Russia - threadbanned users in OP

A discussion on drone use by both sides

China and the US seem to be the main beneficiaries

The biggest issue is neither the US or EU actually want to beat Russia,I don't think there is any desire what's so ever to so , yes they talk about Ukraine but in theory and on the ground they have repeatedly dragged their feet,they promised 1 million rounds of artillery to be delivered in the next 8 weeks already in the knowledge that they couldn't or didn't have the capacity to deliver that promise ,

Yes they donated something like 2500 armoured vehicles from tanks ,IFVs , personal carriers and new artillery but all in very limited numbers , Ukraine wants 200+ Western fighter jets they got 16 ,

So whats the plan , so far it looks like they are drip feeding the Ukrainians in the hope of forcing a political solution?? Definitely doesn't seem to be looking for an all out victory over the Russians

What does beating Russia mean. And the US and the EU does not want Russia beaten !!!!!!!!! Yea, I do not want Russia beaten either BUT BUT I want RUssia to get the hell out of UKr including Crimea, Donbas and Luhansk and to weaken it to the point where it will never invade any soverign. Country again and leave it to its own devices and keep the sanctions in place and keep monitoring them so that they are not broken. Other actions should be considered to reduce to a minimum any financial , social , security business dealings with Russia. Keep visas to a minimum if not to zero

Ukraine striking inside of Russia is foolish, as every time they do it Russia retaliates 100 fold, Ukraine need to use those missiles on the Russians on their land. West needs to step up, help Ukraine more, the war is on Ukrainian soil, not Russian.

They are viruses within the organisation, an anachronistic and outdated concept. They provide little in actual specialty, instead creating environments to further their existence. Bloated bureaucracies, focused on short term actions to deliver OER bullets. They create institutional inertia, suppressing innovation and dynamism in favor of risk aversion and ass covering.

They are vestigial. Anything of value they bring, is capable of being performed by trained specialists, without the additional hierarchical nonsense.

For sure Russia is struggling with manpower, just like Ukraine is, just like both sides are struggling to get enough weapons to make progress. My point was simply that neither side has made any major progress in the last year and the Crimean beach party predictions from some here proved as far fetched as the 3 day war predictions from the other side, so really both sides should learn to be a bit more circumspect when gazing into the crystal ball

Probably had similar experience to any officer in the ARW.... maybe people would find the brief more palatable if it was presented by Ray Goggins (not sure if he was commissioned though).

does it matter?, if the Russians were so badly equipped they would have lost the summer offensive, what point do you think is important?

All things that can be done by trained personnel, without the rank portion. A significant portion of planning is also done by NCOs. Certainly wouldn't trust an officer to plan any sort of tactical operation. Any of the best Unit organizations are entirely NCO driven. The up and out function attributed to officers largely consists of fulfillment of needlessly paper churn, designed to give validity to those positions. Endless trackers, PowerPoints and conops.

Surprised to see so many made it out of those vehicles after they'd been hit... looks like the cluster munitions crew failed to mop up the men pouring out. Pity.

FFS just give Ukraine what they need to finish these rats off altogether.

...and this somehow makes me less Ukrainian and less knowledgeable than you, for example, about what goes on in the country where, as I mentioned, all my family and friends and their kids still live? Unlike you, I don't watch and read Russian propaganda to know what exactly they are promoting there these days. Maybe you should switch to Ukrainian news instead too for a change?

Or are you ashamed to come across this? After all it's the creation of our "hero" and his besties.

Kvartal 95 making disgusting jokes about people of Skadovsk (Kherson), currently under occupation, during their New Years performance. One of the participants visited Crimea at least 3 times since its occupation (big no-no but ...what's another y....visit). Some MPs are now calling for them to volunteer to the frontlines after their wonderful performance (won't happen, of course). Poor sods even had to cancel their gig at Bukovel (our top ski resort)...and one would think what...ski resort..gigs...during the war??

Poor mayor of Skadovsk was so disgusted, he ended up quoting Petlura's "We are not so afraid of Moscow lice, we are afraid of Ukrainian nits."

Let's see how Zelenky's strong hand is going to pack them all up, drive them to Avdiivka and leave them all there as volunteers :)

Tangent your grasp of thing seems very much limited