Saw recently they found stuff on a Russia KIA that indicated he had just signed a 6 month contract and was 44 years old. That seems a mite desperate for manpower.
YOLO Comrade!I'm half wondering if the Russians would be stupid enough to try resupplying Kherson by ship, off a coast with capable ASMs, though a narrow strait that is absolutely being watched, and in broad daylight.
Yeah like I said earlier in this thread the days of massed armored spearheads are waaaaaaaay over. When you try that in modern warfare you get this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway_of_Death
I do wonder what all those people who wanted to join Russia think of being essentially a part of Russia now.
Hmmm... with shit heating up with China ... Dominos ... Can the west afford to NOT make an example out of Russia by now? Should probably pour a hundred HIMARS into Ukraine along with longer ranging missiles.
IIRC, he (Michael) said he's German and I figure likely in Germany.This latest comprehension fail makes me suspect English is not your first language, is that correct? Honest question.
You're pulling a victim card again; no one is making up rules or even directing you to them - you're being asked support your positions (again) with source links, and it's curious why you still can't bring yourself to do that. We're making a concerted effort to prevent misinformation here I thought, does that not align with your priorities?
Read my last comment on legwork again, think about it. This isn't hard to understand Mike, or shouldn't be.
🤣🤣🤣This latest comprehension fail makes me suspect English is not your first language, is that correct? Honest question.
You're pulling a victim card again; no one is making up rules or even directing you to them - you're being asked support your positions (again) with source links, and it's curious why you still can't bring yourself to do that. We're making a concerted effort to prevent misinformation here I thought, does that not align with your priorities?
Read my last comment on legwork again, think about it. This isn't hard to understand Mike, or shouldn't be.
I am Canadian (and now a US citizen as well), living in the USA and English is my first language.IIRC, he (Michael) said he's German and I figure likely in Germany.
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No, I have done “legwork” and you are not my mother. I also don’t go by Mike, but it is the standard shorthand for my name so it does not offend me.
I am Canadian (and now a US citizen as well), living in the USA and English is my first language.
My mother is Ukrainian, born in a refugee camp after WW2. My middle name is from my Didi and I ate a ton of Ukrainian food growing up cooked by Baba.
Lt. Col. Bohdan Dmytruk is another fan of the anti-armor system. A battalion commander in Ukraine’s 93rd brigade, Dmytruk said he’s seen a decline in the quality of tanks Russians are using on the front lines. He has an intimate understanding of his enemy — his battalion was fighting the same Russian brigade in the Sumy region, farther north, earlier in the war, and they are now facing off again in the Kharkiv region.
The tanks the Russians are using now are older, Dmytruk said, because Javelins and similar weapons have depleted their arsenal. Even the crews operating the tanks now are less experienced, often not even managing to fire on Dmytruk’s forces before they’re taken out, he said, because they didn’t properly load the ammunition.
“The Ukrainian military basically destroyed their newest tanks and infantry combat vehicles in the first wave of fighting,” Dmytruk said. “The last vehicle of theirs we damaged just a couple days ago was a BMP-1, which is one of their oldest models. They would’ve had that one sitting in storage for a long time, so they’re really emptying out their stocks right now.”
Putin’s secret good army spotted in Belgorod, Russia.
I don’t think you will find one. Wars of attrition are very costly and so if a power thinks that’s how it’s going to end up they probably don’t start the war to begin with. A war of attrition essentially means a failed war plan.I've been trying to think of an example for awhile but haven't thought of any. Has there been any major war of attrition won by the aggressor since the beginning of WWI? I mean I guess it depends on how you define a war of attrition. But I can only think aggressor win in Blitzkrieg style and if that fails turning into stalemate, eventually it has been the aggressor that is pushed out.
I've been trying to think of an example for awhile but haven't thought of any. Has there been any major war of attrition won by the aggressor since the beginning of WWI? I mean I guess it depends on how you define a war of attrition. But I can only think aggressor win in Blitzkrieg style and if that fails turning into stalemate, eventually it has been the aggressor that is pushed out.
Didn't Iraq start that war and eventually give up? (Agresser lost)The last one I can think of was Iraq/Iran.
Maybe US in Afghanistan is another example.
This is zero argument that Russia failed to achieve their initial goals anywhere but the South. My concerns are centered around the price that Ukraine paid to make that happen. If they cannot push Russia out and they annex and start to absorb what they took, 5 years from now they can just attack again and Ukraine will be way weaker as their economy will continue to be destroyed.