Russia - threadbanned users in OP

The government are trying to manoeuvre themselves as the new top dog in Europe, people laughed at the idea 12 Months ago but now in the next 18-24 months will have one of the biggest and most powerful military force in Europe while painting Germany as an unreliable partner, while they are saying to their neighbors we will come to your aid we have built a new modernised military while Germany sits back with France while preaching nothing happens without out say so ,a Baltic coalition could get quite powerful in Brussels and Nato,

Polish ministers have already said that they expect to fight a war with Russia in the next 6-10 year's hence their substantial military modernising program, they have already gone above and beyond giving tanks , ammunition, vehicles and aircraft to Ukraine they are going to want something in return eventually and not just money, Poland has similar leaning towards certain values with journalism/democracy and LGBT rights as does Hungary and Russia and other right wing leaning countries ,

Poland is one to watch over the next few years

They were purchasing wheels along with manufacturing them. Article is from April 10th. Still missing out on the 3 months (jan-mar) elapsed prior to the pledge that is strangely included in your timeline. As identified, 220k shells were delivered in 2 months. That is 22% of the total delivered in 16.67% of the time allocated. There is 71.31% of the specified time remaining to deliver at max 78% of the shells. I say at max 78% because there may have been shells delivered since may that I’m not aware of.

So we will see how things are closer to the specified time of within 12 months closer to the end of it (March 20, 2024). It’s your completely incorrect timeline resulting in a Chicken Licken response that people have queried. January 1st to March 20th 2023 are not part of the official timeline so the sky is not falling in yet

You were one of the very people proclaiming loudest last year that Russia faces total defeat, the end is imminent, Putin is finished, ammunition runs out in two weeks, etc etc and everyone who disagrees is a Russian stooge.

Your posts now actually are more realistic, but like others I am baffled by your total shift since spring this year

A Russian commander complains to Gerasimov and is dismissed.

More on Popov

"Maj Gen Ivan Popov was the commander of the 58th Army, which has been fighting in the southern Zaporizhzhia region.

In a voice message, Maj Gen Popov said he raised questions about high casualty rate and lack of artillery support.

"It was necessary either to keep quiet and be a coward or to say it the way it is," he said.

"I had no right to lie in the name of you, in the name of my fallen comrades in arms, so I outlined all the problems which exist."

The voice message was posted to telegram by Russian MP Andrei Gurulyov, who is a former military commander and frequent commentator on state TV. It is unclear when the message was recorded.

Among the issues Maj Gen Popov said he highlighted to his superiors were the lack of proper counter battery systems to help repel Ukrainian artillery attacks, as well as a lack of military intelligence.

The commander said his dismissal was demanded by senior commanders - who he accused of treason - and approved by the Russian defence minister, Sergei Shoigu.

Russian military bloggers - often the most insightful form of information in the absence of official comment from Moscow - reported that the order to dismiss Maj Gen Popov had come from the head of Russia's armed forces, Gen Valery Gerasimov.

They said Gen Gerasimov accused Maj Gen Popov of "alarmism and blackmailing senior management" after he highlighted the need to rotate soldiers who had been in the front line for a sustained period of time and had suffered significant losses.

"The senior chiefs apparently sensed some kind of danger from me and quickly concocted an order from the defence minister in just one day and got rid of me," Maj Gen Popov said.

"The Ukrainian army could not break through our ranks at the front but our senior chief hit us from the rear, viciously beheading the army at the most difficult and intense moment."

The Russian defence ministry has yet to comment on the dismissal."

More and more cracks showing..

Russia state TV suggesting genocide as a punishment.

Negotiation...

Would be like the Jewish people of mainland Europe trying to negotiate with Eichmann.

Outside of Moscow and St. Petersburg in the republics, ethnic Russians are not popular either, quite the opposite in fact. Don't be an ethnic Russian going against a local non-Russian in the local courts. For sure the balance will be weighed in the locals favour.

saw yesterday NATO announcing Ukraine will get membership and instead of 2 steps its now 1 step,now id imagine its going to be a big long step but i think its a mega-huge fcuk you to putin..which in anyones books is a good thing

So much for the 'forever war'.

I was pretty shocked to learn about the state of new spares for the Challenger tanks, basically none available. This could be the reason they are being used so lightly.

Just look at Sweden they literally kept on modernising all of their programs , land,sea and air,on limited budgets while the majority of Europe cut their defense budgets over the last few decades since the collapse of the Soviet union, yes the eu grew and prosperity grew across the block but that doesn't mean the threats went away,now Nato stores are running low with everything been sent to Ukraine which is all well and good but at some point decisions will need to be taken rebuild and re-equip Nato members forces or keep sending everything to Ukraine and Hope nothing else kicks off like Taiwan or Serbia and Kosovo and hope they don't get caught with there pants down

I once knew a girl who was an ethnic Russian who had grown up in Uzbekistan. From my understanding she lived in an area where most were Russians and as a result she didn't speak a word of Uzbek. I remember, I asked her about the Uzbeks and I'll never forget her reaction: "Pfft...they're barely humans". On a separate occasion, I also recall her saying "black people smell".

At the time I thought that it must just be her but now I have come to realise that those feelings are a lot more widespread in Russians in general.

At the end of the day the biggest indictment of the cancer within Russia and the one that none of their boot lickers can answer for is how they treat people in the occupied territories. This is also the reason why the Ukrainians will fight until the end to stop more of their people falling into the clutches of the Russians.

Indefinite detention, forced migration, torture, summary executions, forced labour. Grim stuff: