LondonLax Posted May 23, 2023 Share Posted May 23, 2023 4 minutes ago, bickster said: Strangely Prigozhin predicted the Belgogrod incursion back in March iirc (Not that it would be done by actual Russians but no one else predicted it at all) He seems the most canny of any of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted May 23, 2023 Moderator Share Posted May 23, 2023 Just now, LondonLax said: He seems the most canny of any of them. Not sure about canny but in some of his rants he's certainly saying it how it is, unlike most other Russians with the ear of Putin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted May 23, 2023 Moderator Share Posted May 23, 2023 Everything is fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted May 23, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted May 23, 2023 1 minute ago, bickster said: Everything is fine Must have been the sun shining through a lens and the concentrated beam focusing on a waste paper bin. Terrible luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandy Lifeboats Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 Prigozhyn has gone on another rant. Highlights include - - 10,000 convicts and 10,000 Wagner died in Bakhmut. - Putin has made Ukraine more respected than ever. Putin has raised them up to the level of the Greek Warriors at their most powerful. - The Ukrainian Army now has 10 times the military power than before the war. Russia has lost about half of its military power. - He warned Putin on March that Belgorod would be attacked. The whole border area is a thin line of defence with nothing left to defend breakthroughs. I get the feeling that he will soon be falling from a window or cutting a deal with Ukraine to get out of Russia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandy Lifeboats Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 3 minutes ago, Mandy Lifeboats said: Prigozhyn has gone on another rant. Highlights include - - 10,000 convicts and 10,000 Wagner died in Bakhmut. Just to put this in context, the UK armed forces have lost just over 7,000 people since 1945. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 20,000 dead (just on the Russia side) in an illegal invasion trying to take a town of no strategic importance. How is Putin still in control? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted May 24, 2023 VT Supporter Share Posted May 24, 2023 4 minutes ago, Genie said: 20,000 dead (just on the Russia side) in an illegal invasion trying to take a town of no strategic importance. How is Putin still in control? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted May 24, 2023 Moderator Share Posted May 24, 2023 9 minutes ago, Genie said: 20,000 dead (just on the Russia side) in an illegal invasion trying to take a town of no strategic importance. How is Putin still in control? The number of Russian dead will be higher than that, he only said 10k Wagner and 10k Convicts. The regular Russian Army are likely to add a sizeable chunk to that figure 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avfc1982am Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 At the height of the battle for Bakhmut Russia were losing between 500 -1000 troops a day. 10 months the battle has gone on and even reserved figures have to be somewhere in the region of 50k. No way only 20k Russians have been KIA in Bakhmut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandy Lifeboats Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 37 minutes ago, avfc1982am said: No way only 20k Russians have been KIA in Bakhmut. It was described as 10k convicts and 10k Wagner. The Russian Army isn't releasing its figures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delboy54 Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 16 hours ago, sidcow said: What happened to all THE Russian Grandmother's. Weren't the the ones who were going to put a stop to this when too many of the boys started dying. Probably all of them either conscripted by putin, or fell out of a high storey building Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 16 hours ago, sidcow said: What happened to all THE Russian Grandmother's. Weren't the the ones who were going to put a stop to this when too many of the boys started dying. That prediction was always wrong. It's a tightly controlled dictatorship with a very widespread population. There is no chance to organise an uprising. The only chance for regime change is the death of Putin and subsequent power vacuum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted May 24, 2023 Moderator Share Posted May 24, 2023 According to the Russian puppet governor of Crimea, the Kursk Bridge is closed for "exercises." Excersizes that involve it being covered in a cloud of smoke. Also reports that the Russian reconnaissance ship Ivan Khurs (Very Modern) was attacked in the Black Sea today by three naval drones, the outcome is currently unclear Things are starting to happen almost every day right now 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post LondonLax Posted May 24, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted May 24, 2023 An old John McCain interview from 2015 is doing the rounds on Twitter. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 5 hours ago, LondonLax said: An old John McCain interview from 2015 is doing the rounds on Twitter. He’s spot on with the lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted May 25, 2023 Moderator Share Posted May 25, 2023 We were talking about the Russian Dragons Teeth the other day, this is what a Challenger 2 Tank does with them 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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blandy Posted May 25, 2023 Moderator Share Posted May 25, 2023 23 hours ago, bickster said: reports that the Russian reconnaissance ship Ivan Khurs (Very Modern) was attacked in the Black Sea today by three naval drones I saw footage on my iPad of a usv being hit by the defensive fire and exploding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted May 25, 2023 Moderator Share Posted May 25, 2023 10 minutes ago, blandy said: I saw footage on my iPad of a usv being hit by the defensive fire and exploding. Yep seen that, the entire story originates from the Russian side, I don't think anyone's claimed they sunk it or even hit it but given its position just North of the Bosporus, the range of the attack might worry Russia if it actually happened Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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