Ukraine War thread.

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    ??\uD83C\uDDF7\uD83C\uDDFARussian media reports the downing of another Russian A-50 long-range radar detection and control aircraft pic.twitter.com/yuTo2AFe7b
    — \uD83C\uDDFA\uD83C\uDDE6Ukrainian Front (@front_ukrainian) February 23, 2024


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    Russian voenkor Romanov indicates the loss of another Russian Beriev A-50 AEW &C aircraft.



    Nothing confirmed at this moment, let's see if more information emerges in the nearest future.https://t.co/21zOqHTt9q pic.twitter.com/FHrQUqVZIU
    — Status-6 (Military & Conflict News) (@Archer83Able) February 23, 2024

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    lol, so there might be an S400 systematically murdering their AWACS that feeds info to the SAM operators. Riiiight. smiley_abused.gif



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    /1. Russian sources report about another loss of an A-50. As they say it was shot down in the same area in which the previous one was lost. As always Russians claimed it was a friendly air defense fire.



    Russian media: “02/23/2024 Again A-50, again the same area. The enemy has… pic.twitter.com/TKCrsQuLpa
    — Special Kherson Cat \uD83D\uDC08\uD83C\uDDFA\uD83C\uDDE6 (@bayraktar_1love) February 23, 2024

    Russian media: “02/23/2024 Again A-50, again the same area. The enemy has nothing to do with it again. The launches were from the Mariupol area.”


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    /2. Presumably video of the Russian A-50 which was shot down over the Kanevsky district of the Krasnodar region, Russia. pic.twitter.com/ROVAnOhlsb
    — Special Kherson Cat \uD83D\uDC08\uD83C\uDDFA\uD83C\uDDE6 (@bayraktar_1love) February 23, 2024
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    /4. Woman in the video above mentions that aircraft debris has fallen in Trudovaya Armeniya village of the Krasnodar region of Russia. Approximately 210km from the frontline. pic.twitter.com/kmLAdM5gyt
    — Special Kherson Cat \uD83D\uDC08\uD83C\uDDFA\uD83C\uDDE6 (@bayraktar_1love) February 23, 2024


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    /5. “A Russian A-50 aircraft was destroyed as part of a joint operation by the General Directorate of Intelligence of Ukraine and the Air Force of Ukraine. This was reported to https://t.co/7UknN318W3 by a source in the security and defense forces.” https://t.co/MxvgQfQymh pic.twitter.com/vqIvILF9Kv
    — Special Kherson Cat \uD83D\uDC08\uD83C\uDDFA\uD83C\uDDE6 (@bayraktar_1love) February 23, 2024



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    Flight path of the A-50U below.


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    French counterintelligence (General Directorate of Internal Security) established that the “vandal” operation involving the painting of Stars of David on the walls of Paris was organized and carried out by the 5th FSB service. This was reported by local media, which received a memo from the secret service for the French Foreign Ministry. Journalists do not say how this is confirmed, but it is argued that the graffiti in Paris is only one part of a large operation against several NATO countries. As part of this operation, the 5th FSB service allegedly organized demonstrations in Spain last summer with pro-Russian slogans, which were widely disseminated on social networks. Similar slogans, as part of the same operation, were distributed “on behalf of local residents” in Austria, Germany, Poland and Romania.

    Earlier it was reported that the action with the Stars of David in Paris against the backdrop of Israel’s war with Hamas was organized by Moldovan Anatoly Prizenko, who once went to prison for overseeing the MMM financial pyramid. According to the intelligence services, he received the task and payment from the 5th service of the FSB

    https://t.me/vchkogpu/45447




    FBI Director Christopher Ray personally flew to the Czech Republic to extradite the hero of the Cheka-OGPU publications, mafioso Polad Omarov. In the United States, Omarov was wanted for planning to kill Iranian opposition journalist and human rights activist Masih Alinejat on US territory.

    Omarov was wanted in a number of countries, and was detained in January 2023 in the Czech Republic. Christopher Ray recently flew away from the Czech Republic empty-handed, Omarov was extradited to the USA,

    As the Cheka-OGPU was the first to tell at the time, Polad is the second cousin of thief in law Nadir Salifov (Lotu Guli). During Guli’s life, he was not part of the lawyer’s inner circle, but after his murder he became extremely close to Guli’s brother, also a thief in law, Namik. In particular, Polad promised to deal with everyone who was involved in the massacre of Guli. It was he who took upon himself the organization of the execution of Nazir Aliyev in December 2021 in Odessa. The latter was close to Guli and actually served as the head of his security service. Before the attack on Salifov, he arranged everything so that the chief was actually without numerous guards. Later it turned out that Aliyev gave instructions to the perpetrator of the murder, Lot Guli. After the crime, he hid in Odessa, where, on Polad’s instructions, he was found by Guli’s former guard Shohraddin Guliyev.

