remember the 800,000 shells that pavel raised the money for, well it seems that he has enough to buy 1 million, they will start to arrive in two weeks
belarus border with ukraine is sealed as tight as a drum
There is a degree of irony in that. The Vatican probably still has more loot than and other nation....
Didn't he tell Russian children they should be proud of their Great nation.
Probably should offer the Vatican to Putin as terms if the russian army leave Ukraine.
Well I think its fair to say he has a lot of previous in terms of helping to sweep as much under the rug as possible when it comes to rapists within his own ranks so not a surprise for me.
Russia gets its share of it as well
I say there also thinking we have to stabilise the front with Russia on the advance before we can launch our own counteroffensive.
Russia seems to be getting a bit of Ukrainian AA equipment at the moment especially over in that direction from adviika. Ukraine are pushing their AA equipment closer to the front to help support their forces against Russian air power that's why Russia lost a lot of planes in that direction lately, but works both ways as Russia are seeing Ukraine move the AA systems around now, Ukraine are moving them closer to the front as Russia are advancing and are using their airpower more in the adviika direction and Ukraine don't have as good positions there so they need to try and neutralise the Russian airpower to help the Ukrainian ground forces to be able to stop being pushed back from there.
How it started, how its going
No captions on that one. I wonder do the German launchers have German plates?
Amazing the details people can get from videos.
So via a random tweet, we can surmise the Germans provided the PAC-2 system and the US the PAC-3 system.
Others claiming this
Will the British need 6 months training?
Or was that last months excuse from Berlin?
Anybody able to translate the captions?
I'm guessing it's S300 and not patriot launchers, but I'd assume the person posting the video on Twitter would notice?
Unfortunate
Let's see
Several plans will be prepared because of information leaks
Kinda shocking this wasn't done first time around; famously the Ww2 Allies went to seriously elaborate, almost insane lengths to confuse the fúck outta the Nazis as to where the inevitable landings would take place (by way of example look up Operation Mincemeat). Not that Normandy was a walkover but it succeeded in part because IIRC it was less expected than other locations, German and axis forces spread across Europe as a result.
Sometimes you forget just how bootstrapped and naive the Ukrainians have been in spots, lacking a solid military history to avoid making mistakes like this.
In fact maybe lessons learned, another leak happens, containing dozens of different fake plans to really mess with Russia's heads.
I was going to suggest that. I'm sure expectations are low because of the failed one last year and people won't be building it up (the media, us on here etc...)
I've a few thoughts on western countries finally saying they could enter Ukraine.
1. It might be a warning to Putin not to pull another mass mobilisation post election which would probably help them take large chunks of Ukraine especially if US aid doesn't resume and Trump wins.
2. The west planned on doing this all along but waited for the Russian army to take huge losses, especially in terms of air and naval assets and missile stock depletion before going in which will mean less danger to their troops/jets.
3. Initially actual western troops could just protect the northern border with Belarus. Stay in western Ukraine and seriously help the logistics on that side. This will free up a lot of Ukrainian man power. If they ever decide to directly intervene I think it will come in the form of long range air strikes on land based targets in Russia itself. Probably targeting artillery, logistical hubs, ammo depots, bridges and air defence.
4. At most western countries would get involved with artillery and HIMARS strikes. I can't see them putting actual boots on the frontline.
I missed that, and stand corrected. I also expect because of last year's failure this one is being trumpeted less in advance. Wise move, let actions speak this time
No talk of a new counteroffensive... I wonder why:
Asked whether Ukraine had plans for another attempt at a counteroffensive this year, he said: “We have a plan, a clear plan. Several plans will be prepared because of information leaks.”
You should let him know!
The A-50 was there for repairs. Apparently a new type of drone with a bigger warhead is causing chaos for russian defences. No confirmation yet.
The websites on the list have different levels of bias, from constant criticism of the West, choosing only negative information about Ukraine and positive coverage of Russia, to spreading well-known Russian fakes and harsh Kremlin propaganda quoting Putin’s state media. The most radical sources also propagate global conspiracy theories, stigmatize the West and its political leaders, and predict its collapse.
This is shocking.
How can they be so naive and not prepare properly?
Most Russians think like this, they have been shown to be a third world military force and they couldnt even contemplate admitting that the west has superior military so its just simpler to be Chinas lapdog
I certainly don't think Ukraine is about to fall, nor do I see any others suggesting it. But momentum swinging towards Russia coupled with increasingly alarmed noises from both the Ukrainians and Europeans is why there is some pessimism. There isn't any talk of a counter offensive this year so of course people are wondering how and where this will all end. It's realism, not defeatism, and it's also accompanied by the call for allies to maintain or increase support
Yes, the Chinese made their play, and were told to sod off, and they off they went.
They don't need 38 million they just need a few hundred thousand on the streets, or a couple of thousand to resist through violence - which wouldn't be hard. Insurgencies are rarely made from millions but from fanatics, patriots, exmilitary and so on. By their nature they're small and hard to root out without disproportionate violence against civilians, thus catalysing resistance. And a puppet regime is gonna need a russian presence to keep power, or else the aforementioned throngs will turn up at Independence Square all over again. look at belarus, if there wasn't the threat of Russian intervention I daresay Lukashenko would have taken the midnight train to Moscow years ago.
As to Putin's plans, populism is still rife and Europe possessing its own problems but Putin's plans can't have involved the NATO border exponentially increasing and now on his doorstep. Or involved reducing his armed forces by 400,000 men (so far, a number that'll grow!) and tens of thousands of vehicles. If Putin wins it'll be a Pyrrhic Victory for the ages.
I'm going to LOL so loud if this turns out to be true
A few twitter heads are reporting an A-50 was destroyed on the ground. Pinch of salt, but see what happens here.
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