Russia - threadbanned users in OP

Got to keep in mind when watching such videos that at least some part of russias forces is/was composed of putins rivals.

Protestors and inmates. Among the inmates are psychos and other problematic individuals, sure, but also some of them will have resorted to criminality due to Russian society having its wealth vaccumed up the mafia pyramid which putin and his goons are sat atop. So indirect victims of putin in a sense.

Political rivals, protestors and the coerced underclass no hopers. Are somewhere in those ranks dying. Cant be sure if youre watching one or not.

There's a big difference between BBC or whoever showing pictures of war to emphasize how horrific it is and someone on boards with a hard-on screaming "look at this one lads, watch him get turned into jelly erm no i mean mince meat hahaha".

The first serves an informative purpose, the second shows a pathological pleasure in demonizing another group and watching them suffer and a total absence of normal human sensitivity

There are a few caveats concerning these videos of killed Russians.

1. It is a win for Ukraine and most people on this thread want Ukraine to win. Unfortunately that means killing lots of Russians. Dead Russians = winning. Sad but true.
2. Russia's war crimes has stirred up great anger and even a desire for vengeance. There is a limit to what people will tolerate.

None of this justifies jubilation at their deaths but one has to look at this in context. And the context is Russian brutality and mass murder. Murder that has been going on since Russia came into existence. People talk about the evil west and there is a case to answer here but the difference between the west and Russia is that the general populace in the west have not been poisoned by their leader's evil while many Russians have soaked up the cruelty of their leadership. On Russian national tv they openly talk about how they should be committing atrocities against their enemies and many Russians applaud it. They have become depraved by a century of depraved leadership. A lot more could be said about this but it shows why many people say a good Russian is a dead Russian. I'm speaking very loosely here but I can't cover every exception in one post. At any rate, I'm not justifying or condemning the posting of such videos.

We will never know the real horror in Mariupol, most of it has been / will be cleansed by Putin & Co :(

Two years under the rubble. A large number of bodies were found in Mariupol.

In the temporarily occupied Mariupol, Russians began demolishing the House of Communication, which has a unique mosaic "Conquerors of Space" on its wall. 

The advisor to the mayor of Mariupol, Petro Andriushchenko, said that a large number of dead Ukrainian civilians were found under the rubble, their bodies in a terrible condition.  "For two years the bodies have been under the rubble... - he said.

Better than the hyped F16..

Interesting, theoretical vs practical implementation. Out of curiosity would you have an opinion on the other European canards i.e. Eurofighter or Rafale?

Thanks for the information. Would be a fitting end for the Mirage line if the Ukrainians were the last new operator.

Go out doing what it was designed for, in battling Migs and Sukhois.

I never said anything remotely like that and never have. I can only assume you're confusing me with someone else. If not, quote where I said it

Zaluzhnyi was fired by Zelensky. He was the military commander of the Ukrainian army and was fired/removed from that position.How is that a conspiracy theory? :confused:

Turkish Defence Minister İsmet Yılmaz confirmed that the Turkish F-16D was shot down by a Greek Mirage 2000 with an R.550 Magic II in 1996 after violating Greek airspace near Chios island

The crass stupidity and even more so cruelty of the Putin regime is extremely clear to anyone without watching videos of people being blown up. The whole point is that a certain poster takes sadistic pleasure in the videos and doesn't even pretend otherwise. Fair enough, his business, but let's not pretend it has anything to do with bearing historical witness

Russia's invasion of Ukraine is a complete failure (Both Tactically and Strategically)

They've failed to take Ukraine after 2 years, The NATO alliance now with Finland and Sweden onboards is stronger than ever before, Russia now shares a huge border with NATO, Russian losses in terms of equipment and personnel have been very heavy, The Russian economy is in decline, not to mention all the Wagner messing that went on last year. It's been an absolute disaster for Vladimir Putin, like it couldn't have gone worse than it has.

I'm guessing the president will have an accident this year at some point. I genuinely believe this summer is the last roll of the dice for the Russian invasion. It is highly likely Europe will send more military aid to Ukraine in the event Donald Trump is elected and refuses to back them.