Russia - threadbanned users in OP

Its the crew are the big thing , if the crew survived and are recovered,then they can go again .. not that anyone is suggesting that there havent been casualties and fatalities, the vehicles can be replaced

But have they ?

One tweet said it , nothing announced today that I saw that said the US government was replacing every damaged Bradley and Stryker vehicles

No .

This is not getting better for Russia in any way shape or form. The destroyed/ already replaced Bradleys confirm this to me. The USA has thousands of these things and that's just the ones in storage. Same goes for the brigade of Abrams tanks which haven't arrived yet. Nor the F16s.

Once the logistical train is set up that's pretty much the end of it. War is a test of logistics and Russia now faces off against the undisputed heavyweight champion of military logistics. For moving heavy armor around the landbridge Russia relies almost entirely on two rail lines(Which are currently cut) from Crimea. All of which is targetable by storm shadow and the soon to be introduced thousands of GLSDB rockets. Meanwhile Russia has yet to intercept a single train of supply from Poland. Not one.

Holding until Winter does nothing. Russia's literal only hope is that all of the west gets bored. Through their own stupidity/lack of ability they continue to target civilians and infastructure(the Nova Khakovka Dam). So that's not likely to happen any time soon. They're dead in the water and I suspect they know it.

One thing that jumped out from a comment posted on this. I wonder what the 300 mil is actually going to? A quick google shows that a Bradley IFV comes in at somewhere between 1-2 mil a pop. Even if it was double that ... where is all the extra money going? Either there's something Im not understanding about how the cost of sending stuff is valued. Or there's an ungodly amount of ammunition/equipment or HIMARS missiles hidden in that package or something.(maybe ATACMS? since they cost so much).

Would love to have that explained.

Time is very much on the Ukrainian side. The war has already been lost by Russia. The war was never about just grabbing the south of Ukraine, it was about quickly taking over the whole country and putting Russia back on the international stage as a major player. And now Russia is just China's diseased lapdog, it is still barking, but its teeth are falling out.

Hopefully, Ukraine's current offensive kicks Russian troops out for good. Though it may be too much to hope for this year. But even if the war drags on into 2024, a lot of things may happen to Russia -- death of Putin, internal fighting, etc, while Ukrainian resolve will stay strong.

I'm surprised they haven't gotten a few at least , mightn't be great for an assault down south , but anywhere they can hide behind cover ..

Nordstream ? Ha

To the general public , and most national leaders it doesnt matter ,

There's a new report out every other day pointing the finger in a different direction , most people who have an intrest have already rightly or wrongly made up their minds long ago ,

Its effective use of dis-information ,

The same person who swore it was the Americans with help from the swedes and norweigans , cant then be believable when he states it was a couple of ukrainian on a yacht,

Twitter won't allow this tweet to be imbedded? I wonder why?

Merry Kremlin "journalists" ask Putin how far he intends to continue expanding the borders of Russia.

Putin responds "I can fully answer only privately...but it depends on our potential".

https://twitter.com/JayinKyiv/status/1668657010789822466?s=20

I think it's more that we know that the Ukrainian offensive has started and, in the instant gratification internet culture that we inhabit, we demand 'BIG NEWS NOW!' i.e. something huge and decisive. We press refresh continously.

Whereas the actual military campaign itself is more likely to be a slow burn, akin to last year's Kherson offensive. Thus the people who demand 'BIG NEWS NOW!' are fixated on micro-events ('a Leopard lost here!', 'a fake image there!') that are strategically irrelevant and make foolish macro pronouncements on the direction of the entire war.

The strategic picture is that Russia is losing this war - militarily, diplomatically, economically and politically. And has been doing so before the first boot landed on Ukrainian soil. The course of events of the remainder of this year may hasten that loss - or they may go on losing for years. But micro tactical events are just that - micro.

It is because it is has an age-related restriction.