I reckon 6 week's at least depending on the weather.
If you boycott Unilever you will be eating grass, cleaning your teeth with twigs, washing clothes in lime,
So basically like a long weekend in Leitrim?
Avdiivka had seen a big ramp up in Russian assaults in the past week could be more at risk of encirclement than Bakhmut. That there's been little news in the last 48 hours suggests (I hope) that Ukraine have managed to reinforce their positions there after having had their first defensive line breached.
Like Vuhledar the Russians are throwing a lot of tanks at this assault. Hoping to see some more updates from that direction today.
"there is a realistic possibility that the Russian assault on the town is losing the limited momentum it had obtained, partially because some Russian MoD units have been reallocated to other sectors."
Interesting....
Another day, another series of Russian terror attacks, including in Kyiv.
I guess Putin's version of saying "we haven't gone away, you know", presumably with Xi's blessing
I believe they were being sarcastic
Russian T55s taken out of storage and heading west, likely to be fielded in Ukraine in the not so distant future,
Bless em ,at this point they will be raiding museum's for WW2 tanks.
70 year old tanks being dragged out of storage by the orcs now.
I swear we will see t34s by the end of this.
A good anti tank/materiel rifle would put one of those and the crew out of action. You wouldn't waste a Javelin or LAW on one.
Attacks hit Zaporizhzhia again today,
Still some are questioning why would Russia be bombing their own territory this leads to the idea of Ukrainans doing it .
Something is definitely brewing, the orc offensive has ground down to a halt after catastrophic losses. Ukraine on the other hand are quietly gathering strength for their counter offensive, already signs of reconnaissance pushes by Ukraine into the south. The orcs know something is coming and are completely sh1tting themselves. The next month or two is going to be very, very interesting!
They are probably trying to draw Ukrainian forces from bakhmut and Vuhledar in the hope of weakening the lines ,the Ukrainans seem to have improved reactions to different situations rather than waiting until they have nearly lost a town or city
I think there was talk of actual WWII vintage tanks being used in some cases last year. Possibly as fixed fire-platforms...but still WWII kit.
You mean a big ramp up in failed assaults.
The orcs gained one tiny village their in several months of fighting and suffering thousands of casualties.
That's a trade Ukraine will take every day of the week.
But the downside to that is Ukraine is having to move forces to secure and fight for locations that offer little or no strategic value while taking losses of experienced troops,and the Russians makes gains even if they are small
I remember joking last year about them dusting off T-34s but I didn't imagine it could happen. I still can't see it happening but its an interesting thought experiment. However, before T-34 there must be IS-3s, if Russia is really was to seriously consider going down that road. Even then most tanks today have smootbore guns as these work better with HEAT rounds, and I think the IS tanks would have have rifled barrels. Anyway I would imagine that even the best WW2 tank would be easy meat for more modern designs. As for T-34s, is there even any modern ammunition (i.e. not just plain old Amour-Piercing or High Explosive) for 85mm guns?
Using their chassis as self-propelled mobile platforms for certain weapons systems would indeed seem much more likely. The notion may prompt some interesting musings from @Manic Moran . 😁
Edit: maybe they'll resurrect this doomsday machine... 🤣
Anyone noticed that Lebanese war monitor account constantly shilling for Russia?
Would be pretty cool to see KV-2s being used 😁
Ah No Not Leitrim!
Last time I was there, they thought Jurassic Park was a local reality TV show
The orcs have went through multiple rounds of mobilization, are dying at the rate of 10 to 1 and now need to pull 70 year old tanks out of museums.
There doesn't even need to be a debate that Ukraine are winning and down the right thing here.
I'd forgotten about those. Turret the size of a block of flats...
That 152mm gun might make it useful a self-propelled artillery support, but lack of elevation for the gun might mean direct fire only.
But, but, according to some on here Bakhmut is on the verge of falling? 🤣
Ukrainian aren't invincible or bullet proof they are dieing and dieing in numbers it doesn't matter what estimated ratio you claim to ,
So the Ukraine government are lying?
So no Ukrainians are dieing,
Seems all those memorial and RIP posts for Ukrainans and foreign volunteers must be some how fake ???
The 10:1 may be happening in some specific area for a certain period of time, but it'd be ridiculous to believe that is happening all over the country and for a sustained period.
Reports are that Bakhmut had swung in Ukraine's advantage from anywhere in the region of 5:1 to 7:1 at times. However it's most probable this is an extreme example and not the norm everywhere.
Afterall this is where we had Wagner convicts launching themselves in waves at Ukrainian positions, that hasn't been happening everywhere.
So is he lying ?, well probably not, but we can assume he's not speaking very broadly either, and is willing to be intentionally misinterpreted for morale boosting reasons.
Ukrainians have no choice if they stop defending
Russians can just stop invading for once in there **** lifes
Not at all,but that doesnt mean Ukraine doesnt have casualties,and i can understand why they keep casualties quiet,not good for morale.
Russia does after all have a 3-1 advantage in manpower in Bakhmut and probably 10-1 in artillery,so there will be casualties sitting in trenches under constant artillery barrages,air assaults and human wave attacks.
Whats good though is that Russia suffers more than Ukraine for now,its after all a war of attrition.
1:7 is the overall current attrition rate taking into account all areas. 1:10 was the ratio they quoted months ago as applying to the Kherson assault.
I've never heard that ratio being mentioned in anywhere other than the Bakhmut Frontline.
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