Which is interesting as during the Cold War era, they would have had America/NATO as the main threats which you would have thought would push towards having to gain a certain level of air superiority and therefore influence doctrine. We've known since WW2 that air power is absolutely vital to effective military operation on the ground & sea. But this "wing" of the Russian armed forces seems to get the least attention, except for their stand off nuclear capable bombers. Which is pretty useless in a more conventional setting.
Russia's hardware designs have largely been around total war with the West - with more focus on indiscriminately knocking things out the air with their S-300, etc. complexes than any finesse.
(If nothing can move in the air they can put their artillery and tank numbers to work on the ground).
Miniscule point ?
I thought the whole point of the Ukrainians putting up a fight is that they don't want to give up that (miniscule you say)percentage of their country.
Someone call Zelensky and tell him it's a miniscule amount of land and Scougar doesn't care for it also Dowie doesn't think the Russians have taken any land so he has no idea what this war is about.
Russia's hardware designs have largely been around total war with the West - with more focus on indiscriminately knocking things out the air with their S-300, etc. complexes than any finesse.
(If nothing can move in the air they can put their artillery and tank numbers to work on the ground).
Puts a huge amount of eggs in one basket, with lack of overlapping capability. Which in the context of the war in Ukraine is fine as they themselves lack in the aerial department.
29-Jun-2022 13:30:41 - NATO: Russia Is the Most Significant and Direct Threat to Allies’ Security — Madrid Summit Communique
29-Jun-2022 13:30:41 - NATO: Our Commitment to Article 5 Is Iron-Clad
29-Jun-2022 13:30:41 - NATO: Russia Must Immediately Stop War and Withdraw From Ukraine
29-Jun-2022 13:30:41 - NATO: We Stand In Full Solidarity With Ukraine in the Heroic Defence of Their Country
29-Jun-2022 13:30:41 - NATO: We Will Continue and Further Step Up Political and Practical Support for Ukraine Against Russia’s Aggression
29-Jun-2022 13:30:41 - NATO: We Have Decided on a Strengthened Package of Support for Ukraine That Will Help to Modernise Its Defence Sector
29-Jun-2022 13:30:41 - NATO: We Will Significantly Strengthen Our Deterrence And Defence
29-Jun-2022 13:30:41 - NATO: Allies Have Committed to Deploy Additional Robust in-Place Forces on Our Eastern Flank, to Be Scaled Up From the Existing Battlegroups To Brigade-Size Units
29-Jun-2022 13:30:41 - NATO, When Required, These Units Will Be Underpinned by Credible, Rapidly Available Reinforcements and Prepositioned Equipment
29-Jun-2022 13:30:41 - NATO: We Will Also Strengthen Our Energy Security, Ensure Reliable Energy Supplies to Our Military Forces
29-Jun-2022 13:30:41 - NATO: We Have Decided to Invite Finland and Sweden to Become Members Of NATO
29-Jun-2022 13:30:41 - NATO: China Challenges Our Interests, Security and Values and Seeks to Undermine the Rules-Based International Order
29-Jun-2022 13:30:41 - NATO: Leaders of the Alliance Have Adopted a New Strategic Concept
29-Jun-2022 13:49:18 - NATO’s Stoltenberg: Allies Have Agreed to Increase NATO Common Funding
29-Jun-2022 13:54:58 - NATO’s Stoltenberg: Decision to Invite Finland and Sweden Demonstrates That NATO’s Door Remains Open
29-Jun-2022 13:59:41 - NATO’s Stoltenberg: Allies Are Prepared to Support Ukraine for the Long Haul
29-Jun-2022 14:00:16 - NATO’s Stoltenberg: Ukraine Is Fighting for Its Independence but Also for Our Values and Security
