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Posted: 5/9/2024 9:57:32 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By stone-age: That attitude is cultural in the US now. Just look at the attitude of some gun owners when they are told the government wants to ban guns but not the ones that they personally own. or Democratic gun owners that think their leaders won't actually do what they say they are going to do. |
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Posted: 5/9/2024 9:59:44 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ServusVeritatis: South America/Mexico need to be making all our cheap shit. Not China. El Salvador prisoners should be employed if they want to eat. |
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Posted: 5/9/2024 10:51:53 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4xGM300m:
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Posted: 5/9/2024 11:18:10 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/9/2024 11:20:07 PM EDT
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 This April 18, a team from Harvard published a paper on the genetics of Indo-Europeans which provided major clarification on the origin of our languages and our cultures. A thread. 1/30 
This paper, published by Lazaridis et al., and in which the geneticist David Reich and the archaeologist David Anthony participated, was interested in the genetic origin of a prehistoric population from Ukraine and Russia: the Yamnas. 2/30 
Who are the Yamnas? This is a Bronze Age cultural horizon spanning from 3300 to 2500 BC. BC, occupying the steppes between the Carpathians and the Urals and characterized by a pastoral and nomadic lifestyle in which sheep and horses played an important role. 3/30   
Since the 1950s, the Yamna culture (or Yamnaya in English, or even pit tomb culture) has been at the center of the "kurgan hypothesis" which seeks to explain the extension of Indo-European languages by a prehistoric migration from the Pontic steppes 4/30
All Indo-European languages (Latin, Germanic, Slavic, Celtic, Greek, Indo-Iranian, etc.) could ultimately be brought back to an ancestral language (proto-Indo-European) spoken by the Yamnas, as could many myths and ancient institutions. 5/30
Without going into detail about the arguments for this hypothesis, let us note that it was strongly supported by Haak et al. (2015) who showed an almost complete replacement of the Central European population by individuals related to the Yamnas. 6/30 https://europepmc.org/backend/ptpmcr 
Since then, several genetic studies (I will list a few) have clearly shown that the hypothesis, already consensual before 2015, was the right one: steppe migrations perfectly explain the stages of the separation of IE languages as reconstructed by linguists 7 /30
The purpose of the article by Lazaridis et al. published in April is to clarify the origin of the Yamnas themselves, in order to better understand how this population was formed during the 4th millennium. 8/30
Until now, we knew that the Yamnas represented a mixed type between (essentially) Caucasian hunter-gatherers (CHG), Eastern European hunter-gatherers (EHG). 9/30
Lazaridis et al. have shown that the Yamnas (below the red dots in fig. b) can be visualized as a crossroads between three large genetic groups (“clines”) 10/30 
What this graph shows is that the populations of the Eneolithic steppes entered into interaction along major geographical pathways: the Volga valley, the Dnieper and Don basins and the strip of land from the Caucasus to the lower valley of the Volga 11/30 
Thus, step by step, these different populations met, produced unions, had children and DNA was able to circulate along these natural pathways which meet in the steppes to the north of the Caucasus. 12/30 
The “Volga Cline” is thus made up of several populations settled along the Volga. They are related to the Eastern European Hunter-Gatherers (EHG), a Mesolithic population, but distance themselves from them as we go south. 13/30 
However, in the lower Volga valley, researchers discovered that the samples from the Berezhnovka site were surprisingly genetically close to those from the Progress-2 site, in the Caucasus, 900 km away. This is what they called the “BP” group. 14/30 
This high genetic proximity despite a great geographic distance indicates that the populations of these sites were integrated into a large network of very mobile populations circulating from the foothills of the Caucasus to the lower Volga Valley. 15/30 
Thus there is a second cline linking Caucasian populations, such as the Maikop culture, to the lower Volga valley where this cline meets populations linked to the hunter-gatherers of Eastern Europe. This is the CLV Cline (Caucasus-Lower Volga). 16/30  
Error: The image of the horseman is not a Maykop artifact, it depicts a Scythian horseman
Finally, the researchers highlighted the existence of a third cline, the Dnipro Cline, corresponding to the populations established in the Dnieper and Don basins. These populations are related to Ukrainian hunter-gatherers (UNHG, mix between EHG and WHG). 17/30 
And the Yamna (red dots) are part of this cline. But we can observe that they are located at the end, as if pulled towards the southeast by the CLV Cline. The reason: the Yamnas are the results of interactions between these populations of the Dnieper and Don with the CLVs. 18/30 
The researchers were also able to show that the Yamnas came directly from the culture of Sredny Stog, an Eneolithic culture of Ukraine which was itself already formed by the meeting between the Dnipro Cline and the CLV Cline. 19/30 
It is interesting to note that the Yamnas sprinkled their dead with ocher pigments, like all steppe cultures, but also used burial mounds (the famous kurgans), which is a tradition linked to CLV 20/30  
Also interesting, most of the Yamnas (called Core-Yamna) constitute an extremely close group genetically even though they occupied (see fig. a) a territory several thousand km long. Which indicates two things. 21/30 
