War Games: Russia Takes Ukraine, China Takes Taiwan. US Response?

[StringJunky]

31 minutes ago, J.C.MacSwell said:

At some point terrorist attacks might come to Russia itself. Hate begets hate.

Russian sites are getting attacked some miles across the border. They are in an unwinnable situation ultimately. They are using relentless attrition tactics atm, that attrition will be directed at them soon enough. Seiging is one thing, holding is another.

[iNow]

Russian missiles hit a shopping mall with over 1,000 civilians inside today

[TheVat]

Wondered if the mall attack helped give Turkey a nudge towards the signing table today.   They have agreed, finally, on accepting Finland and Sweden into NATO.  

 

[iNow]

Whatever the reason, is a good thing 

[StringJunky]

Russia has vacated Snake Island.

[Sensei]

3 hours ago, StringJunky said:

Russia has vacated Snake Island.

Would be better if they vacated Crimea..

 

[StringJunky]

3 hours ago, Sensei said:

Would be better if they vacated Crimea..

 

At least that's one position they can't shoot from.

[SergUpstart]

Ukraine has sold two French-donated 155mm Caesar howitzers to Russia

https://bulgarianmilitary.com/2022/07/05/ukraine-has-sold-two-french-donated-155mm-caesar-howitzers-to-russia/

 

A group of Ukrainian servicemen sold French CAESAR self-propelled artillery units for $120,000 per unit, with the real cost of one howitzer about $ 7 million.
Sources of the publication in the command of the French Armed Forces and Interpol claim that two CAESAR self—propelled howitzers were sold by Ukrainians through an intermediary - a military dealer.

"Corrupt Ukrainian servicemen are involved in the illegal arms trade in order to extract maximum profit, and this applies not only to this case with howitzers," writes Bulgarian Military.
According to the publication, Interpol is aware of the illegal sale of weapons by Ukrainians. Interpol Secretary General Jurgen Stock has previously spoken about his fears that Western weapons delivered to Ukraine will fall into the hands of criminal organizations.
"In fact, even the US special services do not know where the weapons supplied to Ukraine are going. The arms trade takes place with the tacit complicity of Western governments, which thoughtlessly supply Ukraine with military aid and do not check exactly how their weapons are used in the end," the article emphasizes.
The authors of the material note that at the moment the French self-propelled guns are at Uralvagonzavod, which, according to Bulgarian military analysts, indicates the intention of the Russian Federation to "disassemble them and study the technologies in detail", up to the point of using CAESAR analogues against Ukrainian forces.

[iNow]

That's not even as good as hearsay. That's like hearsay stacked upon the telephone game stacked upon a rather likely fiction.

[StringJunky]

GPS trackers. Smells like propaganda to dispirit their enemy. These are gold to the Ukrainians and they don't have enough. The leadership will be monitoring the positions of these vehicles constantly to keep them in useful positions. Got a six-man crew as well that you need to get to conspire together. It's BS.

Edited July 6, 2022 by StringJunky

[Phi for All]

Sounds a lot like reports from a couple months back, which were proven to be forgeries from the Kremlin: https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/russian-war-report-forged-document-claims-ukraine-is-selling-surplus-weapons-to-african-countries/

[StringJunky]

26 minutes ago, Phi for All said:

Sounds a lot like reports from a couple months back, which were proven to be forgeries from the Kremlin: https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/russian-war-report-forged-document-claims-ukraine-is-selling-surplus-weapons-to-african-countries/

I would imagine that a would-be thief's compatriots would consider it a treasonable act, considering how valuable these are to their war effort. It doesn't compute. The manufacturer will know where it is as well at the login of a computer. Hidden trackers are in many vehicles as standard. At $7.5m each I think it's pretty likely.

Edited July 6, 2022 by StringJunky

[SergUpstart]

All GPS trackers, including hidden ones, are easy to turn off, it is enough to wrap the product with foil.

[StringJunky]

5 minutes ago, SergUpstart said:

All GPS trackers, including hidden ones, are easy to turn off, it is enough to wrap the product with foil.

You have to find it first and you may have to do significant disassemby, which you have to do covertly. Even an owner/leaser does not know where it is in commercial cars and diggers, for example. There may be more than one installed.

[SergUpstart]

43 minutes ago, StringJunky said:

You have to find it first and you may have to do significant disassemby, which you have to do covertly. Even an owner/leaser does not know where it is in commercial cars and diggers, for example. There may be more than one installed.

The entire product, no matter a Bentley, tractor, excavator or tank, is placed in a metal container and all radio signals are shielded. For simplicity, you can simply wrap it with aluminum foil.

And by the way, in the conditions of hostilities, these trackers should be turned off. His radio signal is a unmasking factor.

[MigL]

15 minutes ago, SergUpstart said:

For simplicity, you can simply wrap it with aluminum foil.

You should be wrapping your head in aluminum foil ...

You are going to great lengths to villify Ukrainians, and excuse the aggression that Russia has perpetrated on another sovereign country, with the feeble excuse that they are 'de-NAZIfying' the Ukraine.
How many people need to die for the aggrandizement of one insecure person ?
An you want to blame the victims in this ?

I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt by assuming you're a foil-hat wearing conspiracy theorist, and not just anothe V Putin 'ball-licker'.

[zapatos]

45 minutes ago, MigL said:

I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt by assuming you're a foil-hat wearing conspiracy theorist, and not just anothe V Putin 'ball-licker'.

No reason he couldn't be both.

