Russia-Ukraine War - News and Developments

[F-22Raptor]

We're beginning to see a noticeable rise in Ukrainian air power.

 

[A.P. Richelieu]

You mean like the hundreds of thousands of Palestinians that has been force evicted from their ancestral homes since Israel was founded. Or the settlements that are being built in occupied territories, every single year?

You are against Russian occupation of Ukraine i assume? What makes you support occupation and opression of Palestians ?

Everyone here is observing the double standards and hypocrisy.

I like the rest of the EU support a two state solution within secure borders.

What makes you support the war crimes of the Palestinians?

 

[Wergeland]

I like the rest of the EU support a two state solution within secure borders.

What makes you support the war crimes of the Palestinians?

What makes you think i am?
War crimes are illegal reagardless of whom is the culprit, muslim or jew, black or white, palestinian or israeli.

Europe and America have two state solution as lip service. But reality shows that Israel is never punished for killing viability of two state solition. Quite the opposite, Israel continues to be supported by US and Europe, with both economic and millitary assistance.

We are talking about small Ukraine vs Big Russia, David Vs Goliath, but that is even more appearent in the struggle of Palestinians who are not up alone against only the Israelis, but in fact also their massive support network in the west. Comprising of rich zionist jews all over America, Hollywood, IT… and US political class who cannot to even critize Israel if they want re-election. Europe of course bandwagon the US and UK.

 

[Ali_Baba]

We're beginning to see a noticeable rise in Ukrainian air power.

Interesting - Not heard of Ukraine of any jets being delivered to them recently etc. Do share.

 

[jamal18]

And IIRC, they were attacked by a navy vessel, only visible on a thermal imager in the middle of a war zone.

As for the kid, it is not known who killed him. It is known that he was killed in the middle of a firefight.

Killing of Muhammad al-Durrah - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Your level of bullshit is insane.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

A summary of what's going on in and around Ukraine:

Ukraine: Russians withdraw from around Kharkiv, batter east​

https://apnews.com/article/russia-u...n=SocialFlow&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter

Thanks! We need some daily status updates for those of us not following this thread page to page

 

[_Nabil_]

We’ll be saying the same about Ukraine

Then shut up for 20 years and let the Russians do the same thing to Ukrainians as American did to Afghans....

And IIRC, they were attacked by a navy vessel, only visible on a thermal imager in the middle of a war zone.

As for the kid, it is not known who killed him. It is known that he was killed in the middle of a firefight.

Killing of Muhammad al-Durrah - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

You aren't just retarded, you are a filthy zio Hypocrite.

It's a war zone for Zio terrorists army and killing kids is fine, but for Russians it's a war crime to kill Ukrainians civilians.

The ABC news stated first shot killed one of the group of 5 kids, the kids run to the sea, second shot killed 3 and 1 in critical condition. No firefight occurred during the termination of the kids, you are just blatantly lying .

Again kids 9-11 years old, ...... Fûck you and the zio terrorist state altogether ......

 

[CAPRICORN-88]

I dont know any neo nazies. You‘re supporting and spreading russian disinformation. Are you a muppet?

Wikipedia is Russia disinformation according to you and so what else is new with your wild allegation?

If you are muppet, what character would you be, I wonder?

Now you imagine you are a fish.
No wonder there is something fishy about you.

 

[thetutle]

And IIRC, they were attacked by a navy vessel, only visible on a thermal imager in the middle of a war zone.

As for the kid, it is not known who killed him. It is known that he was killed in the middle of a firefight.

Killing of Muhammad al-Durrah - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Can you please ban yourself from this forum and seek professional help?

 

[CAPRICORN-88]

Nice picture of someone with a hat covering most of his face, and then comparing him with a 10 year old picture of a retired american soldier today over 70 years old. This is becomming ridiculous.

Yet the American elected an almost 80 year old to be the commander in chief and President of USA.

Is the message getting to your fishy head?

 

[CAPRICORN-88]

No one actually knows what happened at the river crossing. According to Ukraine and its allies, an entiee Russian BTG was wiped out. According to Russuan and its allies, there was a battle between Rus and Ukr forces in which Ukr forces were wiped out. All i know is, its all propaganda to me.

If I were you, I will take this news along with the imaginary and made believe victory by Ukrainian Forces at Kharkiv with a grain of salt.

What I heard was, it never happened. It was just a strategic Russia redeployment which is quite normal in this war. Russia does it all the time to their advantage.

