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Sun Sep 11, 2022, 12:39 PM

Sep 2022

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Jessica Berlin
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Sep 10, 2022
@berlin_bridge

In a day full of good news this one made me laugh out loud: confirmed reports the Russians have been using helicopters to look for deserters. You know your war’s on track when your air support is going after your own troops instead of the enemy.
#Ukraine️ #counteroffensive

Alwin Huber
@kiekerjan666

Russians have a long history when it comes to hunting down deserters. Finding motivated soldiers to fight under crappy conditions has always been a problem in Russia...

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"Everybody gets a tank!"... "You want an IFV?"... lol [View all] getagrip_already Sep 2022 OP

Oprah could go over there and pass them out: "You get a tank, and you get a tank! Everybody tblue37 Sep 2022 #1

+1,000 Maraya1969 Sep 2022 #3

that graphic is barbtries Sep 2022 #7

For those who again had to look up an acronym, IFV Firestorm49 Sep 2022 #16

This message was self-deleted by its author ShazzieB Sep 2022 #31

Thanks! ShazzieB Sep 2022 #32

Be sure to plant the Ukrainian Flag on them MagickMuffin Sep 2022 #2

Here's another tank up for grabs. TheBlackAdder Sep 2022 #17

Damn. That poor tree. GoCubsGo Sep 2022 #24

And this one is going to the scrap heap. Explosion caused the tank commander to become airborne. TheBlackAdder Sep 2022 #18

I'm amazed at the things people can see in these videos. ShazzieB Sep 2022 #33

This message was self-deleted by its author Chainfire Sep 2022 #4

During the second world war, Soviet troops would have been executed for abandoning Chainfire Sep 2022 #5

I suspect.... getagrip_already Sep 2022 #6

If the Ukrainians were, for some reason, unable to salvage the vehicles, they would surely burn them Chainfire Sep 2022 #8

Are you sure that is not happening now??? TNNurse Sep 2022 #9

Who knows what is happening on the other side of the paper curtain? ;) Chainfire Sep 2022 #20

What happened to all the Z s painted on every tank. The Jungle 1 Sep 2022 #10

At least one had a Z. Igel Sep 2022 #19

Take the ammo flying rabbit Sep 2022 #27

Replies to the original tweet: tblue37 Sep 2022 #11

What do they do when they find a deserter? ShazzieB Sep 2022 #35

Tanks have terrible gas mileage AggressiveCanary Sep 2022 #12

Maintenance and upkeep makes them terrible commuter vehicles. Hermit-The-Prog Sep 2022 #13

No worse than my boat... getagrip_already Sep 2022 #14

Exile Putin and Trump and make them live together. Trump can be Vlad's butler. I wonder when rw Pepsidog Sep 2022 #15

The only thing that I worry about is if Putin is left in power long enough to want to take the world Chainfire Sep 2022 #21

Let's hope they send Putin their first and cooler heads emerge. Pepsidog Sep 2022 #22

Hmm, let me see.... ShazzieB Sep 2022 #36

Too bad they're death traps. GoCubsGo Sep 2022 #23

Using copers to locate missing troops or deserters? That doesn't sound very viable, and seems to SWBTATTReg Sep 2022 #25

Meanwhile, Leghorn21 Sep 2022 #26

The Ukrainian Tractor Brigade, Baby! Brother Buzz Sep 2022 #39

This is a rout. The Russians abandoned anything that was either slow or dug in Warpy Sep 2022 #28

The good news is that the HIMars can now get closer & do more damage to supplies and personel Historic NY Sep 2022 #30

For people like me who don't keep up on all this stuff... ShazzieB Sep 2022 #37

The scrap iron business is booming in Ukraine... Historic NY Sep 2022 #29

I'd be a little wary of climbing into.... SergeStorms Sep 2022 #34

40 tons of scrap metal should help a lot. lpbk2713 Sep 2022 #38

Scrap metal? Brother Buzz Sep 2022 #40