I see Belarus are believed to be putting boots on the ground for Russia, what are the implication not good for Ukraine but does Poland get dragged in...
I agree. There's been a staggering amount of lies reposted on boards about Ukraine by people easily fooled by Russian propaganda.
Been suspected for a while now that some Belarus units are operating with Russian badges and insignia.
NATO would strongly discourage (quietly) any action Poland would officially take. So I'm not sure Poland would do anything.
If they officaly join in, that would spell trouble for Kiev i'd assume they'd have to try and hold a front on the north and east.
I'm not convinced the army would obey orders to cross the border. Lukashenko is playing a balancing game of pleasing Putin and not getting his head removed by his own people.
I'd also probably be right in saying that the Belarus army is probably very poorly equipped.
That is a serious bit of kit. Amazingly fast setup and decamp for such heavy artillery.
Oh,have you got breaking news! Has Russia become a democratic country no longer ruled by a tyrant, a tyrant btw who disowned his own mother.
hmmm
Ah right there not sworn enimies then just neighbours they'll struggle to get the reserves out, thanks didn't know how relations were.
Don't think Boris would be concerned about that at the moment.
He's busy get removalist quotes.
That airfield is just northwest of Melitopol. And Melitopol is just about on the south coast.
These shoot and scoot systems have all been developed especially by Nato forces over the last 20-30 years. Russia still uses fixed artillery.
The Russians seem to have the upper hand at present. However I expect that to change over the next 6-10 weeks. At that stage the new S&S artillery systems will have reach Ukraine and have been deployed. Crews will have been trained.
The Ukrainian army will not be dependent on drone targeting. It will be receiving satellite targeting from the NATO but it will also be recieving manual targeting data.
As the Russians have advanced Ukraine will have left embedded in the pro Russian population undercover forces as well as special forces operatives. These can send location data back to the UA. This will allow these S&S systems to operate with preset coordinates for a number of nighttime targets.
The above system might seem to be awesome however the granddaddy of them all is the German PzH2000. I think the UA has over 20 of them now.
ZenNuture will be along on the morning shift shortly to explain all about this. He will rant all weekly about the naval nuclear floating station. He needn't worry, the only ones that will sink are Russian or Chinese ones.
It's great the Germans are seeing sense and reopening there nuclear power stations. I am sure they will find a way to override the planning issues on the other three.
In a way we should be grateful. Putin's health issues made him strike too early. He was afraid that someone else could claim Russia 's great victory. Its a failure of dictators they hate to share any credit with another, ever those that follow and might be there heirs.
Medvedev seems to have gone bonkers in recent months. This is his reaction to the idea of war crimes trials for the regime :
"It won't work with Russia. They understand this very well,” concludes the ex-president. “That’s why the filthy dogs of war stop by with their disgusting barks. But the United States and their useless mongrels should remember the words of Scripture: "Judge not, lest you be judged, for by what judgment you judge, so you will be judged" (Bible. Matthew. 7:1-2)."
Re all this talk about Russian technology: all they ever did was steal, copy and cut corners. From the atomic bomb to that Concorde knockoff that was falling apart in the sky to computer chips and Ladas, all stolen technology, and sometimes they were even purposely fed outdated designs to throw them off.
Isn't Scholz still committed to Germany switching off its last three nuclear reactors by the end of the year but firing up coal stations instead, despite protestations from the EU & member states?
A summary of the Russian oil situation and the possible long-term issues.
The Ukrainian flag is flying again on Snake Island. Also, another Bayraktar TB2 drone is arriving in Ukraine today. I suspect these drones are increasingly used for surveillance and to guide long-range rockets onto Russian targets.
a cheeky tag here
Someone forgot to check the Best Before date
I wouldn't trust them to build a washing machine... oh, wait!
That's interesting!
They even posted instruction and a map where others can do the same
Russia taking some time out?
This guy used to seem vaguely reasonable, a rather bland bureaucrat who'd be more at home in the boardroom of some huge faceless corporation than on the global political stage.
As you say, he now sounds totally unhinged. Bizarre transformation
Would be very curious what exactly that means, if anything.
On a side note, what effect do people think Boris Johnson's departure will have on the war? Britain has seemingly been Ukraine's main European assistance militarily. Will this be under threat with new leadership or is it more defence ministry than PM who controls these decisions?
In communist societies and political systems you have to go all out in your public pronouncements to remove even the barest doubt about your loyalty.
Your freedom or life may well depend on it.
To be fair, there's some Americans i wouldn't have minded seeing in front of a war crimes tribunal. A few British politicians too.
If we get russians before a tribunal maybe it will bode well for the future.
I think NATO is committed at this point. Liz Truss would be a good pm as she is very pro Ukr.
This has been talked about for couple weeks now. Gives the Russians a chance to resupply and reinforce the substantial territory gains they have in the East. Probably need to rotate troops out.
In saying that...
Russia has lost a lot of ammo dumps and resupply support units in the last week with some clever UAF longer range attacks. It's going to give the Russians great difficulty in their resupply efforts.
Russian forces are increasingly stretched far and wide. This gives UAF good opportunities for hit and run behind the lines and partisan attacks.
More and more advenced western weapons are arriving on the scene, will definitely tip things in UAF favour over time. (Including Lend Lease, which hasnt really gotten started yet)
Well not quite. The old Soviet Union had cutting edge (at the time) scientists, mathematicians and engineers. Particularly in the area of rocket engines and the like.
Don't forget that the Soviets were the first to put a man into space.
Obviously those days are long gone.
Modern Russia is not a communist society. More like a mafia state.
And yes, the public declarations of loyalty make sense, it's more the tone of his pronouncements that have become very odd.
No its not a Communist State but nearly its entire leadership have been Communist party members, grew up and were trained in that system, it's society has been influenced by that system.
Putin is certainly a softer version of it, but the obsession with control and conformity is still there, even if the mass murder is not. He does want to return Russian society back to it though.
Someone may have put out the word in Moscow that Dimitri was suspect and he is trying to remove all doubt. He isn't talking I'd guess about the Ukraine etc but saying look I'm not a threat, just plodding along through Life.
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