Russian Invasion of Ukraine

[Baka_Marimo]

Assault of Russian trenches. 5 minutes and I am completely broken. Russian speaking assault troops killing Russian speaking hobo-like conscripts in 2 feet deep trenches with grenade.

Everyone should watch this. Most powerful antiwar statement I ever saw.

P.s quality of video is astonishing. Like watching 1917, but iRL. Mad world.

Source?

 

[inCloud]

Source?

PM, if anyone need. YouTube, clearly against any guidelines

 

[inCloud]

Another amazing lecture by E.Shulman.

 

[Carbonox]

I guess the joke's a bit old by now, but this might still be the first instance of it in such an official capacity?

 

[Dennisch]

There are some clips online suggesting that Kadyrov's goat****ers brigade arrived near Bakhmut and gave away their ammunition depot location within hours of arrival. You see them driving into a mine that was geolocated already.

Can't wait for the drone footage of that spectacle.

 

[Dennisch]

 

[inCloud]

Also, Russian MoD reporting that the Counteroffence began, but considering how Konashenkov multiple Ukrainian casualties by 10,, its looks more like recon by fire.

 

[Carbonox]

 

[inCloud]

Situation becoming hotter in multiple points of frontline. Z-channels getting intense hallucinations with Abrams tanks assaulting their trenches.

 

[unit-one]

Kakhovka dam is destroyed.

4.8 meter wave height.
5 kilometers wide flooding.
24.4 km\h wave speed.
2 hours till water reaches Kherson.
14 hours of water rising.
3 days of flood.

Before the dam destruction, there was a massive attack on Ukrainian cities. Including an attack with guided bombs in the region of the dam.

Ukraine claims that russian occupation forced destroyed the dam by exploding it from the inside.
Russia claimed that the dam collapsed by itself due to previous damage and everything was silent, but then they changed that and now saying that Ukraine bombed it.

In October 2022 Ukraine said that the dam was mined by occupants.

 

[Liquid]

Cowardly *****.

 

[inCloud]

Situation is unclear:

• water would wash away Russian positions at Dnepro left bank and mines in river.
• Lower level of water in Kakhovka Reservoir could be a problem for water supply of nearby Ukranian cities
• Kakhovka Hydroelectric Station was only way for Ukrainian heavy metal strike in that region. Most likely dam was already mined and I can't see any way for Ukrainians to use it until capture of Melitopol and massive retreat of RUAF into Crimea.

My guess it wasn't planned by both sides.

 

[Touring Mars]

My guess it wasn't planned by both sides.

I'm not really buying that. Yes, Russia may stand to lose some assets, but they did mine the dam and have known for some considerable time that a breach, even accidental, was possible (if not likely), so stationing anything massively important to their invasion downstream of the dam would appear to be either monumentally stupid (possible) or, more likely, expendable.

Ukraine, on the other hand, stands to lose far more in terms of harm to its citizens and infrastructure (and its capacity to defend itself against Russian aggression), and it makes absolutely zero sense for Ukraine to do anything whatsoever to jeopardise the dam - or anything other dam in Ukraine for that matter, which no doubt the Russians are also considering attacking.

Russia is clearly using Ukraine's critical infrastructure - like dams and nuclear power stations - as backstops against a Ukrainian counteroffensive, hence the timing of this incident is no coincidence.

Cowards.

 

[Famine]

The war crimes just keep coming in.

 

[Blitz24]

Clearly Russia was freeing the water from those Nazi dams.

 

[Dennisch]

And yet, Russia keeps getting away with it.

Edit.

I wish that every single ****er who has been waving a Z flag or anything remotely will have a lifetime of misery and poverty, let it be a reminder for what it stands for. **** them all.

 

[unit-one]

I know that Leopards will be lost during battle, but these silhouettes look like farm equipment...
They don't shoot, don't move, just standing there...

 

[inCloud]

I'm not really buying that.

