I think that's the hole they dug to dig it out. It buried itself in a narrower hole.
I think that's the hole they dug to dig it out. It buried itself in a narrower hole.Maybe I'm not getting the context but why would a bomb that didn't explode be in a pit like that?
You must have missed the recent Wagner pushes where they throw barely armed prisoners at defensive positions to find the spots where they get shot at the least, then send actual forces there.
This is actual cannon fodder, not 'maybe they'll take ground ' cannon fodder, just 'make the enemy waste ammo ' fodder.
Okay... Well... My point still stands that having an idiot shivering in a hole for a week is perfectly fine if he's just intended to run in a direction until he's shot at. Not every warm body being deployed by RU forces are intended to actually accomplish anything useful beyond eating a bullet.Not at all, and you just repeated what I posted. Current orc fighting tactics/doctrine might present you with semantics to argue, but I assure you these the distinctions on armament don't matter to the Russian command. As a rule they just don't care about losses, and this doesn't just apply to Wagner. Russian troops, not conscripts or criminals, were thrown at a heavily defended Ukrainian fort back in Feb and only had rifles and entrenching tools to use. Not actual cannon fodder, but the result was the same. Going to die? Too bad, still have to do a job.
Ukraine seems to be having a problem with providing enough training for their new conscripts, they are getting as little as less than a week of training before being sent off to the front (link). Does this mean that the Russians have ground down Ukraine's seasoned military with constant attacks to the point where both sides are sending poorly trained recruits to the war.
And Ukraine is still producing better trained troops than Russia. They also get to use Western hardware, which works. Russia is struggling to find more bullet catchers and sends them in with vintage equipment. Or none. Ukraine has 10 nations training extremely motivated troops, the kind of training we saw have such a profound effect on Russian fortunes last year. Word is they have been dominating it all and making their instructors very proud.
Ukraine has lots of problems, I wouldn't worry too much about this one.
Morale doesn't seem to be an issue does it? We do need to up the ante with AD for them though. I believe their S-300s are almost tapped. There aren't enough IRIS and NASAMS there to fill the holes, already running low on missiles in general. F-16s could really augment things, but they're still far, far away.
Ukraine running out of HIMARS and arty ammo would be a big problem, but I don't think Biden will let that happen.
Unfortunately, it appears that the NATO allies are waiting to see how well the Ukrainian Army performs with the current crop of high spec NATO equipment and training before doling out more. I think if they can make very substantial gains in the south - they will get whatever they need to finish off the job.I do enjoy hearing about Russian production issues. Bearings, electronics, just scraping by aren't they. Good. Pilot training, money, politics, if we see F-16s in Ukraine before next winter I will be surprised. Nee' shocked. Maybe those others will show up sooner, didn't someone send them Mirages or something?
Ukraine being able to answer Mig31s and the R27/37 stick would be nice though. They lost a lot of brave pilots, deserve that payback. Meteor, AMRAAM, long as the Russian catches it in the ass I'm happy. Meteor is gnarly though, I would very much like to see it's resistance to countermeasures and NEZ numbers tested on Russian invaders. One more system NATO can give the official thumbs up on I bet.
that is exactly who I was thinking of when I wrote that post. although they can be more european and have him quartered with horses.Putin was obsessed and mortified at the spectacle of the public beating & death of Muammar Gaddafi. I'm sure the fear that this will be his fate haunts him. Vlad shudders to think this could happen to him. It would surely haunt the dreams of his successor(s).
Vlad's fear that a similar (or worse!) fate could be his explains a great deal about how institutions are structured around him. He's made it all but impossible for the military to rally against him, for instance. I suppose his undoing is apt to be his health, and I think it must be admitted that he has not looked well since at least Feb. 24, 2022 (invasion day). Perhaps it's possible he could be taken out by someone or some faction. IDK.
Horses in Moscow? I suppose it isn't impossible, it would surely be a watershed moment in Russian history, a severe warning for any future power mongers.that is exactly who I was thinking of when I wrote that post. although they can be more european and have him quartered with horses.
veiled reference to napoleon or the third reich?Horses in Moscow? I suppose it isn't impossible, it would surely be a watershed moment in Russian history, a severe warning for any future power mongers.
Does anyone else need more proof that a land war in Europe was one of the worst conceivable ideas? And that the architect of this war, Mr. Putin, is a murderous psychopath with a Napoleon complex. Terrible for Ukraine, lucky for the rest of Europe that Russia is too weak to expand the conflict.
Thanks Ajay.Does anyone else need more proof that a land war in Europe was one of the worst conceivable ideas? And that the architect of this war, Mr. Putin, is a murderous psychopath with a Napoleon complex. Terrible for Ukraine, lucky for the rest of Europe that Russia is too weak to expand the conflict.
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Putin truly deserves a fitting end - four horses dragging his limbs in four different directions. The insanity of something like this being allowed to happen - probably the only imminent threat Russia could claim is a lost of way of life (i.e, dictatorship) due to people looking over the border and preferring a different way to life their relatives have.
While I wouldn't really wish death on someone, I think the most fitting end for Putin would be radiation poisoning like he's inflicted on others. Taste of his own medicine and all that.Putin truly deserves a fitting end - four horses dragging his limbs in four different directions. The insanity of something like this being allowed to happen - probably the only imminent threat Russia could claim is a lost of way of life (i.e, dictatorship) due to people looking over the border and preferring a different way to life their relatives have.
Looked like a HumVee in one small part of the clip. Maybe a Russian knock off? Or just inauthentic filler."Only those who have been here will understand" How many people have died to feed Putin's ego?
‘I Cry Quietly’: A Soldier Describes the Toll of Russia’s War
Ukraine has been given Armored HumVee's by the US.Looked like a HumVee in one small part of the clip. Maybe a Russian knock off? Or just inauthentic filler.