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kongols 5/16/2022 1:22pm
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10 buses left Azovstal today. Presumably 227 solders.

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kongols 5/16/2022 1:47pm
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Russians are panicking that they all will be extracted to Turkey . Unconfirmed number of solders in Azovstal is 2227.
It is not clear what will happen to AZOV solders. They might not be part of the deal. Marines, borderguards, police etc all will be exchanged.
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Wounded were taken to hospital close to Russia border in Donbas separatist republic.
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There is strong indication from comments by russian DNR comanders in Mariupol that deal has been made to exchange all ukrainian solders in Mariupol. It will take some time, but looks promising so far. Just have to wait. Russian extremists are pissed, they wanted to see blood.
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So the battle in Mariupol is completly over now then?
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kongols 5/17/2022 8:37am
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Sandvik74 wrote:
So the battle in Mariupol is completly over now then?
I don`t know. There is 800 AZOV solders out of almost 2500 fighters there. Their fate is unknown. Russian Duma is trying to push a law that prohibids exchanging any AZOV solder. Everyone is mum on details of the deal. Just bits of info. Some of the solders are taken to Rostov, Russia. We just have to wait. Todays plan is 1000 solders exiting. This comes from DNR comander on a ground. As soon as it gets dark, they stop any movement.
Zelensky said yesterday the defenders of Mariupol has completed their task and was ordered to stand down to save lives.


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Everyone in Ukraine is being urged to not comment or drop ANY info about Mariupol to not jepordize the deal.
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Should of cut left buddy.
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IanMac138 wrote:
[embed][/embed] Should of cut left buddy.


Should of cut left buddy.
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I have a daughter roughly the same age and who also loves "Frozen" and belts this song out with such joy and charisma. Only she gets to do so in a beautiful safe home rather than a cramped bunker hiding from random artillery and rocket strikes. This shattered my heart into a million pieces.

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In the original thread at the start of the war I said this would be the first 21st century war. I thought there would be more hacking of critical infrastructure, but it seems one of the more important aspects of this war compared to say the war in Iraq is the use of small UAVs or "drones" for both reconnaissance and attack. Most people think of multirotors when they think of drones but fixed wing aircraft are often cheaper and faster with more range and carrying capacity. This seems like something that will be very important going forward as the meaning of "air power" is likely to look different. Do US infantrymen receive extensive training in the operation of these for FPV flight and targeting? It seems to me small UAVs and ATGMs will be the future of ground warfare.
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Guerilla warfare in full swing. This is deep behind enemy lines.

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In an extremely rare moment of candour on Russian state TV today, defence columnist Mikhail Khodaryonok gave a damning assessment of Russia's war in Ukraine and...

This is great to see, thanks.
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early wrote:
In the original thread at the start of the war I said this would be the first 21st century war. I thought there would be more...
In the original thread at the start of the war I said this would be the first 21st century war. I thought there would be more hacking of critical infrastructure, but it seems one of the more important aspects of this war compared to say the war in Iraq is the use of small UAVs or "drones" for both reconnaissance and attack. Most people think of multirotors when they think of drones but fixed wing aircraft are often cheaper and faster with more range and carrying capacity. This seems like something that will be very important going forward as the meaning of "air power" is likely to look different. Do US infantrymen receive extensive training in the operation of these for FPV flight and targeting? It seems to me small UAVs and ATGMs will be the future of ground warfare.
With these cheap grenade-dropping drones basically silent above you, no place is safe on a battlefield anymore and you must assume you're being watched and targeted non-stop. Talk about psychological stress 24/7.
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Damn, Damien. That's brutal.
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