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  1. In Topic: The Russia Politics and War in Ukraine Thread

    Today, 04:46 PM

    Ukranian drones hitting Mariupol again, destroying a Russian military stockpile near the old Azovstal complex.

    Ukraine hitting Primorsk port, damaging a Karakurt-class missile ship, a patrol ship and a shadow fleet tanker.

    The Russian refinery at Perm is still ablaze after four days.

    Russian Iskander missile launches from Crimea have dropped hugely after Ukraine targeted launchers on the peninsular, destroying dozens of them.

    Two Russian shadow fleet vessels hit by drones at Novorossiysk.
  2. In Topic: The Russia Politics and War in Ukraine Thread

    Yesterday, 02:18 PM

    Su-57s exit, they're just nowhere near as good as what they are supposed to be (at least an F-22-level equivalent, if not an F-35). The massive rivets they are built with disrupting the stealth skin when that's the whole damned point of the aircraft is incredibly comical (and to be fair, not the Sukhoi designers' fault, more the engineers).

    Multiple Su-57s and Su-34s damaged, possibly one of each destroyed. Pretty big hit.

    Tuapse attacked again overnight, the plant is a goner at this point. Perm taking more hits.

    Russian bankers and finance bloggers and even some experts talking openly about how to avoid a wholesale banking sector collapse. The general message is grim, with bankers now discussing seizing the assets of the oligarchs (some oligarchs have been hurriedly moving liquid and some physical assets abroad) or converting deposits over a certain amount from ordinary citizens to credit notes, but they fear this would trigger a physical run on the banks. The term "like the 1990s" keeps coming up, which in Russia is likely to trigger wholesale PTSD.

    Some suggestion of Ukraine tying a major defence agreement with the EU to its own EU accession by December 2027 (possibly Moldova as well). Some EU members are bullish on this, others have major concerns, as Ukraine's corruption measures, though advanced, are not completed as they would like.

    Ukraine is interdicting the land corridor from Crimea to Russia, hitting Russian supply columns moving between Crimea, Zaporizhzhia, Mariupol and Donetsk City. Individual vehicles and entire convoys have been hit.

    Ukraine is retaking Stepnohirsk in western Zaporizhzhia by blowing up tower blocks with drones and glide bombs. The tower blocks have been taken over by Russian soldiers using them as fire control points. Ukraine prefers to liberate towns without levelling them, but in this case clearing the towers would be insanely costly.

    Russian oil output has dropped to below 4.7 million barrels a day, the lowest amount since December 2009 in the wake of the financial crisis.

    Ukraine is employing HIMARS on a larger scale again, destroying multiple Russian artillery pieces on the Zaporizhzhia front. This reflects the dwindling number of Russian drones over the front, which had started to push HIMARS back out of useful range.

    Steven Witkoff is apparently tired of travelling to Kyiv by train so is delaying any further travels to Ukraine for peace talks. The word for this is "pathetic."
  3. In Topic: The Russia Politics and War in Ukraine Thread

    30 April 2026 - 09:46 PM

    Ukrainian drones are currently pummelling Russian positions around Mariupol, apparently with almost no air defences responding. Ukrainian drones and possible partisan activity also active around Melitopol, with a large fire near the town centre.

    EU support for Ukraine has surpassed $200 billion, and officially now more financial aid than has been supplied by the USA.

    Two Russian patrol boats guarding the Kerch Strait Bridge were hit by drones overnight.

    Ukraine is implementing a new policy of two-month rotations, ending the practice of keeping units on station for months and months at a time. Some suggestion that increased Ukrainian drone usage for defence makes this easier than previously.

    The US and European nations may cooperate on a new safety confinement system for Chornobyl after damage to the previous one.
  4. In Topic: The Russia Politics and War in Ukraine Thread

    28 April 2026 - 09:43 PM

    A large explosion has hit a Russian military garrison in Khabarovsk Krai. It appears to be Ukrainian intelligence targeting Major General Azatbek Omurbekov, one of the architects of the Bucha Massacre in 2022. His condition is unclear but one person is reported dead.

