Russia/Ukraine conflict

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Sweden is another step closer to NATO membership.

Today the Turkish parliament’s foreign affairs committee consented to Sweden's bid. The next step is approval from the Turkish parliament general assembly.


Sweden moves a step closer to NATO membership after Turkey's parliamentary committee gives approval

 

[SmokyPeat]

Wow, the secondary explosion on that Russian ship was collosal! Nice shooting, pilot. Must have been quite a load of fireworks and fertilizer on that thing.

 

[wdolson]

Wow, the secondary explosion on that Russian ship was collosal! Nice shooting, pilot. Must have been quite a load of fireworks and fertilizer on that thing.

Probably North Korean ammunition.

 

[Crutonius]

Let's be honest. Most Russian warships are perilously close to exploding in the best of times. It's even money that Ukraine even did this.

 

[Unclepaul]

Rumor fire was caused by someone smoking on that boat.

 

[DanCar]

A story of a nurse turning into a soldier.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1739858426170159447

 

[wdolson]

A story of a nurse turning into a soldier.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1739858426170159447

Brutal story. And a reason why it's a bad idea to kill medical teams. Get too brutal and the pacifists will want to kill you.

 

[BitJam]

Russia losing fighter jets led to Russia losing the landing ship Novocherkassk.

26 Dec: Phenomenal! Ukrainians Destroy 20% of Russian Navy in the Black sea

According to Reporting from Ukraine, the ship was destroyed by four Storm Shadow missiles launched from two SU-24 jets. These are inferior to the Russian SU-34s that were recently shot down but since Russia stopped flying in the area, Ukraine took the opportunity to use their own jets to take out the ship. The Storm Shadow attack was aided by a large scale drone attack on Crimea from Odesa which saturated the Russian air defense.

I am very impressed by how well Ukraine coordinated their efforts to get maximum benefit from their very limited resources. They used a Patriot system (or whatever) to shoot down Russian jets and temporarily close the sky to Russia which gave Ukraine the opportunity to saturate Russian air defense with drones and risk two of their SU-24 jets to launch the Storm Shadow missiles close to or across the front lines. Closing the sky also helped Ukraine defend their beleaguered troops on the left bank of the Dnieper.

The high level of coordination shows that attacks like this one on the landing ship are extremely non-trivial and probably won't become the norm until something changes. Russia will scramble to close holes in their defenses as they get exploited so Ukraine will have to keep finding new and creative ways to break through. Let's hope they do this as they get F16s, ATACMS, NASAMS, etc.

 

[SwedishAdvocate]

Allegedly:

EU readies €20bn plan B to fund Ukraine

Debt-based scheme would sidestep Hungary to quickly release money for Kyiv

www.ft.com

 

[SwTslaGrl]

I read a thought today that we could see autonomous swarms of drones next year. Hundreds or more going after troops or other drones?

Zaluzhnyi talks about technology here,

https://twitter.com/x/status/1739736701818331316

 

[navguy12]

Allegedly:

EU readies €20bn plan B to fund Ukraine

Debt-based scheme would sidestep Hungary to quickly release money for Kyiv

www.ft.com

https://twitter.com/x/status/1739990498725556451

 

[Buckminster]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1740089930452455815

Looks like Bloomberg have forgotten how to spell billion

 

[Buckminster]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1740104852208787523

 

[SmokyPeat]

In five years Russia will have a tugboat and a dingy for a naval fleet.

 

[X Fan]

UKR EW shortcomings detailed in this article:

Russia’s electronic warfare tactics are helping it turn the tide against Ukraine

A shield of electromagnetic pulses along the front lines provides troops with crucial protection to thwart Kyiv’s missile and drone attacks

www.telegraph.co.uk

 

[SageBrush]

this article

Is from a UK tabloid. You might as well quote FAux news

 

[SwedishAdvocate]

Russians execute three Ukrainian POWs near Robotyne

Ukrainian prosecutors have started an investigation into the shooting by Russian invaders of the three Ukrainian prisoners of war near Robotyne, Zaporizhzhia region. — Ukrinform.

www.ukrinform.net

 

[madodel]

In five years Russia will have a tugboat and a dingy for a naval fleet.

Can't come soon enough. Fascist bully needs to keel hauled under the tug.

 

[SwedishAdvocate]

Russians take 4-day pause in launching guided bombs after Ukraine downs three Su-34s

For almost four days after the Ukrainian air defense forces downed three Russian Su-34 fighter-bombers in the southern operational zone, the Russians launched no guided bombs (KABs) in the area. — Ukrinform.

www.ukrinform.net

 

[madodel]

Russians are buying American made rifle scopes for their snipers.
Media: Russian fighters use Western-made rifle scopes in Ukraine