From Lesia Vasylenko twitter.
Russia fighter jets just performed an air raid on Sumy region, shooting at civilian hospital. Local authorities are counting the civilianCasualties.
By the time this war is over we will have a good knowledge of the rivers in Ukraine. The Dnipro was talked about a lot at the start of the war. It played its part up north when the Ukrainians flooded some of the plains either side of it to literally bog down the Russians, the same as the Belgians did at Nieuport. Down south, it's also shaping the front line, with the isolated Russian territory on the right bank looking more and more precarious.
During the battles for Severodontsk and Lsyschansk, the Siverski Donetsk was defended staunchly and still demarks the front line in many places in that part of the theatre. Ukraine crossing it in places this week to retake Ozerne and the other village to the west was noteworthy news. A couple of months ago in the Kherson Oblast, the Ukrainians crossing the Inhulets at Davydiv Brid and maintaining that bridgehead was encouraging and one of the few changes to the frontline there at the time.
Air power isn't as much of a factor in this war as expected. So the terrain and geography has a bigger part to play. I think the Oskil river that runs through Kupiansk will be the next natural feature of Ukraine to feature inadvertently in the news. Maybe the Ukrainians will take Kupiansk, maybe they will be repelled. But whatever happens, I expect them to try to push as far as the bank of the Oskil south of Kupiansk. Let the river do the hard work of defending the front.
Some posters have mentioned that September is Ukraine's last chance to regain territory before the winter. I'm not sure if this is completely correct. I definitely think there will be a pause for a couple of months October - December during the muddy season. But from mid December things will be freezing up.
http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages%5CR%5CI%5CRivers.htm
By January, all of the rivers in the north will be frozen over. Many think that winters favour Russia during wartime. But that's when faced with Western European opposition. Ukranians are just as used to those conditions as Russians and will be better equipped. Morale will be sapped easier during the winter if soldiers are hungry and cold and not fully committed to the cause. I fully expect the Ukrainians to test the Russians resolve during the depths of winter and a full scale Russian collapse is much more likely then, than now.
The Oskil river (reservoir) between Kupiansk and Izyum is no longer as wide as depicted on maps however. The dam was blown up back in April and it's once again a low-flow meandering stream.
Someone doing a genocide
I shouldn't be after half a million kidnapped babies and children, countless children raped and murdered. Pure evil.
Good thing is that Ukrainians are making progress. It won't be possible to liberate everything in one go. Even a great progress of say 50km on the whole front is not the end of the war. But the important thing is that Ukraine has the initiative, and this makes Russians very nervous. The Russians must be defeated morally first, and even a limited victory for Ukraine is great for sapping Russian will to fight.
Read the NATO Russia Founding act.
All reasonable concerns of Russia are dealt with there.
NATO broke no promises. Russia has no right to expect what it demands and those expectations are contrary to multiple agreements it has signed.
Regardless all this talk of NATO is a red herring. Russia ramped up its pressure on Ukraine when it wanted to sign an EU treaty - not a military one.
Russia wants Ukraines resources people and economy in its orbit. Ukraines military is only a factor in that it prevents Russia from waltzing in and taking and doing whatever it wants.
Russia will straight up lie knowing some people will fall for it - GORMless is a good example of this.
It's a AT4 launcher made by Saab/Bofors in Sweden
Do you care to point out where these “promises” are in paper?
Because there are promises to protect Ukraine signed by Russia and promises at UN to not invade other countries
What do you make of Vladimir Putin in an infamous public speech outlining his plans of imperial conquest of all the lands he considers “Russian” (half of Europe if you look at 19th century maps) completely demolishing your “but but NATO” argument
Here you go comrade @EOQRTL , from Russian source
Mod - Not sure how we started talking about cattle theft in rural Ireland but lets leave it there and get back on topic please
Fake news folks. Cannot delete link.
Rumours of them training on the A10, but this is not it.
If these are able to get close to Russian combat positions without being molested by Russian fighters it's going to be a very bad day at the office for Vlad.
CNN: Ukraine’s military raises Ukrainian flag in Shevchenkove, Kharkiv Oblast.
I didn't know Ukraine had A-10s. I also thought that the pilot training time and need for absolute air superiority meant they weren't suitable.
https://www.businessinsider.com/why-a10-isnt-right-jet-for-war-ukraine-is-fighting-2022-7?r=US&IR=T
At this rate it looks like the Ukrainians aren't going to have enough flags to keep up with demand for liberated towns and villages 😃
Well that looks fake
Speculated about for a long time but if accurate and not some training footage from somewhere in the west this is a true game changer.
Looks CGI'ed to me, plus I'm pretty sure the Ukrainians don't have any A10's.
The cloud pattern looks very similar to the one taken yesterday at Kupiansk so that part of the vid stacks up. But Ukraine don't have any A-10s. Have they been superimposed on the vid to make the Russians think they've got them? I still don't think the Ukrainian's have the uncontested airspace around there that would allow them to be used. And where would they have gotten them from?
Seriously? Christ it's very hard to tell what is real or propaganda. We'd a poster earlier stick up a post about baby formula being laced with poison by the Russians also. I suppose everything has to be questioned
Ah, it is... it looked off the first few times I saw it, but when you raised doubts I looked back again and found a jerky bit. Feckers!
I'd say I'm pretty familiar with it. I was address the other posters claim of accuracy.
There were statements by their military that they DO have pilots trained on A10s and F16s and that was few months ago
Now if at some stage Ukraine actually received/got sold them, now that’s another game changer
tho from what I read the main contender is the Swedish Gripen for its capabilities
* emphasis on if
Not sure you do,supressive fire is not about accuracy,its about making the enemy keep their heads down while boots on the ground moves forward
News of the setbacks is starting to seep through to the Russian TV propaganda shows, including Solovyov and Skabayeva's ones. Anyone watching can be under no doubt that the current situation in Ukraine is 'challenging' for the regime.
If Kupyansk falls today I’m going getting plastered on vodka 🤣
Yes, and the original post I replied to made claims of recoil control and accurate fire. Maybe try reading before you deign to proffer an opinion
Russia is using Mi-26 helicopters to bring reinforcements to Izyum and Kupyansk.
Correct and correct ,
Some of these Ukrainians have a little to much free time
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