Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-23 and Invasion

[Legbiter]

Prigozhin just uploaded a clip of himself standing next to a big pile of freshly demilitarized Wagnerites while ranting and raving about a lack of artillery ammo from the vatnik MoD.

https://twitter.com/wartranslated/status/1654263136529141766

[Admiral Yi]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qA7gvKQD-3c

Turkish hosted peace conference runs into minor glitches.

[Legbiter]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qA7gvKQD-3c

Turkish hosted peace conference runs into minor glitches.

The current war in a nutshell.

[Josquius]

Russia may be plotting some hijinks with the nuclear plant...

BBC News - Ukraine war: 'Mad panic' as Russia evacuates town near Zaporizhzhia plant
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65515443

[Tonitrus]

Some recent reporting that apparently our delivered Patriot got one of his first high-profile wins in taking out an incoming KILLJOY.

[Crazy_Ivan80]

Some recent reporting that apparently our delivered Patriot got one of his first high-profile wins in taking out an incoming KILLJOY.

It was done to make Perun's PowerPoint of two weekends ago inaccurate 😀

[Tamas]

I am reading there was a distinct lack of tanks and SPGs on parade in Moscow compared to previous years. They must be running low.

[Josquius]

Rumours that the Ukrainian army is massing just outside Russian range in Zaporizhzhia and Kherson.
Evacuations starting in southern kherson.

I am reading there was a distinct lack of tanks and SPGs on parade in Moscow compared to previous years. They must be running low.

BBCs live coverage headline "only one tank at Moscows victory day parade"   

I saw a photo elsewhere of a crappy civilian jeep with a fake turret on top to represent a t 34.

On the one hand I can see where this can be explained a way by the ruscists. It wouldn't be good PR to have tanks on parade when Russias brave boys are dying and needing equipment.

On the other... It wouldn't be at all unreasonable for a ww2 victory parade to feature vintage vehicles. In most of the world this is the expected norm albeit not in Russia. But as a one off they could to it...

But then that goes to show that they've got any vehicle capable of moving posted on the front.

[Legbiter]

I am reading there was a distinct lack of tanks and SPGs on parade in Moscow compared to previous years. They must be running low.

There was a tank...



One single T-34.

[DGuller]

That's underselling it a little, it's actually a T-34-85.

[Jacob]

That's underselling it a little, it's actually a T-34-85.

So let me see... T minus 34, minus 85. So that's a T-119 then?

[Syt]

Relevant thread on r/TankPorn says that the T-34s that Russia has been using in these parades were built in CSSR in late 40s and were bought by Russia from Laos as they had no functioning T-34s themselves. Not sure if true.


This Twitter thread has a list of all vehicles in this year's parade. Thread starts out with the charts of vehicles from previous 3 years.

https://twitter.com/OAlexanderDK/status/1655831503882932224

Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/TankPorn/comments/13cjbl5/if_you_were_interested_to_see_what_tank_russia/

[Crazy_Ivan80]

Rumours that the Ukrainian army is massing just outside Russian range in Zaporizhzhia and Kherson.
Evacuations starting in southern kherson.

I am reading there was a distinct lack of tanks and SPGs on parade in Moscow compared to previous years. They must be running low.

BBCs live coverage headline "only one tank at Moscows victory day parade"   

I saw a photo elsewhere of a crappy civilian jeep with a fake turret on top to represent a t 34.

On the one hand I can see where this can be explained a way by the ruscists. It wouldn't be good PR to have tanks on parade when Russias brave boys are dying and needing equipment.

On the other... It wouldn't be at all unreasonable for a ww2 victory parade to feature vintage vehicles. In most of the world this is the expected norm albeit not in Russia. But as a one off they could to it...

But then that goes to show that they've got any vehicle capable of moving posted on the front.

I thought I'd never see that the day that a russian military parade would be on the scale of a Belgian military parade... Glorious

[viper37]

Relevant thread on r/TankPorn says that the T-34s that Russia has been using in these parades were built in CSSR in late 40s and were bought by Russia from Laos as they had no functioning T-34s themselves. Not sure if true.


This Twitter thread has a list of all vehicles in this year's parade. Thread starts out with the charts of vehicles from previous 3 years.

https://twitter.com/OAlexanderDK/status/1655831503882932224

Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/TankPorn/comments/13cjbl5/if_you_were_interested_to_see_what_tank_russia/

I've posted about it before.

Russia bought these tanks a while ago in 2019.  It was already said at the time it was for ceremonial units in Moscow.


From January.
https://twitter.com/nicholadrummond/status/1618708455942135810?lang=en

[Sheilbh]

Via Guardian, Britain, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden are running a tender for long-range missiles to supply to Ukraine.

Although no final decision has apparently been taken on supplying them to Ukraine they would instead be bought by the "International Fund for Ukraine" which is jointly run by those countries.

It would, apparently, allow for hits on Crimea and it is likely that the Western allies would put restrictions on Ukrainian use against strikes in Russian territory. The capabilities are apparently in line with the "Storm Shadow" missile. And manufacturers who express in interest in supply these missiles will hear back in June.