For Those Who Might Be Wondering Why We Might Be In Ukraine

[ChloeTzang]

$50 Million Su-30SM Fighter Jet Was Destroyed in Rostov-on-Don Amid Possible Rising Anti-Kremlin Resistance​

Insiders or local resisters set ablaze russian Su-30SM aircraft at Rostov-on-Don Centra Air Base, eliminating a key multirole jet valued at around $50 million with no chance of salvage.
The aircraft, carrying tail number 35, was completely consumed by fire, with no reports of damage containment or salvage. Valued at an estimated $50 million, the loss of the Su-30SM aircraft represents a substantial material and symbolic setback for the Armed Forces of russia. While russian media has remained silent or downplayed the event, the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine confirmed the destruction and attributed it to a broader wave of internal resistance growing within russian territory. This latest act reflects a rising tide of individuals and groups willing to resist the Kremlin from within, aiming to weaken the war machine and undermine Vladimir Putin's authoritarian rule.

https://en.defence-ua.com/news/50_m...ble_rising_anti_kremlin_resistance-14293.html

 

[Lazaran]

$50 Million Su-30SM Fighter Jet Was Destroyed in Rostov-on-Don Amid Possible Rising Anti-Kremlin Resistance​

Insiders or local resisters set ablaze russian Su-30SM aircraft at Rostov-on-Don Centra Air Base, eliminating a key multirole jet valued at around $50 million with no chance of salvage.
The aircraft, carrying tail number 35, was completely consumed by fire, with no reports of damage containment or salvage. Valued at an estimated $50 million, the loss of the Su-30SM aircraft represents a substantial material and symbolic setback for the Armed Forces of russia. While russian media has remained silent or downplayed the event, the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine confirmed the destruction and attributed it to a broader wave of internal resistance growing within russian territory. This latest act reflects a rising tide of individuals and groups willing to resist the Kremlin from within, aiming to weaken the war machine and undermine Vladimir Putin's authoritarian rule.

https://en.defence-ua.com/news/50_m...ble_rising_anti_kremlin_resistance-14293.html

Makes you wonder about that recent ammo dump "accident"…



Slava Ukraini!!!

 

[Politruk]

$50 Million Su-30SM Fighter Jet Was Destroyed in Rostov-on-Don Amid Possible Rising Anti-Kremlin Resistance​

Insiders or local resisters set ablaze russian Su-30SM aircraft at Rostov-on-Don Centra Air Base, eliminating a key multirole jet valued at around $50 million with no chance of salvage.

One sometimes reads of signs of a revolution against Putin, but it never seems to go anywhere. Most Russians -- like most people in all times and places -- simply accept their government like they accept the weather.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Makes you wonder about that recent ammo dump "accident"…



Slava Ukraini!!!

There are a LOT of Ukrainians inside Russia's borders. I suspect some of these accidents are Ukrainians acting on their own initiative.

 

[Politruk]

There are a LOT of Ukrainians inside Russia's borders. I suspect some of these accidents are Ukrainians acting on their own initiative.

There are also a lot of Russians inside Ukraine's (unoccupied) territory. What are they doing?

Internment camps, like those the U.S. used for Japanese-Americans during WWII, might actually seem to be justified and necessary in these circumstances.

 

[ChloeTzang]

There are also a lot of Russians inside Ukraine's (unoccupied) territory. What are they doing?

Thiose "Russians" are mostly Ukraonians who happen to speak Russian, and most pf them are switching to Ukrainian as fast as they can. There are Russian agents tho - the SBU catches them now and then

 

[Politruk]

Thiose "Russians" are mostly Ukraonians who happen to speak Russian, and most pf them are switching to Ukrainian as fast as they can. There are Russian agents tho - the SBU catches them now and then

Is that the Ukrainian KGB?

 

[ChloeTzang]

Is that the Ukrainian KGB?

More or less - the "Security Service of Ukraine" - Служба безпеки України, romanized: Sluzhba bezpeky Ukrainy) as opposed to local police. They're heavily militarized these days and involved in all sorts of things, like missions into Russia etc etc etc. They have carried out a number of targeted assassinations inside Russia.

