Posted on 03/03/2022 4:42:59 AM PST by hardspunned
MOSCOW, March 3. /TASS/. The Russian Armed Forces have hit 1,612 targets since the start of a special military operation in Ukraine, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov said.
"As many as 1,612 targets have been hit since the start of the operation, including 62 command posts and communications centers, 39 S-300, Buk M-1 and Osa missile systems and 52 radar stations," he specified.
According to him, 49 aircraft were destroyed on the ground and another 13 in the air. A total of 606 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 67 multiple rocket launchers, 227 field artillery pieces and mortars, 405 military motor vehicles and 53 unmanned aerial vehicles were also destroyed.
(Excerpt) Read more at tass.com ...
How many hundreds of these did the “ghost of Kiev” take out?
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/meet-russia%E2%80%99s-version-10-warthog-su-25-198809#:~:text=Since%20its%20debut%20during%20the,of%20how%20they%20are%20employed.
https://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/ka52-alligator-attack-helicopter-russia/
How about these?
https://breakingdefense.com/2018/04/russia-widens-ew-war-disabling-ec-130s-in-syria/amp/
One month ago you were the only person on the planet who understood the Russian military was a paper tiger? OK, if you say so.
Breathtaking, isn’t it?
DANGER!! UXB. People get away from those missiles until EOD has secured them!
The Russian soldier crying and drinking tea while calling mom is a great propaganda tool for Ukraine.
Putin will probably lock him up when he gets home
Jewish folks can be fascists too.
Not saying this one is, but the argument is much like saying black folks can’t be racist. It’s just not true.
Are you sure those aren’t “ghost of Kiev” misses? How long have you been posting on FR? Up until last week, I bet I can find some of your very embarrassing posts about this paper tiger Russian military. Geesh!
Both sides are likely lying. One side might be right, or both sides might be wrong.
But I know where our American crooks have been operating.
He didn’t use the word fascist, he said Nazi
Why, is CNNNBCABCPBSCBSBBCAFP more better? I think the truth is that our western media, Russian media and Ukrainian media are all corrupt and lying about this conflict. TASS, Pravda and Izvestia all have a century old reputation of being propaganda outlets but our media is working very hard to catch up and become just as biased as the Russian outlets. Years of Russia, Russia, Russia, climate change fear porn, the whole COVID plandemic and other misinformation events should have taught everybody that our media and government agencies are every bit as untrustworthy and dishonest as any in the world. I guess my point is that I don’t think the majority of people know what is happening in Ukraine because pretty much all media is corrupted and not to be trusted. I personally don’t care about Ukraine, Russia, their borders or what happens over there. I care about America and our border disaster and wish our “leaders” would focus on that instead of a conflict between two of the most corrupt countries in the world.
People said the same thing about camps in Germany in the 40s. It was all ridiculous and a conspiracy theory. Until it wasn’t.
The dark side clouds everything.
Welcome Newbie
Sarcazmo
Since Dec 1, 2021
Check the posts you’ve made about the Biden and Obama administrations. You know, like your posts about the Reichstag Capitol false flag ruse, the democrat brown shirts in our streets summer of ‘20. The democrat/DS/NSC/State Dept. show trial impeachment. Have you ever noticed the Nazis at the highest level of both these administrations, both administrations that have been destabilizing Ukraine for ten years. How about those Nazis. Every hear of George Soros? I know destabilized Ukrainian politics is a real shit show (worse than ours). Enlighten me on your knowledge of internal Ukrainian political factions. While you’re at it, how about your take on Ukrainian history since 1917? According to you, my knowledge of this time frame is flawed.
“Up until last week, I bet I can find some of your very embarrassing posts about this paper tiger Russian military.”
I’m pretty proud that I have been calling out how incapable the Russian military is for some time. My basic logic was:
* Can Russia make a car that is internationally competitive?
* Can Russia make a smart phone?
* Can Russia make semiconductors?
The answer to all of the above is no. Why then do we think they can have a military that can compete with the western countries that do all of the above?
I'm pretty sure that a lot of invaders throughout history had rational or intelligent reasons from "their point of view.". Heck, the Germans wanting Lebenschraum to the East in WW2 was an intelligent reason from their point of view.
I suspect what most people are referring to when they accuse Putin of being "crazy" is what has happened after the Russians overran the disputed Eastern areas and decided to gobble up all of Ukraine. I personally don't believe it was as much crazy as it was a function of bad intelligence. Had Ukraine fallen very quickly without much bloodshed, and before the West could really rally around a response, Putin might have looked like a genius.
Obviously, that's not what happened. So at this point, the whole cost benefit analysis of what Russia is doing looks completely out of whack. Of course, Putin did not know this would happen when he made the decision to invade.
Regardless, whether something appears rational from the perspective of your own self-interest has nothing to do with whether an action is justified or moral. It may be completely rational to murder your neighbor and steal his stuff if you can get away with it, but that doesn't make it right.
Russia is invading Ukraine because a little man with sagging boobs who wouldn’t step out of his bunker or get within 50 ft of anyone wants to be the czar of Imperial Russia.
Don’t tell me, you too, accept all of this disinformation at face value. That report is as legit as the “ghost of Kiev” or the Snake Island martyrs.
I did not believe the Ghost of Kiev story when it first appeared, just like I don’t believe the current Ukrainian reports of damage inflicted on the Russians. But that doesn’t change the larger situation or issues at play.
In the modern age, unless you can shut down internet communications, it is impossible to keep large-scale troop movements secret. And that's not even considering the massive satellite capability possessed and almost certainly being shared by the West with Ukraine. .
Take a minute and look at the sources you accept unequivocally. Thank goodness, we accepted your sources previously, otherwise Adolf Trump would still be in power and Covid would have killed nearly all of us (if Iraqi yellow cake hadn’t already accomplished that). You’ve got some nerve to lecture me about illegitimate sources.
“You know, like your posts about the Reichstag Capitol false flag ruse, the democrat brown shirts in our streets summer of ‘20. The democrat/DS/NSC/State Dept. show trial impeachment”...
I think you have me confused with someone else. I don’t think I’ve ever typed the words Reichstag or “false flag” or “democratic brown shirts” until just now.
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