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Looks like they were already under arrest while the coup that wasn't a coup was going on, as they filmed their "hostage" video with plees for Prigz to stop
Ukraine Invasion - Please do not post videos showing attacks/similar
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Looks like they were already under arrest while the coup that wasn't a coup was going on, as they filmed their "hostage" video with plees for Prigz to stop
He also says that the majority of troop reserves for the counter-offensive including most of the Western trained/equipped brigades haven't been deployed operationally in the counter-offensive yet and we are still seeing shaping operations for the time being.
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Interesting on Forbes :
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Also mentions
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Several Powerful Ukrainian Brigades Are Missing In Action
Several Powerful Ukrainian Brigades Are Missing In Action
Where is the Ukrainian army’s 117th Mechanized Brigade?
www.forbes.com
Also mentions
Ukraine’s 82nd Air Assault Brigade Is Ridiculously Powerful—And Could Lead The Coming Counteroffensive
Which is where it is claimed the challys are
Ukraine’s 82nd Air Assault Brigade Is Ridiculously Powerful—And Could Lead The Coming Counteroffensive
It’s apparent that the 2,000-person brigade, which formed in February, will lead from the front once Ukraine’s spring mud finally dries up and Kyiv launches its long-planned counteroffensive.
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And aren’t Abrams and F16s on their way eventually? There’s no shortage of equipment to back up what’s already there.
I pointed this out yesterday, most of the new brigades they've assembled for the counteroffensive haven't even been used yet, they're mostly engaging in shaping operations at the moment.
Interesting on Forbes :
Several Powerful Ukrainian Brigades Are Missing In Action
Several Powerful Ukrainian Brigades Are Missing In Action
Where is the Ukrainian army’s 117th Mechanized Brigade?
Also mentions
Ukraine’s 82nd Air Assault Brigade Is Ridiculously Powerful—And Could Lead The Coming Counteroffensive
Which is where it is claimed the challys are
Ukraine’s 82nd Air Assault Brigade Is Ridiculously Powerful—And Could Lead The Coming Counteroffensive
It’s apparent that the 2,000-person brigade, which formed in February, will lead from the front once Ukraine’s spring mud finally dries up and Kyiv launches its long-planned counteroffensive.
There's a decent amount of equipment there, but for some perspective the UK invaded Iraq with 120 Challenger 2's and around 100 Warriors, Ukraine only has 14 Challengers and 90 Strykers.
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It's a shocking really, to wage war this way - not an accident, bad intelligence, bad apples or inevitable collateral damage but default mo, industrial levels of mass killing civilian life for essentially no reason.
Soldato
The VDV is no longer an airborne force though right? Weren't they recommend reconstructed as a mechanised infantry?
I doubt they are the elite force they used to be.
I doubt they are the elite force they used to be.
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VDV is still an airborne force, but units from them sent into Ukraine like the 106th Guards appear to have been reconstructed as a kind of mechanised infantry after taking huge losses. (I'd imagine in the longer term when/if they've had a chance to train new personnel and reorganise, etc. they'd return to operating like an airborne force).
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Does make you wonder if others were involved in the plan and were caught before it fully went into action (If the US knew then the Russians may also), and if some of those flying out of Moscow on the weekend were also involved and knew the plan was falling apart. Could be a reason why Prigozhin had to settle.
Reports are the FSB were tipped off 48 hours before things kicked off forcing Prigozhin to move up his timeline.
Interestingly Prigozhin has been in Moscow today "negotiating" whatever that means - either there is a lot of information we aren't seeing or someone(s) powerful in Russia have his back and/or he had a "one use get out of jail free card" which seems a bit unlikely but he sure seems to be acting like that.
EDIT: I still partially favour that he has been used to see who is and isn't loyal to Putin over the last few months, though some of his latest stuff seems a bit extreme beyond the needs for that.
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So confused. Ukraine just needs more tanks is my point especially since it seems the Ka-52's are being used quite effectively and there's limited effective air cover against them.
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Seems like they need more demining ability, and more air cover. I don't think they need more tanks.
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Exactly what I was about to post
Just waiting to see who out of the Durma is arrested.
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Can't be possibly be Putin's fault, so he needs those scapegoats ASAP.
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