29-Jun-2022 14:08:16 - Senior U.S. Official: Ukrainian President Zelenskiy Spoke to NATO Leaders, Only Gave Opening Remarks, No Interaction
29-Jun-2022 14:08:48 - Senior U.S. Official: NATO Sessions Showed Russia Is the Most Immediate and Direct Threat to European Security
29-Jun-2022 14:11:02 - Senior U.S. Official: NATO Members Welcomed Agreement Paving Way for Entry of Finland and Sweden
29-Jun-2022 14:11:34 - Senior U.S. Official: NATO Members Affirmed Commitment to Continue Supporting Ukraine
29-Jun-2022 14:13:51 - Senior U.S. Official: Some NATO Members Expect to Exceed Target of Spending 2% of GDP on Military
29-Jun-2022 14:14:51 - Senior U.S. Official: U.S. Officials Working Closely With Congress on Protocol for Accession of Sweden and Finland Into NATO
29-Jun-2022 14:16:36 - Senior U.S. Official: Turkey Did Not Ask for Anything As Part of Agreement With Sweden, Finland; U.S. Did Not Offer Anything
29-Jun-2022 14:19:06 - Senior U.S. Official: U.S. Having Ongoing Technical Conversations With Turkey on Their Request for F-16 Fighter Jets
29-Jun-2022 14:23:32 - Senior U.S. Official: Congress Has Final Say About Arms Sales to Turkey
29-Jun-2022 14:26:37 - Senior U.S. Official: NATO Members Expressed Strong Commitment to Continue Supporting Ukraine As Long Conflict Goes On
29-Jun-2022 14:28:39 - Senior U.S. Official: U.S. Sustaining Surge Forces of Around 100,000 in Europe for Now
29-Jun-2022 14:49:56 - Ukraine’s Foreign Minister: Today in Madrid NATO Proved It Can Take Difficult but Essential Decisions
29-Jun-2022 14:50:54 - Ukraine’s Foreign Minister on Twitter: We Welcome a Clear-Eyed Stance on Russia, As Well As Accession for Finland and Sweden
29-Jun-2022 14:51:35 - Ukraine’s Foreign Minister: An Equally Strong and Active Position on Ukraine Will Help to Protect the Euro-Atlantic Security and Stability
29-Jun-2022 16:56:02 - Biden Thanks Turkey’s Erdogan for the Work He Did Regarding Finland and Sweden
29-Jun-2022 16:56:45 - Biden Thanks Turkey’s Erdogan for His Work to Try to Get Grain out of out of Ukraine
29-Jun-2022 16:58:48 - Turkey’s Erdogan: Hopes Diplomacy Will Help Open Doors To Get Grain out of Ukraine
29-Jun-2022 16:21:11 - Russian Foreign Minister Told U.N. Secretary General in Phone Call That Russia Is Committed to Fulfilling Its Grain and Fertilizer Export Obligations
29-Jun-2022 16:22:31 - Russian Foreign Minister: Russia Is Ready to Help Reduce Threat of a Food Crisis
29-Jun-2022 17:00:00 - Russia’s Weekly Inflation at 0.0% in Week To June 24 — Stats Service
29-Jun-2022 17:00:00 - Russia May Jobless Rate at 3.9% vs 4.0% in Pvs Month (RTRS Poll 4.5%)
29-Jun-2022 17:00:00 - Russia Retail Sales -10.1% y/y in May vs Revised -9.8% Y/y in Pvs Month (RTRS Poll -5.5% y/Y)
29-Jun-2022 17:00:00 - Russia Real Wages -7.2% y/y in April vs +3.6% y/y in Pvs Month (RTRS Poll -6.0% y/Y)
29-Jun-2022 17:00:00 - Russia May Industrial Output Down 1.7% y/y vs -1.6% In Pvs Month (RTRS Poll -5.4% y/Y)
29-Jun-2022 17:00:00 - Russia’s Production of Passenger Cars in May Fell Thirtyfold Year-On-Year to 3,720 Units
29-Jun-2022 17:10:00 - Russian Economy Ministry: Annual Consumer Inflation at 16.22% As of June 24 Vs 16.42% a Week Earlier
29-Jun-2022 17:38:03 - Director of National Intelligence Haines: U.S. Assessment Remains That Russia’s Putin Wants to Take Most of Ukraine
29-Jun-2022 17:39:13 - Haines: Consensus Is That War in Ukraine Will Go On For Extended Period of Time
29-Jun-2022 17:39:38 - Haines: Russian Troops Unlikely to Be Able To Conduct Multiple Simultaneous Operations
29-Jun-2022 17:40:25 - Haines: Russians Likely Will Make Incremental Gains but No Breakthrough in Ukraine in Coming Weeks, Months
29-Jun-2022 17:41:57 - Haines: Ukraine May Be Able to Stabilize Front Line and Achieve Small Gains in South
