Ukraine War Thread Part 2
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Grauniad: (offence took place 2022).
A civilian US air force employee has been charged in Nebraska with transmitting classified information about Russia’s war with Ukraine on a foreign online dating platform
According to the US justice department. David Franklin Slater, 63, allegedly shared details about military targets and Russian capabilities on an online messaging platform with an unindicted co-conspirator who claimed to be a woman living in Ukraine and called him “my secret informant love.”
Slater was expected to make an initial court appearance on Tuesday.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/air-f...se-information
A civilian US air force employee has been charged in Nebraska with transmitting classified information about Russia’s war with Ukraine on a foreign online dating platform
According to the US justice department. David Franklin Slater, 63, allegedly shared details about military targets and Russian capabilities on an online messaging platform with an unindicted co-conspirator who claimed to be a woman living in Ukraine and called him “my secret informant love.”
Slater was expected to make an initial court appearance on Tuesday.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/air-f...se-information
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Followed by an update on the Teixeira case. Note it’s the defence pushing for just 11 years. Not sure how much of that you have to serve before being eligible for parole in the USA.
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Grauniad:Jack Teixeira, who leaked classified documents about Russia’s war in Ukraine onto the online chat service Discord, has pleaded guilty in federal court.
Prosecutors said they would seek nearly 17 years in prison for Teixeira, a Massachusetts air national guard member.
A defence attorney said he would push for a sentence of 11 years, describing Teixeira, 22, as a “kid” whose youth was partly to blame for his conduct.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/jack-t...ts-2024-03-04/
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Grauniad:Jack Teixeira, who leaked classified documents about Russia’s war in Ukraine onto the online chat service Discord, has pleaded guilty in federal court.
Prosecutors said they would seek nearly 17 years in prison for Teixeira, a Massachusetts air national guard member.
A defence attorney said he would push for a sentence of 11 years, describing Teixeira, 22, as a “kid” whose youth was partly to blame for his conduct.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/jack-t...ts-2024-03-04/
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Aint no parole in the federal pen, you do the time, you do all the time. Only way out early is Presidential clemency
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Possibly the first footage of the strike against the Russian patrol ship “Sergey Kotov” (project 22160) last night.
The Kerch Bridge has been closed for 9h already. According to Telegram channel “Crimean Wind” it needs to be “investigated”.
The Ukrainian GUR has just released the footage of the attack against the Sergey Kotov. That ship got totally hammered by several USVs. Highly unlikely that she survived that attack.
The Kerch Bridge has been closed for 9h already. According to Telegram channel “Crimean Wind” it needs to be “investigated”.
The Ukrainian GUR has just released the footage of the attack against the Sergey Kotov. That ship got totally hammered by several USVs. Highly unlikely that she survived that attack.
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Too far away Orac, post here shows its destruction up close.
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"Because we are at war, and because we can" make sense, but I get the extra feeling that Ukraine is now getting their own back for the high-handed way their little Navy was treated by a superior Russian Navy force in that famous incident when trying to enter the Sea of Azov some years back.
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Why drones now dominate the battlefield. Makes Terminator’s battlefield scenes look dates…
An incredibly beautiful hit by a Ukrainian drone operator
An incredibly beautiful hit by a Ukrainian drone operator
Could the drone pay-load destroy is so effectively, or did it actually fly into the BTR and trigger on-board ammunition ?
Why not 212? This is why we come to this site, we are not all experts at warfare. I would like to know if the last one or two of the underwater drones would have been turned around for re use? The last explosion certainly appeared to do for the ship.
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"Sergey Kotov" ... I see a drone heading into the hole made by its predecessor again. Very effective, it seems.
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It depends on its range, how long it has loitered in an area awaiting the target etc, and I would imagine they keep its actual range quite for obvious reasons, no point in telling them where they can operate with impunity.
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The latest ship sunk was only built in 2021 and entered service in 2022 after the war had started! It was their most modern vessel.
It looks like they also took out a helicopter during the attack.
It looks like they also took out a helicopter during the attack.
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There are some idiots about... I doubt he will ever do that again.
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Notice on the Map behind the alcoholic fool that Transnistra is shown as part of Modova, not the other way round.
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Regarding reports of the vehicles being trashed on the Ukrainian / Polish boarder by "Poles" and not being stopped by the Police.
This vehicle has a UK number plate and is taxed and insured here.
Perhaps to get a grip on this situation, the Polish Ambassador to the UK should be called in for an interview without coffee to show His Majesties displeasure.
UK Mitsubishi
This vehicle has a UK number plate and is taxed and insured here.
Perhaps to get a grip on this situation, the Polish Ambassador to the UK should be called in for an interview without coffee to show His Majesties displeasure.
UK Mitsubishi