So basically a variation on the blood libel. Now where have we heard that before?
More that the Russian orthodox church has populist power. The church, the state, mother Russia etc.
So basically a variation on the blood libel. Now where have we heard that before?
It was foreshadowed by the Project for the New American Century. They'd pretty much already decided they wanted to invade Iraq and remove Saddam Hussein from power, then manipulated the 'evidence', aided and abetted by Blair's 'dodgy dossier' to make that happen.If you remember 2003 as you claim you'll recall that troops were moved to Saudi Arabia some time before the laughable parliamentary vote on the matter, when it was clear that there would be war as everything had already been arranged long before the 15.2.03 demo let alone any parliamentary debate
Zubov said his father, who was an admiral, saw the heavy cruiser as a deterrent that should never be used in anger. “Thank God he did not see how the current Russian strategists used his pride,” he said. “It is a big military mistake in itself to use an anti-aircraft deterrent as a ship to provide fire support for an amphibious landing.”
That’s especially the case given the ship’s defence systems and analog radar were outdated.
“Russian glory burns off the coast of Ukraine,” Zubov wrote in his post. “I do not know how many sailors were killed and maimed.”
Prime candidate for WeBuyAnyShip.comThe Moskva and her sister ships were built by Ukrainians at the Mykolaiv shipyard, near Kherson. There's a fourth ship in the class, but it was never finished and has been sitting in the shipyard for 20 years. The Russian navy called it Admiral Flota Lobov. Ownership passed to Ukraine after the USSR collapsed, and it was renamed the Ukraina. But the Ukraine navy doesn't want it because it has obsolete weapons and costs £750k to refuel. Before the war the plan was to cannibalise it. It's on Google Maps Nikolaev Shipbuilding Plant
The Moskva and her sister ships were built by Ukrainians at the Mykolaiv shipyard, near Kherson. There's a fourth ship in the class, but it was never finished and has been sitting in the shipyard for 20 years. The Russian navy called it Admiral Flota Lobov. Ownership passed to Ukraine after the USSR collapsed, and it was renamed the Ukraina. But the Ukraine navy doesn't want it because it has obsolete weapons and costs £750k to refuel. Before the war the plan was to cannibalise it. It's on Google Maps Nikolaev Shipbuilding Plant
Cant write books anymore they sign a contract. Even I had too when I was pushing helicopters out of a hanger for them.Till the book deals are signed at any rate…
SAS troops have trained local forces in Kyiv for the first time since the war with Russia began, Ukrainian commanders have told The Times.
Officers from two battalions stationed in and around the capital said they had undergone military training from serving British special forces, one last week and the other the week before.
Captain Yuriy Myronenko, whose battalion is stationed in Obolon on the northern outskirts of Kyiv, said that military trainers had come to instruct new and returning military recruits to use NLAWs, British-supplied anti-tank missiles that were delivered in February as the invasion was beginning.
“We have received huge military help from Britain,” he said. “But the people who knew how to use NLAWs were in other places, so we had to go on YouTube to teach ourselves. You can learn in seven minutes, five to seven minutes.
“After that we had good training. British officers were here two weeks ago in our unit and they trained us really good. And because we have had successes, we have self-confidence now.”
Yeh osipov will be the new byng“pour encourager les autres”
Always good to learn from the best…
Plenty of reports this morning, that the SAS is back in Ukraine training their troops.
Good to know they have been doing their own research.
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Hard to see those reports as anything other than No.10 signing off on it coming out, which in the circumstances is phenomenally criminal behaviour.
Thanks for sharing that. Fascinating and insightful.For a bit of background info. This is an interesting take on where Ukrainian and Russian forces were 15 years ago, and what's changed to get us to today. One of them, you know, learned and tried to improve things.
I Commanded U.S. Army Europe. Here's What I Saw in the Russian and Ukrainian Armies.
The two armies at war today couldn’t be more different.www.thebulwark.com
Hard to see those reports as anything other than No.10 signing off on it coming out, which in the circumstances is phenomenally criminal behaviour.
Yeh but we know the government is riddled with phenomenal crimsHard to see those reports as anything other than No.10 signing off on it coming out, which in the circumstances is phenomenally criminal behaviour.
Why? If No.10 released the info chances are either the British troops left already, or they know that the Russians already know the details and decided there’s something to be gained by making it public.
Something to be gained = a possible transient boost to their approval ratings, vs the possible expansion of the war or the death of sas personnel whose presence ought to have been a closely guarded secret after the fanfare declaring all soldiers out. More buffoonery with other people's lives from this abysmal governmentWhy? If No.10 released the info chances are either the British troops left already, or they know that the Russians already know the details and decided there’s something to be gained by making it public.
I think SAS's leadership must sit back in their lilac boathouse, sipping their gins, and chortling at all the places in the world they were supposed to be while they were in completely different places in the world. I expect someone's dug up a Catering Corps NCO with a line in tall tales and a set of campaign medals off eBay...Plenty of reports this morning, that the SAS is back in Ukraine training their troops.
Good to know they have been doing their own research.
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Blair should be prosecuted for war crimes at The HagueBlair maintains it was the right thing to do!
Blair should be on coffin top alongside Johnson and any remaining cabinet ministers from the Thatcher and major administrationsBlair should be prosecuted for war crimes at The Hague
Hague should by prosecuted on the Heath.Blair should be prosecuted for war crimes at The Hague
What’s their conclusion, for those of us who can’t be bothered to watch the video?Interesting video on the number of tanks Russia actually has. This helps to guessimate the amount of damage Ukraine and NATO are doing to Russia's overall capability.
How Many Tanks Does Russia Really Have?
3000 that could be brought out of mothballs from the 6000 held in reserve.What’s their conclusion, for those of us who can’t be bothered to watch the video?
So what do they reckon is the % reduction in total capability to date?3000 that could be brought out of mothballs from the 6000 held in reserve.
Do they have trained personnel on standby to crew them though? Otherwise they're just going to keep getting picked off by modern weoponry which by all accounts can be operated by anyone with not much training.3000 that could be brought out of mothballs from the 6000 held in reserve.
They reckon around 2,000 available and up to 750 destroyed (500 with photo proof). So 30%+So what do they reckon is the % reduction in total capability to date?
Their real war aim revealed at last.
It's not all bad news for Russians then