Russia - threadbanned users in OP

That's the same with many topics on boards. You have most wanting to engage in discussion/debate but then you have a handful who have tied the topic to their personality (online or in reality), leading to the majority of activity coming from that handful, posting mainly for the sense of belonging the thread provides (plus the dopamine response), and taking any slight deviation from their view as an insult.

We're not ,

And testosterone doesn't come into it

Considering they have single handledly been holding up sanctions and refuse to support ukraine in any meaningful way,

Could someone be heading to be hived hooed out of power orban would want to consider making some friends and fast

While they are waiting for the spring counter offensive to begin the Ukrainan weather is still in winter in parts of the country.

They're making a list? Must be a long one at this stage.

Dismissing someones theory because a completely seperate and irrelevant theory failed in practical application is just silly.

The theories I have seen in media and here on Russia's holding back of air forces etc. are that they are not williing to lose a strategic defence/offence in the event of a wider confrontation with Nato. Has the risk of aircraft loss diminshed since, I thought the Ukrainians air defences have only been bolstered since?

The Ukrainian general staff have gone on record saying their air defence capabilities have been massively degraded over the past 13 months.

Russias use of Iranian drones is a likely culprit - they are inexpensive compared to AA missiles, and any missiles used to hit them risks exposing the positions of Ukrainian AA installations.

🚨Currently, the russians are shelling Kharkiv region with S300 MLRS, explosions are one after other.

And drones apparently are still heading towards Kyiv.

F#ck ruzzia

Ukraine releasing statements that imply they need more air defense equipment wouldn't be very surprising but with what they have they continue to shoot down moskovyte aircraft with the count presented in this article claiming they have already destroyed 306 warplanes and 291 helicopters of the moskovytes even when they have by many accounts being holding back to protect their air attack capabilities.

Russian commentator on the Wales v Latvia game tries to be smart and says these are young people from the Baltic states who don't live there anymore. As normal for Russian projection to hide their own inadequacies.

All most on cue, then the Latvian supporters start chanting Putin Khuilo song.

I agree Ukraine has also lost aircraft and they have less aircraft to loose than the moskovytes. The moskovytes reluctance to send in their aircraft to strike on Ukrainian forces is in my opinion based on their understanding of the dangerous setting that flying over Ukraine presents for both sides. The attrition rate for moskovyte cruise missiles is well over 50% in recent massed attacks where multiple strikes are launched at the same time. The attrition rate for moskovyte aircraft is likely to be similar if they send in their airforce to deal with a counteroffensive from Ukraine. I'm not sure what you expect the moskovyte naval vessels to be doing to respond to a counteroffensive by Ukraine but I'd guess Ukraine will have a strategy to make them less effective in case they decide to become active and try to stop them from freeing their occupied territories. The forces of the moskovytes that you seem to like hyping up haven't convinced the Ukrainians to just give up and let the moskovytes take over their country and I don't see that changing.

Ukraine does posses the ability to protect a large counter offensive, from artillery, rockets ,missles, Aircraft and weapons launched from the sea ,yes the Ukrainans are shooting down missles over Cities where they have multiple air defenses but week in and week out the Russians missles and rockets are getting though,

The problem will be protecting large numbers of vehicles out in the open, just as we see ukraine stopping attacks from Russian armor, ukraine will face the exact same issues but with the added risk of Russia using their aircraft advantage,they are already showing they can drop bombs on Ukrainian positions from outside ukraine and away from air defenses ,but when ukraine moves large amount of vehicles it gives the Russians the ability to hit the Ukrainans on open ground, something the Ukrainans don't have the ability to defend against

Bakhmut from 2 weeks ago.

Bakhmut today.

At the rate the Russians are currently going, perhaps it will fall in 3 months?

The Russians will be in Kyiv by...

...uh...

Anyone remember that song "In the Year 2525"?