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Old 2nd Sep 2023, 11:53
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Er, Nutty, in post 4582 you say the propagandists are claiming Brit casualties; are you mixing up the Georgian and UK flags? I can only see the former in your Tw@tter linky.
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Originally Posted by ORAC
Ukrainians rang the Russian emergency ministry to get get during the attack - I doubt it produced any useful info - but a good wind-up…..
"...for everything else, there's Mastercard!"

That is one of the funniest things in an ugly criminal mess that Vlad has presented as his $#1T sandwich haute cuisine for the world. The drone operators could get a gig on SNL.

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First Ukrainian crews up to speed on the Abrams.

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Ukrainian troops have entered Zavitne Bazhannya just 2km north of the larger and more strategic settlement of Staromlynivka, a logistics hub, who’s capture would put Mariupol and the vital M14 coastal road within HIMARS range.

The Ukrainian army advanced about 2 km south of #Urozhaine and recaptured the first buildings of Zavitne Bazhannya on the Staromlynivka front.

Russian invasion forces are reacting with FPV kamikaze drones on the involved MRAPs, indicating a lack of defending forces on the ground.
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Originally Posted by NutLoose
I wondered that too, I also wondered what the spots on the fuselage were, avionics?
The Ukrainians now call them "Target Indicators", TI for short....
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Originally Posted by Thud_and_Blunder
Er, Nutty, in post 4582 you say the propagandists are claiming Brit casualties; are you mixing up the Georgian and UK flags? I can only see the former in your Tw@tter linky.
You are indeed correct

it was only when I looked at again after you comment
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The UKR forces have taken out Russian elite paratroopers. But that is not the news in this video. Look at those trenches, they are like in every other trench video since June: No supporting structure what so ever in the trenches. Those look like they were dug with an excavator and left to dry out in the summer heat. Well, what happens when the fall and rains arrive with temperatures below zero later on. Bye bye trenches.


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​​​​​​​A citizen of #Russia and #Germany was detained in #Cyprus on charges of illegally exporting electronics from the United States for military purposes.

Artur Petrov and his accomplices smuggled to Russia a large amount of licensed American dual-use microelectronics worth 225,000 dollars.

Petrov was arrested on August 26 in Cyprus at the request of the United States. He faces a long sentence.

The electronics were exported from the United States through front companies in Cyprus and other countries and were in fact destined for Elektrokom-VPK LLC.
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Originally Posted by Beamr
The UKR forces have taken out Russian elite paratroopers. But that is not the news in this video. Look at those trenches, they are like in every other trench video since June: No supporting structure what so ever in the trenches. Those look like they were dug with an excavator and left to dry out in the summer heat. Well, what happens when the fall and rains arrive with temperatures below zero later on. Bye bye trenches.

https://twitter.com/GloOouD/status/1697662967058174457
Nobody ever accused the Russian army of thinking ahead.
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Originally Posted by ORAC
The source of this is ......................................where ?
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It looks like the grain deal may be back on….. or should one say Russia has taken out a lot of the Ukrainian port facilities meaning Ukraine may struggle to ship grain, but by agreeing Russia hopes to be able to ship both stolen grain and their own so get around the problem of Ukraines USV’s.

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It says at the bottom….

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/russia...ryat-1.6605501

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/...uryatia-a82339

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Buryatia_Foundation

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I wondered when someone would attempt a multicam style camouflage on a vehicle.

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Front line advances.

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Russian supply base hit in Svatove, looks like a fleet of tankers. Looking in a cab there appears to be human remains, i.e bones on the burnt out seat, so viewer discretion advised and quoted link only as per normal when viewing this type of thing.

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To infinity and beyond… where do they find these brain dead Russian morons?

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Sadly a British volunteer has joined those brave individuals that have given it all in the defence of Ukraine.

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Further to my #4591 on where the mobiks - and majority of casualties - are coming from. This time the source is the UK MOD, before you ask…….



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Originally Posted by NutLoose
Russian supply base hit in Svatove, looks like a fleet of tankers. Looking in a cab there appears to be human remains, i.e bones on the burnt out seat, so viewer discretion advised and quoted link only as per normal when viewing this type of thing.
If not for a crispy femur, it would almost look like a fashion statement to the Kremlin, from the troops. It would seem to be a lot safer to take out all of your fuel and ammunition rather then get sent to the front to be turned into sun flower fertiliser to satisfy the ego of the master strategist.
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