The Ukraine war thread
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wrote on 25 May 2022, 14:22 last edited by
@Renauda one of the things that's been a hallmark of this strategy is the poor supply line logistics of the Russians. It doomed them in their attempted blitzkrieg attack on Kiev.
Looks like the Ukrainians are picking up that strategy in the east.
Hope it continues to work.
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wrote on 25 May 2022, 21:34 last edited by
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wrote on 25 May 2022, 23:21 last edited by
I take that as a good thing.
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wrote on 25 May 2022, 23:31 last edited by
@George-K said in The Ukraine war thread:
What's the politics behind this?
Why doesn’t Germany just say “how cute, you have an opinion”
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@George-K said in The Ukraine war thread:
What's the politics behind this?
Why doesn’t Germany just say “how cute, you have an opinion”
wrote on 25 May 2022, 23:38 last edited by George K@jon-nyc said in The Ukraine war thread:
Why doesn’t Germany just say “how cute, you have an opinion”
In the thread, there are comments saying that the contracts under which Germany acquired the weapons have restrictions as to how they can, and IF they can, sell/give to 3rd parties.
And, because I'm a Twitter n00b, I can't find it.
Wait...
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wrote on 26 May 2022, 14:16 last edited by
Supposedly Turkey has backed off of its opposition to Sweden's NATO membership.
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wrote on 26 May 2022, 14:22 last edited by Mik
Good. But I wonder what that cost us.
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wrote on 26 May 2022, 14:25 last edited by
@George-K said in The Ukraine war thread:
"Refused to fight"
Really?
There may be something to that, though I would like to see more reporting and think tank commentary on it.
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wrote on 27 May 2022, 23:13 last edited by
Meanwhile, back at a far greater tragedy...
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wrote on 27 May 2022, 23:21 last edited by
I'm reading that things are not going all that well in the East, and the Russians are making gains, albeit slowly.
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wrote on 28 May 2022, 23:56 last edited by
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wrote on 29 May 2022, 00:14 last edited by
Sounds pretty credible. We will see.
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wrote on 29 May 2022, 00:21 last edited by
@Mik said in The Ukraine war thread:
Sounds pretty credible. We will see.
This guy is keeping track of Russian and Ukrainian losses - but only those with photo-documentation of said losses.
He claims a total of 736 Russian tanks lost as of tonight.
By his count
20 T90s
132 T80sThe rest are T70s or older/inferior.
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wrote on 29 May 2022, 00:52 last edited by
It's amazing what you can't do with an unmotivated, uninformed, ill equipped and poorly led army.
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wrote on 29 May 2022, 13:02 last edited by
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wrote on 29 May 2022, 21:21 last edited by
Over 40? No problemo...
https://news.yahoo.com/putin-signs-law-scrapping-military-090818055.html
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Over 40? No problemo...
https://news.yahoo.com/putin-signs-law-scrapping-military-090818055.html
wrote on 29 May 2022, 21:41 last edited by@Jolly it sure smacks of desperation, but the numeric advantage that the Russians have is substantial. OTOH, training will play a HUGE role, and the ability to deliver combat-ready recruits within weeks, who are middle-aged, well...
Into the grinder.
Ukraine claims 30K KIA. Add MIA, captured and injured, you're over 100K soldiers. It can't be too long before this starts to resonate with the folks back home.
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@Jolly it sure smacks of desperation, but the numeric advantage that the Russians have is substantial. OTOH, training will play a HUGE role, and the ability to deliver combat-ready recruits within weeks, who are middle-aged, well...
Into the grinder.
Ukraine claims 30K KIA. Add MIA, captured and injured, you're over 100K soldiers. It can't be too long before this starts to resonate with the folks back home.
wrote on 29 May 2022, 22:44 last edited bySo far Putin has been relying on his colonial troops - non Russian ethnics from the Caucasus and Siberia to feed into his meat grinder. The ethnic Russians making up the senior NCO’s and officers for flavour. Looks like he’s now turning some older ones who may have received better basic training at one time in the past.