Ukraine: Unsubstantiated rumours and speculation

[gosub]

War In Ukraine, Day 257: Unit Of 500 Mobilized Russians Wiped Out, Putin's "No Front Line" Lie Exposed

If not cannon fodder, many of the reservists are facing shortages of food, weapons and promised payments.

worldcrunch.com

 

[Dogsauce]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/11/05/ukraine-russia-peace-negotiations/

I really can't see the Russians budging on Rostov

US now talking about Abrams. Suggest that would depend on the midterms and I really can't see that happening either

I thought one of the big reasons Abrams haven’t been supplied is that they run on some kind of jet fuel, so supplying them would add another layer of complicated logistics.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

I understand that the US are preparing to send Reaper drones, these have the ability to strike well
within Russia and once in Ukrainian hands the US has zero control over them.

I think I have asked this before; if the US has UKR military over in Nevada or wherever operating drones, is that an escalation? From what I understand some of them are as formidable as A10’s and Russia would be utterly fucked, no?

 

[DaveCinzano]

From what I understand some of them are as formidable as A10’s and Russia would be utterly fucked, no?

Well, I certainly wouldn't fancy booking Luhansk Town Hall for a wedding reception, that's for sure.

 

[Dogsauce]

I understand that the US are preparing to send Reaper drones, these have the ability to strike well
within Russia and once in Ukrainian hands the US has zero control over them.

I think I have asked this before; if the US has UKR military over in Nevada or wherever operating drones, is that an escalation? From what I understand some of them are as formidable as A10’s and Russia would be utterly fucked, no?

Probably vulnerable to air defence, which Russia actually has, compared to recent US opponents. Similarly A10s only work with air superiority, and with manpads everywhere in this conflict they’d be at risk.

There’s been numerous rumours of Ukraine getting US aircraft but no substantive evidence of it happening. Too long to train pilots and technical support is quite complicated.

 

[gosub]

if I was playing a home match I'd very much keep A10's on the subs bench and thats even with trained pilots

 

[Cid]

A10s are garbage. Garbage that leaves depleted uranium lying around.

 

[Cid]

Substantively though, I can't imagine RU would be too impressed with reapers operated from the US. I imagine they'd have to come up with some alternative with a degree of plausible deniability. That said I think we're possibly back in the bluff-calling pre-apocalypse phase. Xi warning against nukes will probably have a real impact on Putin's willingness to use them. One of the reasons sacking China off isn't so easy, but that's a whole other thing.

 

[ruffneck23]

Not too sure if verified yet so I'l put this here.

 

[Dogsauce]

Not too sure if verified yet so I'l put this here.

Announced by the head of the SMO, so definitely happening. Hopefully a messy retreat with lots of equipment donations like in Kharkiv.

They’d actually quit some locations and left mannequins behind to make it look like they hadn’t left, just to slow down the UA advance.

 

[Ax^]

hmm putin leaving to the generals to make the retreat


so how long before he falls out of a closed window


or Putin reach badly and does something stupid against the city

 

[strung out]

The war will likely be settled in ten days with a ceasefire agreement and settlement on Russian terms.

Given the announcement of yet another fabulous gesture of Russian goodwill today, I'm still laughing at these wise words among others from back in mid March, when it was already obvious that Putin had made a colossal miscalculation.

 

[keybored]

Kherson occupation administration head Vladimir Saldo posted a video on Telegram announcing the death of Kirill Stremousov in a car accident.

A Telegram channel called Ostorozhno, Novosti ("Beware the News") claims the metadata of Saldo's video shows it was recorded 2 hours before the accident was first reported.

 

[Leighsw2]

Given the announcement of yet another fabulous gesture of Russian goodwill today, I'm still laughing at these wise words among others from back in mid March, when it was already obvious that Putin had made a colossal miscalculation.

I'm very sure that our good friends and comrades on this and related threads will wish to join us in congratulating our allies and comrades in Ukraine on their latest stunning success against fascism and Russian imperialism. Obviously!

 

[spitfire]

Too bad, how sad etc.

 

[Dogsauce]

From a not particularly reliable twatter source:

russian chatter on social media is saying pictures of russian losses tomorrow may be enough for the removal of putin..... thats the russians saying that.

Hmmm.

It was noticeable that military leaders were taking the can for Kherson in the announcement a couple of days ago, not the main boss, so he’s keeping his hands off that turd.

Possible Putin is in his palace in Sochi as someone picked up a couple of days ago that they were blocking GPS signals there.

