We’re gonna really regret it if we let Ukraine lose to Russia. So will Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland even more so. But we will too. What a colossal fuck-up that’ll be.
War
Actual Crime
Execution of Ukrainian prisoners of war by Russians. Pokrovsky Front, 30 of September 2024. https://t.co/9gTxvCzRjN pic.twitter.com/Fb2X8ikjtg
— Special Kherson Cat ๐๐บ๐ฆ (@bayraktar_1love) October 1, 2024
I’d recommend not watching the video, though it’s FLIR so no obvious gore.
But I wanted to post it for Russia supporters/Putin worshippers as that is an example of an actual war crime. Executing POWs is and has been for many, many years a war crime. Just so we’re clear.
Honduh
Huge russian assault of 14 motorbikes was repelled by 30 OMBR. Result – 16 dead occupants.
Motorcycle assault in broad daylight. You gotta be fucking kidding me. A recipe for victory that is not.
Holodomor
It is a FUCKING INSANE idea that when a country decides to invade another one, that the invaded country should allow it to happen, and just surrender to preserve life and property. Most often (as with Russia attempting to conquer Ukraine) the invasion is for the purpose of genocide, theft and destruction. It seems, though, that Russia supporters are the only ones spouting that sort of nonsense these days. And of course they do not claim the same thing about the native people of North America — that is, no one is saying that they should’ve just meekly surrendered to the British, Spanish et al. and hoped for the best.
Clownish hypocrites, every single one of them. Russia also wishes to take Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and most of all, Poland. Should that just be allowed? That’s all good? Those countries should just go ahead and surrender now? Jesus Fucking Christ. Also, if China decides it wants North America, we should just say, “OK, we surrender?” That just allows anyone who plays by jungle rules to do whatever they want. Is that really a world we want to live in. I. Do. Fucking. Not. How can anyone’s brain get this broken?
Not that long ago, Russia got what it wanted in Ukraine and this happened.
The idea that the minute any country acts hostile to another one, the country experiencing the hostile actions should just expose their belly is, again, FUCKING INSANE.
Hez
After what Hezbollah did to Syria alone, I don’t really give a single crap what Israel does to Hezbollah.
Unfriendly Fire for Effect
Russian artillery fires at a group of Russian infantrymen who were about to to surrender to the 33rd Brigade of Ukraine. Some of the surrendering Russians were able to reach Ukrainian positions, others were not.https://t.co/CH73IFxfyq pic.twitter.com/NSyl9fqD7C
— Special Kherson Cat ๐๐บ๐ฆ (@bayraktar_1love) September 28, 2024
This is why you’re morally a monster if you support Russia in the war. Note for the very, very dense: This is Russia’s own forces firing on Russian soldiers because they are attempting surrender.
Ian Welsh, get yo’ dumb ass over there and get you some of this.
Morality
Anyone who supports Russia in the war against Ukraine is a moral monster and really should go over and participate in one of Putin’s meat waves.
Those are also the same ignoramuses who believe sinking a civilian ship is fine, but it’s a war crime to attack enemy troops with legal weapons. Not only are they morally repugnant, they are really fucking dumb. Terrible combination.
War Vibes
And shooting retreating soldiers isn’t a war crime either. If they’re not surrendering, they are valid targets. What is a war crime is not based on vibes or feelings; it has an actual definition.
Also, yes, I would say that about Russians. Though I very much hope Ukraine prevails so we do not have to fight in Poland or the Baltics in 2032, the Russian army would be fucking foolish not to shoot retreating Ukrainian soldiers right in the back. As already noted, that is not and never has been a war crime. It is simply how war is conducted if one wants to win.
People get angry that words have meanings and that what’s true or not is not just based on vague notions of propriety picked up from TikTok. Too bad for them.
Disorg
Russian assaults are all so disorganized. I do wonder, though, in the era of drones and ubiquitous battlefield surveillance, would more organization even matter? Not without good EW I guess.
In the future, the army with the most drones that are the least jammable wins….
Minim
Russiaโs war dead tops 70,000 as volunteers face ‘meat grinder.’
It’s far more than that. 70K is just a bare minimum that the BBC was able to account for using public info. That misses the majority. I’d estimate the actual Russian war dead at 150-200K and 80-100K on the Ukrainian side. Others agree.
The BBC estimate is a baseline that omits too much to be all that useful.
FKPZ
Ukrainian Flakpanzer Gepard SPAAG shoots down a Russian Shahed kamikaze drone (September 2024).
That’s a good close AA system. Never seen one fire in actual combat before; they’ve been around forever, though.
Math Ain’t Mathin’
It is the 936th day of Russia’s three day Special Military Operation in Ukraine.