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Captured Ukrainian officer labels US-supplied Javelins ‘useless’
The Kiev troops defending Mariupol couldn’t fire a single US-made missile, the captured officer claims
The US-made Javelin anti-tank systems have been praised for their effectiveness by Washington officials and have been turned by Western Media into a symbol of Ukraine’s resistance in the conflict with Russia. But a commander of the Ukrainian marines, who ended up being captured during the fighting for Mariupol, has revealed to RT that the hardware doesn't really live up to the claims.
“The Javelins didn’t prove useful, especially in urban warfare,” Colonel Vladimir Baranyuk, the commander of Ukraine’s 36th Naval Infantry Brigade, said.
“We couldn't even launch one. I think it's completely useless in an urban environment, as something always gets in the way,” he explained.
Baranyuk's unit was also armed with Next-generation Light Anti-tank Weapons (NLAWs), supplied by Britain, but these also had their flaws, according to the officer.
“As for the NLAW missile launchers, well, we used them more often than the Javelins, but it has its own issue with the battery draining in cold conditions, making it impossible to launch,” he said.
Shoulder-fired Javelin missiles are equipped with infrared guidance and are said to be adopt a “top attack” trajectory to strike the roof of a tank, which is its most vulnerable part. Just like NLAWs, they're a “fire-and-forget” weapon, meaning that the missile guides itself to its target.
More than 5,000 Javelins have been supplied to Kiev by Washington. Republican Senator Roy Blunt of Missouri said last week that it accounted for a third of the US stockpile of those systems. London, for its part, has already armed the Ukrainian military with over 4,000 NLAWs and other anti-tank missiles.
“The Javelin… have proven to be very, very effective in this fight,” US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in April, referring to the conflict in Ukraine.
An image of Christianity’s Virgin Mother Mary with a Javelin has become an internet meme during the conflict, with US President Joe Biden boasting earlier this week of Ukrainian parents calling their newborn kids “Javelin or Javelina” in honor of the American system.
Baranyuk and his marines had been tasked with guarding the northern outskirts of Mariupol, a strategic port city in the southeast of Ukraine, from the advancing Russian forces.
The commander was captured during a failed attempt to flee the city, which he claims he attempted together with several loyal men after realizing that Kiev's promises to send help to his encircled troops were lies.
Mariupol has seen the heaviest fighting during the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, and suffered immense destruction. The city is now almost entirely controlled by Russian forces, with the Azovstal steel plant - where Kiev servicemen and nationalist fighters of the notorious Azov Battalion are holed up, now being the last pocket of Ukrainian resistance.
https://www.rt.com/news/555144-ukraine-javelin-nlaw-mariupol/
There's that 33 number.
33 BILLLION DOLLARS!!!! AND HE WONT EVEN PROTECT OUR BORDER.
I hope this wakes up some people .
General Flynn ⭐️⭐️⭐️, [4/16/2022 5:52 AM] Dear Elon,
I was censored from Twitter on the exact same day as President Trump (hmmm, I wonder why?). I likely said (to many times) the presidential election of 2020 was an election filled with fraud (yes it was) and I probably used the phrase God Bless America once too often (yes I did). For the soulless people at twitter, that may have confused them…I’m NOT sorry about that.
Well this tweet below from @Techno_Fog (a great patriot and seriously smart legal scholar) is all part and parcel of the reason they try to hide from the truth. They figure if they ban speech from people they fear, we will all dry up and go away. Maybe you can’t do anything about twitter (it really doesn’t matter). There is an army of digital soldiers (information warriors) that exist and despite the challenges of the undeniable assault on free speech, these warriors of truth have been on the march across all other forms of social media and cannot be stopped. We own the information space of free speech. This is our high ground and we will not cede it to a bunch of arrogant flakes who think they own the world.
I want you to succeed because your success is part of the victory we all need for humanity. Freedom is a human trait. Faith is an even deeper human trait and emotion. I have both.
These thugs involved in the treason against all Americans, not just Trump and myself must be held to account. That accounting should come on earth but if it doesn’t come in this life, it will come as they all enter the gates of hell.
What we’ve learned because we’ve fought for the truth to come out is that this is beyond corruption. Who’s kidding who. This group planned and staged a coup of America and think they got away with it. Not so fast.
So Elon, good luck with whatever your plans are for twitter (twitter no longer matters as much as it use to—but with the right leadership at the helm…).
We respect what you’re doing, your battle is a noble one and we applaud what you have achieved so far in this struggle for freedom.
Thank you and God Bless America 🙏🏼🇺🇸
Respectfully,
A digital soldier PS., Happy Easter 🙏🏼
This is just a continuation of the greatest Witch Hunt of all time, by a failed Attorney General, who continues to use her office for political gain following a disastrous and embarrassing attempt to run for Governor, in which she only received a 3% approval rating, and was forced to drop out of the race by her own party, in disgrace. This Democrat prosecutorial misconduct began the second I came down the escalator in Trump Tower, and has continued in an attempt to silence a President who is leading in every single poll. Never before has this happened to another President, and it is an absolute violation of my civil rights. As President I had two jobs -to run our Country well, and to survive. I've been investigated by the Democrats more than Billy the Kid, Jesse James, and Al Capone, combined. This has been going on for years, and in all cases, I have been innocent. After having survived so many investigations, numerous people have said to me, "You must be the cleanest person alive. Nobody else could have survived this." But how do I get my reputation back as this unfair persecution endlessly continues?
Letitia James is no longer working as Attorney General, she is an operative for the Democrat Party in a political prosecution. New York has been through hell, and she is an embarrassment to our legal system. James uses her office for political gain, while New York crime is up over 50 percent, a bigger increase than any other place in the Nation. Much of it is violent crime - murder, rape, and drug trafficking (which is at the highest level ever).
When will the Witch Hunt against a popular former President, who had our Country Energy Independent, with no Inflation, a strong Southern Border, and no Wars (such as that which is now raging uncontrollably in Ukraine), who rebuilt our Military (including Space Force), cut Taxes, Regulations, and so much more, ever end. When will horrible and unfair political harassment and persecution in our Country finally be over. Instead, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
I remember some meme vid with pepe and the myanmar girl dancing included in this vid