    Putin has mentioned there is nothing to worry about regarding the Tuapse refinery attacks, which has prompted people to start worrying.

    There is a brewing rumour from Ukrainian intelligence that Putin has decided to declare a new mobilisation of hundreds of thousands of additional troops. Russian milbloggers are being more circumspect, but seem to be agreeing with Strelkov's line that this is useless without a massive industrial mobilisation of drone production. Ukrainian sources seem to be relishing the idea, saying it's a massive strategic mistake rather than improving Russian drone production instead.

    This may have prompted Elvira Nabiullina, the Governor of Russia's Central Bank (widely-respected for her insane ability to keep the Russian economy functioning as it has) to make a startling statement:

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    We have truly never, in the history of modern Russia, lived with such a shortage of labor until now. We have never had anything like this before, and it is affecting the entire economic situation as well as our decisions. The phenomenon has become abnormal for the current economic cycle. The labor shortage is directly affecting economic indicators and is a key factor the regulator takes into account when making decisions on the key interest rate and other monetary policy measures. Sometimes we are accused of deliberately slowing economic growth. Believe me, we have no choice. Under the circumstances we are in, with a labor shortage, our alternative is either to grow at a balanced pace with accelerating inflation, or to maintain controlled inflation. The focus of economic policy right now is to achieve higher economic growth. Believe me, we all want that—growth driven by increased labor productivity and the adoption of new technologies. The one who ensures the greatest efficiency will prevail.


    Apparently the Russian Central Bank is now going to force anyone with over $32,000 in the bank to convert that extra money automatically into war bonds to fund the war, which if true, is going to go down extremely poorly.
  5. In Topic: The Russia Politics and War in Ukraine Thread

    27 April 2026 - 10:29 PM

    View PostCause, on 27 April 2026 - 09:44 PM, said:

    When this war is over arms may become Ukraines top industry. Probably won’t even have to scale down production. Most of Europe, USA, Israel, the gulf states will likely all be customers


    Ukraine can't scale down. They need to maintain this level of arms output, potentially indefinitely, because scaling up to it again mid-invasion took too long and was too hard. They need to keep at this level by basically turning into the biggest arms-exporter at least in Europe, and half the planet will be desperate to buy from them.

    This is the hedgehog strategy, Ukraine needs to turn itself into a arms-producing behemoth with insane defences so that if Russia ever decides to pull this stuff again, they'd need to basically amass massive amounts of material, troops and drones beforehand which would take years and cost an insane amount of money, and Ukraine and Europe will see it coming years in advance.

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    Tsundoku 

    24 Jan 2026 - 22:30
    sorry dude, missed you this year. Happy 47th
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    Tsundoku 

    22 Jan 2025 - 13:13
    happy #46 Wert, and many more
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    Tsundoku 

    21 Jan 2024 - 21:23
    happy #45 old chap
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    Tsundoku 

    21 Jan 2023 - 14:29
    geez Wert, getting old son. Have a good one.
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    ArchieVist 

    28 Jul 2022 - 16:57
    Wert, Sorry you didn't get your map question answered in Erikson's AMA. I had my fingers crossed. But check out the last 30 seconds of this new Critical Dragon interview. Erikson pulls out a sheaf of maps! So something still exists. Maybe something ICE needs for future PtA books.
    https://youtu.be/xb0UZ5e1Sw4?t=4230
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    Tsundoku 

    21 Jan 2022 - 14:32
    Happy birthday Wert
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    Tsundoku 

    22 Jan 2021 - 09:19
    Whoa ... meaning of life. Happy birthday
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    Tsundoku 

    05 Mar 2020 - 09:29
    Sorry, missed your birthday this year. Hope it was a good one.
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    Tsundoku 

    22 Jan 2019 - 11:51
    Dun dun dunnnnn ...
    Forty! YAAAAAHHHHHH!
    Have a good one.
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    Tsundoku 

    22 Jan 2018 - 08:24
    Same as below. Better make it a good one because it's 40 next year.
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    Tsundoku 

    22 Jan 2010 - 15:32
    Happy Birthday, now go out and get wrecked :)
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