The British Ministry of Defence provided an intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine, it’s quoted below.
“Russian forces continue to suffer from morale and discipline issues in Ukraine. In addition to combat fatigue and high casualties, one of the main grievances from deployed Russian soldiers probably continues to be problems with their pay.
In the Russian military, troops’ income consists of a modest core salary, augmented by a complex variety of bonuses and allowances. In Ukraine, there has highly likely been significant problems with sizeable combat bonuses not being paid.
This is probably due to inefficient military bureaucracy, the unusual legal status of the ‘special military operation’, and at least some outright corruption amongst commanders.
The Russian military has consistently failed to provide basic entitlements to troops deployed in Ukraine, including appropriate uniform, arms and rations, as well as pay. This has almost certainly contributed to the continued fragile morale of much of the force.”
Latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine – 4 September 2022
Find out more about the UK government's response: https://t.co/d8BWWLuqCF
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— Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧 (@DefenceHQ) September 4, 2022
Wish there turn on Putin 🙏
Smells whiffy 🫢 yet they (Russia) still control 20%+ of the country.Morale doesn’t seem to be affecting the outcomes.
Effort by the West to end this war should be a priority instead of the endless horseshite propaganda. Neither side telling the truth on this colossal waste of life.
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Propganda is all part and parcel of warfare mate.
Yes, but our MoD, in Whitehall or wherever, really ought to comment on how a military with morale, equipment, pay etc as low as they claim it is still seems to be able to continue advancing, albeit slowly, relentlessly. Part of the problem is perhaps that they don’t, or won’t acknowledge that a significant proportion of the fighting is being done by Ukrainians vs Ukrainians. In that, on the Russian side it is the DNR and LDR Militias inc mechanised infantry that are in contact, whilst the Russian Army supply them with artillery, aviation and special forces. So whilst the… Read more »
Or, of course, it might be that Russia has over three times the population and 30 times the military budget of Ukraine. The Ukraine has been playing catch up and doing very well. The donations of western gear are all very well, but raise the difficulties of integrating ad-hoc mixes of equipment. The idea that the DNR and LDR are fighting as hard as the Ukrainian army doesn’t seem to square with a lot of the reports coming from their side of morale issues among these forces as well. But certainly the Russians would prefer their allies, too, fight to… Read more »
You raise important points. The logistical issues of the multitude of NATO gear must be hooendous on the front lines. Also it is the DNR and LDR forces that tend to be the ones that are badly equipped, not the Russian Army, but they are fighting, like the UA for their country. It seems that both sides are fighting to the last Ukrainian..
JIMK wrote: “”Yes, but our MoD, in Whitehall or wherever, really ought to comment on how a military with morale, equipment, pay etc as low as they claim it is still seems to be able to continue advancing, albeit slowly, relentlessly.”” That’s easy, Moscow started from a stronger position regards Militaries having spent more each year since 2001 on its military than the Ukraine has done collectively for the entire period (2001-2022) With such a strong over reach Moscow has the equipment in reserve to fill any gaps due to losses. But there’s also another much more salient factor “Putin”… Read more »
Please accept my appologies George, my post was sent to mod, so I reposted it with the second link which I didnt spot.
Whislt I am here, cracking web site
Last night I came across a vid on twitter, (sorry cant find it again) But the Daily Mail have picked up on it. its a few months old and I have to ask WTF: Oh and just for the info we have similar numpties in our armed forces. Such as the time I was instructing Young Officers to become Combat engineers and during a Mine warfare excercise I saw a 432 start zig zagging across a 3 lane mine field. I (having a wash and shave at the time) ran across the field shirtless to stop this and when I asked the… Read more »
Your life of experience means I have little doubt that your last sentence summed it up pretty well, I have also little doubt that we were able to instill in the Ukrainian Army during all those years we were training them part of our Army’s ethos. But, brute force not skill is winning. They may have the best NCOs and officers but they are powerless when the enemy does not want to fight in the open but by using overwhelming artillery. Using a strategy seemingly designed to stay in much the same place but get the enemy to come to… Read more »
Hey Johsky where is the condemnation of Putins genocide?
JIMK wrote:
Funny you should mention that , as reported this morning:
So now the Ukrainians advance and the Russian rapists stalling, is suddenly Russkie strategy? FFS desperation and changing your version of current and ongoing events makes the Tories look organised!
