Russia - threadbanned users in OP

Nuclear weapons are not off any table, Russian commanders have already discussed it, and a small tactical battlefield nuke can be fired from howitzer. There are many points of escalations before such a move is taken, but that's in the current situation. If however Ukraine started systematically attacking Russian territory and killing Russian citizens, in such a scenario Russian doctrine "permits" the use of nuclear weapons to "defend the motherland". This is why everyone has been very careful in the type of weaponry that is being supplied to the Ukrainians. Likewise Ukrainian officials have mentioned it many times that Russia would use attacks on it's territory to escalate the conflict.

Interesting that people in Moscow are aware that the regime was supposed to 'take Kyiv in three days'. Looks like details of the failed special operation are getting through to them without any difficulty.

Evident they've no trust in their leadership. Obvious they know it's FUBAR.

One thing that I always notice about these vidoes is how battle scarred the farmland is. They'll be pulling shrapnel and unexploded ordnance out of the ground for decades.

Here he is, as far back as 12 March, calling on the West to allow Putin have a ‘victory’ in order to stop the war.

Pathetic, but at least his eagerness for appeasement is consistent. But why is the Irish Times persisting in giving him editorial space to, in effect, make Putin’s case?

Whats left of Russian forces will fight to the last man to defend its objective demanded by a mad man

A retired US General quoted saying if nato went in with its almost immediate air supremacy war would be over in 96 hours

Only thing stopping it is a possible nuclear backlash and the nnp that's putin has been as a hostage to prevent such a scenario.

Ukraine army is being made look good by a bad Russian mob like unprofessional force

Your last sentence unnoticingly sidesteps the Ukrainians adeptness with technology and ability to integrate many different systems.

The Russians would have tried to eat Western weapons systems.

Today's words on Sesame Street are "adaptiveness" and "versatile".

The French Service de déminage is still clearing up unexploded WW1 and WW2 ordnance (more rarely 1870 ordnance these days) in the north east of the country, into the tons (metric) every year, to this day.

It’s long been dubbed the “iron harvest”. Primer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_harvest

And it keeps on killing, every year too. Mostly Darwin Award chasers with metal detectors. Much more rarely, but still and very regrettably, sappers themselves. I spent some of my military service with them BITD, a guy I met on that team died on the job some years ago.

Sadly, that will be Ukrainian reality for a lot of years. No matter how thorough the clean up immediately post-war.

Seems Russians are leaving Kherson including their administration building and check points..

But it's not spring yet, how could they? /s

That one didn't even last 24hrs.

Nice ending sentiment.

If I'm correct they still have patrols collecting unexploded munitions found in fields during plowing season ,

If anybody thinks drone are impressive have a look at the unmanned Blackhawk helicopter program

I think what's needed is a lot of those ordnance sniffer dogs or they need to develop an ordnance sniffing drone that flies in a predetermined search pattern low to the ground.