Live Conflict Ukraine-Russia War

[mehmed beg]

Anyway, good luck with all of that, good luck with thinking that you can match USA.
Let's not complicate here. A good deal of your population is here because of USA, it is estimated that just during 1921 famine US alone directly or indirectly saved 5 million people in USSR, 1941 you would have lost the war without the West, you were given The Empire 1945 and above all else 1917 you were shown your place.
I trying to say here, US and some Western countries don't want to destroy, they can do that easily, they just want to keep you weak. Obviously, they are succeeding in that , brilliantly .
Think Venezuela.

 

[Relic]

Norway , Canada , Denmark and Germany are partnering to fund a PURL package for Ukraine from USA , valued at $500 Million usd. Norway will pay for $300 Million usd of the package, the entirety of which is PAC-3 Patriot Missiles ordered directly from Lockheed Martin.

https://www.regjeringen.no/en/whats-new/nye-norske-bidrag-til-ukrainas-luftvern/id3168923/

 

[Spitfire9]

As far as I am aware Moldova and Ukraine are still not a part of NATO, if they do become a part of NATO that would be good news for Russia to keep less of a military presence because of nukes in their new territories in Ukraine and have their hands free with a bigger population and military to fuck over the middle east and africa.

Perhaps I'm a bit slow mentally and have failed to grasp that you are joking. But if not, what is the argument you are making? As I understand it Russia was very concerned that Ukraine might join NATO and saw that as a threat. The irony is that Russia's aggression pushed Finland and Sweden into joining NATO.

Personally I loathe NATO. I see it as a tool of American foreign policy. My view is and has been for years that Europe should have seen that a weak Ukraine could lead to it being attacked by an expansionist Russia. It would have been far cheaper for Europe to build Ukraine into a strong military power - masses of weapons supplied using soft loans etc - than to leave a country on Europe's doorstep vulnerable to attack and unable to defend itself. Had Europe had the good sense to arm Ukraine to the teeth 20 or 30 years ago the chances of invasion and a costly European war would have been much reduced. Hundreds of thousands of Russian and Ukrainian lives might have been saved. A great deal of human misery might have been avoided. Russia would perhaps be 1 trillion USD - 2 trillion USD better off financially than it is 4 years into the war. I don't include the massive losses in the economy in that guesstimate.

Russian industry (apart from the arms industry) would not be damaged, contracting and some of it becoming insolvent. The country's infrastructure would have been receiving investment instead of being starved of funds. Education would not be starved of funds. Medecine would not be starved of funds. Etc etc etc.

What has Russia done? Destroyed a symbiotic relationship with the west - Russia digs stuff out of the ground, the West buys it, the West makes products, Russia buys them. A mutually beneficial relationship. That's gone and may take decades to be re-established, if ever it is.

Why has Russia done what it has done? Can you identify any benefit that has accrued to Russia? Please do tell me if you see how Russia has benefitted. I would love to know.

 

[MaciekRS]

And this time on Ukrainian bingo card of damaged russian rafineries its Nizhnekamsk oil refinery.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2074703284049187253

 

[Bogeyman]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2074844742957847039

Trump said that Ukraine would be licensed to produce Patriot missile defense systems. Technology transfer will likely include non-critical components.

 

[Relic]

As expected, today NATO officially made a commitment of $160 Billion usd worth of military aid, support and equipment for Ukraine. $80 Billion usd for each of 2026 and 2027, some of which will come from the European Union loan and the rest of which will come from the individual budgets of 31 members.

NATO promises to provide Ukraine with €140 billion in military aid

NATO leaders gathered in Ankara backed a pledge to provide Ukraine with €140 billion ($160 billion) in military aid for the years 2026 and 2027. "Ukraine contributes to transatlantic security, and All...

www.yahoo.com

 

[Relic]

Ukraine disabled 21 Russian oil tankers in the Azov Sea, over the course of two nights. These tankers specifically refueled Crimea and pumped fuel to larger ships in the Mediterranean. Russia left them undefended, so Ukraine systematically destroyed each of their bridges / nerve centers. They published video proof of the drone strikes on 17 of the 21 tankers.

Yet another effort aimed at the destruction of all humaniterian infrastructure in (and in support of) Crimea, with the aim of making the Peninsula uninhabitable for Russian citizens.

https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/s/WgkCkRQlcg

https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/s/Yrwc4voZFD

 

[Spitfire9]

Ukraine disabled 21 Russian oil tankers in the Azov Sea, over the course of two nights. These tankers specifically refueled Crimea and pumped fuel to larger ships in the Mediterranean. Russia left them undefended, so Ukraine systematically destroyed each of their bridges / nerve centers. They published video proof of the drone strikes on 17 of the 21 tankers.

Yet another effort aimed at the destruction of all humaniterian infrastructure in (and in support of) Crimea, with the aim of making the Peninsula uninhabitable for Russian citizens.

