Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-23 and Invasion

[grumbler]

Ukraine is running short on anti air missiles. Maybe Russia is too due to all the problems of corruption, crap storage, etc... We've seen?

Has Russia developed missile interceptors?  I haven't read anything about that.

They have them (SA-15, for example) but they necessarily trade off range for speed and maneuverability. They are pretty much limited to the defense of nearby assets (which is true of just about every land-portable SAM system) when engaging incoming missiles.

[The Minsky Moment]

Sevastopol fuel storage got hit by Ukrainian drones.

I guess Russia doesn't have any air defense?

They believe the best defense is a poor offense.

[Admiral Yi]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i14T6w4iQXY

McCarthy tells Russian reporter to fuck off. 

[jimmy olsen]

US believes that the Russians have had 20,000 KIA and 80,000 WIA in Ukraine since December.

Nearly half of the dead are believed to be Wagner mercenaries killed in the Battle of Bakhmut.

https://twitter.com/shashj/status/1653144178019147779

John Kirby caused a lot of confusion with his remarks today.  To clarify: he did not say Russia had suffered 20k killed in Bakhmut since Dec, as was originally reported. He said (👇🏽) that was figure across all fronts, but half was Wagner & most of Wagner was convicts in Bakhmut.

[PJL]

If Russian 'scum of the earth' have bourne the brunt of the fighting in Ukraine recently, I don't think Putin is going to lose too much sleep over it l.

[Tamas]

If Russian 'scum of the earth' have bourne the brunt of the fighting in Ukraine recently, I don't think Putin is going to lose too much sleep over it l.

Neither will his subjects.

[Josquius]

I honestly expect a lot of folk of a certain persuasion in western countries see this as a brilliant solution to crime and punishment.
Putin I suppose sees them as freebies. 10 dead Russians for one Ukrainian is an OK ratio when these Russians are otherwise a negative.

I think the total number of prisoners recruited was 50k or thereabouts? Hopefully they're not making too big of a amount of the total.

[Valmy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i14T6w4iQXY

McCarthy tells Russian reporter to fuck off. 

The Russians seem to think the Republicans are all for stopping aid to Ukraine just because the fringe nutters do. Kind of an odd assumption after the recent House vote.

[Grey Fox]

It was a good assumption until Tucker got fired. The paradigm has changed.

[DGuller]

Two Ukrainian (?) drones shot down over Kremlin. 

[Maladict]

Drone attack on the Kremlin. Don't know if this is a good idea, if it's really the Ukrainians doing it

[Tamas]

Hard to believe it was them.

[Legbiter]

  

[Legbiter]

Zelensky popped up in Finland. All the Nordic PMs are there as well.

[Legbiter]

Nice video of the Kremlin attack.

https://twitter.com/olliecarroll/status/1653752188508811267