Posted on 03/25/2022 3:10:24 AM PDT by GonzoII
There is a “realistic possibility” that Russian forces “facing considerable supply and morale issues” may be encircled by Ukrainian counter-attackers near Kyiv (Kiev).
“Ukraine is increasing pressure on Russian forces north-east of Kyiv. Russian forces along this axis are already facing considerable supply and morale issues,” the British government’s Ministry of Defence asserted in a Defence Intelligence update on Wednesday.
“Ukrainian forces are carrying out successful counter attacks against Russian positions in towns on the outskirts of the capital, and have probably retaken Makariv and Moschun,” they continued, adding that “There is a realistic possibility that Ukrainian forces are now able to encircle Russian units in Bucha and Irpin.”
BBC editor Jeremy Bowen has also suggested that Ukrainian troops have been “telling me for a few days that Bucha [is] encircled” and that Russian supply lines in Irpin are being struck.
New York Times reporting based on what are claimed to be Russian radio communications intercepted by ham radio enthusiasts do suggest the invaders have been put under significant pressure in Makariv and suffered from a lack of air support and fuel — although The Washington Post reported on Thursday that “reality doesn’t match [Ukrainian] government boasts of victory” in the Kyiv suburb, with the Russians still controlling part of it and the Ukrainians “under constant shelling of enemy artillery”.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Here is one of the videos with the actual monitoring by someone who might actually be an amateur radio operator. Listen for yourself.
It’s very important because it clearly illustrates the archaic Russian communications. Watch the video
If it says ham operators did something, my money is on them. The modern radios are amazing pieces of electronics with some quite crafty operators.
“If it says ham operators did something, my money is on them.”
I know a few HAM geeks. I have no doubt they could listen in on Russian military communications. And if they put their minds to it cracking their encryption would take about an hour. They make the propeller heads at 4Chan look like retards.
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They ain’t your Daddy’s Heith kit vacuum tube:)
“They ain’t your Daddy’s Heith kit vacuum tube..”
Hey, I had one of those.
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If we believe all the Breitbart posts about Russian defeats, it won’t be long before the Ukraine is marching on Moscow, and the Democrats will no longer have Putin to blame for their socialist disasters.
Waiting for the ‘Chesty Puller’ quote...
“There is a very large British plane absolutely crammed with listeners and their equipment.”
As I’m typing this comment there is a NATO E-3 flying on the border of Poland and Ukraine. There is a U.S. Air Force tanker doing loops over Poland, probably to fuel the NATO plane. There are frequently U.S. and British Rivet Joint aircraft (Mission: The RC-135V/W Rivet Joint reconnaissance aircraft supports theater and national level consumers with near real time on-scene intelligence collection, analysis and dissemination capabilities), U.S. E-8 aircraft, and Global Hawk drones flying over Poland (now, a few weeks ago and they were flying over Ukraine) and the Black Sea. There is an incredible amount of intelligence being collected by these aircraft, not to mention the satellites. I would be willing to bet we are hearing everything the Russians say one way or another.
https://www.flightradar24.com/NATO01/2b432af0
I expect Putin to surrender any day now. 🙄
But them being in the air and actually hearing what oft-discredited and unreliable MSM report they said they heard is what is at issue.
“But them being in the air and actually hearing what oft-discredited and unreliable MSM report they said they heard is what is at issue.``”
I can’t argue with that. I was just pointing out what we really have as far as intelligence.
If you’ve been invaded, and have surrounded the enemy, take no prisoners. You’ll have to guard and feed them, to the detriment of your own manpower and sustinence.
Your Comments 19 and 21 on how the Brits are helping mine the radio communications of the Russian army on behalf of the Ukraine army are very interesting and heartening. I wonder to what extent the MSM is able to do this kind of thing to flesh out their news stories?
I said Brits but actually mispoke. The effort is NATO with Brits depicted.
Here is the youtube actual video. watch the video and think dead Russian commanders
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt5j2mrXLks
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