Russian Attack Helicopters Used as Artillery

A rare scene in the war in #Ukraine! A Ka-52 and a Mi-28N attack helicopter of #RussiaAirForce were spotted carrying out a mission jointly together! They fire S-8 unguided rockets with high angle of attack & without aiming to keep their distance far from #UkrainianArmy positions.

https://twitter.com/BabakTaghvaee/status/1504395083608637447

It’s like that scene at the bridge in Hemmingway’s for whom the bell tolls. A small enemy tank poked it’s nose out and fired blindly then hid away again. Hemmingway’s protagonist immediately understood and appreciated this, and imagined the report they’d send to their commander. “Engaged the enemy.”

SBU releases Shocking intercept of Russian soldier calling his mother.

Russian soldier calls to his mother.

She said that she wants to go and petition for his return because she’s alone and needs assistance. He says they won’t release him, and they’ve already given 8-year prison sentences to soldiers who departed.

He says there are 120 wounded and 350 dead, that his brigade is almost demolished, and will soon be attacked and destroyed. They have no more tanks or anything. Ukrainians destroyed everything with mortar attacks.

He says “I’ll tell you a secret,” we want to find Ukrainian-caliber ammunition and shoot each other in the legs so that we get sent to the hospital. He says “may god let us live long enough to do this.”

Ukrainian security services have release many such intercepts. While I believe them to be authentic, we do not know for certain whether or not these are Ukrainian information operations or not, and we also do know how prevalent the demoralization is in Russian ranks.

For what it’s worth, I think it’s real, and consistent with what we know of historic Russian offensives. The West cannot comprehend the dark depths of Russian nihilism.

Photos of invaders

people refer to them as “Orcs” – notice the “CCCP” spray painted. They lust for the Soviet Union. It’s as Marquis de Custine wrote in the 1830 – A society intoxicated from top to bottom with their own slavery. And, in Russia, the bitter fruit of tyranny cannot be purchased at too high a price.