teqniq
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Ukraine and the Russian invasion, 2022-24
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Other links are available. But rather than cheer when things are likely on the way perhaps better to wait for proof of postage. Plus there will be a delay between the decision, arrival and use. Given Ukrainian propensity for heavy usage beyond what can be easily supplied I wonder how long the supply and consequently the impact will last. Plus these things would be really useful to disrupt battlefield activity by the russians through destruction of hitherto unreachable (by missile if not drone) command centres and depots etc. So I'd have thought their utility less in the fighting close season,which will be upon us in the not too distant future
teqniq
DisMembered
I wan't cheering. I am well aware from the article that it isn't a done deal. Also as Dogsauce points out it's giving the Russians plenty of time to move stuff out of range.
existentialist
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Itself potentially a strategic advantage...
DaveCinzano
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US likely to send long-range ATACMS missiles to Ukraine for the first time: Officials
The United States is likely to send long-range ATACMS missiles to help Ukraine defend itself, officials tell ABC News.
tim
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Any insights into the British volunteerwho has been murdered. The news reports don't seem to suggest that he was a prisoner of war who was slaughtered, so my assumption is that he must have upset somebody within the Ukrainian forces.
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Former British soldier fighting in Ukraine found dead with hands tied
Jordan Chadwick, 31, who served in Scots Guards, had ‘passion to support freedom’, his mother says
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Plastic Paddy
I doubt that anything that makes it into the media comes as any surprise to the Russians unless someone wants it to.
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
Until more information is available I'm not sure there's much to be gained through speculation.Any insights into the British volunteerwho has been murdered. The news reports don't seem to suggest that he was a prisoner of war who was slaughtered, so my assumption is that he must have upset somebody within the Ukrainian forces.
Former British soldier fighting in Ukraine found dead with hands tied
Jordan Chadwick, 31, who served in Scots Guards, had ‘passion to support freedom’, his mother says
But I am minded of the various unpleasant and unexplained deaths of several foreign fighters (Christian Würtenberg, Ted Skinner and Derek Arnold) and a journalist (Paul Jenks) in Croatia a few decades back.
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There's always something to be gained through speculation
mojo pixy
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agricola
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Any insights into the British volunteerwho has been murdered. The news reports don't seem to suggest that he was a prisoner of war who was slaughtered, so my assumption is that he must have upset somebody within the Ukrainian forces.
Former British soldier fighting in Ukraine found dead with hands tied
Jordan Chadwick, 31, who served in Scots Guards, had ‘passion to support freedom’, his mother says
That the location of the body of water he was found in is not mentioned is a bit suspicious tbh.
StoneRoad
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It's not as though there aren't any "behind the lines" personnel - which applies to both sides ...
Knocking off volunteers from external nations could be seen as a way to put pressure on the victim's home nation to discourage support.
And I don't think I'm being particularly cynical by saying that.
Knocking off volunteers from external nations could be seen as a way to put pressure on the victim's home nation to discourage support.
And I don't think I'm being particularly cynical by saying that.
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I was thinking more passing the time pleasantly between the cradle and the grave
mojo pixy
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DaveCinzano
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The article cited is perhaps not the best or most helpful, as it appears to be written by a freelance working a sub-editing day shift, reworking a report by the BBC from the previous day and fleshed out from the clippings file. They wrote seven separate stories that day, on completely different subjects. They are not a specialist in this field. There's no new information in it, and the writer has not spoken to anyone.
The timeline from the BBC report (and replicated in the Guardian) is:
26 June - Lancashire Police informed victim's mother that he had “been killed”
27 June - FCDO confirmed this
7 August - body repatriated by Ukrainian International Army
February 2024 - inquest into the death scheduled
That's it - no information on the details of the death, despite leading with “A British man who went to fight for the International Legion in Ukraine was found dead in a body of water with his hands bound behind his back.” Nothing about when this happened, when he died, when he was ‘found’, where he was found, who found him, or who provided the information to either the victim's mother or to the BBC (UIA? Lancashire Police? FCDO? The ‘local authorities’ with whom the FCDO says it is in contact with?)
belboid
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‘The city wants to finish off what Russia’s attacks began’: Kyiv residents fear property grab
Damaged historic buildings are allegedly among those developers wish to demolish for profit in complicity with the authorities
dilute micro
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Might have nothing to do with Jordan Chadwick, but the International Legion has had issues with Ukrainian higher ups according to one of the Legion's commanders, an American named Ryan O'leary. O'leary had a twitter account which recently has been taken down, and on it, he spent many posts telling off his Ukrainian superiors for incompetence and corruption.
Dogsauce
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Wasn‘t O’Leary one of those weirdo Walts who was never part of the military but somehow managed to give the impression they were fighting? With questions about where the money they were raising was going? Or am I thinking of someone else (and I’m not thinking of that Canadian dude who was never even there).
ETA: having done a bit of research, O’Leary is legit, part of the regular military there (since 2018). I was thinking of James Vasquez who was unmasked as a fraud a couple of months back.
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dilute micro
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He's an Iowa National Guard vet with 4 years volunteering in Iraq. He's a company commander in Ukraine. He had a viral video out a short while back with a video from his helmet cam where he and some others flanked Russian trenches and was on their rear. He killed one retreating and let the other live when he saw he was unarmed. But the Russian ran back to his former position and was killed by the other Ukrainian units. I don't know what he's doing now after his "you can throw me in jail" posts.
https://www.weareiowa.com/video/new...view/524-ecb35991-c6dc-4e86-82ab-82140407d664
Dogsauce
I’ve got Skol but I’m not a Scholar
This is ingenious and funny. Yesterday there was some footage of a giant Ukrainian flag floating in the air over Russian-held areas of Ukraine, taunting the occupiers. Turns out it enraged a few Russian units who thought they’d have a go at shooting it down. In doing so they revealed their positions and were later attacked by Ukraine.
existentialist
Tired and unemotional
Psychological judo FTW. Let their weaknesses expose them.
dilute micro
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Well, this is interesting. It seems Blinken is suggesting Ukraine should be allowed to choose its targets - attack into Russia.
cupid_stunt
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That's brilliant!
This is an interesting piece from CNN about decoys being used.
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