I still not sure about was it result of explosion or just incompetents. AFAIK, RUAF retreated from left bank week ago, but it could be result of previous flood in that area. Reservoir was full right before drop.

Thing is, Reservoir was critical part of water supply for Crimia and occupied territories.

 

[inCloud]

Reservoir was full right before drop.

Since retreat from Kherson, RF didn't drop water from Reservoir. Basically, 0 maintenance on dam was done.

Russians doing nothing in flooded region, meanwhile Ukraine

 

[Blitz24]

Since retreat from Kherson, RF didn't drop water from Reservoir. Basically, 0 maintenance on dam was done.

Russians doing nothing in flooded region, meanwhile Ukraine

I mean, RF doesn't care about any of the people, whether it be their own soldiers or civilians, in the area, so why should they grow a heart now?

 

[eran0004]

There are reports that the Ukrainian counteroffensive has begun. Seems likely that Russia blew up the dam in an effort to obstruct the counteroffensive.

 

[Liquid]

There are reports that the Ukrainian counteroffensive has begun. Seems likely that Russia blew up the dam in an effort to obstruct the counteroffensive.

The before and after photos of Kherson are horrifying.

 

[Dennisch]

Oh look, the Z-badge wearing clown has found the thread again.

Have you signed up to fight for you dictator yet?

 

[Joey D]

Have you signed up to fight for you dictator yet?

In Soviet Russia, dictator signs you!

 

[inCloud]

There are reports that the Ukrainian counteroffensive has begun.

Everything is under fog of war. Z channels repoting about counteroffensive for weeks

Seems likely that Russia blew up the dam in an effort to obstruct the counteroffensive.

How?

The before and after photos of Kherson are horrifying.

Kherson is least damaged area, biggest hit was at left bank. Whole towns covered with 7 meters of water.

There are reports of russian army and rescue services sabotaging efforts of volunteers to save locals.

 

[Eunos_Cosmo]

This is probably the most horrific war since Iran-Iraq, if not before then.

 

[Joey D]

This is probably the most horrific war since Iran-Iraq, if not before then.

Unfortunately, it's probably not ever the most horrific war going on at the moment. The Yemeni Civil Wars has been incredibly awful with massive famines and widespread disease. The Syrian Civil War is also incredibly brutal with death tolls upwards of 610k.

But if you go back to the Iran-Iraq war of the 80s, the Congo Wars were by far the most horrific, with up to 6.2 million people dying.

In terms of straight-up genocide, the Rwandan Civil War is probably the worst genocide in the last 35 years, although the Bosnian War was certainly up there too. I'm not sure how many civilians the Russians have committed genocide against, but it's probably around 20,000 with god only knows how many sent to Russia's version of concentration camps.

In looking up the numbers, it's staggering just how many wars there's actually been just since I was born.

 

[inCloud]

This is probably the most horrific war since Iran-Iraq, if not before then.

Not by casualties. Africans killing eachother in bigger quantities. Its horrific for average European/American because its two average European nations exterminating each other. Like if Americans/Canadians or French/Belgian would start all out wars.

 

[Eunos_Cosmo]

Not by casualties. Africans killing eachother in bigger quantities. Its horrific for average European/American because its two average European nations exterminating each other. Like if Americans/Canadians or French/Belgian would start all out wars.

Yeah, this immediately came to mind after I posted. The African genocides are definitely worse, but in terms of geopolitical scale, its probably close to what I previously posted.

 

[eran0004]

Everything is under fog of war. Z channels repoting about counteroffensive for weeks

I don’t place much value on the Z channels and their moronic incoherent nonsense. The ISW is a much better source for these matters.

How?

Most likely by detonating explosives installed inside the dam. By flooding the area downstream of the dam they have shortened the front lines by more than 100 km. Around 300 km if we consider that the dry reservoir upstream might not be suitable for crossing into occupied territory (can’t use boats, and probably too muddy for vehicles).