Yes, Ukraine can make Crimea uninhabitable. Problem is that, due to its geography, Russia could do the same if Crimea were in Ukrainian hands. I guess it's going to become a wasteland until the war finishes.

How is Russian tourism, perhaps the mainstay of Crimea's economy, going? Not too well, I guess. Will a lot of Russians switch to going on holiday to Turkiye instead?

 

[contricusc]

Had Europe had the good sense to arm Ukraine to the teeth 20 or 30 years ago the chances of invasion and a costly European war would have been much reduced. Hundreds of thousands of Russian and Ukrainian lives might have been saved.

That was simply not possible. Ukraine was under a Russian vassal 20 or 30 years ago. Until 2014, Ukraine was led by a pro-Russian regime. Ukraine was not trustworthy at the time.

Yes, there were opportunities before the Maidan when the Orange revolution changed the regime for a while, but Ukraine was too unstable and infiltrated by Russia at the time. Only after the Maidan did Russia completely lost power in Ukraine.

And that happened because of Putin’s decision to annex Crimea. That was the turning point when Russia completely lost the Ukrainian people, turning them into enemies. Until that moment, Russia only needed to wait for the next electoral cycle and would have probably took back power.

But Putin miscalculated so much when he took Crimea and started the Donbas insurgencies, and everything else derives from that ill-thought decision. Ukraine is so clearly pro-European now because Russia showed them its true colours when it annexed Crimea. Before that, the Ukrainian population was evenly slpit between pro-Europeans and pro-Russians.

 

[Spitfire9]

A British military analyst's view of what is happening in the ground war. Russia continues to make progress in Donetsk but much more slowly than a year ago with much higher troop losses per square kilometre of ground gained.

 

[Soldier30]

The first instance of aid being provided to the Russian army occurred in Poland. Krzysztof Tołwiński, leader of the Polish Front party, former member of the Sejm, and former Deputy Minister of State Assets, purchased a batch of medicines and medical supplies for Russian soldiers in Belarus using his personal funds. The medications were sent not on behalf of government agencies, but solely at the party's private initiative. It's worth noting that official relations between Poland and Ukraine have seriously deteriorated recently.

 

[carlitob]

On the night of July 6, the Russian Armed Forces launched another missile strike on Kyiv and its environs. Iskander-M ballistic missiles, Tsirkon hypersonic missiles, Kh-101 cruise missiles, and Kalibr missiles were used.

A video filmed by local residents shows the detonation of explosives in a warehouse on the premises of the Ukrainian machine-building plant "Vizar" near Vyshneve, western Kyiv. Damage was also recorded at other sites in Kyiv.

The Kyiv-1 electronics assembly plant (state-owned Kyiv Plant "Burevestnik"), which produces fire control systems, optical-electronic countermeasure systems, navigation and automation equipment for the Ukrainian Air Force and Navy, including for the Neptune-MD guided missile, was damaged by missile strikes in Kyiv. The Kyiv-79 industrial enterprise is a key manufacturer and supplier of armored vehicles and armored vehicle components. The shipyard is a major machine-building enterprise, producing Project 58155 Gyurza-M artillery boats.

how do you feel the war is going? Any insights into what the feeling is on the ground in russia?

 

[Yasar_TR]

Ukraine’s New FP-9 Ballistic Missile Is One Engine Test Away From Hitting Russia

Ukraine's FP-9 ballistic missile is nearing flight trials, with one engine test remaining before it can strike targets in Russia this fall.

united24media.com

Desperate times calls for desperate measures. Previously not being able to manufacture solid fuelled ballistic missiles enmasse due to closeness of the manufacturing base to the Russian front, Ukraine now starting to produce SRBMs in conjunction with their western allies away from Ukrainian soil.

The Missile Fuel the US Won’t Share and Russia Can’t Copy—Only Ukraine Can Make It

Ukraine stands out as the sole producer of solid rocket fuel for long-range missile projects, leveraging unique expertise and technologies.

united24media.com

They have the inheritance of Soviet era tech, that allows them to produce a solid fuel that is more efficient than Russia’s and not shared by US.

Latest missile they are almost ready to launch has a range of 855km, with 800kg explosive warhead that travels at over 7 Mach speed.

 

[Fatman17]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2075557341613736363

 

[Relic]

28 more ships belonging to Russia's shadow fleet were hit last night in the Sea of Azov, bringing the total to 76 ships over the last 6 days. The bridges of these ships are being targeted and destroyed, rendering them useless in the water without sinking them. The ships hit last night included 21 oil / fuel tankers, 4 tugboats, 2 dry cargo ships and 1 "special" craft.