Thanks for the map. I have been watching that situation develop since the 29th. According to Ukrop Legitimny channel this was the setup for Kherson offensive. They say that wave 1-2 got completely destroyed at the end of last week, hence the reported overloading of hospitals. – the first wave: strike groups of special forces. Approximate 5.000 people – the second wave: immediately after the first, regular units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which went through the spring campaign and have good combat experience. Approximate participation 10.000 people – currently being deployed is the third and fourth wave: consisting… Read more »
JIMK wrote: “”I have been watching that situation develop since the 29th. According to Ukrop Legitimny channel this was the setup for Kherson offensive. They say that wave 1-2 got completely destroyed at the end of last week, hence the reported overloading of hospitals. “” I’ve been reading such reports as well, but what I can’t understand is how after the Ukraine placed a media blackout on its offensive on the kherson front I am still coming across many videos of destroyed Russian kit, captured Russian soldiers, advancing Ukr troops, flags been raised in recaptured towns, yet Moscow which hasnt enacted… Read more »
1) Link to Russian MOD briefing
2) Link to video of Russian offical claiming that a missile which looks like it was fired from the direction of Russian occupied Ukraine actually did a flip to make it look like it did.
Yes I read them as well. The problem with summary figures is that they make daily figures that may contain realitivly small exaggerations turn into implausible ones that just roll forward. Then compounded by injudicious words from locals. Gives me a few WTF smiles at times. It isn’t stopping soon so we just have to wait to see how it turns out. It is curious that on the one hand UK MoD, with their all seeing eyes and ears, do not put out much in the way of alternative views whilst on the other the Russians release almost no official… Read more »
JIMK wrote: “”The problem with summary figures is that they make daily figures that may contain relatively small exaggerations turn into implausible ones that just roll forward.”” Help me here, as it appears that you are saying that the huge errors in place are down simply to a collective roundup of erroneous tallying. We are not talking about a bloke sitting in his moms bedroom tapping out stuff, we are talking about the Russian MOD, a government department painting the picture that they have destroyed more stuff than what the Ukrainian actually started with in feb 2022. For example, that… Read more »
JIMK wrote: It is curious that on the one hand UK MoD, with their all seeing eyes and ears, do not put out much in the way of alternative views whilst on the other the Russians release almost no official video or photos (much coming from Militia sources), Compared to the wars we have been used to its almost a blackout. 1) Sorry but what does trying to conflate the Uk with Russia regards Moscow not substantiating all its claims regards the current bunfight around Kherson got to do with the price of fish? 2) The Uk MOD regularly imbeds Journalists… Read more »
Once again Farouk is handing you your arse every time you attempt to justify the unjustifiable and post obvious propaganda which is full of very obvious errors! But, as we have all said in the past, your on a leash and have an agenda to push out! Did Putins disco leg excite you the other day, put on a silver slip-on and he could be going on strictly nonce dancing!
The most hilarious part of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant tour was the Russian guide.
Well then the heroic soldiers of the motherland are successfully repulsing the Ukrainian hordes in the typical Orc way of massive expenditure of ordinance according to yourself! Now then a simple question arises from this how are the Orcs going to replace this ordnance to continue to throw the Ukr back?
Much the same as we are, emptying old stocks (they have an advantage of having vast WP stocks), manufacturing more (it seems that unlike us they have that ability), buying in from other stockists.
It seems to me that they are, to optimise those sources, making use of dumb munitions where they can, carefully saving the ‘smart’ weapons. An example of this at the weekend was a Su-34 strike using 24 or so KAB-500 bombs.
Right how are these munitions going to get to the forces that are supposed to be repelling the Ukr counter attacks near Kherson then? You cannot move ammo etc over bridges that do not exist anymore no matter how much you claim to have!
3 points
1)Russia has a written constitution
2)Russia has an elected Legislature(9 political parties)
3)Russia has an elected President
Those points make Russia far more subject to the rule of law than either Britain,The EU or the USA.President Putin has simply been far more successful at implementing his programmes than recent British Prime Ministers who feed us with a barrage of lies i.e inflation is 9% hahahahahaha
4th point, first three are irrelevant in your Nazi nonce version of Putins democracy! Oh dear, how sad never mind.
If you read his gibberish in a Graham Norton voice, it’s even funnier 🤣
Can you bring yourself to condemn Putins genocide?
Could I respectfully suggest that you acquaint yourself with the meaning of the word genocide?
Gerald Reitlinger’s study of the ‘attempted destruction of Europe’s Jews’ Final Solution, refused to use the word. An Oxford classicist, Reitlinger used the simpler and correct term mass murder. That will do to describe Russia’s unprovoked rape of Ukraine.
May I respectfully suggest you distance yourself from Putin’s crimes against humanity?
Unprovoked ? .hahahahaha.Entirely provoked by America and solely America and it`s lust to rule the whole world as it does British yes men
You’ve still got bits of cat litter in your front teeth….give em a clean.
You really said that? FFS, but no surprise as by not condemning this illegal invasion by Putin you give tacit support to the murder, rape, torture of free people! But also as a sad paid troll (very much like A Moore who happens to pop up same times, same stories and defending Putins actions like you mmmmmm) it’s no surprise! Still, at a supposed 76 years of age you won’t be trolling much longer eh?
Could i suggest you manage to fuck off or condemn it Putins Genocide?
