Russia - threadbanned users in OP

You might be surprised.

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/40620/a-10-warthog-pilots-are-using-the-digital-combat-simulator-video-game-to-train-in-vr

A10s in a contested airspace seems a risky proposition.

I'm not knocking the idea of crews , vehicles -, aircraft using an extra tool in the tool box to keep on top of the game and proficiency,

But the idea some random businessman who's not an Airforce pilot or civilian pilot teaching other Ukrainians how to fly A10s combat missions or drive and fight in other vehicles just by turning up to his office with a few gaming PCs and becoming qualified to fly or drive an Abrams to fight in Ukraine is laughable, comendible to down right fraud,

This would be a different argument if they were actually being trained to fly by the US military before qualifying to fly the A10s and fly combat missions,

This is random businessman teaching people to fly aircraft and combat missions despite not having the experience,tools and ability to do the job properly,

And yes I've been playing various military sims since they were nothing more than poorly pixelated green and Black screens but none of that experience would qualify me to fly /drive .

I may be able to tell you what various buttons do .but you'd laugh your ass off If I tried to take a Abrams or F14 for a spin

They have a decent internet network in Ukraine. I had 4G in the Chernobyl exclusion zone 3-4 years ago. I couldn't even get that in South Dublin at the time 😂

A bunch of kids with masks on ,

Cardboard gangsters

Isn't that how our own IRA sent messages. Use the young blood and get the lessor sentences if caught.

Even if the Russian police were somehow in shot of the embassy's security cameras they'd be compelled to act or else the embassy staff would definitely be gone the next day.

It's a message without calling an air strike on the building from the Kremlin.

Apparently they are only offering only one system,but still no modern tanks , fighting vehicles or other vehicles needed to push home the advantage against the Russians,I'd rather see another 20 + HiMars systems over one patriot or more advanced drones like the predator

Objectively speaking, the nation of Ukraine has suffered (and continues to suffer) to a far greater degree than the nation of Russia in this conflict. It's not Russian cities being pummeled into rubble or Russian citizens dying in large numbers or fleeing in their millions as refugees.

Yes, I think Russia can sustain this fight pretty much as long as they want/need to. Like I said, there is close to 0% chance that Russia will simply walk away from this fight. It's not going to happen. And Ukraine don't have the necessary military muscle to secure a decisive and total victory - despite billions in western funding. Without direct intervention from the west, the two most likely outcomes in this conflict are a stalemate or a Russian victory. (with the latter being unlikely unless Russia were to fully commit to this conflict and put their entire nation on a war footing - which is possible, but again not very likely to happen)

Propaganda has made many people in the west completely deluded about this conflict. Many of you guys are living in a fantasy world, which has created unrealistic and unobtainable views of what can be achieved. Ultimately, it's the Ukrainian citizens who will suffer the consequences of this delusion - and they'll likely be very dire consequences.

Good point in fairness.

@run_Forrest_run Propaganda has made many people completely deluded about this conflict.

Fixed that for you,

Deluded is definitely the word,

You already Lost

The US are getting a fantastic return on that money… a few billion to see the destruction of the Russian army… that is a dream/fantasy deal

"Many of you guys are living in a fantasy world, which has created unrealistic and unobtainable views of what can be achieved. Ultimately, it's the Ukrainian citizens who will suffer the consequences of this delusion - and they'll likely be very dire consequences."

So as well as saying there are no russians after fleeing their country(possibly to avoid conscription to an evil unjustified invasion of a neighbour) your saying there are no russian citizens dying in large numbers and the consequences for the Ukrainian people from the invasion of their country by russia is a result of the people reading a boards thread having unrealistic expectations of what can be achieved by a people fighting for their lives in the face of fascist invaders. I don't think you understand the term "objectively speaking".