Thought this was interesting.
Looks like the govt. slowly downsized the excessively large Russian embassy here [by not approving new visas as people are moved out presumably], and Russia are squealing about it!
Better late than never
Where they just hiding under the bed?
There's EU funding there, assuming the shells are in the EU, there shouldn't be an issue with funding.
But it's highly strange, 800k shells just magically found?
Why not get rid of them all I wonder?
I think the head of the Ukraine armed forces has learnt the lesson from his time in charge of Bakhmut. The Ukranian army hung on too long there. Was that due to political interference?
A good commander will defy the political leadership when absolutely necessary. This might be what happened in Avdviika
There's a new General in charge in Ukraine. This could be a new tactic, in so far as not holding on too long, like Bakhmut.
Maybe that's why Zaluzhnyi was replaced?
Syrskyi(?) was in charge of the defense of Bakhmut. I think he may have been scapegoated over that battle at the time. Although he won wide acclaim during the initial defense of Kyiv.
This decision over Avdviika maybe his way of stamping his authority as the new head of the Ukraine military. I mean Zelensky couldn't sack him having just appointed him as head of the armed forces. Zaluzhnyi was doomed for being too honest about how things were going on the battlefield. Well also because of the summer counter offensive being a failure
You're correct, it was Syrskyi in charge at Bakhmut. I was mistaken, which I why I thought a new general, new tactics.
A bad day indeed. However even Russia doesn't have limitless cash or men (Afganistan) . Will the West tire? Perhaps if Trump gets back in as to any agreement how can anybody trust Putin?
Ukraine has attacked multiple sites within Russia, with no fear, it really is about time Nato dealt with Russians on Ukrainian soil
Yes it sounds very suspicious.
Zaluzhny was on record as not wanting to go ahead with counter offensive because they needed even more equipment and men - politics and the need to deliver a quick win for western backers is the reason that went ahead.
This war is more akin to WW1. Artillery and trench warfare reign supreme, everyone knows where the enemy is, so fast maneuvers don't really work. Despite having a frontline stretching from north sea to the Alps, WW1 had almost 4 years of next to no major advances by either side, just attrition.
Until someone discovers a way to counteract spy satellites and reconnaissance drones, this is the future of warfare among peers. Who can sustain the most death.
In the lift queue in front of us today.
This is the first war in many years that the Russians have met with meaningful resistance, and the so called 2nd most powerful army in the world collapsed in Ukraine.
The shells are outside the EU.
Czechia has found sources abroad for hundreds of thousands of artillery ammunition that could be delivered to Ukraine in a matter of weeks, if it can secure funding with partners in the US, Germany, Sweden, and other countries, Czech President Petr Pavel said at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday.
The president said the potential purchase concerned half a million rounds of 155-millimeter caliber ammunition and 300,000 rounds of 122-millimeter caliber ammunition. "It is necessary to support Ukraine with arms and ammunition from all available sources," Mr. Pavel said.
The Brussels-based Politico reported in early February that Czechia was looking into the possibility of acquiring ammunition from arms companies in countries such as South Korea, Turkey, and South Africa
How do you know it won’t be regained and the west will eventually tire of this?
It is a war. Some battles will be lost and some battles will be won. I don’t understand this negativity as soon as there is bad news.
The way I read it is that Zaluzhnyi wanted to go on the defensive, batten down the hatches and ramp up the long range drones war. I think he got his tactics badly wrong during the summer but this sounded like the correct approach.
Syrskyi is more likely to try a large scale attack which will likely end in a disaster like all other large scale attacks in this war.
It's over for Ukraine, Russia will annex Donbass and surrender negotiations are inevitable.
Apologies, the rest of the material I was provided by Orwell Road hasn't been translated yet, so I'm unable to continue this post.
And again Orban back in the news... more protests and calls for his resignation..
https://twitter.com/i/status/1758821627758776676
@timmyntc said "Until someone discovers a way to counteract spy satellites and reconnaissance drones, this is the future of warfare among peers. "
This .. USA very concerned:
Is Russia developing space-based nuclear weapon? What we know of US claim | Reuters
I'd swap my cell phone for Article 5 any day of the week.
Probably less actually, but the country would be in servitude, also not a palatable option.
Can you point me to this agreement? Is it written down somewhere or is this the suggestion that the US Foregin Secretary mightve said it off hand on a rainy tuesday in February 1990?
I just know that whenever a major Western leader is visiting Ukraine the Russians are informed in advance and warned not to fire in the vicinity.
Likewise, when Prigozhin was on the March the West assured Russia they were in no way involved and would not intervene in any way.
Like in gang warfare, there are these strange "agreements" entered into about certain red lines.
As for Putin being paranoid about assassination, yes he must be. I'm always amazed at how well these dictators survive. Yes, they're surrounded by loyalists, but all it takes it one person to do it...yet they so seldom manage it.
Something I'm pretty sure would happen, were Putin able to take most of or all of Ukraine, would be the brutal suppression of any notion of a sovereign Ukrainian identity. It would mean destruction of Ukrainian monuments, deportation of Ukrainian children for Russification and killing anyone who resisted, or imprisoning them and then killing them. This is what's already been happening in Russian-occupied Ukraine. Putin would be determined to make quite certain that Ukraine could never again seek international partnerships elsewhere and fully subsume it into the Russian state.
It really isn't much wonder they fight on. We in the West have the luxury of looking on dispassionately if we want. War of the kind of intensity being fought in Ukraine is a distant piece of history to most us.
It is a good indication as to how Russia would hope to fight a peer / near peer war in future. But it is not a good indication as to how NATO would go about it.
Russia thought they could prosecute a quick shock and awe operation. They could not because of a number of factors, including a) no air superiority b) lack of precision weapons of sufficient quality, c) poor intelligence and operational awareness, d) inadequately trained troops.
Russia will plan for a WW1 style war with NATO. NATO is not obliged to follow suit.
Many multiple times more didn't because forewarned. Of course he still enjoys the occasional provocation
Not enough to murder Navalny, the cruelty has to continue afterwards too:
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