They did it in Kyiv and the Ukrainian immediately posted it as a successful repulsion. I see no evidence of all their claims.

At the same time I also read that platoons of Ukrainian forces attempting similar river crossing were foiled by Russian artilleries with heavy casualties. Similarly I did not post any of these as all these are uncorroborated.

 

[wahhab0202]

Some members here has been proven to be precise in their prediction. Few weeks back I thought this will be the end of Russian economy. But militarily Russians have a very, very long way to go.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1525917971943653383

https://twitter.com/x/status/1525907132092129281

EU has capitulated to Russian demands.

Russia has defied the dollar-based fiat money and Euro on gas exports, but after so much noise, the EU has finally capitulated. This is a major blow against the dollar & EURO-based transactions for the hydrocarbon trades. A win for Putin.

 

[CAPRICORN-88]

Russia-Ukraine live news: NATO chief says Kyiv ‘can win this war’​

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says the Ukraine war ‘is not going as Moscow had planned’ as Russian forces pummel eastern Donbas.
By Sasha Petrova and Federica Marsi
Published On 15 May 202215 May 2022

Al Jazeera.

No wonder Zalensky does not want to seek PEACE, he is mesmerised and really believe he can WIN this war backed by NATO Sec Gen Jens Stoltenberg.

They called it Positive Thinking but many are wondering why it did not work for them after paying thousands of dollar enrolling and attending these courses.

 

[PakFactor]

Were you asking why NCO is the backbone of every army or were you asking why Russia don't have an NCO corps?

Well, the reason why NCO corps are backbone of every army because it give you the flexibility to make your unit organic. There are two type of NCO, the professional soldier (the leader) and the Specialist (the technician) where it is common for soldier to climb the rank when you are up the ladder, you accumulated combat experience (or other experience if you are a specialist) but not leadership experience, giving command structure to NCO to have the flexibility to do what the NCO leader want means less work load for the guy in charge, and that don't just go at Platoon level, but Company level, Battalion level to even Brigade level.

Why? Take US Army as an example. The basic unit for deployment is Brigade Combat Team (BCT) which mean when you are deploy the 4000 or so men from the same Brigade will be deploy together, but being deployed together does not mean you are going to fight together, each Battalion in a single Brigade would be assigned to a certain Area of Operation (AO) and within each AO, you have Company and Platoon deployed independently with each other, so you can cover more ground instead of sending all the men in a giant blob of 4000 men.

So why NCO is important? Each Company have a Company First Sergeant (E-7), each Platoon have a platoon Sergeant (E-6) and each fireteam have a buck sergeant (E-5) each squad is commanded by a Corporal (E-4) so when a Platoon Leader (2LT) gave order, each unit within that Platoon (3 Fireteams, 6 Squad + 1 Heavy Weapon Squad) can take individual initiative so the buck sergeant can tell their squad where to go because they are the one that was fighting in that battlespace, they know better than the 2LT who in in charge of the entire battlefield, say for example, if I have to micromanage a squad, I would be at that squad and seeing what that Buck Sergeant see and make decision that way, if I do that, me as a Platoon Leader would lose the big picture because I am not looking at the overall situation, I am looking at that particular part of Battlefield. But If I delegate duty to that Fireteam leader and he in turn delegate that mission to his squad, then I am free to move my troop as will, and not bound by every little detail in the battlefield.

On the other hand, NCO or SNCO are also act as a mentor to the command structure, because the way they are organised. an NCO would have more experience than the person who command that unit. An O-3 commanding a Company would have 5-9 years of experience, a E-7 would have been in the army for almost 20 years An O-1/2 commanding a platoon would have less than 2 years of experience in the army, a platoon sergeant (E-6) would have 10+ year, which mean they are also a source of information, where you have the command, but don't have the experience, they compensate it by supplying their experience.

Russia do not have a functioning NCO corps. Their sergeant are most or less specialist and veteran which simply rose thru the rank. Which mean the company commander would have to micromanage every move and hence generally losing sight of the big picture. This is also why there are a quite a lot General got killed in this war because there are no one to oversee the battle, The small picture were not oversee by NCO because they don't have NCO. the big picture is not oversee by junior officer because they need to deal with the small picture, which mean the chain of command would have to be personally involved if there battle plan have to alter, which mean you have more General or Colonel in the firing line dealing with stuff Junior Officer are supposed to deal with, but they can't because they are busy dealing with every little thing in different corner of the battlefield. Which mean a company in Russia can take on less ground than a company in the US. Which I don't think I need to tell you, this is a bad thing.

