Putin might be a dick, but this georgian guy is now as good as dead.
upd. Crap, there are a lot of dead guys with such plastic carpets, so this particular adventurer is probably alive and well.
Putin might be a dick, but this georgian guy is now as good as dead.
upd. Crap, there are a lot of dead guys with such plastic carpets, so this particular adventurer is probably alive and well.
Last edited by mirhond; 08-13-2014 at 09:50 AM.
Haeresis est maxima opera maleficarum non credere.
Originally Posted by mirhond
Putin might be a dick, but this georgian guy is now as good as dead.
upd. Crap, there are a lot of dead guys with such plastic carpets, so this particular adventurer is probably alive and well.
comrade mirhond---here is a report that your favorite Russian commander from the FSB/GRU is evidently seriously wounded by a Ukrainian Seal team.
so much for quality Russian mercenaries.
https://twitter.com/MrKovalenko?orig...70919530876928
mirhond---another report for you to mull over---titled Russian PM comments against Putin "hacked and or drunk"
East of Brussels @EastOfBrussels · 3h
#Russia's PM says he's ashamed of #Putin's government, resigns. Yes, hacked or Dmitry is really drunk#ukraine
It appears now from Russian sources that the second top Russian mercenary has been wounded---one now in each of the last two mercenary held towns.
True story, fake story or the exit plan being put into play?
Secondly---there have been a series of tweets suggesting that the drivers are from an elite armored unit and will remain inside the Ukraine and others will drive back--there have been multiple reports recently of a large number of tanks parked in the surrounding areas in the forests but they have no more mercenary crews for them.
OSCE web site reports uniformed personnel w/no markings are crossing the border where their teams are reporting from.
Wounding link Russian news source;
http://itar-tass.com/mezhdunarodnaya-panorama/1378586
Photos and roses for GRU’s ‘spetsnaz’ casualties
This FT article is behind a registration 'wall', which allows limited access:In an anonymous military classroom somewhere in Moscow, 12 portraits in identical tortoiseshell frames stand on a metal bench placed on a dais. In front of each picture is a bunch of six roses, red and pink. The dead.....were operatives of Russian special forces. All 12 died in Ukraine in recent weeks. Officially, they were all on holiday.
It ends citing Nigel Inkster, of IISS, ex-SIS (MI6):It is about subversion, it is about espionage with limited use of deniable special forces and the use of deniable proxies...It is a war that is never really declared.
Link:http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f28913f6-1...#axzz3AMNKyZaz
davidbfpo
Have not seen the confirmation geo tag on this photo posted today--but it appears that two Russian Buk command vehicles pulled up directly behind the supposedly "humanitarian aid convoy" parked now near the mercenary crossing points not controlled by the Ukraine.
So much for the Putin statement that the "aid" delivery had been planned and approved by the ICRC who evidently is still awaiting the accurate load out details on each truck from Moscow---or maybe the ICRC just requested Buk air defense in case they were attacked by 'little green men" from Mars?
Mars.https://twitter.com/courtneymoscow/s...264000/photo/1
More Russia AD equipment (photos in the tweets) trailing behind the "humanitarian aid" convoy accompanied by two armed Russia copters.
http://www.interpretermag.com/ukrain...he-move-again/
That looks like a 9K22 Tunguska mounted to a Kamaz truck. It is an anti-aircraft weapon equipped with both missiles and 30mm guns. The missiles are capable of knocking out low-altitude aircraft flying at under 3,500 meters, though missile variants have a range up to 10 kilometers. and the guns could be used to target low-flying aircraft, incoming projectiles, or even ground forces. When used in combination with more advanced missile systems which have been spotted in the area, the 9k22 is a formidable addition to Russia's forces in the area.
Last edited by OUTLAW 09; 08-14-2014 at 04:50 PM.
David---interesting in that it confirms something I passed onto Dave Maxwell referencing the military reset of Ukrainian military doctrine focusing more on Ukrainian SF and guerilla warfare being exercised now by these units.
1. there was a small blog comment mentioned once last week of a guerrilla unit in Donetsk killing over 30 mercenaries in random ambushes forcing the mercenaries to always move in groups. Never talked about since.
2. Monday another small blog comment indicating another 60 killed mercenaries from a "local defense group" inside Donetsk.
3. the separatist announcement/denials then Russian media announcements of the serious wounding of two of their major Russian mercenaries---a Ukrainian announcement mentioned that one had bee shot by a Ukrainian Seal team.
4. Ukrainian SBU announced on Monday that during a raid on what seemed a normal irregular checkpoint killing all at the checkpoint turned out to be a raid killing an entire Russian Army SF team.
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There seems to be a very focused attempt by the Ukrainian special operations (Alpha, former Alpha, Ukrainian SF and Airborne) to identify Russian SF types-- then raid and kill them--seems capture is not in the picture on these raids.
Seems the Russian losses in the GRU/SF area is climbing the longer the fighting goes on.
Last edited by OUTLAW 09; 08-14-2014 at 04:11 PM.
The Dutch blogger who has been doing some great open source analysis posted an analysis of the Russian military firing heavy artillery into the Ukraine and geo located a number of points.
Although Russia claims "it ain't me"---it is those crazy Ukrainians who cannot shot straight.
http://ukraineatwar.blogspot.nl/
Last edited by OUTLAW 09; 08-14-2014 at 04:48 PM.
I wonder if it would be better to capture these Russian SF and parade them on the streets of Kiev. Too provocative?
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