Russia-Ukraine War (continuing)

I thought I read other day Russian soldiers asking for even civilian shotguns to be sent to them to combat the drone threats as they are great to have against drones. Can't seem to remember where I read it, tho. So yeah, shotguns do seem to be what the common soldiers could have to combat them.

Yeah they could really do with them to be sure. Your right would only be good for the day time as well.

Natalka is of Ukraine so could be expected to have a certain way of viewing Igor Girkin……

https://x.com/natalkakyiv/status/1884353491495256341?s=61&mx=2

Speaking of shotguns and drones

https://www.hs.fi/suomi/art-2000010992456.html

Being tested already, basically a flying claymore

There were/are automatic shotguns , I assume they're kinda heavy , I don't know wether they could be mounted on a monopod ,or mount to take the weight,? And maybe even a spider web style sight , I assume the ammunition load'd be really important , would it be worth mixing close in rounds ( birdshot ) with more distance rounds ,

Wasnt their footage of Ukrainian drones armed with a shotgun to take out other drones?

The Economist is very much pro-NATO but even it is struggling to be upbeat about the war in Ukraine. It's published an article on Monday titled "Amid talk of a ceasefire, Ukraine's front line is crumbling"

It copes as much as it can about the supposed 10,000 NK troops in Kursk (clearly the hide and seek champions of 2024-25) but even so there is some tough admissions about the reality of the situation.

The order to retreat [from Velyka Novosilka] came as soon as a mist descended. It was a nightmareish task that had to be completed on foot, under drone-filled skies, and across a river. The evidence of triumphant Russian propaganda channels suggests that many failed to make it.

“They probe for our weak points,” says Andriy Cherniak, a military intelligence officer.  “And then they mass force wherever they have tactical success.”

“One of our tanks crept out near the frontlines,” says Captain Ivan Sekach, an officer with Ukraine’s 110th brigade defending the town. “Ten drones attacked, setting it alight almost immediately.”

Put simply, Russia has the infantry and Ukraine does not. Issues with mobilisation and desertion have hit Ukraine’s reserves hard. “We struggle to replace our battlefield losses,” says Colonel Pavlo Fedosenko, the commander of a Ukrainian tactical grouping in the Donbas. “They might throw a battalion’s worth of soldiers at a position we’ve manned with four or five soldiers.” The brigades that make up the Donbas frontline are consistently understaffed, under pressure, and cracking. The front line keeps creeping back.

“We no longer have tactics beyond plugging holes,” says “Kupol,” the nom de guerre of a now-retired commander, who up until September led a brigade fighting in eastern Donbas. “We throw battalions into the chaotic mess and hope we can somehow stop the grind.”

The Russians will not run out of weapons any time soon, says the intelligence officer Cherniak…“Russia has shown it can function in a completely closed cycle.”

Clearly, negotiations are in the interests of the Ukrainians. A continuation of this war is not in the interests of the Ukrainians. I think the current Ukrainian leadership is ideologically incapable of negotiations however, as are their backers in the EU. So unfortunately, a 1945 style outcome remains the most probable result.

Are you two actually sitting together right now in Orwell Road?

Not true -

Ukraine's Defence Intelligence denies its head spoke about existential threat for Ukraine | Ukrainska Pravda

I just updated my post with a video of Budanov on the matter.

All Kremlin propaganda.

All lies.

All böllöx

never mind

Imagine thinking Ukraine after going through all these hardships since 2014 but particularly since 2022 and thinking they'll settle for being a vassle state. Deluded isn't even the word.