First of all, the Yamnas come from a small portion of the Sredny Stog: we can look at them as a single clan which will have been extraordinarily successful. On the other hand, the Yamnas deliberately excluded local populations from their marriages, preferring to unite among themselves. 22/30 
So, why is this study so important? Already because it sheds light on the origin of the Yamnas, indicating that they came from Sredny Stog and how they received various elements from their relatives (WHG and EHG by the UNHG of the Dnipro Cline, EHG and CHG by the CLV Cline ...) 23/30
Then because it gives a possible solution to what remained the biggest problem of the origin of the Indo-Europeans: where did the Anatolian languages come from? 24/30 
The Anatolian languages are a family of extinct languages spoken by various Anatolian peoples of Antiquity, notably the Hittites. However, linguists have long indicated that these were the first languages to have separated from the rest of the IE languages. 25/30 
However, until now, it had been impossible to find traces of steppe ancestry in the region. The arrival of Anatolian languages therefore remained a complete mystery. 26/30
We then asked ourselves the question: do the IE languages really come from the steppes or were they first formed in the south of the Caucasus before a part joined the steppes by separating from the Anatolian languages to form the proto -Indo-European of the Yamnas. 27/30 
Well this study was able to show that Armenian samples south of the Caucasus had CLV ancestry as early as 4000 BC. JC and that Anatolian populations from the beginning of the Bronze Age had weak CLV ancestry. 28/30 
These results therefore suggest that the CLV are the first speakers of proto-Indo-Anatolian, that from around the middle of the 5th millennium, a part will have migrated towards Armenia then east to Anatolia to form the Anatolian languages. 29/30
Another part headed towards the Don and the Dnieper to form, with the Dnipro Cline, the Sredny Stog and the Yamnas, speakers of Proto-Indo-European from which all non-Anatolian languages would later come. 30/30
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Posted: 5/9/2024 11:39:57 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuote HistoryOriginally Posted By Prime: https://y.yarn.co/f3b99545-a2b4-4826-a2ce-4ac6332491a4_text.gif This April 18, a team from Harvard published a paper on the genetics of Indo-Europeans which provided major clarification on the origin of our languages and our cultures. A thread. 1/30 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GNEQ8IAWgAA0B4A?format=jpg&name=4096x4096
This paper, published by Lazaridis et al., and in which the geneticist David Reich and the archaeologist David Anthony participated, was interested in the genetic origin of a prehistoric population from Ukraine and Russia: the Yamnas. 2/30 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GNERBQUWcAI3tWt?format=jpg&name=medium
Who are the Yamnas? This is a Bronze Age cultural horizon spanning from 3300 to 2500 BC. BC, occupying the steppes between the Carpathians and the Urals and characterized by a pastoral and nomadic lifestyle in which sheep and horses played an important role. 3/30 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GNERP4uXcAAXjBl?format=jpg&name=4096x4096 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GNERTEiWAAAc8Gn?format=jpg&name=large https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GNERYyJXwAAgp0v?format=jpg&name=900x900
Since the 1950s, the Yamna culture (or Yamnaya in English, or even pit tomb culture) has been at the center of the "kurgan hypothesis" which seeks to explain the extension of Indo-European languages by a prehistoric migration from the Pontic steppes 4/30
All Indo-European languages (Latin, Germanic, Slavic, Celtic, Greek, Indo-Iranian, etc.) could ultimately be brought back to an ancestral language (proto-Indo-European) spoken by the Yamnas, as could many myths and ancient institutions. 5/30
Without going into detail about the arguments for this hypothesis, let us note that it was strongly supported by Haak et al. (2015) who showed an almost complete replacement of the Central European population by individuals related to the Yamnas. 6/30 https://europepmc.org/backend/ptpmcr https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GNER89RXEAE-hMu?format=jpg&name=large
Since then, several genetic studies (I will list a few) have clearly shown that the hypothesis, already consensual before 2015, was the right one: steppe migrations perfectly explain the stages of the separation of IE languages as reconstructed by linguists 7 /30
The purpose of the article by Lazaridis et al. published in April is to clarify the origin of the Yamnas themselves, in order to better understand how this population was formed during the 4th millennium. 8/30
Until now, we knew that the Yamnas represented a mixed type between (essentially) Caucasian hunter-gatherers (CHG), Eastern European hunter-gatherers (EHG). 9/30
Lazaridis et al. have shown that the Yamnas (below the red dots in fig. b) can be visualized as a crossroads between three large genetic groups (“clines”) 10/30 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GNHjLwnXEAAA3KU?format=jpg&name=large
What this graph shows is that the populations of the Eneolithic steppes entered into interaction along major geographical pathways: the Volga valley, the Dnieper and Don basins and the strip of land from the Caucasus to the lower valley of the Volga 11/30 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GNHvi4NXYAAWfju?format=jpg&name=small
Thus, step by step, these different populations met, produced unions, had children and DNA was able to circulate along these natural pathways which meet in the steppes to the north of the Caucasus. 12/30 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GNHvxUTWwAA1AYJ?format=jpg&name=large
The “Volga Cline” is thus made up of several populations settled along the Volga. They are related to the Eastern European Hunter-Gatherers (EHG), a Mesolithic population, but distance themselves from them as we go south. 13/30 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GNHwABsWMAAIB5p?format=jpg&name=large