    Polad's biography is appropriate. As the Cheka-OGPU found out, Omarov was put on the international wanted list by Ukraine for the kidnapping and murder of two people. And this is not the entire list of his Ukrainian victims. He is also put on the international wanted list by Kazakhstan for kidnapping and murder. He was also wanted for kidnapping and creating a crime syndicate by Bulgaria. But Polad Omarov did not lose heart, hoping to become a “thief in law” and named a huge list of people, including “thieves in law”, whom he intended to kill. Basically, his potential victims are those who at different times said something bad about Guli, or simply don’t like Polad. In the Salif clan, Polad was considered a very effective boss who works exactly in the style of Guli himself. Polad tried, through proxies, to take control of the flower and herb trade business in the Moscow region. Moreover, he began to impose tribute on Azerbaijani traders in large markets in Moscow, including Food City. Attempts to intervene by thief in law Vagif Suleymanov, to put it mildly, did not find understanding with Polad.

    In addition to eliminating Aliyev, it is believed that Polad was involved in the April 2021 murder of thief in law Ali Heydarov (Guli’s enemy) in a Moscow fitness center.

    Like many representatives of the mafia, Polad sought to settle in Iran, from where there is no extradition. Apparently, that’s why he decided to prove his right with action by eliminating journalist and human rights activist Masih Alinejat at Iran’s go-ahead. However, the attempt was unsuccessful, and then Omarov was caught in the Czech Republic. There he confessed to crimes on the territory of Kazakhstan in order to be extradited to this country and not to the United States. But he flew to the States, where, apparently, he will receive a life sentence.

    https://t.me/vchkogpu/46068

    Dozens of Indians were allegedly duped into military service in Russia. The unsuspecting Indians were promised support jobs but were ultimately enlisted in the Russian army, receiving misleading translations of documents and undergoing military training against their initial understanding.

    "We are aware that a few Indian nationals have signed up for support jobs with the Russian army. The Indian Embassy has regularly taken up this matter with the relevant Russian authorities for their early discharge. We urge all Indian nationals to exercise due caution and stay away from this conflict," said Randhir Jaiswal, external affairs spokesperson, in a statement today.

    The family of one of the men, Sufiyan from Hyderabad, along with AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi, yesterday sought the intervention of the Centre and the External Affairs ministry to secure the safe evacuation of the trapped Indian nationals and take stringent action against the fraudulent agents responsible.

    Imran, Sufiyan's brother, revealed the deceptive tactics employed by agents associated with Faisal Khan, who runs a YouTube channel named 'Baba Vlogs'. The unsuspecting men were allegedly promised support jobs but were ultimately enlisted in the Russian army.

    With nine Indian men reportedly within the Ukrainian borders, facing danger and injuries, the distressed families seek help from the Centre. Mr Owaisi formally wrote to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, seeking intervention to bring back the affected Indians.

    https://www.ndtv.com/india-new…r-against-ukraine-5112166

    So, here is some perspective from a Russian blogger that is consistent with what the Russian government has been putting out internally for years and even they discount some of the pro Russian talking points put out to western audiences and clung on to here by useful idiots.



    "What are we fighting for?

    No one dies or fights for the vague and abstract terms “demilitarization” and “denazification”!     "


    Even most Russians know this is BS fed to the useful idiots. You see this sentiment regularly.

    What is the goal of Novorossiya?

    "And this goal is Russia. Russia is united and indivisible. The one that our ancestors bequeathed to us. The one who was betrayed and pervertedly dismembered.

    To liberate the Russian land from evil spirits, to unite the Russian people in order to glorify and glorify the Creator with one mouth and one heart!


    Novorossiya is the concept of Russian greatness and entitlement to whatever they want. If you follow Russian history this concept was used as justification to take all the land Russia controlled from 1918 on. The same idea with slightly different packaging. It's not rebuilding the USSR per se. That is how useful idiots mock those saying Russia is a threat. It's about a manifest destiny of conquest that is core to Russian nationalism. Novorossiya is a lot closer to fascism than communism.



