Is Ukraine about to have a war?
More tank landing craft on the way?
Round Africa will take a bit of time.
Quote: Four Russian warships were spotted sailing through a strait in northeastern Japan, possibly transporting troops and combat vehicles to Ukraine, the Japanese Defense Ministry said.
Four Russian tank landing ships were confirmed to have passed through the Tsugaru Strait between Japan's main island of Honshu and its northernmost main island of Hokkaido from the Pacific Ocean into the Sea of Japan.
https://japantoday.com/category/nati...ops-to-ukraine
Round Africa will take a bit of time.
Quote: Four Russian warships were spotted sailing through a strait in northeastern Japan, possibly transporting troops and combat vehicles to Ukraine, the Japanese Defense Ministry said.
Four Russian tank landing ships were confirmed to have passed through the Tsugaru Strait between Japan's main island of Honshu and its northernmost main island of Hokkaido from the Pacific Ocean into the Sea of Japan.
https://japantoday.com/category/nati...ops-to-ukraine
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More tank landing craft on the way?
Round Africa will take a bit of time.
Quote: Four Russian warships were spotted sailing through a strait in northeastern Japan, possibly transporting troops and combat vehicles to Ukraine, the Japanese Defense Ministry said.
Four Russian tank landing ships were confirmed to have passed through the Tsugaru Strait between Japan's main island of Honshu and its northernmost main island of Hokkaido from the Pacific Ocean into the Sea of Japan.
https://japantoday.com/category/nati...ops-to-ukraine
Round Africa will take a bit of time.
Quote: Four Russian warships were spotted sailing through a strait in northeastern Japan, possibly transporting troops and combat vehicles to Ukraine, the Japanese Defense Ministry said.
Four Russian tank landing ships were confirmed to have passed through the Tsugaru Strait between Japan's main island of Honshu and its northernmost main island of Hokkaido from the Pacific Ocean into the Sea of Japan.
https://japantoday.com/category/nati...ops-to-ukraine
They headed south away from Vladivostok… (?) And the ships themselves are very important.
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Is it me or is Putin in his speech not only having a go at his elite earlier on, but also starting to sound like Hitler in his dreams of the Russian version of a true Aryan race. (About 1.50)
A lot of his Armour that is being used was apparently shipped from Siberia
A lot of his Armour that is being used was apparently shipped from Siberia
Perhaps Russia will make Turkey an offer they cannot refuse.
And maybe the Navy is rushing to show their loyalty, as slowly as possible.
And maybe the Navy is rushing to show their loyalty, as slowly as possible.
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A NATO country that bought S-400's from Russia and gave up F-35 program involvement to do so.
On the flip side of the coin they also provide Bayraktars to Ukraine. Looking after their own interests as all countries do.
On the flip side of the coin they also provide Bayraktars to Ukraine. Looking after their own interests as all countries do.
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More targets hit, transport by the looks of it.
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More footage from Kherson airport post strike, taken on foot, they're going to need a serious FOD plod.
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From my post 3471
A figure is also been banded around on Twitter of 1000 POW's
Also
From the link here
Which tallies with that figure of losses as a total.
Russia’s dilemma is only worsened by its combat casualties. Although I am always skeptical about enemy body counts, I do believe the numbers of dead are in the thousands (possibly in the 5,000-6,000 range suggested by US sources) and the numbers of wounded much higher. The modern battlefield is extremely lethal, especially for poorly trained or disciplined soldiers. These are very high numbers for just the first two weeks of war and many come from Russia’s elite units — they are hard to replace (and the Kremlin won’t be able to conceal these losses from the Russian public and all those for long.)
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NEW from @CBSDavidMartin: A U.S. official estimates Russians have lost 5,000-6,000 killed in the first 2 weeks of battle. Standard battlefield math assumes 3x as many wounded as killed, so that puts the number of wounded at 15,000-18,000.
Which tallies with that figure of losses as a total.
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When I watched the earlier footage I did wonder what kind of tyres they had on that SUV - how was it able to go more than a hundred feet without getting four flats. There's FOD everywhere
Yes, but that's KIA and obviouslythere will be much greater WIA. The figures from the Kyiv Independent don't specify, so could actually be an underestimate if it were KIA+WIA.
Re 4 x Tank landing ships. Possible scenarios.
1. Destination Odesa. Run the Bosporus blockade somehow at night. (Three went through pre-ban at the beginning of February.)
2. Feint. They’ll cross east around south of Japan and back up the east coast to the Kuriles or Vlad.
3. Sale agreed to China who desperately need such craft for certain plans of their own. Perhaps Russia had been saying no, but the situation has changed?
4. Other.
1. Destination Odesa. Run the Bosporus blockade somehow at night. (Three went through pre-ban at the beginning of February.)
2. Feint. They’ll cross east around south of Japan and back up the east coast to the Kuriles or Vlad.
3. Sale agreed to China who desperately need such craft for certain plans of their own. Perhaps Russia had been saying no, but the situation has changed?
4. Other.
Re 4 x Tank landing ships. Possible scenarios.
1. Destination Odesa. Run the Bosporus blockade somehow at night. (Three went through pre-ban at the beginning of February.)
2. Feint. They’ll cross east around south of Japan and back up the east coast to the Kuriles or Vlad.
3. Sale agreed to China who desperately need such craft for certain plans of their own. Perhaps Russia had been saying no, but the situation has changed?
4. Other.
1. Destination Odesa. Run the Bosporus blockade somehow at night. (Three went through pre-ban at the beginning of February.)
2. Feint. They’ll cross east around south of Japan and back up the east coast to the Kuriles or Vlad.
3. Sale agreed to China who desperately need such craft for certain plans of their own. Perhaps Russia had been saying no, but the situation has changed?
4. Other.
Yes, TF. 9 Feb 2022
https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news...uding-new-lst/
And a good article with photos of the latest four ships here:
https://news.usni.org/2022/03/16/rus...hern-black-sea
https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news...uding-new-lst/
And a good article with photos of the latest four ships here:
https://news.usni.org/2022/03/16/rus...hern-black-sea
That was before Turkey invoked article 19/21 (not entirely clear which actually applies) of the Montreux convention on 28 Feb:
https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news...s-to-warships/
https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news...s-to-warships/