However, in the lower Volga valley, researchers discovered that the samples from the Berezhnovka site were surprisingly genetically close to those from the Progress-2 site, in the Caucasus, 900 km away. This is what they called the “BP” group. 14/30 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GNHxC1DXgAAqhLE?format=jpg&name=4096x4096
This high genetic proximity despite a great geographic distance indicates that the populations of these sites were integrated into a large network of very mobile populations circulating from the foothills of the Caucasus to the lower Volga Valley. 15/30 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GNHxSfPX0AAQZzq?format=jpg&name=large
Thus there is a second cline linking Caucasian populations, such as the Maikop culture, to the lower Volga valley where this cline meets populations linked to the hunter-gatherers of Eastern Europe. This is the CLV Cline (Caucasus-Lower Volga). 16/30 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GNHxlGkXkAA6Bnn?format=jpg&name=4096x4096 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GNH0jGMXkAAX8JC?format=jpg&name=medium
Error: The image of the horseman is not a Maykop artifact, it depicts a Scythian horseman
Finally, the researchers highlighted the existence of a third cline, the Dnipro Cline, corresponding to the populations established in the Dnieper and Don basins. These populations are related to Ukrainian hunter-gatherers (UNHG, mix between EHG and WHG). 17/30 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GNH00axWkAEHaDj?format=png&name=900x900
And the Yamna (red dots) are part of this cline. But we can observe that they are located at the end, as if pulled towards the southeast by the CLV Cline. The reason: the Yamnas are the results of interactions between these populations of the Dnieper and Don with the CLVs. 18/30 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GNH1aHFXcAA6K9_?format=jpg&name=large
The researchers were also able to show that the Yamnas came directly from the culture of Sredny Stog, an Eneolithic culture of Ukraine which was itself already formed by the meeting between the Dnipro Cline and the CLV Cline. 19/30 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GNH2HWgWcAAScf4?format=jpg&name=900x900
It is interesting to note that the Yamnas sprinkled their dead with ocher pigments, like all steppe cultures, but also used burial mounds (the famous kurgans), which is a tradition linked to CLV 20/30 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GNH2ef3WEAIzH2c?format=jpg&name=small https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GNH2i3nWsAAH7Rq?format=jpg&name=small
Also interesting, most of the Yamnas (called Core-Yamna) constitute an extremely close group genetically even though they occupied (see fig. a) a territory several thousand km long. Which indicates two things. 21/30 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GNH2r8-X0AIUNhV?format=jpg&name=large
First of all, the Yamnas come from a small portion of the Sredny Stog: we can look at them as a single clan which will have been extraordinarily successful. On the other hand, the Yamnas deliberately excluded local populations from their marriages, preferring to unite among themselves. 22/30 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GNH30qBXAAAHuS1?format=jpg&name=large
So, why is this study so important? Already because it sheds light on the origin of the Yamnas, indicating that they came from Sredny Stog and how they received various elements from their relatives (WHG and EHG by the UNHG of the Dnipro Cline, EHG and CHG by the CLV Cline ...) 23/30
Then because it gives a possible solution to what remained the biggest problem of the origin of the Indo-Europeans: where did the Anatolian languages come from? 24/30 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GNH3Q1KXkAAS5qk?format=jpg&name=4096x4096
The Anatolian languages are a family of extinct languages spoken by various Anatolian peoples of Antiquity, notably the Hittites. However, linguists have long indicated that these were the first languages to have separated from the rest of the IE languages. 25/30 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GNH3blQXgAANtfX?format=jpg&name=small
However, until now, it had been impossible to find traces of steppe ancestry in the region. The arrival of Anatolian languages therefore remained a complete mystery. 26/30
We then asked ourselves the question: do the IE languages really come from the steppes or were they first formed in the south of the Caucasus before a part joined the steppes by separating from the Anatolian languages to form the proto -Indo-European of the Yamnas. 27/30 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GNH7Xh6W4AABoZS?format=jpg&name=medium
Well this study was able to show that Armenian samples south of the Caucasus had CLV ancestry as early as 4000 BC. JC and that Anatolian populations from the beginning of the Bronze Age had weak CLV ancestry. 28/30 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GNH7hmFWkAAwQa9?format=jpg&name=large
These results therefore suggest that the CLV are the first speakers of proto-Indo-Anatolian, that from around the middle of the 5th millennium, a part will have migrated towards Armenia then east to Anatolia to form the Anatolian languages. 29/30
Another part headed towards the Don and the Dnieper to form, with the Dnipro Cline, the Sredny Stog and the Yamnas, speakers of Proto-Indo-European from which all non-Anatolian languages would later come. 30/30
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Russia in a nutshell:  Highlander - Most badass scene ever. |
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Posted: 5/9/2024 11:49:17 PM EDT
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Well it's been an interesting morning. Woke up to explosions. Windows blown out the house on one side. A door blown off the hinges, and a big flash of light. So rockets flying, KABs, etc. Not a good morning for the city.