    Here is the whole text and link to the post. This attitude sums up Novorossiya and there are many posts like it from many sources over time.

    "Exactly two years ago an event occurred that, in its significance, would determine the fate of Russia, Europe and the world for many decades


    By February 24, 2022, the war had been going on for eight years, the war of the Russian people for their existence. However, it was led by the Russian people, but not by the Russian state, which entered it exactly two years ago.

    This struggle became a difficult and bloody test... The feats and heroism of the Russian soldier in this war await those who sing them.

    But every day those who trampled upon death appear before the Throne of the Creator. Who showed the true greatness of the human spirit, who showed that Rus' is alive and it is alive thanks to their earthly death.

    This, at first glance, mystical thought is reflected in tectonic changes within our people and state. No matter how anyone resists, Russia will never again be the Russian Federation of 2021 - a state doomed to slow, inglorious, quiet dying.

    Now she will either be resurrected as Great Russia or she will not be. The die was cast. And now, in the midst of this war, the living and the fallen are giving life to a new era, winning the future for our people.

    What are we fighting for?

    No one dies or fights for the vague and abstract terms “demilitarization” and “denazification”! Perhaps they are suitable for a political declaration, but they are completely unsuitable for those who, under the fire of artillery and machine guns, strikes from drones and precision weapons collected from all over the world, rush forward through the endless trenches and fortified areas of the enemy!

    They feel, feel better than anyone else their holy goal. This goal is worth finally, discarding all scrupulosity and indecision, proclaiming to the whole world.

    And this goal is Russia. Russia is united and indivisible. The one that our ancestors bequeathed to us. The one who was betrayed and pervertedly dismembered.

    To liberate the Russian land from evil spirits, to unite the Russian people in order to glorify and glorify the Creator with one mouth and one heart!

    Those who are thrown against us into a bloody slaughter by the devilish forces, the forces of evil in high places - and they will be freed. Freed from the yoke of satanic ideology and propaganda, delusional illusions, and the darkness of a clouded consciousness.

    And there is no doubt that most of the enemy soldiers, over time, cursing their current deceivers and repenting will again bear the Russian name, the one with which their ancestors lived, fought and created, which they forgot about.

    The enemy will be defeated! Victory will be ours!

    The third year begins...

    "Junker", I have the honor!

    https://t.me/Juncker_ZOV/916

    https://t.me/dva_majors/35177 "

    I've read/seen from usually reliable sources that Russia is down to just one single operational A50 AEW aircraft. They aren't being manufactured anymore either. It's unlikely China has any of their AWACS/AEW to spare to sell to Russia either. Seriously crippling to Russian air power IMO.


    Meanwhile the USA/NATO are adding new 737 Wedgetail AEW aircraft at a pretty quick rate, to replace and augment the current fleet of AWACS planes.

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    I've read/seen from usually reliable sources that Russia is down to just one single operational A50 AEW aircraft. They aren't being manufactured anymore either. It's unlikely China has any of their AWACS/AEW to spare to sell to Russia either. Seriously crippling to Russian air power IMO.


    Meanwhile the USA/NATO are adding new 737 Wedgetail AEW aircraft at a pretty quick rate, to replace and augment the current fleet of AWACS planes.

    From my understanding 40 A-50's total were built. There were around 8 that were upgraded to the U standard with 4 known to actually been flying in theater. Two were shot down in the last week and a third took damage from a drone strike last fall. So, it's possible they only have one A-50u flyable though some aircraft remain unaccounted for. Given it's Russia, everything they have is in some state of disrepair. Some of that may be usable and I have seen the only one flyable left claim made too though it may or may not be correct. Who knows how many capable aircrew they have to man those planes.


    Here is the wikipedia


    After completing the joint state tests, Beriev delivered the first A-50U to the Russian Air Force. The aircraft, "47 Red", RF-92957, was handed over at Beriev's facility in Taganrog on 31 October 2011.[6] It was accepted by an aircrew serving with the 2457th Aviation Base for Combat Operation of Airborne Early Warning Aircraft (Aviabaza Boevogo Primeneniya Samolyotov Dal'nego Radiolokatsionnogo Obnaruzheniya) at Ivanovo Severny, which is the only base using the A-50 operationally (it operates 16 aircraft).[5] The fourth A-50U, "41 Taganrog", was delivered to the Russian Aerospace Forces on 7 March 2017. The fifth A-50U, "45 Red", was delivered on 6 December 2018. Eight A-50U aircraft have been delivered as of September 2023.[7][8]