BREAKING: INVASION HAS BEGUN..... Putin's "3-day war"... NOW... 1 YEAR 338 DAYS ...WAGNER HEAD SAYS GROUP STANDING DOWN AFTER CLAIMS OF DEAL

[zod16]

Diplomat says Russia warned US of ‘points of no return’ in bilateral relations

In this context, I would like to mention the legislative initiative currently being discussed in Congress to declare Russia a 'country sponsor of terrorism', Alexander Darchiev noted

"In this context, I would like to mention the legislative initiative currently being discussed in Congress to declare Russia a 'country sponsor of terrorism'. If passed, it would mean that Washington would have to cross the point of no return, with the most serious collateral damage to bilateral diplomatic relations, up to their lowering or even breaking them off. The US side has been warned," the head of the Foreign Ministry department stressed

Diplomat says Russia warned US of ‘points of no return’ in bilateral relations

In this context, I would like to mention the legislative initiative currently being discussed in Congress to declare Russia a 'country sponsor of terrorism', Alexander Darchiev noted

tass.com

Moscow may give asymmetric response to US actions against diplomats — official

"Since 2016, the American authorities have confiscated and, to call things by their proper names, have simply stolen six diplomatic properties that belonged to our country by virtue of private ownership. The access of Russian diplomats to these properties as the owner’s legitimate representatives has been totally closed," he stressed.

Moscow may give asymmetric response to US actions against diplomats — official

Director of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s North American Department Alexander Darchiev pointed out, the Russian diplomatic missions experience serious staff difficulties as a result of "the visa war unleashed by Washington"

tass.com

I think they are realizing this isn't '08 or '14 for that matter. The bulk of the people currently dying in Ukraine are not ethnically Russian and/or poor so they don't matter to most Russians. Take away their access to the "West" and the "special operation" will hit home. Every bullshit regime does this shit from Maduro in Venezuela to Russia. Think of all of the shit Dmitry Medvedev was talking about hating the West. All of that shit was published right around the time his son was deported from the US. Like a bitch talking shit on social media after a breakup...

 

[zod16]

Ukraine will soon have 25 HIMARS, M270 MLRS and MARS II multiple-launch rocket systems in service - 204 GMLRS rockets can be launched simultaneously

Ukraine will soon have 25 HIMARS, M270 MLRS and MARS II multiple-launch rocket systems in service - 204 GMLRS rockets can be launched simultaneously

The other day UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace (Ben Wallace) announced about the transfer of a new batch M270 MLRS. Thus, Ukraine will soon have 25 multiple rocket launchers in service GMLRS.

gagadget.com

 

[blackpepper]

Has anyone heard of the iranian drones being deployed by RU. I'm looking forward to hearing how effective they are or aren't in this conflict.

 

[zod16]

Has anyone heard of the iranian drones being deployed by RU. I'm looking forward to hearing how effective they are or aren't in this conflict.

This is the latest credible report I have seen:

Russian officials trained in Iran in recent weeks as part of an agreement on the transfer of drones between the two countries, the U.S. State Department said on Thursday.

U.S. officials said last month that Washington had information that Iran was preparing to provide Russia with up to several hundred drones, including some that are weapons capable, and that Russian officials had visited Iran to view attack-capable unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). read more

Russian officials trained in Iran as part of drone deal, U.S. says

Russian officials trained in Iran in recent weeks as part of an agreement on the transfer of drones between the two countries, the U.S. State Department said on Thursday.

www.reuters.com

They captured a RQ-170 back in 2011 and have been reverse engineering it. This is what they "created" based on that:

Shahed Saegheh - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

This would be embarrassing as hell for any normal country especially after they got rejected by Turkey when they originally wanted Bayraktars...

‘We will never’ supply Russia with drones, says Turkish CEO

Haluk Bayraktar tells CNN that he is proud the Bayraktar TB2 has become a symbol of Ukrainian resistance against Russia.

www.aljazeera.com

 

[blackpepper]

This is the latest credible report I have seen:

Russian officials trained in Iran in recent weeks as part of an agreement on the transfer of drones between the two countries, the U.S. State Department said on Thursday.

U.S. officials said last month that Washington had information that Iran was preparing to provide Russia with up to several hundred drones, including some that are weapons capable, and that Russian officials had visited Iran to view attack-capable unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). read more

Russian officials trained in Iran as part of drone deal, U.S. says

Russian officials trained in Iran in recent weeks as part of an agreement on the transfer of drones between the two countries, the U.S. State Department said on Thursday.

www.reuters.com

They captured a RQ-170 back in 2011 and have been reverse engineering it. This is what they "created" based on that:

Shahed Saegheh - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

This would be embarrassing as hell for any normal country especially after they got rejected by Turkey when they originally wanted Bayraktars...

