Russian Invasion of Ukraine - tactics and logistics

[Elixir]

Your country is losing its technicians, scientists, and people with a conscience.

Apparently they don't have to keep their money in Russia, either. Unless they've been part of the Pootler kleptocracy. Technicians, scientists, and people with a conscience are probably not the targets of sanctions.

 

[Elixir]

Some of us have been saying this for weeks or months

 

[barbos]

The writing is on the wall. Plenty of rich Russians don't live in Russia and after this debacle, it makes finacial sense that even fewer will.

And this is a bad thing? how?
You realize that they would have to keep their money IN Russia now?
You really have not thought that through, have you?

Brain drain. Your country is losing tech people that are in huge demand. Your country is losing its technicians, scientists, and people with a conscience.

Brain drain is not new problem. I was talking about mega-rich russians who have no use in Russia.

 

[barbos]

Mass flight of tech workers turns Russian IT into another casualty of war About 10 percent of the tech workforce is projected to leave Russia before the end of May

The Russian Association for Electronic Communications told the lower house of Russia’s parliament last month that 50,000 to 70,000 tech workers have fled the country, with 100,000 more expected to leave over the next month — for a total of about 10 percent of the sector’s workforce. Ok Russians, a new nonprofit group helping emigres, used a sampling of data from neighboring nations and social media surveys to estimate that nearly 300,000 Russians overall had left since the war began.

If Putin declares martial law, then they probably won't be able to leave.

But on the other hand, spreading false information about pending mobilization on Victory Day could also be a psy-ops to make Russian IT guys leave the country sooner rather than later. So who knows.

IT people work remotely, a lot of them left but still work the same job.
And a lot are simply freelancers, they really don't care about place they live that much. A lot of them left for Georgia.

 

[barbos]

In other news, russian "propaganda" talks about capture of Canadian general at AzovSteel.

 

[Patooka]

In other news, russian "propaganda" talks about capture of Canadian general at AzovSteel.

Not providing any links. names or context raises one or two flags.

 

[barbos]

You spent 20 years in Afghanistan, and nobody was helping afghans.

If that's your standard of a "successful military operation", I've got some really fucking bad news for you and God Emperor Putin.

I have a bad news for you, the reason why Russia is winning is because they have support of the people in Ukraine.

That can't possibly be true because of the tense. Russia would have "won" if they have the support of the people of Ukraine. Russia wouldn't "winning".

Russia won in Crimea without support of the people, according to your Media at least

 

[barbos]

In other news, russian "propaganda" talks about capture of Canadian general at AzovSteel.

Not providing any links. names or context raises one or two flags.

Why? I said what russian news claim. It's basically a leak at this point.
And so what if they captured a NATO general, I think we are well past being shocked by that.

 

[T.G.G. Moogly]

Lavrov has Putin's balls in his mouth. Nothing Lavrov says has any credibility. He's a soap-opera martinet.

 

[Patooka]

Why? I said what russian news claim. It's basically a leak at this point.
And so what if they captured a NATO general, I think we are well past being shocked by that.

This post is very much a testament on why you believe the bullshit you believe. Canadian NATO generals aren't so common that no one would report on it. Some guy I know told me your assertions are complete bullshit, by the way.

 

[barbos]

Why? I said what russian news claim. It's basically a leak at this point.
And so what if they captured a NATO general, I think we are well past being shocked by that.

This post is very much a testament on why you believe the bullshit you believe. Canadian NATO generals aren't so common that no one would report on it. Some guy I know told me your assertions are complete bullshit, by the way.

What part of "rumors are circulating about canadian general being captured" don't you understand?
I can give you a link to a russian news site, what good will it do for you? According to you it is all russian disinformation campaign.

In other news, Crimean local government is thinking about establishing summer "reeducation" camps for ....... "ukrainain" (they are russian now) school teachers
Again, don't bother with your usual "citation please"

 

[Patooka]

What part of "rumors are circulating about canadian general being captured" don't you understand?

The part where you insist on us taking such crap seriously.

I can give you a link to a russian news site, what good will it do for you? According to you it is all russian disinformation campaign.

A NATO General actively working with Ukrainian troops fighting Russia being captured and nobody knows about it? Dude, you're turning into the Russian version of Mike Lindell.

Again, don't bother with your usual "citation please"

Pretty much says it all. It you're going to spew unverifiable shit, can it at least have some zombies or robots in it please? You could even add it to your "everyone is a Nazi" narrative if you'd like.

 

[barbos]

Lavrov has Putin's balls in his mouth. Nothing Lavrov says has any credibility. He's a soap-opera martinet.

You keep painting a picture that Putin is just lone autocrat and the rest are just his sub-servants. Putin's immediate circle and foreign policy advisers more less agree on everything.
Some dissent is among economics people.

 

[barbos]

The part where you insist on us taking such crap seriously.

It's not crap. And I don't insist. Crap is what you insist on.

 

[barbos]

Pretty much says it all. It you're going to spew unverifiable shit,

Really?
I am spewing unverifiable shit. And Biden is not? Pentagon disagrees with you about that.

 

[Patooka]

It's not crap? And I don't insist. Crap is what you insist on.

"I know you are, but what am I?" So we've move from absurd to juvenile.

I am spewing unverifiable shit.

Your words, buddy.

And Biden is not? Pentagon disagrees with you about that.

You really have a fetish for unverifiable bullshit, don't you?

 

[barbos]

So, can I expect anything constructive from you here?
I think what I am getting here is that you are trying to say that NATO general capture would be a huge deal. OK, good to know. lets leave it at that.

In my book, unbelievable bullshit is BBC chemical attack video, or taking evidence of war crimes perpetrated by Ukrainian forces and attributing them to Russians.

 

[Patooka]

So, can I expect anything constructive from you here?

Took the words right out of my mouth. I am looking forward to your next Nazi fantasy about everyone except Putin and the Wagner Group though.

 

[SLD]

May 9th is basically Altertag. He will announce full Russian mobilization. He will demand that Ukraine surrender or he will threaten nuclear war. He cannot afford to lose. He cannot afford to allow this war to drag on. Who knows what he will do. But it will be done on May 9th. It will be very bad.

The question is whether there’s a Russian Tresckow, Gersdorff, or Stauffenberg to stop him.

 

[barbos]

So, can I expect anything constructive from you here?

Took the words right out of my mouth. I am looking forward to your next Nazi fantasy about everyone except Putin and the Wagner Group though.

Why bother with my fantasies when US Congress have exactly the same Nazi fantasy?