Kharkiv oblast is also getting smashed on the border with MLRS. https://t.me/kharkivlife/83821 |
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Posted: 5/9/2024 11:59:55 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/10/2024 12:00:21 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Evintos]
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EU companies exporting nitrocellulose to support the Russian military
Click To View Spoiler Russia Doubled Imports of an Explosives Ingredient—With Western Help Non-paywall link of WSJ article Click To View Spoiler Side note - just a matter of time before yet ANOTHER price increase is announced for gun powder. |
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Posted: 5/10/2024 12:00:57 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Easterner: Well it's been an interesting morning. Woke up to explosions. Windows blown out the house on one side. A door blown off the hinges, and a big flash of light. So rockets flying, KABs, etc. Not a good morning for the city. Kharkiv oblast is also getting smashed on the border with MLRS. https://t.me/kharkivlife/83821 Yeah, saw that. 1* |
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Posted: 5/10/2024 12:04:36 AM EDT
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Posted: 5/10/2024 12:23:23 AM EDT
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Previous night's Shaheds
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Posted: 5/10/2024 12:47:04 AM EDT
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Posted: 5/10/2024 1:21:09 AM EDT
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Posted: 5/10/2024 1:27:43 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Prime: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GNIkHInWwAEVgQl?format=jpg&name=large
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It’s kicking off then. Once they get into those tactics it will escalate pretty fast. |
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Posted: 5/10/2024 1:29:53 AM EDT
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Posted: 5/10/2024 2:03:11 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Prime: https://i.imgflip.com/1748sz.jpg
Man, I’ve watched a lot of drone footage and I’ve never seen that happen. |
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Posted: 5/10/2024 3:18:04 AM EDT
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Posted: 5/10/2024 3:26:11 AM EDT
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🦉 "Kraken" now deserves special gratitude, - Volodymyr Zelenskyi
🫡 The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyi, noted the unit of active actions of the GUR of the MOU "Kraken" in an evening video message on May 9, 2024. 🔗
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Posted: 5/10/2024 3:29:25 AM EDT
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 “Jackson” ?? DIU Legion ??: FPV DRONES INSTRUCTOR  Back to work.  ?????? ? ????????: ?? ??? ??????? ????? ??????. ????????? ????? ?????????? ?? ?????????. ??????? 1.  ??????????? ????? ??? 47-? ???? ? ??????????? ? ?????? ???? ????????? |
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Posted: 5/10/2024 3:58:59 AM EDT
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 Did we do this and I missed it!? This drone operator flies way too close to what ends up being a turret toss, and it's amazing.
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Posted: 5/10/2024 5:04:56 AM EDT
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New Russian Offensive in Kharkiv
Russian sources- Kupyansk direction. Russian troops broke through to Berestovoe. Effective measures are being taken to reach the river south of Kovsharovka, in the area of the villages of Kolesnikovka and Kruglyakovka. https://t.me/polk105/21102 The village of Strelechya in the Kharkov region completely came under the control of our troops. https://t.me/polk105/21103 Z-channels report a major attack on Kharkov. Temporary accommodation centers for refugees are being prepared in Belgorod hostels Several Russian military telegram channels immediately reported a massive attack on the territory of the Kharkov region, which began around 11 am. According to z-"military correspondents", the Russian army is striking the settlements of Goptovka, Krasnoye, Pylnaya, Strelechya, Volchansk and Borisovka. Intense fighting is reported. Earlier, our correspondent in Belgorod said that in recent days a large number of military personnel have been concentrated in the city. In addition, temporary accommodation centers for refugees began to be set up in Belgorod hostels. An anonymous source involved in the preparation of PVRs told SOTAvision about this. “They will be accommodated in four college dormitories. As a last resort, one of the city universities will be connected. They are preparing PVRs, most likely, for the Shebekin residents,” an interlocutor close to the Belgorod administration told us. Our source also connects the preparation of PVRs with a possible attack of the Russian Armed Forces on the Kharkov region, which Russian “military correspondents” also write about. He also told us the names of the colleges where hostels are planned, but for security reasons we are not naming them. https://t.me/sotavisionmedia/30197 Urgent From 4 am today. Our army began the assault in the Volchansk area. Good luck guys!!! Enemy resources confirm. https://t.me/rezervsvo/56050 For the Kharkov region: 1. We do not have the strength to take Kharkov itself, and such a goal is probably not set. 2. The most likely operation is to return those territories that were lost in the fall of 22. That is, the border area from Volchansk to Kupyansk. In an ideal scenario, if everything turns out to be so bad with the Ukrainian defense, then it is possible to reach the suburbs of Kharkov itself and be captured in a semicircle. 