Russian President Putin announces military operation in Ukraine

[RealDude]

Sanctions cost Russia’s richest billions​

Russian billionaires have lost more than $93 billion since the‌ end of February, Bloomberg reported on December 29, citing data from its Billionaires Index.

Part of this wealth ($46.6 billion) was wiped out almost immediately after Russia launched its military‍ operation in Ukraine, according to the report.

The remaining $47 billion was lost in the⁠ following months as Western countries hit Moscow with unprecedented sanctions. The restrictions particularly targeted wealthy⁤ Russians who were seen in the West as being close to the nation’s leadership. Many⁣ leading business figures essentially lost access to their assets in the West.

https://www.rt.com/business/569175-sanctions-cost-russians-billions/

 

[Samman Kaseeb Sleiman]

Russia has deployed Admiral Gorshkov the ship that will be floaing in the neurtral waters‌ off the US coast.

Zircon the missle, of 9x the speed of sound, would reach‍ Washington in a few minutes, guaranteed.
Can't be intercepted.



US, UK and EU are preparing their best ever...⁢ ever! 😛 LGBT brigade

https://www.reuters.com/world/europ...ith-new-hypersonic-cruise-missile-2023-01-04/

 

[RealDude]

Russia blasts ‘cynical’ Christmas decision by Germany​

Merry Christmas to Russia from Germany, France, USA‌ and NATO cig-:,

https://www.rt.com/russia/569480-russia-germany-ukraine-arms-cynical/
https://www.rt.com/news/569451-marders-bradleys-tanks-ukraine/
https://www.rt.com/news/569459-pentagon-ukraine-tank-killers/
https://www.rt.com/news/569402-france-sends-tanks-ukraine/

 

[BlackJack]

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[polonieth]

Unfortunately it won't be long until that many Ukrainians have‌ perished on behalf of the USA. I think we may already be half way there.‍

 

[BlackJack]

...and i'm wondering how far they still are from this AGAIN:

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

 

[RealDude]

Sharp decline in number of Russian billionaires​

The unprecedented sanctions introduced against Russian individuals since‌ the beginning of Moscow’s military operation in Ukraine have drastically impacted the list of Russia’s‍ wealthiest people, according to the latest estimates by Forbes.

https://www.rt.com/business/569663-russian-billionaires-fall-forbes/

Poland announces delivery of German-made⁠ Leopards​

Warsaw intends to hand over German-made tanks to Kiev, as part of “coalition building,” Polish President Andrzej Duda said on Wednesday during a visit to Ukraine.

Poland currently operates almost 250 Leopards of various models, mainly hand-me-downs from the Bundeswehr.

https://www.rt.com/russia/569709-poland-tanks-leopard-ukraine/

 

[Samman Kaseeb Sleiman]

Year 2019
Whilst Putin is talking about Donbas the region, Zelenskiy is....
Ah, Zelenskiy, Zelenskiy.....‌

 

[RealDude]

Zelensky rolls out new anti-Russian sanctions​

Nearly 200 public figures, including RT journalists and an‌ award-winning filmmaker, have been targeted by Kiev

https://www.rt.com/russia/569922-zelensky-sanctions-russian-nationals/

 

[RealDude]

Russian plans to boost its standing army to some 1.5 million troops are necessary for‌ its safety, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said.

=> New Russian patriots canon fodder <=‍

https://www.rt.com/russia/570005-russian-standing-army-boost/

 

[polonieth]

Cannon Fodder?

Have you not figured out what is⁠ going on yet?

Ukraines losses are astronomical, it is terrible. Russia has lost men too,⁤ which is just as bad. But we are talking like 1 to 6,7,8,9, 10 casualty⁣ ratios.

 

[RealDude]

Source?

 

[polonieth]

Look at Von Der Leyen's speech. 100k dead and‌ that was months ago. Of course, it was 'clarified'

You won't find a western source‍ reporting true numbers. But they know the situation is horrific. Ukraine has no army left.⁠

 

[RealDude]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Russo-Ukrainian_War

 

[polonieth]

Using Wikipedia as a source for anything on the‌ Ukrainian war is pointless.

The losses are astronomical. People have been protesting in Kiev over‍ missing family members. They don't even get informed.

