Is Ukraine about to have a war?
Pfff, the first realistic Russian expert opinion coming from Russia, as I did see. And, TBH, I think, he is far too optimistic with 90 days to form a new tank battalion. Let alone, he seems to forget the "reserves" are plundered for everything that might be valuable on the scrap market. I hope, he is not deported to Siberia, given his comments on (national) TV might not be welcomed by the current Putin based regime.
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if you watch it they appear to be offloading supplies.
A bunny hop you don't want to be doing, especially in a T-80U tank.
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I am surprised Russia does not let the military and wounded evacuate from Mariupol to Ukraine, because until they are no longer there they cannot claim to control the city, which is important to them for the 9th May, however from a Ukrainian point of view I suppose them remaining until the 10th is an advantage.
until they are no longer there they cannot claim to control the city
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That explosion of the SPG was very dramatic, there will be a few dead and indeed deaf gunners as a result. There did not seem to be any ranging shots either, so highly accurate if artillery counter battery fire. If this is the result of the new NATO supplied artillery then a lot of Russian artillery men maybe joining there T72 comrades on the train / plane home in a body bag. Also as an observation there skills at concealment were also remarkably poor, as they had obviously run one of the SPG,s into the field in the foreground leaving heavy track marks indicating their presence. By comparison I read how German tank crews in Normandy carefully backed armour into position at night and then realigned any damaged vegetation due to worries about fighter-bombers before daylight. Old skills needing to re taught.
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That explosion of the SPG was very dramatic, there will be a few dead and indeed deaf gunners as a result. There did not seem to be any ranging shots either, so highly accurate if artillery counter battery fire. If this is the result of the new NATO supplied artillery then a lot of Russian artillery men maybe joining there T72 comrades on the train / plane home in a body bag. Also as an observation there skills at concealment were also remarkably poor, as they had obviously run one of the SPG,s into the field in the foreground leaving heavy track marks indicating their presence. By comparison I read how German tank crews in Normandy carefully backed armour into position at night and then realigned any damaged vegetation due to worries about fighter-bombers before daylight. Old skills needing to re taught.
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It appears the Crimea Bridge is on the Ukrainian target list.
"We do not have such weapons for this yet. More precisely, we do, but we need to move much closer to the coast of the Sea of Azov," said Viktor Andrusiv, an adviser to the Interior Minister."
"We do not have such weapons for this yet. More precisely, we do, but we need to move much closer to the coast of the Sea of Azov," said Viktor Andrusiv, an adviser to the Interior Minister."
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Ecce Homo! Loquitur...
Only problem for the Russians is that neither honest reporting from the field nor acceptance of the real facts by the upper echelon is likely, so any "lessons learned" have little promise of being helpful. (good news)
Fill a ship with some stuff that goes BANG.....and ram it into the structure...light the fuse and jump into your RIB and hightail out of the area.
Did not a similar thing happen in France using an old American Destroyer modified to look like a German Frigate by some RN and Commandos?
Did not a similar thing happen in France using an old American Destroyer modified to look like a German Frigate by some RN and Commandos?
Fill a ship with some stuff that goes BANG.....and ram it into the structure...light the fuse and jump into your RIB and hightail out of the area.
Did not a similar thing happen in France using an old American Destroyer modified to look like a German Frigate by some RN and Commandos?
Did not a similar thing happen in France using an old American Destroyer modified to look like a German Frigate by some RN and Commandos?
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I certainly looks a beautiful country, not a bad song either 
On the contrary, this is scene setting for the Russian people, explaining why mobilisation is not going to happen, and is evidence that Putin will NOT be announcing general mobilisation, and also won't be declaring war. Both of these would be severely problematic for him, the former because it would be hugely unpopular and the latter because it would put control of military operations out of his hands. He's also probably aware that mass mobilisation would create too big an instrument with significant power that could easily turn against him.
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Precision they are not, I feel for the poor farmers having to fill that lot in, plus the unexploded..
Anti tank mines destroying tractors in Ukraine
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Anti tank mines destroying tractors in Ukraine
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Looks like it may well "rain on his parade". Sherematyevo. TAF: UUEE 081958Z 0821/0921 33005G11MPS 9999 BKN020 TX09/0910Z TN06/0903Z TEMPO 0908/0917 34012G18MPS 2900 -SHRA FEW007 BKN016CB