3. Strikes will continue in the direction of Pokrovsk from Ocheretino. 4. Local operations in the north of the Sumy region and in the Kherson region cannot be ruled out. The main task is to prevent the Ukrainians from maneuvering their forces from one direction to another and making holes where it is thin and torn. With minimal losses on our part. https://t.me/zoperation/75452 The borderland has been in motion since the night Subscribers from Belgorod report that gifts of all possible calibers were flying towards the Kharkov region all night: “Sasha, good morning! Oh, how it flew at night, how many gifts! I came home from work, and ours were all night, planes, rockets. Although I was tired, I watched.” The information gypsies are already shouting about taking populated areas and marching on Kharkov. Here, of course, it would be worth remembering 2022, when mischief-making cost us dearly. Let me remind you that we had Volchansk, Kupyansk, Izyum, and Balakleya... But none of these cities became the “Gates of Kharkov,” as some experts say today. Therefore, you should not expect quick victories. Hard combat work lies ahead. Let's keep our fingers crossed for ours. @sashakots https://t.me/sashakots/46584 Ukrainian- #Вовчанськ there is a heavy battle, the Rashists are trying to conduct reconnaissance by battle. We expect the same in sumshchyna...
A total of 8 reconnaissance UAVs in Kharkiv Oblast. https://t.me/eRadarrua/16742 The situation in the direction of Vovchansk is now very tense. At night, the enemy conducted a powerful artillery training, groups of DRG tried to feel the border line, received pussies. In the near future, it is expected that the main reserves will be attracted, we must fight back. https://t.me/stanislav_osman/5898 Many drones were sent to the Kharkiv direction, Sternenko. A big Russian offensive is beginning, which we will definitely repel. Help the defense forces. 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 ❗️These actions are predicted. The enemy has resources until it escalates in the border areas, which was discussed earlier - the head of the CPD Kovalenko It is important not to confuse this with the ability to seize Kharkiv, which does not exist, he wrote. He added that there will be many throwaways on this topic. https://t.me/newspn/91621 Kharkiv Governor The occupiers intensified their shelling in the northern direction. First of all, the enemy attacks the city of Vovchansk. Shelling from anti-aircraft guns, anti-aircraft guns and artillery continued throughout the night. There were unsuccessful attempts by the DRG to break through the border. 🔱 The Armed Forces of Ukraine confidently hold their positions: not a single meter has been lost. The enemy group does not pose a threat to Kharkiv, its forces are sufficient only for provocations in the northern direction. 🔱 All authorities are working, are on the ground and fulfill their duties. ❗️ We call on the civilian population of border settlements to stay in shelters, because it makes no difference to the enemy whether to strike military infrastructure or unarmed civilians. https://t.me/synegubov/9426
Kharkiv direction: Battles with Russian infantry continue in the area of Borysivka, Pylna, Krasne. There are unsuccessful attempts by the Russians to attack in the direction of Hoptivka and Strelech. Currently, Russian assaults are carried out by groups of infantry without the involvement of armoured vehicles but have the support of tactical and army aviation. The intensive work of the Russian air defense system and enemy reconnaissance UAVs. Artillery and FPV drones are successfully working on the destruction of Russian infantry. 
🐷 Activation by the enemy began in the Kharkiv region 🔫 The activation began with dense shelling with various means of fire damage to the border settlements of Kharkiv region. Currently, shelling continues, in particular, in the area of the city of Vovchansk. EW and UAV systems are also actively used. ⏩ The enemy is trying to enter and gain a foothold in a number of settlements along the border, in particular, in the villages of Strelecha-Krasne-Pylna-Borysivka. Attempts are also being made to attack the enemy in the settlements of Gatishche-Pletenivka. The main Katsap forces for the event are currently infantry with the support of a small amount of equipment. They do not dare to move beyond the above-mentioned settlements, perhaps the use of major forces is expected. ❗️ The available resources that the enemy has deployed at the moment will not be enough for a deep advance. Currently, the situation is such that the enemy is destabilizing the border areas. But it is not known how many main forces he is ready to use for this maneuver. 🛑 Separately, I would like to mention the shade of Strelech-Krasne-Pylna-Borysivka. In advance, the enemy made attempts to saturate the personnel in the villages, in particular, in the village of Pylna, about which we will write in more detail separately. You can claim to repel all attacks, distort information, but the responsible persons who were supposed to react to it from the first bells are now thinking about what to do with it. 👥 In the information field, similar actions from the enemy were expected. Even more, units of the Defense Forces, which directly hold positions along the border, were waiting for them. Now everything is in their hands, and they are making maximum efforts to repulse the next offensive actions of the Muscovites. The task of the entire society is not to panic, but to help our fighters on the front lines. The civilian population in the border areas should not be fooled, but should listen to calls from local authorities, in particular, regarding evacuation. 🔄 The map has been updated! 
