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Cont: The Russian Invasion of Ukraine part 9

More stories of systematic corruption in the Russian army.
The political officer of a Russian regiment was kidnapped and tortured by his own commanders after discovering that they were involved in drug smuggling and reselling humanitarian aid, fuel and even weapons. The case illustrates rampant corruption in the Russian army.

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So the same choices Russia gave it in 2022, since when the second best army in Russia has gradually captured almost enough land to bury its dead.
There is a big difference IMO. Back in 2022, Ukraine enjoyed the wholehearted backing of the US. It could be very different now.
 
Yup. I don't know how any pro-Ukraine people could have voted for/allowed-to-win Putin's lapdog, but they did

To that segment of the population, Ukraine is just something foreign, and therefore to be rejected. With a little encouragement, it's to be hated.
 
Russian junk fleet ships damaged in storm, one sinks.


A Russian tanker carrying thousands of tonnes of oil products split in half and one person died during a heavy storm in the Kerch Strait in the Black Sea.

Russian investigators said on Sunday that two criminal cases have been opened into possible safety violations after the 136-metre Volgoneft 212 tanker, which had 15 people on board at the time of the storm, was destroyed and the vessel's bow sank.

The boat was built in 1969 and was significantly damaged before running aground, according to Russian officials.

"There was a spill of petroleum products," Russia's water transport agency, Rosmorrechflot, said.

A second Russian-flagged ship, the 132-metre Volgoneft 239, was left drifting after sustaining damage in the weather, Russia's emergency ministry said. That tanker has a crew of 14 people and was built in 1973.

Both vessels have a loading capacity of about 4,200 tonnes-worth of oil products and issued distress signals during the storm.

Official statements did not provide details on the extent of the spill into the Kerch Straight, which connects the Black Sea to the Sea of Azov alongside the Crimean Peninsula, or why one of the tankers sustained such serious damage.

Dramatic videos posted online showed the stern of the Volgoneft-212 ship broken off and floating vertically in the water. Interfax reported that some of the crew members were in the water.

An investigation into the use of criminally old and decayed ships is more likely required.
 
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The report continued: ‘Volgoneft-212 and Volgoneft-239 are new river-sea type ships.

‘In the 1990s, they were cut in half and ‘sewn together’ to meet the standards of the class of such ships.


‘All this time, they were not properly serviced.

‘Today, during a storm, the waves hit them in the side and ‘tore’ the welded seam.
OMG
 
Russia is bringing back all it's stuff from Syria for obvious reasons. I know little about actual military stuff, but wonder if they'll use it all in Ukraine and whether it will make a difference
 
Russia is bringing back all it's stuff from Syria for obvious reasons. I know little about actual military stuff, but wonder if they'll use it all in Ukraine and whether it will make a difference
I doubt there was much to evacuate. They already took everything they could. Ships relocating from Syria base to the Black sea seem like a biggest asset, and we know what happens to Russian ships in the Black sea.
Syria is loss-loss situation for Russia.
 
I doubt there was much to evacuate. They already took everything they could. Ships relocating from Syria base to the Black sea seem like a biggest asset, and we know what happens to Russian ships in the Black sea.
Syria is loss-loss situation for Russia.
I have read that they can’t relocate naval ships to the Black Sea because of Turkey, so they have to relocate to the Baltic Sea.
 

Australia's submarines were cut in half for an upgrade. It can be done properly.
 
I doubt there was much to evacuate. They already took everything they could. Ships relocating from Syria base to the Black sea seem like a biggest asset, and we know what happens to Russian ships in the Black sea.
Syria is loss-loss situation for Russia.
Ships can't go to the Black Sea, they aren't allowed through while they are at war.

There are two old subs with a long journey to the Arctic or Baltic, they can't get back to their Black Sea base.
 
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Australia's submarines were cut in half for an upgrade. It can be done properly.
Several times pairs of damaged warships have been 'sewn together' where one has a damaged bow and the other a damaged stern. It was done to US Destroyers in WW2 and to RN destroys in WW1.

There are also plenty of examples of ships being lengthened.

As you say it has to be done right.
 
Of course it has to be done correctly.

On the other hand. Seeing the way ships are build from prefabricated parts, these days, you can say this is even normal shipbuilding, we're talking about. There, the parts also have to fit securely to each other.
Only in this case the parts of the ship had some prior sailing life, but for the rest it is the same.
 
If someone had asked me three years ago to list all of the ways in which Russia might contribute to rising sea levels, I must admit I'd never have considered displacement.
Although the effect is miniscule, I expect all those people falling out of windows in Russia has very slightly altered the Earth's orbit. I try to compensate for it by stomping very hard when I take the trash out to the dumpster.
 
I have read that they can’t relocate naval ships to the Black Sea because of Turkey, so they have to relocate to the Baltic Sea.
I am increasingly wondering if NATO can't secretly give Ukraine a submarine or two, and free reins to go after russian warships and shipping. There's probably good reasons why it hasn't happened (unless it has), but the temptation is there, along with the desire for Poland to just go "◊◊◊◊ it" and send in the tanks.

In fact, when I see the news of the russian tankers sinking, I almost start wondering.
 
The sinking ships is more complicated than you thought.

The ships are only meant to be used inland in rivers. They are carrying cargo that is going to be transferred to open sea capable vessels. Due to constraints imposed by the invasion, the ships have to go into open sea like conditions to transfer the cargo. That means big waves and high winds may be encountered. Maybe they should have waited for better conditions but Putin needs his oil income.
 
An explosion in Moscow killed the chief of the radiation, chemical and biological defense troops of the Russian Armed Forces Igor Kirillov.

Reportedly, Kirillov was the one who gave orders to use chemical weapons against Ukrainian Defense Forces.

So close to the Kremlin, a total embarrassment for Putin.

Ukraine seem to have no problems operating in Moscow.
 
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