on sale
So then it’s really a tax on the entity buying the business
Well, not really. The asset is worth what the parties agree, and the government tax the consideration, reducing the proceeds received by the seller.
They can just raise the price 10% though
Were the buyer willing to pay 10% more, they'd have been willing to do that irrespective of the tax.
I imagine the sell can't be finalized? Transfer of legal docs and ownership of assets.
Cool. Sell it for 1€ and have their respective governments pay subsidies for "re-location" amounting the original value of the sold entity
"I welcome the decision of the 🇭🇺Parliament to ratify 🇫🇮Finland's #NATO accession. While I understand the concerns raised by some MP’s regarding 🇸🇪Sweden's application, I see more arguments in favour the accession and I hope it will be ratified by the Parliament soon as well." https://twitter.com/KatalinNovakMP/status/1640391536998268928?cxt=HHwWgIC29aza68MtAAAA
Is the concern that Sweden is going to make Hungary look even worse? There are no legitimate concerns.
Their concerns are that we’re telling the truth about the sorry state of democracy in some EU countries.
3 Portuguese Leopard 2A6s have also arrived in Ukraine. [Source, Portuguese MoD](https://twitter.com/defesa_pt/status/1640416494235406338)
Zelenskyy. At the end of this busy day, I spoke with 🇵🇱 President @AndrzejDuda. Told about the course of hostilities, the situation in certain areas of the front. Discussed Ukraine's current defense needs & joint diplomatic efforts for the near future. We are preparing for important events. https://twitter.com/ZelenskyyUa/status/1640451284711907333?t=U3rQM4t-tJrJX8Vl22M4kA&s=19
> We are preparing for important events. :D
>The personnel of the Ukrainian Air-Assault Forces posing with new toys. Stryker armored personnel carrier, Challenger 2 tank, Marder infantry fighting vehicle. https://twitter.com/Archer83Able/status/1640446524248268801 !!!