‘We will never’ supply Russia with drones, says Turkish CEO

Haluk Bayraktar tells CNN that he is proud the Bayraktar TB2 has become a symbol of Ukrainian resistance against Russia.

www.aljazeera.com

I read similarly in the WSJ. I imagine the DOD would love to test out some of their latest systems against the iranian tech to see how both fare. I know there is another whole thread on it, but its why trump can't be trusted with classified DOD data national security information. Everyone's convinced he'd disclose, if not sell it just to make the current admin look bad.

 

[zod16]

OG true believer in the cause got fed up with the bullshit.

 

[zod16]

 

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[zod16]

Remember, this is not HIMARS...these are smoking related accidents

 

[zod16]

Shot across the bow from the factions not sympathetic to his views...

 

[zod16]

More smoking accidents...

 

[zod16]

Sanction ravaged russia relies upon sanction ravaged iran for drones based on a US drone captured almost 10 years ago.

Iran gives Russia copy of US ScanEagle drone as proof of mass production

US spy drone given to prove Iran's forces have mass produced the drone they claim to have captured a year ago

www.theguardian.com

The 2nd most powerful military on the planet. Curiously, this thread has been devoid of "russia is winning" posts recently. I think some of the tankie posters have had smoking accidents as well...

 

[Helico-pterFunk]

Canadian who sold his possessions, used up his savings to deliver aid in Ukraine makes a plea for help

Canadian Adam Oake is among volunteers delivering aid to civilians in Ukraine, but he says donations are drying up and he's issuing a plea for help.

www.ctvnews.ca

 

[HeathCliff]

I’m starting to see a pattern here.

Triangulation and geolocation is a bitch. Lol

 

[ugk]

I’m starting to see a pattern here.

Triangulation and geolocation is a bitch. Lol

Couldn't have happened to a better group of people.

The Wagner Group first appeared in Ukraine in 2014, where it participated in the annexation of Crimea.[59] Dmitriy Valeryevich Utkin, a veteran of the First and Second Chechen Wars reportedly founded the group.[60][61][62] Until 2008[62] or 2013, Utkin served as lieutenant colonel and brigade commander of a unit of special forces of Russia's Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU), the 700th Independent Spetsnaz Detachment of the 2nd Independent Brigade.[63][1][64] After leaving the military, he began working in 2013 for the Moran Security Group, a private company founded by Russian military veterans, which was involved in security and training missions worldwide, and specializes in security against piracy. The same year, senior Moran Security Group managers were involved in setting up the Hong Kong-based Slavonic Corps,[65] which headhunted contractors to "protect oil fields and pipelines" in Syria during its civil war.[1] Utkin was deployed in Syria as a member of the Slavonic Corps, surviving its disastrous mission.[63] Subsequently, Russia's Federal Security Service arrested some members of the Slavonic Corps for illegal mercenary activity.[66]

The Wagner Group itself was first active in 2014,[1] along with Utkin, in the Luhansk region of Ukraine.[63] In 2021, the Foreign Policy report noted the origin of the name "Wagner" to be unknown.[46] Others say the group's name comes from Utkin's own call sign "Wagner", reportedly after the German composer Richard Wagner, which he is said to have chosen due to his passion for the Third Reich (Wagner being Adolf Hitler's favorite composer).[67][68] As such, some believe he is a neo-Nazi,[69][70] with The Economist reporting showing that Utkin has several Nazi tattoos.[68] Members of Wagner Group say Utkin is a Rodnover, a believer of Slavic native faith.[71] Radio Liberty cited insiders as saying that the leadership of the Wagner Group are followers of the Slavic Native Faith, a modern Pagan new religious movement.[2] In August 2017, the Turkish newspaper Yeni Şafak speculated that Utkin was possibly a figurehead for the company, while the real head of Wagner was someone else.[72]

Various elements of Wagner have been linked to white supremacist and neo-Nazi far-right extremists,[49][68][50] such as Wagner's openly far-right and neo-Nazi Rusich unit,[73][74][75][76] and Wagner members have left neo-Nazi graffiti on the battlefield.[50][77] However, Erica Gaston, a senior policy adviser at the UN University Centre for Policy Research, noted that Wagner Group is not ideologically driven, but rather a network of mercenaries "linked to the Russian security state". Russia denies the connection and officially the group does not exist.[78][46]