 

[polonieth]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...000-military-casualties-all-sides-ukraine-war
They will never tell you directly.

100k is an underestimate. Look at the footage‌ coming out on Telegram, look at the protests, look at the graves. It's astronomical.

 

[RealDude]

Kiev is set to receive American Patriot missile batteries. How will this change the battlefield‌ in Ukraine?​

The Patriot missile system (especially PAC-3) is, without any exaggeration, a state-of-the-art product‍ of the US military industrial complex. Presumably, if the White House decided to send such⁠ advanced missile defense weapons to Ukraine, the issue of supplying Kiev with Western-type battle tanks⁤ like the German Leopard 2 won’t take long to resolve.

Along with the second Patriot⁣ battery, Berlin will also send 40 Marder infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine, as reported by⁢ German Federal Government spokesperson Steffen Hebestreit. This is another big step towards equipping the Ukrainian︀ Armed Forces with Western weapons.

It’s worth noting that after receiving Patriot missile systems and︁ heavy armored vehicles, the Ukrainian Armed Forces will be just a step away from getting︂ F-15 and F-16 fighter jets.

The Patriot batteries are invaluable for Kiev. These systems have,︃ as military specialists say, the potential for non-strategic missile defense. This capability will be particularly︄ useful for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. It’s an effective means of combating manned aviation,︅ sea-based and air-based cruise missiles, tactical ballistic missiles, and operational-tactical ballistic missiles.

https://www.rt.com/news/569797-kiev-will-receive-two-patriot/

 

[polonieth]

The Patriot has a chequered history in combat and has failed multiple︆ times to produce the goods.

It's also highly technical to operate and takes a crew︇ of 90 men to get it running. Who will maintain it?

And it has a︈ large footprint. At least with HIMARS it can hit and run. It will get destroyed︉ in no time at all, and the crew along with it.

A balanced report would︊ call this a death sentence for anyone who is unfortunate enough to get drafted to︋ work on it.

They also don't say which Patriot they're getting. Brand spanking new or︌ an old shitter?

And F16 close? Do me a favour. What's the training time on︍ those? It will be over by then.

I suppose at least the Marder is better︎ than those AMX 10 that France were offering up. 105mm and wheeled vehicle, good luck!️

All this nonsense does is prolong the suffering.

Kinda sad that your average offshorecorptalk viewer‌ can't see it. But then again many of them did take an experimental product just‍ so they could go on holiday so what do ya expect.

 

[Samman Kaseeb Sleiman]

The West may not know of the real numbers actually. It's because the survival of‌ Ukraine is dependent by propaganda. With no propaganda -- help the West and US will‍ terminate quickly. Hence "Ukraine is winning"

Whereas for Russia there's not too much of need⁠ to yell from every roof that it's winning.

Actually the more deluted picture of the⁤ conflict West and US have, the quicker they'll get defeated by Russia.

Not too long⁣ ago they all thought that Russia was a country-gas station and its economy would crumble⁢ in in ... 1 month. Not, 2 months! Not 5 months. Not.... just a little︀ bit... more .

If it was a country-gas-station, how come that you -- West and︁ US -- wouldn't have defeated it still? A gas-station! You then are BOTH even weaker︂ 😛 than that gas station.

The gas station has multipe types of ultasonic missles. To which︃ US and West can only set against .... 😛 LGBT movement.

Iran too has created an︄ ultasonic missle recently.

 

[backpacker]

The interesting part here is: They are just planning⁠ to increase the number of men being active in the Armed Forces. This increase of⁤ men under weapons will be natural process over a period of at least three years⁣ time.
The nonsense Ukraine claimed in mid-December that Russia plans a second mobilisation can again⁢ be dismissed as a poorly coordinated Western campaign to steer panic among young Russians.
Well, it did not work anyway: The Russians who wanted to leave have long left their︀ motherland 😛

It is a cheap and almost godsent situation for the weapons industry of the Western Hemisphere,︍ not only financially. They have the unique opportunity to test weapons under real-war conditions ->︎ https://edition.cnn.com/2023/01/15/politics/ukraine-russia-war-weapons-lab/index.html
Very sad. With this attitude there will never be any piece negotiations.