I don't believe anything he or the Russian government say.
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They have downed KA-52's there have been plenty of images of one looking in a sorry state lying crashed in a field
Made himself, his cronies and his military look like clowns whilst simultaneously destroying any reputation they had globally. Their economy will surely tank if/when the big guns are pulled out (swift etc).
Golf clap for Vlad.
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BTW,if people want actual confirmed losses,follow this blog:
https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/02/attack-on-europe-documenting-equipment.html
https://twitter.com/oryxspioenkop
It uses actual OSINT to verify losses,and is widely used as a source in the media.
They did excellent work on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and confirmed nearly a 1000 individual materiel losses:
https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2020/09/the-fight-for-nagorno-karabakh.html
https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/02/attack-on-europe-documenting-equipment.html
https://twitter.com/oryxspioenkop
It uses actual OSINT to verify losses,and is widely used as a source in the media.
They did excellent work on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and confirmed nearly a 1000 individual materiel losses:
https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2020/09/the-fight-for-nagorno-karabakh.html
Agreed. He may need a break in the action to strengthen his supply lines and restock his forward forces.
I hope he actually de-escalates rather than doing something crazy because he feels his pride is wounded.
PUTIN HAS COMMITTED MORE THAN 50 PERCENT OF FORCES AROUND UKRAINE TO INVASION, OFFICIAL SAYS
UKRANIAN FORCES HAVE RECIEVED SECURITY ASSISTANCE FROM U.S. IN LAST COUPLE OF DAYS, OFFICIAL SAYS
The heaviest fighting remains in Kharkiv, according to the official.
PENTAGON OFFICIAL: JAVELIN ANTI-TANK MISSILES WILL BE DELIVERED TO UKRAINE
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https://twitter.com/idreesali114/status/1497584681281335301
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UKRANIAN FORCES HAVE RECIEVED SECURITY ASSISTANCE FROM U.S. IN LAST COUPLE OF DAYS, OFFICIAL SAYS
The heaviest fighting remains in Kharkiv, according to the official.
PENTAGON OFFICIAL: JAVELIN ANTI-TANK MISSILES WILL BE DELIVERED TO UKRAINE
Source:
https://twitter.com/idreesali114/status/1497584681281335301
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Russia only have Soviet era tanks (T72,T80,T90) and and IFVs (BMP1, BMP1, BMP3).
What's this new stuff people are talking about? Even amongst those volume is generally on the older versions. Only a few hundred of T90 active while thousands of T72/T80 active.
What's this new stuff people are talking about? Even amongst those volume is generally on the older versions. Only a few hundred of T90 active while thousands of T72/T80 active.
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Who knows what’s going on in his head, yesterday he was calling the Ukrainian politicians drug addicts.
No doubt next it’ll be rapists, child molesters and animal abusers.
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have Ukraine qualified for the WC, or can they? I'm not following WC qualifiers to be honest but I will certainly cheer them on alongside England.
COME ON YOU CRANES.........
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There are both unmodified and very modified versions of the same tanks in operation. What people are saying is they seemed to have committed quite a few unmodified tanks into the battle with 30 year old ERA and sighting systems.
Worth keeping in mind that it's inevitably going to lag though, in real-time it will be underreporting losses but will be useful later on. Quite possibly only recording a low double-digit % or less of current losses right now.
Again it's old though.
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Good point.. COME ON YOU RUSKIES....I'm secretly cheering on Russia so Scotland get a by in the world cup qualifiers
Wait, what.....
Some more perspective; that's the equipment they have in general!
Most of their equipment is old ergo most of what you'll see in Ukraine is old... Also consider that what you're seeing in Ukraine is stuff that actually works and units that are at least ready (to some extent) for combat, the same isn't true necessarily about the rest of their armed forces in Russia.
How would you know if they are upgraded or not?
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Not to the degree some are reporting here,especially as you are forgetting there is a tendency for countries to overstate or understate losses for moral purposes. During the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict both Armenia and Azerbaijan made grandioise claims about materiel losses,especially the former. Many on the internet believed it,but when he confirmed the claims it was quite clear many were not accurate.
As much as I want the Russians to get put in their place,truth is always the first casualty of war.
You need to look at some of the figures being quoted - between 500~1000 vehicles being destroyed and dozens of aircraft/helicopters.Claims from Russia they destroyed the Ukranian Air force and air defence systems,when social media literally shows this to be a lie.
You can't hide stuff from modern social media when everyone has a smartphone.
The arrangement of ERA,the sights and weapons stations on the top of the turrets.
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Must admit I'm surprised, for decades now Russia has been billed as the big bad bear from the East. Tough as houses, scary as hell. Even as recently as a few years ago there were many people saying that if Russia wanted to storm westwards they'd roll over us. What I've read so far of this war though it seems like they are a largely out of date military with some very average fighting ability. Seems to me that no matter what happens in Ukraine from this point on, the idea that Russia is a military superpower (nukes aside) has been blown apart. We used to talk of the top military superpowers being the US and Russia, has this war sealed Russias fall out of the top two military superpowers?
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