You are incorrigible! You have supported this unprovoked attack on Ukraine and sat mute as its cities, town and villages have been raped by an aggressor. In February and March you proclaimed the dash and biro of Russia’s clearly superior forces as they ground to halt outside Kyiv; you evaded the clear truth of what then ensured as an entire Army was thrashed in days and weeks after you and many more said it would be all over. Then confidently predicted the retreat that left more busted armour behind it than most European countries possess collectively would swing into a… Read more »
👏👏 Bravo.
Thank you. I wish there was an edit button – a misspelling (pincer) and double ‘confidence’!
I really don’t know why you and others should be setting so much store by my words. I am a non military commentator sat at my desktop picking up tidbits of information where I find it and relay the parts that I think may interest others here. I have never claimed to be anything more. In my opinion, it is the Ukrainians that need a miracle, preferably in the next 7days in Kherson. Only if they are able to push the Russians back to or near the Dneiper will they have demonstrated that they have a chance. Capturing a few… Read more »
You frequently complain that your comments are not treated with respect. Therefore I shall try to parse your latest self-serving composition with as much as I can muster. I really don’t know why you and others should be setting so much store by my words. Why not? I am a non military commentator sat at my desktop picking up tidbits of information where I find it and relay the parts that I think may interest others here. You are not anything like. You responded promptly when the Moskva was sunk quoting arcane sources, part of an orchestrated disinformation effort. You… Read more »
JIMK wrote: “”They say that history doesn’t repeat it rhymes, look back at the start of the Pacific War caused in part when the US put an energy headlock on Japan.”” Actually, that not the full story and rather than blame the US, we should actually be looking at in part at Russia but primarily at Japan. During the 1930, Japan embarked on a expansionist agenda which resulted in the second Japan/Sino war. Not impressed with the help Moscow was giving China , Tokyo set up plans to remove that assistance whilst at the same time launch into the resource… Read more »
America has been set on a course of militrary expansion since the conquest of Florida.Even they admit their conquest of Hawaii was beyond the pale.But you are just a ventriloquist dummy and glove puppet for your Yankee
controllers.How much are the paying you?More chuff, getting desperate reading the way you post! Any condemnation of rape in Ukraine by your Russian rapist squads? Any condemnation of Putins illegal invasion of Ukraine? No answer, therefore if your not against it then you support it, little troll Nazi!
Nobody sets any store by your words until they include “I condemn Putin and his actions” are included in them.
Americas ventriloquist dummy and glove puppet.You`ll find out.wait and see.hahahaha
Please clean your teeth!
And we can just cut and paste his/their previous propaganda posts, they seem to forget that the sad sad troll he/they are!
Honestly this MOD so called intelligence report is an embarrassment it’s pathetic and doesn’t even come close to being classed as intelligence. Quote “ THIS IS PROBABLY ……… THERE HAS LIKELY……THIS HAS ALMOST CERTAINLY……….” absolute shite .. This is just made up drivel by individuals who don’t know and are guessing. Real intelligence is graded A1 B2 etc etc the source has to be evaluated is it known directly to them etc etc. This nonsense from the MOD is what you call Propaganda and it’s an utter disgrace that HM gov are churning it out. when are we gonna get… Read more »
It can end when Ukraine want it to end. And that looks to be when all Ukrainian territory is back under Ukrainian control.
Apologists like you are just going to leave the democratic world weaker. Thankfully you aren’t in charge.
😂 Here he is wee Tam the bam taking silly billy to new levels. Quote from you “ IT CAN END WHEN UKRAINE WANT IT TO END”? 😂 aye right so your saying Ukraine just want to keep the war going make sure thousands more of their people die just for the shits and giggles? And for folk like you to get off on? 🙈 good grief man. what are you 12 years old? If I’m an apologist for not wanting this war to continue then you must be a warmonger for wanting it to continue and someone devoid of… Read more »
As the Ukrainian fighting is the military aspect of a far larger and more serious conflict between Russia and the US, that the Russians regard as existential and which has finally come to a head, I suspect that the Ukrainians are not in the decision loop as perhaps was shown back in April. From Lloyd Austin’s comments earlier in the year, this is all about trying to make sure that Russia couldn’t do it again. Unfortunately for us a key part of the US strategy was the sanctions, Russia’s economic strength was misjudged and they have backfired catastrophically as per… Read more »
‘As the Ukrainian fighting is the military aspect of a far larger and more serious conflict between Russia and the US …’ At last! This level of frankness will destroy you! You must be bonkers! Macron, love him or loath him, was correct; before Putin’s reckless and spiteful aggression N.A.T.O. was indeed ‘brain dead’. American tax payers were fed up with paying for European defence (not before time). Most of the countries in the organisation were flagrant in ignoring the undertakings they had entered into to increase defence spending and successive U.S. administrations, culminating in Donald Trump were going to… Read more »
Thank you for your interesting response. We are clearly on different sides of a coin. I really don’t follow your initial comment, surely it is clear that there is a major conflict underway, how would acknowledging that destroy me? I would go further, it is not just between Russia and the US but has now swept in all their supporters too, as you mention re S and F but also to a degree CH. In effect on one side are the 45 Western countries that have sanctioned Russia and on the other is the rest of the World watching, waiting… Read more »
Still posting absolute rubbish. Russia started this war because they wanted to be a sovereign country?? In what way was it not?? Putin started this war because the vicious little thug couldn’t abide the thought of another flourishing democracy on Russia’s border, showing up the lie that Russia was or is a great power. Someone standing up to the big bully ? That someone is Ukraine. Fighting back against the gangster Russian state in its expansionist war, that shoots down civilian airliners, that deploys radiological and chemical weapons against opponents in foreign countries, weaponises food and fuel, rapes , murders… Read more »
Thank you. You are an accomplished propaganda agent for the Russian Federation, are you not? The language, the smoothness and the expert deflection technique are those I noted long ago when I began my own political journey learning about the Otto John affair. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_John#:~:text=In%20July%201954%2C%20he%20surfaced,sentenced%20to%20prison%20for%20treason. A television report on the old Tonight programme tried to unravel this Cold War mystery. An East German official gave a demonstration of practiced bemusement – (I really don’t know why you and others should be setting so much store by my words), – brushed aside the difficult questions by asking one of his own and… Read more »
Yes, you’re on the side of the coin that includes murderers and genocide. Condemn them and rejoin humanity.
