One thing I'm noticing is that a lot of Russian Troops don't have the new Ratnik gear. What's up with that? I thought Ratnik integration was supposed to be at least 80% complete by 2021?
Edit: What I mean by Ratnik.
The Russians are IMHO going for the quiet approach intentionally, because at the end they want to rub everyone's face into the difference between the lies of Zelenski and and the reality.We are not actually seeing a lot of Russian troops footage, from what I’ve been given to understand their phones were seized before the start of offensive, lot of russian stuff on the internet is actually DNR/LDR, and since everyone involved in this use the same kit and look the same, it can get pretty confusing.
It’s that or the Russian are late. :/
Ukraine had several hundred T-80 mothballed and some in active service, but until 2014 they mostly used T-64, to keep the costs down. After 2014 they started taking them out of the mothballs and issuing them to tank companies of motorized and airmobile brigades (battalions of mechanized and armored brigades are still using variants of T-64). The problem is that due to dispersed nature of military manufacturing in Soviet Union, while one of the T-80 assembly plants was in Kharkov, many of the components were made outside modern day Ukraine, so only limited number of tanks could be returned to operational status, while others can be towed out and used as bait for Russian airstrikes/material for propaganda videos.2) Do Ukrainians even have T-80s? Is their camo/paint pattern the same as Russia's?
They have American friendly countries all along thoer border. The day and age of needing to put missles in say Ukraine is over when you have planes like the B2 and the SSBNs. Where you can appear and disappear st whim and no need for land based ones anymore.Probably the case.
Look, we all know this is theater. The Ukrainians, the Russians, the Americans, and the Europeans are all chewing on the scenery to paint the other as evil and wicked. We should all know by now what this is actually about and it's not about democracy or neo-nazis or bioweapons or power-hungry tyrants.
It's about the Western powers expanding their military power into a region that would grant them an immense strategic advantage over a former rival. And said rival, that being Russia, refusing to accept those conditions and using its military to address what it sees as a security concern.
We can see plenty if dead Russians thoughWe are not actually seeing a lot of Russian troops footage, from what I’ve been given to understand their phones were seized before the start of offensive, lot of russian stuff on the internet is actually DNR/LDR, and since everyone involved in this use the same kit and look the same, it can get pretty confusing.
It’s that or the Russian are late. :/
Kiev as in Kiev proper or suburbs where they have been?All out attack seems to be on going, Russian tanks in Kiev.
Russian forces strike Lutsk airport which was used by the Ukrainian military.
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ASB Military News on Gab: 'Russian forces strike Lutsk airport which was use…'
ASB Military News on Gab: 'Russian forces strike Lutsk airport which was used by the Ukrainian military. This strike was presumably carried out by multiple Kalibr cruise missiles.'gab.com
Orion-2 combat UAV of the Russian Forces strikes Ukrainian military positions .
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ASB Military News on Gab: 'Orion-2 combat UAV of the Russian Forces strikes …'
ASB Military News on Gab: 'Orion-2 combat UAV of the Russian Forces strikes Ukrainian military positions, presumably a command post using light precision munitions. The use of the Orion-2 is now widely employed by the Russians in Ukraine. It’s unclear to us why it took them so long to switch to...gab.com
Ukrainian UAV crashes in Croatia.
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ASB Military News on Gab: 'Ukrainian UAV crashes in… Croatia? Not sure how t…'
ASB Military News on Gab: 'Ukrainian UAV crashes in… Croatia? Not sure how this one happened. Allegedly it flew across the entire territory of Hungary. Appears to be the Tu-141 Ukraine denies it’s their UAV, but it is a Ukrainian UAV. These things belong in the museum and Ukraine is the only...gab.com
They have American friendly countries all along thoer border. The day and age of needing to put missles in say Ukraine is over when you have planes like the B2 and the SSBNs. Where you can appear and disappear st whim and no need for land based ones anymore.
Basicslly what we havnt done in a long time.
but keep spreading the "Putin was self defense!" Russia covinved Ukraine to get rif of thier nukes specifically because they could not foght back if invaded.
We can see plenty if dead Russians though
Kiev as in Kiev proper or suburbs where they have been?
One thing that is very important to realize.None of those news look good.
Kiev proper and suburbs STILL is bad for Ukraine.
Thanks for the info.
I think the artillery firing is from yesterday? At least I seems to have seen something similar yesterday?
Ukraine is reportedly offering cash rewards for Russian detectors with aircraft.
Hm... how much do Russian jet pilots make per year? If you've spent years training to become a jet pilot, then thrashing your career for $1,000,000 USD might not be such a bright idea, especially as the dollar is about to inflate substantially. You probably would not be allowed to put your skills to use again, maybe at best becoming a flight instructor. Also, if you have family, then defecting is almost certainly not an option.