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Ukraine War Thread Part 2

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Old 17th Dec 2023, 22:19
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And more smoking incidents in Russia, this time regional government buildings.

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It appears the Russian Legion has been doing some cross border excursions again near Belogrod, all returned safely.

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And more smoking incidents in Russia, this time regional government buildings.



​​​​​​​https://twitter.com/igorsushko/statu...57043965460859
Add some really cold Russian weather into the mix and things will get really tough. Icing conditions indeed.
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It looks like a donated British AS90 was destroyed by Lancet.

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SU 25 Nearly directly hit by GRAD

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Allegedly these are photos of a Su-34 bomber damaged by unknown drones at the Morozovsk aerodrome in Rostov Oblast last night. Message on the UAV part says "Greetings to katsaps from Yarik! [Yaroslav]"






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Guys, keep an eye on what others are posting. There's quite a bit of duplication going on!
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Old 18th Dec 2023, 09:36
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It seems Russia scrapes the bottom of reserves. Note the destroyed tank at 2:10 time, it has white wheels. This paint scheme was typical for tanks used for military parades. Taken out of reserve and turned to scrap metal.

Warning, dead bodies in the video.


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I take it the lead tank nr Adviivka is mine sweeping

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Orac your last 2 posts have already been posted.
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Guys, keep an eye on what others are posting. There's quite a bit of duplication going on!
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Orac your last 2 posts have already been posted.
If you can reference the original post(s) in such alerts it would help the moderators remove duplicates.

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7198 is one. 7197 is the other.
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This could be bad news..

A wiretap was found today in the office of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valerii Zaluzhnyi - RBC-Ukraine, citing sources.
​​​​​​​A wiretap was also found in the office of Konstantin Bushuyev, personal assistant to Chief Zaluzhnyi The Security Service of Ukraine is conducting an investigation.
​​​​​​​Both are on Nexta, though you would think they would use them to feed incorrect information to whoever is listening, it must also mean a high ranking Ukrainian may be working for someone else.
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Russia is starting to reap what it sowed, ex prisoners returning from the front have murdered 27 so far at home.

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Belarus is still sending refugees to the Polish border.

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From the lines on the back of his jacket it looks as if Putin is wearing body armour.
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And on his arm as well, unless that's a very badly cut jacket.
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If his body double needs a flak jacket, he must be really (and justifiably) worried.
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Body armour won't do him much good. An assassin would go for a couple of shots to the head!
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Body armour won't do him much good. An assassin would go for a couple of shots to the head!
​​​​​​Haven't we seen that photo before? The blonde and some of the other 'soldiers' have appeared with Putin in various costumes and are believed to be bodyguards.
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