For pride is the doorway to many evils and we have seen nothing as evil as arrogance in all of the qualities. Therefore, a man must be wise and lead pride along paths that are worthy, and thrust it away from the place where it is not proper for it to be.
Arrogance may be divided into two types. One: the pride of a man in his body; Two: the pride of a man in his intellectual attainments and in his deeds.
The LORD warned us in His Word, as it is said: "Take care lest you forget the Lord your God and fail to keep His commandments" (Deut. 8:11). For the arrogant person forgets his Maker, as it is written, "… and (when) your herds and flocks have multiplied, and your silver and gold have increased, and everything you own has prospered, beware lest your heart grow haughty and you forget the Lord your God … and you say to yourselves, 'My own power and the might of my own hand have won this wealth for me'" . And in the case of a king it is said: "Thus he will not act haughtily towards his fellows or deviate from the Instruction to the right or to the left…" . If the Word warned against pride even in the case of a king, so much more does it warn ordinary men that they should not attempt to lord over one another.
Ukraine is winning the war, not Russia. Ukraine is defending their country, just as Vietnam & Afghanistan were defending their country from the Americans. History has shown that invaders lost most of the time.
It is not inexpensive to maintain those lands that were invaded/annexed because Russia need to put the military operation in check for any conflict at those borders.
Nato would "curi-curi" supply and funding Ukraine in the future so to go against Russia. The contention is that Russia is get the supply of drones from others/Iran, feeding their soldiers with foods from China, drinks/clothes from Basically, it is not easy to make sure that no one will get certain supplies from an outsider in the event of any war. There is no war that will be held gently and justly like a badminton match. The innocents will suffer the consequences from the damages.
Still I doubt Sunak will be favoured by the British for the next PM. He can articulate very well the issues that confronting the people. The issue of race is in question.
China has no such complication because it has never concurred others. The British brought home the coloured people along with the plunders from overseas. Now, they have to deal with those consequences such as non white representing them or leading them in the government.
There were moments of embarrassment on the part of the Chinese when suffering the defeat from the westerners. Ports and lands were taken over by all those warmongers from Portuguese, German, Japan and British as well.
By now, China has rebuilt and will continue to build so it will become a strong and prosperous country one for its people. But the political system is communism and it came as convenient as it was more suitable at a time of when the country was in a very depleting condition especially during the civil war.
Communism is not founded/invented in China but in Europe.
A russia that is better managed and without too much corruption of army procurement should take just a walk in the park to invade Ukraine. I mean Russia does rank they military equivalent of US and better than China All the talk about western arms like Himars, but in real numbers not even 30 systems supplied sudah wreak havoc in the Russian plans. All the tanks and artillery supplied cannot even match the gear left behind by the Russians when they retreat. I do agree the war won’t end soon cause even the west is surprised by the performance of Russia lmao.
UpAgain! Exactly! Grandpa Koon 'Russia will defeat Ukraine' sounds like self propaganda! By now US EU UK know how weak Russia is! Russia for years claim to spend much much more that US and China in term of military advancement! But during initial invasion, even their military trucks caught with China knockoff tires! And barely 2 dozens of HIMARS already destroy Russia supply chains! Out of desperation, Russia is attacking civilians using Iran drones! So where are the hype up hypersonic missiles! Can't even produce precision missiles now as Russia totally depend on US high end chips!
The sanction Russian foreign reserves and billionaires assets is worth close to usd 400b. That can finance a lot of reconstruction in Ukraine in 3 years time
The capital, Kyiv, was established hundreds of years before Moscow, and both Russians and Ukrainians claim it as a birthplace of their modern cultures, religion and language.
Kyiv is one among the oldest cities in Europe and was founded in 482, while Moscow was founded in 1147 by Yuriy Dolgoruky, the son of Volodymyr Monomakh.
Following the 1917 Revolution, four socialist republics were established on the territory of the former empire: the Russian and Transcaucasian Soviet Federated Socialist Republics and the Ukrainian and Belorussian Soviet Socialist Republics. On December 30, 1922, these constituent republics established the U.S.S.R.
UpAgain! Non european like us will never understand Ukraine! That's the problem with us here, we thought we know better, we actually are the ignorant ones!
It’s like donkeys saying Singapore belongs to Malaysia cause of Johor history and recently Malaysia. What’s signed is signed. Singapore is a country now
The Battle of Antonov Airport, 24–25 Feb 2022. by Henrey Bradley Amateur Historian, AdventurerUpvoted by Jeffrey M. Welch , M.A. International Relations, California State University, Stanislaus and A.M. Wilkinson , M.A. International Relations, University of Sydney (2005)
In the early hours of the 24th of February, a short balding dictator known for selling cheap gas and retro military weapons declared war on Ukraine.