Could be something afoot, could be nothing, could be total bollocks.

 

[Raheem]

I spend a tiny amount of time looking a Russian media translated through Google, and I'd say something has snapped over the last few days. Seems to be giving a much less Kremlin-oriented picture.

This is internet media, which never seemed to be as bad as the TV in the first place.

 

[8ball]

Just have to hope nothing spectacularly stupid happens.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Russian sub Belgorod test fired the doomsday Poseidon nuclear powered torpedo, the one that can wipe out the UK with a tsunami. It failed to fire. Fortunately for the submariners it didn't just explode and sink their boat. They have now slunk off back to port.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Russian sub Belgorod test fired the doomsday Poseidon nuclear powered torpedo, the one that can wipe out the UK with a tsunami. It failed to fire. Fortunately for the submariners it didn't just explode and sink their boat. They have now slunk off back to port.

Isn't this the first 45 minutes of The Hunt For Red October?

 

[not-bono-ever]

Too bad, how sad etc.

 

[not-bono-ever]

What a wanker

 

[8ball]

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Nice Cliff Richard tattoo there.

 

[Indeliblelink]

Would suit Russia nicely if Turkey turned against the US because of their arming of Kurdish fighters in northern Syria. TASS even going so far as to say the bomber was trained by "US instructors".

Turkish minister says alliance with U.S. 'in a controversial situation' after Istanbul blast

Turkish minister says alliance with U.S. 'in a controversial situation' after Istanbul blast

www.1lurer.am

Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said on Monday (November 14) Turkey's alliance with the United States was in a "controversial situation" after an explosion in Istanbul killed six people on Sunday (November 13). Turkey blamed Kurdish militants on Monday for the explosion and police detained a Syrian woman suspected of having planted the bomb among a sweep of 47 arrests.

Istanbul police named the suspected bomber as Ahlam Albashir, a Syrian national, who was detained in an overnight raid in the city's Kucukcekmece district. Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia were responsible for the blast on Istiklal Avenue on Sunday, an incident that recalled similar attacks in years past. Soylu said the order was given in Kobani, a city in northern Syria, where Turkish forces have carried out operations against the YPG in recent years.

Ankara says the YPG is a wing of the PKK. The United States has supported the YPG in the conflict in Syria, stoking friction between NATO allies. "We reject the condolences of the American embassy, we do not accept it," said Soylu to reporters.

"Our alliance with a state that sends money from its own Senate to these groups, feeding the terror zones in Kobani which aims to disturb Turkey's peace, is in a controversial situation. This is open and clear," he added.

Albashir, with curly hair and in a purple jumper with the words 'New York' on it, was shown handcuffed, state broadcaster TRT Haber footage showed. According to Istanbul police, Albashir said during questioning that she was trained by Kurdish militants and entered Turkey through Afrin, another northern Syrian town.

The attack sparked concerns that more such incidents could occur ahead of elections set for June 2023, which polls show President Tayyip Erdogan could lose after two decades in power.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Colonel Vadim Boyko, in charge of mobilisation in the Vladivostok region was found dead today, seems he shot himself five time with multiple weapons. Like he predecessor Lt-Col Roman Malyk (corpse found hanging from a fence), this is being notched up as another suicide.

 

[Ĝasper]

Im shocked no one is talking about the drone attack inside Russia. I suspect it's linked to the missile which hit in Poland. Suspected drone hits oil depot in Russia's Oryol, officials say

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Im shocked no one is talking about the drone attack inside Russia. I suspect it's linked to the missile which hit in Poland. Suspected drone hits oil depot in Russia's Oryol, officials say

By ‘talking’ you mean ‘wildly speculating’, yeah?

 

[Ĝasper]

By ‘talking’ you mean ‘wildly speculating’, yeah?

It barely even received any press coverage.

 

[gosub]

Colonel Vadim Boyko, in charge of mobilisation in the Vladivostok region was found dead today, seems he shot himself five time with multiple weapons. Like he predecessor Lt-Col Roman Malyk (corpse found hanging from a fence), this is being notched up as another suicide.

Read that. Suppose might be down to the time of year, some people find the short days of winter quite depressing. Easy to see how he made Colonel with those sort of firearm skills

 

[WouldBe]

Read that. Suppose might be down to the time of year, some people find the short days of winter quite depressing. Easy to see how he made Colonel with those sort of firearm skills

Possible he could have non fatally shot himself with 4 different weapons before using the 5th to deliver the fatal shit.