29-Jun-2022 17:42:10 - Haines: Picture For Ukraine Remains “Pretty Grim”
29-Jun-2022 17:42:37 - Haines: Russia Forces so Degraded That It May Take Years for Them To Recover in Many Ways
29-Jun-2022 17:44:21 - Haines: U.S. Expects Russia to Confront Degraded Ground Forces Ahead by Relying on Cyber Attacks, Efforts to Control Energy and Even Nuclear Weapons To Project Power and Influence
29-Jun-2022 17:54:24 - NATO’s Stoltenberg: China’s Growing Assertiveness Has Consequences for the Security of the Allies
29-Jun-2022 17:55:03 - NATO’s Stoltenberg: China Is Not Our Adversary but We Must Be Clear-Eyed About the Serious Challenges It Presents
LOL at the Sky reporter asking a Ukrainian soldier fresh back from the front lines what his message to NATO was... don't think she was expecting that answer...
LOL at the Sky reporter asking a Ukrainian soldier fresh back from the front lines what his message to NATO was... don't think she was expecting that answer...
The mysteries of quantum mechanics, explains away stories of self combustion, the birth of the universe and exploding Russian ammunition dumps.
If this was partizans or Ukrainian SOF's wouldn't blowing up depos closer to the Ukrainian boarder be better? Would be good to get another source on this.
Stop being a bunch of f word pussies and help I believe was the message.
The fighting in the east is really highlighting the gap between the powers. Drip feeding arms isn't going to cut it, if we're not going to get directly involved we should be sending them every we have to do the fighting for us.
In good news though you can trade your young male son for a bag of onions (catch is he must be killed in service and acknowledged of that fact by the state)
29.06.22 21:41 - Чехія передасть: Розвідувальні безпілотники. Чеська влада вирішила надати українським військовим безпілотники "Бівой". Їх використовують для розвідки.
29-Jun-2022 21:10:11 - Putin: I Don’t Rule out Tensions Will Emerge in Our Relations With Finland and Sweden After They Decided to Join NATO — IFAX
29-Jun-2022 21:11:02 - Putin: Russia Will Have to Answer in Kind if NATO Infrastructure Is Deployed to Finland and Sweden — RIA
29-Jun-2022 21:13:03 - Putin: Goals of Special Military Operation in Ukraine Are Unchanged, but There Can Be Different Tactics — IFAX
29-Jun-2022 21:10:11 - Putin: I Don’t Rule out Tensions Will Emerge in Our Relations With Finland and Sweden After They Decided to Join NATO — IFAX
29-Jun-2022 21:11:02 - Putin: Russia Will Have to Answer in Kind if NATO Infrastructure Is Deployed to Finland and Sweden — RIA
29-Jun-2022 21:13:03 - Putin: Goals of Special Military Operation in Ukraine Are Unchanged, but There Can Be Different Tactics — IFAX
29-Jun-2022 21:14:19 - Putin: Ultimate Goal Is “Liberating” Donbas and Getting Security Guarantees — IFAX
29-Jun-2022 21:16:43 - Putin, Commenting on Strike Against Ukrainian Shopping Centre, Says Russia Does Not Hit Civilian Targets
29-Jun-2022 21:18:07 - Putin: There Is No Use Setting an End Date to the ‘Special Military Operation’ in Ukraine
29-Jun-2022 21:18:29 - Putin: Russian Troops Are Advancing in Ukraine, Reaching Objectives
As rough as it might be and somewhat demoralising there is no strategic advantage in expending more forces than you have to currently on this front - inflict as many casualties on the enemy as possible while minimising losses in a slow withdrawal while concentrating on attacking from the sides and targeting their supply lines. Meeting the Russians head on here just expends a lot of soldiers without being hugely beneficial to the overall war.
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