Within mere minutes of Putin's announcement, Russian forces launched cruise missiles, artillery barrages and airstrikes that mercilessly pounded Ukrainian targets.
What followed, would be one of the fiercest battles to have taken place since the Second World War — a clash between the elite combat units of the two largest armies in Europe.
Before sunrise, precision Russian Cruise Missile strikes rocked a key Airport 6 miles north of Kyiv, this sudden unexpected attack was followed at 8 am local time by the thundering noise of approximately 34 Russian Hind gunships flying fast and low to avoid radar, straight towards the strategically valuable Airfield just outside of the capital, aboard the armoured transport helicopters were Russian Airborne paratroopers and Spetsnaz operators.
The massive air assault quickly overwhelmed the militia troops guarding the Airfield, with each of the transport helicopters capable of carrying between 8 and 24 paratroopers, meaning approximately 300 of the finest Russian combat soldiers had landed in the first wave.
Platoons and squads from the 11th and 31st Guards Air Assault Brigades rapidly disbursed around Antonov Airport, assaulting positions and buildings defended by the militia, before seizing control of the sprawling facility and taking up defensive positions.
It looked to all the world like Putin’s forces had successfully seized a major airport within spitting distance of the Ukrainian Capital. The elite Russian Airborne forces merely had to hold long enough for reinforcements to arrive and the fate of Kyiv would be sealed. A strong Russian armoured column raced towards the Airborne forces holding the airport and in the air 18 heavy transport aircraft roared towards Antonov Airport carrying troops and armour.
Meanwhile, the sky above the battlefield was frantically contested by numerous Russian KA-52 attack helicopters and two Russian SU-25 close air support aircraft, which bulled the Ukrainian forces on the ground, that is, until they suddenly came under sustained pressure from multiple Ukrainian Mig-29 fighter jets which fell amongst them like a fox amongst the hens, causing chaos.
An unconfirmed number of Russian transport helicopters were shot down during the first wave, at least one went down on route with all aboard over the Dnipro River, with another 3 being destroyed by stinger missiles around Antonov Airfield.
As the first wave of Russian Airborne infantry fought for control of the strategically important Antonov Airport on the ground, Russian KA-52 attack helicopters rained missiles and hellfire on the Ukrainian infantry positions spread out across the exposed battlefield. The forward Russian airborne soldiers hunted down what outnumbered airport defenders remained within the compound, before wedging a large Ukrainian military truck across the main gate, effectively blocking the gate and offering excellent defensive firing positions, Russia had committed some of its best troops to this one critical battle, they were highly capable and not messing around.
By midday, the Ukrainian military had organised and dispatched the 4th Rapid Reaction Brigade from its barracks nearby, with supporting units including the — 3rd Special Purpose Regiment and the Georgian Legion (a force of ethnic Georgians and international volunteers).
These Ukrainian forces arrived at Antonov Airport with armoured vehicles and so began a series of fierce protracted engagements against the dug-in fanatically disciplined Russian Airborne Forces.
Initially, it seems the Russian paratroopers put up a stiff defence, helped immensely by the entire airport being ringed by a solid 7-foot high concrete wall topped with razor wire, which provided a strong defensive perimeter for the Russian Airborne forces.
Enter a small force of Ukrainian elite assault troops with a critical mission, that could very well decide the fate of their country.
Lt. Anatoliy Kharchenko, Ukrainian Air Assault forces, paratrooper.
Posted by Up_again > Oct 23, 2022 4:08 PM | Report Abuse
It’s like donkeys saying Singapore belongs to Malaysia cause of Johor history and recently Malaysia. What’s signed is signed. Singapore is a country now
Answer : Ukraine got it's independence legally! Just like Singapore! What if one day some dictator wants to invade Singapore and the the whole world not to intervene! Singapore has full right to defend itself! Ukraine has full right to defend itself! But Grandpa Koon doesn't understand this! Try writing 'Malaysia will defeat Singapore' for once! And spin that it's okay to kill million of singaoporeans! It's not okay! Putin is in the wrong! Period!
The devilishly handsome rouge led a unit of 48 crack Ukrainian paratroopers in a counterattack on the Russian Airborne Forces, his mission was simple — stop the Russian military from landing the eighteen heavy troop transport planes that were already inbound from neighbouring Belarus.
Lt. Kharchenko and his small elite unit were inserted by helicopter in a field on the far side of the airfield, away from where the main battle raged near the main entrance to the airport and the adjacent highway. As dusk approached and tracer rounds lit up the sky, to the constant crack of light-arms fire, his men breached the perimeter wall and within minutes were engaged by a hidden Russian position.
