
Japan Spotted Loaded-Up Russian Amphibious Warships That May Be Headed To Ukraine
The ships could be part of a growing initiative by Russia to find reinforcements for its stalled invasion of Ukraine.

Who is stopping them to bring the full potential? No one. Literally no one. If they still not bringing means what?The way they are fighting today, yes. But if they bring to bear all their capabilities, then no. If you haven't noticed already, Ukraine is still functioning as a country even after 3 weeks of fighting. A real war would have seen the complete destruction of Ukraine's civilian infrastructure within the first 2-3 days.
The Russian objective from the very beginning has been to minimise casualties and get the OPFOR to surrender. Escalation will get them nothing but a perpetual enemy and a bad name amongst countries that matter to Russia, like India and China.
You can say that a war is being fought because Zelensky isn't a seasoned politician. If he was, he would have recognised the West's duplicity long ago. He wouldn't be stupidly asking for a no-fly zone or NATO involvement this deep into the war. But to more seasoned minds, he has been looking like a sociopathic fool since the beginning.
The two are not comparable. The UK is a stable country that people will always lend to, Russia is not. Who will buy bonds in a currency that devalues quicker than their own? You can only encourage them to do so by raising interest rates, which kills your economy further.Russia has a war chest through years of surplus. Russia is not the UK, they actually have money to spend.
Depends on the objective.
A seasoned politician would have found other ways to deal with the threat. Russia never had any intentions of invading Ukraine. The political situation had changed a lot ever since Zelensky got misled to the point of no return. He was still expecting NATO tanks to come thundering up the steppe until a few days ago. What's happening in Ukraine is what typically happens when amateurs are given the hot seat during a crisis situation.
Zelensky should be judged a war criminal for holding civilians hostage and placing weapons in and around civilian areas, including hospitals and schools.
The Azov battalion exists, they are neo-Nazis. That the Russian majority regions have been disenfranchised and have been at war with Ukraine since the last 8 years is also a fact. NATO has more than enough firepower to invade Russia even today, let alone what can be done within a year. The Russian military is both numerically and technologically outmatched by NATO. You are trying to stroke a complex canvas with a very broad brush, which the British have been well known for doing throughout history.
Trouble is, we feel shit about Europe or Ukraine. Not in our favour to help them. These same bloody *censored*s voted against us in many forums. Serves them right.I think it's a wrong move by Lithuania but it serves to demonstrate just how strongly people feel about this.
I always said, Russian weapons are not exactly top notch. Actually same goes for Chinese ones too -- which are nothing but cheap derivaties of Russian weapons. Chinese forces and their weapons are watered down Russian ones.I am mote worried about the huge Russian inventory of weapons we have, till yesterday the Russian weapons were not battle proven, unfortunate for india now those Russian weapons were battle failed one.
The reason is less of logistics. more of incompetence of a conscript army/forces. 20 year olds are leading the charge and their force leadership are beaurocratic that now generals have to step in between soldiers to actually get any movement. No wonder they are getting sniped.What, besides the Ukrainian's unexpected reluctance to get folded back into the Russian world, is the Russian army's main problem in its Ukrainian campaign right now?
Logistics. Their logistics suck. The reasons are well known, with corruption and incompetence, but mostly it's due to a difficult terrain. Everyone by now has learned the lovely word "rasputitsa"... Note how, in the South, where the soil is firmer, they have been able to advance a lot more.
Actually, its more of a Ukrainian decision. They want to turn all their cities into Stalingrads for Russia. Trouble for them though is Russia does not need to support their forces via air as Hitler had to.Now picture in the result of applying "complete destruction of civilian infrastructure" as a solution when the problem is "terrible logistics".
This is the biggest learning from this war that no one is talking about. This is the most obvious way to keep likes of China at bay. Develop best in the class nuclear delivery mechanism (think hypersonic glide weapons, MIRV, long range SLBMs) and bloody test the full range of H-Bombs. Then build nuclear weapons like sausages.However, MAD still works. America is not willing to fight Russia directly; just like Russia is not willing to fight America directly.
Many of those votes are historic. There's voting against someone on debatable issues too and then failing to recognise when a democracy has been invaded.Trouble is, we feel shit about Europe or Ukraine. Not in our favour to help them. These same bloody *censored*s voted against us in many forums. Serves them right.
Errr.... if that were the case Russia would be flying planes over Ukrainian territory at altitude all the time and not flying even Su-57s at low altitude.No luck needed. Ukraine has nothing to prevent high altitude bombing.
You meant to say we goanna fight intensely smelling shit with moderately smelling shit?I always said, Russian weapons are not exactly top notch. Actually same goes for Chinese ones too -- which are nothing but cheap derivaties of Russian weapons. Chinese forces and their weapons are watered down Russian ones.