In December 2016, Utkin was photographed with Russian President Vladimir Putin at a Kremlin reception given in honour of those who had been awarded the Order of Courage and the title Hero of the Russian Federation (to mark the Day of Heroes of the Fatherland [ru]), along with Alexander Kuznetsov, Andrey Bogatov [ru] and Andrey Troshev [ru].[79] Kuznetsov (call sign "Ratibor") was said to be the commander of Wagner's first reconnaissance and assault company, Bogatov was the commander of the fourth reconnaissance and assault company, and Troshev served as the company's "executive director".[80] A few days after, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed the presence of Utkin at the reception, stating that Utkin was from the Novgorod Region and had received the award, but could not say for what except that it was presumably for courage. Peskov stated he was not aware how famous Utkin was.[81][82]

It has been reported that Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin—sometimes called "Putin's chef", because of his catering businesses that hosted dinners which Vladimir Putin attended with foreign dignitaries—[83][84][85] has links with Wagner[86][87] and Utkin personally.[88][89] The businessman has been said to be the funder[90][59] and actual owner of the Wagner Group.[91][92] Prigozhin denied any communication with Wagner.[93]

In 2019, as the presence of Wagner PMCs in Africa was growing, a planned trip by Utkin to Rwanda was reportedly cancelled at the last moment. He was supposed to travel with Valery Zakharov, a Russian security advisor to the President of the Central African Republic. Subsequently, it was thought that Utkin was withdrawn from the Wagner Group's African operations due to his over-exposure that was the result of the medal-awarding ceremony at the Kremlin in 2016, and the United States sanctions imposed on him. Subsequently, Colonel Konstantin Aleksandrovich Pikalov (call sign "Mazay") was said to have been put in charge of Wagner's African operations.[62] According to another report, there was a change in leadership in the Wagner Group due to changes in the methodology and direction of its work, with Utkin leaving the group and Konstantin Pikalov becoming the new head of the organization. Another theory was that Dmitry Utkin may have been killed, as his phone number was no longer functioning and his regular trips from Krasnodar to St. Petersburg stopped.[94]

Pikalov served as a military officer in Russia's experimental military unit numbered 99795, located in the village of Storozhevo, near St. Petersburg, which was tasked, in part, with "determining the effects of radioactive rays on living organisms". Following his retirement, he continued to live on the military base for at least until 2012 and ran a private detective agency. In the autumn of 2014, along with a large group of cossacks, he possibly took part in suppressing opponents of the Russian-supported President of Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik during the Republika Srpska general election in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Dodik won the re-election. Between 2014 and 2017, Pikalov traveled several times to destinations near the Ukrainian border, sometimes on joint bookings with known Wagner officers. In 2016, he ran for office in local council elections in the district of his military base near St. Petersburg on behalf of the pro-Kremlin A Just Russia party. However, his participation was denied by Russia's Central Election Committee, possibly due to his criminal record, as his name is listed on a Central Bank blacklist with a note that he was "a suspect in money laundering", although his current criminal file is blank. According to Bellingcat, this could mean either that the suspicion did not result in criminal charges, or that the records were purged. Former employees of Prigozhin interviewed on the condition of anonymity by Bellingcat stated Pikalov was known to have taken part in military operations in both Ukraine and Syria.[62]

 

[HeathCliff]

Couldn't have happened to a better group of people.

The Wagner Group first appeared in Ukraine in 2014, where it participated in the annexation of Crimea.[59] Dmitriy Valeryevich Utkin, a veteran of the First and Second Chechen Wars reportedly founded the group.[60][61][62] Until 2008[62] or 2013, Utkin served as lieutenant colonel and brigade commander of a unit of special forces of Russia's Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU), the 700th Independent Spetsnaz Detachment of the 2nd Independent Brigade.[63][1][64] After leaving the military, he began working in 2013 for the Moran Security Group, a private company founded by Russian military veterans, which was involved in security and training missions worldwide, and specializes in security against piracy. The same year, senior Moran Security Group managers were involved in setting up the Hong Kong-based Slavonic Corps,[65] which headhunted contractors to "protect oil fields and pipelines" in Syria during its civil war.[1] Utkin was deployed in Syria as a member of the Slavonic Corps, surviving its disastrous mission.[63] Subsequently, Russia's Federal Security Service arrested some members of the Slavonic Corps for illegal mercenary activity.[66]

