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Plus the use of private logistics haulers. If it becomes too dangerous they walk away and then the Russian militia need to use their one tonne trucks on cheap tyres and mobilised serfs to hand ball the stuff.

Private haulers are going nowhere near the front lines, its trains from Russia then Ural army trucks in convoys to the front

Its the Russian weak point and the Ukrainians know it

East of this ammunition dump that was destroyed Russian bloggers said the Ukrainians fired artillery non stop for 24 hours in last day before attacking while the Russians counted 9 shells from there own side in that period

I wonder does anyone know where Putin is or is going to be in advance?

Please tell me how you know this. Any links or evidence would be appreciated.

No, he didn't do it to save his own life. As Christs Vicar on earth, He trusts in the will of God, as he should. Besides, he was not in any danger from Putin, imagine the world wide reaction against him if the Pope got killed while on a trip to Russia? He'd be better off going the nuclear route. Because the results would be the same. He reminded a group of young Catholics that a different and better Russia existed before Putin's, and could exist again. And that translates as support for the regime?. If he didn't speak out against Putin,( as I'm sure one of his predecessor's, John-Paul would have done, and strongly too) neither was it an endorsement of him.

Don’t be tempted to give the Chinese too much credit. What you described is an original and clever use of technology, which I feel is beyond their current gifts. Keep in mind that a shocking amount of Chinese tech is a sub-par copy/paste of tech they’ve gained access to or simply stole. Much of that cloned military tech is redressed Soviet hardware, and the lesson they are likely learning (if any) is that they really need to clone some HIMARs and some Bradleys and maybe some Leopards.

Of the millions in the CCP, they haven’t an original bone between them. They have manpower for sure, and enough reasources to ensure enough bullets are there, but they really aren’t much sharper than post-Soviet Russians when it comes to warfare or preparing for it. They’ll try to copy Ukraine, but they won’t study why they succeeded, or how they succeeded, they’ll just make their own Wish.com copy of the AFU arsenal and hope that’s good enough.

China is in better shape than Russia for sure….but not by all that much.

Your fooling nobody with this "better Russia" sht. He invoked the Russian Empire just like Putin does.

A number of very Catholic countries who were victims of that empire don't agree with your blatant sucking of the Pope's ring.

He fuked up with his limp little comments. The man commands one of the biggest voices in world media and with that voice he has been nothing but a coward when it comes to Putin.

I thought this Pope was indeed in person in St. Petersburg and had to travel from there to Mongolia.

The threat to his life still stands though.

Didn't the Italian authorities say Pope John Paul II's assassination attempt was by the Soviets (Russia). And that attempt was in Rome. Not in Russia or Mongolia.

He plamased the audience of a great past Russian empire.

He apologised after for his choice of words.

Ukrainian telegram. But yeah could be total bs. Hopefully.

Not sure if its true or not, but would not be surprised if it was true as women have always played their part in wars.

There are not many examples in history of Chinese command and control capabilities being tested in the field. In fairness to give them credit the Chinese are well down the warmongering league table. Notwithstanding their repression of minorities and regions within China. They are effective at turning tanks on their own defence less people and we have seen examples of that. And their command and control is very effective at covering such things up and re- writing history. Their greatest military legacy thus far is the defensive fortification of the historic Great Wall. I think the last proper military campaign the CCP engaged in was a short lived invasion of Vietnam in 1979.

Just like @correct horse battery staple predicted a week ago. Lol, these pro-ruSSian clowns are so predictable. 🤣

His point is legitimate when it comes to modern combined-arms battles. Up until the 1970s and 1980s, the PLA was all-in on the Soviet approach to warfare, i.e. massive numbers of soldiers given cheaply mass-produced equipment and put under an extremely centralised and politically sanitized command structure, with little room for personal initiative or tactical freedom on a small-unit scale. Since the early 2000s, the PLA has been introducing equipment that allows local commanders and even individual soldiers a lot more situational awareness, but it remains unclear how leadership has adapted to that, if at all.

Now granted, China does have a massive and nearly unbroken military tradition going back millennia. This nation literally wrote the book on the art of war (Sun Tsu, anyone?). However, the last time the PLA saw large scale combat was during the Sino-Soviet border wars in the 1960s, and its invasion of Vietnam in the late 1970s. The "modern" PLA does not have the same wealth of experience that the US or even UK has. And while I do believe that senior commanders are pretty capable and well trained, the question is how things look on a battalion, brigade or company level. And we simply do not know that.

China's number one national stance is not letting a repeat of the century of humiliation and Russia is one of those global powers that interfered.

Russia committing hari kari with its invasion of Ukraine does nothing to alter China's defense posture. As for Taiwan western powers must also acknowledge that they gave up supporting the ROC territorial claims decades ago.

The areas claimed by Taiwan are actually greater than that of China.

Edit to add that unless there's legitimate links any China speculation can be described as Russian desperation.

Russia attacks market

Horrific