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Foreign AffairsRe: No One Should Interfere With Protest, Soldiers Warn by Appleyard(m): 3:16pm On Apr 16, 2022
AchalugoNwa:
see country naaa

as a soldier of any country, your priorities and sole mandate is protecting the lives and properties of the citizens and not politicians.
the citizens comes first for any country's army.

I hope Nigeria soldiers learn one or two things here
Truer words have never been spoken.

The territorial integrity of a nation is of Paramount interest and core focus of an ethically minded and politically neutral military that knows it onus. This is because the territorial integrity defines sovereignty, without which a country is merely a rubber stamp collection of people. And sovereignty reside with the people. The people are the true sovereign. Thus, a good army should, and will focus on defending the people from whom the state derives it's sovereignty.

The Malawian military just lived up to that. Kudos to them. cool
Foreign AffairsRe: No One Should Interfere With Protest, Soldiers Warn by Appleyard(m): 3:04pm On Apr 16, 2022
Krss216:
Unlike our country zoogeria,you try that one here soldiers go even join brutalize you.
Chaii.
The zoogeria part got to me... grin ;DBu seriously, this country of ours is in real bad shape.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russian State TV Declares World War 3 Has Begun (photos) by Appleyard(m): 2:59pm On Apr 16, 2022
Asianjollof007:
End everything now, we are all tired. I don't even understand the essence of life.
Nothing will end..time never ends even if the earth suffers nuclear fallout.

Get Bob Marley's "Redemption Song" and reminisce on the lyrics:

"...have no fear for Atomic energy cause none of them can stop the time."

Legendary!!! cool
Foreign AffairsRe: Russian State TV Declares World War 3 Has Begun (photos) by Appleyard(m): 2:52pm On Apr 16, 2022
frowland:
Joe Biden and Democrats, you guys should iron this mess out. It all looks like a joke now until it’s no more a joke.
Joe Biden and the Democrats that are busy demonstrating madness?

Since you were born until now, which president have you seen shaking hands with empty air after giving a speech? America has been sold, bought and destroyed by the deep state.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russian State TV Declares World War 3 Has Begun (photos) by Appleyard(m): 2:49pm On Apr 16, 2022
FalseProphet1:
I see Russia firing a Nuke at Ukraine, I see the Nuke malfunction and exploding in Moscow, I see millions die, I see Ukraine claiming victory.

This I have seen.
Thank God you're a false prophet. cool
Foreign AffairsRe: Chechen Special Forces Kills US Intelligence Officer In Mariupol by Appleyard(op): 2:46pm On Apr 16, 2022
Foreign AffairsRe: Chechen Special Forces Kills US Intelligence Officer In Mariupol by Appleyard(op): 2:43pm On Apr 16, 2022
DerrickzB:
The way you are up and against Russia!! Just volunteer to go fight in Ukraine na
The guy is soooo emotional that most times, I avoid replying him cause I feel it would hurt his feelings and ruin His day.

By the way, how do you guys share videos from Telegram to Nairaland? I have tried and failed.
Foreign AffairsRe: Chechen Special Forces Kills US Intelligence Officer In Mariupol by Appleyard(op): 2:41pm On Apr 16, 2022
ken6488:
go read for jamb
Let the kid have some breath of air... cool
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia Finally Rolled Out Heavy Long range Bombers In Ukraine by Appleyard(m): 2:39pm On Apr 16, 2022
Opolopoopolonio:
Wishful thinkinghuh
You're not making sense.
Foreign AffairsRe: India Receives Military Supplies From Moscow Amid Russia-ukraine War by Appleyard(m): 2:37pm On Apr 16, 2022
Techguy96:
There's no successor to Soviet union.
Russia is not Soviet union
Sorry, Russia is the successor. US even said that. cool
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia Finally Rolled Out Heavy Long range Bombers In Ukraine by Appleyard(m): 8:18am On Apr 16, 2022
Drenimarcus:
Check Lord of war telegram channel and see the video they just dropped. Bombs everywhere.
That place is full of horrific scenes. War is very bad.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia Finally Rolled Out Heavy Long range Bombers In Ukraine by Appleyard(m): 8:16am On Apr 16, 2022
Opolopoopolonio:
You're uninformed.

Russia won't be exerting fierce pressure from the skies if they were very much on ground.
Azovstal steel is where they're holed up now and is highly fortified place.
Foreign AffairsRe: Zelensky Says Up To 3,000 Ukrainian Troops Dead by Appleyard(m): 8:13am On Apr 16, 2022
Kingpin1000:
If 1000+ were captured in a go at Mariupol, how many must have lost their lives only in Mariupol?
Your sense dey there. cool Outside sources estimated that Ukraine may have lost up to 50,000 troops.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia Finally Rolled Out Heavy Long range Bombers In Ukraine by Appleyard(m): 12:29am On Apr 16, 2022
Drenimarcus:
30 polish mercenaries have been captured by Russian forces in Mariupol all members of Nazi SS Krupp battalion.
I thought they said they were killed?
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia Finally Rolled Out Heavy Long range Bombers In Ukraine by Appleyard(m): 12:29am On Apr 16, 2022
Opolopoopolonio:
After 7 weeks of besieging and surrounding Mariupol, the city is still in the hands of Ukrainian forces.

