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Communication problems in the russian ranks.

Just in, the latest misery-fest from Igor Girkin.

Criticism of the Russian military and Putin. I am amazed he can get away with it.

I can't imagine the horrors they have been through or seen.

I hope I never have too.

I use to be the only Irish man in the village, but now there is two of us .

A young Irish man who came to volunteer at the border is now in a relationship with a Ukrainian girl,they spend half there time in Poland and the rest transporting aid in the Ukraine.

Even good things happen in the worst of events.

Yes, the Lights in the Darkness!! Are ye working independently or with an organization? Which ever it is, keep safe.... heads down, and if possible asse's even lower, and don't go poking around in the bushes.

There's also the question whether Russia will actually honour their own ceasefire. Most likely they'll just claim Ukraine attacked them during it, and "forced" them to retaliate.

I suppose then it's just back to the way it was but I suppose its all mute point now anyhow as the ceasefire didn't happen.

Where do all the areas of worship levelled by Russia eg churches, and all the Ukr civilians who were killed - being directly targeted/killed by Russia and who worshiped there fit in to a plea by Russia for a ceasefire ? It does not add up.

Just help out when I can, most people are just volunteers some are members of organisations.

It's something that should be expected really.

The more western or Ukrainian hatred that Russians see/hear/experience, the more it will engender the same feelings in them. It won't really matter to them what the objective truth is necessarily or whether this is a just war or not. Hatred begets hatred. Violence begets violence.

We experienced this ourselves, on this island, during the troubles. Both sides had equal hatred for each other, and felt completely justified in feeling that way. How many of those people were naturally hate filled people? The circumstances can turn many people into heartless monsters - plus it's much easier for a soldier to do their job effectively if they don't care about the people they're killing.

Many of my own friends in Russia now cannot stand Ukraine or the west - and most were never really like this before. I am starting to see a big shift in attitude, where people care much less about what happens to Ukraine or the level of brutality used by the military in this war. In the beginning, it felt like a civil war against Slavic brothers... but not anymore. We are entering a very worrying period imho, because Putin will have been waiting for enough collective anger to justify more drastic measures. And he is very slowly starting to get that now. It's feeling more and more like a siege mentality now, where Russia must do whatever it takes - no matter how barbaric or ugly it may be.

That's the danger of hatred on either side. The red mist descends and people can become capable of almost anything.

@Run Forest Run

Nice story,

All bs of course

During the battle 73 Easting during the Gulf war ,a pretty significant tank battle 2 scout Bradleys took on 5 Iraqi main battle tanks and defeated them before a larger force of Abrams and other Bradleys arrived to support them during a broader battle, if I remember correctly one Bradley was damaged by enemy fire and another taken out by another Bradley(blue on blue),the Iraqis had lost a serious amount of vehicles and men by the time the battle had ended after 3 days.

Bradleys and Abrams can essentially fight day and night due to superior tech and optics and in bad weather unlike Soviet era vehicles

Would it really take months of training though? It's similar to training in say an F16, the time people quote to train fail to mention that's from training someone with zero flight experience. I'd imagine there's more in common between a Bradley and a BMP than different.

I'm sure it would take months for a non military person to be trained, but an experienced tank/IFV crew should be able to pick it up pretty quick. If anything the Ukrainians have been praised for their quick grasp and training on NATO hardware.

The sea sparrow is a good addition to NASAMS. Both have an abundance of missiles produced.

your 144 posts all as interesting as this? what's next? nukes?