An interesting video, purporting to show combat from the point of view of someone embedded with Ukrainian forces. It may or may not be wise to have so little respect for your enemy, but it *is* funny. The Ukrainians seem to have some interesting weapons. Is it too much to ask that the US government hand out such things to Americans?
As a followup to this idea I had a few weeks ago… a YouTuber with suggestions regarding those interested in Ukrainian model kits and kit companies. Assuming Putin doesn’t nuke or otherwise salt the earth of Ukraine when he’s driven out like the little įįįį£į» he is, those model kit companies will probably be back… in some form, some day. I don’t doubt that some, many, most, maybe all of them might need to start from scratch; injection molding equipment tends to react poorly to bombardment and exposure to the elements. Relevant part starts around 3:24.
I’m not big on armor models, and I’ve never given a moments thought to building kits of farm equipment. But you know what? When this bullcrap is over, if Ukrainian companies start putting out kits of Ukrainian farmers towing Russian armor… I’ll buy them all.
Ukrainian tractor steals Russian tank. š¤£ pic.twitter.com/Z9CwhNN0lo
— UkraineStream šŗš¦ (@ukrainestream) February 28, 2022
No military can beat the "Special Tractor Operations" pic.twitter.com/yF3bF8wc8u
— John Brown (@JohnPokerBrown) March 8, 2022
Do you remember the "Ukrainian man who stole the Russian tank with his tractor"?
Today we got organized even better! X2 š¤£š¤£
April, and spring, are near. š¤£#Ukraine #Putin #Zelensky #Kiev #Kiev #UkraineUnderAttack #UkraineRussiaWar #RussiaUkraineConflict pic.twitter.com/leZL0oCqoq— 10LOL (@TenLaughter) March 2, 2022
Nothing runs like a Deere, baby!
Old folks.
What are you gonna do? Walk away, or shoot old people? Unlike their leaders, these Russian soldiers seem capable of making the right decision.
A simulation of what *could* have happened had an A-10 gone up against that kilometers-long Russian convoy in Ukraine. Note: The Russians would have had to have been particularly accommodating for this to happen… stay bunched up on the road, don’t shoot back, no air cover. Still, it’s interesting the sheer volume of destruction that could have been unleashed.
Let's be fair and give some credit. I'm not sure if that's the original source, but the pic was found at FB account of Polish model makers. pic.twitter.com/DRKfHZO2RZ
— JarosÅaw Kociszewski (@JarekKociszewsk) March 10, 2022
After the last post where it was mentioned that Russia is effectively stealing hundreds of airliners that Russian airlines ahd leased, here comess this “never do business with Russia again” story:
Reportedly, Russia will not only re-open places like McDonalds, they will continue to do business *as* “McDonalds.” They will have no actual relationship with the actual McDonalds corporation; they’ll simply steal their locations, their stuff, their name, their logo, their brand.
Next: I presume Russian agents in the west will procure computer games and movies, transport them to Russia, and then sell/show them to Russian audiences. And why not? Books, music, movies, TV series; car, computer, fashion, architectural designs can all be stolen and used without compensation under the new rules Putins stooges are putting forward. This will make Russia a *monumental* pariah nation. The Chinese at least *pretend* to actually care about IP.
China has until now taken a largely “stick fingers in ears, hum real loud” approach to the Russia/Ukraine situation. And their reasoning is obvious: what Russia is doing to Ukraine, China wants to do to Taiwan. If Russia got away with it, China would doubtless launch their own invasion, secure in the knowledge that they too would be allowed to get away with it.
But Russia is having more difficulty than Putin seemed to expect. Not only are the Ukrainians putting up a lot more of a fight than expected (and the Russian military demonstrating a hell of a lot of incompetency), the world is laying an economic beatdown on Russia. This probably surprised the Russian leadership… and it’s clearly spooking the Chinese leadership. The sort of sanctions that are crippling the Russian economy would cause the Chinese economy to implode. And who knows? Perhaps the Chinese people would actually turn on their government. Can’t have that. And thus we get:
It’s starting to look like China might be starting to side *against* the Russians, doubtless as a way to deflect attention and potential sanctions away from themselves. What’s ChiCom for “you’re on your own?”
And at the same time that Russia is finding it’s list of allies growing thin, they’re working to assure that nobody will ever do business with them again:
The Russian civil aviation industry has leased five hundred and some airliners from the likes of foreign companies Airbus and Boeing. Those foreign companies now want their airplanes back. The Russian government is proposing to effectively nationalize those aircraft… to steal them for the state. Great. So now you have yourself some free airliners. Good luck getting maintenance or replacement parts. Good luck getting new airliners in the future. Pretty sure *nobody* would be dumb enough to lease or rent you anything you could walk off with. Boeing and Airbus might be willing to outright sell you new airplanes… but likely only after you’ve paid for the ones you stole, plus interest.
Good job, morons.
From the Russian propaganda outlet Tass:
MOSCOW, March 9. /TASS/. Nationalists are plotting provocations in Ukraine involving toxic substances in order to pin the blame for the alleged use of chemical weapons on Russia; for this purpose, about 80 tonnes of ammonia have been delivered to the settlement of Zolochev, northwest of Kharkov, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Igor Konashenkov said on Wednesday.
The implication here is obvious: they’re preparing to drop chemical weapons on Ukrainians, probably Ukrainian civilians, and they’re planting a story in advance to blame the Ukrainians themselves for the forthcoming atrocities. Also from the same page:
Oh, goody.
Huh.
FM #Lavrov: The goal of Russiaās special military operation is to stop any war that could take place on Ukrainian territory or that could start from there. pic.twitter.com/tLf7798DIh
— Russian Embassy, UK (@RussianEmbassy) March 7, 2022
In case it gets nuked, this tweet is from the Russian Embassy in London, and claims:
“The goal of Russiaās special military operation is to stop any war that could take place on Ukrainian territory or that could start from there.”
For some reason I’m reminded of the SJWs and “racial justice” rioters who believe that they are going to save civilization by burning it to the ground.
The Ukraine UN Ambassador is something pic.twitter.com/HWhpTtuprf
— ALT-immigration Puck Futin š¤š½š¤š½šš¾šš¾ (@ALT_uscis) March 8, 2022