Is Ukraine about to have a war?
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Reports of NATO jets possibly shadowing Air Serbian jets possibly into Russian airspace but cannot verify.
https://www.exyuaviation.com/2022/04...y-fighter.html
https://www.exyuaviation.com/2022/04...y-fighter.html
Beside S-300 we are sending 16 howitzers "Zuzana" they will be needed for the oncoming counteroffensive. The war enters the key phase. Stopping the Russian advance and making the guerrilla type of ambushes on armour columns is one thing but retaking the territory will be a different type of game.
Not just Starstreak that has entered the game, The missile being fired in this video is the new Martlet Light Multi-mode Missile. (uses Starstreak launcher control unit but has a different missile tube).
Given the amount of tanker hours revealed on FR24, Does anyone know if the extra airframes in the surge capacity of the AirTanker contract have been activated, or are they still doing bucket and spade runs?
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Russians take looting to a whole new level……. Shame 
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/n...obyl-souvenirs
”These ‘heroes’ will take Darwin's prizes even from those doomed racists who inhaled the dust of the Red Forest while in it,” Ukraine’s state-run nuclear company, Energoatom, said via a Telegram statement Saturday.
Energoatom also stated that Russian forces “unauthorizedly entered a repository of ionizing radiation sources” and “stole and damaged 133 sources with a total activity of about 7 million becquerels,” which is “comparable to 700 kg of radioactive waste with the presence of beta and gamma radiation.”
The "deadly" items were taken as “souvenirs,” Energoatom said, citing Ukraine’s state zone management agency. The company warned, however, that Russian troops may be in for a surprise, because “carrying such a souvenir with you for two weeks will inevitably lead to radiation burns, radiation sickness and irreversible processes in the body.”
Energoatom also stated that Russian forces “unauthorizedly entered a repository of ionizing radiation sources” and “stole and damaged 133 sources with a total activity of about 7 million becquerels,” which is “comparable to 700 kg of radioactive waste with the presence of beta and gamma radiation.”
The "deadly" items were taken as “souvenirs,” Energoatom said, citing Ukraine’s state zone management agency. The company warned, however, that Russian troops may be in for a surprise, because “carrying such a souvenir with you for two weeks will inevitably lead to radiation burns, radiation sickness and irreversible processes in the body.”
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/n...obyl-souvenirs
Let's hope they send some of their war trophies directly to Vlad..........
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Possible location of the Russian air assets that are operating over the Ukraine.
Has the destruction of this convoy been confirmed?
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He also says
A column of #Russian equipment heading for #Kharkiv was destroyed. Witnesses report 2,000 bodies and lots and lots of equipment.
We are providing info as we receive it. There will not be any confirmation tonight, so we will all have to wait for an official statement from #ZSU. Russians are pushing towards #Kharkiv and #Donbass, so many more columns like this one are expected
We are providing info as we receive it. There will not be any confirmation tonight, so we will all have to wait for an official statement from #ZSU. Russians are pushing towards #Kharkiv and #Donbass, so many more columns like this one are expected
Having just read the 'full conversation' it sounds as if the poor Russian grunts are getting hammered, left right and centre. They have never been able to see any viable targets, right from the beginning of this war, except for village and city buildings. They themselves are the targets, sitting ducks, and there is no friend in the air.
With unsustainable losses of men, morale and equipment, what can Putin salvage from all of this, even sending in his new general, the alleged Butcher of Aleppo?
With unsustainable losses of men, morale and equipment, what can Putin salvage from all of this, even sending in his new general, the alleged Butcher of Aleppo?
Was reading about the Battle of Kursk last night.
A lot of the action took place near Kharkiv... and in July.
It's looking like this spring and summer may also be a meat-grinder of dreadful proportions.
A lot of the action took place near Kharkiv... and in July.
It's looking like this spring and summer may also be a meat-grinder of dreadful proportions.
NATO enforced no fly zone...
...has not been mentioned in a while but NATO, or as I prefer the free world, has already crossed a couple of Mr Putin's red lines. Namely by imposing putative sanctions and supplying massive arms supplies. Putin said at the outset that he would consider such acts to be a declaration of war. His bluff was called.
Is it now time for NATO to enforce a no fly zone over the Ukraine?
Is it now time for NATO to enforce a no fly zone over the Ukraine?
Still no and best to keep the NATO bit out of it, unless Putin attacks part of the defensive alliance.
Nation states, as a coalition, should come together and take direct action at the request of Ukraine, inside the boarders of the Ukraine, to defend and defeat the aggressor's actions.
Being part of NATO does not preclude a nation state from taking such action. We have been unwise to suggest otherwise.
Nation states, as a coalition, should come together and take direct action at the request of Ukraine, inside the boarders of the Ukraine, to defend and defeat the aggressor's actions.
Being part of NATO does not preclude a nation state from taking such action. We have been unwise to suggest otherwise.
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Still no and best to keep the NATO bit out of it, unless Putin attacks part of the defensive alliance.
Nation states, as a coalition, should come together and take direct action at the request of Ukraine, inside the boarders of the Ukraine, to defend and defeat the aggressor's actions.
Being part of NATO does not preclude a nation state from taking such action. We have been unwise to suggest otherwise.
Nation states, as a coalition, should come together and take direct action at the request of Ukraine, inside the boarders of the Ukraine, to defend and defeat the aggressor's actions.
Being part of NATO does not preclude a nation state from taking such action. We have been unwise to suggest otherwise.
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