Roman Alymov Posted March 16 Posted March 16 13 minutes ago, urbanoid said: Would it still be inaccurate if you counted all of Russian military personnel, possibly including paramilitaries, not just those participating in the war? The problem is, we do not have paramilitaries - as our officials are dead scared of armed people (since it will be constant danger for them). More over, any actions of armed support of military efforts are suppressed. Have you heard the story of the man, retired policeman with military experience, who during recent massive drone attack on Moscow happened to have his summer house under pro-Ukr drones group flightpass, grabed his legal hunting shotgun and shot down one of the drones? Now he is facing the prospects of loosing his gun owner license. since it is illegal to shoot at drones....
urbanoid Posted March 16 Posted March 16 1 minute ago, Roman Alymov said: The problem is, we do not have paramilitaries - as our officials are dead scared of armed people (since it will be constant danger for them). More over, any actions of armed support of military efforts are suppressed. Have you heard the story of the man, retired policeman with military experience, who during recent massive drone attack on Moscow happened to have his summer house under pro-Ukr drones group flightpass, grabed his legal hunting shotgun and shot down one of the drones? Now he is facing the prospects of loosing his gun owner license. since it is illegal to shoot at drones.... I meant Rosgvardia and the like.
Roman Alymov Posted March 16 Posted March 16 7 minutes ago, urbanoid said: I meant Rosgvardia and the like. Rosguard is not paramilitaries but just umbrella brand for what was diverse set of organisations - from girls sitting in front of CCTV monitors overwatching commercial firms and private housed (as part of security service provided for some cost) to very limited amount of very professional "diversion group hunters". Girls in gun ownership license offices are also "Rosguard" and so on. And with all this, their number is just 340k for country across 11 time zones...
urbanoid Posted March 16 Posted March 16 29 minutes ago, Roman Alymov said: Rosguard is not paramilitaries but just umbrella brand for what was diverse set of organisations - from girls sitting in front of CCTV monitors overwatching commercial firms and private housed (as part of security service provided for some cost) to very limited amount of very professional "diversion group hunters". Girls in gun ownership license offices are also "Rosguard" and so on. And with all this, their number is just 340k for country across 11 time zones... Don't the internal troops (MVD) fill some of that niche, like 'hunting diversion troops' etc.?
Roman Alymov Posted March 16 Posted March 16 1 hour ago, urbanoid said: Don't the internal troops (MVD) fill some of that niche, like 'hunting diversion troops' etc.? "Internal troops" (or what was left of them after all cuts and reforms) were integrated into what became Rosguard.
Stefan Kotsch Posted March 17 Posted March 17 13 hours ago, Roman Alymov said: we do not have paramilitaries - as our officials are dead scared of armed people (since it will be constant danger for them). Strange. And only on the edge. At that moment I have to think of the statement from Putin from 2014. Then he said that the heavily armed little green men are vacationers. And the government has no influence on how the soldiers of the Russian army spend their vacation heavily armed.
Stuart Galbraith Posted March 17 Posted March 17 'So they go on holiday in a T72, so what? Cliff Richard goes on holiday in a London bus, what am I supposed to do about it?' etc etc. Its a very old lie too. The first Russian troops into Chechniya were alleged to be 'on holiday' as well.
Roman Alymov Posted March 17 Posted March 17 36 minutes ago, Stefan Kotsch said: Strange. And only on the edge. At that moment I have to think of the statement from Putin from 2014. Then he said that the heavily armed little green men are vacationers. And the government has no influence on how the soldiers of the Russian army spend their vacation heavily armed. There is no contradiction here. 1. The second thing pro-Western colonial administration is scared of (after own people with arms) is anger of West. Russian elite is constantly balancing between this two dangers, constantly lieing to own people where possible to pretend to be "Patriots of Russia" (and not only lieing but doing other things like killing/imprisoning pro-Russian activists, replacing population with Central Asian migrants etc.) and at the same time are trying to stay in good terms with West (sort of "we know nothing, ask MoD", "it is not us", "we woiuld like to stay in good relations with our dear Western parthners" and so on. 2. I think you do not know what happened with real natural "paramilitaries" (volunteers) of Crimea and Donbass. See the story of "ambush at the road to Donetsk airport" in 2014 -the man who was behind it (former SBU colonel and caretaker of Akhmedov-the -oligarch assets in Donetsk) is now promoted into RusArmy General rank, while people de-facto killed on his order were supposed to became NCO backbone of Donetsk militia. Not surprising China is not willing to cooperate with this gang, and is only touching it with stick long enough.