The goal in targeting these ships is to completely shutdown cargo supplies to Crimea through the Sea of Azov as Ukraine increasingly ramps up pressure on Russian citizens living there, making the Peninsula virtually unlivable. Ukraine has chased the Russian Navy out of the Sea of Azov and they're hiding like cowards, barricaded into the port of Novorossiysk in the Black Sea, leaving the merchant ships in the Sea of Azov easy targets for Ukrainian drones, with no air defense to help them.

There are reportedly another 75-100 Russian flagged, merchant ships present in the Sea of Azov, so exodct Ukraine to keep up their drone campaign until Russia proves capabke of stopping it.

MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social)

🔥Magyar: 28 vessels of the Russian shadow fleet were hit by the SBS Birds during the night of July 11 in the Sea of Azov. 🔥A total of 76 vessels were hit during 6 days. SBS Birds hit 21 tankers, 4 tugboats, 2 dry cargo ships, 1 special craft in the Sea of Azov. 73 hits were recorded. 1/2

bsky.app

 

[Spitfire9]

Videos of Russian cars queueing for fuel at fuel stations abound, as do interviews with car owners reporting driving around to try to find fuel stations with fuel. There is clearly a fuel crisis yet there are no reports of government directives to use cars more efficiently to mitigate the effect of the fuel shortage on car transport. I wonder why. Perhaps the government prefers to tell citizens that the problem is temporary and the government is bringing the situation under control so no special measures are needed apart from rationing.

 

[Relic]

Videos of Russian cars queueing for fuel at fuel stations abound, as do interviews with car owners reporting driving around to try to find fuel stations with fuel. There is clearly a fuel crisis yet there are no reports of government directives to use cars more efficiently to mitigate the effect of the fuel shortage on car transport. I wonder why. Perhaps the government prefers to tell citizens that the problem is temporary and the government is bringing the situation under control so no special measures are needed apart from rationing.

The next step for Ukraine as they continue their relentless focus on Russia's OnG production is to start targeting costly Russian civilian infrastructure such as their natural gas lines that produce heat to Russian homes and the electricity grid system. One of the Russian flaws is that the size of their country means that there isn't possibly enough air defense to protect everything that is important and expensive to fix / replace. It will be fall before long, and winter soon afterwards. As Ukraine cranks up long range strike drone production using Western aid and production partnerships, using Russia's tactics against them would serve to make the Russian winter miserable and really turn the people on their government. Tens of thousands of strike drones and cruise missiles need to be used to systematically destroy the heating and energy grid of western Russia. It would cost monumental sums of money for Russia to repair their energy / heating grids, which would take away from what they could spend on the war.

It's extremely important that Western funds help Ukraine reach production rates of 1000+ long range strikes drone per day, roughly 3x what they can produce now. Saturation attacks against Russia are going to make Crimea unlivable and they can have meteoric impact on mainland Russia as well.
FP-1 drones cost approximately $55,000 usd each. With Western partnerships that number could drop to below $50,000 each by the fall. In order to produce 1000 drones per day the cost would be roughly $50 million usd per day, or $1.5 Billion usd per month. A 6 month pressure campaign on Russia with 1000 drones per day would cost $9 Billion usd, well inside the Ukrainian budget after receiving the enormous EU loan.

 

[Lool]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2075557341613736363

Russia is losing in Ukriane? Since when?
Russians just took control of konstyantinivka (if thats spelled correctly) a couple of days ago. This city was the last city that protected the core of Donbass; namely, the cities of Slovyansk and karmatorsk.

If Donbass falls, its nothing more than flat terrian to Kyiv. There is a bloody reason why Ukraine started attacking Russian shadow fleets more frequently in the recent days

 

[Fatman17]

Russia is losing in Ukriane? Since when?
Russians just took control of konstyantinivka (if thats spelled correctly) a couple of days ago. This city was the last city that protected the core of Donbass; namely, the cities of Slovyansk and karmatorsk.

If Donbass falls, its nothing more than flat terrian to Kyiv. There is a bloody reason why Ukraine started attacking Russian shadow fleets more frequently in the recent days

Western press propaganda - just like any other war

 

[contricusc]

Russia is losing in Ukriane? Since when?
Russians just took control of konstyantinivka (if thats spelled correctly) a couple of days ago. This city was the last city that protected the core of Donbass; namely, the cities of Slovyansk and karmatorsk.

76 ships hit in the last six days. Refineries as far as north-east of Astana being hit. Crimea out of gas. Russia turned from a refined oil products exporter into an importer.

And all they can show for this is Kostyantynivka?

Russia is losing so bad that even Russian bloggers have started to worry. At this point, when funding for Ukraine is guaranteed for two more years, Russia is toast.

Ukrainian and European MIC are ramping up while Russia will suffer a collosal economic crisis and will have less money to fund the war. It is starting to look as if the end game for this war will indeed be the break up of the Russian Federation into smaller states.

Ukraine and Europe will punish Russia for what it did, now that the money have been allocated and the industry has started to ramp up.