This might be a little tougher than Putin thought...
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That sucks. The good news is that he doesn't appear to be on Putin's payroll
"The 53-year-old Orpo, Finland's former finance minister and likely new prime minister, assured that the Nordic country's solidarity with Kyiv would remain strong during his tenure.
“First to Ukraine: we stand by you, with you," Orpo told the Associated Press at NCP's victory event. “We cannot accept this terrible war. And we will do all that is needed to help Ukraine, Ukrainian people because they fight for us. This is clear.”
"And the message to (Russian President Vladimir) Putin is: go away from Ukraine because you will lose,” Orpo said.
Finland, which shares a long border with Russia, cleared the last hurdles of becoming a NATO member earlier in the week as alliance members Turkey and Hungary signed off the country's membership bid."
Finland prime minister ousted, conservatives win tight vote
Finland’s main conservative party has claimed victory in a parliamentary election in an extremely tight three-way race where right-wing populists took second place, leaving popular Prime Minister Sanna Marin’s Social Democratic Party third, dashing her...
Mig delivery has started. (We knew they were going to do this.)
Ukraine says its forces fight on in Bakhmut, mocks Russian claim to have captured city
KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine's military said its troops were locked in combat with Russian forces around the administration building of Bakhmut on Monday, and it poured scorn on Russian claims that mercenary fighters had captured the eastern city after months of warfare. In Moscow, the Kremlin...
It’s odd to note some of the swings in the daily counts. Big day for trucks and APCs, but a nice bump in UAVs. You wonder if it signaled a change in tactics? Did the Ukrainians catch several at a launch point? Had this rally been held back for a few days for verification? Interesting to ponder.
Yeah who knows. I just think it lends credibility that these numbers are accurate in that they are only reporting what is destroyed.
Do it, man.
Take on the full force of NATO.
You cannot even take a minor city like Bakhmut. Russia will be reduced to rubble.
I think the Ukrainians are running out of Russian tanks to target...
I think there could be something to this. Someone probably @binsfeldcyhawk2 - suggested these jalopies from the 1950s could be dug into the ground to form pill boxes. Maybe that is what they are now, and hard to get at.
Russia reinvents the Maginot Line Impressive looking but did not slow down the Germans much in WW2.
I have sense though they are dug in not only horizontally, but also vertically/deep into Crimea. So once you punch through, you are not off to the races.Russia reinvents the Maginot Line Impressive looking but did not slow down the Germans much in WW2.
Legally? Surprised he didn’t try to just call “dibs” on Bakhmut.
Because they went around it for the most part....I'm pretty sure the Ukrainians will hit the weakest parts of the Russian fortifications.Russia reinvents the Maginot Line Impressive looking but did not slow down the Germans much in WW2.
FWIW-are you always on a camera in Russia!
Exactly-they may even create some defense in depth but I can't imagine it working much better than the well sited and self supporting fortifications from almost 100 years ago. I guess if it funnels the Ukrainians somewhere else it may have had some purpose. But I bet we see a lot of those tank hatches open too
Russia will run out of munitions to protect/defend Crimea. Once Crimea is cut off, it becomes a matter of time before Ukraine gets it back. And Ukraine will have mostly unlimited re-armament capabilities from NATO countries for the foreseeable future.
Whomever succeeds Putin will have a decision: stay on the path that caused Putin's downfall, or cede Ukrainian territory back to Ukraine and work on rebuilding your own economy.
Got to give them credit-the resistance seems very active.
I think the main problem for the Ukrainians is they don't have the air assets/capability to "prep" the battlefield sufficiently. They'll have to do it mostly with artillery/HIMARS....gonna be a tough fight regardless.Exactly-they may even create some defense in depth but I can't imagine it working much better than the well sited and self supporting fortifications from almost 100 years ago. I guess if it funnels the Ukrainians somewhere else it may have had some purpose. But I bet we see a lot of those tank hatches open too
Still hoping for a Russian collapse when really pushed....if not, it will be tough.
Hope you're right....I think it's gonna be some hard fighting.
Retired Admiral predicts how Ukraine could possibly win war against Russia
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Good ready. Russia is such a shit show.
I may have missed this before-saw where tank shot into trench but this guy is squishing them with his treads.
"The (Ukraine) only show a small part of their operations... a kamikaze drone attacking a simple transport... that tells you that... draw your own conclusions...."
