Ukraine Invasion - Please do not post videos showing attacks/similar

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ICDP said:
The only way for Russia to win this war is for the west to stop caring. The more the west provide advanced weapons the more likely Russia are likely to lose strategically. Putin backed himself and Russia into a corner and the only way they can win is to grind the west into giving up.
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The West will have to start caring a whole lot more if Russia grows into the war, which so far strangely they've made very little progress in doing.
 
Russians claim they have stopped the Ukrainian counter offensive and inflicted heavy losses, destroying 10 AMX tanks, 8 Leopard tanks and a hundred Bradleys and killed 1500 soldiers

No evidence has been provided and no comment from the ukranians
 
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Not sure why, but I was expecting a hammer blow from the Ukranians, these so far just seem like fairly light probing attacks in different places.
Surely they must have a pretty good idea of the Russian defenses from western intelligence?
 
Colonel_Klinck said:
Much longer legs than the F16s. Not sure if maintenance would be an issue?
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The aircraft in question are Hornets not Super Hornets so they're knocking on 40 and had higher maintenance requirements than an F-16 when new.

There's also the fact that the original Hornets weren't exactly that great, as aircraft capability go they were straight up inferior to the F-14 they were intended to replace (hence why the F-14 lived on until the Super Hornet and budget cuts killed them off).

The RAAF's Hornets have had some upgrades over the years, but the fact they retired them because they felt they were outclassed by the fighters and SAMs they were likely to encounter is worrying.
 
Uther said:
Not sure why, but I was expecting a hammer blow from the Ukranians, these so far just seem like fairly light probing attacks in different places.
Surely they must have a pretty good idea of the Russian defenses from western intelligence?
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Intelligence only takes you so far. From what I've seen so far they still need a lot of mobile anti-air and self-propelled artillery to really ensure the best possible chances.
 
Nikkei reports that Russia is buying back parts and ammunition it previously sold to India and Myanmar

The items Russia is buying back is Scopes, Night Vision cameras and Rockets/Missiles

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Russia “buying back” its tank and missile parts from Myanmar and India – Nikkei

Russia is suspected of buying back parts of tanks and missiles previously shipped to Myanmar and India, a Nikkei analysis of customs clearance data shows. The Tokyo-based publication Nikkei analyzed customs clearance data on shipments to Russia, examining records on Russia's imports of parts for...
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Cristo Grozev from his CNN interview today:

"the Russian commander that Wagner captured is a brigade commander. He has a lot of high-ranking friends. And there is major consternation and indignation that Wagner captured a Russian commander, civil war esque"
 
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