It's a bit of a truism to say that a military force in possession of tanks, guns, bombs etc is dangerous. I think the point, here, is that Russia have been strategically ineffective. They have not been able to do what they set out, despite an apparent superiority of numbers. It very much begs the question of why that is and what Russia can realistically do to change that situation.
Hmm...a toss between the Cenrtal African Republic, Eritrea, Uganda and South Africa.
It might be interesting to see a Ukrainian iteration of Mossad combing Africa for war-criminals in future to stand trial in Kyiv.
How low can they actually sink in Russia i wonder
Sorry, parody from 2020. Twitter picks things up late. On Youtube, CC works fine
They still have t90ms coming from storage, so the t5xs are most likely to be used for indirect fire as a crude self propelled gun.
The chassis on some of them might be of use if they replaced the turret with something more modern either - remains to be seen if they are going straight to the front or to factory.
Also the DNR militia had been using T62s in donbass for years, it doesn't compare to modern MBTs but it did the job for them then when all they had available were exsoviet stocks in Donetsk.
Yes Russia still have many t90s operational and in storage to take from,but i guess they also need some for their own border protection,and Russia is a huge country with long borders.
And t62 and t55 is still in use with many countries,even Ukraine,but some are upgraded and modernised versions i guess and some are not.
And you also see many in Syria and other middle eastern countries
They still do the job as infantry support vehicles,no doubt,but its not something you use as spearhead in an offensive operation,the t90 would be a better option then.
In fairness a 70 year old tank is not going to be much of a difficulty for a Chally or an NLAW but you still have to expend the munition to deal with it. and Russia is all about using low cost targets to soak up Ukrainian resourse.
Even if they're deployed as defensive turrets they still have a cannon and a machine gune that can do damage
They went with a unprepared and disjointed approach, sticking to Soviet era military tactics,lots of artillery and ifv moving fast to overwhelm defense's,
No combined arms approach, air power being matched with armor and infantry, we're seeing either all tanks or ifv moving through open ground with no aircover or infantry or small number of infantry moving through open ground with no armor and aircover,
Compare the two invasions of Iraq the US had literally hundreds of aircraft over head either with their own mission briefing and targets to hit or providing cover for ground assaults , which involved hundreds of tanks,ifv and other armour, which in turn had thousands of infantry soldiers to fight along side , they had AWACS Aircraft,they had drones , satellites, command and control centers on the ground,all tied together and communicating together,they even had naval support,
But Russia has the above but yet it's all disjointed,the army is doing one thing,the navy and airforce are non existent,no communication by the looks of it and the only plan seems to be lets lob missles every few days
The Italians sure get animated.
They are known for their emotional, passionate, and temperamental mentality
OK looks like it's really about to start now
Well done Lithuania
Nato to begin surveillance flights via Finland for the first time which will allow them to monitor the Finnish/Russian border areas closely and further into Russian than before.....
Worked out well for putin,
I remember people telling me for years on here Finland would never be able to join Nato ....
Oh Russia is not going to like that
This pretty much puts an end to the concept of «Finlandisation» where Finland danced a precarious line on neutrality post WWII to prevent a Soviet invasion. Putin has now proven that this dance is now pointless and with a Finlandisation of Ukraine off the cards forever Finland were clearly better off showing their hand as a NATO member.
It’s not like the Russians would have shown them any quarter in a larger conflict with NATO. They would absolutly have taken the chance to re-annex Finland into Russia. NATO membership made sense, especially for them.
from reading a lot of this over the last day or so there seems to be a lot of well informed lads here,a question,is this push by Ukraine in Bakhmut the begining of the end of this war?hope so and Ukraine and its people can start to rebuild and have life back to normal again..
no...
When Kerch Bridge is gone and Mauriopol is back in Ukrainian hands, that'll be the beginning of the end
Will most Ukrainian people go back?
Unless they get their special refugee status in EU rescinded, I cant see it happening.
I would imagine that many will eventually. One of the small benefits of a static front line is that property damage is contained. Many refugees will have homes to go back to.
A significant amount returned during this war, so I'd imagine a decent proportion will go back when it ends (depending on how it ends)
I'm sure another portion will stay abroad or will have planted roots abroad.
A counter-offensive now, even a very successful one would be a step in the right direction, but it will still likely be a long slogg. I expect at least another year of this, but that depends a lot on the Russians, their will to continue and any successes they might get in the coming months.
Optimists might hope or declare that Ukraine will roll into Crimea this summer, but students of war history will remind you that in many cases it's impossible to know for sure. Until things actaully happen, all we have are our best guesses.
hopefully that wont be too long...at a guess id imagine the Ukrainian army has for sure got that bridge in mind and at another guess when the wagner mercenarys and russian troops see a good push they may just say 'feck this for a game' and go home
id say a lot will,after all it is home
I think you overestimate the quality of life in Ukraine compared to other countries in Europe.
Ukrainian tech and engineering, even with corruption over the years, is very highly regarded and thought of throughout their relevant sectors...
Ukraine will be a startup hotbed with EU and IMF grants when this war is over... a lot more will go back than what you think..
those blocks will be concrete covered Styrofoam
I think a lot of non-ukrainians will move there as well. Eu funded rebuilding works, cheap properties etc. Theres one hell of potential in there.
Depressing article. Hard to see how there is any future for reasonably relations with Russia if this is the way the population is indoctrinated and intimidated. This hatred for west will be generational.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65015289
this for sure,since the start of this war look what they have done with more or less duct tape and a pair of vice grips,ok an exaggeration but you get my drift..
They need to drive to the sea, cut off Crimea by both land and bridge routes.
I think that would basically freeze Crimea as a usable Russian territory and would provide Ukraine with a solid basis to go into cessation talks.
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