After it's establishment in 1991, the SSU created the units responsible for intelligence and counterintelligence, protection of statehood and counter-terrorism activities, military counterintelligence, fighting corruption and organised crime, government communications and a special unit “A”. The SSU is the centre of the national effort to counter terrorism and is also responsible for the protection of state secrets, national information space and cyber security.

Since the Russian aggression started in 2014, the Service has focused its resources on countering hybrid warfare, separatism, and the preservation of territorial integrity. SSU members participate in special operations, including in the East of Ukraine. The agency was viewed negatively by the Ukrainian public for much of its history, as it was widely regarded as corrupt and was best known for arresting and intimidating political dissidents. After the Revolution of Dignity in 2014, the SBU went through a restructuring with the transition to the new government, because of its corruption and possible infiltration by intelligence agencies of Russia.

https://ssu.gov.ua/en/

Lt.-Gen Vasyl Malyuk is the current head of the SBU


After it's foundimg

 

[ChloeTzang]

Less than half an hour ago, Major General Yaroslava Moskalik, Deputy Chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, was eliminated by a planted IED in Balashikha, Moscow region. The IED was placed in a vehicle and detonated as the Russian general was passing by.

Taking the war to Russia and a fitting end for a terrorist. This is all Russian war criminals have to look forward too. The SBU will be busy for years ensuring justice is carrried out. By the time this is over, Mossad will look like amateurs. Slava Ukrainia!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1915696280614879680

 

[ChloeTzang]

Oh, we do. None. Or he'd be yapping away about how tough he was on Putin. That he isn't says it all.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Another hit....a good one too. Another Russian war criminal deleted

In Bryansk, Russia, the car of Russian designer Evgeny Ritikov exploded. Ritikov, a key figure in the development of modern Russian electronic warfare (EW) systems, was the head of the design bureau at the Bryansk Electromechanical Plant. The plant is renowned for its work on creating EW and electronic reconnaissance systems, including the Krasukha series, used by the Russian army. The explosion took place during the night of April 17-18. But the results become known only now. Ritikov’s car detonated when he and a colleague entered it. It is believed that the second victim, who also perished in the blast, may have been either the deputy head of the design bureau or Ritikov's assistant.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Crimea is getting warmer this summer.....and....Russian field ammo depot goes up in smoke

https://twitter.com/x/status/1915725530726387860

https://twitter.com/x/status/1915754477228900397

 

[HisArpy]

Crimea is getting warmer this summer.....

https://twitter.com/x/status/1915725530726387860

I don't accept attacks on civilians or civilian infrastructure. That bus was not a legit military target, therefore destroying it was an act of terrorism, not war.

 

[ChloeTzang]

I don't accept attacks on civilians or civilian infrastructure. That bus was not a legit military target, therefore destroying it was an act of terrorism, not war.

Probably a military target on it, or used by the military. Or the potential to be used by the military. And in any case, guerilla war is guerilla war and it's Russian. Russians living in Crimea are occupiers, colonizers, and also if not war criminals themselves, then aiding and abetting war crimes just by being there. And thus, legitimate targets.

 

[HisArpy]

Probably a military target on it, or used by the military. Or the potential to be used by the military. And in any case, guerilla war is guerilla war and it's Russian. Russians living in Crimea are occupiers, colonizers, and also if not war criminals themselves, then aiding and abetting war crimes. And thus, legitimate targets.

And all the innocent civilians on and around the bus? Are they legit targets too just because "proximity"?

This is what's happening in Israel and you condemn that. The next question is; why are you cheering it here?

 

[HumpDayHoratio]

What’s our favorite coke addled ninja cosplay cross dresser up to these days? I hear he poo-poohed the lasted peace deal?

 

[ll74]

Crimea is considered Ukranian territory to the Ukranian government. Any attempt to recover it are valid. Russian citizens should not be located there.

 

[ChloeTzang]

And all the innocent civilians on and around the bus? Are they legit targets too just because "proximity"?

This is what's happening in Israel and you condemn that. The next question is; why are you cheering it here?

Collateral damage. If there were any. But as we know, Ukraine only attacks legitimate military targets, so I will accept that this was a legitmate target, if it was an attack and not simply a Russian smoking accident.