What page of the Beano is that on.
The one where Putin is dressed as Jimmy Saville, and invaded a country which kills all his rapist army, while he has a cowboy hat in and his shirt off showing his old, pale flabby body..….have you not seen it? Or was that the Viz?
You`ve been reading Professor John Miershiermer and Samo Burja whereas Tams,Farouk,Airborne etc have stuck to reading the Beano and Girl Guides Manual—–dib dib dib
You are an unpleasant moron.
Your responses and retorts are some of the worst efforts by a nonce troll we have seen for some time! You really must do better, it’s going to be a 2 out of 10, must do better!
Ah bless, the little bed wetting nazi trollbot awakens, vomiting gibberish and scuttling back underneath its rock.
As you can’t bring yourself to condemn Putin your opinion on the Ukranian Military is worth fuck all.
Goodo
Low moral is good, lack of discipline and control not so good for the poor population of Ukraine. The only silver lining is if the Russian army falls apart it’s one step closer to Ukraine being free of war.
Anyone remember the scene from the movie Dr. Zhivago, when the retreating troops dispatch the officers leading new recruits to the front line trenches? May life imitate art! 😁
Hi FormerUSAF,
I remember that scene and life did “imitate art” at the time and there were reports a few months ago of at least one Russian Brigade commander being deliberately ‘run over’ and killed by his own troops.
Cheers CR
Oh yea….
Long may it continue…
Fuck em!
Exactly. Going on for past 6 months in conflict zone and the troops were stationed near by for quite a while before.
Potato and turnip soup gets very boring after a while
They’ll add Dill… 😉
So the chefs are coming up with more varied fair for the rapists….turnip soup, turnip AND potato, turnpotate (a blended mix of turnip, and guess…yep potatos) and poturn (yep, a different mix of potatos, and turnips) yum yum….all followed by tepid brackish ditch water….yum yum
Youv`e been reading your Girl Guide Manual again dib dib dib
Oh dear, here we go, you know what’s coming iiiiiiiiits monkey sheeeeeet time 🐒💩💩
You should know.
🤣😂😁
Duh!…in general, couldn’t have happened to a more deserving group of slobbering Orcs!
You are the Diplomatic Corps Greatest Loss. So much truth in so few words!
You are far to kind, as ever ;0)
Does it say that in your Girl Guides Manual dib dib dib
You’ve used the exact same response twice trollboy…..guess what, your fav time of the day, as we all see and smell you spouting…….. monkey shit 🐒💩💩
Page 8, paragraph 3 .
I look at pictures like the above one (Taken on Vokzalna Street Bucha) add the view from behind the BTR 80 mounting what looks like a BMP3 looking towards where the above photo was taken https://i.postimg.cc/mhfLgXm5/3159111-2125619128.jpg and I think to myself bloody hell, that was something of a turkey shoot. The Russians lost a lot of trained soldiers that day and whilst they may have kept that story to themselves until their so called tactical feint was over and they pulled out (still can’t understand what that feint was for, as they weren’t doing so well in the east at the… Read more »
I can think of one or two on here who will still tell us all is peachy within the Orc ranks!
You are right. I know a few guys who went out there at the start. The feedback is from seeing and handling Russian POW’s is that bad equipment, low morale and appalling leadership have lead to ambivalence. Lets be honest, most just want to go home and are not interested in war. We knew from the Gulf Wars that Russian gear is second rate, it is just mass that makes it intimidating. “The West” sat back in 2014 when Russians marched into Crimea. That politically was a big mistake.
