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Daily trivia: The US now has it's very own T-90, courtesy of Ukraine.

Oh dear

What the hell is this? (Remotely controlled explosion?)

It seems the detonation happened in the cellar judging by the vertical plume.

Think I recall reading that their "Top Secret" is not really the highest level secrets, that they have all kinds of other levels above that for far more sensitive stuff (The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner is in my mind as source of this) and actually many people (or more than you would expect...) will be accessing such "Top Secret" material.

What I have read in media stories about the leak is all sensitive information US obtains on (or is perhaps given by) allies, or things it learns about enemies (e.g. Russia) etc. They (IMO) don't seem to be careful enough with that stuff.

The latter is especially bad, and could get people killed and then make it less likely anyone in such places will help them in future (if that is how they got the information).

I think there was details of secret/high level "discussions"/decision making in Russia (and Egypt). If some unfortunate in either of those countries gets fingered for giving the US material, he or she could be disappeared...

Him and his Chinese no war tattoo

Feels like absolutely nothing happening the last week or so apart from Russia's slow creep in Bakhmut.

I don't know what's more surprising the fact they're still hanging on in mid April or the fact Russia's take over of the city has been so consistently slow. No major breakthroughs or collapses but rarely do they stall completely.

The railway station has now fallen so the pocket gets smaller. Looks like only a matter of time really. Hopefully the counter attack starts before it falls. The weather forecasts are starting to improve I'd imagine if May is dry we'll see something.

Looks like they now control something like 80% of bakhmut and creeping forward, while it's primarily being used as a meat grinder,both sides Ukrainian and Russian are loosing valuable men and equipment,

At this point it might be worth saying right we've done our job we've weakened the Russians,let them have What's left of the city and we will return in a few months and liberate the city once and for all ,

It would almost make sense anywhere else in the world,but we know putin is still hoping to take the whole of Ukraine or the absolute majority of their territory,

Come the summer Ukrainian offensive that occupied territories are going to be liberated and I can't see Russia coming back to try again

But if Ukraine withdraw from bakhmut, they loose the 10:1 advantage. So Russia advance to the next town/city and start destroying it and the ratio drops. So Ukraine withdraw from there and rinse and repeat?

Ukraine may loose 3k as you have stated, but 30k less Russians may be worth it (certainly not for us to decide) Not to mention the advantage ratio wise must extend to Russian equipment losses.

7-1 /10- 1 is pure propaganda both sides losing thousands in bakhmut,but yet the Russians now control the majority of bakhmut something like 80%+ ,

Despite the various claims on here but ukraine aren't losing the same as the Russians but yet they are losing ground which suggests that the Ukrainans in bakhmut have been severely depleted despite being re-enforced twice recently

One thing about the recent intelligence leak's losses were at 375,000 killed and a similar number of injured and incapacitated, which suggests both sides are around 185,000 killed ,

While some one did a fairly amateur job trying to reduce Russian losses on one ,the original documents show high losses

I think you are making a wrong assumption: The loss of ground may not be due to an equal loss of forces but a gradual retreat when a greater loss of forces would be required to hold. The numerical superiority is the problem, especially since a significant fraction of them are probably now parratroopers, not conscripts and convict cannon fodder.

https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/3673603-serhiy-naiev-joint-forces-commander.html

If Ukraine was acting the same as Russian meat grinder tactics that would be a correct assumption. They retreat back a street to prevent being overrun vs the Russians who will be shot if they retreat. You can see how loosing ground or a tactical retreat can loose ground while not loosing troops.

Ukraine and Wagner both dismiss the 80% claim, so I guess you're going on the Russian figure?