Russia has invaded Ukraine

[heero_yuy]

Quote from The Sun:

Russia has kept its true death toll under wraps and on March 2 admitted to just 498 deaths.

But in an extraordinary move, Komsomolskaya Pravda reported that according to the Russian defence ministry 9,861 Russian soldiers have died in Ukraine and 16,153 injured.

The report was quickly taken down though several screenshots were taken including by the Wall Street Journal.

Who ever put up the data had better watch his back.

Originally Posted by heero_yuy

Who ever put up the data had better watch his back.

The newspaper is now claiming it was hacked, but if that’s true it was an unusually subtle piece of work.

[Carth]

The "I was hacked, honest" line seems to have become the default excuse when someone realises they pressed 'submit' without thinking too far ahead

[pip08456]

Lack of components force Russian manufacturer to stop producing tanks.

https://www.indiatoday.in/world/russ...007-2022-03-22

[papa smurf]

Originally Posted by pip08456

Lack of components force Russian manufacturer to stop producing tanks.

https://www.indiatoday.in/world/russ...007-2022-03-22

Let's not forget the lack of drivers since the last lot got incinerated.

Originally Posted by papa smurf

Let's not forget the lack of drivers since the last lot got incinerated.

Or as the Russians put it - "transferred to light duties"…

[pip08456]

Zelensky: "NATO should either say now that they are accepting us, or openly say they are not accepting us because they are afraid of Russia – which is true."

Kyiv Independant.

[RichardCoulter]

Originally Posted by pip08456

Kyiv Independant.

He is correct, but making NATO get off the fence could either give Putin Ukraine after all the hell that it's people have been through and the confidence to continue invading countries or result in WWIII.

Neither is a good option, it would be a lot better if his own people could get rid of him.

NEW: Russia continues to talk about using chemical and biological weapons in Ukraine, but U.S. has no indications of an imminent attack: senior U.S. defense official.

U.S. is monitoring Russian stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons for movements into Ukraine, the official said. - Jack Detsch - Foreign Policy.

[1andrew1]

Originally Posted by Mick

NEW: Russia continues to talk about using chemical and biological weapons in Ukraine, but U.S. has no indications of an imminent attack: senior U.S. defense official.

U.S. is monitoring Russian stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons for movements into Ukraine, the official said. - Jack Detsch - Foreign Policy.

Sounds like Russian comms are being hacked.

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Originally Posted by Hugh

Or as the Russians put it - "transferred to light duties"…

Some good Russian jokes making the rounds reported by Garry Kasparov:

And many jokes on the effect Putin's banning of the word "war" has on Russian literature. Now we have "The Great Patriotic Special Military Operation of the Soviet Union, 1941-1945" and "Special Military Operation and Peace" by Tolstoy!

and on the success of the war

We are now entering day 24 of the special military operation to take Kyiv in two days.

https://twitter.com/Kasparov63/statu...10906663968768

Reminds me of the old Stalin/Beria joke..

Stalin has a visit from a Georgian delegation: They come, they talk to Stalin, and then they go, heading off down the Kremlin's corridors.

Stalin starts looking for his pipe. He can't find it. He calls in Beria, the dreaded head of his secret police. "Go after the delegation, and find out which one took my pipe," he says. Beria scuttles off down the corridor.

Five minutes later Stalin finds his pipe under a pile of papers. He calls Beria--"Look, I've found my pipe." "It's too late," Beria says, "half the delegation admitted they took your pipe, and the other half died during questioning."

[pip08456]

Reports are growing that a large concentration of Russian troops are now encircled and cut off near northwest of Kyiv. If confirmed, this could be a major development.

Source Business Ukraine mag.

NSA/GCHQ thank the Ukrainian Armed Forces…

BREAKING: Russia would use nuclear weapons only when faced with 'existential threat', Kremlin says. Meanwhile, Ukraine President Zelenskyy to hold video conference with NATO summit this Thursday. - AFP News Agency.

‘existential threat’ to Russia or Putin?