Yopez ( Йопез ;)

ну ды, он в соседнем бараке на соседнем форуме женсчины уже яйци атрастиле, и в футбол играють...

Lor - Янв. 01, 2024, 06:42 pmБруклин - это такой отстойник для тех, кому ничего больше не надо. Они там вполне счастливы.

не из патриотизма (никогда там нЕ жил), а из чувства справедливости слова мои - хуйню-с порете
Бруглен многолик и разнообразен, среди полумиллиона, наверное, «рашынспикинг» бруклинчан - люди, которым надо много больше; достигшие достойных результатов; наркоманы; алкоголики; верующие разных конфессий;  не верующие ни в черта, ни в Бога; врачи, плотники, адвокаты и проч., и проч., о проч.

Skylight - Янв. 03, 2024, 09:06 amну ды, он в соседнем бараке на соседнем форуме женсчины уже яйци атрастиле, и в футбол играють...

и че вас к жэньщинам с яйцами тянет

Skylight - Янв. 03, 2024, 07:14 amнекоторые перегибы на местах...

Украина ж тоже от совка отпачковалася, нету типерь у красной армии яичка.

Да вот если бы так.
 Все телеграмм-каналы забиты подобными видео. Пройдитесь, например, по одесским пабликам, там созданы огромные сообщества для отслеживания перемения сотрудников военкоматов. Прямо онлайн можно узнать, где они сейчас стоят, на каких улицах и в каких дворах.
При той поддержке, которую официально заявляют власти, в военкоматы должна стоять очередь из желающих пойти на фронт, а на деле-то всё наоборот, люди стремятся свалить из страны всеми способами.
А в сеть ещё постоянно сливают видео, где на заграничных курортах резвятся детки чиновников и депутатов

нах

Луиджи - Янв. 03, 2024, 09:41 amнах

Конечно нах! Всех хохлов выгребут для утилизации и наступит полный нах! 

Ukraine struck a new $250 million Russian artillery radar system right after the military touted its arrival.
Story by jepstein@businessinsider.com (Jake Epstein)


A Russian Yastreb-AV radar system before and after it's hit in Ukraine on Jan. 2, 2024

- Russia on Tuesday touted a counter-battery radar system that had just deployed to the battlefield.
- Hours later, Ukrainian forces struck it with HIMARS rockets.
- Counter-battery radars have been critical, allowing both armies to track incoming artillery.

Ukrainian forces struck an expensive, new Russian counter-battery radar system with rockets on the same day military officials announced its deployment to the battlefield.

The Russian defense ministry and various state media outlets announced on Tuesday that Russian troops in Ukraine had received the 1K148 Yastreb-AV, a $250 million counter-battery radar system designed to detect the trajectory of incoming artillery and determine the point of origin for munitions.

Moscow touted the Yastreb-AV as a modern and highly capable system in its announcements, with state media reporting that it was tested in late 2021 or early 2022. But just hours after the announcement it had been fielded in Ukraine, it was hit hard by the very threat it was there to help defeat.

Ukraine's Special Operations Forces said on Telegram that it discovered the Yastreb-AV during a reconnaissance mission, but the exact battlefield location remains unclear.

Ukrainian forces then fired munitions from a US-made High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) at the exposed Russian target, which was destroyed by fire damage. Kyiv published a video of the strike to multiple social media channels.

https://twitter.com/DefenceU/status/1742479646908616756?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1742479646908616756%7Ctwgr%5E9faea1bd1a05604aee2405019dc3faeee6112fdc%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.businessinsider.com%2Fukraine-blew-up-new-russian-radar-system-after-it-arrived-2024-1

Avdiivka Eats Russian Tanks. The Kremlin Is About To Feed It More.
Story by David Axe, Forbes Staff



In 10 weeks of mostly failed assaults on the Ukrainian garrison in Avdiivka, just northwest of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine's Donbas region, the Russian army has lost or abandoned at least 143 tanks--while advancing just a mile or so north and south of the ruined city.

The Ukrainian army meanwhile has lost or abandoned 14 tanks defending Avdiivka.

The ongoing battle, one of the most intensive of Russia's third annual winter offensive in its 23-month wider war on Ukraine, is a trap for Russian armor--and an opportunity for Ukraine to attrit Russian forces.