A brutal firefight ensued against a strong Russian squad armed with machine guns that spat withering fire at his men as they breached the perimeter, severely wounding some and hitting Lt. Kharchenko in the leg. However, his small unit wasn't going to pack up and go home after a little scrap, his men were well-trained and they fought back valiantly — managing to secure a strong position near the runway where their anti-aircraft missiles could demolish the inbound Russian transport planes.
Night had arrived and the tempo of the battle raged on, at the other side of the airport near the main hangers and administration buildings the combat was chaotically intense — infrastructure blazed, aircraft hulls smouldered and all-around bullets cracked and brave men fell. Russian Airborne Forces were surrounded by the Ukrainian reinforcements that had arrived with heavy armour and artillery support, which began to take its toll on the Russian VDV Paratroopers, who being light infantry struggled to hold the sprawling Airport under the determined counterattacks from all directions and to add insult to injury, they had lost complete control of the airfield to a small unit of Ukrainian Paratroopers armed with anti-air weapons — the Russian Airborne troops started to lose ground as casualties increased.
Lt. Anatoliy Kharchenko received word that the Russian Il-76 transport planes had been forced to turn back as the airfield had been compromised, there were rumours that one or two of the heavy transports had even been shot down. Kharchenko was ordered to move at all speed to the highway just north of the airfield to intercept an incoming Russian VDV armoured force that had broken through the Ukrainian defences and was racing towards the airfield.
The capable officer, who was himself wounded, ordered a small force of his men including the wounded to hold their position near the runway just in case the enemy tried to land, while he took the rest across country on foot directly to the T1011 motorway that ran alongside the Airport, 2 miles away, this road linked the North of Ukraine with Kyiv.
Somehow Kharchenko managed to reach the highway while carrying his massive balls with a bullet in his leg, he then ordered his men to take up ambush positions on either side of the main road and waited, like a sly wolf in the night.
Before long his small detachment could hear the rumble of heavy armour approaching from the north, the trap was set and the Russian reinforcements were carelessly barreling towards the captured Airport with wild abandon, in a rush to reinforce their Airborne assault forces.
The men under Lt. Kharchenko waited until the armoured column was almost on top of their position, before unleashing a furious storm, machine guns opened fire, a paratrooper wielding an NLAW Anti-tank weapon took out the first tank leading the enemy column. Within no time the road was blocked by burning armoured vehicles and what remained of the Russian VDV armoured column that wasn’t a smouldering wreck, retreated with their tails between their legs.
With all hope of reinforcements arriving in time lost, what remaining holdouts of the first wave of Russian Airborne Forces defending the Airport wisely decided to withdraw under the cover of night, they're reported to have fled into the nearby wooded area, from where they later linked up with the Russian invasion force.
The Russian military had planned to seize this large Airport on the outskirts of the capital in a grand Airborne offensive that would stun the world and overwhelm the Ukrainian military in a matter of hours, had they succeeded to hold the position until the troop transport planes had arrived and linked up with the armoured column, the plan could very well have worked and Kyiv could have been overwhelmed in a matter of days.
Instead, the stiff resistance put up by the Ukrainian military at Antonov Airport and the surrounding suburbs of Kyiv — namely Hostomel and Bucha, changed the course of the war and stalled the entire Russian Northern push for Kyiv.
The next few weeks would see the Russian military machine get bogged down in the area around Hostomel and Bucha, fighting costly battles over the ruined Antonov Airfield — battles that see-sawed backwards and forwards with little to no ground taken and all the while the Ukrainian military mercilessly rained artillery on Russian troop positions, without ever seeming to run out of shells and relentlessly ambushed Russian supply lines.
These battles for the suburbs of Kyiv, cost the Russians dearly, the 331st Guards Parachute Regiment, regarded before the invasion as the finest corps of soldiers in the entire Russian military — were wiped out in the area around Hostomel, the Russian Airborne Forces were squandered to a meatgrinder.
The Battle of Antonov Airport was the fiercest battle of the war so far — it appears to have decided the short term course of the conflict and potentially the very fate of Ukraine.
Russia isn't actually losing just yet, but the above battle is the reason Russia hasn't won yet either.
@Tobby, problem is this dictator then do a partial mobilization and if your name crops up You either choose a 15 year jail term or take up a AK47 and go to another country and get shot at
One wonders what would Grandpa Koon would have said if it’s his grandsons being given this option
The US believes that the Ukraine Army has a 50% kill rate against Russian soldiers. of those 150,000 sent by Putin to Ukraine, 75,000 are believed killed
In addition to losses among personnel, the Russian army has also lost approximately 2,077 tanks, 4,484 combat armored machines, 1,179 artillery systems, and 3,305 vehicles and fuel tanks in the war
In a devastating blow for Vladimir Putin, it's believed half the number of troops committed to the war by Russia are now casualties.
