This might be a little tougher than Putin thought...
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Long but interesting.
"Again the Karma of the burst Russian dams. This time in Karelia, on the White Sea-Baltic Canal.While Russia pours its budget into weapons, civilian structures collapse due to lack of maintenance."
"Again the Karma of the burst Russian dams. This time in Karelia, on the White Sea-Baltic Canal.While Russia pours its budget into weapons, civilian structures collapse due to lack of maintenance."
The arty is getting smoked lately. Good.
So, the Russians captured 10 square miles at the cost of 5000 casualties give or take?
Only six Ukrainian pilots trained to fly new F-16 fighter jets
Volodymyr Zelensky says weapons once championed as game-changers are now ‘too little, too late’ as Russia’s air defences improvebehind a pay wall for the rest of the article...in case someone can post it.
Only six Ukrainian pilots trained to fly new F-16 fighter jets
Volodymyr Zelensky says weapons once championed as game-changers are now ‘too little, too late’ as Russia’s air defences improve
www.telegraph.co.uk
Non paywalled:Only six Ukrainian pilots trained to fly new F-16 fighter jets
Volodymyr Zelensky says weapons once championed as game-changers are now ‘too little, too late’ as Russia’s air defences improve
behind a pay wall for the rest of the article...in case someone can post it.
Only six Ukrainian pilots trained to fly new F-16 fighter jets
Volodymyr Zelensky says weapons once championed as game-changers are now ‘too little, too late’ as Russia’s air defences improve
https://www.yahoo.com/news/only-six-ukrainian-pilots-trained-170948625.html
Kind of hard to believe given the hype. There is the caveat that it specified European NATO members. Presumably some are also being trained in the U.S.
Only six Ukrainian pilots have reportedly been trained by European Nato members
I do recall stories about the problems trying to add Ukrainian pilots to the schedule when allied nations already have training slots taken up. Seems like over the last year they might have take steps to increase slots.
Meat grinder.
As always (for good reason) we don't have a clear picture of the Ukrainian side. The Russians are just gonna keep grinding.
Not a great strategy with a county 266,000 square miles.
Will take 133 million men to capture the rest…
Incredible video-not a fun way to go. Combination of pain and drowning.
The goal has been the establishment of a neutral buffer state, not Russian conquest of Ukraine.
Let’s see if that is a consequence of the negotiated settlement to come.
True. I think the Russian strategy is to wear the Ukrainians out. It's currently a war of attrition.
Hopefully the Ukrainians can break that cycle.
"RAROG" drone battalion.Counter battery battles using FPV drones. Destroyed and damaged howitzer 2A65 (MSTA- B) , D-20, D-30 and M-46 gun + one illegal occupant"
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We probably assumed this anyway but here is confirmation.
And FWIW
And FWIW
How about this?
The intermediate goal that has been reset as a result of this 2.5 year failed special military operation is the establishment of a neutral buffer state until such time as Russia can replenish and rebuild its military so as to complete the conquest of Ukraine.
Yep. Surprised we don’t have drone dropping games like this in App store.
The explosion really shows how the explosions are packed with far hitting shrapnel when you look at perfect splash grid in water.
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Perfect!! Much more accurate than Natty Light’s hot take.
Have you read any of the comments from participants in the April 2022 peace talks?
NYT
Ukraine made a significant concession: it was ready to become a “permanently neutral state” that would never join NATO or allow foreign forces to be based on its soil. The offer seemed to address Mr. Putin’s core grievance — that the West, in the Kremlin’s narrative, was trying to use Ukraine to destroy Russia.
At the end of WW2, after the Soviets concluded peace agreements with Finland and Austria that codified their neutrality, why didn’t they just regroup and invade them later?
Because as it was they had too much on their dance card. They spent the next 50 years unsuccessfully trying to keep Poland, Hungary, the Baltics, Yugoslavia, and Czechoslovakia under their heel. You think they had the wherewithal to go after two countries in the center of the foundational NATO alliance?
That question is posed with the bravado of a delusional Russian.
And yet Putin never agreed to give the disputed territory back. You can reimagine the stakes all you want but Russia never agreed to withdraw from where they were/are.
They spent the next 45 years successfully keeping the Warsaw Pact countries under their heel, but Yugoslavia rejected the Warsaw Pact and was part of the non-Aligned movement.
You think Finland and Austria are ‘two countries in the center of the foundational NATO alliance’?
The 12 founding members of the Alliance were: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
The Soviets had already completely occupied Austria at the end of the war, and there was nothing the West could have done to stop them pressing Finland harder if they had chosen to do so. The ‘wherewithal’ argument doesn’t make any sense in light of historical facts.
