Putin starts “military operation” on Ukraine

[Kb27]

 

[Kb27]

Ukrainian woman fierce !

 

[Kb27]

Tank top cage or cope cage is useless against Javelins and NLAWs.

[Windwaver]

https://money.usnews.com/investing/news/articles/2022-03-30/exclusive-u-s-warns-india-others-against-sharp-rise-in-russian-oil-imports-official

U.S. Warns India, Others Against Sharp Rise in Russian Oil Imports - Official

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A significant increase in Russian oil imports by India could expose New Delhi to a "great risk" as the United States prepares to step up enforcement of sanctions against Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine, a senior U.S. administration official said.

[Windwaver]

Since we're good friend with India, can buy discounted oil from them? 

[Estrangable]

12 hours ago, yishunite said:

Nowadays better way to count is like this 

@yishunite 

sure or not? That is a massive list of losses. Will not happen to Zhu Guo cos every of our soldiers are wolf warrior and will be wrapping with zhu guo flag. 

共和国的旗帜上有我们血染的风采

[Tohto]

7 hours ago, Thaiyotakamli said:

Against weaker nation u don’t need latest weapon and fighter jet. Ukraine army has little airforce and no navy. Russia underestimated ukraine. 

 

can see russia sent all the old planes to go suicide mission. The tanks and missiles also use the older one as many missiles cannot explode. The latest one all keep in russia in case NATO retaliates. Moreover when u send these equipment to war, u r ready to write it off. 
 

Only recently they started to use hypersonic missile and newer jet

https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2022/03/russia-has-fired-hypersonic-missiles-ukraine-us-general-confirms/363777/

Clearing of old stock..

[Kb27]

Lucky guys get to surrender and not bcum Ukraine fertilizer.

 

[inlinesix]

7 hours ago, Ender said:

How accurate  will this intelligence be? Really need a insider.

 

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-europe-00716c99579afeff701af31b32ef7c8c

Putin misled by advisers on Ukraine, US intel determines

By AAMER MADHANI and NOMAAN MERCHANT17 minutes ago

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. intelligence officials have determined that Russian President Vladimir Putin is being misinformed by his advisers about his nation’s forces’ poor performance in Ukraine.

A U.S. official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss recently declassified intelligence, said Wednesday the intel finding indicates that Putin is aware of the situation on information coming to him and there is now persistent tension between him and senior Russian military officials. Biden, in an exchange with reporters, said he could not comment.

The administration is hopeful that divulging the finding could help prod Putin to reconsider his options in Ukraine. The war has ground to a bloody stalemate in much of the country, with heavy casualties and Russian troop morale sinking as Ukrainian forces and volunteers put up an unexpectedly stout defense.

But the publicity could also risk further isolating Putin, who U.S. officials have said seems at least in part driven by a desire to win back Russian prestige lost by the fall of the Soviet Union.

Meanwhile, Biden told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a 55 minute call that an additional $500 million in direct aid for Ukraine was on its way. It’s the latest burst in American assistance as the Russian invasion grinds on.

Asked about the latest intelligence, Secretary of State Antony Blinken did not confirm the findings, but suggested that a dynamic within the Kremlin exists where advisers are unwilling to speak to Putin with candor.

“One of the Achilles’ heels of autocracies is that you don’t have people in those systems that speak truth to power or have the ability to speak truth to power, and I think that’s what we’re seeing in Russia,” Blinken told reporters during a stop in Algeria on Wednesday.

The unidentified official did not detail underlying evidence for how U.S. intelligence made its determination.

The intelligence community has concluded that Putin was unaware that his military had been using and losing conscripts in Ukraine. They also have determined he is not fully aware of the extent to which the Russian economy is being damaged by economic sanctions imposed by the U.S. and allies.

The findings demonstrate a “clear breakdown in the flow of accurate information” to Putin, and show that Putin’s senior advisers are “afraid to tell him the truth,” the official said.

Biden notified Zelenskyy about the latest tranche of assistance during a call in which the leaders also reviewed security aid already delivered to Ukraine and the effects that weaponry has had on the war, according to the White House.

Zelesnkyy has pressed the Biden administration and other Western allies to provide Ukraine with military jets, something that the U.S. and other NATO countries have thus far been unwilling to accommodate out of concern it could lead to Russia broadening the war beyond Ukraine’s borders.

