Russians reportedly fighting Russians near Kyiv

[Wicked Blue]

Link to tweet

[lagomorph777]

1. Has somebody hacked their communications?

That would be pretty cool.

[Amishman]

8. Probably inability to communicate at all

For reasons no one can understand, Russia is using off the shelf, unencrypted radios for many units. This has allowed others to listen in, troll, and jam. At one point the Ukrainians were broadcasting pig noises non-stop over several of the frequencies the Russians were trying to use.

[lagomorph777]

9. Hahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

OMG I love the Ukrainians!

[CaptainTruth]

27. Time to start transmitting Ram Ranch

[getagrip_already]

31. maybe they can translate the barney theme song to russian......

There is no way that wouldn't demoralize them and make them want to flee.......

[gab13by13]

33. Benny Hill theme song

[Evolve Dammit]

36. Maybe they would do a group hug??

[OMGWTF]

42. My young son used to watch Barney before we left for school and work

and I'd have that damn song stuck in my head all day.

[Ilsa]

32. Here's the story of this meme for

culturally-deprived persons like myself:

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/anti-vax-trucker-convoy-porno-metal-ram-ranch-1297926/

[NBachers]

43. I shouldn't have read that while I was drinking my coffee.

[dchill]

2. I'm guessing two separate units both misidentified...

...each other? That's really strange.

[Nevilledog]

4. Well, when you have shit for communications, these things will happen.

Using cellphones

Division 1: "Can you hear me now?"
Division 2: Nope.

[Traildogbob]

29. 😂😂😂

“Can you hear me now”. That is damn funny. Thanks for the gut laugh.

[mitch96]

10. I guess those big Z's on the tanks were not big enough..

[dchill]

12. Right?

[HUAJIAO]

34. Looks like that tank was salvaged from the bottom of the ocean...

[Evolve Dammit]

37. So does the occupant..

[HUAJIAO]

44. LOLOLOL OL O L

[Texaswitchy]

48. All their equipment looks old and not in a maintenance program.

Well Putin was getting his money from someplace.

[sarisataka]

3. Very easy to make a mistake

Especially when both sides are using much of the same equipment

[mitch96]

11. Ahhh the fog of war...nt

[sarisataka]

21. Three times I was within a whisker

Of a blue on blue incident. Once on the receiving end and twice outgoing.

Luckily the two time we nearly fired on a friendly unit we identified them at the last second. In one of those we radioed higher HQ who assured us we were the only unit in the area.

I held no grudge against the people who nearly shot me as my unit and I were kind of on the wrong side if the lines

[mitch96]

22. Uff, scary shit...nt

[lpbk2713]

5. The good guys wear white hats.

Everyone else is open season.

[doc03]

6. Russian vehicles have a Z on them just like in the Zombie movies nt

[MarineCombatEngineer]

7. A long shot, but maybe, just maybe,

an armored unit saw another armored unit carrying out atrocities and decided to put a stop to it.

Unlikely, more like "Friendly Fire" although there's nothing friendly about being fired upon by your own side.

One can dream.

[mitch96]

13. "nothing friendly about being fired upon by your own side." I had a cousin killed by "friendly fire"

no fun
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[MarineCombatEngineer]

14. I am so sorry for the loss of your cousin

My platoon came under "friendly fire" one time in Vietnam, but only for a minute or so, luckily no Marines were injured or killed.

[mitch96]

18. He was a Marine on Iwo Jima. The family did not find out till after the war... uff...nt

[MarineCombatEngineer]

19. A Marine salute to your brave cousin, the Greatest Generation.

[mitch96]

20. Born in Slovakia and joined the Marines in '39. They called him "the old man" he was 25..

Sergeant 2nd Battalion, 28th Marines, 5th Marine Division
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[MarineCombatEngineer]

24. In Vietnam,

I was assigned to the 1st Engineer Battalion, 7th Marine Division in the Chu Lai area of operations.

[GB_RN]

46. Salute. Iwo Was No Joke.

I had a lot of family involved in WW2, myself: One uncle in the Navy, PacFleet, another uncle in the Marines, a cousin who was involved with the Murmansk runs (not sure if he was in the Navy or a merchant marine), and my grandfather was a USAAC B-25 pilot. Mad respect for all who served in WW2.

[sarisataka]

23. There is a maxim

Similar to Murphy's law- "friendly fire isn't"

Very sorry for the loss of your cousin.

[wnylib]

26. When I first saw the OP, I was hoping

that some of the Russian soldiers had gone to the other side. Not likely, I know, but would have been a good switch for Ukraine.

[Happy Hoosier]

15. Could be a friendly fire.... could be mutiny.... could be bullshit.

I'd love to hear some reliable source on this.

[nycbos]

16. Col Vindman I would argue is trustwrothy.

[Happy Hoosier]

17. He's retweeted some stuff that turned out to be nonsense.

I've been following him. Part of the problem is that he is understandably close to this story and really latches on to anything that seems positive.

He is careful to use terms like "reported" and "may." But it's best to be hopeful, rather than certain about unverified tweets.

[TheRealNorth]

25. During the first Gulf War, there were a few "Friendly Fire" incidents

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I am assuming the army either learned its lessons for Gulf War 2, or got better at keeping the incidences secret.

[L. Coyote]

28. Oxymorons at work. Who came up with "friendly fire" anyway?

If someone is shooting at you, they are not friendly.

[FB47243]

30. Same guy

Same person that came up with

“Military music” and
“Military Justice”

[RainCaster]

39. Don't forget

"Government Ethics" or
"Military Intelligence"

[L. Coyote]

41. Military intelligence is awfully great too, an old news favorite.

In ancient Greek, oxys means "sharp" and moronos means "dull" or "stupid." Not a terribly good start.

[BobTheSubgenius]

35. I wish there was some way to really encourage this behavior.

Tank and support vehicle losses in the hundreds would be so much better! Still...it's good news, and I'll take it gladly.

[ffr]

38. Keep it up!

Until you're all gone, dead, and buried. We'll save the sunflower seeds for ya.

[anamnua]

40. The second Russian civil war? NT

[TeamProg]

45. Vut? I shoot wrong tank? Okey, vodka! n/t

[ColinC]

47. I wonder if this is related to those Russian tanks that have been acquired

By Ukrainians.