Taking into account new tank production, recovery of old tanks from long-term storage and the need to make good steep armor losses in 2022, the Kremlin can afford to write off 50 or so tanks a month without depleting its overall arsenal of around 3,000 front-line tanks.

Around Avdiivka alone, the Russians are losing 60 tanks a month. And that number could grow as the 239th Tank Regiment rolls into battle--and runs afoul of the same minefields and artillery and drone kill-zones that pulverized the tank units that came before it.

After taking heavy losses in October, the Russian field armies around Avdiivka--the 2nd and 41st Combined Arms Armies--held back their armor and sent in their infantry, on foot.

The infantry got massacred. Anyone who survived the mines, artillery and drones ran into the Ukrainian army's 47th Mechanized Brigade with its American-made M-2 fighting vehicles, whose 25-millimeter autocannons cut like scythes through unprotected infantry.

Now it's possible the 2nd and 41st CAAs plan to roll more tanks toward Avdiivka. "The concentration of the 239th Tank Regiment of the 90th Tank Division is ongoing southwest of Avdiivka," the Center for Defense Strategies, a Ukrainian think-tank, reported on Wednesday.
The 239th is the third Russian tank regiment on the Avdiivka front, after the 80th and 10th. On paper, the 239th has a hundred or more tanks in several battalions altogether manned by a few thousand people.

In 2022, it was a T-72 regiment. But after taking a beating in Russia's failed speed-run toward Kyiv in February and March 2022 and then getting further mauled trying and failing to halt Ukraine's counteroffensive around Kharkiv in late 2022, the 239th at least partially reequipped with newer T-90s.

But today the regiment might be closer to a battalion in strength. As recently as early November, the Institute for the Study of War in Washington, D.C. described the 239th as "understrength."

Don't expect a weak regiment with a few new tanks to make much of a difference around Avdiivka. Ukrainian defenses are holding, and "the situation in Avdiivka remains relatively stable," Ukrainian think-tank Frontelligence Insight reported on Wednesday.

Rather, it's likely the 239th Tank Regiment will be the latest Russian regiment to feed its tanks and their three-person crews into Avdiivka's hungry maw.

For the Russians, it's a debacle--one that's robbing their forces of the combat power they would need to make meaningful advances this winter.

For the Ukrainians, it's stasis. Against all odds, Kyiv's forces have held. They're no longer advancing, as they were--slowly--last summer. But neither are they falling back.

Instead, they're preserving their own forces while exacting an awful toll on the Russians for each attack the Russians attempt.

Йотить, под Авдеевкой русня потеряла в 10 рас больше тнков чем ВСУ! 

U.S. and BAE to Bring Back Popular Howitzer After Success in Ukraine
Story by Alistair MacDonald



The U.S. Army is resurrecting production for the M777 howitzer after its heavy use by Ukraine brought new demand for a big gun whose most recent order was five years ago.

The M777's production comeback highlights how the war in Ukraine is helping to reshape the global armaments industry, with battlefield use of artillery and missile-defense systems, in particular, leading to a surge in demand.

For now, the effort is focused on producing new parts to refurbish old guns in Ukraine. But it shows how the nearly two-year Ukraine war is taking a toll on Kyiv's Western-donated equipment, some of which is no longer produced. That leads to future problems in acquiring spare parts needed to keep guns operational.

British defense company BAE Systems said Thursday that it will restart production of M777 parts for the U.S. Army.



he newly manufactured parts will be used to refurbish M777s deployed in Ukraine, according to a person familiar with the matter. BAE said that with M777 production running again it expects contracts for whole guns. More than eight countries have made inquiries about buying the M777 since the start of the Ukraine war, the company said.

While Western militaries sent Kyiv more nimble self-propelled howitzers, the M777, which has to be towed into position, won favor for being less prone to breakdowns and easy to use and repair.

"Weapons that get visibility and credibility during a conflict often generate foreign sales," said Mark Cancian, an adviser with the Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank and a former artillery officer in the U.S. Marine Corps.

Cancian said that restarting weapon production lines after they shut down is rare.
The U.S. Army, which runs the M777 program and must approve all foreign sales, didn't immediately reply to requests for comment.

The British Starstreak air-defense missile is also being brought back into production after its deployment in Ukraine. Rheinmetall of Germany is looking at resurrecting a facility connected to ammunition manufacturing after a surge in demand for shells from Ukraine.

