Is Ukraine about to have a war?
Older stuff is probably mechanical and easier to get working.
72's and 80's are soviet era as well, but equipped with better radios and night vision. Take those off and you are good to go without any chips. Even the engine on those T62M's is the same as T72 early models. But: are the Russians really going to go into 21st century battle without any of those equipment?
72's and 80's are soviet era as well, but equipped with better radios and night vision. Take those off and you are good to go without any chips. Even the engine on those T62M's is the same as T72 early models. But: are the Russians really going to go into 21st century battle without any of those equipment?
Quantity has its own quality...
Zelensky: 'No matter what Russia promises, it will find ways not to implement it.'
President Zelensky told a U.S. House delegation that the missile strike on Odesa's port the day after Ukraine and Russia reached an agreement for grain exports shows Moscow is not trustworthy.
President Zelensky told a U.S. House delegation that the missile strike on Odesa's port the day after Ukraine and Russia reached an agreement for grain exports shows Moscow is not trustworthy.
Ukraine still bled the forces there, and Russia's cynical ploy of putting conscripted Donbassians and Luhanatics into the front with pitchforks will have it's day again in Russia in the future, memory of having friends like Russia don't fade quickly. Would not be surprised that much of the wiring faults in the Rodina are due to "poor" DNR/LNR sparkies...
Ukraine forced the Russians to concentrate their mighty might up in the NE, and that has left the SW exposed for some time, and right now, any Ruskie west of the Dneiper probably feels unloved.
The losses of Russian forces that are reported in details for specific units show that they had catastrophic levels of casualties in the first phase, and since then, while the LNR/DNR have been taking hits, the generals, colonels and the rest show that the Red force is still in the field, and bleeding.
Every km that the Red forces advance increase the problem of their supply lines, and they never had at any time the manpower that was needed to control any area that they had taken, which then results in the vicious spiral of violent actions against the local population to suppress resistance, which historically gives strength to resist. The outcome is uncertain, however, even if Russia commences full mobilisation today, they won't be in any position for making that effective to attack before winter, so there is another calendar year before they get into the field. Discounting Germany and the other insipid supporters of the Ukrainians, Ukraine would have better air defense, artillery, armor and troops next year than this year.
Should Germany make up their mind? Lavrov and co have made it clear that they have intentions well beyond the purported justification for this irrational "special military operation", and that means that attacks will occur on the borders of EU member states, and that won't end will, Russia can't fire missiles in a straight line, they cannot distinguish civilian from a turnip, and they don't have the manpower already to do anything in the area they are in, so any extensions comes by way of their what...? "precision" weapons"?
If Russia doesn't reconsider their action and go home, Lavrovs stated intention will put German boots against Russian Troops in due course, so the prisoner's dilemma is pretty stark, and doesn't seem to support the vacillation and indecision that Herr Shultz comes up with every second statement.
It reminds me of the Pan Am B742 engine failure out of London that started jettison immediately, and was told by ATC, " oy, ya can't do that, the queen is in residence at Buckingham palace"; to which the crew replied, "then ask her if she wants the gas or the gas and the plane.."
"Mum, there was a real circus today! At two o'clock in the morning, 15 "cargo 200s" [Russian military code for personnel killed in action - ed.]. They were watching movies on the tank. In short, they dropped a f**king drone into the tower! A drone, mum, a drone, f**k! It just flew up, dropped the ammunition and blew it up."
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
I've read reports that the equipment is being shipped to Ukraine without being tested.
Units are complaining of receiving tanks and APCs not only stripped of electronics and sights, but some even without engines or gearboxes.
Ukrainian Pravda:
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2022/07/24/7359891/
Video of the attack here (NSFW):
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They are beams as such, the bridge is made up of factory precast full width sections with hollowed out deeper sections forming the 'beams'.......and a narrow cast-insitu strip down the middle between the sections.
Its not a conventional beam and slab type construction. As a structural engineer, I wouldn't be volunteering to drive over that in anything more than push bike tbh.
That's going to be a complicated repair.
Its not a conventional beam and slab type construction. As a structural engineer, I wouldn't be volunteering to drive over that in anything more than push bike tbh.
That's going to be a complicated repair.
Earlier, the army attacked the bridge across the Dnipro River in the area of the
Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant. Destroying bridges, the army wants to isolate the
troops on the right bank of the Dnipo in the direction of Kherson-Vysokopollya.
They are trying to fix
Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant. Destroying bridges, the army wants to isolate the
troops on the right bank of the Dnipo in the direction of Kherson-Vysokopollya.
They are trying to fix
Anyone know what they are refering to when they say "tower" heard it refered to a few times and haven't managed to figure out what they could be meaning
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Not exactly a moral booster for those at home, still he did get a medal 
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Bridge damage, they are hitting rail etc too
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Now that's accuracy,
Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
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UK provided Stormers, first view in theatre
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And if you read this re Kherson it says
Rosgvardiya, internal security troops being recalled to Russia? They might be needed to protect Putin from "Regime Change"?