The 'special military operation' continues to reach new lows. on 22:46 - Mar 13 with 5868 views | Eireannach_gorm | |  | |  |
The 'special military operation' continues to reach new lows. on 17:51 - Mar 14 with 5639 views | Kievthegreat | Seems that Russia have taken down a US drone and the US does not sound happy. |  | |  |
The 'special military operation' continues to reach new lows. on 07:37 - Mar 15 with 5380 views | Churchman |
It seems the Russians are just pushing the US to see what they will do or more importantly not do. Knocking down a drone is low risk to Russia, other than to the Russian pilots, since all they’ll get from Biden is a few angry words, given escalation fears. The Black Sea is considered by Russia Russian. International waters etc? Nope. Russia is ignoring all that just as they are just about everything else. Is it a sensible game to play? Clearing out the US is, but whether they succeed or Biden responds is another matter. I suspect the US will ignore the incident and rethink how it’s keeping an eye on things. |  | |  |
The 'special military operation' continues to reach new lows. on 18:15 - Mar 15 with 5233 views | Eireannach_gorm |
The 'special military operation' continues to reach new lows. on 07:37 - Mar 15 by Churchman | It seems the Russians are just pushing the US to see what they will do or more importantly not do. Knocking down a drone is low risk to Russia, other than to the Russian pilots, since all they’ll get from Biden is a few angry words, given escalation fears. The Black Sea is considered by Russia Russian. International waters etc? Nope. Russia is ignoring all that just as they are just about everything else. Is it a sensible game to play? Clearing out the US is, but whether they succeed or Biden responds is another matter. I suspect the US will ignore the incident and rethink how it’s keeping an eye on things. |
They are pushing everyone. Georgia Moldova Germany |  | |  |
The 'special military operation' continues to reach new lows. on 11:05 - Mar 16 with 5055 views | Churchman |
The 'special military operation' continues to reach new lows. on 07:37 - Mar 15 by Churchman | It seems the Russians are just pushing the US to see what they will do or more importantly not do. Knocking down a drone is low risk to Russia, other than to the Russian pilots, since all they’ll get from Biden is a few angry words, given escalation fears. The Black Sea is considered by Russia Russian. International waters etc? Nope. Russia is ignoring all that just as they are just about everything else. Is it a sensible game to play? Clearing out the US is, but whether they succeed or Biden responds is another matter. I suspect the US will ignore the incident and rethink how it’s keeping an eye on things. |
Just seen the footage of the Su27 coming in on that drone. As a piece of flying, that’s one of the stupidest things you will ever see. Looks to me like he was trying to to knock it down with the jet wash and indeed that’s what happened by the look of it. But given the speed etc he could very easily have brought down his own aircraft. Nuts. |  | |  |
The 'special military operation' continues to reach new lows. on 12:31 - Mar 16 with 4990 views | Kievthegreat | One key advantage that Ukraine still appear to have is unity. There has always been briefing and counter-briefing amongst Russian MoD, Wagner and other PMCs, but latest outputs from ISW and UK MoD (very cautious sources) suggesting the Russian MoD might be deliberately hamstringing them for political reasons. There is also suggestions that Wagner might not be able to complete their encirclement and capture of Bahkmut. |  | |  | Login to get fewer ads
The 'special military operation' continues to reach new lows. on 18:11 - Mar 16 with 4898 views | StokieBlue | Footage of the Russian's colliding with the drone has been released. Crazy stuff, another time they could have taken themselves out. SB |  | |  |
The 'special military operation' continues to reach new lows. on 16:21 - Mar 17 with 4782 views | giant_stow | Just thought I'd add a post here - apparently Poland is sending 4 MiG-29s and Slovakia is sending all of its 13 Migs. Unless I have this wrong (possible) this seems like fairly massive news. |  |
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The 'special military operation' continues to reach new lows. on 18:06 - Mar 17 with 4728 views | Churchman |
The 'special military operation' continues to reach new lows. on 16:21 - Mar 17 by giant_stow | Just thought I'd add a post here - apparently Poland is sending 4 MiG-29s and Slovakia is sending all of its 13 Migs. Unless I have this wrong (possible) this seems like fairly massive news. |
Well, MIG 29s are old and of limited value, but the Ukrainians should be able to service and operate them. I think their value is more political than military. The problem with supplying western aircraft is training and logistics of supporting them. If say F16 Falcons were supplied (in themselves old tech, but good), the time it’d take to train pilots to use them and the people needed to support them, the right munitions etc, I’m not sure how viable they would be let alone when they’d be operational. It’s always been my view that the real answer was a no fly zone on the eve of the invasion a year ago, invited by Ukraine. There’s nothing Russia could have done. Too late now. |  | |  |
The 'special military operation' continues to reach new lows. on 23:25 - Mar 24 with 3856 views | You_Bloo_Right |
Didn't another dictator only travel through a bomb-ravaged city at night in order that the extent of the devastation might be hidden from them? I'm sure someone on here will know. |  |
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The 'special military operation' continues to reach new lows. on 12:21 - Mar 27 with 3691 views | Eireannach_gorm | The imminent Bakhmut fall to Russian control has been postponed. |  | |  |
The 'special military operation' continues to reach new lows. on 18:08 - Mar 28 with 5982 views | Eireannach_gorm | Russians are scraping the barrel for fake news now ( view the full thread ). Quite pathetic to stage this and easily debunked. |  | |  |
The 'special military operation' continues to reach new lows. on 19:47 - Mar 29 with 5891 views | Eireannach_gorm | |  | |  |
The 'special military operation' continues to reach new lows. on 18:49 - Mar 30 with 5866 views | Eireannach_gorm | Watch out leitrimblue, you are next! |  | |  |
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