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There is no time to clean Azovstal; Everything will be fast
2022-04-19
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[RusOnline] The nationalists who settled at the Azovstal plant will be destroyed by thermobaric charges. This was reported by the newspaper "Komsomolskaya Pravda" with reference to its sources.

“As it became known, ground troops will not storm cellars with militants. The corridors there are narrow, they are stuffed with mines and are well shot through. Therefore, the entire area of ​​the plant will first be smashed with FAB-3000 high-explosive aerial bombs, which will be dropped by Tu-22M3 long-range supersonic bombers.
Someone in Russia is gonna be in big trouble over this bit of legerdemain.
Such bombs will violate the integrity of the basement. And then they will start burning the enemy with thermobaric charges from the TOS-1A Solntsepek,” Komsomolskaya Pravda writes. It is noted that the system works on the principle of a flamethrower.

First, the projectile breaks through the ceiling and explodes in the room, which leads to the spraying of the thermobaric mixture.

After this, a second explosion occurs, from which the mixture ignites.

Posted by:badanov

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Posted by: Shusomble Dark Lord of the Lutherans8545   2022-04-19 08:42  

#9  Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

From Izvestia 11 minutes ago:

The armed forces of the Russian Federation on April 19 at 14:00 opened a humanitarian corridor for the withdrawal of Ukrainian soldiers and militants who voluntarily laid down their arms from the Azovstal plant in Mariupol. This was reported in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:

The time is about 1415 hrs in Mariupol.
Posted by: badanov   2022-04-19 08:16  

#8  Kreminna has fallen:
"Russian invading forces have taken control of the city of Kreminna in eastern Ukraine and Ukrainian troops have withdrawn from the city," the regional governor said on Tuesday

Slovyansk will fall next

Mariupol's steel factory will be bombed to rubble with bunker busters
Posted by: Ulavitle the Hairy8637    2022-04-19 08:14  

#7  This is coming from Komsomolskaya Pravda which used to be an 'official' paper. Makes me wonder if this intimate discussion of future plans is meant to encourage the Ukr troops to surrender.

The fighting is in a bombed-out, post-apocalyptic factory complex - a great place to defend from. The defenders are surrounded with no hope of relief or resupply. A ground attack is suicidal. More shelling just makes more wreckage to hide behind. It would be convenient if the defenders surrendered. Better press for the Russians, too.
Posted by: SteveS   2022-04-19 08:11  

#6  and now Russian terror, torture, rape and murder?
Posted by: Frank G   2022-04-19 06:30  

#5  Last hours of the neonazi Azov Battalion. Eight long years of terror, torture, rape and murder finally coming to an end -- thank God.
Posted by: Clinter Uluper7418   2022-04-19 03:01  

#4  Aren't these "illegal" per treaties, and thus the use of them constitutes a war crime?

Not against armed opponents.
Posted by: badanov   2022-04-19 02:09  

#3  Aren't these "illegal" per treaties, and thus the use of them constitutes a war crime?
Posted by: Chealing Chomotle4158   2022-04-19 02:02  

#2  ^ Inevitable with that kind of close combat.
Posted by: badanov   2022-04-19 01:35  

#1  I have seen videos of the Azov fighters. They are very spread out and are constantly infiltrating Russian lines wreaking havoc.

For example:
https://funker530.com/video/nsfw-azov-battalion-brutally-ambushes-russian-troops/
Posted by: Clusosh Floluter6074   2022-04-19 01:21  

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