Posted on 03/12/2022 10:11:16 AM PST by SpeedyInTexas
Irakli Okruashvili, a former defense minister of Georgia, last week joined a Ukrainian foreign-fighter regiment created to face down the Russian invasion in a hurry. Three days later, he and a group of countrymen, former special-forces soldiers, made contact with Russian troops north of Kyiv.
With a U.S.-supplied .50-caliber Barrett M99 single-shot anti-armor precision rifle, the Georgian unit disabled two Russian armed vehicles, Mr. Okruashvili said, before falling under a sustained reply from 152-millimeter howitzer cannons.
After several hours, Ukrainian planes bombed the Russian artillery positions, silencing them.
(Excerpt) Read more at wsj.com ...
As opposed to the Russians, Communist China, Iranians, Syrians, and Cubans.
Got it.
“ I guess I keep picking the wrong side.”
That’s what blows my mind here! Whatever the hell America was, this ain’t it! How so many Freepers can join this suicidal bandwagon blows my mind. And the Republican leadership is walking in lock-step over the freaking cliff!
It’s like that commercial where everyone is running into that giant sinkhole….
“New U.S. security assistance will provide immediate military assistance for Ukraine, including anti-armor, anti-aircraft systems, and small arms - senior Biden administration official - Reuters”
More weapons on the way.
More gaslighting.
The foreign fighters for the left in Spain were mostly useless “war tourists”; those helping Franco were much more effective (German Condor Legion and the Italian Corpo Truppe Volontarie).
Letting Russia take over Ukraine and then controlling almost 70% of the world’s production of industrial neon would be a huge strategic and national security blunder. Industrial neon is essential for computer chip manufacturing and there are three main sources of this important and scarce gas....Russia, China and Ukraine. The computer chip shortage is high right now and if neon were cut off, computer chip manufacturing outside of China would basically slow to a near halt.
LOL! Azov Nazis tortured a British sniper who showed up to help.
“Shoulder fired anti aircraft and anti armor weapons aren’t new, but they have been upgraded with devastating affect. The modern infantryman has been reborn.”
What we are seeing in Ukraine, is that the tank, king of the battlefield for the last 80 plus years, is almost useless in a modern attack against Javelins and other missiles wielded by a determined infantry.
So should we start WWIII over Neon, or should we manufacture our own?
“” American Deep State, the Democrats, the controlled opposition, NATO, and the EU, along with the corrupt Ukes are the bad guys in this mess.””
“As opposed to the Russians, Communist China, Iranians, Syrians, and Cubans.
Got it.”
You sure got me there! Maybe I haven’t been keeping up on current events on how the CCP, Iranians, and Cuba are on our shit list! That’s a real head scratcher.
It’s strange and getting stranger when you consider that the Azov battalion is fighting for a Jewish president.
I wonder where those stingers and javelins will end up after the Ukranian mafia get them?
Obviously, the Russians have never heard of "shot-and-scoot" ...
Really, the commander of any artillery battery/company who left his howitzers in a static position after a lengthy shoot deserves to be shot for incompetence ...
My favorite kind of Russians ... Dead Russians.
“Senior Lieutenant Nikolai Shumitsky, a graduate of the Kazan Higher Tank Command School and a tank company commander in the 42nd Motorized Rifle Division, was killed near the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.”
https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1502748409157066768
“Aleksey Blinkov from Rogvardia’s 604th Special Purpose Center’s elite Vityaz spetsnaz unit was reportedly killed in Ukraine.”
https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1502744714554093571
Biden got his 10% from Russia too
“The VDV’s 11th Air Assault Brigade’s
-Captain Alexander Shokun
-Senior Sergeant Alexander Mikhalev
-Sergeant Anton Voronov
-Yefreytor Yevgeny Romanov
were all killed in Ukraine. Shokun was the brigade’s communications officer. They were buried today.”
https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1502753326965874689
are they all hiding in between civilian houses??
I doubt any of the story is factual. Ukes aren’t conducting air strikes 40 miles from the Russian border under the watch of S400s. Never happened.
So will the tank be phased out, or will it be reduced to being mobile fire support for the infantry?
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