The Wagner Group itself was first active in 2014,[1] along with Utkin, in the Luhansk region of Ukraine.[63] In 2021, the Foreign Policy report noted the origin of the name "Wagner" to be unknown.[46] Others say the group's name comes from Utkin's own call sign "Wagner", reportedly after the German composer Richard Wagner, which he is said to have chosen due to his passion for the Third Reich (Wagner being Adolf Hitler's favorite composer).[67][68] As such, some believe he is a neo-Nazi,[69][70] with The Economist reporting showing that Utkin has several Nazi tattoos.[68] Members of Wagner Group say Utkin is a Rodnover, a believer of Slavic native faith.[71] Radio Liberty cited insiders as saying that the leadership of the Wagner Group are followers of the Slavic Native Faith, a modern Pagan new religious movement.[2] In August 2017, the Turkish newspaper Yeni Şafak speculated that Utkin was possibly a figurehead for the company, while the real head of Wagner was someone else.[72]

Various elements of Wagner have been linked to white supremacist and neo-Nazi far-right extremists,[49][68][50] such as Wagner's openly far-right and neo-Nazi Rusich unit,[73][74][75][76] and Wagner members have left neo-Nazi graffiti on the battlefield.[50][77] However, Erica Gaston, a senior policy adviser at the UN University Centre for Policy Research, noted that Wagner Group is not ideologically driven, but rather a network of mercenaries "linked to the Russian security state". Russia denies the connection and officially the group does not exist.[78][46]

In December 2016, Utkin was photographed with Russian President Vladimir Putin at a Kremlin reception given in honour of those who had been awarded the Order of Courage and the title Hero of the Russian Federation (to mark the Day of Heroes of the Fatherland [ru]), along with Alexander Kuznetsov, Andrey Bogatov [ru] and Andrey Troshev [ru].[79] Kuznetsov (call sign "Ratibor") was said to be the commander of Wagner's first reconnaissance and assault company, Bogatov was the commander of the fourth reconnaissance and assault company, and Troshev served as the company's "executive director".[80] A few days after, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed the presence of Utkin at the reception, stating that Utkin was from the Novgorod Region and had received the award, but could not say for what except that it was presumably for courage. Peskov stated he was not aware how famous Utkin was.[81][82]

It has been reported that Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin—sometimes called "Putin's chef", because of his catering businesses that hosted dinners which Vladimir Putin attended with foreign dignitaries—[83][84][85] has links with Wagner[86][87] and Utkin personally.[88][89] The businessman has been said to be the funder[90][59] and actual owner of the Wagner Group.[91][92] Prigozhin denied any communication with Wagner.[93]

In 2019, as the presence of Wagner PMCs in Africa was growing, a planned trip by Utkin to Rwanda was reportedly cancelled at the last moment. He was supposed to travel with Valery Zakharov, a Russian security advisor to the President of the Central African Republic. Subsequently, it was thought that Utkin was withdrawn from the Wagner Group's African operations due to his over-exposure that was the result of the medal-awarding ceremony at the Kremlin in 2016, and the United States sanctions imposed on him. Subsequently, Colonel Konstantin Aleksandrovich Pikalov (call sign "Mazay") was said to have been put in charge of Wagner's African operations.[62] According to another report, there was a change in leadership in the Wagner Group due to changes in the methodology and direction of its work, with Utkin leaving the group and Konstantin Pikalov becoming the new head of the organization. Another theory was that Dmitry Utkin may have been killed, as his phone number was no longer functioning and his regular trips from Krasnodar to St. Petersburg stopped.[94]

Pikalov served as a military officer in Russia's experimental military unit numbered 99795, located in the village of Storozhevo, near St. Petersburg, which was tasked, in part, with "determining the effects of radioactive rays on living organisms". Following his retirement, he continued to live on the military base for at least until 2012 and ran a private detective agency. In the autumn of 2014, along with a large group of cossacks, he possibly took part in suppressing opponents of the Russian-supported President of Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik during the Republika Srpska general election in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Dodik won the re-election. Between 2014 and 2017, Pikalov traveled several times to destinations near the Ukrainian border, sometimes on joint bookings with known Wagner officers. In 2016, he ran for office in local council elections in the district of his military base near St. Petersburg on behalf of the pro-Kremlin A Just Russia party. However, his participation was denied by Russia's Central Election Committee, possibly due to his criminal record, as his name is listed on a Central Bank blacklist with a note that he was "a suspect in money laundering", although his current criminal file is blank. According to Bellingcat, this could mean either that the suspicion did not result in criminal charges, or that the records were purged. Former employees of Prigozhin interviewed on the condition of anonymity by Bellingcat stated Pikalov was known to have taken part in military operations in both Ukraine and Syria.[62]

Nooooooooooooooo. It can’t be. BGOL told me it was the Ukraine that ONLY had all the Nazis and Putin told us he was invading them because they needed to be denazified

Russia doesn’t have Neo Nazis. Cant be. BGOL wouldn’t lie to me like that. Would they?

