Are there other images that show the same site from different angles?
If there are, perhaps its real.
If not, perhaps its fake.
Take this with a pinch of salt, but the rumor is that he did not want the counter offensive without F16s and he was replaced...
I don't know. He makes some points that are worth discussing.
ruSSIan bot: taking note - "is there an image from different angles?" Oh, I will be back in the sec. Starts his cracked pirated version of Photoshop.
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24 pilots are to be trained in F-16's soon.
Training will take approx 6 months
24 F-16s is also the amount the Dutch Airforce have on hand.
Another article on the Mig-29 vs F-16.
Seems to be light and day.. however, the question I have is, what do the Russians use on their side? Do they have anything better than the Mig-29?
Could the F-16 achieve air superiority over the conflict zones, which is crucial for Ukraine to be successful in this war?
Also this.
41 F-18s appear to be on the way to Ukraine at some stage, given there are high-level negotiations going on between the US, Ukraine and Australia who own the jets.
The jets themselves are no longer used nor needed by the Royal Australian Air Force, so it makes sense to pass these on.
But yet this gets posted by a Russian at the actual site of the Bradleys and leopards.
Unfortunately this happened
Despite Alex on Twitter claiming it's cgi he's wrong
Nice try. Nobody is disputing that photo of the bradleys and leopard, Ukraine even released a video of the rescue operation of the crews.
The photo in question however is the quite clear fake showing the loss of mine sweeper units.
that chuck guy is a widely ridiculed fraud btw
I stopped following Chuck Pfarrer months ago because I found that I couldn't trust his pronouncements.
I don't believe he has much credibility in the OSINT community either.
Duh...
Like the rumor he was taken out by a Russian missile?
He'd be starting the counteroffensive in winter if you believe the rumors, if not spring/summer 2024 (depending on training/delivery)
well if you can believe anything the Russians say or said about their capabilities regarding anything from washing machines to ICBM’s then yes, they have superior aircraft to the mig29.
they have SU family nowadays which would be superior to the mig29
wether they have anybody to fly them is a different matter.
The Ukrainians won't receive their first F16s until September.
It also takes 4 months for a Ukrainian pilot to be trained up on one for them to be useful using one for combat missions.
If those rumours about Zalushnyi were true then the Ukrainians wouldn't be able to launch their counter-attack until after the summer if he got his way.
I don't think that adds up.
Also the idea that a general doesn't agree with orders and so flounces off like a sulky teenager just seems to be unlikely as well.
Well I hope it is just a rumor but I'm trying to understand why Ukraine has been left so vulnerable to these Russian gunships. The west has had at least 6 months to prepare for this. Surely they knew Ukr. needs air defense against these helicopters. Americans know how to do the helicopter thing, right?
Oh, I love vids like these, watching orcs getting obliterated!
The counter offensive without proper air support was always gonna be a tall order.
Zelensky begged for fighter jets etc for months.
Maybe the pressure to produce something on the field after the support was too much and he decided they had to go for it regardless.
Rhetorical question - how long would it take to train Ukrainians on Apache helicopters with the sole purpose of taking out Russian helicopters? Forget all the fancy stuff, just repurpose them for helicopter combat only. Should not take long.
They should have all been trained up by now. The west is thinking in slow motion.
No mention of them getting any F16s from anywhere let alone getting them in September,by all accounts they are training the future Ukrainian airforce,
Not nice try ,
Alex and anyone else claiming photoshopped,CGI to Ai are clearly wrong we have seen the photos and several videos now and yet but it's fake according to Alex on Twitter and one or two on here,
Are the Aussie FA18s a realistic proposition though? My understanding there was concerns about the capability to train and maintain a fleet of mixed aircraft.
I am no expert on these aircraft, but AFAIK one advantage the FA18s have is a combat radius of 400-500miles, whilst the FA16 is probably more like 300 miles. Appreciate there are a lot of pros & cons on each, depending upon the configuration, payload and role.
One thing that has been noted is that because the Aussie FA18s have been used primarily on land, the frames are in very good condition, as opposed to the US Navy counterparts that suffer heavy stress associated with repeated aircraft landings.
This vulnerability is based on... What? A single video of an attack helicopter taking out a single tank? Seeing as how Ukraine have destroyed 35 KA-52's, Ukraine obviously know how to take them out.
The west don't have short range mobile AA comparable to Pantsir.
I can't believe people are still talking about a tiny failed offensiv/probing nearly a week later. As bad as the Russians releasing new photos and videos of different angles of the same battle.
Slow news the last Day. Have they paused the attacks due to rain?
The numbers of destroyed Russian equipment has returned to normal. The offensive may be paused for a while?
The image posted by Francie was genuine. It's been geolocated. It comes from video footage. It actually contains some wreckage we have seen before (in other verified images) just from another angle... and also some new or previously unseen wreckage.
Perhaps it looks fake to the untrained eye because most people simply don't understand image/video compression. These things get posted to one site, then they get ripped and uploaded to another site and go through a whole new iteration of compression. Repeatedly. Each generation adds more artifacts. Plus sharpening, watermark removal etc. Sometimes several frames get stitched into a panorama. They are full of compression and editing artifacts which makes them look fake to those with limited technical knowledge.
I wouldn't expect those who declared it definitely fake to admit their mistake because this is the internet, nobody does that. But I hope they re-evaluate their level of competence, don't be so sure of themselves in the future.
The biggest problem is always going to the training of pilots and the training of maintenance crews and logistics ,its never going to be as simple as giving them a few jets and they all suddenly find their inner maverick,
It's going to be at least 18 months before anything solid is put into place, even with the RAF leading the flight training who have there own problems with RAF pilots waiting over 12 months to complete their own flight training due to various delays and bottlenecks in the UK
They have mainly used manpads to take out the various Russian helicopters,the same helicopters are now flying lower and shooting missles from well outside manpad range ,now the Ukrainan are prone to being hit with anti tank weapons from 10 + kilometers away from the nearest Ukrainian with a manpad ,4 + Anti tank missles per helicopter could do a lot of damage to an armoured convoys
Russians still need LOS with their missiles (afaik) which look to be the same range as stingers, 8km vs 8km. Again it seems it's a single video of a single helicopter taking out a single tank and the sky has fallen in.
That armor column didn't appear to have any AA at all, plenty of armchair generals and more experienced people have found fault with the tactics Ukraine used in that situation. That doesn't mean every single probing attack or the main counteroffensive will use the same tactics.
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