Russia - threadbanned users in OP

CLOSE THE SKIES.

Ironically,after being written off , that ka52 engagement is a model of how attack helicopters are supposed to work ,

Hiding behind terrain to pick off fast moving armour from a distance , while staying behind enemy lines away from manpads and mobile sams ..

Wether the ukrainians can alter tactics to deal with this , obviously some form of top cover would help , but thats probably out ,

Probably almost out of quadcopter drone range so they cant really swamp an area with drones to spot and attack ,

Sending armoured formations into a modern battleground without any proper air cover is madness, it's another example of the western allies only allowing Ukraine to fight back with a hand tied behind it's back.

Attack helicopters & combat aircraft in sufficient numbers are badly needed by Ukraine to liberate it's national territory.

They should have been supplied by end of last year, even a total layman like myself will realise that sufficient air cover is vital.

Anyone suggesting but Putin, nukes / da bomb, peace talks, Ukraine are nazis, Ukrainians are Russians can go feck themselves.

Just give Ukraine the required military equipment to win this war.

They are both facing manpower problems.

Yeah nice. It's important to keep remembering we really just don't know the full picture. Because the Ukrainians aren't by and large posting their successes and Russian bloggers aren't going to post videos of bundles of their men fleeing like rats across open fields.

It's tough to sit here and see destroyed bradleys/Leopards and some poor coordination on tank movements. Even I've been a bit despondant at times. But we aren't seeing the good they're doing. For all we know these things could be murdering scores of infantry and dozens of tanks or capturing important positions before they take a hit. The true result of the offensive isn't going to be known for weeks or possibly months. So relax for now.

It has gotten so bad that a few weeks ago, Putin signed a new law into force that means now, all eligible Russians will receive notification to report to the nearest mobilization centre for registration, only now it will all be done by email, so no more "I did not receive the official summons" excuse. Failure to attend the centre within 10 days will mean that a 2nd email will be sent, and this will be considered final and binding, No excuses, and failure to attend after receiving this email will mean that basically you will become a non-citizen. You cannot present to any state institution's, hospital's, bank's etc. You can be arrested at any border. You are basically black listed. And this applies to Russian's who have left the jurisdiction as well. Now, on top of everything else, they are thinking about making a 6 day working week mandatory,,,with out any extra pay. Stalin MK 2 is now back in the Kremlin, and its becoming more and more obvious every passing day.

Small cheap fixed wing surveillance drone

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So why not verify before posting some random fire

Wooden Leopard

And we don't necessarily believe all that we see in videos, from either side, do we?

I wonder is there something to this. Zaluzhny has definitely taken a step back in the last month.

I'm encouraged to see Ukraine soften on negotiation as the only route out of this avoiding a total annexation of the country. They've put up a brave fight but reality is dawning quickly now and if they don't want to end up in a catastrophic situation they need to go for the only way out available. They want to preserve as much territorial integrity as possible - going in to negotiations with a capable standing army is far preferable to the alternative with Russia on the offensive. I'd confidently predict no negotiation at that point.

It would be a very bitter pill for the Ukrainians to negotiate anything with Putin plus he won't keep to any agreement or even whoever follows him would most likely break any deal as well .I was always fearful that the sheer numbers Putin could call on would make defeating them back and out of Ukraine very difficult . I hope it happens but I am slightly less optimistic for Ukraine than I was a while back .