As for why Russian Army does not have a NCO Corps? Well, the Soviet Doctrine (What the Russian followed) does not like splitting up power like that, all power are centralised, much like the government, you have an officer, and you have your troop, and when your troop disobey, the officer execute that man and make an example out of it, so how would it fare if you put Platoon Sergeant or Company sergeant in the mix? You now have 3 leaders instead of 1 (The Company CO). So who's order you are going to follow if you are a lowly soldier (or a conscript)

The officer corps in Russia have absolute power, that's how they reign in their men, this is their military tradition, officer gave order, soldier follow order. And it have not change since 1917.

Very well explained, thanks for the write up.

 

[CAPRICORN-88]

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Europe to activate Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline very soon​

by Ansh Pandey
May 14, 2022
in Europe, Geopolitics
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On 22nd February, Germany decided to freeze the ‘Nord Stream 2’ gas pipeline which was beneficial to the whole of Europe as it can double the flow of Russian gas direct to Germany and Europe.
Now, the whole of Europe is in turmoil. Last week, it was reported that Ukraine has partially halted gas supplies to Europe. Ukraine on Tuesday said that it would suspend operations of the Novopskov compressor station that delivers around a third of gas piped from Russia to Europe via Ukraine.

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This is a huge setback for the European gas industry because Ukraine’s assistance is pivotal for its overall energy security. The Ukraine gas transit system in the Luhansk region accounts for the supply of around 32.6 million cubic meters of Russian gas every day to Europe.
If the Novopskov compressor station in the Luhansk region of eastern Ukraine remains inoperative for a longer period, then we could see yet another phase of the fuel price spike in the European Continent. So, this move by Ukraine could very well trigger Europe to rethink its decision of suspending Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.

There are chances of acute gas shortages and chances of a recession hitting the entire continent. The decision to avoid Russian gas and fuel has to be the silliest mistake the bloc has ever done.

But, now Europe is coming back to its senses as nations have started softening their stances in the war. Furthermore, several members of the bloc are reluctant to impose more sanctions on Russia. Slowly and steadily, the chances are rising that Europe may soon think to re-activate the Nord Stream 2 project.

Potential of The Project​

The Nord Stream 2 is an underwater twin pipeline with a length of 1,230 kilometers, it follows the route of the existing Nord Stream twin pipeline underneath the Baltic Sea with a capacity to run 110 billion cubic meters of gas a year.

Once completed, the Gazprom could have easily sent gas to Europe’s pipeline system without using existing pipelines running through Ukraine and Poland.

Source- Euronews
It could have lowered the costs to European pockets by saving transit fees paid to Ukraine and avoiding episodes of brief cutoffs over price and payment disputes between Russia and Ukraine.

But, Germany halted the project, and look where the bloc stands now. Episodes of brief cut-offs are looming in Europe and no alternative is visible insight.

Yesterday, Russia curbed gas supplies to Germany in a warning for Europe. Moscow’s move slashed deliveries by about 3% of German imports impacting the cost of living which is already a major issue in Europe.

Read More: Miffed at EU’s cold response, now Ukraine stops Russian gas supplies to Europe

Sense Prevailing​

The latest actions are indicating that Europe may finally have understood its mistake as it has started rolling back on a few decisions.

For instance, several EU nations have raised concern over new sanctions by European Union. Countries like Hungary have decided to veto the sanctions. Whereas, other countries have also raised concerns.

Furthermore, most nations have also accepted Gazprom’s demand for payment in rubles. A few governments have to indirectly soften their stance as cost-of-living is hitting hard on the civilians. Germany to be precise is softening its stance as the german chancellor Olaf Scholz is losing support from the people.

In addition, most of the industries in the European nations have economic machinery and structure designed to operate only on Russian oil. Shifting to alternatives may reduce the efficacy of the machinery.

The pressure is mounting over the bloc to reduce the impact generated in aftermath of the war, whatever it takes. And honestly, no other option other than restarting Nord Stream 2 is preferable to the bloc.

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Sooner or later, most of the bloc nations will realize that there are no alternatives to Russian oil and gas and in the end, Europe needs Russia more than anyone else.

So, there are really good chances that the Nord Stream 2 may get restarted very soon as it is the only project that has the potential to help Europe recover as soon as possible from the mess that is created by its own action.

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