Ukraine has become similar to a giant arms fair for defense companies, with some weapons winning particular attention. Air-defense systems have been pivotal for Ukraine, allowing it to stymie the Russian air force and protect its cities and infrastructure from missiles and drones.

The howitzer, a class of long-barreled, battlefield gun, has taken on a more prominent role in this war than in other recent conflicts, such as the one in Afghanistan or the second war in Iraq. Ukraine has more M777 howitzers than any other Western-supplied artillery. At least 170 have been donated from the U.S., Australia and Canada.

But about 77 of those have been damaged or even destroyed, according to Oryx, an independent team of analysts that has tracked open-source intelligence on equipment losses throughout the war.

Towed howitzers such as the M777 are slower to move after firing than self-propelled artillery, making them more vulnerable to enemy counterfire. Crews in most self-propelled howitzers also have the protection of their vehicle, unlike those with towed pieces.

Moreover, the M777's lightweight titanium parts also make it more susceptible to damage from shrapnel, operators say.

Still, the M777's Ukrainian artillerymen say they find the howitzer very accurate and that those lightweight parts make it easier to move across muddy fields. The gun is also easier to operate and repair than other Western howitzers used in Ukraine, which is essential given that Ukrainian crews didn't have long to learn how to operate them.

The ease of fixing the M777 means that the mainly British-made gun is in action more than other foreign howitzers, Col. Serhiy Baranov, chief of the main directorate of missile troops and artillery and unmanned systems of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, said in September.

On average, less than 70% of Ukraine's foreign howitzers are operating at any one time, he said. The M777 is in action roughly 85% of the time.

Restarting weapons production takes time. The new M777s will be delivered in 2025, said BAE, which had to look for a new supplier of titanium.

In general, "the longer the line is shut down, the harder and more costly the restart is," said Cynthia R. Cook, who also works for the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Workforces need to be trained on the system, the supplier base needs to be re-engaged and new tooling is sometimes necessary, she said.

U.S. arms maker RTX had to redesign some parts of its Stinger missile after receiving its first orders for the weapon in almost two decades in 2021. Parts used in earlier versions of the portable antiaircraft system were no longer produced.

Some of the Western equipment used in Ukraine is no longer made. That includes the British AS-90 self-propelled howitzer, Germany's Gepard air-defense gun and early versions of the Leopard tank.

Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to expand bridgehead in Kherson region
Story by Liliana Oleniak



The Ukrainian military continues to take measures to expand the bridgehead in the Kherson region, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

"In the area of responsibility of the Odesa Operational Strategic Group of troops in the Kherson direction, the Defense Forces continue to expand the bridgehead. Despite significant losses, the enemy does not abandon attempts to drive our units from their positions," the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine says in a statement.

Russian troops carried out nine unsuccessful assault operations in this area yesterday.

A bridgehead on the left bank of the Dnipro River

Back in November 2023, it became known that Ukrainian defenders managed to gain a foothold on the left bank of the Kherson region. They hold the bridgehead and do not allow the Russian occupiers to drive them out, despite constant attempts by the enemy to assault them.
The spokesperson for the Southern Defense Forces, Natalia Humeniuk, recently emphasized that the Ukrainian military on the left bank of the Dnipro River had an advantage in motivation.

Later, she emphasized that Ukrainian defenders were trying to expand the bridgehead on the left bank of the Dnipro. At the same time, the Russian occupiers are attacking the Ukrainian Armed Forces with drones.

Skynex system and more: Germany delivers new military package to Ukraine
Story by Daria Shekina



Germany today, on January 4th, updated the list of military aid supplied to Ukraine. Berlin has delivered a new anti-aircraft system Skynex to Kyiv, according to the German government's page.

It is noted that Ukraine received a new self-propelled anti-aircraft installation Skynex along with ammunition.

Additionally, Berlin provided additional missiles for the Patriot air defense systems and IRIS-T SLM, as well as ammunition for the Leorard 2A6.

