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Think this was already posted previously.

But just for fun a British Challenger 2 to tank compared to a Soviet T55.

I've seen some posing with locals after the Ukrainan military has cleared a town or village,

He even claimed to have held a Ukrainan soldiers hand while he died , only he wasn't near the particular location at the time,he's a tourist who's found a way to make money while making himself out to be a selfless hero ,

Walt would be good description

If Ukrainian pilots are getting trained in Britain, France or the state's it would be in their interest not to confirm it until they are actually back in Ukraine with Western fighter jets. I hope it happens this summer and not next. It would be a real morale buster to the Russian's seeing Ukraine receive these jets as Russia wheels in T-64's and T-55's.

He's for sure no special forces / commando soldier anyway. The real deal would have handled that guy, and the 2nd one also, But these guys never draw attention to themselves by starting that kind of confrontation in a public place. In fact, unless its absolutely unavoidable, they'll walk away.

Well considering we've gone from A10 warthogs to F16s to F18s to Mirages there's still a few that could be mentioned before it finally dies ,

Western aircraft is what he's talking about,

Secret training of Ukrainan pilots in America to fly A10s , only they weren't training to fly them, a Ukrainian expat had flown a few lads to Vegas to fly A10s on gaming PCs he's probably making money off it ,

Then it was F16s then British typhoons ,then Australian F18s that were bought by a private company to be used in training aggressor squadrons for the US Airforce,then back to F16s and typhoons again,oh and Sanna Marin Prime Minister of Finland said they could have Finnish F18s ,20 min's later the Finnish Government said absolutely not ,

Despite no one actually offering any of the above aircraft to Ukraine it's still being mentioned regularly

Sure the chiiiina peace deal makes zero mention of Russian withdrawing from Ukraine,

Seems a lot of people want peace on the terms Putin get any Ukrainian territories he wants and Ukraine can't ever join the EU or Nato or have a pro EU government ever even if 100% of the Ukrainan population want it .

Another collaborator removed via IED this time in Melitopol

Strange how the commander on the ground isn't worried.

I will take the word of the Ukrainians on this, not someone sitting on their sofa 1000's of miles away.

The line has barely moved in weeks, the city is still holding.

It's the same old prediction day after day, week after week, month after month. It's all orc propaganda, amazing that some are actually falling for it.

I will continue to put my faith in the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

I was thinking Ukraine were keeping Russians busy there to prepare for a counter offensive in other places on the front line. However, can you image how demoralizing it would be for the Russians, if Baukhmut is one of the first liberated? Months and months and 10's of thousands dead Russians and Ukraine liberates it in a week etc...

The Australian F-18s have not been bought, none have changed hands and I doubt any will. There was a recent piece in the pay-walled Australian Financial Review that said the deal was dead and even spoke with the potential buyer who said he still wanted to acquire a couple, but I doubt that's gong to happen. The planes are still in Australia and available - basically a complete modern western airforce in a box solution, suited to Ukrainian airfields, complete with spare parts and all the specialised maintenance apparatus to maintain them. All at an incredibly low cost of around $200m. If all that didn't already make them a uniquely ideal fit, they also have the highly capable AN/APG-73 radars, helmet cuing system and Israeli Elta EL/L-8222 electronic countermeasures pod, which would be handy given the high threat environment in Ukraine. And as if that weren't enough, they have advanced targeting and surveillance pods, the Northrop Grumman AN/AAQ-28 Litening.

Reznikov seems very upbeat on the topic of foreign aircraft and so does the Ukrainian Foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba. Both seem optimistic for the prospect of Ukraine getting western jets.

I think their optimism stems from discussions at the last couple Ramstein meetings, so something must have been said that we are not privy to.

Interesting that Reznikov specifically mentions suitability for their airfields, because that is a major issue as F-16s are not suited to them, and yet knowing this, most of the chatter is about F-16s.

F-18s and Grippens have strong enough landing gear they can operate from Ukrainian rough airstrips without breaking. The Australian F-18s go for $4m a piece while the Grippens cost of $85m.

Can you explain the recent assessment in the US of 2 Ukrainian pilots to determine how long it would take to train experienced Ukrainian pilots on US aircraft? It makes absolutely no sense in light of your 'no planes for Ukraine' rhetoric, so given I doubt the US or Ukraine are into pointless exercises at the moment, It's a reasonable assumption there was a point.