By way of contrast, Russia delierbately targets and attacks civilians and apartment buildings, hospitals, schools and playgrounds. They do not deny it. They say they do and their policy IS to kill Ukrainians. Russian propagandists are no longer trying to pretend that civilians in Ukraine are not being killed on purpose. They are openly proclaiming that anyone who disagrees with Russia must die.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1915642233711116498

 

[ChloeTzang]

 

[ChloeTzang]

Another Army Corps has emerged from the Ukrainian Army's internal reorganization into a Corps-based fighting structure.

This latest is the 8th Corps Air Assault Forces (AAF) Corps, commanded by Col. Dmytro Serhiiovych Voloshyn.

The 8th Corps includes combat brigades that became legendary during the Anti-Terrorist Operation [the ATO or Anti-Terrorist Operation is a term used from 2014 to 2018 by the media, the government of Ukraine and the OSCE to identify combat actions in parts of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts against Russian military forces and pro-Russian separatists – ed.], Joint Forces Operation, as well as those that were formed after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, namely:

• 46th Separate Airmobile Brigade of the Air Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
• 71st Separate Jaeger Brigade of the Air Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
• 80th Separate Air Assault Brigade of the Air Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
• 82nd Separate Air Assault Brigade
• 95th Separate Air Assault Brigade of the Air Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
• 148th Separate Artillery Brigade of the Air Assault Forces
• as well as combat and logistics support units.

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2025/04/25/7509182/

 

[Politruk]

Car bomb kills senior Russian general in Moscow

 

[HisArpy]

Collateral damage. If there were any. But as we know, Ukraine only attacks legitimate military targets, so I will accept that this was a legitmate target, if it was an attack and not simply a Russian smoking accident.

By way of contrast, Russia delierbately targets and attacks civilians and apartment buildings, hospitals, schools and playgrounds. They do not deny it. They say they do and their policy IS to kill Ukrainians. Russian propagandists are no longer trying to pretend that civilians in Ukraine are not being killed on purpose. They are openly proclaiming that anyone who disagrees with Russia must die.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1915642233711116498

Because the bad guys do it, doesn't mean we should do it too. Otherwise, WE'RE the bad guys too because there's no difference between us.

I refuse to accept direct attacks on civilians or civilian infrastructure to be anything other than terrorism. I do acknowledge that some collateral damage may occur when there's an attack on a military resource and civilians are in proximity, but I won't accept that if the attack is directed against civilians in the hopes of eliminating 1 military operative. The civilian target isn't a legit military strike merely because someone in uniform is present there.

 

[Lazaran]

Because the bad guys do it, doesn't mean we should do it too. Otherwise, WE'RE the bad guys too because there's no difference between us.

I refuse to accept direct attacks on civilians or civilian infrastructure to be anything other than terrorism. I do acknowledge that some collateral damage may occur when there's an attack on a military resource and civilians are in proximity, but I won't accept that if the attack is directed against civilians in the hopes of eliminating 1 military operative. The civilian target isn't a legit military strike merely because someone in uniform is present there.

Derpy must be DonOld’s primary military advisor.

It had / has to be someone with a weak spine.



Derpy



We. Told. Them. So.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Because the bad guys do it, doesn't mean we should do it too. Otherwise, WE'RE the bad guys too because there's no difference between us.

I refuse to accept direct attacks on civilians or civilian infrastructure to be anything other than terrorism. I do acknowledge that some collateral damage may occur when there's an attack on a military resource and civilians are in proximity, but I won't accept that if the attack is directed against civilians in the hopes of eliminating 1 military operative. The civilian target isn't a legit military strike merely because someone in uniform is present there.

And I can agree with that, more or less. I doubt this was an attack on civilians tho. Altho that said, collaborators are fair game and anyone working for the Russian Govt us fair game.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Derpy must be DonOld’s primary military advisor.

It had / has to be someone with a weak spine.

It's a valid point about attacking civilians. I just don't beliebe Ukraone would do it tho, so it's not something that worries me. The ZSU has been extremely careful to abide by the rules of war and the Geneva Convention, despite numerous provocations from Russia which would make reprisals legally justifiable