Prior to Wednesday’s announcement of $500 million in aid, the Biden administration had sent Ukraine about $2 billion in humanitarian and security assistance since the start of the war last month.

That’s all part of the $13.6 billion that Congress approved earlier this month for Ukraine as part of a broader spending bill.

The new intelligence came after the White House on Tuesday expressed skepticism about Russia’s public announcement that it would dial back operations near Kyiv in an effort to increase trust in ongoing talks between Ukrainian and Russian officials in Turkey.

Russian forces pounded areas around Ukraine’s capital and another city overnight, regional leaders said Wednesday.

The Pentagon said Wednesday that over the past 24 hours it had seen some Russian troops in the areas around Kyiv moving north toward or into Belarus.

Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said in interviews with CNN and Fox Business that the U.S. does not view this as a withdrawal but as an attempt by Russia to resupply, refit and then reposition the troops.

Putin has long been seen outside Russia as insular and surrounded by officials who don’t always tell him the truth. U.S. officials have said publicly they believe that limited flow of information –- possibly exacerbated by Putin’s heightened isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic -– may have given the Russian president unrealistic views of how quickly he could overrun Ukraine.

The Biden administration before the war launched an unprecedented effort to publicize what it believed were Putin’s invasion plans, drawing on intelligence findings. While Russia still invaded, the White House was widely credited with drawing attention to Ukraine and pushing initially reluctant allies to back tough sanctions that have hammered the Russian economy.

But underscoring the limits of intelligence, the U.S. also underestimated Ukraine’s will to fight before the invasion, said Lt. Gen. Scott Berrier, head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, in recent testimony before Congress.

Putin lives in his own parallel universe.  Whatever his advisers think is not important.

 

[Kb27]

2 minutes ago, inlinesix said:

Putin lives in his own parallel universe.  Whatever his advisers think is not important.

 

Putin is the strict disciplinarian.

Give wrong answer or don't give answer, kean slapped.

So they all give him, the good news, what he wants to hear.

[Ender]

46 minutes ago, inlinesix said:

Putin lives in his own parallel universe.  Whatever his advisers think is not important.

 

Putin might just be unware how much of the military equipment and mens he lost.

[Thaiyotakamli]

3 minutes ago, Ender said:

Putin might just be unware how much of the military equipment and mens he lost.

Even if he aware he will not back down, he sure malu if retreat now lol

[Mustank]

27 minutes ago, Thaiyotakamli said:

Even if he aware he will not back down, he sure malu if retreat now lol

Maybe he scared own people more than outside people

 

[Ender]

34 minutes ago, Thaiyotakamli said:

Even if he aware he will not back down, he sure malu if retreat now lol

They already implement phase 2, after meeting the 'goals' of phase 1. Most people would have guess that is the save face move, to concentrate on lesser but maybe more achievable target, i.e. eastern dombass region and Muriupol.. So lesser malu even if he didn't remove the zelensky gahment, denazify ukriane..

[bsswan]

47 minutes ago, Ender said:

Putin might just be unware how much of the military equipment and mens he lost.

I'm pretty sure he'll be watching FoxNews and CNN/BBC alongside RT.

[Ender]

7 minutes ago, bsswan said:

I'm pretty sure he'll be watching FoxNews and CNN/BBC alongside RT.

He also listen to his FSB head...

[Jellandross]

12 hours ago, Ender said:

Snake island soldier received medal.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/ukraine-soldier-sent-explicit-reply-152935943.html

Ukraine Soldier Who Sent Explicit Reply to Russians From Snake Island Awarded Medal, Officials Say

 

Ukrainian authorities in the Cherkasy region said they awarded a medal to the soldier who they said famously replied with an explicit radio message to Russia while defending Snake Island during the initial attack on the country on February 24.

Roman Hrybov is reported to have been the soldier who uttered the phrase “Russian warship, go f*** yourself,” during a radio conversation where Russian forces demanded the island’s inhabitants lay down their arms and surrender.

The soldiers who were initially thought to have died in a bombardment on February 24, were later found to have survived and been taken captive by the Russian forces, according to the Ukrainian Navy.

In footage shared on Tuesday, March 29, the Cherkasy Regional State Administration said the region’s governor, Igor Taburets, presented Hrybov with the award “For Merits to Cherkasy Region.”

The Cherkasy government said the meeting took place after Hrybov had returned home from Russian

 

[Watwheels]

This will be a very good meme. 

Ikea already has one.

Edited March 31, 2022 by Watwheels