Ukraine - Russia Conflict
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‘Our Commander Is Leaving With Us’: Putin’s Troops Openly Plot to Ditch ‘Stupid’ War
ReutersRussian soldiers are apparently so sick of Vladimir Putin’s “stupid” war in Ukraine that they are now openly plotting with their own commanders to go AWOL.The Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s Main Intelligence Directorate released a recording on Thursday that is said to show precisely that...
They are using it a little but it's flying at tree-top level and their helis are lofting rockets into the air from near ground level over friendly territory.
Russia Could Actually Lose Territory Amid Ukraine War Disaster
The U.S. ambassador to Ukraine said Russian troops could be expelled from more regions they had occupied, which raises the prospect of Moscow losing Crimea.
www.newsweek.com
«Все приходится покупать самим»: Российские контрактники в Украине остались без экипировки - Русская служба The Moscow Times
Галина Иванова - Отправляющиеся на войну в Украину российские контрактники вынуждены за свой счет покупать бронежилеты, аптечки и другое снаряжение, рассказали The Moscow Times военнослужащие из нескольких воинских частей. Минимальная стоимость экипировки — 200 тысяч рублей.
yeah , we are running all over the place crying & howling that russia is losing the war claiming every matchstick is going to burn russia down.
chinese are just helping themselves and europeans think they can stop money flow to russia.
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If you think this is funny he said in another thread that not only is the J-20 better than the F-35 in air to air but air to ground too.
‘Our Commander Is Leaving With Us’: Putin’s Troops Openly Plot to Ditch ‘Stupid’ War
ReutersRussian soldiers are apparently so sick of Vladimir Putin’s “stupid” war in Ukraine that they are now openly plotting with their own commanders to go AWOL.The Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s Main Intelligence Directorate released a recording on Thursday that is said to show precisely that...us.yahoo.com
They are using it a little but it's flying at tree-top level and their helis are lofting rockets into the air from near ground level over friendly territory.
I of course accused him of being a Pakistani trying to make Indians look bad but now I'm thinking he's actually this dumb or one of the worst trolls in here even worse than my Bobo who likes to call you paddy. RIP.
He really is something isn't he? He post his bs claims with such confidence as if they were true because he knows things we don't. He probably believes in his head he was briefed by a Russian air force personnel telling him we can meet our objective without air support. OY VEY!
What happened to him anyway?I of course accused him of being a Pakistani trying to make Indians look bad but now I'm thinking he's actually this dumb or one of the worst trolls in here even worse than my Bobo who likes to call you paddy. RIP.
The guilt's talking. No religious guy can get through the Pearly Gates without remorse after all.
Artillery is cheaper way cheaper, for every sortie its going to cost $5-10k per hour. Hard fact is that if russia can stop the fuel to ukraine half the battle is won.
Sure lets hurt normal working folk who in no way decided Russia's course of action. Lets hurt small businesses - people trying to make a living in trying times.
Since they dont speak english, their pain isnt newsworthy, their sad stories dont matter.
Putin is a dick to cause misery to others to satiate his ego, but moronic pranksters hurting everyday folk is kosher.
Sigh </Rant>
And that's the Ukrainians winning the perception war.
The Russian losses are questionable. From an initial high, where the Ukrainians took them by surprise, it turned into attrition warfare. And it doesn't take a lot to push back a BTG, taking out a few tanks and IFVs seems to do the trick, but also doesn't result in large casualties.
In the initial days, they will going around assembling like idiots, but they changed their tactics over time. Recall that the "stuck" logistics chain did not suffer from much attacks. All we saw were pictures of stationary trucks and combat units. Do you think the Ukrainians would not have released images of major losses to the convoy? Also, a lot of the Russian losses we saw, particularly on roads, were a few trucks and combat units packed close to each other, probably when the Russians thought there won't be much fighting, but these did not experience complete destruction either.
Russians are moving forward like snails while retreating (running away) hundreds of kilometres. I am surprised that you used Izium as an example of Russian advance.
In Izyum, Russians are fighting for more than 1.5 month and they can't move forward any significant way. Russians advanced a grant tottal of 5 kilometers south of Izium in 1 whole month. In that process, they lost thousand of troops.
Map of Izium front April 18th, 2022
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Map of Izium front 1 month after (May 17th). Russians made an advance of 5km in a whole month.
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Incremental gains are still gains. But what about Ukrainian losses? Because that accrues over time.
You start off with initial gains and that slowly builds up, just like compound interest. Now the question is how long does it have to compound before they achieve a breakthrough.
Ukrainians already stopped Russian offensive. Or better, they counter attacked and recaptured ( Or as Russians call it, glorious retreat) thousands of square kilometres. "Retreating from areas where offensive is unnecessary at this time?"
This is again what perception war does. What did Ukraine lose during that time? How much did Russia lose relative to Ukraine? The Russians may have backed out, but retreating means the Ukrainians would advance and then thin out over a larger area, then the Russians can go back in again.
The Russians don't have numbers, so they need to concentrate in one operational area at a time. And as the operational area expands, other areas come into focus.
If there's no change in tactics from the Russian side, then it means the tactics they are currently using are working.
We are not talking about a ceasefire, we are talking about stopping the war itself. The point is Russia's demands have not changed based on the media's perception of the ground situation.
Not just about the money. Due to their inferior position with NATO, they need to hide their capabilities and protect their numbers.
Banned. But will be back more vicious than ever soon.
Is that what it is?
Looks like the US has decided to indirectly end the Russian naval blockade that's causing a global food shortage.
us.yahoo.com
Exclusive-U.S. aims to arm Ukraine with advanced anti-ship missiles to fight Russian blockade
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The White House is working to put advanced anti-ship missiles in the hands of Ukrainian fighters to help defeat Russia's naval blockade, officials said, amid concerns more powerful weapons that could sink Russian warships would intensify the conflict. Ukraine has made no...
YouTube comments.
"The armoured train only comes on when one side is losing badly."
"They already lost their dreadnought in the last match!"
"The armoured train only comes on when one side is losing badly."
"They already lost their dreadnought in the last match!"
True actually, I agree.
