As fun as it would be to see warthogs make **** of columns of Russian armour, I'd be suprised if it was fielded in a contested airspace.
The Ukrainians would probably weld that A-10 autocannon to a tank chassis, mad bastards.
Ukraine will get the South back - They aren't a crumbling shambles, a shadow of their former glory/cannon fodder army - Ukraine is backed by the West. Don't worry about Ukraine logistics. They'll be grand.
That’s a 100 km detour if one of the bridges goes, all under Ukrainian precision artillery
Would love to see the Warthog in action again, bloody thing wrecks tanks
Right so basically Ukraine and the West are completely to blame for the war?
So obviously wrong it's not even worth engaging with such stupidity.
Is there anyone on here 'afeared' of Russia going full mobilisation?
They've already got their best trained troops (I know, I know 😅 bear with me) and the best of their equipment already engaged. What use is 10s of thousands of desk workers given AK47s or such. They'll just as likely shoot themselves, their officers or a visiting dignitary - Bring on full mobilisation... will probably shorten the war in Ukraine's favour.
The only thing to "fear" from Russia is nuclear escalation. Unfortunately you can never rule that out.
Yeah, even by time of service the warthogs were having to fly very high as modern AA can make bits of them quite easily. While they are a cool craft, not sure how useful it be.
There were certainly plenty here who believed Putin had at best months to live with a terminal illness. So much for that theory...
Unfortunately he's going to have to be dealt with or got rid of the hard way
Randos on the internet believe all manner of things. I'm aware of the rumour that was floating around.
The "intel" which is what the poster was referring to never suggested any such thing though.
You would have to assume that NATO/US have that intensively war gamed out and there would be an extremely swift response. Six months on such a scenario would be even worse for them, so the fear is minimal.
You may be wishing for full mobilisation and full-on war for your amusement at home but I know from speaking to many Ukrainian refugees that all they want is for the war to end, not expand further and cause more suffering
I think Ukraine needs to start striking hard into Russia. F every single one of them..... Lets see their cities dropped to rubble. If Putin goes nuclear then Biden already said in so many words that Nato would have to get involved and stop them.
Just learned that Zelensky's wife is the Lady Olenna
Here's Putin when her name comes up
Bring on the napalm.
Trouble for Russia on every front. Not only is Chechnya getting itchy feet but Syria is starting to rumble again.
Beside Putin pooping all over all the excuses they made by clearly stating his imperial ambitions we now also have Lavrov confirming all of this yesterday
I kinda feel sorry for “but but NATO” brigade usually from far left, the amount of mental gymnastics they perform is incredible (and yet unable to climb out of Putin’s rear)
That would simply be a complete waste of ammunition, not that they would have that level anyway. You also have the danger of supplies being cut off from the west if you engage in Orc tactics.
Nothing gained from levelling a town or city, much better hitting supplies and admin.
heavy Russian shelling all across the front lines, are Russia mass producing shells at this stage? they must be getting them from somewhere
>>I think Ukraine needs to start striking hard into Russia. F every single one of them..... Lets see their cities dropped to rubble
That will make Ukraine an aggressor and it will be hard to justify helping them to kill civilians, it will be no different from what russians are doing now.
A lot of that would just be wishful thinking. It's the same in any war, propaganda by the barrel loads. Putin dead would have little or no effect anyway as many in his inner circle are equally as cruel if not worse.
The left always make excuses for piece of sh1t regimes like China or Russia, always have always will.
A Himars a day,keeps the russians away
Russian forces have not made significant advances towards Slovyansk or along the Siversk-Bakhmut salient in the past few weeks and are continuing to degrade their own offensive combat power in localized fights for small and relatively un-important settlements throughout Donetsk Oblast. Russian troops have notably been attempting to take Siversk since the capture of Lysychansk and the Luhansk Oblast border on July 3 and have still not reached the city as of July 20.Similarly, Russian troops have failed to launch direct assaults on Bakhmut and have largely impaled themselves on fights for small settlements to its east and south. Efforts to advance on Slovyansk have mostly ground to a halt and have made no meaningful gains for weeks. The renewal of active ground offensives following the brief operational pause has not yet translated into meaningful Russian forward progress, although it is possible that either steady Russian pressure or the completion of Russian efforts to rebuild combat power could generate limited gains in the coming days or weeks.
Russian troops are now struggling to move across relatively sparsely-settled and open terrain. They will encounter terrain much more conducive to the Ukrainian defenders the closer they get to the E40 around Slovyansk and Bakhmut due to the increasing population density and built-up nature of these areas.
The current Russian offensive in Donbas is therefore highly likely to culminate somewhere along the E40 in the coming weeks.
Yes yes more and more
The point is that nobody should be afraid of Russian full mobilisation any more than what's currently happening. Yes, EVERYONE at the blunt end of the war wants it to end. Wishing aint going to make it so... I'm assuming you don't believe in fairy god mothers. My lack of fear in Russian full mobilisation has nothing to do with amusement, although the Russian command realising that wont make much difference WILL be amusing - the sooner the more deluded/cult followers realise they aren't going to win in Ukraine the better for everyone, especially your acquaintances in Ukraine (ethnic Russian and Ukrainian) - you're not of the belief Russia is going to win in Ukraine, are you?
Eh the EU is going to cut its gas exports from Russia by 2/3 by the end of the year. Give it a year or two, and Russia will be selling **** all oil and gas to Europe. Their ace up their sleeve turned out to be a dud.
ehh...they loosened the noose on certain Russian banks so long as they trade in grain and fertilzer and did not extend the gold ban to include jewelry. EU nooses to tend to look awfully like loop holes
In entirely unrelated news, nord stream is back in business 😊
Ukraine devalues its currency by 25% as country has been reduced in size by 25% due to war with Russia - central bank
In a way a closed down nordstream is no further use to Russia ,no income -no possibility of future income and most importantly absolutely no leverage over Germany and the eu ..
So it's a balancing act .. Russia doesn't want to send so much gas that Germany can fill it's reserves , Germany doesn't want to be seen to send too much support to Ukraine as to "push" Russia into turning off the taps entirely....
Believe it or not Russia is still paying gas transit fees to Ukraine - neither side wants to be seen as the ones shutting off the gas to Europe ...
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