It they can get over the trees without climbing, they aren't really low!

The Ukrainians have upgraded from Toyota:

"Ukrainian MT-LB engages with mounted aircraft rocket pods"

https://www.reddit.com/r/CombatFoota...eb2x&context=3

Another:


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He looks like Benny Hill, or should one say did.

I doubt that. Just bring in a lot of proper Nato stuff on invitation of the Ukraine government and warn Putin to not hurt/damage anybody/thing, or the Russian forces will be wiped out by those contingents.

While that sounds very deterrent, to be able to do so, there needs to be a strong economy to "pay" for that. Russian economy is very weak now, and all the savings are already gone. So, no way to pay. Let alone, where is the equipment to be used by the untrained mobilized mob ?

I've become increasingly concerned about the parallels between the actions of Hitler and Putin. Especially this:
Hitler decided that Germany largely deserved the fate being handed to in by early 1945 - that it was 'too weak'. Had Hitler had access to something akin to MAD in early 1945, I have little doubt he would have exercised it - yea Germany loses, but so does everyone else.
I fear Vlad is headed into that same insanity. We can only hope and pray that someone in the Russian chain of command stops the insanity before it gets to that stage.

Actually, that kind of destroying is less stupid as it looks. The high-rise buildings are good ones to have a battlefield overview the moment the battle gets closer.

Also, the more civilian buildings are left, the more people will still be there, so the more soldiers are needed to capture the city. Completely destroy the city, and you have hardly any fighting to capture that city, no fighters can hide in the buildings. Posted earlier, were figures of how many soldiers were needed to capture a city and to keep a captured area under control. Those figures go down drastically, when nearly every civilian fled the destroyed city.

Many people here judge the Russian options, based on Western presumptions around "limit the civilian casualties and damage". Though, once you leave those subtilities behind, the Russian approach isn't that stupid to have better chances to "win" the battle. Russia isn't going to fund the repair costs for rebuilding of captured area's. They leave it to the civilians, on their own, so who cares, not the Russians. General living standard is not a key (political) issue in Russia.

Sad, but true, unfortunately :ugh:

Does the end justify the means? not if you signed the Geneva Conventions and are a permanent member of the UNSC especially if you want ever to be trusted again.
This should not be the new world order.

Similar to the Pope trying to organise an evacuation of Mariupol, I doubt it will ever happen and my reason why as a layman viewing from a distance.

Those civilians caught up in the stronghold are burning through the food and medical supplies available, so why would the Russians allow their evacuation, to do so means those surviving and holding out Service personnel would have access to provisions to hold on longer.
From the Russians point of view the faster they consume their resources the faster they surrender…. I might be wrong, but that’s how I see it, Siege mentality.




Again from a layman looking on, it has been reported that it is going to take approximately three weeks for the Wests aid to arrive into the combat zone and take effect. They seriously need to start cutting off supply routes because regardless of the troops in theatre without resources they will cease to be effective, they need to drop bridges and railways, especially the Crimea one, as that then means resources for the eastern assault will need to be diverted to sustain those.


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I was going to say the exact same thing ... but then I thought of Winston (Paul Riley) in Still Game, so . . . Separated at birth?
https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....d32437874f.jpg
(ex) Russian Major General Andrei Simonov
https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....19817038e7.jpg
Scottish comedian Paul Riley

Interesting, yes. But not Ukrainian President or his wife. Its Boyce Avenue and Connie Talbot.

If they were to surrender and peace broke out do you think they would ever get to return home.

Nope......

Another KA-52 taken out by a Stugna-P ATGM

Putin cancer op?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art....html?ito=1490

I thought this guy was already out of it?


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A little disappointed by this - the cheer was nowhere near as loud as the last time they hit one.

i do hope the anaesthetist starves him of oxygen during the op if it’s true, or perhaps anaesthetic as well, so he feels everything before he becomes brain dead.