Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-25

[Jacob]

Yeah, my assumption is that a coup against Putin is going to come from the right not the left. And whoever loses Crimea is going to get couped, whether it's Putin or someone who pushed him out.

[CountDeMoney]

Yeah, my assumption is that a coup against Putin is going to come from the right not the left. And whoever loses Crimea is going to get couped, whether it's Putin or someone who pushed him out.

The only thing I can see happening from a coup perspective is if he chooses to use tactical nuclear weapons. They can always play the Little Green Men game later down the road, and they can recover from sanctions easing after an embarrassing loss.  The only thing that would truly rattle them to the point of no return is the possibility of nuclear escalation.

[Razgovory]

I'm not sure a coup is a positive development.  The last thing we want is a potential civil war in Russia.

[Jacob]

Intense footage from a Ukrainian foxhole: https://twitter.com/IAPonomarenko/status/1525556432959070208

[Razgovory]

Intense footage from a Ukrainian foxhole: https://twitter.com/IAPonomarenko/status/1525556432959070208

Ukrainian really sounds like Russian.

[Jacob]

Intense footage from a Ukrainian foxhole: https://twitter.com/IAPonomarenko/status/1525556432959070208

Ukrainian really sounds like Russian.

Apparently they are speaking Russian (but wearing Ukranian uniforms).

[DGuller]

At least 80% of the combat footage I've seen from the Ukrainian side featured Ukrainians speaking Russian.

[PDH]

Russian is the language of love.

[jimmy olsen]

It's only going to get more embarrassing from here on out. The Russians should just give up.

https://www.mil.gov.ua/en/news/2022/05/13/address-by-minister-of-defense-of-ukraine-oleksii-reznikov/

In the end, the processes that will ensure the increase of Ukraine's defense potential have been launched. This applies to both procurement and production of defense items. We are focusing on the need to provide for 1 million people who will be facing the enemy.

[Jacob]

The Russian internal propaganda may be getting a bit thin in places...

The Ukrainian destruction of significant elements of a Russian motorized rifle brigade that tried to cross a pontoon bridge over the Siverskyi Donets River on May 11 has shocked prominent Russian milbloggers. Those bloggers have begun commenting on the incompetence of the Russian military to their hundreds of thousands of followers.

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-may-14

[Barrister]

I'm not sure a coup is a positive development.  The last thing we want is a potential civil war in Russia.

Says you.

[Barrister]

Intense footage from a Ukrainian foxhole: https://twitter.com/IAPonomarenko/status/1525556432959070208

Ukrainian really sounds like Russian.

I'm like a 1.5/10 in my Ukrainian - I can pick out a few words here and there, but don't understand it, certainly don't speak it.  But from my perspective...

Ukrainian does sound like Russian.  They're closely related.  Ukrainian sounds a little bit - softer?

But a lot of the pro-ukrainian videos I've seen I'm pretty sure are speaking Russian.

[Admiral Yi]

Based on the new, PC pronounciations of Ukrainian cities, I'm thinking Ukrainian is just Russian with a lot more "i" sounds in it.

[jimmy olsen]

The Russian internal propaganda may be getting a bit thin in places...

The Ukrainian destruction of significant elements of a Russian motorized rifle brigade that tried to cross a pontoon bridge over the Siverskyi Donets River on May 11 has shocked prominent Russian milbloggers. Those bloggers have begun commenting on the incompetence of the Russian military to their hundreds of thousands of followers.

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-may-14

It was bad
https://twitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/1525935903742500864

OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical)
NYT- "...estimates based on publicly available evidence now suggesting that well over 400 Russian soldiers were killed or wounded while trying to cross the Donets River"

[Legbiter]

The Ukrainians seem to junk an entire Russian BTG's worth of vehicles per day and have for a month at least.