Crimea was a mistake with the benefit of hindsight. At the time western intelligence massively overrated the Russian capability and realistically no one expected it to turn out as bad as it was. At the time the west was looking at the thousands of tanks and artillery of russia and was worried that intervening would have been a disaster of biblical levels, potentially going nuclear. There was many reports of issues within the Russian army, but not to the extent that it turned out to be. Equally Russia didn’t expect it to be as bad either, and so the west… Read more »
I did not suggest a military intervention. Nor would I. The “west” ignored other means of objecting. Partly because of cheap energy. It was the point that Putin knew he could push his weight around and the influence of Alexander Dugin was extended over their policies. That is why Trump took his stance on demanding the freeloaders of Nato spend on defence rather than rely on the US. If apportioning “blame”, it lies in eastward expansion and a German desire for Russian gas. History will show Merkel as the gross hypocrite she was. Of course, neocons within the US loved… Read more »
Does it actually say that in your Girl Guides Manual?
Used that one to often, ask your handler for more retorts my little leashed troll cat litter breath!
There will still be one of two on here who will tell us all is peachy within the Orc ranks
Unless there’s a problem with their pay as well…..
You okay for a few Bob this month JohninMK??
ROFLMFAO!!
Not too bad thanks, I get my 3 monthly transfer from British Gas for my solar panel output this month. Bloody good job too given what Scottish Power’s bill is just in the process of doing.
Well, you have your dear leader Putin to thank for that. He started this war, and you’ve been the cheer leader in chief all the way . Hoisted by your own petard .
Partly perhaps, the cost of gas shot up last autumn 3 months ahead of the Russian attack.
Wholly definitely. 3 months before the invasion would be when the build up of Russian military forces on Ukraine’s borders became apparent.
The attack that you’re going to condemn when exactly?
(still can’t understand what that feint was for, as they weren’t doing so well in the east at the time either)
JohninMK explained all at the time; it was very cunning he claimed. I can’t see it either.
Barry wrote:
So cunning you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel
As cunning as Mr Fox, head of cunning at the department of cunning!
Putin really should remember the advice the Roman Emperor Septimus Severus (r. 193-211 AD) gave his sons as he was dying at Eboracum (now York) after a less than totally successful attempt to conquer Scotland: “Pay the soldiers, the rest do not matter.”
Wasn’t that part of the Soviet Union’s problem? Keeps one from an immediate coup, but eventually, it does matter, when the rest of your economy falls behind, your technology can no longer keep up with the other side’s innovations because they spent money on things other than a huge military…
Very true. A big part of why the Soviet Union’s economy failed was because it was being starved of resources that went to feed its bloated military. And there are a long list of things that hurt military morale: poor food, no mail, incompetent officers to name but a few. But historically failure to pay the troops in time and in full is one of the top complaints. If this continues we may well see the old Soviet workers bitter joke: “They pretend to pay us. We pretend to work.” updated to “They pretend to pay us. We pretend to… Read more »
Low morale and zero morals.
The sooner all discipline collapses and the orc scum turn on their officers and leaders the better. Hopefully the Ukrainians will get to repeat 1991’s Highway of Death as the Russians flee.
Strength to Ukraine 🇺🇦, its people, president and armed forces. Hope they can take the fullest advantage possible of all this low 🇷🇺 morale and push the Russian’s back to their side of the fence!!
We can hope for rebellion in the Russian ranks… just over a 100 years since the last one and look where that led…
A lot of navel gazing at the moment, over our treatment of Gorby and Russia after the Comms were fecked. It opened the door to Pootin.
Do we need to learn that lesson?
It worked with both Germany and Japan.
Meanwhile, the more Russians dead, the happier, I will be, the scum.
We saw the lesson in 1920’s Germany, 1990’s Russian, 2000’s Iraq…
Democracy is hard to establish after the fall of totalitarianism in a country with no history of it.
Difficult but not impossible. Look how far Germany and Japan have come since the end of the second world war, even just in terms of their economy and industry of both countries.
Economy and industry are completely unrelated to how democratic a country is. China demonstrates that.
Yes, but, you have to remember post ewr Germany and Japan as the other poster mentioned. Ultimately, Gorby had asked for a Marshall Plan but was denied; and we now have the fruits of that poor decision.
In both Germany and Japan, the same party/coalition has been in power for the vast majority of the post war period. Hardly a healthy situation in a true democracy.
Doesn’t that depend how the public have voted in the elections?
If the same party or coalition has been in power for that long then that’s how the public has kept voting.
Germany is an interesting one though having only voted in a single party government since their first post ww2 election in 1949.
No, because to have a healthy democracy you have to have at least two parties that are viewed as credible candidates for government. Without that, you get the same party continually re-elected which has a tendency to lead to both arrogance and then corruption in the ruling party. And we’ve seen both in these countries.
We have our fair share of corruption and arrogance in Westminster.
Yes and think how much worse we’d have if the Conservatives (or Labour) had been in continuous power since 1945.
