Ukraine and the Russian invasion, 2022-24

[Pickman's model]

NRA Hacks Russian Defense Contractors In One Of Largest Breaches In Russia's History: Report

Among the hacked businesses is Technoserv, Russia's largest systems integrator.

www.ibtimes.com

Confused for a while until I learned that NRA here is the National Republican Army, an organization in Russia. Information leaked on Kaspersky, too.

National republican army sounds rather like the national rifle association's true identity

 

[Dystopiary]

In Mariupol the occupiers have dismantled a memorial to the Holodomor (deliberate famine).

Spoiler: twitter post

Occupiers dismantle monument to victims of Holodomor in Mariupol

 

[maomao]

What is the advantage to Putin of putting his remaining bits if Ukraine under martial law? The frontline runs through all four of them, I'd imagine they're pretty martial lawy already on the Russian side.

 

[agricola]

What is the advantage to Putin of putting his remaining bits if Ukraine under martial law? The frontline runs through all four of them, I'd imagine they're pretty martial lawy already on the Russian side.

it could just be to be seen to do something, just as so much of our politics is

 

[not-bono-ever]

It’s to stop people from mass sinking ship jumping and to ensure there’s enough non military meat lying around the battlefield to show world what the nazis are doing to civilians

 

[Cid]

What is the advantage to Putin of putting his remaining bits if Ukraine under martial law? The frontline runs through all four of them, I'd imagine they're pretty martial lawy already on the Russian side.

Perhaps something to do with moving ahead with these forced deportations, or implementing forced labour.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Spoiler: Screenshot

 

[TopCat]

I would quite like to see Zelensky at a signing ceremony with weird prancing people in silly hats annexing Russia though. Please make it happen.

I left this thread for a week. Come back and read this. Wishful thinking and a strong media message won’t make the nut.

 

[2hats]

Was wondering why this the other day...

​

Because this...

Ben Glaze (@benglaze)

BREAKING: Defence Secretary Ben Wallace tells MPs that on September 29 an RAF RC-135 Rivet Joint spy plane was being shadowed by two Russian Su-27s in international airspace when one of the Su-27s "released a missle in the vicinity of the Rivet Joint"

nitter.it

 

[Yossarian]

The spiv nonce camicia nera Berlusconi backs barbarian Putin regime

Berlusconi gets his reward:

In audio of the meeting obtained by the Italian news agency LaPresse, Mr Berlusconi said Mr Putin had sent him twenty bottles of vodka for his birthday and a "very lovely letter."
He went on: "I responded with bottles of Lambrusco and an equally sweet note", adding that he had "re-established relations with President Putin, a little too much."

Silvio Berlusconi boasts of closeness to Vladimir Putin

A leaked audio recording of the former PM threatens to cause another headache for Italy's Giorgia Meloni.

www.bbc.com

 

[MickiQ]

WIth it being the Russians I'm quite willing to believe that the missile probably just fell off.

 

[DaveCinzano]

WIth it being the Russians I'm quite willing to believe that the missile probably just fell off.

Normally it's off the back of the quartermaster's lorry though, not the wing of an actually flying plane

 

[WhyLikeThis]

The mobilisation seems to have disproportionately harvested cannon fodder from particular communities. The resentment is likely to build over the coming months.

 

[teqniq]

Hmmmmm:

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Special military advisors?

 

[Raheem]

Special military advisors?

It was reported a couple of days ago that they've had to get Iranian trainers in because they were having problems operating the drones.

 

[editor]

The mobilisation seems to have disproportionately harvested cannon fodder from particular communities. The resentment is likely to build over the coming months.

Those poor women

 

[WhyLikeThis]

 

[Dystopiary]

Maybe all Elon Musk's opinion on the war tweets - and Elon Musk's tangentially related to the war tweets - could go in the "tangentially related crap" thread.
Or perhaps an Elon Musk's Opinions And Tweets On The War In Ukraine thread.

 

[WhyLikeThis]

It’s not “tangental” he is a player in the war by supplying vital comms. Now he’s also being used by Putin to create division amongst the Kremlin’s opponents. The US is now overtly mulling what to do about this grave risk he poses to Ukraine’s security:

 

[TopCat]

Maybe all Elon Musk's opinion on the war tweets - and Elon Musk's tangentially related to the war tweets - could go in the "tangentially related crap" thread.
Or perhaps an Elon Musk's Opinions And Tweets On The War In Ukraine thread.

Keep this thread pure eh? Focused.

 

[MickiQ]

It’s not “tangental” he is a player in the war by supplying vital comms. Now he’s also being used by Putin to create division amongst the Kremlin’s opponents. The US is now overtly mulling what to do about this grave risk he poses to Ukraine’s security:

Perhaps this will teach him to keep his mouth shut

 

[Raheem]

Perhaps this will teach him to keep his mouth shut

Or perhaps being blocked from buying Twitter would suit him just fine.

 

[Yossarian]

Maybe all Elon Musk's opinion on the war tweets - and Elon Musk's tangentially related to the war tweets - could go in the "tangentially related crap" thread.
Or perhaps an Elon Musk's Opinions And Tweets On The War In Ukraine thread.

"What stupid shit has Elon Musk said today?"

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Space X is a supplier to the US dept. of defense, yet its boss seems to be cozying up to Putin.

Next time he wants to open his big mouth perhaps he'd like to look at these pics from Mariupol.

Spoiler: Upsetting

The cunt.

 

[DownwardDog]

WIth it being the Russians I'm quite willing to believe that the missile probably just fell off.

It happens in all airforces. Two Brimstones fell off a GR4 when it landed at Akrotiri a few years ago. Obviously buddy in the Flanker didn't do their walkaround...

Last week there was the 3(F) Typhoon that was proudly rolled out of a hangar in Qatar to provide air policing for the World Cup. One of the main gear wheels fell off leaving the port side of the jet supported by a war shot ASRAAM with a live seeker and warhead

 

[HAL9000]

It happens in all airforces. Two Brimstones fell off a GR4 when it landed at Akrotiri a few years ago. Obviously buddy in the Flanker didn't do their walkaround...

Last week there was the 3(F) Typhoon that was proudly rolled out of a hangar in Qatar to provide air policing for the World Cup. One of the main gear wheels fell off leaving the port side of the jet supported by a war shot ASRAAM with a live seeker and warhead

aircraft now has two additional jets

 

[MrCurry]

aircraft now has two additional jets

interesting call signs for the fighters!

 

[StoneRoad]

interesting call signs for the fighters!

just what I was going to say !

now, should RRR7221 do the "crazy ivan" ???

 

[2hats]

interesting call signs for the fighters!

The same series they've been using for the best part of a week now.