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Title: Russia
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 24 June 2023, 13:38:08
Well it seems that Putin's attack dog has turned on him.  :)

Civil war? Coup d'etat?

Photos of Russian armoured units on the streets of Moscow and even digging trenches and defensive positions on the outskirts.  Meanwhile it seems Rostov on Don  is under the control of Prigozhin's Wagner mercenaries, while Prigozhin himself is on route to Moscow.  ::)

Popcorn time......
Title: Re: Russia
Post by: STEMO on 24 June 2023, 14:37:02
Can't figure it out, myself. It said Wagner advanced up the M4 motorway to a second city halfway towards Moscow. Russia has an airforce, so........ :-\
Title: Re: Russia
Post by: ronnyd on 24 June 2023, 15:15:21
Can't figure it out, myself. It said Wagner advanced up the M4 motorway to a second city halfway towards Moscow. Russia has an airforce, so........ :-\
Probably run out of elastic bands. :D
Title: Re: Russia
Post by: Varche on 24 June 2023, 16:41:31
I see Xi has written himself a note

Don’t use mercenaries!
Title: Re: Russia
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 24 June 2023, 17:11:38
Can't figure it out, myself. It said Wagner advanced up the M4 motorway to a second city halfway towards Moscow. Russia has an airforce, so........ :-\

Apparently Wagner have shot down three Russian helicopters and an Antonov AN-26 transport plane.  :o

Interesting Twitter thread from Leo Kearse here including footage of the AN-26 falling from the sky...

https://twitter.com/LeoKearse/status/1672401584515366915
Title: Re: Russia
Post by: STEMO on 24 June 2023, 17:21:50
Can't figure it out, myself. It said Wagner advanced up the M4 motorway to a second city halfway towards Moscow. Russia has an airforce, so........ :-\

Apparently Wagner have shot down three Russian helicopters and an Antonov AN-26 transport plane.  :o

Interesting Twitter thread from Leo Kearse here including footage of the AN-26 falling from the sky...

https://twitter.com/LeoKearse/status/1672401584515366915
More video on there than the BBC
Title: Re: Russia
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 24 June 2023, 18:05:30
Deploying troops in Moscow could back fire most spectacularly...

If they decide that they have had enough then it wouldn't take much to turn on Putin.

The only question is whether there is actually a viable alternative to Vlad the Bad to pick up the pieces :-\
Title: Re: Russia
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 24 June 2023, 19:07:08
Apparently Putin has buggered off to St Petersburg along with most of the Russian Govt.  ::)

Meanwhile here's a video of Kadyrov's Chechen special forces stuck in traffic on their way to sort out Prigozhin's Wagner men! (Allegedly)  ;D

https://twitter.com/igorsushko/status/1672653677222572032





Title: Re: Russia
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 24 June 2023, 20:01:03
Is that the equivalent of a weekend at Chequers? ;D
Title: Re: Russia
Post by: Varche on 24 June 2023, 22:08:28
Dead man walking.
Title: Re: Russia
Post by: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 24 June 2023, 22:18:45
Henceforth known as the Russian version of the Grand old Duke of York . :)
Title: Re: Russia
Post by: STEMO on 24 June 2023, 22:23:54
Henceforth known as the Russian version of the Grand old Duke of York . :)
Very good, Albs  :)
Title: Re: Russia
Post by: STEMO on 24 June 2023, 22:27:51
A very unsatisfactory ending for Putin. He may have averted this particular crisis, but he's come out of it looking weak and unable to face down people without using his stooges to do the talking.
Mind you, I doubt we are privy to the most important conversations.
Title: Re: Russia
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 24 June 2023, 22:33:36
Dead man walking.

According to the BBC Prigozhin will go and live in Belarus, so he'll be a dead man walking in Belarus.

Wagner shot down 5 Russian helicopters today, including a KA52 'Alligator'. That's a few million dollars worth of kit and expensively trained pilots gone.  ::)

Anyone for Polonium tea?  ???  :)
Title: Re: Russia
Post by: LC0112G on 24 June 2023, 22:47:43
Dead man walking.
Wagner shot down 5 Russian helicopters today, including a KA52 'Alligator'. That's a few million dollars worth of kit and expensively trained pilots gone.  ::)

The bigger military loss will be the "An26", coz it wasn't an An26 - it was an IL-20 which is an electronic surveillance plane similar to the USAF/RAF's RC-135's.
Title: Re: Russia
Post by: Varche on 24 June 2023, 23:14:58
A very unsatisfactory ending for Putin. He may have averted this particular crisis, but he's come out of it looking weak and unable to face down people without using his stooges to do the talking.
Mind you, I doubt we are privy to the most important conversations.

Eh? OOF has unique access. That is what makes the forum at the forefront of everything.
Title: Re: Russia
Post by: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 28 June 2023, 19:49:38
Sleepy Joe announced today that Putin is definitely "losing the war in Iraq".  :o
Its hard to know whether to  ;D or  :'(
Title: Re: Russia
Post by: STEMO on 28 June 2023, 20:31:51
Sleepy Joe announced today that Putin is definitely "losing the war in Iraq".  :o
Its hard to know whether to  ;D or  :'(
;D ;D He's worth re-electing for his comedic value
Title: Re: Russia
Post by: ronnyd on 28 June 2023, 22:42:44
Putin is losing the war in I-raq, Biden is just losing his marbles.  ;D
Title: Re: Russia
Post by: Nick W on 29 June 2023, 08:58:05
Henceforth known as the Russian version of the Grand old Duke of York . :)


Are you sure? I bet he's sweating buckets ::)
Title: Re: Russia
Post by: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 29 June 2023, 10:25:16
Tbh I reckon he is a dead man walking. He will fall off a balcony or fall ill after a nice cup of tea in the near future.
Title: Re: Russia
Post by: Doctor Gollum on 29 June 2023, 17:08:07
Tbh I reckon he is a dead man walking. He will fall off a balcony or fall ill after a nice cup of tea in the near future.
Can't argue with a nice cup of tea :D
Title: Re: Russia
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 29 June 2023, 19:47:25
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12247271/Vice-president-Russian-bank-falls-death-Moscow-apartment-latest-mysterious-fatality.html
Title: Re: Russia
Post by: STEMO on 29 June 2023, 19:50:09
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12247271/Vice-president-Russian-bank-falls-death-Moscow-apartment-latest-mysterious-fatality.html
Yes, I read that earlier. Very careless of her.  ;D
Title: Re: Russia
Post by: ronnyd on 29 June 2023, 21:03:42
She has, er had, just the right credentials to be a bank boss. Love the red corporate wear.  :D
Title: Re: Russia
Post by: Raeturbo on 29 June 2023, 21:06:06
It’s slippery in Russia…..
Title: Re: Russia
Post by: Nick W on 29 June 2023, 22:29:08
Tbh I reckon he is a dead man walking. He will fall off a balcony or fall ill after a nice cup of tea in the near future.


There is still time for Putin to succumb to the traditional Russian brain haemorrhage - a 7.62mm one, just behind the left ear.
Title: Re: Russia
Post by: Migv6 le Frog Fan on 29 June 2023, 23:10:12
I think his time is coming, but were arent there yet unfortunately.
Title: Re: Russia
Post by: Viral_Jim on 30 June 2023, 10:36:26
There is still time for Putin to succumb to the traditional Russian brain haemorrhage - a 7.62mm one, just behind the left ear.

Ah yes, the old mineral imbalance. Affects the brain you know. Only cure is a direct dose of essential nutrients, copper and lead in this case. Has a very calming effect on the old brain!