 

[zod16]

I was reassured by our resident free thinkers ™ months ago that just because the founder has SS bolt tattoos and a nazi eagle , he isn't a real nazi.

It is not like they are in Africa killing the local population and mining gold or anything...

Russian mercenaries accused of deadly attacks on mines on Sudan-CAR border

Dozens of people said to have been killed in attacks allegedly involving Wagner Group fighters

www.theguardian.com

 

[zod16]

Another Russian propaganda mistake. Today Russian defense ministry reported and released footage of a missile strike on Polish and German mercenaries base. Russian defense ministry used the same footage on July 27 claiming they hit Ukrainian troops.

https://eng.mil.ru/en/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12433471@egNews

 

[zod16]

Vladimir Putin claims Russia's weapons are 'decades ahead' of Western counterparts

Putin claimed Russia is ready to sell its "high-precision weapons and robotics."

uk.news.yahoo.com

Vladimir Putin has boasted of Russia's "high-precision weapons", saying Moscow is ready to sell them to global allies as the war in Ukraine stretches into its sixth month.

The Russian president spoke at an arms show just outside of Moscow, using the appearance to insist Moscow's weaponry is ahead of their enemies.

Putin said Russia is "is ready to offer partners and allies the most modern types of weapons - from small arms to armoured vehicles and artillery, combat aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles".



Off to bed, I can't...

 

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[zod16]

 

[Supersav]

 

[zod16]

 

[zod16]

They know that critical thinking is not a strong suit of their supporters. Curiously, I have seen this same illogic employed on here even:

Russia is not to blame for invading a sovereign nation; Ukraine is to blame for defending itself and not capitulating. Not sure you can even call this mental gymnastics.

 

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[zod16]

 

[Mask]

@dbluesun

i wonder what these going for over there in the conflict zones



fuck it, Putin Let me get some of those rouble, ruble or however the fuck y’all call it…

say the right thing, I’m call my junkyard dawgs, these cats work them Baton Rouge streets hard…but see them chicanos that work them Htown streets…(that don’t make no sense)

fuck around with the fuck around them scrap yard would not see a washer or dryer ever again

 

[HeathCliff]

Tick tock tick...

Aye yo I ain't gone hold yall, I'm just stopping by to see if anyone is paying attention to the logistical nightmare in Kherson.

I tell you this, we're about to see how well the #russiaiswinning #bidensblunder narratives will hold up over the next 4 weeks. That's for sure.

We'll see

 

[zod16]

Long thread confirming some of the issues related to grift/corruption that have kneecapped the russian military.

 

[zod16]

Tick tock tick...

Aye yo I ain't gone hold yall, I'm just stopping by to see if anyone is paying attention to the logistical nightmare in Kherson.

I tell you this, we're about to see how well the #russiaiswinning #bidensblunder narratives will hold up over the next 4 weeks. That's for sure.

We'll see

It is like watching a boxer work the body in the early rounds...

 

[Supersav]

20% interest rates + all types of assorted bullshit designed to slow the bleeding. They are calling the ruble a Potemkin currency

Breakingviews - Rouble’s strength is sign of Russia’s weakness

The Russian rouble’s recent sharp rebound reflects economic weakness, not resilience. After shedding 45% of its value against the dollar in the two weeks after Russia invaded Ukraine, the currency has bounced back and is now trading just below its pre-war level.

www.reuters.com

How Russia rescued the ruble

The Russian ruble lost nearly half its value when Russia invaded Ukraine. Since then, it has been the top-performing currency in the world.

www.npr.org

 

[HeathCliff]

Tick tock…

Didnt I say a few days ago I saw a theme going on? Lol. That gelocation, triangulation is a bitch. I see them Ruskies don’t believe fat meat is greasy. Lolol…

Another Russian HQ Wiped Out Thanks To Social Media

 

[HeathCliff]

As sophisticated the Russians are with espionage, hacking and spoofing and cyber bullying and shit, I’m surprised they aren’t smart enough to remove geo forensics from their digital photos. I’m chalking it up to leadership. These Ruskies can’t be that stupid.