Russia - threadbanned users in OP

I see a German Intelligence assessment of the Ukranian Counteroffensive was leaked to De Bild. Regarding the Lancet, if what you say is true, militaries adapt and a solution will be found. There was a stage where everyone thought Russia's Hypersonic missile was unstoppable, we soon found out that it can be neutralised. The Russians have also done the same during the course of the war

I really can't see Belarus getting involved directly in the war. Lukashenko is happy to stay on the sidelines. Belarus entering the war could be the end for him. Putin for all his bluster won't risk a direct confrontation with the west. Which is what such a move could bring about.

That's why his bluff should also be called on the blockade of Ships heading to and from Ukranian ports.

I called it the Lancet 2 which is wrong, I believe its referred to as Izdelie-53. I think its abilities surprised everyone, including the Russians, it has well over 100 confirmed hits on all types of hardware.

Hopefully it has a weakness, but I have yet to see it counter effectively.

Lukashenko has just finished a 3 day meeting with Putin (extended by 2 days), I wonder what they were talking about, surely at a time like this Putins main focus must be winning the war ?

I agree the blockade should be tested.

My German ain't great but that looks daycent!

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I would not agree with much of what this man says,but he does make a couple of interesting points in this interview. I was not aware he was running for President.

Yes same here, but the first 5 minutes is pretty much my view - the drip feed of weapons etc.

You went to school all right, just it was a very different kind of school, and lessons learned in that kind of school are never forgotten. You will look at the world through different eyes afterwards. Everything that happens will be measured through those experiences. And you will know not the price, but the value of things. In any kind of a discussion, it will affect your viewpoint, sometimes to the point where others find it difficult to follow your arguments. And of course for the low life who prey on people, they don't have a clue as to what they are dealing with.

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Something to consider.

One statistic now being circulated came courtesy of The New York Times, citing unnamed U.S. and European officials. In the first two weeks of Ukraine’s campaign, the newspaper reported, as much as 20% of the military hardware it deployed to the battlefield was damaged or destroyed. That percentage was given without providing a figure for the total amount of hardware committed; nor did it take into account how much of the damaged kit has since been repaired and redeployed.

It fell to another broadsheet to be more specific. The Washington Post reported that as of July 20 — or six weeks into the counteroffensive — “about a dozen” Bradleys have been destroyed, according to an anonymous U.S. defense official. Many more Bradleys have been damaged but repaired either locally or in Poland. Yet even this newspaper leaves out a crucial bit of context. Ukraine began this operation with 143 Bradleys and has since received or is about to receive 47 new ones, making a permanent loss of 12 amount to just 6% of its stock

That's seems the important part. It was flagged on here plenty of times that Ukraine only committed between 20% and 30% of the new western hardware (it's why we haven't seen any Challenger/Marders/Strykers/CV90's in action yet)

Ukrainian sources already say fighting is taking place in the village.

It's as much of a propaganda war as the physical.

The population was 4 as of 2018.[2] There are 2 streets😂😂

Still progress.