Russia-Ukraine War - News and Developments

[Tornado23]

Nope it is not white phosphorous. It is some sort of Munition, I forgot what it is called.

Incendiary?

 

[Soldier35]

The American M777A2 howitzers came to Ukraine without the AFCS digital fire control system. The system allows for automatic correction of fire by GPS, which allows you to increase the pace and accuracy of shooting. Why this electronic unit was removed is not clear, perhaps because of fears that the howitzer will fall into the hands of the Russian army. There have already been reports that one howitzer has been captured by Russia. It is worth noting that the M777 howitzer is quite good and the lightest in the world. One of the problems when using it in Ukraine may be the cost of ammunition, the price of a projectile from $ 60,000.

Russian troops used incendiary shells MZ-21 on Azovstal in Mariupol. The Ukrainian media immediately announced phosphorus ammunition, but in fact unguided rockets MZ-21 were used. The 9M22S projectile is designed for firing from the BM-21 Grad combat vehicle. The incendiary element of the projectile is a shell of hexagonal cross-section made of magnesium alloy ML-5, in the blind socket of which a pyrotechnic composition is pressed.

The Azov battalion surrendered in the city of Mariupol. The wounded are being taken out of Azovstal. The commander of the Azov, Denis Prokopenko, published a video message in which he de facto recognized the surrender of the Azov. "The defenders of Mariupol fulfilled the order, despite all the difficulties, they delayed the superior enemy forces for 82 days and allowed the Ukrainian army to regroup, prepare more personnel and receive a large amount of weapons from partner countries. No weapons will work without professionally trained military personnel, which makes them the most valuable element of the army. For the sake of saving lives, the entire Mariupol garrison fulfills the approved decision of the supreme military command and hopes for the support of the Ukrainian people."

 

[Vergennes]

Mariupol defenders will be remembered as heroes and courage and determination will be associated with them. Cut off from the rest of Ukraine for months,a city leveled to the ground,resisting assaults from the hordes of kadyrovs,dnr/lnr and russian troops.

 

[SalarHaqq]

Well, we don't crush car for fun. And if you do, you WILL get court martialled. as per Article 109 UCMJ Wasting Or Spoiling Nonmilitary Property

There are 2 ways a US tank could have crush a car, tanks ALWAYS HAVE RIGHT OF WAY and cannot stop on a dime (well, you don't give way to a tank that's your business) so if car don't stop and collide with a tank, there is a pretty good chance your car is going to get crushed, and it is most likely your fault.

There are footage show that US force crush civilian car because he steal something with it. All equipment of a crime are destroyed to punish the looter, this is not US Rule, this is Iraqi rules, which consider their law call for cutting of thief's hand, losing a car is a lot better than losing a pair of hand.

There's no law in Iraq calling for the amputation of a thief's hand. The US tank crushed the car unlawfully no matter how one will look at it.

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International Law says nothing about White Phosphorus.
There is a treaty on Incendiary Weapons, which are banned to use on civilians.
The treaty specifically excludes smoke munitions from being classified as Incendiary Weapons, even if they contain White Phosphorus.

Contradictory statements.

Only amateurs or trolls bring up the use of ”White Phosphorus”. The latter wants to make people believe that the use of smoke munition is a war crime.

Treaties, States parties, and Commentaries - CCW Protocol (III) prohibiting Incendiary Weapons, 1980

The treaty's focus is on whether or not the incendiary effect of a munition is incidental. Which logically ought to be determined not just by the technical classification and nature of the munition, but also by how and to what effect it is actually being employed by the ones firing it. Especially if it lends itself to dual use, and white phosphorous does much more so than a simple smoke grenade.

Thence, if white phosphorous is used not to illuminate, trace, create smoke or to signal, but to set fire to objects or to cause burn injury to persons (reflecting the description made of an incendiary weapon in Article 1.1. of the Protocol), then white phosphorous will be considered a weapon indeed, and its use will be governed by the limitations stipulated for in the Protocol.

