For me, this really sums up the grim, dark irony at the heart of this awful invasion. russians making off with Ukrainian statues from a Ukrainian city that were just fine before they invaded. An invasion that they started on the pretext that the hateful, russophobic, Ukrainazis are destroying all traces of Russian language and culture. Now realizing that because of the hatred engendered by their brutal invasion, no traces of russian culture or history in Ukraine are safe. You couldnāt make this ā ā ā ā up.
Oh no they stole our Russian monuments
What a tragedy
Turns out that this was a training accident in June, where the SU-25 lost half its vertical stabilizer on a powerline.
Krasovsky is a Russian fascist who just got sacked by other Ruscists precisely BECAUSE the blatantly Nazi character of his calls for genocide is deeply repulsive to the Russian audience they are trying to convince to stay out of politics and let the fascist regime ādefend Russiaā.
Claims that āthe Russiansā rather than the Ruscist regime support this are only a reflection of Ruscist propaganda. There is some evidence in support of it but it is the same as the evidence that many Germans, Italians and Japanese accepted the fascist ideas of their fascist regimes.
The end result was that the fascists were defeated and the German, Italian and Japanese nations recovered.
Iām pretty sure it is not intended to convey the vibe of wholesome greenie mulch.
Common military usage seems to be synonymous with āin houseā - eg Ukraine MoD requested that future deliveries of weapon systems be complete āorganicā units so that they could be deployed and sustained without needing to separately provide other essentials for their operation and maintenance as part of a functional force.
BTW the central point of FACE is precisely to break up the āin houseā or āorganicā silos so that competing teams can produce commodity COTS modules indepently according to tightly architected and controlled interfaces with continuous systems integration and deployment.
Donāt mind the pedestrian
Full thread below on the likely Kherson retreat by RU
Another critical element is having a capable rear guard. The withdrawing force must be covered for the duration of that process. This rear guard must be committed, agile and equipped with fast vehicles when they have to withdraw. Russia will likely just sacrifice conscripts. /2
The most important element, however, is logistics and the discipline to execute such a complicated objective. Russia has proven in this war that it lacks both of this, on an epic level. Especially considering that the Dnipro River needs to be crossed complicates it even more. /3
Furthermore, we are looking into 2 smaller theaters of war. The area West on the Inhulets River and, secondly, the area between Inhulets and Dnipro rivers. If one side falls apart to soon it will expose the other one. I see the area East of Inhulets weaker but that can change./4
To improve the Russian odds, it is possible that Russian air force will be seen increasingly in that area. The movement of S-400 (and their recent destruction) could be another indicator that Russians need to concentrate and risk high value assets. Keep an eye on them. /5
With the Kerch Bridge out of action and Zaporizhzhia Oblast being under pressure by AFU as well I do not expect much reinforcements for Russian forces. Conscripts as mentioned above will likely be used as cannon fodder to secure the withdrawal. /6
Having said that all, we should not forget that this comes even under the best conditions. The Ukrainians have a plethora of methods to thwart all of those points and they are fully aware of what Russians are doing, thanks to intelligence, no matter what they claim. /7
We should also not forget that Kherson City has large crowds which do not want to be Russians. Shortly after the occupation they made themselves heard. The question, however, is how many are in the city. This can be both good or bad. Good that they helpā¦ /8
ā¦ but also bad because they can be abused as human shields. The claim that Russia has started āevacuatingā civilians can be projected on collaborators, at best, which are anyway just a small fraction. /9
We will see soon what that all means. The situation for Russians has reached another low point and we have even seen that sometimes that they actually admit it. The Russian regime is incapable of stopping the Ukrainian army and will continue using terrorist methods. /10
Donāt know if this is true or not but cool vid
I wonder if thereāll be a CoD in the future for the Ukraine campaign requiring the player to save all the white goods from being stolen by the Russians?
Funny how Russians are fleeing that great land, and large numbers are trying yo get to the US, same, same, really.?
Correct. For example, āOrganicā maintenance is done by people within the unit. āNon-Organicā maintenance is done by maintenance depots or external contractors.
An assembly plant in Syria ( fiction that they are not Iranian drones, even though the military base is under Iran control)
Times of Israel article of 20 October refers to a Netanyahu interview on MSNBC of 19 October. He claimed that some Israel arms exports had ended up in Iran hands.
Current autonomous sanctions on Syria are mainly applied in goods traded bilaterally.