Posted by Up_again > Oct 23, 2022 6:06 PM | Report Abuse
@Tobby, problem is this dictator then do a partial mobilization and if your name crops up You either choose a 15 year jail term or take up a AK47 and go to another country and get shot at
One wonders what would Grandpa Koon would have said if it’s his grandsons being given this option
Answer : Grandpa Koon doesn't mind if all his children and grandchildren recruited by Russia to fight devilish Ukraine! Just get 2 weeks military training and parashoot to Ukraine! The moment they land there, gone case! All practice targets!
recruits only got few days training before shipping out to die.
few days later many in several pieces of body and bits of flesh were shipped back in sealed coffins.
What do you expect? Out of 150,000 invaders only 75,000 survived and Ukraine is a very very huge country. In most parts, only several hundreds or at best few thousand Russian soldiers were fighting tens of thousands of Ukraine armed forces.
Thats why Russia's only viable strategy now and the future is Remote Killings of civilians, old men, women and children to reduce population by around 20 million Ukrainians killed. Russia needs to kill off half (20 million) of Ukraine population remotely.
Which Putin implemented immediately with continous cruise missile bombardments. Expected to continue bombardments non-stop ... ...
A massive prehistoric settlement has been uncovered in the Ukraine consisting of a large temple, human-like figurines, and animal remains, which dates back to around 4,000 BCE. According to Live Science , the town once covered an enormous 238 hectares (588 acres) and would have contained more than 1,200 buildings and nearly 50 streets.
Us gave Comedian plenty of Dollars and Comedian needed to fight Russia. No choice for Comedian, but to obey Us instructions to weaken Russia. Putin warned Comedian countless times not to attack Crimea, Donbass and etc before Russia attacked Ukraine but Comedian attack that areas regardless of the warning given to him. Now you painted Comedian is defending Ukraine. Four areas of seizure areas had voted to remain with Russia through referendum. Now Russia is defending that 4 areas, but Ukraine is attacking that 4 areas. Don’t spin the stories lah.
Without war, Us gov can’t sell weapons to his Euro allies or Arab allies or Jap, Kor or Taiw allies. War industry in Us needs constant war in any parts of the world. Please ponder this
no worries cruise missiles, nLAWs etc etc have an expiry date of around 4 years so now all expired products send to Ukraine war theatre and consumed
=> and US today have the freshest missiles just off production line [expired electronic products are less accurate]
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Without war, Us gov can’t sell weapons to his Euro allies or Arab allies or Jap, Kor or Taiw allies. War industry in Us needs constant war in any parts of the world. Please ponder this
Tip :- Ukraine had been shooting down Iran underspec Drones by around 20 a day and hundreds had been shot down. Thats because they fly low so is very easy to spot and shoot down
Ukraine has an estimated 6,000 drones operating daily
Ukraine had seized control of several Russian Artillery Targeting System abandoned by Russian crews who just ran away.
more than 2,200 Russian artillery pieces and thousands of support units had been destroyed
Drones spot targets and Artillery takes over ...
conclusion Weak low flying Iran Drone with destroyed Artillery and supporting units and or abandoned Artillery Targeting System. How to win ????
South Koreans arms manufacturer won close to usd 10b this year alone, with their top product Krab self-propelled howitzers, having close to 50% world market share. Of course these are the NATO spec 155 mm shells World wars require industrial scale production so perhaps that’s why some products are specified for certain countries. Too bad malaysia have bad manufacturing with no R
Russia rather see Ukraine destroyed than be a puppet of the west.......... America would rather see Ukraine destroyed than fall to Putin...............
bottom line ukraine sure destroyed by the comedian.
Wagner Group already recruiting mercenaries for Russia
will be another 20 years ie 2042 before Ukraine needs mercenaries. Ukraine is now turning away and even deporting volunteers demanding to take part in the War.
The longer the Ukrainian fight on, the more it's citizen suffer, it is very unlikely Russia can afford to lose the war, peace negotiations are the only solution to end the war.
The longer the Ukrainian fight on, the more it's citizen suffer, it is very unlikely Russia can afford to lose the war, peace negotiations are the only solution to end the war. =======
its obvious its the americans who want wars, forever war.
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Good morning.
For pride is the doorway to many evils and we have seen nothing as evil as arrogance in all of the qualities. Therefore, a man must be wise and lead pride along paths that are worthy, and thrust it away from the place where it is not proper for it to be.
Arrogance may be divided into two types. One: the pride of a man in his body; Two: the pride of a man in his intellectual attainments and in his deeds.