In other words, should white phosphorous be utilized to damage assets or kill enemy combatants located amidst concentrations of civilians, then this will be a war crime. Let alone if civilian areas are showered with it in order to cause terror and fear.

 

[The SC]

The resistance of the Ukrainians and their stubbornness in Azovstal deserves salutations, but the situation has been complicated for the last 48 hours due to the intensity of the Russian bombing, which forced them to escape being among the dead if they did not surrender..

The security of Kharkiv is also worth talking about as one of the first cities to be attacked and had resisted..

The Russians have a numerical advantage and progress in other areas, and it seems that the cost of Kharkiv for the Ukrainians will turn into an outrage if the Russians push into the city aggressively..

If the Russians succeeded in controlling the entire Donbass, they would have won the war, and the rest would be hit and run in the end..

Russia will not be able to control areas that it has no influence in far from the Ukrainian east. At the same time, the Ukrainians have not succeeded in controlling the Donbass since 2014, so It is not expected that they will succeed when Russia is openly fighting alongside the separatists..

 

[The SC]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1526266440684388352

Lviv suffered the biggest blow since the beginning of the special operation. In the city explosions one after another, already more than a dozen explosions and alarm roars, the air defense is working. The city's mayor describes the situation as appalling.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1526320947963338752

https://twitter.com/x/status/1526275795701964800

https://twitter.com/x/status/1526299694397259776

 

[Wood]

Very interesting to know that there are Russians in Berlin who still support Putin. The Russian community in the city is divided in loyalty

 

[Vergennes]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1526213512904818688

 

[RoadAmerica]

Baby forumula shortage is hitting the US big time

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maybe the US with all its money and guns should learn to feed their babies first? before starting wars all over the world, spreading unimaginable misery, and sending 40 billions to ukraine for more war.

Disgraceful entity this abortion of a 200 year old mutt country built on the genocided bones of the natives of the land.

Europes gas is expected to triple in price by winter. Inflation on pace to get to and pass 10% in many western countries.

People literally losing buying power by the day.

Looks like "the crippling western sanctions" are really hitting them Russians hard. Historians will look back on history with amusement how quickly the west had the entire earth in their hands in 1991, and how quickly dumb war mongering parasitic politicians, weapons manufacturers, and media ruined it all..

KARMA

Wow, there’s a lot in there. Feeling ok?

 

[The SC]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1526319979246850049

https://twitter.com/x/status/1526324841116315648

https://twitter.com/x/status/1526138496884391937

https://twitter.com/x/status/1525782252914888704

https://twitter.com/x/status/1525781543196798981

 

[The SC]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1526286576745123842

The Ukrainian military reported shooting down a Russian Su-25 aircraft in Donbass

https://twitter.com/x/status/1526284385602895872

https://twitter.com/x/status/1526283598550208514

 

[The SC]

"Germany will deliver Gepard and Bazookas howitzers and anti-aircraft tanks to Ukraine" said the head of the federal government, Stephen Gepstreit, "Panzerhaubitz 2000"

https://twitter.com/x/status/1526222771189075970

 

[jhungary]

There's no law in Iraq calling for the amputation of a thief's hand. The US tank crushed the car unlawfully no matter how one will look at it.

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Contradictory statements.



The treaty's focus is on whether or not the incendiary effect of a munition is incidental. Which logically ought to be determined not simply by the technical classification and nature of the munition, but also by how and to what effect it is actually being employed by its user. Especially if it lends itself to dual use, as white phosphorous does much more than a simple smoke grenade.

Thence, if white phosphorous is used not to illuminate, trace, create smoke or to signal, but to set fire to objects or to cause burn injury to persons (reflecting the description made of an incendiary weapon in Article 1.1. of the Protocol), then white phosphorous will be considered a weapon indeed, and its use will be governed by the limitations stipulated in the Protocol.

In other words, if white phosphorous is used to damage assets or kill enemy combatants located amidst concentrations of civilians, then this will be a war crime.

lol, whatever you say.

 

[The SC]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1526287553669779456

https://twitter.com/x/status/1526276299454660608

 

[The SC]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1526065154886193154