[Sensei]

https://gagadget.com/en/144824-german-soldiers-wanted-to-blow-up-the-crimean-bridge-but-were-arrested/?utm_source=news.google.com

"German soldiers wanted to blow up the Crimean bridge, but were arrested"

"Two members of the Bundeswehr decided in the spring of 2022 to help Ukraine and destroy the Crimean bridge. They committed several thefts at military facilities in the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein, but unfortunately, they did not succeed in realizing their plans.

Our heroes were part of a group of 12 men. Four were in the service of the Bundeswehr. The servicemen discussed the bombing of the Crimean bridge in phone conversations, unaware that they were being wiretapped by the intelligence services."

"They stole weapons and equipment from barracks in Schleswig-Holstein with the intention to damage the Crimean bridge by blowing it up. This was reported by the German magazine Stern."

 

Arrested by who? By V.P. agents and forces? NO!

By Germany agents! So they confirmed they are inflated and controlled by pro-russian agents...

[SergUpstart]

On 7/6/2022 at 9:43 PM, MigL said:

I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt by assuming you're a foil-hat wearing conspiracy theorist, and not just anothe V Putin 'ball-licker'.

And who do you think Tucker Carlson from Fox News and Douglas McGregor are?

3 hours ago, Sensei said:

https://gagadget.com/en/144824-german-soldiers-wanted-to-blow-up-the-crimean-bridge-but-were-arrested/?utm_source=news.google.com

"German soldiers wanted to blow up the Crimean bridge, but were arrested"

"Two members of the Bundeswehr decided in the spring of 2022 to help Ukraine and destroy the Crimean bridge. They committed several thefts at military facilities in the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein, but unfortunately, they did not succeed in realizing their plans.

Our heroes were part of a group of 12 men. Four were in the service of the Bundeswehr. The servicemen discussed the bombing of the Crimean bridge in phone conversations, unaware that they were being wiretapped by the intelligence services."

"They stole weapons and equipment from barracks in Schleswig-Holstein with the intention to damage the Crimean bridge by blowing it up. This was reported by the German magazine Stern."

 

Arrested by who? By V.P. agents and forces? NO!

By Germany agents! So they confirmed they are inflated and controlled by pro-russian agents...

Corriere della Sera: Germany blocks €9 billion aid package for Kiev
According to the newspaper, German Finance Minister Christian Lindner does not approve of the European Commission's intention to finance Ukraine at the expense of the common European debt.

Autumn is coming soon, without gas from Russia, German industry will die. They begin to put pressure on Zelinsky to agree to give up part of the territory in exchange for peace.

[Sensei]

12 minutes ago, SergUpstart said:

Corriere della Sera: Germany blocks €9 billion aid package for Kiev
According to the newspaper, German Finance Minister Christian Lindner does not approve of the European Commission's intention to finance Ukraine at the expense of the common European debt.

Autumn is coming soon, without gas from Russia, German industry will die. They begin to put pressure on Zelinsky to agree to give up part of the territory in exchange for peace.

Is that official shit you eat every day at morning in your country after turning on russian TV on.. ?

 

[J.C.MacSwell]

1 hour ago, SergUpstart said:

Autumn is coming soon, without gas from Russia, German industry will die. They begin to put pressure on Zelinsky to agree to give up part of the territory in exchange for peace.

Maybe they could suggest a part of Germany they could offer Putin?

[SergUpstart]

1 hour ago, Sensei said:

Is that official shit you eat every day at morning in your country after turning on russian TV on.. ?

Your CNN is generally disgusting, but Fox News pleases.

Edited July 10, 2022 by SergUpstart

[StringJunky]

1 hour ago, SergUpstart said:

And who do you think Tucker Carlson from Fox News and Douglas McGregor are?

Corriere della Sera: Germany blocks €9 billion aid package for Kiev
According to the newspaper, German Finance Minister Christian Lindner does not approve of the European Commission's intention to finance Ukraine at the expense of the common European debt.

Autumn is coming soon, without gas from Russia, German industry will die. They begin to put pressure on Zelinsky to agree to give up part of the territory in exchange for peace.

You got it wrong. He's wants to block using EU funds to help REBUILD Ukraine. Nothing to do with the war effort... that's after.

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Germany's finance minister on Friday ruled out any joint EU borrowing to help cover the massive cost of rebuilding war-scarred Ukraine, after the idea was floated by top European officials -AFP Twitter

 

Edited July 10, 2022 by StringJunky

[Sensei]

@J.C.MacSwell

Russian politicians are complete idiots. Russia doesn't need land. They have plentiful of land.. mostly without any human beings.. No one will want to live in Donbass or Lugansk.. No sane person will want to invest in these lands.. for decades.. another county field without a man..

No sane person will invest in anything in Russia for decades..

Instead of making their own country, Russia, prosperous, good managed, they devastated other countries, murdered people and wiped out infrastructure, and brought to their own crap level instead.. The first one was Chechnya.. then they attacked Georgia.. then they attacked Ukraine.. then they destroyed Syria.. then they attacked Ukraine again..

I don't blame Russians.. they are slaves.. mental and physical slaves.. brainwashed since the early childhood.. how to blame such person who can't speak for himself/herself freely.. ? Who had any sign of intelligence, fled away in February, March, when they could do it..

Putinjugend was established once again.. they will murder and die for their Führer..

1 hour ago, J.C.MacSwell said:

Maybe they could suggest a part of Germany they could offer Putin?

..who needs German land without Germans on that land (i.e. businessmen, investors, etc. etc.) It is as good (useful) as any other land they already have..

Edited July 10, 2022 by Sensei

[MigL]

2 hours ago, SergUpstart said:

And who do you think Tucker Carlson from Fox News and Douglas McGregor are?

You're in 'good' company.