I see a hundred years of war while this breaks up. Oof. Especially the Chechnya area. Yikes.
This might be a little tougher than Putin thought...
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I see a hundred years of war while this breaks up. Oof. Especially the Chechnya area. Yikes.
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HB Heisman
"Several assets are at work, after we tracked several missions yesterday as well (with the return of USAF drones over the Black Sea).
Today we tracked:
- Italian Air Force Gulfstream E.550 CAEW (reg. MM62303 – c/s PERSEO71) orbiting eastern Romania
- RAF Boeing RC-135W (reg. ZZ664) in action in the same area;
- French Air Force Beech B350 (reg. F-RACG), arrived in theatre yesterday and today already at work over the Black Sea
- Turkish Air Force ATR P-72MPA (c/s MARTI82) patrolling the western Black Sea
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"For several months NATO's intelligence gathering and surveillance activity has greatly increased. The US Army, in particular, has carried out intense lidar activity near the Ukrainian borders"
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It's almost as if the military issues are a reflection of a broken and corrupt society.
This is what the Ukrainians are fighting for. A legit future with Europe or a BS future under Putler.
Think this is new-Slovakia announced they were giving some to Ukraine a month ago.
Russia's war on Ukraine latest: Russian infantry brigade flees Bakhmut outskirts, Kyiv unit says
May 10 (Reuters) - A Ukrainian military unit said it had routed a Russian infantry brigade from frontline territory near Bakhmut, claiming to confirm an account by the head of Russia's Wagner private army that the Russian forces had fled.
Russia's war on Ukraine latest: Russian infantry brigade flees Bakhmut outskirts, Kyiv unit says
A Ukrainian military unit said it had routed a Russian infantry brigade from frontline territory near Bakhmut, claiming to confirm an account by the head of Russia's Wagner private army that the Russian forces had fled.
www.reuters.com
Of all the foreign conflicts we have enmeshed our military and intelligence services in this feels like the very best one in my life time.
Afghanistan a country full of corrupt islamists who hate us? Nope.
Iraq with tribal warlords all looking to get their cut? Nope.
Misadventures in Africa? Nope.
This is one just feels different. We are supporting Ukraine militarily, financially, and in spirit for FULLY THE RIGHT REASONS.
To oppose tyranny? Yes
To free an oppressed people? Yes
Supporting those who would and will fight and die for their Freedom? Yes
For those who will align their values and long term strategic interests squarely with Western Civilization? Resounding YES.
Multiple generations will have the USA and their European allies to thank for their future prosperity. Much like the Baltics are our friends and Allies now.
This is the Just Cause for our military might.
Slava Ukraini.
Afghanistan a country full of corrupt islamists who hate us? Nope.
Iraq with tribal warlords all looking to get their cut? Nope.
Misadventures in Africa? Nope.
This is one just feels different. We are supporting Ukraine militarily, financially, and in spirit for FULLY THE RIGHT REASONS.
To oppose tyranny? Yes
To free an oppressed people? Yes
Supporting those who would and will fight and die for their Freedom? Yes
For those who will align their values and long term strategic interests squarely with Western Civilization? Resounding YES.
Multiple generations will have the USA and their European allies to thank for their future prosperity. Much like the Baltics are our friends and Allies now.
This is the Just Cause for our military might.
Slava Ukraini.
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And it's a country full of extremely hot women!
"It is being reported that Ukrainian forces took full control of Potyomkin island on the left side of the Dnipro river, just South of Kherson."
"VIDEO of Ukrainian positions on the left bank near Kherson coming under Russian artillery fire. Ukraine has now effectively established its forces on the other side of the river"
"VIDEO of Ukrainian positions on the left bank near Kherson coming under Russian artillery fire. Ukraine has now effectively established its forces on the other side of the river"
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I'm sure the HIMARS will bounce right off that
Not sure if much of a change.
9-Excessive?
"Near Opytne, #Donetsk Oblast, an abandoned Russian BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicle was destroyed by the Ukrainian 110th Mechanized Brigade using no less than nine 40x53mm HEDP grenades dropped by drones - UWT "
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It’s borderline like a combo shooting fireworks-using drone-war game. Make a helluva an app game.
Maybe Ukraine decided to start a offensive front on Bakhmut!
Excellent article about the usage of Ukrainian special forces and their training by Western militaries starting in 2014.
www.businessinsider.com
Ukraine's special operators have been 'taking it to the Russians,' the head of US Special Operations Command says
Ukrainian special operators have been shaping the battlefield by undermining Russia's defenses and supporting Ukraine's conventional forces.
www.businessinsider.com
1. I wish Iowa had a RB with the kind of top end speed the guy in the front showed.
2. I’ve posted many times in this thread that I’m not a military person, but even I recognize that marching in a clump in daylight out in the open is bad.
I don’t recall where, but I read an article on line today that Russia’s gains in April amounted to less than 8 square miles. 8 miles for about 15,000 dead and countless pieces of equipment…
Bakhmut will go down in history as the Stalingrad of the war.