Shame of pro-Putin looooonatics... grin
Only the Azovstal steel complex, not the city anymore.
Foreign AffairsChechen Special Forces Kills US Intelligence Officer In Mariupol by Appleyard(op):
Special Forces from the Chechen Republic liquidated a representative of the US intelligence agency in the Donbas, - Dudayev

"This is the fate of representatives of the US special services who fell into the hands of fighters from the Chechen Republic, who do not leave a single crime (against the civilian population of the LDNR) unpunished!" - writes the Chechen Minister Akhmed Dudayev.



https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=5388413971190020&id=100000644123439

https://t. me/loordofwar/9070

Foreign AffairsRe: Photo From The Ilyich Plant In Mariupol. by Appleyard(m): 11:12pm On Apr 15, 2022
It's getting messy for the Ukies. This war should just end abeg.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia Finally Rolled Out Heavy Long range Bombers In Ukraine by Appleyard(m): 11:02pm On Apr 15, 2022
searchng4love:
Officers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in skirts and berets flee from Ukraine

In Odessa, another officer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was detained, who tried to enter Moldova in a woman's dress. The 26-year-old Ukrainian had a certificate of a military officer with him.
They are getting tired of the war but the mad comedian who has turn beggar even begging from Africa will not let them rest. I never in my life envisaged a situation where a European country would be begging Africa for help, considering all the negative things they have done and said against us.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia Finally Rolled Out Heavy Long range Bombers In Ukraine by Appleyard(m): 9:30pm On Apr 15, 2022
Walkee:
I dey vex for Russia sef. If they are not ready to fight they should go back home. What's this nonsense sef. Bomb cities, destroy communication facilities they are going back and forth. How will people be tweet and making tiktok videos from war zone? Bomb those idiots until they are cowering behind closed doors then you roll in
That's the US style of victory grin Carpet bomb the whole place.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia Finally Rolled Out Heavy Long range Bombers In Ukraine by Appleyard(m): 9:26pm On Apr 15, 2022
Drenimarcus:
It is! the destruction i have seen today is enough for him to surrender, the Ukraine army seem demoralized cos they keep surrendering.
The more the surrender the quicker the war drawing to an end.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia Finally Rolled Out Heavy Long range Bombers In Ukraine by Appleyard(m): 9:22pm On Apr 15, 2022
Drenimarcus:
The European Union deplores the unjustified, baseless decision of the Russian Federation to expel 18 members of the Delegation of the European Union to the Russian Federation,"

Things are starting to heat up!

UPDATE:
Russian Official Says Military Personnel of NATO States Are Among Prisoners From Ukraine
Military personnel of NATO countries were captured during Russia’s special operation in Ukraine, Andrey Klimov, the head of the Russian upper chamber’s commission for the protection of state sovereignty, said on Friday.

The West “continues its war [against Russia] with the hands of Ukrainians, as well as mercenaries,” the official said, adding that military personnel of NATO countries are involved in the conflict.

“We already have prisoners among the military personnel of NATO countries, we will show all this when we conduct trials, and the whole world will see what really happened,” Klimov said.

Western sources have confirmed that US, British, Polish and Canadian mercenaries along with Turks have been captured in Don Bas.
We have know about the western military personnel trapped in the Azovstal steel complex. It would be a big PR if Russia takes them alive.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia Finally Rolled Out Heavy Long range Bombers In Ukraine by Appleyard(m): 9:17pm On Apr 15, 2022
Drenimarcus:
Something exploded near Brovary,Kyiv shocked
Russia is going nut right now.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia Finally Rolled Out Heavy Long range Bombers In Ukraine by Appleyard(m): 9:07pm On Apr 15, 2022
Drenimarcus:
Because they see them as lost brother, most Slavs that i talk to tell them that Ukraine is lost and Russia is being mild with them but things have changed this week. I can't cope with the destruction, its too much.
Even with the methodical war the Russians are waging, the level of the destruction in the East and some part of the west of Ukraine is heart wrenching especially watching innocent civilians caught up in the cross fire. cry

Now things are getting worse. kiss
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia Finally Rolled Out Heavy Long range Bombers In Ukraine by Appleyard(m): 9:04pm On Apr 15, 2022
Hanibbal:
I still don't understand why Russia has been so cold when it comes to using its strategic bombers. Well it's not too late. Ukraine will be leveled back to the beginning when God was about to create heaven and earth. shocked
Na only the long range bombers dey pain you? Even the majority of their airforce has been largely missing in combat since the second week of the SMO began. I don't know what they are trying to hide from NATO.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia Finally Rolled Out Heavy Long range Bombers In Ukraine by Appleyard(m): 9:00pm On Apr 15, 2022
Drenimarcus:
The Ukrainian military, who have not yet surrendered, simply delayed the defeat that awaits them.”

