LongTimeLurker Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 (edited) Think the Ukrainians and by extension the West and its media outlets are happy to keep Vlad guessing on this. Problems with the sabotage angle are that Crimea's Slavic population is largely pro-Russian by all accounts and the northern portion of the peninsula is flat as a pancake with lots of large open fields so not easy to do something like this. Crimean Tatars are the prime suspects for being the portion of the population motivated enough to do something very risky even after eight years. Deported by Stalin during WWII and only able to finally get back in the Gorbachev era with the Ukrainian state having favourable policies towards them while local ethnic Russians would have preferred that they stayed in Central Asia. Edited August 17, 2022 by LongTimeLurker 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 9 hours ago, The Other Foot said: Sky News reporting it was Ukrainian sabotage groups within Crimea: I think what is clear is there is at least one - if not two - Ukrainian special forces groups operating with Ukraine sympathisers in Crimea to disrupt Russian operations No mention of specific weapons though. New discussion of quad-copters with small explosive packages…plausible with the earlier use against troops and vehicles. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 Sounds like the Ruskies were well prepped for this invasion 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highlandcowden Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 3 hours ago, Lurkst said: Sounds like the Ruskies were well prepped for this invasion Some interesting stuff but Twitter truly is an appalling platform for this sort of thing 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 Did he see any babies getting thrown out of incubators? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 An ammunition depot has exploded near Belgorod. in addition, Russian media sources have shown air defence in action in the vicinity of the Kerch bridge. Seems like they might have shot down some Ukrainian drones. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 Explosions reported near an airfield in Crimea, Belbek airbase. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 5 hours ago, Detournement said: Did he see any babies getting thrown out of incubators? Having spent a week in a hotel run by the Russian military in Moscow about 15 years ago (long story how that happened and definitely an interesting experience with don't choose the lowest priced by quite some distance option being the life lesson learned) with breakfast catering carried out by some very miserable looking conscripts being marched about by an old guy who looked like he had probably been a guard in the gulag at some point part 9 was credible: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennett Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 5 minutes ago, LongTimeLurker said: Having spent a week in a hotel run by the Russian military in Moscow about 15 years ago (long story how that happened and definitely an interesting experience with don't choose the lowest priced by quite some distance option being the life lesson learned) with breakfast catering carried out by some very miserable looking conscripts being marched about by an old guy who looked like he had probably been a guard in the gulag at some point part 9 was credible: Is Throbber a cook in the Russian army now... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 10 minutes ago, ICTChris said: Explosions reported near an airfield in Crimea, Belbek airbase. Close to Sevastopol apparently: where the Black Sea fleet is based. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 (edited) 10 hours ago, Lurkst said: Sounds like the Ruskies were well prepped for this invasion Google translation here, probably better waiting for a proper one. Said to be a mixture of Catch 22 and The Good Soldier Svejk. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1guApbii5AjzkaD1C_jjypxCL3hQI_iJLQQBFTC1Pfeo/edit Edited August 18, 2022 by welshbairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 21 minutes ago, welshbairn said: Google translation here, probably better waiting for a proper one. Said to be a mixture of Catch 22 and The Good Soldier Svejk. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1guApbii5AjzkaD1C_jjypxCL3hQI_iJLQQBFTC1Pfeo/edit Stalingrad would have fallen in about 20 minutes if it had been left to the likes of him. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 23 minutes ago, Sergeant Wilson said: Stalingrad would have fallen in about 20 minutes if it had been left to the likes of him. He'll be getting a nice cup of polonium tea soon enough. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supermik Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 Basically, if they are not dropping bombs on us, who gives a f**k about these people? When was the last time any of them gave us douze points in Eurovision??? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 53 minutes ago, supermik said: Basically, if they are not dropping bombs on us, who gives a f**k about these people? When was the last time any of them gave us douze points in Eurovision??? This year actually. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 (edited) Suspect it will turn out to be the last of those where the Belbek air base and Kerch bridge are concerned. Talk of drones being shot down but no footage of wreckage so far, also no satellite pictures of any damage inflicted. Edited August 19, 2022 by LongTimeLurker 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 @LongTimeLurker Treat yourself to a HIMARS. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bairnardo Posted August 19, 2022 Share Posted August 19, 2022 Probably been mentioned on here already but the Ukrainians refer to the Russian soldiers as Orcs. That's what they call them.Russias big team found, and hardly surprising either. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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