When Putin goes, we need to make an attempt to bring Russia back in. Think Marshall Plan. We don't want chaos post Putin.
The UK doesn't pussyfoot around.
The United Kingdom has supplied Ukraine with multiple Storm Shadow cruise missiles, giving Ukrainian forces a new long-range strike capability in advance of a highly anticipated counteroffensive against Russian forces, multiple senior Western officials told CNN.
The Storm Shadow is a long-range cruise missile with stealth capabilities, jointly developed by the UK and France, which is typically launched from the air. With a firing range in excess of 250km, or 155 miles, it is just short of the 185-mile range capability of the US-made surface-to-surface Army Tactical Missile Systems, or ATACMS, that Ukraine has long asked for.
Critically, the Storm Shadow has the range to strike deep into Russian-held territory in Eastern Ukraine. A Western official told CNN that the UK has received assurances from the Ukrainian government that these missiles will be used only within Ukrainian sovereign territory and not inside Russia. UK officials have made frequent public statements identifying Crimea as Ukrainian sovereign territory, describing it as “illegally annexed.”
The missile is “a real game changer from a range perspective,” a senior US military official told CNN and gives Kyiv a capability it has been requesting since the outset of the war. As CNN has reported, Ukraine’s current maximum range on US-provided weapons is around 49 miles.
The deployment of the missiles comes as Ukrainian forces prepare to launch a counteroffensive intended to retake Kremlin-held territory in the eastern and the southern parts of the country.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said his country still needs “a bit more time” before it launches the counteroffensive, in order to allow some more of the promised Western military aid to arrive in country.
“With [what we have] we can go forward and be successful,” Zelensky told European public service broadcasters in an interview published on Thursday. “But we’d lose a lot of people. I think that’s unacceptable.”
“So we need to wait. We still need a bit more time,” he added. Among the supplies Ukraine is still waiting for are armored vehicles – including tanks – which Zelensky said were “arriving in batches.”
This is not the first time Britain has gone further than the US in the weaponry it has been prepared to send to Ukraine. It was the first ally to announce it was sending modern Western tanks to Ukraine, in January pledging 14 Challenge 2 tanks before the US announced it would contribute M-1 Abrams tanks shortly after.
Earlier this year, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak signaled that Britain was considering sending long-range weapons.
“We must help Ukraine to shield its cities from Russian bombs and Iranian drones,” Sunak said at the Munich Security Conference on February 18. “And that’s why the UK will be the first country to provide Ukraine with longer-"
The United Kingdom has supplied Ukraine with multiple Storm Shadow cruise missiles, giving Ukrainian forces a new long-range strike capability in advance of a highly anticipated counteroffensive against Russian forces, multiple senior Western officials told CNN.
The Storm Shadow is a long-range cruise missile with stealth capabilities, jointly developed by the UK and France, which is typically launched from the air. With a firing range in excess of 250km, or 155 miles, it is just short of the 185-mile range capability of the US-made surface-to-surface Army Tactical Missile Systems, or ATACMS, that Ukraine has long asked for.
Critically, the Storm Shadow has the range to strike deep into Russian-held territory in Eastern Ukraine. A Western official told CNN that the UK has received assurances from the Ukrainian government that these missiles will be used only within Ukrainian sovereign territory and not inside Russia. UK officials have made frequent public statements identifying Crimea as Ukrainian sovereign territory, describing it as “illegally annexed.”
The missile is “a real game changer from a range perspective,” a senior US military official told CNN and gives Kyiv a capability it has been requesting since the outset of the war. As CNN has reported, Ukraine’s current maximum range on US-provided weapons is around 49 miles.
The deployment of the missiles comes as Ukrainian forces prepare to launch a counteroffensive intended to retake Kremlin-held territory in the eastern and the southern parts of the country.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said his country still needs “a bit more time” before it launches the counteroffensive, in order to allow some more of the promised Western military aid to arrive in country.
“With [what we have] we can go forward and be successful,” Zelensky told European public service broadcasters in an interview published on Thursday. “But we’d lose a lot of people. I think that’s unacceptable.”
“So we need to wait. We still need a bit more time,” he added. Among the supplies Ukraine is still waiting for are armored vehicles – including tanks – which Zelensky said were “arriving in batches.”
This is not the first time Britain has gone further than the US in the weaponry it has been prepared to send to Ukraine. It was the first ally to announce it was sending modern Western tanks to Ukraine, in January pledging 14 Challenge 2 tanks before the US announced it would contribute M-1 Abrams tanks shortly after.
Earlier this year, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak signaled that Britain was considering sending long-range weapons.
“We must help Ukraine to shield its cities from Russian bombs and Iranian drones,” Sunak said at the Munich Security Conference on February 18. “And that’s why the UK will be the first country to provide Ukraine with longer-"
"Yesterday Ukrainian drones attacked a loading point of Russian Druzhba oil pipeline in Sven, Bryansk region app 100km North of Ukraine.
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