No need to think too hard, you just need to look as the record of all the Communist regimes since the end of WW2. Arrogance, incompetence, and corruption abounded in every single one.
Germany did change to SDP governments from 1969, then CDU again from 1982.
CDU/CSU 1949
SPD 1969
CDU 1982
SPD 1998
CDU/CSU & SPD 2005
CDU/CSU 2009
CDU/CSU & SPD 2018
SPD 2021
For the 73 years since WW2, the CDU/CSU has governed for 52 years (over 70% of the period).
Utterly and obviously incorrect. I take it you’ve never studied Post WW2 German politics even slightly… Laughably obtuse.
Whereas democracy isn’t remotely close to being implemented in the UK, and it’s doubtful it ever will be at this rate. Maybe next century? LMFAO.
And you’re obviously one of those conspiracy nutters if you think the U.K. isn’t a democracy. Maybe you prefer Putin’s style of democracy given how deranged you are?
How about US democracy, where many regard the two political parties as just two wings of the Uniparty? As the most powerful country they have probably evolved their systems to match in that TPTB have absolute control and allow the facade to change. A modern Roman circus so to speak.
The effect of this singularity? Who doubts great countries do bad? No student of history. But the U.S.A. has done much more than most that is good and will last.
Maybe spend some of that energy condeming the lack of democracy in Moscow.. . oh wait.. you can’t.
Nope. The nutter is you ‘Sean’ since it may have escaped your notice, but you’ve managed to let a minority (less than 80K predominantly old, white males, such as yourself no doubt) ‘elect’ your PM. ROFLMAO. You don’t have a written Constitution. You don’t have an elected head of state, or second chamber. You don’t even have proportional representation!
You’re a third rate, third class nation pretending it still has an Empire. It’s a joke and so are you for defending it (and for your total ignorance about what democracy actually entails).
Ah so I was right in my suspicions, a Britain-hating foreign troll luring on the U.K. Defence Journal website. The only question unresolved is whether your a sad git who has nothing better to do is his life than to troll, or you’re one of Putin’s paid stooges? My guess is the latter as I can’t imagine anyone having such a sad, lonely, and utterly insignificant life that they’d do the former… Then again I’ve never met you. Actually there’s 172k members of the Tory party, and I’ve never been wrong of them. Yes you’re delusional. You’re clearly too stupid… Read more »
Another one turns up! It’s sad there are so many teeth gnashing UK haters who spout shite, but when it comes down to it, it’s just good old fashioned jealousy mate!
Yeah jealousy and bitterness is such an unedifying spectacle. I can just picture them… no hopers who, if they have a job, it’s probably something menial and dull, probably 40+ year old virgins, still living at home, no mates and no hobbies/interests, their only pastime being ranting on the internet 🤷🏻♂️
Wow, projecting much dear old Sean? I can just see you there looking forlornly in the mirror to describe yourself. Useless, just like your comments here. LMAO
You can’t refute me intelligibly of course as you’re too dense and/or senile; no surprise there.
Which worthless ’empire’ will crumble first I wonder? Putin’s pathetic attempt at rejuvenation (with a bang at least) or sad old England (with a long drawn out whimper). And yes, I meant England, the canker at the heart of the YooKay 😂
Not projecting, simply extrapolating from the fact that you’ve already shown yourself to be a desperate saddo.
Much as I’d love to publicly humiliate you further, I’m now on holiday in California – with a seriously hot blond lady – and I have way way better things to do with my time….
Nice!!!! Enjoy I will keep the morons occupied until your return.
Agreed, but alas you have made him bite and snap! Reel him in mate, he’s a little fishy wishy!
BRAVO!!
No, more like 10th rate actually. Especially judging by the lack of education shown by jingoistic, right trash cretins such as yourself on here. How’s that £3 Trillion debt coming along BTW? Maybe shouldn’t have spent so much on a white elephant aircraft carrier that doesn’t work (and doesn’t have aircraft)? Lots of similarities between the delusions of Russia and the UK in terms of how they see themselves. Great thing about the English, as you so ably prove, is your servile forelock tugging not only to Old Etonian ‘betters’ but to your boss, the USA. Lapdog doesn’t really describe… Read more »
Oh dear you are angry aren’t you? What a frothy rant, to Sean, twice. That’s double angry and double sad! That handbag must be getting heavy, best put it down for a moment!
Oh dear more chips on shoulder time! Your post is wrong on so many levels it’s gone to the waste bin of comments with our other ranting saddo A Moore!
Not a rant. Just truth. Hurts, doesn’t it, “Airborne”?! A nobody like you actually thinks calling themselves that will convince people you’re a Para? Impressive! ROFLMAO.
Hey good luck with your new PM btw, you’ll need it! 😂 And to think the world was amazed at the useless buffoonery of your last one; they ain’t seen nowt yet!
Oh dear, my comment did hurt you didn’t it? It’s ok, it’s ok there there, calm down, feel better now? It’s ok not everyone can be British, but it’s ok for you to pretend in front of the mirror!