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Posted: 5/10/2024 5:29:13 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Prime: Did we do this and I missed it!? This drone operator flies way too close to what ends up being a turret toss, and it's amazing.
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Posted: 5/10/2024 6:09:32 AM EDT
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Posted: 5/10/2024 7:13:20 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Prime: Did we do this and I missed it!? This drone operator flies way too close to what ends up being a turret toss, and it's amazing.
Once this all done Ukraine is going to have some really good action movie directors. They know the flow and how to stage everything. |
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Posted: 5/10/2024 7:39:39 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Prime: Did we do this and I missed it!? This drone operator flies way too close to what ends up being a turret toss, and it's amazing.
lol, no that's pretty epic. |
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Posted: 5/10/2024 7:47:35 AM EDT
[Last Edit: AlmightyTallest]
[#28]
27 minutes ago, round two apparently.
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Posted: 5/10/2024 7:57:05 AM EDT
[#29]
 The never ending cycle of performance vs. cost.
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Posted: 5/10/2024 7:59:14 AM EDT
[Last Edit: AlmightyTallest]
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Posted: 5/10/2024 8:04:15 AM EDT
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takeoff and landing, as well as assembly in 25 minutes without tools, make the Raybird drone quite mobile. This drone can be equipped with a payload weighing up to 5 kg. The drone is equipped with video and photo systems, SAR, laser guidance and others. Useful systems can change quickly. Withstands harsh weather, extreme temperatures and electronic warfare (EW) threats. Raybird 3 Features: Flight duration: 18-28 hours. Maximum flight range: 2500 km. Maximum flight altitude: up to 4500 m. Radius of telemetry and control data transmission: up to 120 km. 
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Posted: 5/10/2024 8:06:23 AM EDT
[#32]
1 hr ago.
The planned full-scale Russian Offensive in #Kharkiv has NOT started but preparations have Currently, Russian DRG (Scout Units) and small groups of armored infantry, in the wake of intensive artillery strikes to soften their objectives, are probing Ukrainian defenses along the border with the Kharkiv region in at least six locations. These are small-scale actions intended to force Ukraine into revealing there defenses in the region indicative of a large reconnaissance in force operation in preparation of a full scale offensive in the near future. The AFU also needs to consider whether these actions are also intended as diversionary with the planned main thrust(s) coming in a different direction. The towns currently affected are located along an approximately 40-mile (65-km) stretch of border between Hoptivka in the west and Vovchans'ki in the east (see map): Hoptivka (50.282670, 36.261832); Strilecha (50.301262, 36.398946); Krasne (50.283415, 36.457473); Pyl'na (50.286330, 36.519146); Borysivka (50.277316, 36.556034); and, Vovchans'ki (50.285736, 36.945697); Current news from Ukrainian sources is that all advances have been halted with two or three completely defeated/repelled. 
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Posted: 5/10/2024 8:10:07 AM EDT
[Last Edit: AlmightyTallest]
[#33]
7 minutes ago:
I am not ready to say it is bigger than what it appears to be at this time but this is from @ZelenskyyUa just now: «Russia has started a new wave of counteroffensive actions, our military knew about it and calculated their forces. Now there is a fierce battle.» - Zelenskyi about the offensive of the Russian Federation in the #Kharkiv region. NASA FIRMS imagery does show what is most likely burning equipment in two primary concentrations of activity (Pic. 1): 1) The Eastern Axis (Vovchansk Axis) in the southward direction from #Shebekino, Belgorod Oblast, Russia, in the direction of #Vovchansk, Kharkiv Oblast; and, 2) The Western Axis (#Lyptsi Axis) in the southward direction from #Petrovka, #Belgorod Oblast, Russia, in the direction of Lyptsi, Kharkiv Oblast. I do predict, however, that a "fierce battle" is in the making as the Russians are currently preparing the battlespace for their full-scale offensive.   
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Posted: 5/10/2024 8:31:09 AM EDT
[#34]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Capta: Chinese Golf Cart with a load of infantry gets hosed by an unseen machine-gun! Why are the Russians assaulting Ukrainian positions with Chinese golf carts? Can anyone tell me?  |
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Posted: 5/10/2024 8:36:14 AM EDT
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Posted: 5/10/2024 8:36:47 AM EDT
[Last Edit: AlmightyTallest]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By fadedsun: Why are the Russians assaulting Ukrainian positions with Chinese golf carts? Can anyone tell me? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By fadedsun: Originally Posted By Capta: Chinese Golf Cart with a load of infantry gets hosed by an unseen machine-gun! Why are the Russians assaulting Ukrainian positions with Chinese golf carts? Can anyone tell me? Just wait, they are saving their best stuff for later. NSFW.
