War
Accel Hell
The war in Ukraine has accelerated drone warfare and tech related to that by 20-30 years and electronic warfare 10-15 years.
That’s not actually a good thing. We’re living in a future that we’re not ready for.
Civ Boom
Destruction of the yesterdays Russian assault column of unarmored civilian vehicles. https://t.co/JcSOa4bbDC pic.twitter.com/d1MzumcJos
— Special Kherson Cat ๐๐บ๐ฆ (@bayraktar_1love) December 22, 2024
“Assault column of unarmored civilian vehicles.”
Make it make sense. Someone please?
A Wash
"We used to joke, 'A hundred men eat breakfast, seven men eat dinner.' That's pretty much how it was." – a Russian assaultman, who signed a contract with the Russian defense ministry, shared his experience.
He spent five days on the contact line, although, as he said, soldiersโฆ pic.twitter.com/OTv6YuRrGe
— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) December 18, 2024
Insanity. There are dozens of thousands of Russians dying a month, and for what? So they can rape women and steal washing machines? The ones who survive, that is.
Disdain
Wild. A Russian BTR-D runs over two Russian infantrymen while unloading into position. None of the rest of the group even thought about trying to help them in any way. https://t.co/uB6zpxqQ16 pic.twitter.com/0QbsPLxF95
— Special Kherson Cat ๐๐บ๐ฆ (@bayraktar_1love) December 19, 2024
To be somewhat fair, they were likely under fire. That said, the Russians do this sort of shit all the time. They do not care about the other soldiers’ lives they serve with in a way that’s hard for me to understand, having served as a paratrooper for five years. We just did not, would never have, treated each other that way.
There is something very diseased in that culture.
Mi Word
Cockpit footage from a pair of Ukrainian Mi-24 Hind gunships following a motorway to the front at extremely low altitude. pic.twitter.com/E3ZUUQMC0Q
— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) December 16, 2024
Damn that’s low.
Poland
The Price of Russian Victory: Why Letting Putin Win Would Cost America More Than Supporting Ukraine.
Allowing Russia to defeat Ukraine would cost the United States about seven times more than preventing a Russian victory.
Far more than that. Because if we let Russia win, we’ll be fighting Russia in Poland in 2028 or a bit later. I’d estimate the financial cost of that war at $5 trillion or so. And that’s only the monetary burden; hundreds of thousands to millions will be killed and lives will be disrupted forever.
We should not let that happen. But we probably will.
Low Go
Damn, Noah, you didn’t have to go that low. But he’s right — though I don’t think Russia has much interest in conquering France. They will stop at Germany. And anyway, France has nukes and there is no doubt in my mind that France will nuke the shit out of Moscow if Russia sends any troops across that border. Putin is certainly aware of that too.
France in general should still be concerned with what happens to the rest of Europe, including Ukraine, than it is. What Russia is likely to do in the future will not be good for Macron’s country at all, even if there is no outright invasion.
Wave All the Meat
โ Today, there is already preliminary information that the Russians have begun to use soldiers from North Korea in assaults – a significant number. The Russians are including them in consolidated units and using them in operations in the Kursk region. So far, only there. But weโฆ https://t.co/imqQfHuscF
— Special Kherson Cat ๐๐บ๐ฆ (@bayraktar_1love) December 14, 2024
Open-field disorganized assault with no vehicular support. Alrighty then. What a colossal waste of people and purpose.
Taking Care of Things
We need a thousand snipers on a thousand buildings, waiting for health care CEOs and execs to poke their heads out. For a start.
Reva
Those who think NATO expansion had anything at all with Putin’s revanchism, annexation and planned genocide in Ukraine: What the fuck is wrong with you?
Way to buy into the Russian propaganda operation, I guess. Please engage brain if it is still capable of functioning (probably is not).
Charge for the Round
Russians value the average Russian life at about 10-20 bullets.
What the hell happened to that culture?