Article from the Daily Beast, Weapon analysis from the Armory Blog....
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| This was spotted in Crimea recently, that doesn’t look very Russian to me. From what I can tell he’s using an Adams Arms Piston upper, Zeiss scope, Magpul butt-stock and angled foregrip and a Primary Weapons Systems KAC556 muzzle brake. Pity about the barrel mounted bipod, it’s actually a pretty nice build minus that....Armory Blog
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This, U.S. officials believe, is because Russia is invading Ukraine with its Spetsnaz—the special operations units and battalions attached to both the military and the country’s intelligence agencies.U.S. intelligence officials now say Russia’s Spetsnaz are expanding into eastern and southern Ukraine, as well. The intelligence report from February assessed that Russian provocateurs would look to instigate low-level street brawls or “skirmishes” in eastern and southern Ukraine. The report also predicted that Russia’s shadow warriors would seek to pay off Ukrainians to attend pro-Russian rallies and in general fan the flames of separatism. And since then, eyewitnesses say, that’s exactly what’s happened
They're going for multiple ways of getting this done. Right now they're attempting to influence a fragile govt and a restless populace but could switch to attacks against the infrastructure to destabilize the economy and cause economic rioting that would make what came before look like Disneyland.
Putin is playing it smart. Our leadership is still behind the curve...even though they're being given information on what is happening and even speculation on what MIGHT happen. Ukraine will fall. Maybe not today, tomorrow or this month, but it will fall.
But that isn't even the biggest of our worries. Reports indicate that Russian troops are now active along the border with Georgia. The Europeans are nervous, the US News Media is oblivious and our policy makers are lost in the woods. Just like your girlfriend this issue isn't there yet but its coming.
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