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Posted: 5/10/2024 8:40:16 AM EDT
[#37]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AlmightyTallest: Just wait, they are saving their best stuff for later. NSFW.
I have more armored vehicles than some Russian motorized companies right now To be fair, losing a motorcycle is probably cheaper than even a desertcross go cart. Win for everyon! |
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Posted: 5/10/2024 9:16:39 AM EDT
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«Butusov Plus: Russian attack on the Kharkiv region on May 10 at night, Russian troops with up to 4-5 infantry battalions crossed the state border line and captured four border villages - #Strilecha, #Krasne, #Pylna, #Borysivka. In other areas, Russian attacks were repelled, and Vina suffered significant losses. Minor progress was also recorded in the area of #ovchansk. The largest captured settlement is Strilecha. This area under the border has long been actually a gray zone, the defense line was not deployed there, and therefore the enemy managed to create a bridgehead up to 10 km wide and 5 km deep on the territory of Ukraine without any special obstacles. The total area of the captured territory is more than 30 square kilometers. It is about 40 km from Kharkiv. The actions of the Russians did not come as a surprise to the Ukrainian command. But why the enemy managed to capture such a large territory so quickly by infantry forces is a big question. Of course, the forces there are not equal, our tactical reserves operate from the depths, because the enemy has an advantage in the number of reconnaissance drones and weapons of destruction - aviation and artillery. But the offensive had been talked about for many months, and there was enough time to prepare so that the infantry would not march. The further offensive of the enemy was stopped, thanks to the deployment of our troops and the infliction of fire damage on the Russians. But the organization of the defense was effective in some areas, and ineffective in the Streleche area. Therefore, the Russian troops are trying to advance further. The enemy provokes weakness. Armored vehicles transported infantry to Russian territory, but did not enter our territory at the beginning of the attack. But it is obvious that now the armored vehicles will enter to support the further actions of the infantry. The enemy advances slowly in individual groups of infantry, each with a platoon size. The enemy also crossed the border in the Vovchansk region. The nature of the enemy's actions is combat reconnaissance, which is carried out by significant infantry forces. At the moment, the enemy has created a bridgehead for further actions, but the forces for the rapid deployment of a large-scale offensive on the city of Kharkiv itself are currently lacking in this area. Obviously, the further development of events will depend on the appropriate actions of our troops - if the Russians suffer heavy losses and meet strong resistance, they will not go further and will be entrenched in the captured area. But if they are not stopped and do not inflict heavy losses, they will begin to seize other areas along the border in order to first push the front away from the border with the Russian Federation, and then use this front as a possible springboard for an offensive by larger forces. At the moment, the Russian offensive does not pose a direct threat to Kharkiv, there is no threat of a quick capture of the city. For the defense of Kharkiv, our command concentrated significant forces. But the situation is very dangerous for the future and requires quick and professional actions of the Ukrainian command in order to seize the tactical initiative through reconnaissance and accurate defeat of the Russian infantry.» 
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Posted: 5/10/2024 9:20:41 AM EDT
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Posted: 5/10/2024 9:38:25 AM EDT
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Posted: 5/10/2024 9:38:38 AM EDT
[#41]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Easterner: Well it's been an interesting morning. Woke up to explosions. Windows blown out the house on one side. A door blown off the hinges, and a big flash of light. So rockets flying, KABs, etc. Not a good morning for the city. Kharkiv oblast is also getting smashed on the border with MLRS. https://t.me/kharkivlife/83821 Prayers to you and Ukraine. I hope the arrival of the F16 can make this shit ease up or stop. |
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WI, USA
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Posted: 5/10/2024 9:39:04 AM EDT
[#42]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Prime: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GNIkHInWwAEVgQl?format=jpg&name=large
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Georgian Dream did not start out as 'pro-Kremlin.' They maintained the necessary anti-Russia line in their early years. It's possible that behind the scenes the leaders organized around anti-Saakashvili sentiment and kept any pro-Russian leanings secret. If they come around to pro-Kremlin, they will lose popular support and Georgia's political establishment will be totally upended again. Already, a number of Georgian Dream MPs have quit the party over recent changes, and GD has to have support from another party as they lack an outright majority in Parliament. I wonder if any of the police are actual Russians. That would take the cake. Georgia has elections scheduled for October this year, so the situation there bears watching. It would be very Russian to foment unrest and use that as a pretext for invading in order to preserve peace and stability. It's hard to see Russia having enough spare units to support that, but it would solidify Russia's position as the new Nazi Germany circa 1939. The US could not intervene, since it's an election year here as well. The EU has lacked fortitude, but maybe this would set them off, too. |
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Posted: 5/10/2024 9:42:37 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ITCHY-FINGER: Prayers to you and Ukraine. I hope the arrival of the F16 can make this shit ease up or stop. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By ITCHY-FINGER: Originally Posted By Easterner: Well it's been an interesting morning. Woke up to explosions. Windows blown out the house on one side. A door blown off the hinges, and a big flash of light. So rockets flying, KABs, etc. Not a good morning for the city. Kharkiv oblast is also getting smashed on the border with MLRS. https://t.me/kharkivlife/83821 Prayers to you and Ukraine. I hope the arrival of the F16 can make this shit ease up or stop. This, I pray for you guys every day. |
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Posted: 5/10/2024 9:43:52 AM EDT
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Posted: 5/10/2024 9:46:38 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AlmightyTallest:
Czechia operates f16s? Why would they have a simulator? |
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Posted: 5/10/2024 9:54:19 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By fadedsun: Czechia operates f16s? Why would they have a simulator? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By fadedsun: Originally Posted By AlmightyTallest:
Czechia operates f16s? Why would they have a simulator? I have no idea. It could be cobbled together from commercial parts and not a full up military simulator. But good question nonetheless.