We talked with the battalion commander of the “Vostok” of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the DPR Alexander Khodakovsky. The lieutenant colonel has been participating in the defense of Donbass since 2014.

He said that the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine would no longer be able to supply the Ukrainian military remaining in Mariupol with resources:

“The very state of affairs around Mariupol does not allow the importation of ammunition, food, and medicines here from outside. We understand that the enemy still has some resource left, but there is a strong impression that this is a resource, so to speak, for the last battle.

Khodakovsky also noted that the commander of the 36th Marine Brigade, who abandoned his personnel, "has accelerated the process of surrendering subordinates who, without leadership, were demoralized."
This is becoming more interesting. The fifth column in Russia are actually having their way-a quick and huge response from Russia for a more quicker round up of hostilities. Zelensky should start negotiating now before the white Swans joins the SMO to take out all government and bunker posts in kiev.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia Confirms Moskva Ship Has Sunk After Reported Ukrainian Missile Strike by Appleyard(m): 8:54pm On Apr 15, 2022
LordReed:
What is Russia's objective in Ukraine?
To demilitarized and denazify Ukraine.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia Finally Rolled Out Heavy Long range Bombers In Ukraine by Appleyard(m): 8:53pm On Apr 15, 2022
oluobi:
Zelensky is not in charge. He's a puppet of the US.
The war will continue for as long as US wants, they don't care one bit about Ukraine and the people that are dying everyday.
Honestly, is regrettable that you're right. undecided I have started to feel bad for the people of Ukraine. Zelensky has really made a strategic error by allowing Ukraine to be used as a proxy war ground between two great powers.
Foreign AffairsRe: India Receives Military Supplies From Moscow Amid Russia-ukraine War by Appleyard(m): 8:37pm On Apr 15, 2022
sunboy:
Ignorant! AK 47 is Soviet made not Russian made. Ukraine is part of Soviet Union, Ukraine has lots of Soviet era weapons manufacturing plants including nuclear manufacturing. Same goes for the s300, Russia modernized their own version now that they are selling but it’s a Soviet era technology.
Have you asked how Slovekia a nato member has enough to give Ukraine ? Simple answer, it was a Soviet nation and got some shares of the s300 when they broke up.

Just to educate you!
Who is the successor to the Soviet Union? Ukraine or Russia?
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia Finally Rolled Out Heavy Long range Bombers In Ukraine by Appleyard(m): 7:38pm On Apr 15, 2022
Drenimarcus:
The head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration urged residents to evacuate as soon as possible, as Russia will launch a large-scale offensive in the Donbas within a few days.
Real shite is about to hit the fan. I don't understand why Zelensky can't just reach some terms with Putin and let this war end quickly. The Destruction in the country is getting too much.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia Finally Rolled Out Heavy Long range Bombers In Ukraine by Appleyard(m): 7:36pm On Apr 15, 2022
This is what I was saying on the other thread, and one dimwit asked me "who used Bombers when closed to home?" This is what Russia should have done from the word go.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia Confirms Moskva Ship Has Sunk After Reported Ukrainian Missile Strike by Appleyard(m):
HBB1:
You don't have to be rude you know.
It is very bad taste.

About RPGs, you only need to look up pictures (or videos) of Abram Tanks in Yemen destroyed by RPGs (RPG 27 or 29).

With bad tactics and with the right weapons, your beloved Abrams is screwed!

It is the same with any other tank.

So I maintain my stance about the Javelin.
I don't know why people arue making a fuss out of this. Like you said, no tanks are immune to destruction or damage. However, some are much more resilient to damage or destruction compared to others.
Foreign AffairsRe: Russia Confirms Moskva Ship Has Sunk After Reported Ukrainian Missile Strike by Appleyard(m): 5:51pm On Apr 15, 2022
railone:
like I said you talk too much....

When was France considered captured, wasn't it the fall of Paris. Same for Germany.
Japan surrendered, they weren't defeated.
Same with all other ways that ended that way.

Dude you don't very little idea of war fare...

You were sent pictures of the T-90 but you kept doubling down on your ignorance. Now here the � of it on reddit:

https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFootage/comments/t3cva5/destroyed_t90/

watch it and then come and explain to me how the T-72 you claimed it was has a SHOART
Actually, wars are about achieving objectives. Victory and defeat in war are gauged by the objectives each sides set forth to achieve before, during, and at the end of the war, not just the capture of capitals per se.

The use of the atom bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki forced Japan into an uncontrollable surrender. When you surrender, you've been defeated. Surrender means you no longer have the capacity to fight on, meaning accepting defeat.

So when Japan surrendered, the US defeated them and thus it's objectives was achieved.

Like you rightly mentioned, defeat may include the capture of an enemy's capital seat of power, but that is not always the determining factor.

US in Vietnam and Soviet in Afghan were said to have lost those wars because at the end of war, they did not achieve their core objectives they set forth before the war.

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