Roman Alymov Posted March 17 Posted March 17 Drone-directed Iskander strike on UkrArmy camp hidden in forest, Chernigov region https://t.me/anna_news/77493
Roman Alymov Posted March 17 Posted March 17 Advanced recruitment practicies in Kharkov: Future soildier is on bike? Just ram him and convert into pedastrian..... https://t.me/milinfolive/144294
Roman Alymov Posted March 17 Posted March 17 Video from pro-Rus medevac group on Desertcross-1000 ATV, with FPV attacks on them every couple of minutes (this time, they were lucky to shot down incoming drones) https://t.me/milinfolive/144295
Roman Alymov Posted March 17 Posted March 17 Article from Meuza (strongly anti-Russian "liberal" media, parthner of BBC in their project to calculate Russian losses in this war) - this time for some reason they are describing grim realities of war not only on pro-Ukr side of the frontline, but also deep in Ukr rear. I have translated part of it for "military" thread, but "civilian" part of it also deserves attention. Text is in Russian https://meduza.io/feature/2025/03/17/otsyuda-vyhod-odin-trista-ili-dvesti Title is "The only way out of here is to become WIA or KIA"
urbanoid Posted March 17 Posted March 17 ??? Who is this gal? Sounds like making shit up, I mean the Chynah part. https://x.com/wartranslated/status/1901312980081398046
Roman Alymov Posted March 17 Posted March 17 Lancet with target lock vs. Bogdana wheeled SPG https://t.me/vysokygovorit/19180
Roman Alymov Posted March 17 Posted March 17 RusMarines on ATVs on one of the "roads of death" of pro-Ukr retreat from Kursk region, note significant amount of NATO armor abandoned in mud without obvious damage https://t.me/infomil_live/16068
Roman Alymov Posted March 17 Posted March 17 Pro-Ukr video of two M30A1 GMLRS (with tungsten balls) and one M31A1 GMLRS (HE) on Northern entrance to Korenevo settlement, Kursk region ( https://yandex.ru/maps/-/CHFvmD~X ). To some extent, this video is telling: unlike last year when NATO was able to target RusArmy columns parked in open, this time they parade as success video of strike of no visible target (at least no single vehicle seen, missiles are hitting village house, fuel station and something like roadside cafe). It means that even against poorly organised RusArmy precision strikes are no more effective, even without SAM assets around and no EW (note missiles are striking alleged target areas more or less acurately). No doubt China war machine is taking notes, and against Chinese Army this weapons will be even less effective https://t.me/milinfolive/144313
Roman Alymov Posted March 17 Posted March 17 Dignity recruitment kicks https://t.me/boris_rozhin/158153
Roman Alymov Posted March 18 Posted March 18 Video of two Bradley IFVs transported away by RusArmy trucks, Kursk region https://t.me/milinfolive/144341 Photos from Sudzha, note captures SUV with Polish numberplate https://t.me/sashakots/52564
Roman Alymov Posted March 18 Posted March 18 Pro-Russians with captured Leopard 2, Kursk area https://t.me/milinfolive/144346
Roman Alymov Posted March 18 Posted March 18 (edited) From early morning today, pro-Ukr/NATO forces ate attacking the border of Belgorod region with probable task of reaching small town of Krasnoyarujsk (pop. 8k) Wisent 1MC that was used to make the gap in dragonteeth and was disabled https://t.me/anna_news/77572 Another engeneer vehicle, Soviet IMR https://t.me/RVvoenkor/88278 General vire of one of the columns (https://t.me/anna_news/77575) The place where dragonteeth line was breached https://t.me/anna_news/77576 RusMarines fiberFPVs vs. two Bradley IFVs https://t.me/dva_majors/67069 Edited March 18 by Roman Alymov
Roman Alymov Posted March 18 Posted March 18 P.S. Another compilation of fiberFPV videos following today's attack on Bryansk border line https://t.me/anna_news/77591
Stefan Kotsch Posted March 18 Posted March 18 On 3/17/2025 at 10:31 AM, Roman Alymov said: There is no contradiction here. 1. The second thing pro-Western colonial administration is scared of (after own people with arms) is anger of West. Russian elite is constantly balancing between this two dangers, constantly lieing to own people where possible to pretend to be "Patriots of Russia" (and not only lieing but doing other things like killing/imprisoning pro-Russian activists, replacing population with Central Asian migrants etc.) and at the same time are trying to stay in good terms with West (sort of "we know nothing, ask MoD", "it is not us", "we woiuld like to stay in good relations with our dear Western parthners" and so on. The curious thing about it is that you fight with all your strength to ensure that nothing will change. You are against the system and still want to keep it alive. A victory Russia over Ukraine would be the maximum fixation of the situation you complain. The Putin system would then be more almighty than ever. Good luck...
Roman Alymov Posted March 18 Posted March 18 FiberFPV vs. ATV during today's attack on Belgorod region administrative border https://t.me/dva_majors/67086
Roman Alymov Posted March 18 Posted March 18 (edited) 2 hours ago, Stefan Kotsch said: The curious thing about it is that you fight with all your strength to ensure that nothing will change. You are against the system and still want to keep it alive. A victory Russia over Ukraine would be the maximum fixation of the situation you complain. The Putin system would then be more almighty than ever. Good luck... First thing you do not understand is there is no "Putin system" - the system was created by combined efforts of West and their local collaborators well before him. Putin is only appointed manager who was selected from other candidates to make sure this system will stay intact (or, at least, safe for rulling class). He was chosen because 1) he is PERSONALLY not corrupt and 2)he is known for almost unhealthy desire to keep his word. And over 20+ years he is making sure "The Family" is safe and in posession of their assets.... Second thing you do not understand is this system can't exist without deep links with West - see my explanation below from another thread Third, as i have repeatedly quoted here, "Russian Federation can't prevail in this war - only Russia can". This war itself is ruining what you call "Putin system", and it is next to impossible to bring it now to its pre-war status. Edited March 18 by Roman Alymov
Roman Alymov Posted March 19 Posted March 19 Simultaneous strike by Lancet and fiberFPV on tank and Marder IFV abandoned at border fence line following recent attempt by pro-Ukrainians to advance into Belgorod region https://t.me/infomil_live/16141
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