Ukraine Invasion - Please do not post videos showing attacks/similar
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Turkey is also a massive tourist destination for Russians.
They have a vested interest in keeping out of it as much as they can.
I just hope NATO punish them in some way, there is no doubt Turkey is playing both sides in this conflict.
Defenders always have an advantage, they say in war attackers lose 5 to 1.
Its going to be bloody for Ukraine, just hope they can still get the job done.
Drones spot them coming and all hell rains down on them.
They need the F-16's to make the difference and personally I think they should really wait for them before pushing to hard.
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That's at least another 6 months, and then it's winter though.
A third of the way to tokmak. That's fairly impressive gain. If they get to Tokmak, the Russians are gonna start crapping themselves.
I would call this year successful, IF they can push Russia out to the Crimean peninsula.
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Funny how the tankies say they are 'protesting against war and calling for peace', but the only side they condemn is Ukraine and the only person they accuse of dragging out the war is Zelensky.
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I suppose it was to be expected but I still hate seeing it
Unfortunately, a counter attack without air superiority is always going to be costly.
Hopefully crew is all good and can transfer to new vehicles and these can be recovered/ repaired.
Unfortunately there's is no wonder tank out there that can win the war.
Plus a lot of people have fallen for the marketing bs, competitions does not equal combat ability
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Yeah it sucks. But as mentioned elsewhere.. it's war, there are gonna be losses. We all hope for a collapse but they are dug in, so gonna be tough. This was always the most likely attack vector, because it splits russian forces if successful.
They are taking ground, which is the important thing here.
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Claims the leopard is already recovered and minor repairs needed
Was just thinking it through about why they don't just push 20k men through one area to absolutely decimate the front line. I came to the conclusion that by doing so, Russia would likely do something stupid like start launching tactical nukes in that area.
So I get why AFU is chosing this route so far. (And to be honest, I'm not really sure this is a full assault yet ). They still have Crimea itself to deal with so will need to keep stuff in reserve.
So I get why AFU is chosing this route so far. (And to be honest, I'm not really sure this is a full assault yet ). They still have Crimea itself to deal with so will need to keep stuff in reserve.
Russia would love turkey to leave NATO and join BRACS, but NATO membership stops russia from invading.. I’m not sure BRACS would provide the same.
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As long as the crews survived that's more important, can always rebuild those vehicles faster than you can raise a crew member from birth to crew member, the Leo looks in pretty decent shape as well, if we're to take positives
If that’s the case, i think the Ukrainian arm will be asking for more..
arty hits nearby cause a real fatigue in the metals though.
How's that supposed to work? Wouldn't they just Storm Shadow it?
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With Sevastopol increasingly unviable, I guess it makes sense to boost their other ports. Olenya is frozen half the year but it has the advantage of not needing to enter or exit through any narrows. Especially with Sweden and Finland becoming NATO, their port on the Baltic isn't as secure as it once was.
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Storm Shadow isn't that long a range
here is an example of forward thinking military theory that made WW I what it was.
But why stop at 20k?
On a serious note, just like in WW I, military theory seems to be struggling. Its been decades since roughly equal forces met on a frontline and experience from recent "colonial" conflicts doesn't apply.
If blitzkrieg breakthroughs with encirclements are out of the question, all that remains is to slug it out until one side can't sustain the losses
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