Not sure where to start with you. Austria was completely occupied by the Soviets? Recheck your historical facts. Also Tito was most definitely a heavy Soviet lean. Stalin literally put him in power. That the Soviets couldn’t keep their stuff together is why the Austria Finland delusion is so funny.
You are debating a pro Russian stooge who told everyone that Russia was just doing training exercises with Belarus and the warmongering was all US to distract from inflation and then switched to it being NATOs fault and Ukraine would not stand a chance.
Haven't read about this but it looks like they were building a new dam behind it or trying to reinforce the old dam.
The Defense Department announced a $1.7 billion military aid package for Ukraine that will immediately transfer some U.S. weapons to the battlefield.
A Presidential Drawdown Authority action valued at up to $200 million includes air defense interceptors, munitions for rocket systems and artillery as well as anti-tank weapons, according to DOD.
Meanwhile, $1.5 billion is being put on contract via the Ukraine Security Initiative to provide long-term military assistance to include:
insidedefense.com
A Presidential Drawdown Authority action valued at up to $200 million includes air defense interceptors, munitions for rocket systems and artillery as well as anti-tank weapons, according to DOD.
Meanwhile, $1.5 billion is being put on contract via the Ukraine Security Initiative to provide long-term military assistance to include:
- Munitions for National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS)
- Short- and medium-range air defense munitions;
- RIM-7 missiles for air defense;
- Electronic Warfare equipment;
- Ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS);
- 155mm and 105mm artillery rounds;
- 120mm mortar rounds;
- Precision aerial munitions;
- Tube-Launched, Optically Tracked, Wire-Guided (TOW) missiles;
- Javelin and AT-4 anti-armor systems;
- Small arms;
- Explosives material and demolitions equipment and munitions;
- Secure communications systems;
- Commercial satellite imagery services; and
- Spare parts, maintenance and sustainment support and other ancillary equipment.
DOD announces $1.7B Ukraine aid package | InsideDefense.com
The Defense Department announced a $1.7 billion military aid package for Ukraine that will immediately transfer some U.S. weapons to the battlefield.
Dark Brandon is still rollin’!The Defense Department announced a $1.7 billion military aid package for Ukraine that will immediately transfer some U.S. weapons to the battlefield.
A Presidential Drawdown Authority action valued at up to $200 million includes air defense interceptors, munitions for rocket systems and artillery as well as anti-tank weapons, according to DOD.
Meanwhile, $1.5 billion is being put on contract via the Ukraine Security Initiative to provide long-term military assistance to include:
“This is the Biden Administration's twentieth USAI package and sixty-second tranche of equipment to be provided from DOD inventories for Ukraine and since August 2021,” DOD said.
- Munitions for National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS)
- Short- and medium-range air defense munitions;
- RIM-7 missiles for air defense;
- Electronic Warfare equipment;
- Ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS);
- 155mm and 105mm artillery rounds;
- 120mm mortar rounds;
- Precision aerial munitions;
- Tube-Launched, Optically Tracked, Wire-Guided (TOW) missiles;
- Javelin and AT-4 anti-armor systems;
- Small arms;
- Explosives material and demolitions equipment and munitions;
- Secure communications systems;
- Commercial satellite imagery services; and
- Spare parts, maintenance and sustainment support and other ancillary equipment.
DOD announces $1.7B Ukraine aid package | InsideDefense.com
The Defense Department announced a $1.7 billion military aid package for Ukraine that will immediately transfer some U.S. weapons to the battlefield.
It looks like it is Russia's part of a canal that is next to Finland. The comments are pretty good too
The White Sea–Baltic Canal, often abbreviated to White Sea Canal is a man-made ship canal in Russia opened on 2 August 1933. It connects the White Sea, in the Arctic Ocean, with Lake Onega, which is further connected to the Baltic Sea. Until 1961, it was called by its original name: the Stalin White Sea–Baltic Canal. Wikipedia
PS- a video mentions that this was a temporary dam made of earth that did not last until the permanent dam was finally built.
Karelian has a nice ring to it. Flows off the tongue in an ancient and romantic manner. Hopefully the downstream damage impacted orcs rather than Finns or the native Karelian peoples.It looks like it is Russia's part of a canal that is next to Finland. The comments are pretty good too
The White Sea–Baltic Canal, often abbreviated to White Sea Canal is a man-made ship canal in Russia opened on 2 August 1933. It connects the White Sea, in the Arctic Ocean, with Lake Onega, which is further connected to the Baltic Sea. Until 1961, it was called by its original name: the Stalin White Sea–Baltic Canal. Wikipedia
5’8” and 308 #’s. Wow.
The article mentions his 10 year old daughter as possibly next in line. I bet his mean ass sister bumps her off.