Err no funnily enough it didn’t hurt. Because I *am* British. And I actually must live quite close to you (because I can spell the bullshit emanating strongly from your fetid estate) 😆
Oh dear your still angry! Never mind, deep breaths….there, feel better now?
Yawn, you’ve got nothing to say, yet still have to say it. What a waste of oxygen you people are… Luckily your new govt. will probably take away your benefits LOL
And still angry! My oh my, do you get ignored often……
Why do presume I’m angry? I’m just laughing my arse off at you losers. OTOH Your entertainment value is really going downhill (bit like the £)… 😆
So very aggressive and “shouty” on that keyboard! Never mind eh, it’s ok you never made it in the military, not everyone does.
You’ve never done anything except play with your toy soldiers. Sad and pathetic. But hey, you can be a SF super-hero on here, how proud your parents must be!
Good luck with surviving your gas bills this winter in your shabby squat. I’m sure your fantasy military role playing will keep you warm though. 👌
Your still very aggressive and shouty! That keyboard of yours must be terrified! Oh love the constant use of emoji’s, very impressive……
Wow, you’re such a sad sack. The only military you’ve seen is when you’ve blown squaddies in exchange for drugs money LMAO.
Keep having fun with that, loser! 😘
Your anger seems to be getting worse? Nice emoji.
And that’s called a learning curve! I’m here to help you anytime, just ask!
It wouldn’t of been a good decision to have kept the USSR going. The nations wanted independence.
The only one of these comments to hit the nail on the head!Donbas and Luhansk together with Crimea want independence from Ukraine as Russia (Yelstsin)demanded independence from the USSR(Gorbachov).National identity trumps all.Ukraine has nothing to offer Russia which is much much wealthier than Ukraine or say Britain.Russia is pivoting to Asia where the future lies.Personally i hope the relative decline of my country Britain together with Europe can be reversed but we should not expect any help from America. Self interest rules and America can only gain from dimishing rivals(Theodore Roosevelte)for the same reason no business promotes its rivals.
No they didn’t.
Wow. Such an erudite and persuasive response! 😆
No they didnt what?
Still there…..front teeth, quite obvious, will need cleaning Moorie
“…my country Britain….”
Ha ha ha !!🤣
On my quite a few words on this one, slightly better effort, new controller/producer? But, not to let you down, iiiiiiiiiiits monkey sheeeet time 🐒💩
You still in the anal phase of development?seem obsessed with faeces,Girl guide.Fan of the Krays are you?hahahahaha.
Double monkey shit from you today Saville 🐒💩💩
The USSR was already borrowing huge amounts of money by 1989, on the back of a falling oil market. It was Not sustainable.
Despite all the propoganda from Putins stooges, is it any wonder that morale is low amongst the Russian invaders? How could any reasonably sane person make any sense of Putins decision to bludgeon his own kith and kin in the birthplace of two Soviet Presidents and at the same time destroy the Russian and Ukrainian economy and bring the world to the brink of Nuclear holocaust? No Russian conscript let alone enlisted man could have any enthusiasm for such a conflict, whilst obviously Ukrainians-men,women and children are fired by anger and patriotism against this outrage. We tend to have too… Read more »
Hitler did the same. People believe what they want too. They see Putin as a hero and charismatic.
You are of course talking about Churchill.Lost a war,lost an empire and bankrupt my country simply because he wanted to be a hero.Was he worth it?
Time suggests yes. Great Britain and Northern Ireland ensured a fascist defeat. Western Europe was saved by the Commonwealth and its Allies. Like many people (and all Americans) you believe Hollywood’s version of ‘the British Empire’ and therefore its collapse post 1945. Never a military Empire, the British actually drew up the boundaries of many parts of the globe that previously had been vague and fluid. In almost all of it the governance was by fountain pen rather than bullets – though there were instances. All the successful countries east of Suez are of British foundation. As they evolved, running… Read more »
Barry I have to salute your efforts at attempting to educate such pork as A Moore-on, but we both know it will fail as he/they don’t want/allowed/need to know the truth! The internet is so full of trolls it’s quite sad isn’t it. However your posts are always a good and informative read so keep them up for the rest of us to peruse, cheers.
Thanks mate. I am going to leave him/it/whatever to others. Moore is a bore and the team at JohninMK are impervious to facts. Fortunately, as any one with a brain can see, events are moving against them. I shall just enjoy your short sharp comments in future.
Time alone,time will tell,think your in heaven but your really in hell.Enjoy your bottle of meths
Still there, cat litter….breath not great, lumps on your lips, give them a clean please.
He speaks with a style like Harold!
Exactly what I thought!
Which war did Churchill lose?
You suggest he started British involvement in WW2 to ‘be a hero’. Chamberlain declared war, not Churchill.