Other items received by the Ukrainian Armed Forces include:

10 BMP Marder 2 TRML-4D radar systems 9080 155mm ammunition 2 WISENT mine-clearing tanks 1 bridge-laying tank Biber 3350 combat helmets 30 drone detection systems 10 ground surveillance radars GO1 10 Zetros trucks 3 HX81 8x8 tractors and trailers 34 other transport vehicles 305 MK 556 assault rifles 0.75 million rounds of ammunition 1152 winter camouflage nets

Germany's aid to Ukraine

Germany has become one of the countries providing military, political, and financial support to Ukraine. Berlin has provided various types of artillery, older and newer modifications of Leopard tanks, air defense systems like IRIS-T and Patriot, ammunition, vehicles, drones, and other armaments.

Previously, Germany announced its intention to double its military aid to Ukraine in 2024 to 8 billion euros.

Recently, Germany updated the list of military aid sent to Ukraine and provided additional Gepard anti-aircraft guns to Kyiv.

We don't have Plan B, only Plan A - Ukrainian Foreign Minister on Western aid
Story by European Pravda, Ukrainska Pravda



Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has said that Ukraine believes in Plan A regarding military support from Western countries and has no Plan B in case it is stopped.

Source: Kuleba in an interview with CNN's Christiane Amanpour, quoted by European Pravda

Details: When asked what Ukraine's Plan B is to compensate for the lack of weapons it cannot get from Western countries, Kuleba said: "We do not have a Plan B. We are confident in Plan A."

Quote: "Ukraine will always fight with the resources it has. And as the [NATO] Secretary General correctly said, what is given to Ukraine is not charity. It is an investment in the defence of NATO, and in the defence of the prosperity of the American people."

More details: Kuleba explained that in the event of a "theoretical victory" for Russia in Ukraine, "other leaders around the world will be tempted to follow in Russia's footsteps", and this will require a "much, much higher price" from the United States.

Quote: "Those who believe in their foreign policy calculations that Putin would not dare attack a NATO country if he saw that he could succeed in Ukraine are making a huge mistake and should change their jobs."
"So whatever the price is today, the price of everything that will happen if Ukraine does not get help today will be much, much higher. And that's why we believe in Plan A, we're working on Plan A, and we will implement it."

Луиджи - Янв. 03, 2024, 08:54 amа кругом война и смутa...

Не кругом.
Перед новым годом был день траура из-за прильотов. Одни мои знакомые пошли в ресторан, отмечать день рождения. Да, день траура, но они решили не отменять запланированное торжество.

Speaker of House ready to discuss with Biden funding for Ukraine, Bloomberg
Story by Nataliia Direyeva



Speaker of the House Mike Johnson is considering the possibility of direct negotiations with U.S. President Joe Biden on the issue of aid to Ukraine, according to Bloomberg.

It is noted that bipartisan compromise talks are dragging on in the Senate. For several weeks, a bipartisan group of senators has been working on potential changes to U.S. immigration policy, which Republicans have demanded as a condition for approving Biden's request for emergency aid to Ukraine in the amount of $61 billion.

Chris Murphy, the Senate's chief parliamentarian from the Democratic Party, previously stated that this group had not reached an agreement.

What Republicans want

Johnson insists that Biden adopt a series of conservative immigration changes, including new restrictions on the president's ability to exempt migrants from deportation and changes to the criteria for granting asylum.

The Senate negotiations have focused on more limited concessions than those demanded by Republicans in the House of Representatives, so any Senate agreement may not pass through the House of Representatives.

Johnson is ready for negotiations with the White House

Shalanda Young, the White House budget director, has been lukewarm about the idea of direct negotiations with Johnson. Young stated that the Republican leader in the House of Representatives needs to be more actively involved in the Senate negotiations.

"We have got to get to a deal, not start from scratch with new talks," she said.

Bloomberg reports that Johnson still hopes the Senate will find an acceptable solution. Johnson is also considering the possibility of direct negotiations with the White House.

Democrats and Republicans diverge in opinions

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced this week that his negotiations with Johnson on avoiding a government shutdown on January 20 are progressing well. However, he noted that discussions regarding the border have reached an impasse.

"On government shutdown talks, both sides have been at odds on the overall level of federal spending in the current fiscal year. An agreement on overall spending is needed in order to write and pass funding legislation," the article says.

Democrats attempted to use budgetary changes totaling $70 billion to increase domestic spending. Johnson, participating in the negotiations, aims to make deeper cuts to unspent funds for Covid-19 and expedite the reduction of funding for the Internal Revenue Service, approved by Congress in Biden's signed inflation reduction law.