and here is Chechen topography
see the flattish lands in the northern part of Chechnya?
Posted on 06/04/2022 9:35:25 PM PDT by Cronos
Russian troops in the occupied city of Melitopol have stolen all the equipment from a farm equipment dealership -- and shipped it to Chechnya, according to a Ukrainian businessman in the area.
But after a journey of more than 700 miles, the thieves were unable to use any of the equipment -- because it had been locked remotely.
Over the past few weeks there's been a growing number of reports of Russian troops stealing farm equipment, grain and even building materials - beyond widespread looting of residences. But the removal of valuable agricultural equipment from a John Deere dealership in Melitopol speaks to an increasingly organized operation, one that even uses Russian military transport as part of the heist.
...Some of the machinery was taken to a nearby village, but some of it embarked on a long overland journey to Chechnya more than 700 miles away. The sophistication of the machinery, which are equipped with GPS, meant that its travel could be tracked. It was last tracked to the village of Zakhan Yurt in Chechnya.
The equipment ferried to Chechnya, which included combine harvesters -- can also be controlled remotely. "When the invaders drove the stolen harvesters to Chechnya, they realized that they could not even turn them on, because the harvesters were locked remotely," the contact said.
The equipment now appears to be languishing at a farm near Grozny.
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gee - I hate when that happens...
I also heard that Chechens raped everyone from 6 months to 80 years old, except they didn’t.
Has anyone seen Chechnya? There is little use for combine harvesters in goat herding and apricot gardening.
Chechnya happens to be a mountain country, agricultural equipment is useless there because of the terrain.
The author of this funny story apparently is not aware of the reality.
Kek. How do you do fellow Freeper?
They learned how to get around the lock from Polish and Ukrainian hackers who had done it before.
Just need some hacked firmware and a cheap part
Colonel Zanders, joined in may 13, 2022.
Sasha, there are other links to the same looting done by Russian troops in Ukraine.
I guess this is no different than when Russia troops were marvelling at the wonders of indoor plumbing.
Isn’t this an old story?
There is a certain symmetry to Ukrainians using their tractors to tow off Russian tanks and the Russians using their military equipment to haul off Ukrainian tractors.
and here is Chechen topography
see the flattish lands in the northern part of Chechnya?
How are you going to deal with this without combine harvester?:)
The Russians aren’t smart enough to even use that.
The smart Russians have left the country to get away from Putin’s Nazi regime
Yep, there are exactly a couple grain farms, perfectly enough to harvest with the equipment you pictured.
Story has been around for 3 weeks, but for CNN to report it...it’s fresh and new.
Nice lies, my st Petersburg based friend.
As shown above, there is flat lands for tractors farming in Chechnya.
Also, no one said the Ruskies had brains. They just stole everything not nailed down
Yes, from early may. Didn’t see it in the fr search.
I found it funny that Russian troops robbed so much stuff and didn’t think if how to use it.
The Chechen troops under Kadyrov has been fighting from behind, shooting Buryat and other Russian troops that wish to retreat. So they have enough time to rob
Amazing that leftover mine fields from the Chechnyan wars have destroyed tractors and combines in past years, given your assurance that this type of machinery is beyond the ken of Chechnyans.
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2012/02/23/in-chechnya-thousands-of-hectares-of-farm-land-still-not-cleared-of-mines-a12854
hahaha- jokes is on the ruskies- At least the ukranians didn’t hide a dead fish under the seat- that woulda really stunk-
Yep, also raped everyone, unless they didn’t.
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