Stalingrad was reduced to rubble but it didn't help, not one bit. Bombarding the hell out of a city before entry was pretty much standard operating procedure in WWII.Actually, its more of a Ukrainian decision. They want to turn all their cities into Stalingrads for Russia. Trouble for them though is Russia does not need to support their forces via air as Hitler had to.
This is the biggest learning from this war that no one is talking about. This is the most obvious way to keep likes of China at bay. Develop best in the class nuclear delivery mechanism (think hypersonic glide weapons, MIRV, long range SLBMs) and bloody test the full range of H-Bombs. Then build nuclear weapons like sausages.
I think he is underestimating Chinese weapons massively. China, through copyright theft or otherwise, is well ahead of Russia in all things semiconductor technology- you can see that simply by looking at the commercial markets. Semiconductor technology is also probably the single biggest factor in weapons efficacy.You meant to say we goanna fight intensely smelling shit with moderately smelling shit?
Worse, given the relationship between China and Russia, Russia will likely just hand them the defeat ECM if push came to shove.You meant to say we goanna fight intensely smelling shit with moderately smelling shit?
See, that's the thing.
What, besides the Ukrainian's unexpected reluctance to get folded back into the Russian world, is the Russian army's main problem in its Ukrainian campaign right now?
Logistics. Their logistics suck. The reasons are well known, with corruption and incompetence, but mostly it's due to a difficult terrain. Everyone by now has learned the lovely word "rasputitsa"... Note how, in the South, where the soil is firmer, they have been able to advance a lot more.
Now picture in the result of applying "complete destruction of civilian infrastructure" as a solution when the problem is "terrible logistics".
But there's another thing. This was supposed to be a quick war of conquest. Come in, kill the leadership, gobble up all of Eastern and Southern Ukraine so as to link with Transnistria (and perhaps gobble up Moldavia too, if things have gone well so far, why stop?), and leave behind at most a rump state centered around Lviv where you can expel all the malcontents. If you destroy stuff that you conquer, then you have to rebuild it. That shit's expensive, and you've got no money -- Putin knew that the economic war and sanctions would intensify after he made his move, so his plan also required to limit the damage so as to limit the reparation bill.
Destroying Ukraine fully would also mean that either he gets an unproductive drain on his resources until he can get it rebuilt; or he has to forget about annexing the best parts because there are no best parts anymore; he can abandon the mess he has created but that will not let him achieve the goals he had set for himself. It's at best damage control (as in, control through damage), but not actual control.
Zelensky is trying to escalate the conflict because getting NATO in the fray seems like the best way to get Russia to back down. However, MAD still works. America is not willing to fight Russia directly; just like Russia is not willing to fight America directly. The key to great power warfare is to go through proxies, it's how it's been fought in Korea and Vietnam (with the USSR and China providing not-that-discreet support to the proxy that was fighting America) and how it's been fought in Afghanistan (with America providing not-that-discreet support to the proxy that was fighting the USSR).
This is a song and dance we've had before. People who advocate for Zelensky to back down and surrender would have asked the same of Ho Chi Minh and Kim Il-Sung and Ahmad Shah Massoud...
It certainly sucks when you get to be the proxy. Why do you think France wanted to have its own independent nuclear deterrence?
Who is stopping them to bring the full potential? No one. Literally no one. If they still not bringing means what?
FYI,We indians are not obliged to defend or support either Russia or Ukrain or even entire NATO in this war. Unlike war on terror, this war is not politically connected to us.
Let's be honest , Russian military doctrines, & their weapons aswell as home grown Ukranian weapons are becoming a joke day by day, just like how joe Biden today is. Its the US made weapons were making the difference in this war.
I am mote worried about the huge Russian inventory of weapons we have, till yesterday the Russian weapons were not battle proven, unfortunate for india now those Russian weapons were battle failed one.
The two are not comparable. The UK is a stable country that people will always lend to, Russia is not. Who will buy bonds in a currency that devalues quicker than their own? You can only encourage them to do so by raising interest rates, which kills your economy further.
Well it does, but you'll lose a lot of political capital if you begin flattening cities.
There was no way of dealing with the threat. Russia still believes that it owns countries other than its own. The only mistake Ukraine made was having enough oil and gas to replace Russia, that's why they're being invaded by Russia. Latvia is virtually as close to Moscow as Ukraine and already a member of NATO. If there was even the slightest chance of NATO invading Russia it would be kicking their ar5e in Ukraine right now, especially after Putin just handed them the perfect pretext for such an operation. The whole neutrality thing is a big bunch of bollox, Russia is just grabbing their oil and gas to maintain their market share, it has nothing to do with Nazis, tanks, ABMs or INF, that's just a cover for the theft. It's all economics.
Its called "reality".You meant to say we goanna fight intensely smelling shit with moderately smelling shit?