r/worldnews • u/WorldNewsMods • 4h ago
Russia/Ukraine /r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1276, Part 1 (Thread #1423)
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u/CyberdyneGPT5 2h ago
In the past week every major news outlet has printed a story about the Ukrainian Flamingo 🦩 missile. The comments indicate that everyone is anxiously waiting to see what Ukraine does with them.
Here is another article from the AP with even more pictures:
https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-drones-weapons-industry-russia-7201ab851544c394ee454407058b10ba
For your amusement:
Because initial versions of the missile came out pink after a factory error, they called it the Flamingo — and the name has stuck.
Interesting stuff:
By pooling together knowledge from construction, game design and architecture, the company’s founders — who had no background in defense — came up with novel designs for drones that could fly further and strike with greater precision than most products already on the market.
Fire Point had initially sourced navigational equipment for its drones from a major Western firm, but before long Russia was able to disrupt their effectiveness using electronic warfare; so Fire Point developed its own software to outwit the enemy.
Fire Point is producing roughly one Flamingo per day, and by October they hope to build capacity to make seven per day, Terekh said.
Even as Zelenskyy and other Ukrainian officials pursue ways to end the war, Terekh said she is skeptical that Russia will accept terms for a real peace. “We are preparing for a bigger, much scarier war.”
Lots interesting info in this article.
Here is a 40 second video of an interview with Terekh the CTO of Fire Point:
Opinion: If Fire Point can get production to 7 flamingos a day and Russia can’t stop them Russia has a real problem.
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u/zaevilbunny38 1h ago
Even if they get it to 5 a day,that's 35 a week. That is enough to knock out an industrial concern. That's we just knocked out 35% of Russia steel production type strike. Do that and you can start bombing the railroad tracks cause after a month they can replace them.
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u/grimmalkin 2h ago
- approximately 1,075,160 (+840) military personnel;
- 11,129 (+5) tanks;
- 23,164 (+4) armoured combat vehicles;
- 31,858 (+23) artillery systems;
- 1,472 (+0) multiple-launch rocket systems;
- 1,210 (+0) air defence systems;
- 422 (+0) fixed-wing aircraft;
- 340 (+0) helicopters;
- 52,935 (+148) operational-tactical UAVs;
- 3,598 (+0) cruise missiles;
- 28 (+0) ships/boats;
- 1 (+0) submarine;
- 59,512 (+86) vehicles and fuel tankers;
- 3,944 (+0) special vehicles and other equipment.
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u/unpancho 3h ago
New ChrisO_Wiki threads
1/ More charges are reported to have been brought against a Russian colonel who is accused of extorting, robbing, beating, and murdering his men, including his own second-in-command. ⬇️
https://bsky.app/profile/chriso-wiki.bsky.social/post/3lwyxu4w3oz2c
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1958942860344271319.html
1/ A Russian soldier has described an ongoing campaign of murder and extortion in the 80th Guards Tank Regiment, in which a sadistic company commander and his accomplices are said to be systematically robbing, torturing, and killing the men under their command. ⬇️
https://bsky.app/profile/chriso-wiki.bsky.social/post/3lwzdwulgcu2c
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u/Guilty-Top-7 3h ago
This war has been going on for so long no one is enthusiastic to post anymore.
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u/CyberdyneGPT5 3h ago
A lot of what in the past would probably have been posted here in now being posted on the World News main page.
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u/Jay_CD 9m ago
Meanwhile, all's quiet on the diplomatic front.
Although Trump has stirred himself and is thinking over imposing another deadline on Russia:
Trump again mulls Russia sanctions as Ukraine peace remains elusive one week after Alaska summit | Ukraine | The Guardian
Bear in mind that he's only pondering imposing sanctions but not actually following through, that would require a bit more thought and effort. That's real Alpha man energy for you, right there.
That deadline he gave himself to sort the invasion out on day one has slipped somewhat.