There was something about 'hundreds' of Stinger missiles from The Netherlands and some other country, I forget which.
Only thing that could have changed in that period of time is tactics. Maybe the Russians are taking more risks or maybe the Ukrianans are pushing their AA closer to the front line - or potentially behind the front line with small teams with Manpads.
They received tens of thousands of manpads and Anti tank weapons over the last year ,they have been shooting helicopters down fairly regularly since the start of the war , nothing new
If they only lost what we have seen and no more - 16 Bradleys, 3 Leopards etc - that in itself would be pretty bad for Ukraine. Losing those to take 1/1000th of their territory back... the numbers are not sustainable.
The reality is likely far worse. Throughout the war both sides sustain more losses than what are immediately pictured. It's likely that Ukraine lost several hundred vehicles of varying types.
So yes, their gains came at considerable cost. This is not a narrative.
It's possible they are getting Strela-10s and buk systems being they were deployed by Eastern European States post fall of the Soviet union, most of them were retired, but this also could suggest a shortage of western systems and missles
Strela and especially Buk systems would be extremely useful for air cover on the counter offensive. The west really don't have mobile (self propelled) SHORAD systems with a range longer than manpads.
I wouldn't read it as a shortage of western missiles. Both Germany and Canada announced a large package of AA missiles recently. Ukraine is also due to still receive 4x Patriot systems and 2x SAMP/T along with another 2 IRIS and I think 6x NASAAM's. All to be supplied over the next 18 months. But it shows the west's commitment.
Again, the issue is pointing to a failed attack Ukraine conducted and assuming the same is happening on the other hot spots on the front line, despite the fact Ukraine has gained more land on the other fronts. It's like only focusing on Omaha beach and calling D Day a disaster, while ignoring the other beaches.
They don't need to take 100% of the territory back to turn the tide. They just need to break through 1 section of the Russian defense. Once they break through they are now behind the defensive line.
Ukraine will keep advancing, momentum, better resources, motivation to fight, Russian forces being woeful in most aspects.
There are still several hundred thousand Red Army, who have been digging and fortifying for most of a year.
Tens of thousands of Ukrainian forces to die between now and most of it being liberated and well into next year or 25 before that.
That's more likely than a Russian collapse. The Red behind 2 feet of reinforced concrete is less likely to run to open ground than when he was advancing on Ukrainian forces and meeting hard push back.
Hopefully it will end with a collapse in Russian forces but reality suggests otherwise.
Long past Time for Europe to get serious about arming them.
Anti air.
Extrapolating total Ukrainian armed forces losses over the last nine days of an escalated counteroffensive from material being released from putin's side of the information war doesn't make any sense to me. The fact that one incident of Ukrainian armour being stopped is being shown repeatedly and from different angles may be simply because putin's forces have nothing else they can show off as a positive and statements from Ukraine maintain the losses on the moskovyte side remain higher than their own.
Whatever the losses for Ukraine are now it is the land in front of the prepared moskovyte defenses where the costs for Ukraine are likely to be the highest as this is where putin's forces have decided to try to hold a line to keep the territory they have illegally occupied. Ukraine now has a much better idea of what tactics putin's forces will try to use to stop them and an increased number of moskovyte helicopters being shot down and moskovyte artillery being destroyed points to ways the cat and mouse of battlefield strategy is likely to play out with success from one side seeing countermeasures from the other.
Not sure if anyone honestly believed removing putin's forces from Ukraine would be easy but I'm fairly sure Ukraine's armed forces know well that it was going to be difficult and I get the feeling they have the determination to tackle the problem of the criminal invaders of their country even if it is not going to be easy or smooth sailing the whole way to sending them back over the border or turning them into fertiliser..
“Just as to be German was a dirty word for decades after WW2”.
Wrong. France & W. Germany were founder members of the European Coal and Steel Community in 1951 following the Schumann Declaration of the year before. W. Germany went on to join NATO in 1955. None of this would have happened so quickly if your suggestion were in any way true.
Ask a German, they'll tell you otherwise. It's more a sociological stigma. I've had more than one German friend/colleague tell me about it.
Amongst post ww2 germans themselves yes. I was thinking more in terms of the policies and attitudes of other countries towards them at the time. Germany was bound by treaties and alliances, not to mention thorough denazification, to prevent a repeat of what had gone before. A vengeance driven peace imposed on Germany post ww1 led to the Nazi era and all that followed.
I wonder do Claire and Mick approve
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Social media reports of large ammo dump of the moskovytes destroyed in occupied territory.
https://nitter.net/AndrewPerpetua/status/1670274241835483137#m
At the rate that armor is being destroyed I can see this war petering out by the end of Summer. Two Russian helicopters knocked out yesterday. 7 tanks, 23 APV, 13 artillery pieces...how long can this go on before one or both sides becomes depleted?
they really are a nation of scummy kunts..is there a trip switch that as soon as they join the army they behave like animals ?
the March forward continues
UAF possibly using Storm Shadows for hitting ammo dumps in the rear or something else?
Just new intelligence. Like they say "Tactics is for amateurs, logistics is for professionals."
Russia *poisons a couple of lads*
UK *sips tea, eats biscuits, hands over AA, Challengers, Storm Shadows and more to Ukraine*
More mine-clearing going on. I wonder what the procedure is here? Like what steps must happen before they bring these things out like this? They'd be a nice target for enemy artillery and lancet drones but I'm not sure how you can easily defend against either of those.
This was the focus of the last two videos from the Reporting from Ukraine channel. On the first day they attacked, they ultimately got pushed back when the Russians used helicopters against them. They regrouped and attacked again the next day and it seems it has been a success:
Must make people proud to be Russian.
Ukrainians look like they're very close to Vasylivka, which if they could take it, would be the first settlement of any real note in this counteroffensive.
However, for now, it looks like Ukraine's main priority is to sever Russian lines and not got caught up in trying to siege towns, which is probably exactly what the Russians would like them to attempt and lose men. If the Ukrainians get within proximity of these kinds of settlements, would the Russians be dumb enough to redeploy more men in them for defence, leaving rural lines stretched? Past form says you couldn't rule it out.
DeepState have now also added a filter for the Russian fortifications. That's handy as it's easy to contrast that with the current front-lines that they also show
SOSRA: Suppress, Obscure, Seize, Reduce, Assault.
They are absolutely a priority target, and it's why conducting an opposed obstacle crossing (which requires specialised equipment) is one of the most difficult operations an Army can do.
Orcs in the dark
This is a video of the action
Battles for Pyatikhatki: The enemy has been knocked out of Pyatikhatki, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are driving infantry, regardless of losses
Vasilyevsky district, the line of defense of Pyatikhatka-Zherebyanka. Our troops are conducting a maneuverable defense - they let the enemy closer, and then work on him with artillery, aviation. #украина #Ukraine
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