Ukraine - Superthread

[CBH99]

Like the kid who's first to raise their hand, but get every single answer wrong. Points for enthusiasm, but honestly, quit while you're ahead.

So the orders-in-council pushed things forward so they could be completed within a matter of hours, instead of the usual manner of months?

So really…the government CAN move fast on things when they choose to, and the senior bureaucrats CAN push things through. It’s just a matter of willpower.

Let’s take a moment to remember this the next time the government drags something out with minimal results to show in the end. They CAN choose to ignore the red tape they implement for themselves…

 

[CBH99]

As a result of the war in Ukraine Latvia has reintroduced mandatory military service

Latvia To Reinstate Compulsory Military Service

Latvian Defence Minister Artis Pabriks on Tuesday said the Baltic state will reinstate compulsory military service following growing tension with neighbouring Russia amid Moscow's war in Ukraine.

www.barrons.com

If Russia somehow invaded in the distant future, most of them would find themselves caught in the war doing military type things - whether they have a baseline of military service knowledge or not.

May as well have everybody understand the basic foundations, so when those bloody Russians tried to invade again - they are success will be similar to how it has been so far in Ukraine

 

[The Bread Guy]

Let's see just how NATO-y Turkey is on this one ...

Ukraine Asks Turkey To Detain Ship Believed To Be Carrying Ukrainian Grain

Ukraine has asked Turkey to detain a Russian-flagged cargo ship believed to be carrying Ukrainian grain that Kyiv says set off from Berdyansk, a Ukrainian port occupied by Russian forces.

www.rferl.org

The latest from RUS independent media

Disputed Russian Grain Ship Moves Away from Turkish Coast - The Moscow Times

Kyiv claims that the 7,000-ton vessel had set off from Ukraine's Kremlin-occupied port of Berdiansk carrying confiscated wheat.

www.themoscowtimes.com

 

[KevinB]

Whoops

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1544943352952537088

 

[daftandbarmy]

Whoops

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1544943352952537088

"We're a private enterprise operation.... "

 

[Maxman1]

I wish I could use emojis…

Your body is definitely gonna have some good stories to tell

I'll definitely see to it he never pays for another drink at the mess again.

 

[The Bread Guy]

Whoops

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1544943352952537088

Well, that certainly explains THIS RUS info-machine "look over here instead" ....

• “Kyiv sells to Russia Caesar howitzers delivered by France” (pravda.ru)
• “How much is a “CAESAR”? We’ll take two” (pro-RUS amplifier)

 

[The Bread Guy]

"We're a private enterprise operation.... "

"A DEAL deal ..." #ClassicMovieLines

 

[KevinB]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1545063346768003073

 

[The Bread Guy]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1545063346768003073

Ship was already poked in February, so it was sorta floating about ....

Russian Missile Hits Abandoned Tanker

KYIV, July 7 (Reuters) – A Russian missile has hit a tanker that has been drifting in the Black Sea for over four months and had been carrying diesel, the Interfax-Ukraine news...

gcaptain.com

 

[KevinB]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1544791677411500032

 

[Kirkhill]

Curious. EW stepping up?

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1544943082633920513

 

[Kirkhill]

But

Replying to
@bayraktar_1love
This is s300 or s400 not Islander, and on the first footage is a successful interception , the second part of the footage is added and is not related to the first part. I'm very pro Ukraine ,but no need for this false footages, it's something Russian propaganda do...

 

[rmc_wannabe]

Doesn't count as EW when its a product deficiency.

 

[Colin Parkinson]

A good view of a Russian tactical railway bridge, complete with +2 Blessing armour

 

[MilEME09]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1545147130641252352

 

[The Bread Guy]

As a result of the war in Ukraine Latvia has reintroduced mandatory military service

Latvia To Reinstate Compulsory Military Service

Latvian Defence Minister Artis Pabriks on Tuesday said the Baltic state will reinstate compulsory military service following growing tension with neighbouring Russia amid Moscow's war in Ukraine.

www.barrons.com

Taking that a step further (via LVA media)

Mandatory service plan could be extended to diaspora and all sexes

The planned mandatory national defense service is also planned to involve Latvians living abroad and women on a mandatory instead of voluntary basis, Kaspars Galkins, spokesman of the Ministry of Defe...

eng.lsm.lv

 

[Retired AF Guy]

Curious. EW stepping up?

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1544943082633920513

May be, but years ago I saw a Blowpipe missile do something similar: launched out of the tube, did a couple 360s and nosedived into the ground.

 

[MilEME09]

And I thought our recruiting was desperate

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1545160731691196418

 

[The Bread Guy]

Via the Kremlin info-machine (archived link), their stats re: ops since 19 June (15 days to 4 July, when this was shared in English) to "liberate" Luhansk province ...

... The total losses of the Ukrainian armed forces amounted to 5,469 personnel, including 2,218 killed and 3,251 wounded; 196 tanks and other armoured vehicles, 12 aircraft, one helicopter, 69 drones, six long-range surface-to-air missile systems, 97 multiple rocket launchers, 166 field and mortar artillery pieces and 216 vehicles of various purposes ...

As with any info-machine allegation, YMMV ...