You keep saying “my country” but your poor grammar and spelling suggest English isn’t your first language. Or of course you could just be an idiot, but even one if our idiot’s knows half of what you spout isn’t true.
Another Russian troll 🤷🏻♂️
Oh dear, the slight badly worded change in tac “my country” on a few posts! Another obvious and well known effort at trolls thinking we have notice they are, er, foreign trolls! Come on Saville you must do better!
Keep it up(if you can get it up) Ukrainean girl guide
Front teeth…..just there…..
These photos are great to see again after many months.
Were these the result of ambush with ATGWs or artillery fire?
Hi Daniele, judging by the lack of collateral damage to surrounding buildings and infrastructure I’d bet on ambush with NLAW at very short range. I’m sure somebody out there can enlighten?
cheers
Afternoon Ian.
Yes, I suspected as such. Amazes me how they bunch their vehicles for such a hammering in built up areas without clearing the route first with infantry.
Long may it continue!
Oh yes indeedy!
How do you know said photographs were not staged?Ukraine has the same equipment. I believe nothing in the media from any side.
I can go further: I don’t believe you exist.
What? – Like the Urban Spaceman?
Urban Myth!
Like you are
How do you know they were?
Considering this scene has been replayed on countless occasions when Russians have been ambushed, filmed from multiple sources, on any social media and TV you care to watch, I have no reason, or agenda, to doubt it.
Poor boy
🖕💣
Idiot Russky troll 🤷🏻♂️
Because there’s countless videos been shown of that same scene. I think we’d know if Hollywood sfx houses had been engaged to fake all of them, and they would have had to have started working on them pre-war to complete the job in time.
Oh dear desperation as part of your SOPs, how sad! And, clean your teeth you still have cat litter in your front teeth….
Anal airborne
Like I said, cat litter is still there….front teeth…..
My theory is that in all populations there are always a certain percentage of people with latent or actual psychopathic tendencies which, given a suitable opportunity, these tendencies will come to the surface. In conflicts like WWII, the ISIS thing, and now sadly the war for Ukraine, these psychopaths are drawn to the conflict. I’m sure many Russians are good people, like many muslims, many Germans etc. – yet there are those within populations who are basically relishing the harm that they can do.
The concept of psychopathy is far from universally accepted. Setting that to one side, the sorts of characteristics typically associated with it are certainly present in the general population to some extent. However, the rates of people with those characteristics who are able to function in any form of organised society will be quite low. Many will find themselves removed from society into secure mental health/ prison environments. If we move the focus to consider whether there are aspects of social structure and even certain roles which might attract people with complex personality presentations then this is certainly true. But… Read more »
The way I read your response is that you are basically reinforcing my main point. i.e. even those with only a latent psychopathic-type personality disorder who enjoy causing harm to others but present in society as “normal,” are attracted to environments where that sort of behaviour is allowed to exist. A prime example would be the ISIS “caliphate” that attracted certain types of people from all over the world. It sounds like Russian forces have people who enjoy murder and torture too.
Basically, yes
sorry I was taking a break from some technical writing when I wrote that reply – it could have done with a little work to be more readable.
We are a species of obligate predator.As Seneca put it,
There are no depths to which the human mind cannot sinkThat is EVERY human mind.The waffle youre spouting emanates from people who cant see beyond the end of their nose.A sheep is a predator to plants.Live with it.Clean your teeth, I can still smell cat litter?
If you keep repeating yourself you
ll fall asleep.This is the 11th time youve made that comment.Run out of ideas wimp?Wow your so clever…. Cat litter, front teeth, clean them please!
Churchill!
Please daddy i want to be a hero even though i was born to a syphilitic fatherWhat interesting comments. It is at least as true (most would say far more true) that we are social animals who’s survival depends on fostering and maintaining strong bonds with others. We can be altruistic and loving, willing to sacrifice for our loved ones and able to put the needs of others before our own.
It is true that we learn how to elicit care and safety from our early developmental experiences, and that at times those experiences can teach us lessons which may not always be the most adaptive in later life.
And the rest is history.
As are you.
I see you’re directing cutting and pasting from your controller’s handouts. 😆
A sad sad troll operating offshore deffo, with the once agenda to push out! Quite a few knocking about nowadays.
I can`t fund “deffo” in the dictionary.Must be in your knitting manual’
Front teeth…… just there
And FFS spelling…..it’s sad that it’s so bad you cannot even pretend to be a Brit! More effort Glitter boy!
You`re pasting from your controllers handjobs hahaha
No humour as well as no brain, any more handicaps you want to publicly declare?
Very noncey, fits nicely with your views! JS!
I’m not surprised Russian morale is low there equipment has failed them I don’t suppose these young conscripts want to be in the Ukraine when the Ukrainians have everything too fight for just the same as the UK in 1940
UK lost.
Seems the Russian forces in the Kharkiv front have collapsed entirely at this point.
Indeed Izlum has just been liberated.
I look forward to JohninMK’s explaination of how this is a Russian victory.