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Posted: 5/10/2024 10:01:08 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AlmightyTallest: I have no idea. It could be cobbled together from commercial parts and not a full up military simulator. But good question nonetheless. Part of their evaluation program, CZ has F-16 pilots but no planes yet. No decision have been made what they want to buy, F-16 or Gripen. |
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Posted: 5/10/2024 10:03:03 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Evintos: EU companies exporting nitrocellulose to support the Russian military Click To View Spoiler Russia Doubled Imports of an Explosives Ingredient—With Western Help Non-paywall link of WSJ article Click To View Spoiler Side note - just a matter of time before yet ANOTHER price increase is announced for gun powder. It would be interesting if all of these fuckers that supported Russia get sued after the war. |
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Posted: 5/10/2024 10:14:45 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4xGM300m: Part of their evaluation program, CZ has F-16 pilots but no planes yet. No decision have been made what they want to buy, F-16 or Gripen. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4xGM300m: Originally Posted By AlmightyTallest: I have no idea. It could be cobbled together from commercial parts and not a full up military simulator. But good question nonetheless. Part of their evaluation program, CZ has F-16 pilots but no planes yet. No decision have been made what they want to buy, F-16 or Gripen. Ahh that makes sense, thanks for that clarification. 
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Posted: 5/10/2024 10:30:48 AM EDT
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Analysis of the #Kharkiv Front from Myroshnykov: The Russians made a mistake and it will all "go sideways for them." Sumy is next. «The enemy began reconnaissance byforce in the Kharkiv region. North-east of Kharkiv. The second is the Vovchanski direction. (That is, he is moving in the Kupyansky/Izyum direction.) I looked at it here (see below post from May 7, 2024) potential options a few days ago. In the Kharkiv region, everything is still the same. We are waiting for similar actions in Sumy region. It is important to note that this is still Combat Reconnaissance. But there is about a week left before the enemy is ready to conduct a combined-arms operation. Maybe less, maybe more. Now a lot of options for further development of events are being considered. Among them is the fact that they will not be able to conduct a combined-arms operation and will limit themselves to raids. The fact is that our soldiers were ready in advance and will hit the enemy as hard as possible. What happened from Strelechaya to Borisovka - we did not actually control the border there. There was a gray area, so there was no way to stop the invaders. In fact, the orcs shouldn't have started all this bullshit. Very much in vain. It will come out sideways. Because back in November last year, the entire direction (and related ones) began to strengthen on our part, and in February-March - even more intensively.» Source: https://t.me/myro_shnykov/5470 ---------------------------------------------------- Myroshnykov from May 7, 2024 «The enemy continues to accumulate in the border strip of the temporarily occupied Belgorod and Kursk regions. About 33-35 thousand orcs have already gathered in the first, and another 13-14 in the second. The number is increasing. As you can understand, the number of military bases and means of destruction (~430 tanks, 135 units of self-propelled artillery and 388 units of self-propelled and towed artillery) is not enough to conduct a combined military operation and achieve even an operational-tactical goal. For comparison, at the peak of the Avdiiv operation, there were more than 115,000 personnel of the occupiers. This is on a section of the front less than 40 km wide (from Krasnohorivka to Krasnohorivka). The enemy also understands this. Therefore, the meaning of the actions of the occupiers can be reduced to the following: a) an attack on Vovchansk to enter the rear of our Kupyan group b) raids in the direction of Kharkiv and Sumy/Glukhov And both options are quite realistic. They differ only in the final goal. There is still a third option - border battles on our territory. No one knows what will happen to them. But I can say for sure that our boys are ready for any development. Angry and motivated to destroy the enemy🫡 What more can be said - there may be even more indiscriminate strikes on Kharkiv/Sumy. The enemy has a lot of anti-tank missiles up to s-300 and rszv. As well as more accurate ones (shahedy/9m723/х-59/69). And fabs/cabs/other types of tactical aviation weapons. This must be understood. |
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